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Q: Unable to get data from dataimport.properties to config solr I am using dataimporthandler for solr.
I am trying to put some data in the dataimport.properties file for my db-data-config.xml
Here is my config file :
<dataConfig>
 <dataSource batchSize="-1" driver="${dataimporter.driverName}"
.....

here is my dataimport.properties file:
#Thu May 04 06:49:58 UTC 2017
driverName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
last_index_time=2017-05-04 06\:49\:51
IndData.last_index_time=2017-05-04 06\:49\:51

if i put the exact driver name in my config file it works.
But i want that data from my properties file.
Can someone please help me regarding that.

A: I don't think dataimport.properties file allows you to put any arbitrary piece of data there and use it later in the DIH.
What you can do on the other hand is:

*

*keep your driverName value in your own .properties file

*upon callilng DIH, add this to the request url
 /dataimport&command=full-import&clean=false&commit=true&driverName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

*and it should be picked up in your current db-data-config.xml

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Mix together all of the ingredients. Set aside.
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G Shawn Andrews
On how it feels to be back on the field practicing: "It feels great. I've gone through a lot of things and I have the support of my teammates. It feels good to be back out on the field; around the guys."
On whether he's confident that he has the support of his teammates: "I'm very confident. If there's anybody that doubts me, nobody shows it. There's nothing but support here. That's the good thing about the organization; they do a great job of getting good character guys here. I feel back at home."
On what the last week has been like: "The last week, it's been pretty tough. I was kind of pessimistic as to how my teammates would receive me back. It's been tough. I'm still going through a lot, but I'm just trying to make it. It's been a big step for me."
On what the conversation with head coach Andy Reid was like when he first admitted he was suffering from depression: "I don't want to go too far in depth, but there were a lot of rumors. Like I said, I admitted to my teammates that I created a lot of those rumors. At the time, Coach Reid didn't know. There were people saying 'contract,' 'didn't want to play anymore,' and I admit that I created those rumors out of a lot of frustration and I didn't care what people thought."
On whether he was pessimistic about how he would be received because of the rumors: "Yeah, because they really didn't know. You have a guy who's quick tempered who is now to the point where he really didn't care anymore. That wasn't the real me, I just didn't realize what I was going through. A few weeks ago was the first time I ever opened up to anybody; about anything. That was part of the reason."
On whether opening up to Andy Reid made him feel more comfortable: "It did make me feel comfortable. Coach Reid, after he realized that Shawn Andrews did have a serious problem, he was very positive about the situation. He's a funny guy. I mean, he helps you laugh and tries to make the situation better, but ultimately, he really showed that he cared and that meant a lot to me."
On whether he was aware that S Brian Dawkins has said that he suffered through similar problems: "I did hear about that. I think it was his rookie year and his second year, going through basically what I'm going through."
On whether he's worried about how this will affect him on the field: "Being that I'm getting help now and I'm opening up more, it's definitely been a big weight lifted off of me. I can stay prayed up about the situation and just know the difference of when I walk onto the field and try to compose myself because I've always felt alone. After opening up to a couple people, I definitely feel like I better know how to handle the situation."
On whether he wants to play against the Patriots in Friday's preseason game: "I would love to play against the Patriots. I mean, it feels good to be back and around my teammates. You don't get that camaraderie in too many other places."
On where he is physically right now: "I've been running very hard and have used some of my emotions and aggressions in my workouts. This morning I weighed in at 331 [pounds], and I'm feeling pretty strong. That's lighter than what I'm going to play at on game day. I just want to keep reassuring myself that I have the means and the mindset to keep the weight off."
On whether it's harder to stay in this profession having gone public with his situation: "I guess now that I've spoken about my issues or my clinical depression if you will, I think it really lifted a weight off of me because I received so many letters and emails, good and bad. But I just pay attention to the good ones and the people that I inspire that let me know that."
On whether he has been fined by the team: "I can't really comment on that right now."
On when he first opened up to someone about what he was feeling: "It was actually – it wasn't the day until my appointment to see my doctor back in Arkansas because all of the people that were close to me, my mentor who I've known for nine years who I've never opened up to, he basically came to my house; people coming to my house unannounced to get me out and to talk and to see what's going on because I was in my room talking to people, just thinking. They were very concerned, and I was on the edge. Things weren't going well, so I felt like I must open up before it's too late."
On who the person was that he opened up to: "I'd rather not say."
On what he means by "being on the edge": "I won't say that I contemplated suicide, but I had some very, I guess in my mind, to me, unrealistic thoughts about a lot of things. I was really lost and just really felt like there was no outlet. I know there's my mom there, but I want the rest of her life to be worry-free so I try and keep everything from her. I just felt alone, you know?"
On what his message is for people out there who see a successful athlete going through something like this: "I've received a lot of phone calls from public figures and people who have gone through what I'm going through. I've also learned that, among African American men, and really men period, we just hold things in. Whether it's a football player or a man, you are still like, 'I'm a man, nothing bothers me.' But, if you internalize it, it has to come out somewhere. People question my silliness, but I'm a fun-loving guy. Being around people, I don't care what creed you are, it just ignites my silliness. You'll never know if I'm hurting on the inside. I found out."
On whether he expects to be at the Eagles Carnival tomorrow and if he is worried about what fans will say to him: "I've actually thought about that. I'm still kind of debating in my mind. I know they are great fans, but there are also people - I will say for a minute that I read message boards and got caught up in that whole thing. That even put more stress on me, just worrying about what people thought about me. People say a lot of times, 'I don't care what people think about me.' Me, personally, I don't care how people perceive me when they look at my hair, but I like people to think great things about Shawn Andrews, but you can't please the world."
On whether he is confident that everything is going to work out for him: "I am very confident that things will work out. I'm not a religious man; I'm spiritual. I think a lot of it has to do with God having a calling on my life. Sometimes it takes bad things to wake you up and realize that God wants you to be who he wants you to be."
On what his emotions were like during practice: "There were a lot of things going through my mind. First and foremost, it was just good to get back with my fellow offensive linemen. The kind of fun that we have, I really missed it and just being in the huddle with Donovan. He is a very charismatic guy and it kind of helps, for that moment, to take away the issues in your mind. It was just refreshing; a beautiful day."
On whether it felt like old times being back in there with his fellow offensive linemen: "It was old times. I wasn't in there anticipating it, I was just out there and wherever they got me to, that's kind of how it went."
On whether playing football was therapeutic for him: "In a sense, it was. Before I realized what I was going through internally, football wasn't even a point in my life where I wanted to do it anymore. I just wanted to say, 'The heck with it.'"
On whether he was able to address his teammates: "Coach Reid allowed me some time, after one of the team meetings, to address my teammates. I just felt like it was something that I needed to-slash-had to do, because of the way that I just disappeared. Like I said, the things I said that conveyed to them that I didn't want to be here anymore, or whatever thoughts were in their minds, I just wanted to let them know that it wasn't that I was trying to get out of work. I'm no stranger to hard work. I just wanted them to know that I hope they still respect me. If they don't, I'm going to do everything possible to gain the respect back."
On when it was that he addressed the team: "That was in training camp, when I got back last week."

