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Agent Beretta
Alias Zhenya Barvov
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a character in "A Gifted World", as played by scoundrelboots
Full Name: Trainee Beretta (Legal birth name unknown)
Nicknames/Aliases: Beretta, Etta, Ugly Sister
Age: 17 or 18 (exact birthdate estimated)
Sees using ultraviolet and X-Ray radiation
Momentum locking (Can force objects within a certain range to maintain perfect momentum indefinitely.)
Loyalty: Liberty, Trainee
5'8" with an athletic build, approximately 140 lbs
Mid-tan skin, black-brown hair, dark violet irises
Strong facial features, with a prominent jawline and intense eyes
Speaks moderately acceptable Libertian Standard English with a thick Russian accent
Personality: Beretta is loyal to Liberty and determined to excel in her training. She has been known to make quipping insults to her brother and trainer, Colt, but is otherwise adequately subservient to those in authority. Beretta has a quick mind when it comes to physical detail and a keen eye for finding creative solutions, but is lacking in her language skills. She is easily confused by innuendo and sarcasm, and finer points of social interaction escape her. Despite her brother's rejection, she loves him and cares about him more than any other person in her life.
Skills: Beretta's combined gifts make her a particularly formidable assassin, and a particularly difficult to retain prisoner. She is an impeccable hand-to-hand combatant, and is extremely brave. Her spacial reasoning skills are impeccable.
Weaknesses: Beretta suffered brain damage at a young age that impacted her language centers, so her native tongue is lost to her. Because of this, she is a slow thinker in social, linguistic, and paper-and-pencil problem solving situations. She is also very uncomfortable in large groups, and unable to keep up with quick conversation.
Brief History:
According to Liberty records, Beretta and her brother, Colt were rescued ten years ago by a Liberty force after a plane they were on crashed into the Atlantic ocean. Colt was brain damaged due to oxygen deprivation in the water, and both of the siblings lost their memories due to the trauma. Her native language was lost due to the resulting brain damage, though it is suspected that they were from Eastern Europe. It is to be noted that the damage to Beretta's mind has largely healed due to her young age at the time of the accident, while Colt's has not.
Beretta was specially trained to be one of Councillor Ava's favored Agents, and retains high rank amongst those her age. She is expected to graduate as an assassin for Liberty within the next three months.
Agent Beretta's Story
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# 2016-12-16 06:36:56 , as written by scoundrelboots
Previously at Base Alpha A...
The Council met to discuss the discovery of Soren, Clockwork, and Pierrot (the former Leader of the nation and his children,) amongst the ranks of a terrorist cell known as "The Wanderers."
Supervisor Canvas, Agents Mimic and Mayday, and Trainees Beretta and Sierra, were assigned to infiltrate an upcoming Erubesco ball in the hopes of gaining Citadel access and stealing well-guarded data. Under the guidance of Canvas, they will all undergo the necessary training for the task.
We pick up in the midst of on such session...
It was doubtful that many people in Base Alpha-A had seen a baby deer, and even more doubtful that any had seen Erubescan-style baked goods. Nonetheless, there was no more accurate way to describe what Trainee Beretta looked like in heels and a ruffled skirt than to imagine a fawn forced to walk while stuffed into a triple-layered wedding cake.
The trainee had been sporting the attire- a plain black pair of what Canvas had called "stilettos" and a white, heavy skirt with some kind of stiff mesh underneath it- for just under three days. Her ankles trembled when she moved, and her stride jerked to one side or another every few steps as her balance faltered in the stilt-like footwear.
And sleeping with ice packs on her ankles had done very little to ease the consistent ache of it.
Beretta did her best not to look as awkward as she felt as she clicked down hall 82-F toward yet another training meeting with Supervisor Canvas, but she still managed to attract more than one sideways glance. She wasn't sure whether to be thankful or concerned that she had not started wearing the "corsets" yet, but rather tried to avoid thinking about that upcoming hell altogether. Learning to walk in such clothing was a necessary evil of her mission, and she had to keep focused on that.
She stopped outside the now familiar Meeting Room 388, scanned her wristband on the panel, and slipped inside as the door slid open.It closed behind her with such a quick motion that in nearly caught the hem of her skirt, obstructing the room from the view of any prying eyes.
The training space was more dimly lit than many others on base— an effort to simulate the kind of lighting that they would be working with in Erubesco. The floor was made up of a articifical wood, rather than concrete, that shone under the goldfish lights. There were a few tables of varied heights with white cloths draped over them, and distinct settings on each.
On a long, freestanding counter toward the middle of the room, several bottles had been lined up, containing liquids in strange colors that Beretta had never seen before.
The trainee cast a furtive glance around for her Supervisor or other teammates, but found herself to be the first one there. She checked the time on her wristband- Just a few moments early. The shoes had slowed her far less than anticipated.
Unable to hold her own curiosity, she trotted (as well as the shoes allowed) to the counter, and leaned in to read the curling scripts on their labels. "Pe-NOT noy-ray, Napa Valley," she read aloud, brow furrowing at the strange words before continuing down the line, "Shimmering Mos- Moscato?" She stared intently at this bottle, noting that there was some form of settled metallic liquid at its bottom.
Beretta continued down the line like this, careful to view without touching, taking in the colors and glitz on each bottle with something between intrigue and disgust: They were clearly some form of imported Erubescan finery, but her interest to know exactly what they were for would have to wait for the Supervisor to be sated.
"Pinot noir. It's a sort of grape, and is also referred to wines derived from the grape."
A slender, gloved hand slid silently from the handle of the door as someone came to stand in the training room, dwarfed by the rather more physically imposing trainee by a good few inches of height and more than a little muscle mass. That was by no means the most obvious feature agent Mimic had however. Much like Beretta's wobble-inducing heels, necessity had made it so Agent Mimic wore something that was not exactly standard dress code. Where a face should have been visible there was a blank, featureless mask covering the front half of the woman's head, composed of some smooth, white material, with round eye panels of fine black mesh. The result was not a glimpse of the wearer's own features.
For many it might be a little unsettling. The story behind it was maybe a little moreso, however that was very much between Mimic and the supervisors. As far as anyone else was concerned, she was a low-ranking espionage agent, her identity was classified and the reasons for such a thing were classified too...and it being Liberty that was enough for more or less anybody. If life in the faction taught you nothing else, it taught you when it was better for your own safety to mind your own business and not tumble down any rabbitholes that might come out in a re-education centre.
Mimic was Mimic, and Mimic was good at her job. That was all anybody needed to know.
And she was very good at her job. A flawless actress who'd gathered a lot of information on the enemy's activity in her active time. It was only natural that the assignment would involve her somewhere along the line, and the interviews with a detained Erubescan were helping her build up a whole new character for her repertoire. It would help things along to have a completely legitimate society member, with existing record and history. Would lend more credence to the others. If the training so far was any indication...the others would require that.
After momentary hesitation to decide if it was permitted, the masked participant stepped over to the bottles that were lined up, took hold of the one Beretta had just recently been reading, and gave it a firm shake, causing liquid and shimmery waves of some glittery substance to tumble around inside.
Mimic sighed.
"Glittering drink. Erubesco do make such useless things."
"Agent Mimic!" Beretta greeted, turning to face the woman with a wide smile. The corrected pronunciation was quick to darken her mood, however, and a double crease appeared on her forehead as she furrowed her brows.
"Pi…" Her head cocked to the side, like a dog unable to locate the source of a sound as the new word rolled about in her mind. She moved her lips without speaking, and crinkled her nose as she tried to shift the shape of her mouth to imitate the sound.
"…Pinot Nwah?" Her cheekbones scrunched, leaving her expression somewhere between bemusement and intrigue.
"Is not sounding how is spelled," she remarked, and the friendly grin she had previously worn returned. "The Erubesco is very strange with their— Ooh!"
Beretta jumped back in case of danger, hand flying to the place on her waist where her holster usually rested as the other Agent began shaking the bottle. Was it some kind of fuel? Or was this a test? Or…
The trainee was drawn back in as quickly as she had been startled, placing her hands on the counter and bending down to sit on her haunches so that her face was at level with the bottle. Her lips parted slightly, betraying a moment of awe at the spectacle: Violet irises followed violet swirls in a moment of stunned silence, watching the viscous liquid dance about in glimmering ribbons. Something as ephemeral and ungraspable as the patterns that formed inside the wine bottle tugged at the edges of Beretta's consciousness, refusing to reveal itself in any comprehensible manner.
"Zvyozdochka," she muttered, the slim tendril of a thought drifting away even as the word passed over her lips.