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Meet Holly H, the UK's No.1 TikTok influencer
by Mark Sutherland
September 11th 2020	at 7:00AM
TikTok might be music's biggest platform for hitmakers right now – as proved by this week's blockbuster Music Week cover story and its nomination for Music Consumer Innovation at the 2020 Music Week Awards.
But the app's real power-players aren't musicians, they're the TikTok creators; an army of (mainly) youthful influencers who can make or break a record with a single trend video or dance routine.
Chief amongst those in the UK is Holly Hubert, aka Holly H, a 23-year-old from the Channel Islands who has 16.6 million followers on the platform. She regularly uses music in her videos which can attract over 1 million views but also, more importantly, inspire thousands upon thousands of additional other creations (the TikTok metric that the platform says indicates true virality).
Holly H stars in our cover story this week, but she also stopped TikToking for long enough to talk to Music Week about the secrets of her social media success…
How did you get into being a TikTok creator?
"I started out uploading videos on Vine. The day I hit 100,000 followers on there, the platform emailed everyone and said they were shutting down. I was like, 'Fantastic, thanks!' Musical.ly was approaching people on Vine, then Musical.ly became TikTok and it blew up like crazy. Then there were 16 million [followers] and I was like, 'This is insane'."
And now it's your full-time job?
"Yes. I call myself a professional weirdo on the internet, that is my career title."
What is it that makes TikTok such a phenomenon?
"What people enjoy the most about TikTok is obviously music. The fact that you can create content with music, lipsyncing and dancing, is quite exciting for people. It's something that was missing from other platforms."
How do you pick the music you use in your videos?
"It completely depends. It's always fun to do a good trend but, other than that, I pick things that I like. I like to pick songs that I think will do well on TikTok, or songs that I'm currently really enjoying, and make up something fun to that. I'll hear a song and be like, 'I want to make a TikTok to that', that's how it works in my brain."
TikTok is creating the charts more than the charts are influencing TikTok
Holly H
What sort of music works best?
"Pop and contemporary R&B songs do really well on the platform, but I've noticed so many different kinds of music as well. There was a Frank Sinatra song trending not so long ago and there's been some really old music that's come back and has been trending. That's really cool, because it's not just focused on what's in the charts. I feel TikTok is creating the charts more than the charts are influencing TikTok these days. People you would never have expected or never would have heard before are suddenly getting their music heard, which is an incredible thing. I've discovered so many different artists which I probably never would have found without TikTok, which is really cool."
Can people pitch you songs?
"I work quite closely with the major labels and they'll send songs, campaigns and things they're working on and say they've got a dance to a song or want me to make one up. But I only ever accept them if I like it. Authenticity is a massive thing. I know a lot of people say, 'Authenticity is key and just be yourself', but it's so true. If I'm not enjoying the content I'm making, other people won't either. If a label approaches me with a song and I do like it, 100% I'll get involved with the campaign if it's cool. But if I don't, I won't. I also get quite a lot of new artists email me or pop up into my DMs. I like being able to find some new artists as well if they send me their stuff."
Do people pay you to use their songs?
"Sometimes, there are campaigns that involve music and they'll give a fee to do a song and a dance or a trend. And if I enjoy it, I'll definitely do it, it's a fun way to collaborate on something. I always try and make sure it's a collaboration if it's something that's paid for, and make sure it's something that's going to fit my content style as well as help them. If it's not mutually beneficial, it's not a good idea."
Has being TikTok famous helped you in other areas?
"Yes. I've had some amazing opportunities through TikTok. I hosted backstage at the BRITs, I've been on Capital Radio and did livestreams with J Balvin and Ellie Goulding. Selena Gomez did a private screening of her Rare album before it came out and that was a really surreal experience. She was asking for our feedback and it was like, 'So, Selena Gomez values our opinion on her music? That's crazy'. I can't get my head around it."
How does it feel when you use a song and it takes off?
"It makes me really happy. The ability to be able to help so many artists is just really cool. Katy Perry has been sharing my videos and that's insane to me, I keep looking at it like, 'That's Katy Perry sharing my content!' Feeling like we help a lot of people in the industry and they think it's beneficial is a really cool thing. At first people looked at TikTok like, 'What are you doing, that's strange'. But now people are seeing the benefits."
How do you measure success on TikTok?
"I would always measure success on how people are responding. I've never wanted to be one of those people who measure things on views or numbers or followers or likes, if you get caught up in that world you end up taking it as a reflection on yourself. You can't always count the views, sometimes you'll be put on the For You page and your video might blow up like absolute crazy, sometimes your followers might not all see it. If my comments are full of people saying, 'This made my day, thanks for making me laugh', then I feel I've done something that's successful. And if not, then I've got to do better."
* To read our full, exclusive TikTok cover story, see this week's edition of Music Week magazine, available now, or click here. To make sure you can access vital music biz information wherever you are, sign up to our digital edition here.
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Battle between hackers and Blümla for minimal revenue «DiePresse.com
Vienna Health and Social Advisor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) and Chancellor Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) on Wednesday evening in the ORF Radio "Klartext" held a partial violent exchange of views on Vienna's urban policy. Once again, the topic of minimal income was at the center.
Blümel, chairing ÖVP in Vienna, accused the hackers of "failing to implement the constitutional law on minimum income in the form of the present draft in Vienna". Haker was opposed, it was a "funny word".
From the beginning, he clearly made clear that his arm was extended to the Minister of Social Affairs, the city council said. "We have always maintained that we are ready for new talks." His job as a social council is to deal with the consequences of the law.
The draft has "some very basic problems," he stressed. Therefore, they do not want to fight poverty, and not the creation of means for life, have been criticized by hackers. The draft even literally states that minimum safety should only be a subsidy.
Blümel once again emphasized that it was a "fundamental question": "It must be possible to work, to have more than someone who does not." "It is about more justice and the business should pay off again," he noted "an imbalance".
Late criticisms rise
Emotionally, the Federal Government discussed the Vienna Criticism. "This is a picture of the capital's picture, which simply does not match the facts," Hackers said. The culmination was "the insult of the Federal Chancellor for Vienna," "we were late for the dormitory," he quoted Kurza's statement at the Mauerbach government meeting about three weeks ago ("I do not think good is developing when fewer people get up in the morning. "In reality, however, federal capital is the" economic engine "of the republic." You can not permanently show the capital, "Hacker says.
Blümel thought "it was a little to say that this statement meant moving the Viennese." "That's funny," the minister said. "We're not at all calm," Hacker said. "It is a shame when the chancellor falls out of the roster."
Asked about possible coalition options following the next election in Vienna, both were blocked: in Vienna, SPÖ and Green "fully agree that we will work until the last day," Hacker said. And then Vienna will decide. "I think nothing of fun speculations", besides, at SPÖ you do not currently have the "appetite" for the campaign.
Blümel emphasized that he himself saw his place in Vienna in the future. Coalition thinking for him does not play a role at this point: first of all people vote, then count "and then negotiate".