"Is very pretty, though. But… is not bad for them? To drinking glitter?"
His outfit exemplified ridiculousness on such a grand scale that Mayday had nearly lost his composure to a wave of resignation that threatened to wash his eyes into the back of his skull. The mission, and its importance, were what kept him from expressing his frustration with his clothes, and by extension Erubescian culture. To express dissatisfaction would be an insult to the time and effort Liberty had taken to set up this undertaking. Something Mayday did and would not take for granted.
Ultimately, it had been his mirror that nearly did him in; when he saw the man reflected outward.
Pants, two toned, one side of lavender strippers, the other, a crimson red whose design was heavy, haphazard strokes.
The fabric clung to his legs, floating up slightly right before his ankles, exposing the skin from there down. His shirt was untucked, but designed to be so. His buttons lay open to the stomach, where a lavender waistcoat held its place. Over it all was a sleeveless coat, reaching down to his thighs.
"Look at me." Mayday's voice was filled with disgust.
"Look at me." The second voice, foreign to the first was a sultry tone, brimming with the self satisfied confidence he imagined Erubescians to have. Lastly, he placed a rather obnoxious hat on his head, complete with large rainbow feather. One side of the hat was tacked up, no doubt to add an element of roguishness to the piece.
Mayday, through training, had learned to be outwardly comfortable in such clothing; to swing his hips and blend in with the bloated upper class of the Kings men.
Inwardly?
Nothing could stop the hatred.
Tight lipped, with his nose pointed skyward, Mayday left his room, locking his cold eyes onto each and every person who crossed his path. Even the slightest smile would be subject to strict retribution, brought to you by the icy disgust of Mayday.
He crossed the hallways without snicker or incident. Which left him relatively clear minded for the task ahead.
He flashed his card, and the door opened minus the expected mechanical hum.
Now, he wasn't one for small talk, and outside of Liberty and work he had very little in common, as far as he was concerned, with anyone else in the room.
Looking at them both, he offered little more then a stiff pleasantry before he took his seat.
"Why. Is this here."
"We know these people are ridiculous, so why is it here."
Beretta pushed herself up from her unladylike squat as the door whooshed open, and she turned to face the new arrival.
She beamed with excitement and then tensed as if stung at the sight of Agent Mayday, before finally settling into a pseudo-relaxed posture that involved leaning against the counter behind her in a way she hoped read as "I am at ease," rather than "I'm putting my hand on this surface at an impractical angle because I saw someone do it in the magazines I'm supposed to be studying, and I figured that was better than letting it show that I am still very unsure as to how I should behave in front of you despite compulsorily sharing your bed for the past week."
"Hello, Agent Mayday. Sir," she greeted, and then looked down. "Or, not sir. Rather."
She gave a thin chuckle, trying to ignore the knot that hat twisted in her gut at the mistake.
"Um… It is from Canvas. To show us. There is Pin-knot No-ear. And glitter."
She took a stumble-step to the side so that Mayday could better see the bottles and nearly twisted her ankle before catching herself.
"And… he is a little off-time. I am thinking."
"Pinot noir, Beretta, dear. I am a little off time," Supervisor Canvas Fajaar admitted. The Supervisor usually had a pleasant demeanor, but he seemed extra cheerful today, his stride loose. He entered dressed to match the in-character Agents: A silver-gray tuxedo, black shirt, and a white tie that caught the low light in geometric bits of shine. "I nearly forgot a favorite." The Supervisor held up a smooth bottle of a pinkish, crystal liquid labeled 'Se Détendre,' and set it in a row of similar bottles bearing labels like 'La Félicité and 'L'aigreur.' It was already open.
"Did you know," said Canvas, half sitting against the table, "they've got emotional manipulators whose entire jobs are to add dashes of feelings into beverages with so much alcohol content, they could be adding dashes of hair bleach and you'd barely know the difference? Really, it's terrible. Ridiculous waste of resources. It's this sort of wasted talent that will lose them the war." The accusatory words didn't quite match his flippant tone, or the fact that he appeared to have had a taste of ridiculously wasted resources already. For educational purposes, of course.
"Have a drink." He paused. "That's today's lesson. All of you, have several." He made a sweeping gesture across the glittering array of multi-colored beverages. "If you can avoid it, don't get anywhere near inebriated on the job, of course, but it's nigh impossible to make it through a party without taking a sip or two, and we can't have you making faces and choking and such. In any case, you'd be wise to get familiar with your tolerance. I recommend you start at the table on the left and work your way to the right, because the best stuff is on the left, and I suspect you won't be noticing the taste by the time you get halfway. Try all of them. If you can." He smiled. "I'm not going to say this is strictly a competition, but I will say that I got a small head start to make it a fair one. Get on with it. Try to enjoy yourselves. It's easier than pretending.
Dark eyebrows drawing together, Canvas stood aside for a moment, casting critical looks over the trio, his eyes suddenly showing a clarity that his entrance hadn't let on. This team had not gelled yet. He had some major concerns about this mission. He looked at Mimic--still in her mask, not yet wearing the face of the Erubescan partner Canvas was trying not to imagine locked up somewhere in the base (pity, because he'd rather hoped he could get used to that on the drinking day). Beretta, still not steady on those heels. Finally he looked to Mayday (still-stiff-despite-sleeping-with-Beretta-for-days-Mayday) and, as if just noticing the Agent's colorful presence, Canvas broke his momentary seriousness and laughed aloud. "By the way, you look preposterous, Agent Mayday. You would stand right out. By which I mean you would fit right in. Lovely."
# 2017-01-04 05:10:17 , as written by ianna_334
"I apologize for my lateness!" the door slid open again, admitting the last member of the mission team. "I was only told I'd be physically participating in this meeting a quarter before time!" The girl who entered was on slightly lower heels than Beretta, dressed in a silky bright blue gown. This gown practically exploded in streamers every time she moved, long ribbons floating into the air at the slightest shift, especially from the sleeves.
The girl loved it, though she'd never admit it to anyone whose opinion she cared about.
"May I ask for a repeat of today's task, sir?" Sierra curtsied to Canvas. Her part in the mission was reconnaissance and vocal aid if necessary, in line with her powers. That they wanted her to join he session was quite strange, but she wasn't complaining. Hovering as a ghost for hours whose only job was to speak when necessary wasn't much fun. She looked at the bottles curiously, especially the glittery one.
Beretta's eyes could find no safe place to linger. The vacancy of Mimic's mask left no foothold, and Canvas's loose, flip attitude flooded her with trepidation at sampling any substance he had imbibed. Mayday was the worst of all, of course: His stone-sharp face made her nervous to fail, and the rest of him filled her with something she could not pinpoint, but rather wanted to kick firmly back down into wherever hole it had been dredged up from. It was anxious and dizzy; lightheaded warmth flirting unease in the pit of her being with no intent to move.
Mostly embarrassment, really.
She finally settled on staring at the Supervisor after all, though in all truth she was staring through him, and further on into the wall behind him. There was a motion sensor lodged in it, shiny and metal and watching their every move from its little hiding space.
She watched it right back: A small consistency in her new world of sparkle, beguilement, and barefaced adulthood.
Fresh heat rose against her neck as she listened to the full training brief.
Just drink.
She broke from the monitor to watch the faces of her counterparts once more, assessing if this was a trap or a trick. Canvas had taken the mission to heart already, Mimic was unreadable, and Mayday was…
… Well, Mayday.
"Yes, sir, I—" Beretta clapped a hand over her mouth at Canvas's remark, violet eyes now fixed on the floor. Mayday had spent a good bit of practice on not looking preposterous, and she did not want to be caught giggling in any kind of agreement with the Supervisor. "Ahem- Ack. Ekch-" she moved her hand and tapped on her chest as she turned back to face the table. "Sorry. I am having something in my- Uhm."
She looked like an idiot. "Stupid girl," she could hear Colt chide, and she snatched a slender glass from the table with quaking fingers. Her free hand poured a sizeable helping from the opened bottle Canvas had just set down.
It had a warm, calming aroma that floated from the glass even as she poured; flowery and pale like the park gardens in the laziest heat of summer.
Her trepidation multiplied as the heady scent wafted up to greet her, but she fought it down. If this was her mission for the day, she would do it well. Like Colt. Or Mayday. Or… Really, the number of people who were generally better than her was quite staggering.
"Cheers?" she offered, holding her glass up toward the others as she had seen in the video clips for study. She took the glass to her lips, took in a sizeable swig, and—
"I apologize for my lateness!"
Beretta jumped, and inhaled the drink into her windpipe. She coughed once, and then proceeded to cover her mouth while avoiding any gagging noises during the duration of Sierra's greeting.
"Achk— We are… Achkm— Sorry. We are…" She paused, clearing her throat and takng a minute to inhale better. "…The Supervisor has said we are to be drinking, today."
In case the point was not clear enough, she held up her glass. "I am not doing very well at it."


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Here's my take on it. Adults who move to this country and don't learn English should be encouraged to. But assuming that they work and perhaps are raising families, it can be difficult to add school to their schedule.
I'm a 2nd generation American. My parents were born here and when they started school, they didn't know any English. They learned it in school. My maternal grandparents managed to learn pretty good English from their jobs, listening to the radio, watching TV, etc. They didn't go to school to learn it.
If you're an English native speaker and you run across someone who doesn't speak English, you obviously can't converse with them, so just leave it alone. If they can find a job and work with the language skills that they have, leave them alone.
My grandfather lived in the U.S. for 50 years and never learned English. But he worked in a factory, bought an apartment building, sent his children to college, paid his taxes and celebrated our national holidays. His son, my father, fought in WWII for this country - he didn't know English when he went to school. English was not spoken at home. He actually knew 3 languages, one of which was English.
I am so tired of so many of my fellow American preaching how people should learn English, like it's really easy to just uproot yourself from your homeland and learn a new language. Most people can barely juggle work and family as it is.
Relax - the chlldren who are the children of immigrants will learn English and some of their parents will too. Until you move to a foreign land and master their language, you can't judge.
This thread should be moved to another forum subsection.
This forum needs to strictly only cover "illegal immigration."
I taught English to Spanish-speakers in Arizona for almost 4 years. What's interesting is that the people I worked with were older and understood that even without making English the official language, in order to get out of low-paying jobs and to not get taken advantage of by employers, those who don't know English need to learn it.
The reality is that very few people who live in the US don't learn English after a few years. It was that way when the Irish, Italians and Germans were coming to America from the East Coast. While some are obviously more comfortable speaking in their native tongue, it's only a few generations before the language and the "connection" to the homeland is gone.
In the Denver Post a few weeks ago, there was an article about how the mom and pop Mexican grocery stores are starting to close down. They filled a need for a while for people who were recent immigrants (legal or illegal) to buy things that they were familiar with...certain labels, Spanish signs, etc. But those grocery stores don't hold the same value to people who have been here for a while...they will just go to Albertsons or Safeway because a soda brand from Mexico doesn't mean anything to them.
I think making English the "official" language is pointless. The US is a very hard place to navigate without a good command of English. Very few people speak another language, road signs are in English, we don't have the universal signage that so many other countries have. We have friends from the Netherlands who come to visit every few years and they always comment on how they are brushing up on English before getting on a plane because it's very hard to get around without it. Luckily, most people from The Netherlands speak English very well, but the same thing applies no matter which country you're from.
You have to make a more concerted effort to NOT learn English, I think. I lived in Italy and Germany for a few years each and both times, I left those countries speaking their language well enough to hold a conversation...that's without taking any language classes and only a basic knowledge of certain phrases when I arrived.
There are a HUGE number of older Illegals that don't know but maybe a couple words of English here. The larger Cities like mine have a startling number of people that don't speak English. The part I find discriminating is that they only hire Spanish speakers as interpreters. Why don't other Cultures get the same treatment? What's so special about the Spanish speakers?
Another thread loaded with a biggoted undertone. IF it had said, "Illegal immigrants" instead of Hispanics, I wouldn't be whining.
But I'm sure somehow someway someone will twist it around to make ME look like a bigot and/or complain that I am trynig to be too politically correct.
I am an immigrant from Mexico. Been here since 1978. I was 7 years old when we came to America. I learned to speak English in school, put myself through college and now make a very nice living in Texas working for guess who....the government I know how to speak 4 languages but my mother, who is a US citizen raised in MEXICO cannot speak English very well. She has tried and took classes at a local community college when I was little ( I remember her proudly announcing she was going to school to learn English ) but she has never mastered the language. Face it, English is hard. If you come here as an adult learning English or any other language is a huge feat. I have friends, immigrants, from Portugal, Albania, The Phillippines, Laos, Indonesia, who are severely discriminated against by Americans because they have a heavy accent or can't speak English very well. These are all well educated people who are here legally but for whatever reason they haven't been able to master the English language. As a native Spanish speaker, English was very easy for me to learn. But as I learned other languages, I can see how English is A LOT harder than French, Italian, Portuguese, etc.
My grandmother married an American and came to the US around the same time I did. She has never learned how to speak English. She understands some, but can't speak it to save her life. Some people just aren't good at languages.
So like the quoted poster above says: Relax people. We do learn to speak English eventually and :gasp: become responsible, contributors to American society.
I live in Texas and in my experience, a lot of people who have come here from Mexico seem angry when you can't speak to them in their language. I'm not saying they're all that way, but a lot of them are. Some have been here for years and still can barely converse in English. I know if I moved to another country, I'd try to learn that country's native language first. I went to Ecuador for a week and tried to learn as much Quechua as possible before going there. Why can't they learn English before or shortly after moving here?
12.2% of US residents speak Spanish at home.
46.7% of those Spanish speakers speak English less than "very well", which translates into 5.7% of the total population.
5.7% doesn't seem like that big of a "problem", and most definitely not one that would require a mandate.
There should NOT be a law forcing hispanics to learn English. But there SHOULD be a law forbidding anyone from posting signs, telephone messages, instructions, and anything else in the U.S. in any language except English.
Why would they need to learn English? This country caters to their every need and provides just about everything written/spoken in Spanish.