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The Summerhill Alumni is a dynamic body of former students who wish to share their success as an inspiration to our future stars. It offers a wonderful opportunity to share success stories that help contribute in a meaningful manner to the school and local community.
We work with local businesses to support, showcase and stay in touch with our former students . Amongst our former students are a whole host of talented role models who we can connect with to offer careers education and advice, mentor students, provide work experience placements and much more!
We would love as many people as possible to become a member of our Alumni network. If you are or know anyone who is a former student who has gone on to become a success either through their professional career or service to the community, and would like to share this with us, please contact Mr James Wollerton, via email jwollerton@summerhill.dudley.sch.uk or telephone 01384 816 165 ext. 0407.
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Congress Is More Concerned About Facebook's Libra Currency Than Inflation
Matthew C. Klein
July 11, 2019 4:23 pm ET
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photograph by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Who says bipartisanship is dead?
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's latest testimony to Congress, on Wednesday and Thursday, demonstrated that many Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate have similar perspectives on the major questions facing the central bank.
We live in a world where Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Sen. Richard Shelby (R., Ala.) are asking Powell similar questions about the economy, and where Sens. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho) and Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) are surprisingly aligned on the need for new financial regulations to deal with monetary innovations.
Ocasio-Cortez and Shelby were both pushing back on the idea that the unemployment rate helps predict changes in the inflation rate. Standard models used by the Fed and other central banks assume a relatively straightforward relationship between the amount of "slack" in the job market and the pace of consumer-price increases.
Janet Yellen and Stanley Fischer, the Fed's top two officials in 2014-17, were both fervent believers in these models, which was why they pushed to tighten monetary policy as the jobless rate began to drop toward 5%. As it happens, the jobless rate has continued to fall and the inflation rate has remained stable around 1.5%-2%, which is slightly slower than Fed officials would prefer.
Ocasio-Cortez asked about this on Wednesday, wondering whether the Fed had erred in its initial assessment of the "lowest unemployment rate possible" and what that means for policy. Powell acknowledged the Fed's mistake, saying the old estimates were "absolutely" too high. Moreover, he said that the old relationships have weakened to the point that "the economy can sustain much lower levels of unemployment than we thought."
Shelby reiterated her line of questioning on Thursday, noting that "we have low unemployment, but we have, at the moment, not a lot of pressure, from your testimony and what we observe, on inflation." He also was quick to note that "we had a different economy" back when the old relationships were first identified and put into macro models.
There is also bipartisan concern about the implications of Facebook's efforts to create a new world monetary system, called Libra. Crapo went so far as to ask whether "we need to create a new regulator" to deal with the unique problems posed by a social network providing financial services.
Powell thought that could make sense, especially because, as he put it, there is no regulatory agency that currently addresses all of the "serious concerns" posed by the Libra system. Brown immediately followed Crapo by asking Powell what those concerns were: The principal problems are consumer privacy and money-laundering.
Crapo and Brown were not the only senators concerned with Libra. Sens. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.), Mark Warner (D., Va.), and David Perdue (R., Ga.) also wanted to know about the implications of Facebook's new monetary system for America's central bankers. Could the proliferation of Libra make it harder for the Fed to control inflation? Could it become a reserve currency and threaten the dollar? Could it undermine the government's ability to impose sanctions on terrorist organizations and rogue states?
All of this suggests there is little appetite in Congress for higher unemployment to forestall the risk of inflation, nor is there any desire for light-touch regulatory regimes for technology companies hoping to create parallel monetary systems.
Write to Matthew C. Klein at matthew.klein@barrons.com