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Cheshire, England
The course was open for play on April 29, 1911, with an exhibition match featuring Braid, Herd and Ray.
Delamere Forest Golf Club is located in Delamere, Cheshire, England. Remotely located near Delamere Forest Park, there is a large sand and gravel quarry on the southern side of the site. Perhaps not a neighbour you would choose, it is indicative of what lies just below the glorious heathland you play over here.
By design, the course was constructed so members could play shorter loops of 8 or 10 holes. Founded in 1910, Herbert Fowler laid out what would become one of the finest traditional heathland courses in England. Just 10 years later in 1921, Herbert Fowler designed and built 7 new holes and remodelled the other 11.
In 1959, Fred Hawtree made alterations to every hole on the course but the character of the Fowler design was retained. Every hole was modified which made the work extensive but many of the changes were minor.
MacKenzie & Ebert were called upon in 2012 to strengthen and reinstate the original heathland character. The plan was executed and the course was open for play in 2014. The bunkers were restored to their original aesthetic, greens expanded, green surrounds cut short creating runoffs and 8 new tees added. However, even from the tips, Delamere Forest Golf Club plays modestly at just under 6,600 yards.
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How to Get a Job In Trump's America
by adminin Newson Posted on September 6, 2021
"It's a very big country.
It's a country that you can only afford to be in for a short period of time."
That's one of the biggest misconceptions of American life, and that's why the President has made it so difficult for Americans to enter the workforce.
Trump is going to be our president, and the first order of business will be to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to get a job and get ahead.
But that's not all that's going to happen in the Trump administration.
There will be some big changes as well.
The President will likely push hard to repeal Obamacare, which has proven to be one of Trump's biggest achievements.
Trump is not a fan of the Affordable Care Act, and many of his promises have not been kept.
But there will also be a push for a smaller, more flexible healthcare system, which is a move many in the business community have been pushing for.
Some of these changes will not be popular with the business and media communities, but the White House believes it will be an important change in the direction of the country.
It's not an easy road.
But it is the right one, and we have to move forward, said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Sunday on ABC's This Week.
The administration is also preparing to launch a number of initiatives aimed at bolstering the economy, including a tax cut, deregulation, and more.
Trump's campaign promises have been a big part of the President's success in winning the White Houses, and he is now looking to take advantage of that success in his second term.
But while some have expressed concerns about Trump's personal style and his inability to get anything done, there are also many Americans who are excited about the changes that he is going through as president.
It sounds like the Whitehouse is ready to move on from the President, and is now focused on the next chapter of his administration.
But we're not going to let them succeed in making America great again.
We're going to take on the corporate special interests, the billionaires, the lobbyists, the special interests that are pushing this agenda, and every single one of them has their hand out.
We are going to have to take that back.
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Q: Entity Framework Code first missing foreign key entities in WebAPI project I'm afraid that if I include my code this post will get too long and too complicated, so I'll try and explain my problem. If however you'd like to see some code illustrating this problem, I'll be happy to add it afterwards.
I have a project, MVC4 project (Website.Web) that used entity framework code first. My entity classes is in a seperate project: Website.Domain
I have a NewsPost class:
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual string Subject { get; set; }
public virtual string Content { get; set; }
public virtual string ImageName { get; set; }
public virtual DateTime CreateTime { get; set; }
public virtual int CreatedById { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Comment> Comments { get; set; }