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Libya has certainly been in the news lately. I've never visited the country and have worked on it very little, but from what I know about it (apart from my regular, and yes, facile jokes about Qadhafi) I've always found it profoundly tragic that a country can drift away like this for decades. We know so little about the horrors of the Qadhafi regime that we can't even compare it to other in the region. In this respect, and perhaps more than Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Libya appears to be the Middle East's North Korea. Here are some links and thoughts on recent reading -- this a long one, so the rest is after the jump.
More to the point, it seems to me, is that the Lockerbie trial was not conducted was not satisfactorily conducted, and further investigations and testimonials suggest that the decision to point blame towards Libya was at least in part politically motivated (earlier suspects were Palestinian groups, Iran and Syria -- which may have sidelined in the context of the strategic needs of the 1990 Gulf War.) Relatives of the victims and stellar investigative reporters such as the late Paul Foot have long established the holes of in the Lockerbie case, and they have never been addressed. I would encourage you to read this post at Lenin's Tomb or purchase the special report by Paul Foot at Private Eye.
When I arrived at the airport with Mr. Megrahi, there was not a single government official present. State and foreign news media were also barred from the event. If you were watching Al Jazeera, the Arabic news network, at the time the plane landed, you would have heard its correspondent complain that he was not allowed by Libyan authorities to go to the airport to cover Mr. Megrahi's arrival.
The biggest loss of al-Meghrahi's release is that it forecloses the possibility of an appeal to the first trial, which many believed was coming. Libya may have carried out Lockerbie, but it has not been proven yet.
Libya, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), holds the largest proven oil reserves in Africa, followed by Nigeria and Algeria (see graph below). According to Oil and Gas Journal (OGJ), Libya had total proven oil reserves of 43.7 billion barrels as of January 2009, up from 41.5 billion barrels in 2008. About 80 percent of Libya's proven oil reserves are located in the Sirte basin, which is responsible for 90 percent of the country's oil output. Libya hopes to increase oil reserve estimates with incentives for additional exploration in both established oil producing areas as well as more remote parts of the country.
Expansion of natural gas production remains a high priority for Libya for two main reasons. Libya aims to use natural gas instead of oil domestically for power generation, freeing up more oil for export. Second, Libya has vast natural gas reserves and is looking to increase its natural gas exports, particularly to Europe. Libya's proven natural gas reserves as of January 1, 2009 were estimated at 54.4 trillion cubic feet (Tcf ) by OGJ –but the Libyan government estimates have been cited as being more than twice that volume.
Of course, now that it is back in the international fold, Libya is starting to reimpose all sorts of things on oil and gas companies -- but only if this was done with some common sense.
They will also put together a book lauding Libya. The book alone will cost nearly $3 million dollars, and the people these documents say are involved in it should be ashamed. They include Lord Anthony Giddens (the sociologist behind the meaningless "Third Way" rhetoric of New Labour), Benjamin Barber (author of Jihad vs. McWorld and a longtime Libya apologist), Francis Fukuyama (he of "The End of History" and "Trust"). These and many more are listed in this document as people who visited Libya (including Nick Negroponte, Richard Perle, Bernard Lewis, David Frost etc... although a visit is of course different than writing a positive book.) I hope those allegedly involved in the book quickly distance themselves from it.
• We will identify the relevant American and international publications that target the specific audiences of interest identified in the network map.
Interest, Public Interest, Foreign Affairs etc.
• We will identify and encourage journalists, academics and contemporary thinkers who will have interest in publishing papers and articles on Libya.
During the course of the project a second important goal was introduced by the client. This goal is to introduce Muammar Qadhafi as a thinker and intellectual, independent of his more widely- known and very public persona as the Leader of the Revolution in Libya.
Libya has a unique positioning in the world, driven in particular by its history of the last forty years as well as by the high profile of the Leader. Libya is in the midst of a transition from an era when stringent sanctions isolated the country. Part of the strategy for the transition towards enhanced national economic development and security involves simultaneously upgrading the world's understanding of Libya, as well as Libya's understanding of the world.
The italics are mine -- this must be a tough client for Monitor.
Puzzlingly, one of the invoices (for $617,000) contains no details but is called "Project Armani" -- could it be a reference to the above suit?
More seriously, the invoice for the lobby firm the Livingstone Group is basically a fully-fleshed policy document for engaging various US institutions, establishing a relationships with USAID, visa authorities, AFRICOM, etc. It is basically a subcontracting of Libyan foreign policy to a firm that is conveniently close to the US government - assuming Muatassim even has the clout to decide such policy. Not that it matters for Livingstone, which will still get the cash.
The Libyan capital has been preparing for weeks. Buildings in the centre have been whitewashed, the streets have been decked with green flags. The unlined face of a much-younger Mr Gaddafi adorns billboards, against a background of pictures of the historical figures he most admires. These include Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela and Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Intended to celebrate Libya from the dawn of history to modern times under Mr Gaddafi's "great revolution", Tuesday's party will feature horses, flame dancers, military bands and lasers. To top off the event, there will be a fireworks display launched from ships off the coast of Tripoli.
The climax will be a grand spectacle performed by hundreds of French dancers on a specially-erected open air stage in the shape of a massive tent—a symbol close to the heart of Mr Gaddafi who likes to underline his Bedouin origins.
Rather amusingly, the piece also mentions that there is still a dispute on whether the Italian show planes will blow the white, green and red smoke of the tricolore or omit the red to match the jamahiriyya's flag.
Is that bit about the Libyan invasion of ancient Egypt? Because that ended badly for the Libyans, as history buffs will know.
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi is set to ask the United Nations to 'abolish' Switzerland and share the land among its neighbouring countries.
The eccentric dictator has filed a motion with the U.N. saying the Alpine state should be wiped off the map and split among France, Italy and Germany.
Gaddafi is set to present his bizarre plan when Libya takes over the year-long presidency of the U.N. general Assembly on September 15.
For more examples of Qadhafi madness, check out our Libya archives.
Tripoli nights are hot and steamy at this time of year so shops offering effective air-conditioning and high-quality goods at knockdown prices are big crowd-pullers in the hours after the iftar meal that ends the daily Ramadan fast.
Marks & Spencer, on Girgash Road in the opulent west of the Libyan capital, heaves until four in the morning with women – in chadors or western dress – inspecting lingerie and swimwear watched by irritable husbands and children expecting presents for the Eid.
"Last chance to buy," say the Arabic signs above neat fitting rooms in that familiar green and white trim. No returns are allowed during the sale.
The spanking new branch of BHS nearby is so busy that customers triple-park outside. Monsoon is doing well too. But there is more to this story than underpants or skirts at 60% off and the slightly weird transportation of the high streets of middle England to this sweltering north African city.
Well, it works everywhere else, so why not. But did Qadhafi really need to take all this time to get to this -- the shallow reward of a M&S (and I love their cookies as much as anyone) and a fancy dance show?
Mr Qaddafi is reaping rewards for his reformed behaviour at home too. Tripoli, Libya's capital, is sprouting fancy new hotels, as well as a new airport, to welcome an influx of would-be investors and tourists. Literacy is now nearly universal among schoolchildren. Life expectancy has gone up by 20 years, and infant mortality has fallen to less than a tenth of the level it was at the time of the revolution.
Yet such gains ought to be unremarkable for a country that exports nearly as much oil, per head, as Saudi Arabia: a total of $46 billion-worth last year, divided among just 6m people. In fact, Libya trails far behind other oil-rich states by many measures, and not just in the contrast between Tripoli's garbage-strewn thoroughfares and the gleaming Miami-scapes of the Gulf. As any Libyan who recalls the days before Mr Qaddafi's revolution can attest, this is a country where something has gone very wrong.
Things are not so bad as in the dark days of the 1980s, when the Great Leader experimented with ruinous social theories and had dissidents hunted and shot. Yet while Libya's peculiar form of socialism still brings free education and health care, along with subsidised housing and transport, trade unions remain banned, along with nearly every kind of independent social organisation. Salaries are extremely low, thus keeping Libyans cash-poor even as billions stack up in foreign reserves, or in the pockets of a narrow band of regime insiders. A lack of jobs outside the government has led to youth unemployment of perhaps 30% or more (all statistics in Libya are as blurry as a Saharan sandstorm).
Such shortcomings reflect more than simple inefficiencies. Mr Qaddafi's Libya is a country that has been systemically mismanaged for a generation, at virtually every level of government.
Gadhafi's Libya is everything we always dreaded we would become, as independent states, societies, governing systems and leaderships. It is hard to know where to start in listing the reasons that the 40th anniversary of Gadhafi's rule is a hollow celebration. He and his small circle of ruling partners have managed, remarkably, to accomplish virtually every failure that can possibly be envisaged in the world of statehood and governance.
The biggest failure is probably to strangle the country from within, laying siege to his own people by driving away the best and brightest Libyans, and subjecting those who remain to a life of material mediocrity and political indignity. The core of the calamity in Libya – common to the entire Arab world – is the lack of freedom for the ordinary citizen. Libya is a special case, because it combines authoritarianism with eccentricity, waste of massive wealth, and Arab and international derision.
One could not agree more.
✪ Brian Ulrich on the role Libya played in the 1970s changes in the oil business.
✪ Laila Lalami on Libya's political prisoners.
✪ Ibn Kafka on the long history of murder and dire human rights situation of Libya.
✪ Bill Frelick of HRW on the rights situation and the treatment of sub-Saharan migrants.


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Q: Read callback data in new thread C# Can someone help me, I have one method that I call to "activate" callback method(which is set to send me changed data every second) and second method(which is "activated" by first) that runs every second and give me data. That is all fine, but I need that second method run in new thread and after couple days of trying and reading I couldn't mange to do that. Can someone please guide me how to do that? here is my code.
    int ItemNumItems;
    Array ItemClientHandles;
    Array ItemServerValues;
    Array ItemQualities;
    Array ItemTimeStamps;

    public void Callback()
    {
        //Here I add a delegate with method to be called on data change.

        Grupa1.DataChange += new DIOPCGroupEvent_DataChangeEventHandler(Grupa1_DataChange);
    }

    void Grupa1_DataChange(int TransactionID, int NumItems, ref Array ClientHandles, ref Array ItemValues, ref Array Qualities, ref Array TimeStamps)
    {
        //Here I read my data and pass them to my variables(and this is
        //runned every second) and I want this method to run in new thread.

        ItemNumItems = NumItems;
        ItemClientHandles = ClientHandles;
        ItemServerValues = ItemValues;
        ItemQualities = Qualities;
        ItemTimeStamps = TimeStamps;
    }

A: Something like that maybe:
void Grupa1_DataChange(int TransactionID, int NumItems, ref Array ClientHandles, ref Array ItemValues, ref Array Qualities, ref Array TimeStamps)
{
    Array tmpClientHandles = ClientHandles;
    Array tmpItemValues = ItemValues;
    Array tmpQualities = Qualities;
    Array tmpTimeStamps = TimeStamps;

    ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(o =>
    {
        //Here I read my data and pass them to my variables(and this is
        //runned every second) and I want this method to run in new thread.

        ItemNumItems = NumItems;
        ItemClientHandles = tmpClientHandles;
        ItemServerValues = tmpItemValues;
        ItemQualities = tmpQualities;
        ItemTimeStamps = tmpTimeStamps;
   });
}

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But why to you want to run it asynchronously?
From the code you show there is nothing that will gain to being run in parallel.