And my comments class looks like this:
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual int CreatedById { get; set; }
public virtual DateTime CreatedTime { get; set; }
public virtual string Content { get; set; }

Now in my MVC project, I have entity framework set up with some repository classes and ninject to seperate everything from my controllers. And when I do a "GetAll()" on my newsposts. The NewsPost.Comments will be filled with the comments that's associated with this newspost. It all works perfectly.
Now I got the idea that I'd like to use webapi, so I set up a new MVC basic project. I removed the views folder, and removed the models folder. Then I setup all the repositories here as well along with my entity framework dbcontext class. And enabled migrations on the project to allow me to use entity framework code first in the same fasion as the Website.Web project. I also referenced the same Domain classes as the web project.
Now here comes the problems. I tried doing a GetAll() on the newsposts, but when I inspect the list returned by GetAll(), I see that though it fetches all the news in the database, the COMMENTS are null. I'm pretty sure I have the Website.API set up the same way as my Website.Website.Web - So what am I missing?
I hope I have explained well enough. Again if you need any additional code or I need to clarify some points, I'll happily do this, I just didn't wanna make the question more complicated than it already is with too much code.

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Obama's pratical moves must be baffling his critics
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I imagine some of our politically involved Grand County residents are feeling a little bewildered these days. I know there were those who wrote letters to the editor swearing up and down that Barack Obama was a secret Muslim and a socialist. President-elect Obama's cabinet nominations and staff appointments must have left many scratching their heads.
A Grand County friend of mine came upon a satirical article written by Dave Barry of the Miami Herald on the eve of election night in advance for publication the day after the election. It sums up the spirit, if not the exact words, of what he heard in campaign ads and talk radio ginning up fear of an Obama victory. It also gibes with anonymously generated e-mails forwarded to me by some conservative-leaning friends.
To quote an excerpt from Dave Barry's tongue in cheek piece: "Barack Obama is our next president, which is very bad because he is a naive untested wealth-spreading terrorist-befriending ultraliberal socialist communist who will suddenly reveal his secret Muslim identity by riding to his inauguration on a camel shouting 'Death to Israel!' (I mean Obama will be shouting this, not the camel) after which he will wreck the economy by sending Joe the Plumber to Guantanamo and taxing away all the income of anybody who makes over $137.50 per year and giving it to bloated government agencies that will deliberately set it on fire."
These past couple of weeks have revealed quite a different kind of Obama. His nominations for cabinet posts and staff appointments have received accolades from both parties. In fact, probably some of his appointments and nominations could have been made by John McCain himself, such as Jim Jones, former Marine commandant and Supreme Commander of NATO, in the absolutely most powerful position as National Security Advisor, and the retention of Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense. Even the remainder of his national security team is considered pragmatic and moderate.
The Bush administration has already laid the groundwork and time frame for withdrawal from Iraq so that the details of withdrawal will be the challenge left to the new administration. We will see a greater utilization of the tools of multi-lateral and bilateral diplomacy, and we will also see greater attention paid to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India than in the past.
President-elect Obama has made it clear that he wants to maintain the military might of the United States. This is not a "roll over and surrender" president-elect. It is a "speak softly, carry a big stick" Teddy Roosevelt type of foreign policy.
Of course, the most controversial nomination is Hillary Clinton for secretary of State. While New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson had more diplomatic experience and his positions on foreign policy were closer to Obama's, Hillary Clinton's nomination made some sense. It is not so much because of her experience, but because of her public relations value and credibility worldwide. Her star power will bring attention and focus to the diplomatic tools used to advance U.S. security interests, tools that were intentionally downplayed by the Bush administration.
Is this a smart political move on the part of Obama? That remains to be seen since palace intrigue and behind the scenes power struggles sometimes plague a "team of rivals," but I think her own ambitions will motivate her to do her best to make the entire administration successful. Her grit, political skills and intelligence " and already established international contacts ' also will stand her in good stead as secretary of State.
President-elect Obama's nominations and appointments to his economic team have gained the praise of both Wall Streeters and mainstreeters. None of them represents the abandonment of the capitalist system and none will require on the job training. In fact, while we will probably see more strings attached to government bailouts and some tinkering with the rules and regulations in the financial sector to prevent future market and mortgage meltdowns, the fundamentals of the free market system do not appear to be in jeopardy. The attitude expressed by Obama himself is "how little can we do and still be effective" so that we do not interfere with growth in the economic sectors.
These nominations appear to be to the right of what many assumed to be Obama's political philosophy, but he may also be making the left wing of the Democratic party nervous. Obama has already hinted that he will not seek a restoration of Clinton tax structure with its higher tax rate for the wealthy, but he will consider allowing the tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations to sunset a couple of years from now, per the intent of the original legislation. What we may see is the middle class tax cut he promised, as well as education and health care programs, investment in infrastructure, energy independence and greening of manufacturing become part of the stimulus package he is proposing.
How much of this will be included in the stimulus package he will send to Congress remains to be seen. It may have moderating effect. Republican Sen. Saxby Chamblis' re-election in Georgia last week ended Democratic hopes of a filibuster-proof Senate. Democrats will have to find some Senate Republicans to join with them to approve the package if they want to avoid the "checks and balances/ obstruction" some Republicans are threatening.
So far Obama is not backing down from the goals he laid out in the campaign, but he is employing whatever means will work and hiring skilled, moderate pragmatists to figure a way to get it done. I believe he is also a realist and knows what the priorities are. Failure to get the economy back on its feet or failure to generate confidence in his competence to protect the United States from a terror attack will scuttle any plans he has to realize many of the goals liberals treasure. My conservative, Muslim-phobic friends ought to also breathe a sigh of relief.
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Shoba Narayan dreams of being a trapeze artist or a stand-up comedienne, both of which are unrealistically ambitious given that she is galactically un-funny and clumsy to boot. Mea...view moreShoba Narayan dreams of being a trapeze artist or a stand-up comedienne, both of which are unrealistically ambitious given that she is galactically un-funny and clumsy to boot. Meanwhile, she writes about food, travel, fashion, art and her native India for many publications. They include Condenast Traveler (US edition), The National, Financial Times, Destinasian, Gourmet, Time, Silkroad, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Town & Country, British Airways Highlife, Cathay Pacific's Discovery, Singapore Airlines' Silverkris, Knowledge@Wharton, Departures, Food & Wine, Saveur, Newsweek, Beliefnet and House Beautiful, among others. She is not sure why she said "among others" given that she has given a fairly exhaustive listing. Shoba is a weekly columnist for Mint Lounge, an Indian business daily which is affiliated with the WSJ. She writes frequently for The National, based in Abu Dhabi. She does freelance features for a number of publications; and teaches an MBA course at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Shoba's essays and commentaries have appeared on NPR's All Things Considered Weekend. Her essay, The God of Small Feasts, that was published in Gourmet, won the James Beard Foundation's MFK Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing. She is the author of a book, "Monsoon Diary: a memoir with recipes," published by Random House (US) in 2003. It was a finalist for a James Beard Award. Shoba graduated from the Columbia Journalism School with a Master of Science degree. The school awarded her a Pulitzer Travelling Fellowship given to the top three graduating students in the class. She used her fellowship to travel to Israel. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Bangalore, India. She can be reached at shoba@shobanarayan.comview less
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Into The Fall
January 16, 2017 by teri67
Posted on 01/01 22:31
The autumn of 2003 had to take some getting used to; as I'd been so accustomed to going to work & dropping the kids off at school til 4 or 5. Josie, now in kindergarten, would come home with me at 10:50; sometimes to take a nap before lunch, as I was not good about getting her up & ready; I was so used to the lax Kindercare schedule. My days thru 4 pm became about her, looking for a new job, Lynn and now Alex.
We got used to a routine where she'd be on about 10 or 11PM US time--12 hours later in the Philippines. I grew to depend on our talks, which happened about 4 nights a week, after everyone else was in bed. Tim, curious about my new online friend, would occasionally get on and 'speak' with her. I also spent time with Yolanda, even attending her birthday party/cookout at her house with her hubby, Marlo. I have to admit, though I was sincerely interested in Yolanda's company, part of me wished I'd cross paths with Lynn, as she was also Yolanda's friend. I wanted to keep up with things in the office, too, and have chances to make a good impression on people, like at get-togethers coworkers came to. That did not happen thru the last months of 2003, but the hope had kept me going. And I found Yolanda, despite her rough, working-class edge, was an honest & loyal friend.
We also spoke at times about my sexuality, and what else had happened behind the scenes at Ward-Kaps. Yolanda 'got' Lynn's side too: that Lynn was uncomfortable with me; and said I had to tread carefully with straight people if I had a crush on them. That though it might seem unfair, some didn;t want to hear it because they'd think I was 'after' them, convert them. Yeah, I did bristle at that, but I thought about it and it made sense--a straight telling another straight could bring the same thing. My counselor had said basically the same thing. But she also said she could tell how much I cared about Lynn, and figured I was just immature in showing it; nothing more.(which I admit I was for 36) And that Lynn knew, too--but here was the kicker, she had started denying we ever had a bond; even to Yolanda. She still wanted nothing to do with me, which sunk my heart, despite her lying to others. She might could forget, or repress, but I couldn't. Not ever.
I went into overdrive trying to be a good parent too, thinking that would compensate for my sexuality. Looking back, sometimes it seemed others accepted me more than I did; I felt I had to 'prove' myself, even to myself. Alex, though we'd just known each other weeks, started admonishing me for dwelling on Lynn. She was a born-again Christian, who'd once thought gay & bi- was a sin, but now didn;t. She saw real love as OK. (though she did admit she'd rather I be gay than bi--the few bisexuals she'd met hadn't valued commitment to one person, and she was trying to get past the negative image) Alex told me bluntly she felt Lynn had used me, esp with money, and part of it could be her discomfort being close to someone like me. As in, what would that mean about her? She thought I should give her benefit of doubt, but not to the point of defending everything she did regarding me. That my feelings counted too. Alex would remind me that she wasn;t a counselor; and though she was flattered that I thought much of her already, I needed to say these things to my counselor. Which I did. Though I still couldn;t share much with my folks--as embarrassed as I'd been 14 years before (in college).
In Alex I was finding that someone whom I could share with, who could relate. She & Abby stayed friends, though Abby was struggling to control her feelings; as she loved Alex romantically. I wished Lynn were like that, that she was concerned about my feelings & friendship too. Through October & into November, I got into a steady routine with Josie & Jamie, occasionally speaking with Yolanda, and checking job leads. Fortunately, that soon became one less worry; as I got unemployment pay and an 'allowance' from Tim. I admit the latter dented my pride severely, but hey, money was money; and it would all last me til I found something regular. And I heard something pleasant--that some ex-cohorts started asking Yolanda about me, and for 'more of the story.' She clarified for them that I was bisexual, not gay, that I had never cheated on Tim, nor had I put moves on Lynn. And she told that we'd shared time beyond work. Lizanne, the office manager (receptionist Jesse's mom), was esp curious; maybe because she'd had the office beside me. She had supported my being let go, based on what she'd heard--but now thought, from the new info, a mistake was made. That she shouldn;t have been so quick to judge. Yeah, I got that, though I didn't like it--I myself was still not immune to GLBT stereotypes. But hey, it was a start.
And Alex my new friend was like tonic on a still-open sore. She seemed too good to be true,
at times. But she seemed to care, and that was all that's important.
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Ok, would it be worth waiting for next generation rtx cards so they hype calms down and it sort of becomes the norm?
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So would you recommend an upgrade, if so what too?
I Currently Have A System With a A10 7860k Or 7850k GTX 1050ti 8gb of ddr3 750W Gold Plus PSU However I Have A School/Laptop with a: I7-7850hq 16gb ddr4 GTX 1060 6gb Im Considering Either Upgrading My PC or Using this laptop to keep gaming on. What Would You Guys Recommend?
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PLAINWELL, Mi. -- William Griffey and his family are fighting a hefty bill from the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. Like hundreds of other people who continue to reach out to the FOX 17 Problem Solvers, the state demands Griffey pay a debt he says he doesn't owe.
"They say I owe $23,545.47," Griffey said.
He said he worked as a track and field coach for Western Michigan University until his contract expired in late June 2014. So he filed for unemployment benefits. The state approved it, and he collected for 20 weeks.
"My benefits ran out in November, and I started full-time employment in December and then 6 months later I got a notice from the UIA about some fraudulent charges on my behalf," Griffey explained.
He said the unemployment agency mailed a notice to his home in mid-May. The letter accused him of misleading the state. So the couple checked his online unemployment account (MiWAM), which he said he had no reason to check since he`d been back to work for 6 months already. The Griffeys found several notices and printed them out.
"[Notices] stating I was working for two companies during the time of my unemployment, and I was not working during that time," he said.
He added, "When I was looking through the papers, I was thinking maybe I filed something wrong."
"It said 'involved employer,' and the first thing I saw was Panda Express," Griffey recalled showing his wife and looking puzzled.
"I never worked for Panda Express," he said. "And they claimed I was making $713 a week at Panda Express. That`d be a lot of money."
The documents spell it out. Griffey said he and his wife immediately checked his credit report. The husband and wife said they suspected identity theft but didn't see any fraudulent activity on his report.
"Then I called the corporate headquarters at Panda Express, and they did confirm with me that they do not have record of me as an employee. That if they were subpoenaed to court, they would provide the necessary paperwork for that," he recalled.
Secondly, the state also claimed Griffey still worked for Western Michigan University while collecting benefits. However, Griffey contacted human resources at WMU and retrieved documentation showing his payment history. It shows he received his last check on July 1st. That's right when his contracted ended. Griffey filed an appeal to the UIA to protest and explain everything. This should all be cleared up now, right?
"And that was denied," he said of the appeal.
He learned it was denied because he missed the 30 day deadline to respond to the notices that only went to his online unemployment account (MiWAM). Again, it's an account he had no reason to check since he returned to full-time employment several months ago.
Griffey said he and his wife started researching their problem online and found FOX 17's coverage.
"We were just appalled, shocked and appalled at all the different stories we`re hearing about," he said.
They reached out to the FOX 17 Problem Solvers to warn others and for help.
"I want my name cleared of these charges, and I don`t want to owe the $23,000, especially for something that I didn`t do," Griffey said.
The Problem Solvers are in the process of helping Griffey. If you're like him and the hundreds of other people who've reached out to FOX 17 about problems with the UIA, you can also contact the Sugar Law Center in Detroit at 313-993-4505. As we've reported, the law firm is a part of a federal lawsuit against the state. The state has yet to respond to that lawsuit.
The Problem Solvers have pressed the governor's office repeatedly for an on-camera interview.
The governor's deputy press secretary, Dave Murray, released a statement. It said the state needs to be responsive to taxpayers. It goes on to say, "We understand that there is pending litigation concerning this situation, which limits what we can discuss. We also are unable to discuss particular situations because of privacy concerns."
Our government does legal extortion like this in many way all the time. You will pay it. Period.
This is just like the confiscation law, hopefully about to be changed. You don't need to know why they emptied your house and you will never get restitution when they find you innocent.
I am hearing about more and more of these cases. Is it possible for a class action suit to be filed against the state?
Is that the same Dave Murray who used to be the whipping boy over at Mlive? I'd call that a lateral move, but it probably pays a lot better.
This is just mind boggling. I hope he and all the other folks who have been wrongfully accused and fined by the UIA get all of this settled.
Dave Murray is right, they need to be responsive to taxpayers, and there's many who aren't going to be happy about our dollars being spent in legal fees because the UIA can't get their stuff together.
And why isn't the party in power in Lansing being responsive to all these individuals?
Just another government tactic to terrorize people into not using their unemployment benefits because the agency is probably underfunded and overextended. It's all smoke and mirrors now. There is no safety net. The government wants everyone out of a job to disappear as far as their books are concerned because technology has now replaced half the work force and there is nothing but burger flipping and coffee serving left for low skill workers to do.
I'm going through it too They are charging me $2700.
what would be a good way of trying to help all these people??? writing letters to our representatives or senators? If people took up this cause with letters & phone calls maybe something good would come out of all of this!!!
I don't think the bozos in Lansing really care.
The uia will always imply fraud but it must prove it. I got a reversal on this issue for couple clients. The uia' first allegation will be fraud if not for overpayment in a case when you didn't report an accurate info to them but it says that when you appeal and protest the allegation by submitting a meritorious defense against the accusation. I've been litigating with uia and getting results for clients in this situation. Even if you didn't appeal or protest on time it doesn't mean you can't win. It's a mere accusation that with a competent litigator can be reversed. Call me at 586-745-5318 and come see me.


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Trump's Judicial Nominee Thinks Trans Kids Are Proof Of "Satan's Plan"
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There's been a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for two years, and on Wednesday, President Trump nominated Jeff Mateer, the first assistant attorney general of Texas, to fill it. This has proven controversial, however, as Mateer staunchly opposes LGBT rights, has called same-sex marriage "disgusting" and once said that transgender children were evidence of "Satan's plan."
CNN uncovered a series of remarks Mateer made as the general counsel of the First Liberty Institute, a conservative advocacy group for which he worked prior to joining the Texas Attorney General's office. In one 2015 speech, Mateer discussed the case of a transgender first grader whose family sued her school so she could use the bathroom that corresponded with her gender identity. In addition to doubting the child's ability to know her own gender identity, Mateer suggested that Satan himself had a hand in the controversy.
"In Colorado, a public school has been sued because a first grader — and I forget the sex, she's a girl who thinks she's a boy, or a boy who thinks she's a girl? It's probably that, a boy who thinks she's a girl," Mateer said in the speech, according to CNN's KFILE. "And the school said, 'Well, she's not using the girl's restroom.' And so she has now sued to have a right to go in."
"Now, I submit to you, a parent of three children who are now young adults, [does] a first grader really knows what their sexual identity?" Trump's judicial nominee continued. "I mean, it just really shows you how Satan's plan is working and the destruction that's going on."
Mateer has also claimed that LGBT activists are attempting to impose "an agenda" on America, and compared same-sex marriage to bestiality.
"I mean, it's disgusting," Mateer said shortly after the landmark Supreme Court decision that granted marriage rights to same-sex couples. "There are people who marry themselves. Somebody wanted to marry a tree. People marrying their pets. It's just like — you know, you read the New Testament and you read about all the things and you think, 'Oh, that's not going on in our community.' Oh yes, it is. We're back to that time where debauchery rules."
In another speech excerpt posted by CNN, Mateer lamented that gay conversion therapy had been banned in several states. But gay conversion therapy — in which gay people are told that they can stop being gay if they try hard enough — has been thoroughly denounced by the American Psychiatric Association and other industry groups. In fact, the American Pediatric Association concluded that "it can provoke guilt and anxiety while having little or no potential for achieving changes in orientation."
"If you're giving conversion therapy, that's been outlawed in at least two states and then in some local areas," Mateer said in the speech. "So they're invading that area."
Incendiary quotes aside, Mateer has also taken material action against attempts to expand LGBT rights. As the general counsel for First Liberty Institute, he spearheaded the legal fight against an ordinance in Plano, Texas, that expanded nondiscrimination protections to LGBT residents. Claiming that it was "a religious liberty issue," Mateer circulated a petition in the city in an attempt to force a ballot referendum on the ordinance. This effort failed, however, when city officials discovered that the petition contained false information about the ordinance in question, alongside many other deficiencies.
As a candidate for the presidency, Trump promised to fight for the LGBT community. As president, however, he's banned transgender troops from the military and withdrawn Obama-era protections for transgender students. His decision to nominate a vociferously anti-gay man for a federal judgeship is a flagrant contradiction of his campaign promises, and yet given the actions he's taken on LGBT issues during his young presidency, it's not surprising.


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What's New
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`Jun 28 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/181>`_
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Moved ``pycroscopy.core`` into separate package - `pyUSID <https://pycroscopy.github.io/pyUSID/about.html>`_
pyUSID will be the engineering package that supports science-focused packages such as pycroscopy similar to how scipy depends on numpy.
All references to pycroscopy.core within the pycroscopy package are now referencing pyusid instead.
The current release of pycroscopy imports pyUSID and makes it available as ``pycroscopy.core`` so that existing imports in user-code do not break.
In the next release of pycroscopy, this implicit import will be removed and the following modules would have to be imported directly from ``pyUSID``:

* ``hdf_utils``
* ``write_utils``
* ``dtype_utils``
* ``io_utils``
* ``PycroDataset`` - renamed to ``USIDataset``
* ``Translator``
* ``ImageTranslator``
* ``NumpyTranslator``
* ``Process``
* ``parallel_compute()``
* ``plot_utils``
* ``jupyter_utils``

Thus, imports and usages of such modules as:

.. code:: python

  import pycroscopy as px
  px.plot_utils.plot_map(...)
  px.hdf_utils.print_tree(h5_file)
  px.PycroDataset(h5_dset)
  # Other non-core classes:
  px.processing.SignalFilter(h5_main, ...)

would need to be changed to:

.. code:: python

  # Now import pyUSID along with pycroscopy
  import pyUSID as usid
  import pycroscopy as px
  # functions and classes still work the same way
  # just use usid instead of px for anything that was in core (see list above).
  usid.plot_utils.plot_map(...)
  usid.hdf_utils.print_tree(h5_file)
  # The only difference is the renaming of the PycroDataset to USIDataset:
  usid.USIDataset(h5_dset)
  # Other classes and functions outside .core are addressed just as before:
  px.processing.SignalFilter(h5_main, ...)