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By Chad Stuemke
Protruding from the great watery depths of Michigan's Lake Superior is an island considered sacred for thousands of years. Isle Royale, or "Minong" as the Native Americans referred to it, was held in this regard due to both its spiritual significance and unimaginable mineral resources. The mineral wealth referred to are extremely large copper deposits that are incredibly pure! Thousands of ancient mines dot the landscape of Isle Royale and the neighboring Keweenaw Peninsula. Estimates regarding the amounts of copper mined in ancient times is upwards of a half billion pounds! Lake core samples and carbon dating have placed the ancient mining operations back in time up to 6500 years ago.
It was during research into these ancient mines on Isle Royale that lead to the discovery of an enormous underwater anomaly. Using Google Earth to obtain an aerial view of the island's ancient McCargo Cove, something truly out of place was observed beneath the water. Not only was the structure enormous, but it surely did not fit in with surrounding geological features.
Since this discovery over five years have been spent trying to dig up information on this unusual structure. Currently no information what so ever has emerged in respect to the anomaly; nothing on the internet, nothing in the geological texts and experts are left stumped.
Over the years the possibilities of the structures origins have been discussed and debated with friends and professionals. In this article we will speculate on a few of the possibilities suggested.
500 Feet of Water
A brief description may be in order before diving into the origins of the underwater structure. The Anomaly is located approximately four miles north of Isle Royal's northern rocky shores, and a half mile south of the U.S./Canadian border. According to Lake Superior bathymetric maps the feature appears to be submerged in approximately 500 ft. of water.
From above the structure appears as an oblong circle with a slight indentation on its SW side. The width of the feature is approximately 2 miles, while the length at its largest point is a staggering 3 miles. The anomaly appears to have an opening on its NW side that is approximately 1/4 mile across. A very peculiar aspect to the structure is what appears to be a unified height and width to the perceived walls. After studying the bathymetric charts it is approximated the walls may be around 250 ft in height. Now armed with some general information on the anomaly a thorough investigation into its origins is in order.
Cometary or Meteoric Impact (Youger Dryas)
Ancient Mega Mound Site
Atlantean Harbor / Mining Operation
Underwater Government Base
U.S.O. Base / Extraterrestrial
Cometary or Meteoric Impact
(Ushering In Of The Younger Dryas)
The first possibility is that of a cometary or meteoric impact. This scenario has been the most suggested by those who the discovery has been shared with. Could this cosmic and cataclysmic scenario be a possibility?
Approximately 12,800 years ago this area of Michigan was emerging from the ice age. Temperatures were warming, and the miles thick Laurentide ice sheet were receding. Suddenly without warning, the warming trend was reversed and the region was once again slammed with a cold spell that would last until around 11,600 years ago. This era is referred to as the Younger Dryas by scientists.
Until recently scientists thought the reversal from a steady warming to a sudden cooling was caused by enormous amounts of melt water from the glaciers. The theory postulated large amounts of fresh water spilling into the Atlantic Ocean may have caused shutting down of the oceans natural conveyer belts. The shutting down of the circulating belts was believed to have slammed the northern regions back into a 1200 – 1300 year cold spell.
Over the past few decades a new theory has emerged. Scientific evidence has been accumulated pointing to a likely possibility of a cometary or meteoric impact ushering in the almost instantaneous cold snap. The evidence has pointed to the possible impact or explosion taking place over the Laurentide ice sheeting the precise area we are investigating. The piece of the puzzle scientists admit they are missing is an impact crater. They speculate that the cosmic intruder may have exploded over the ice sheet, therefore leaving no evidence.
In regards to a cosmic impact….. Could this cometary or meteoric object have slammed into a miles thick ice sheet creating this anomalous feature? (A few comparisons to ponder the possibility)
Volcanism Associated With The Mid Continental Rif
The second possibility that has been suggested relates to volcanism and Michigan's fiery past! The region surrounding Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula was at one time possibly the most volcanic and unstable region on the planet. After settling down for a period of time , the activity once again peaked around 1.1 billion years ago. During this era the mid continental rift was formed, splitting apart in the precise region we are discussing. 1 For a distance of around 3000 km. the earth split apart in a arced formation that just so happens to be centered over Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula. During this time massive amounts of lava poured from the earth's crust.
The question becomes… could this anomaly be a remnant of this ancient volcanic activity? It should also be noted the structure lies directly on the Isle Royale fault line. (A comparison to ponder this possibility.)
The third possibility is that of an ancient mega mound site. The main reason for this suggestion is surely due to the features similar shape and form when compared to ancient Native American earthworks. Not only are the earthen walls similar, but the perceivable opening correlates with many Native American mounds from the vicinity. The openings were many times aligned to astronomical events.
The main problem with this theory is of course the size of the anomaly. At three miles long, by two miles wide, it would be the largest ancient mega mound site in the world! (A few comparisons)
Atlantean Harbor / Ancient Mining Operation
The fourth scenario involves the mythological ancient Atlanteans and the possible mining of copper. Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula contain some of the largest and purest copper deposits in the world. Is it possible this structure is a leftover remnant of an ancient harbor or mining operation? It should be pointed out, there were times in recent geologic history in which this structure and landmass would not have been submerged.
In regards to a possible Atlantean connection….. Several ancient writings, including Plato's Atlantis, mention a sacred metal called Orichalcum. It is believed the Orichalcum alloy primarily consisted of copper mixed with several other minerals in lesser amounts.
In the Critias Plato describes the Atlantean Temple to Poseidon and Cleito as being adorned and covered with Orichalcum. The shiny metal was said to have covered floors, walls, and even pillars. 2 One special pillar, coated in Orichalcum, was said to be inscribed with the laws of Poseidon.
Is it possible that in an ancient time, a super culture ventured to northern Michigan to mine one of the most treasured minerals in the world. And if so, could this anomalous feature be a leftover remnant of the era? Something to ponder…..
(Worlds largest piece of glacial copper from the vicinity! 28.2 tons!)
(9000 lb. mass of copper from the area!)
Worlds largest piece of glacial copper from the vicinity! 28.2 tons!
9000 lb. mass of copper from the area!
A fifth possibility that has been suggested is that of an underwater government base. Although this may seem unlikely, underwater bases make sense in more ways than one. Of course they would be hard to detect and even more difficult to infiltrate.
Strange stories and experiences have coincidently (or not) taken place in the general vicinity we are investigating. One unforgettable tale comes from a long time acquaintance Wayne May, publisher of Ancient American Magazine. Years ago I decided to show Wayne the discovery in hopes he may have some knowledge of it. Although Mr. May was unfamiliar with the structure, he did have an important tale relating to the precise area being discussed. He relayed a story of a friend, Maki from Houghton Michigan who happened to be fishing in the area. While fishing Maki was startled when nearby his vessel a periscope emerged from the water! Maki took this unusual sighting as a warning and vowed never to fish again in that area! 3
Is it possible there could be an underwater base, submarines and all submerged in the depths of Lake Superior?
Surely over the years the military-industrial complex has secretly developed a new generation of technology they would wish to keep secretly hidden. It has been pointed out, "Some objects witnesses have seen coming and going from the watery depths may be a new generation of technology secretly developed and funded, and deployed from secret facilities and installations, some of which may be highly clandestine facilities submerged beneath bodies of water." 4 That being said, while some speculate on governmental and terrestrial technologies being developed, others have postulated a slightly more far out scenario.
U.S.O. / Extraterrestrial Base
The Sixth and admittedly most far out scenario has been the suggestion of an underwater extraterrestrial base. Coincidently (or not) Lake Superior has been considered a hot spot for u.f.o.'s and u.s.o's (underwater submersible objects) for decades!
One bizarre incident occurred on November 23, 1953 over the lake. That night, as Air Defense Command radar tracked an unidentified target moving at 500 m.p.h. over the lake, a F-89C all-weather jet interceptor from Kinross AFB took off in hot pursuit. Radar operators watched the aircraft close in on the u.f.o., and then something unexpected happened…. The two blips merged and faded on the screen, and all communication with the interceptor ceased.6
An extensive land and water search found not a trace of either craft nor the two pilots of the interceptor. Granted this is an incredible story, yet many stories of a similar nature have come to light in the same general vicinity!
One last coincidence in this regard is the discovery a few years ago of what some have claimed to be an underwater u.s.o. base off the coast of Malibu. Although the shape and size are quite different, many of the stories and legends surrounding the area are quite similar. Is it conceivable that this anomaly is actually an extraterrestrial base of sorts? Possible?
Thus far several options and possibilities have been presented in regards to the origins of the mysterious underwater anomaly.
Underwater Extraterrestrial Base
Surely there are other possibilities, yet these scenarios have been the most consistently suggested up until this point. Hopes are that by revealing this structure, and its possible origins, we can bring awareness to a mystery that has been submerged for thousands of years!
Please feel free to e mail me with possible explanations or speculations that may be beneficial in revealing some answers. Thank you! (chad@chadstuemke.com)
nps.gov "The Mid Continental Rift)
Plato's Critias
Wayne May (publisher Ancient American Magazine)
Underwater and Underground Bases; Richard Sauder Pg. 218
U.F.O.'s and the Government; science.howstuffworks.com
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review
At last, Godzilla: King of the Monsters brings us a great Hollywood take on everyone's favorite giant monster.
By Don Kaye | May 29, 2019 |
Fans of Godzilla movies–and the kaiju genre overall–don't have a high bar of expectations when they sit down to enjoy a movie about giant monsters beating the shit out of each other. Essentially, that is exactly what we want to see: titanic creatures clobbering each other and smashing the hell out of whatever unfortunately gets in their way, usually in the form of entire cities. Of course we want to see it done well; noticing a zipper running down the back of King Ghidorah's spine can take you out of the fantasy just as easily as the buildings looking too much like papier-mache as they crumble. We don't need to be enlightened, but we don't want to be insulted either.
So why has it been so hard to get it right? Toho, the studio that brought the kaiju genre to mass public consciousness, has had more than its share of clunkers over the course of the 65 years it's been producing Godzilla movies, but generally speaking, if you do anything for more than six decades, you're not going to do it well every time out. But America, and Hollywood to be specific, has rarely gotten it right relative to its output. The disaster that was 1998's Godzilla has been well-documented over the past 20 years, and while director Gareth Edwards' 2014 reboot took several major steps in the right direction, its notable flaws have diminished its impact over the past five years.
2017's Kong: Skull Island was a course correction in many ways, amping up the monster-on-monster action, creating a general tone of barely repressed insanity and laying the groundwork for a shared universe that actually made sense. And now comes Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the third and easily best entry in Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers' MonsterVerse, and the first Hollywood production to truly capture the awe, excitement and lunacy that made so many of us run eagerly to our TVs on Saturday mornings (or weekday afternoons) hoping to catch one of Toho's more magical outings.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is Bringing Back the Spirit of Toho
By Mike Cecchini
Director Michael Dougherty has stayed primarily in the horror or superhero lanes until now, writing/directing modest but effective chillers like Trick 'R Treat and Krampus while also contributing as a screenwriter to the soon-about-to-end X-Men franchise. Dougherty has real genre cred and, as he makes more than clear in both his interviews and the work up on the screen, is an unabashed Godzilla, Toho, and kaiju fan. So was Gareth Edwards, by the way, but he was hampered by both the usual constraints of an origin story as well as his script's structural issues.
Dougherty has dispensed with all of that. Working himself on the new movie's script, along with Zach Shields and Max Borenstein, he's fixed two problems that dogged the 2014 film: the lack of thrilling monster action until well into the second hour (and Edwards' curious decision to cut away from it), and the lack of engagement with the human characters. No one is going to accuse Godzilla: King of the Monsters or its game and competent cast of creating nuanced, multi-faceted humans, but they certainly come to play and are at least a pro-active part of the action as opposed to the powerless cyphers of the previous film. As for the monsters, Dougherty brings back some of Godzilla's greatest foes and allies and sets them at each other's throats with a sense of scale that dwarfs just about everything you've seen before.
At its heart, the movie is about a broken family: scientists Mark and Emma Russell (Kyle Chandler and Vera Farmiga) both used to work for Monarch, the government organization tasked with tracking and, if possible, containing the spread of the ancient, giant creatures known as Titans, more of whom are emerging in the wake of Godzilla's arrival five years earlier. A family tragedy has split them apart, with Emma continuing to work on the Orca, a device capable of communicating with Titans, while Kyle has retreated from the mission. Caught in the middle is their daughter Madison (Millie Bobby Brown), who loves both but cannot bridge their emotional and philosophical chasm.
That chasm grows even wider when Emma and Madison are kidnapped by an eco-terrorist organization led by Alan Jonah (Charles Dance), who has his own ambitions for the Russells' Orca technology. The resulting human conflict leads to the awakening of King Ghidorah, a more fearsome and larger beast than any seen in this universe, and a creature capable of not just wiping out all human life on Earth but rallying the other monsters to its side as well. The only creature who may be able to take on Ghidorah is Godzilla himself, but the humans of Monarch are not entirely sure that he has their best interests at heart.
There's not much in the way of shocking revelations or spoilers in the script for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, although there are a number of homages to previous Godzilla and Toho films that will delight diehard fans, especially if they experience them without advance notice. It's no spoiler to say that most of the movie is given over to a true clash of the Titans, as Godzilla and Ghidorah go head to head while two of the most famous supporting Toho monsters, Rodan and Mothra, join the fray at various critical junctures.
The humans weave in and out of the story, zipping around the globe in planes, boats, and subs. They're actively participating instead of just watching the world crumble around them, which makes for a faster-paced and more satisfying story. It doesn't hurt that Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins return from the 2014 film as both connective links and avatars of scientific gravitas, while excellent comic relief is provided by Bradley Whitford as a kind of live-action Rick Sanchez.
Make no mistake, however: Dougherty is much more interested, and rightly so, in massive beasts bringing the Earth crashing down around everyone's ears. Godzilla: King of the Monsters has plenty of money shots of pure spectacle, and while some of the action gets a little confusing on the ground (the death of one major character almost goes by before you realize it), he stages the battle royales with elegance, scope, and power. The four main monsters always feel huge and their destructive power vast, but there are several quieter moments–one between the humans and Mothra, another between a dying human and Godzilla–that hint at a supreme and unknowable intelligence at work as well.
The director also gets off a number of clever tableaux, such as Ghidorah rising from a mountaintop, the atmosphere and landscape around him almost buckling, while a solitary cross stands forlornly in the foreground: the old, true gods coming back to shove aside humanity's younger, feebler beliefs. In keeping with the pro-nature and pro-environment message of many of the Toho films, Godzilla: King of the Monsters also expands on the idea that the Titans are here to protect Earth from us as well, although they'll tolerate our presence if we stop trashing the place. Ghidorah, who brings extreme weather with him wherever he goes, is a walking embodiment of climate change at its worst.
Don't think, however, that Godzilla: King of the Monsters is preachy in any way; it's not, and enough of the exposition is delivered so quickly that you may lose track of which monster is on whose side at times. But none of that really matters: Godzilla: King of the Monsters is as enjoyable, electrifying, and satisfying a kaiju extravaganza as a fan could possibly want. The bar has been met and even exceeded, and the crown can now pass to this iteration of the king.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is out this Friday, May 31.
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Americans have had it with watered-down swill.
The mid-year report released by the Brewers Association (BA) reported that American craft-beer-production volume has increased by 18 percent for the first half of 2014. Approximately 10.6 million barrels of craft beer were sold during the past six months, up from approximately 9 million barrels from the first half of 2013.
The sustained double-digit growth of the craft category shows the solidity of demand for fuller-flavored beer in a variety of styles from small and independent American producers. Craft brewers are providing world-class, innovative products that continue to excite beer lovers and energize the industry.
As of June 30, 3,040 breweries were in operation in the United States, of which 99 percent were craft breweries. According to the Brewers Association, craft breweries currently employ an estimated 110,273 people.
An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional. Small: Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself a craft brewer. Traditional: A brewer that has a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from traditional or innovative brewing ingredients and their fermentation. Flavored malt beverages (FMBs) are not considered beers.
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La Venus del espejo es un cuadro de Tiziano pintado al óleo sobre lienzo y datado en 1555. Sus dimensiones son 124 x 104 cm y se conserva en la Galería Nacional de Arte de Washington D.C..