`Jun 19 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/180>`_
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* Thanks to `@Liambcollins <https://github.com/Liambcollins>`_ for bug-fixes to ``GTuneTranslator``

`Jun 18 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/177>`_
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* Thanks to `@Liambcollins <https://github.com/Liambcollins>`_ for bug-fixes to ``GLineTranslator``

`Jun 15 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/175>`_
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* Thanks to `@ramav87 <https://github.com/ramav87>`_ for bug-fixes in BEPS related translators and notebooks

`Jun 14 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/173>`_
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* Thanks to `@ealopez <https://github.com/ealopez>`_ for adding AFM simulations
* Thanks to `@nmosto <https://github.com/nmosto>`_ for guides for python novices

`Jun 13 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/172>`_
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* Thanks to `@str-eat <https://github.com/str-eat>`_ for implementing a PycroDataset to csv exporter

`Jun 04 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/166>`_
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* Thanks to `@donpatrice <https://github.com/donpatrice>`_ for fixing a UTF8 isue with the ``NanonisTranslator``

`Jun 01 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/162>`_
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* First skeleton ``GwyddionTranslator`` being worked on by `@str-eat <https://github.com/str-eat>`_
* Added guidelines for contributing code

`May 31 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/162>`_
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* All ``Translators`` now use absolute paths
* Improved examples and documentation

`May 30 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/162>`_
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* Thanks to `@carlodri <https://github.com/carlodri>`_ for donating his utility to read Gwyddion Simple File (gsf) reader
* Added ``gwyfile`` to the requirements of pycroscopy
* ``NumpyTranslator`` now accepts extra datasets and keyword arguments that will be passed on to ``hdf_utils.write_main_dataset()``

`May 26 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/158>`_
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* Implemented a general function for reading sections of binary files
* First version of the ``BrukerTranslator`` for translating Bruker Icon and other AFM files

`May 03 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/153>`_
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* ``plot_utils.plot_map()`` now accepts the extent or the tick values
* Fixed bug in ``hdf_utils.write_reduced_spec_dsets()`` and ``analysis.BESHOFitter``
* General improvements to the ``analysis.Fitter`` class
* Documentation updates

`May 02 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/151>`_
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* Fixed bug in ``svd_rebuild()``

`May 01 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/149>`_
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* Minor corrections to documentation formatting
* ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils.get_auxillary_datasets()`` renamed to ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils.get_auxiliary_datasets()``
* Example on parallel computing rewritten to focus on ``pycroscopy.parallel_compute()``
* Added ``setUp()`` and ``tearDown()`` to unit testing classes for ``hdf_utils`` and ``PycroDataset``
* Fixed bug in the sorting capability of ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils.reshape_to_n_dims()``
* Added logo to website

`Apr 29 2018 2: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/148>`_
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* Centralized verification of slice dictionary in ``pycroscopy.PycroDataset``
* The ``slice_dict`` kwarg in ``pycroscopy.PycroDataset.slice()`` now the first required argument
* Lots of minor formatting changes to examples.
* Removed jupyter notebooks from which the examples were generated.

`Apr 29 2018 1: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/147>`_
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* Fixed errors in broken examples
* Replaced example BE datasets with ones where the central datasets now have ``quantity`` and ``units`` attributes to make them ``Main datasets``
* Replaced example STS dataset with a zip file which will download a lot faster for examples. Corrected the example on NumpyTranslator

`Apr 28 2018 2: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/146>`_
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* Fixed unit tests for python 2. assertWarns() only applied to python 3 now
* Added ``from future`` import statement to all modules in ``pycroscopy.core``

`Apr 28 2018 1: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/143>`_
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**(Massive) merge of (skunkworks) branch unity_dev into master``**

* Added unit tests for all (feasible) modules in ``pycroscopy.core``
* Added examples for every single function or class in ``pycroscopy.core`` (**10** cookbooks in total!)
* Added a primer to h5py and HDF5
* Added document with instructions on converting unit tests to examples of functions.
* Added web page with links to external tutorials
* Added web page describing contents of package, organization,
* Added web page with FAQs
* Moved a simplified (non ptychography version of) ImageTranslator to ``pycroscopy.core``
* Package reconfigured to use ``pytests`` instead of ``Nose``
* Converted last few ``assert`` statements into descriptive ``Errors``
* Legacy HDF writing classes and functions **deprecated now** and will be removed in a future release:

    * ``hdf_writer`` and ``virtual_data`` modules moved out of ``pycroscopy.core.io`` and back into ``pycroscopy.io``.
    * Moved functions in ``pycroscopy.write_utils`` using above deprecated classes into ``pycroscopy.io.write_utils``. These functions are also deprecated
    * ``pycroscopy.translators.BEODFTranslator``, ``pycroscopy.analysis.BESHOFitter``, and ``pycroscopy.BELoopFitter``,
      ``pycroscopy.processing.SignalFilter``, ``pycroscopy.translators.GIVTranslator``, ``pycroscopy.analysis.GIVBayesian``, ``pycroscopy.processing.gmode_utils``, etc.
      now do **not** use deprecated classes as proof that even the most complex classes can easily be transitioned to using
      functions in ``pycroscopy.core.io.hdf_utils`` and ``pycroscopy.core.io.write_utils``
    * Unit tests for modules in ``pycroscopy.core.io`` rewritten to not use deprecated functions or classes.
    * Deprecated classes only being used in translators, two analyses modules and two process modules
    * Removed old examples and tutorials, especially on deprecated classes
* Upgrades to ``pycroscopy.Process``:

    * ``pycroscopy.Process`` now has a new function - ``test()`` that allows much easier in-place testing of processes before applying to the entire dataset
    * `pycroscopy.processing.Cluster``, ``pycroscopy.processing.Decomposition``, ``pycroscopy.processing.SVD``, ``pycroscopy.processing.SignalFilter``,
      ``pycroscopy.processing.GIVBayesian`` all implement the new ``test()`` functionality - return results as correct N-dimensional datasets in expected datatypes
    * ``pycroscopy.processing.Cluster``, ``pycroscopy.processing.Decomposition`` now use a user-configured sklearn objects as inputs instead of creating an estimator object
    * ``SVD``, ``Cluster``, ``Decomposition`` now correctly write results as ``Main`` datasets
* More robust ``pycroscopy.gmode_utils`` functions
* Updates to ``pycroscopy.plot_utils``:

    * ``plot_complex_loop_stack`` merged into ``plot_complex_spectra()``
    * new function that provides best row / column configuration for (identical) subplots: ``get_plot_grid_size()``
    * moved clustering related utilities into ``pycroscopy.viz.cluster_utils`` <-- significantly revised many functions in there
    * ``plot_map_stack()`` accepts x, y labels. ``plot_map()`` accepts X and Y vectors instead of sizes for more granular control
    * All compound functions now pass kwargs to underlying functions wherever possible

* Updates to ``pycroscopy.write_utils``:

    * ``pycroscopy.write_utils.AncillaryDescriptor`` and ``pycroscopy.jupyter_utils.VizDimension`` merged and significantly simplified to ``pycroscopy.write_utils.Dimension``
    * Swapped all usages of ``AncillaryDescriptor`` with ``Dimension`` in the entire package
    * More robust handling of attributes with numpy strings as values
    * Added new functions to simplify building of matrices for ancillary datasets - ``build_ind_val_matrices()``

* Updates to ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils``:

    * Functions updated to using the new ``Dimension`` objects
    * Added a few new functions such as ``write_book_keeping_attrs()``, ``create_indexed_group()``, ``create_results_group()``
    * ``write_main_dataset()`` can now write empty datasets, use different prefixes for ancillary dataset names, etc.
    * Centralized the writing of book-keeping attributes to ``write_book_keeping_attrs()``
    * generalized certain functions such as ``copy_attributes``, ``write_simple_attributes()`` so that they can be applied to any HDF5 object
    * ``write_main_dataset()`` and ``create_empty_dataset()`` now validate the ``dtype`` correctly
    * ``print_tree()`` now prints cleaner versions of the tree, only ``Main datasets`` if requested.
    * ``write_book_keeping_attrs()`` now writes the operating system version and pycroscopy version in addition to the timestamp and machine ID
    * Region references functions such as ``copy_region_refs()`` now more robust
* bug fixes to BE translation, visualization, plotting

`Mar 27 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/138>`_
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* Small changes to make pycroscopy available on ``Conda forge``. Thanks to @carlodri !
* ``pycroscopy.translators.NanonisTranslator`` added to translate Nanonis data files

`Mar 2 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/133>`_
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* Fixed decode error in ``pycroscopy.translators.IgorTranslator`` relevant for new versions of Asylum Research microscope software versions

`Mar 3 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/131>`_ (on ``unity_dev`` and not on ``master``)
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* ``pycroscopy.plot_utils.plot_map`` now accepts X and Y vectors
* Lots of small bug fixes
* More checks for more robust code in ``pycroscopy.core``
* New handy function - ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils.get_region()`` - directly returns the referenced data as a numpy array
* Added two new examples on ``pycroscopy.io_utils`` and ``pycroscopy.dtype_utils``

`Feb 18 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/131>`_ (on ``unity_dev`` and not on ``master``)
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**Massive restructuring and overhaul of code:**

* Renamed ``pycroscopy.ioHDF`` to ``pycroscopy.HDFWriter``
* Renamed ``pycroscopy.MicroDataset`` and `pycroscopy.MicroDataGroup`` to ``pycroscopy.VirtualDataset`` and ``pycroscopy.VirtualGroup``
* Data type manipulation functions moved out of ``pycroscopy.io_utils`` into ``pycroscopy.dtype_utils``
* Moved core foundational / science agnostic / engineering elements of pycroscopy into a new subpackage - ``pycroscopy.core``.
  Rule for move - nothing in ``.core`` should import anything out of ``.core``. This may be spun off as its own package at a later stage if deemed appropriate.
  Contents of ``pycroscopy.core``:

    * ``core.io`` - ``HDFWriter``, ``VirtualData``, ``hdf_utils``, ``write_utils``, ``io_utils``, ``dtype_utils``, ``Translator``, ``NumpyTranslator``
    * ``core.processing`` - ``Process``, ``parallel_compute()``
    * ``core.viz`` - ``plot_utils``, ``jupyter_utils``
* Started adding a lot of type and value checks for safer and more robust file reading/writing. Expect a lot of descriptive
  Exceptions that will help in identifying problems easier and sooner.
* Implemented modular and standalone functions in ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils`` that form a (much simpler and more robust) feature-equivalent alternative to
  ``pycroscopy.HDFWriter`` + ``pyroscopy.VirtualData``. ``pycroscopy.HDFWriter`` + ``pyroscopy.VirtualData`` **will be phased out in the near future**.

    * First implementation of what may be one of the most popular and important functions - ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils.write_main_dataset()`` -

        * Thoroughly checks and validates all inputs. Only if these pass,
        * Writes the a dataset containing the central data
        * Creates / reuses ``ancillary datasets``
        * links ``Ancillary datasets`` to create a ``Main dataset``
        * writes ``quantity`` and ``units`` attributes - **now mandatory**
        * Also writes any other attributes

    * Other notable functions include ``write_simple_attrs()``, ``write_region_references``, ``write_ind_val_dsets()``
* ``pycroscopy.NumpyTranslator`` now simply calls ``pycroscopy.hdf_utils.write_main_dataset()``

    * ``pycroscopy.Translator.simple_write()`` removed. Translators can extend ``NumpyTranslator`` instead.

* Added first batch of unit tests for modules in ``pycroscopy.core``.
* More robust ``pycroscopy.parallel_compute()`` via type checking
* Added a new class called ``pycroscopy.AuxillaryDescriptor`` to describe Position and spectroscopic dimensions.
  All major functions like ``write_main_dataset()`` and ``write_ind_val_dsets()`` to use this descriptor

`Jan 16 2018: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/129>`_ (on ``unity_dev`` and not on ``master``)
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* ``pycroscopy.processing.Cluster`` and ``pycroscopy.processing.Decomposition`` now extend ``pycroscopy.Process``
* More robust HDF functions for checking the existence of prior results groups.
* Fixed important bugs for better python2 compatibility (HDF I/O, plotting, etc.)
* More FFT signal filtering functions
* Several bug fixes to ``pycroscopy.viz.plot_utils``
* Simplifications to the ``image cleaning`` and ``GIV`` notebooks to use the new capabilities of ``pycroscopy.processing.SVD``, ``pycroscopy.processing.Cluster``

`Dec 7 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/127>`_
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* New function (``visualize()``) added to ``pycroscopy.PycroDataset`` to facilitate interactive visualization of data in for any dataset (< 4 dimensions)
* Significantly more customizable plotting functions in ``pycroscopy.plot_utils``
* Improved ``pycroscopy.Process`` that provides the framework for:

  * checking for prior instances of a process run on the same dataset with the same parameters
  * resuming an aborted process / computation
* Reorganized ``doSVD()`` into a new Process called ``pycroscopy.processing.SVD``  to take advantage of above advancements.

  * The same changes will be rolled out to ``pycroscopy.processing.Cluster`` and ``pycroscopy.processing.Decomposition`` soon

`Nov 17 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/126>`_
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* Significant improvements and bug fixes to Bayesian Inference for G-mode IV.

`Nov 11 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/125>`_
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* New robust class for Bayesian Inference on G-mode IV data - ``pycroscopy.processing.GIVBayesian``
* Utilities for reading files from Nanois controllers
* New robust class for FFT Signal Filtering on any data including G-mode - ``pycroscopy.processing.SignalFilter``
* FFT filtering rewritten and simplified to use objects

`Oct 9 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/124>`_
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* Added ``pycroscopy.PycroDataset`` - a class that simplifies handling, reshaping, and interpretation of ``Main`` datasets.

`Sep 6 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/123>`_
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* Added ``pycroscopy.Process`` - New class that provides a framework for data processing in Pycroscopy.

`Sep 5 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/122>`_
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* Improved the example on parallel computing

`Aug 31 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/118>`_
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* New plot function - ``single_img_cbar_plot()`` (now merged into ``plot_map()``) for nicer 2D image plots with color-bars.

`Aug 29 2017: <https://github.com/pycroscopy/pycroscopy/pull/117>`_
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* Improvements to Bayesian Inference on G-mode IV data including resistance compensation.

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The Solution below shows the Cb minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.
The Lesson steps then explain how to identify the C-flat minor scale note interval positions, choose the note names, and scale degree names.
This step shows the ascending C-flat natural minor scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. It also shows the scale degree names for all 8 notes.
The C-flat natural minor scale has 3 double-flats, 4 flats.
For the key signature of this scale, showing these symbols grouped correctly next to the bass or treble clef symbol at the beginning, have a look at the Cb natural minor key signature.
The difference between the C-flat natural minor scale and the Cb major scale is that the 3rd, 6th and 7th note positions of the major scale are lowered by one half-tone / semitone.
So whereas the Cb major scale has notes Eb, Ab, Bb for the 3rd, 6th and 7th notes, these notes are lowered to arrive at notes Ebb, Abb, Bbb for this natural minor scale.
This step shows the descending C-flat natural minor scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.
The big thing to notice about Cb is that it really is the sound of note B on the piano.
This step applies the minor scale note interval pattern starting from C-flat, so that the correct piano keys and note pitches can be identified.
What is the difference between the C-flat natural minor scale and the Cb major scale ?
But music theory rules allow the name of any note to be sharpened or flattened, even white note names, so since a E-type of note name is needed, the real scale note D will be renamed to Ebb.
This step shows the notes when descending the C-flat minor scale, going from the highest note sound back to the starting note.
This step shows the C-flat natural minor scale degrees - tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, and tonic.
In contrast, the Cb major scale has only one half-tone / semitone separating the 7th and 8th notes, and in this case the seventh note is called the leading note or leading tone, as the 7th note feels like it wants to resolve and finish at the octave note, when all major scale notes are played in sequence.
Both the Cb harmonic minor scale and Cb melodic minor scale scales share the same property - having a leading tone, with the major scale.


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