Historia
Tiziano realizó varios trabajos con este mismo motivo, pero se cree que esta fue la primera y la única versión pintada enteramente por la mano del maestro sin ayuda de sus asistentes.

Se piensa que hizo otra copia de esta Venus para el abogado veneciano Niccolo Crasso, el cual, por aquel mismo tiempo, también encargó a Tiziano la obra del Retablo de San Nicolás de Bari. Un dibujo de esta versión fue incluido por Anthony van Dyck en su álbum de apuntes realizado durante su viaje a Italia. Esta copia se ha perdido, pero existe un estudio sobre ella que se conserva en el Museo Hermitage.

Tiziano pensó en hacer otra copia más, la cual envió a su patrón habitual el rey Felipe II. Esta versión también se ha perdido aunque Rubens hizo una copia de ella que se conserva en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza de Madrid.

Tiziano conservó esta obra en su casa hasta su muerte en 1576. En 1581 el contenido de su casa de Venecia, incluyendo "La Venus del espejo", fue vendido por su hijo a Christoforo Barbarigo. En 1850, el cónsul ruso en Venecia adquirió la pintura, entre otras muchas obras maestras, a Barbarigo  para el Zar Nicolás II. El pago total ascendió a 525.000 francos y las obras se enviaron al Museo del Hermitage en San Petersburgo.

En 1931, debido a la necesidad de divisa extranjera para el primero de los planes quinquenales de la Unión Soviética, Iósif Stalin y el gobierno soviético vendieron secretamente la "Venus del espejo" junto a otro gran número de obras a un consorcio de corredores de arte, quien a su vez lo vendió al coleccionista americano Andrew Mellon, quien deseaba crear un museo nacional de arte en los Estados Unidos. Mellon donó el cuadro al gobierno de los Estados Unidos en 1937. La Venus del espejo fue una de las primeras obras maestras en ser expuestas en la Galería Nacional de Arte en Washington cuando abrió sus puertas en 1941.

Descripción
La  de la Venus recuerda a las estatuas clásicas de la Venus de Médici en Florencia o la Venus Capitolina en Roma, las cuales Tiziano pudo haber visto y referirse a ellas cuando escribió "Aprendo de las maravillosas piedras antiguas". La pintura puede querer celebrar la  belleza ideal de las formas femeninas o ser crítica con la vanidad, o quizás ambas.

Los Rayos X sobre la pintura han revelado que Tiziano pintó otro retrato en el mismo lienzo que no terminó. No obstante, Tiziano conservó el manto rojo de una de las figuras del cuadro abandonado y lo situó bajo los brazos de la Venus. El aprovechamiento de este manto para la nueva pintura posiblemente jugó un papel importante en la composición de la obra.

La pintura ha sido copiada por varios artistas incluyendo Rubens o van Dyck.

Trabajos que pueden haber influido en Tiziano
La pose de la pintura puede estar influenciada por las estatuas de Venus de la Grecia y Roma clásicas que Tiziano habría visto en Roma y Florencia. También está influido por su maestro Giovanni Bellini, quien fue responsable de la Escuela veneciana, pintores conocidos todos por su maestría en el uso del color.

Otras versiones

Influencia en trabajos de otros artistas
El tema de la pintura fue posteriormente adaptado por numerosos artistas, incluyendo Peter Paul Rubens y Diego Velázquez.

La obra sirvió de inspiración para Severin, la protagonista de la novela de 1870, La venus de las pieles de  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

Referencias

 Humfrey, Peter (2007), Titien, Tout l'oeuvre peint, Ludion, 2007, ISBN 978-90-5544-689-6
 Nicholas Ilyin and Natalia Semonova, (2000), Prodanniy Sokrovischye Rossiyi, Trilisnik Publishers, Moscow, ISBN 5-89480-027-7

Notas

Cuadros manieristas
Cuadros de 1555
Pinturas de Venus
Desnudo (género artístico)
Espejos en el arte
Colecciones de la Galería Nacional de Arte (Washington)
Afrodita y Venus en el arte posterior a la Edad Antigua

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About Zagatti
When Valentino sold his collection nobody expected it would end up in the Netherlands. How did that come about?
Well, a few years earlier, he had met Michel Kappen, owner of Scotch Whisky International and a true whisky enthusiast, who asked Valentino to consider him, should he ever want to sell his collection. They really hit it of, and Michel promised Valentino that if he bought the collection, he would keep it intact for at least 10 years and would build a special exhibition for it.
Now this permanent exhibition of Valentino Zagatti's whisky's is called "The Unseen Valentino Zagatti collection" Officially opened by Mr. Zagatti himself on 9 october 2018.
Some special gems...
Should you be able to visit this collection you will find absolute whisky gems like:
Four bottles of Parkmore, of a total of six world wide. That are still in existence. This distillery was closed in the begin of the 1930's after just producing for about 35 years.
A Glen Grant 1877, which is the oldest vintage of a single malt whisky in the world.
Glenmorangie port, sherry and madeira wood finish. The first series of whisky's that received a finish in a different type of cask. Thus starting a trend.
The "Extra Special" bottle bij Delva Distillery. Scotch whisky from casks that were captured from the English bij field marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa during the WWII. Shipped to Italy and later found by the allies who then asked the italian distillery Delva to bottle the whisky.
Bell's "Water of Life" 8 years old bottle with whisky's history on it's label.
The Glenlivet "The Original Kiltie". A bottle with a very unusual shape.
"An Italian Passion", which was the first bottle in Valentino's collection.
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South Carolina Gamecocks Football
Opponent Q&A: Tennessee
Talkin' Vols with Rocky Top Talk.
By Kody Timmers Sep 24, 2020, 3:42pm EDT
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Football is upon us, and among the many questions swirling ahead of this uncertain season, we had plenty of 'em to ask our sister blog, Rocky Top Talk, about Tennessee. Terry Lambert sat down with GABA to share a little about how Vols fans are feeling as Saturday approaches.
The Vols are coming off a nice 8-5 (5-3 SEC) season that included a bowl victory, and given the strength of Tennessee's recent recruiting on top of that, some pundits are declaring UT to be in varying stages of Back. What's the general feeling in Knoxville as the 2020 season dawns?
We use the word "back" very carefully around these parts, but things are certainly looking up. Jeremy Pruitt was born to coach SEC football and has been such a great fit. His no-nonsense style is the perfect contrast to Butch Jones, which is something that the program badly needed.
I'd say the general feeling is that Tennessee fits in that second tier of SEC programs right now, obviously still a recruiting class or two away from hanging with a Georgia or Alabama. Taking it a step further, Tennessee just hasn't had the quarterback needed to compete at a high level. More on that below…
Jarrett Guarantano — it feels like he's been in orange for eight years, and he's had his share of ups and downs. How confident are you in his development to this point?
Quite honestly, I'm not sure how you can have any confidence that he'll grow past what he was last season. At some point you just are what you are, and he's a very inconsistent passer. It's not all his fault — he's been through four offensive coordinators in Knoxville. This will actually be his first season with a returning coordinator, so that has offered us some hope for a potential jump. The way this team is built, they don't need him to go be the rockstar passer, they just need him to do the basics so Tennessee can lean on their offensive line and rushing attack. Jarrett has been all over the place with his play over the last four years, but as a fifth-year senior, Tennessee just needs him to play within himself and offer some level of consistency.
Tennessee is returning a good amount of experience across the board this year. Which unit(s) do you see as the strength of the team, particularly as they match up against the Gamecocks?
Offensive line, hands down. Tennessee returns all five starters from last year and added Cade Mays, but it remains to be seen if he's going to get cleared. Even if he doesn't, this position is the strongest on the roster. You're talking about starting as many as four five-star prospects up front, each with at least a season of playing experience. It's been a long time since Tennessee was able to dominate up front, but they should be able to do that all season long. Eric Gray and Ty Chandler will be the beneficiaries and should carry Jim Chaney's offense, starting on Saturday night.
Tennessee is also strong at cornerback, featuring South Carolina's own Bryce Thompson. Alontae Taylor and Shawn Shamburger have played at lot of football now and have earned the trust of the staff, which could free up Derrick Ansley to execute a more aggressive gameplan. The Vols' veteran secondary should shine against what looks to be an inexperienced group at receiver.
South Carolina is just a measly 2.5-point underdog in this one, which I have to admit kind of surprised me given some of our (rather significant) personnel losses and general question marks. I know it's just a betting line, but do you see that as a fair assessment?
I can't imagine being an oddsmaker right now. So many unknowns floating around out there, no spring ball, quarantine mysteries — it's got to be a tough job these days.
But I do agree with you. It's odd to talk about continuity at Tennessee being a potential advantage, but I sure am glad that Jim Chaney installed his offense last season with a full spring to work out some kinks. Year two under Derrick Ansley and year three under Pruitt should also help. Returning 17 starters is going to be a big deal right off the bat.
I just think there are too many unknowns on the South Carolina offense to have a number this small, but then again, Pruitt's week one performances to this point have been dreadful (West Virginia, Georgia State).
Finally, related to the above: Care to make a prediction?
I don't think this is a pretty football game, but I do think Tennessee will have an advantage at the line of scrimmage. Look for a conservative gameplan from Jim Chaney as he takes the air out of the ball in the second half to seal up a Tennessee victory.
Many thanks to Terry for his thoughtful responses, and be sure to check out GABA's over on Rocky Top Talk.
Men's Basketball Preview: South Carolina vs. Georgia Will the losing streak continue?
No. 1 South Carolina blows out Vanderbilt, 96-48 Pretty much what we expected


In the second volume of Calculus and Linear Algebra, the concept of linear algebra is further developed and applied to geometry, many-variable calculus, and differential equations. These topics are so closely related that the subject matter is revealed here as one well-defined, tightly knit bod of mathematics.
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