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from __future__ import absolute_import

import inspect
import logging
import os

from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
from importlib import import_module

import yaml

from . import BaseCommand
from .config import CONFIG_ROOT, find_config_root, get_config_paths
from .exceptions import SettingsError

# http://stackoverflow.com/a/21912744/703144
def ordered_load(stream, Loader=yaml.Loader, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict):
    class OrderedLoader(Loader):
        pass

    def construct_mapping(loader, node):
        loader.flatten_mapping(node)
        return object_pairs_hook(loader.construct_pairs(node))

    OrderedLoader.add_constructor(
        yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG,
        construct_mapping
    )

    return yaml.load(stream, OrderedLoader)

class Settings(object):
    """
    Compiles settings by traversing the config paths returned by get_config_paths()
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self.logger = logging.getLogger('{}.{}'.format(__name__, self.__class__.__name__))
        self.paths = []

        # after the first settings file is processed, new setting names are
        # not allowed to be injected; only the values of existing names can
        # be overridden.  this is to avoid silly typos in override settings
        # and the default settings file distributed with the code should be
        # the comprehensive list of all settings
        self._compiled_settings = None

    def _compile_settings(self):
        _settings = None

        for settings_path in get_config_paths(filename='settings.yml'):
            self.logger.debug('trying {}'.format(settings_path))

            _settings = self.get_settings_from_file(settings_path)
            if not _settings:
                continue

            for k, i in _settings.items():
                if k.startswith('_'):
                    continue

                v = i.get('default')

                self.logger.debug('k={}, v={}'.format(k, v))

                if self._compiled_settings and k not in self._compiled_settings:
                    raise ValueError('setting {} not in {}'.format(k, self.paths[0]))

                setattr(self, k, v)

            self._compiled_settings = self._compiled_settings or _settings

    def get_settings_from_file(self, settings_path):
        if os.path.exists(settings_path):
            self.paths.append(settings_path)

            with open(settings_path, 'r') as fh:
                data = ordered_load(fh, yaml.SafeLoader)

                return data

    def run(self):
        self._compile_settings()

        # when settings have not been compiled and CONFIG_ROOT is not given
        # in the environment, attempt to find the config root based on
        # the script's path being run
        if not self._compiled_settings and CONFIG_ROOT not in os.environ:
            # traverse up the files in the stack in order to attempt to
            # find a config directory within the stack
            stack_files = []

            current_frame = inspect.currentframe()
            outer_frames = inspect.getouterframes(current_frame)

            for item in outer_frames:
                filename = item.filename
                if filename not in stack_files:
                    stack_files.append(filename)

            for item in stack_files:
                config_root = find_config_root(item)
                if config_root:
                    os.environ[CONFIG_ROOT] = config_root

                    self._compile_settings()

                if self._compiled_settings:
                    break

        if not self._compiled_settings:
            raise SettingsError('Settings config not found')

        # look for environment variables that match settings keys
        for k in self._compiled_settings:
            if k in os.environ:
                v = os.environ[k]

                self.logger.debug('env k={}, v={}'.format(k, v))
                setattr(self, k, v)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<{}: {}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__, str(self.paths))

class SettingsParser(BaseCommand):
    """
    Produces an ArgumentParser instance that provides arguments
    for all settings found by the .settings.Settings class
    """
    settings = Settings()
    argument_parser = None

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.logger = logging.getLogger('{}.{}'.format(__name__, self.__class__.__name__))

        super(SettingsParser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    @classmethod
    def compile_settings(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        if cls.settings._compiled_settings is None:
            cls.settings.run()

            settings_parser = SettingsParser(*args, **kwargs)
            settings_parser.run()

            cls.argument_parser = settings_parser.parser

        return cls.settings

    def run(self):
        args = self.parse_args()

        for item in dir(args):
            if item.startswith('_'):
                continue
            elif item == 'subcommand':
                continue

            v = getattr(args, item)

            k = item.upper().replace('-', '_')
            if v != getattr(self.settings, k):
                self.logger.debug('cmdline k={}, v={}'.format(k, v))

                setattr(self.settings, k, v)

        subcommand = getattr(args, 'subcommand', None)
        self.settings._SUBCOMMAND = subcommand

        return self.settings

    def setup_parser(self):
        args = self.settings._compiled_settings
        parser = self.parser

        self.parse(args, parser)

        command_info = args.get('_COMMANDS', {})
        for k, v in command_info.get('_main', {}).items():
            setattr(parser, k, v)

    def parse(self, args, parser):
        subcommands = defaultdict(dict)

        for key, info in args.items():
            if key.startswith('_'):
                continue

            subcommand = info.pop('_subcommand', None)
            if subcommand:
                # handle a setting being applied to multiple subcommands
                if not isinstance(subcommand, list):
                    subcommand = [subcommand]

                for item in subcommand:
                    subcommands[item][key] = info

                continue

            _info = info.copy()

            # get the current value
            _val = getattr(self.settings, key, None)
            if _val:
                _info['default'] = _val

            parser_args = []

            short_option = _info.pop('_short_option', None)

            if _info.pop('_positional', False):
                if short_option:
                    raise SettingsError(
                        "positional argument can't have short_option"
                    )

                dashes = ''
            else:
                dashes = '--'

            arg = '{}{}'.format(dashes, key.lower().replace('_', '-'))
            if 'type' in _info:
                _type = _info['type']
                if '.' not in _type:
                    func = __builtins__[_type]
                else:
                    module_name, attr = _type.rsplit('.', 1)

                    module = import_module(module_name)

                    func = getattr(module, attr)

                _info['type'] = func

            parser_args.append(arg)

            if short_option:
                parser_args.append(short_option)

            parser.add_argument(*parser_args, **_info)

        command_info = args.get('_COMMANDS', {})

        if subcommands or command_info:
            self.subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help='sub-commands')

        # go through all the args found for subcommands and create a subparser for them
        for subcommand, args in subcommands.items():
            kwargs = command_info.get(subcommand, {})
            subcommand_parser = self.subparsers.add_parser(subcommand, **kwargs)

            self.parse(args=args, parser=subcommand_parser)

            subcommand_parser.set_defaults(subcommand=subcommand)

        # check for any commands listed in command_info without additional settings
        for subcommand in set(command_info.keys()) - set(subcommands.keys()):
            kwargs = command_info[subcommand]
            subcommand_parser = self.subparsers.add_parser(subcommand, **kwargs)

            subcommand_parser.set_defaults(subcommand=subcommand)

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This workshop is a collaboration work between Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laila Khodeir as the PI of the ISCDC Project, and Prof. Ahmed Rashed the head of the Center for Sustainability CSEC. The aim of the proposed training Workshop is to introduce the sustainability values to the children. The kids are supposed to design interior furniture units that is designed, created by children's themselves, and that will reflect both sustainability in general and the concept of Development Corridor for Sustainable Growth in Egypt in particular. Such project will integrate the sustainable values, namely recycling and reuse and could be developed to provide Modular furniture units that fit into three of the allocated sites on the development corridor on further steps.
The Sherouk City and surrounding communities.
Expected outcome: 3D Models expressing different innovative Concepts of Futuristic Furniture units in three allocations on the corridor of development.
Level of Participants: kids from 6-14. Potential young architects.
Co- members: TAs from architecture dept. BUE.
Egyptian well known Scientist Farouk albaz and Great Architect Hassan Fathy).
Part 2: producing the 3d model for the furniture unit.
As an initiative from the BUE side, since 2008 and with the believing of sustainable development there was the idea to establish the Center of Sustainability and Future studies at the British University in Egypt. But it was started as a unit through the Architecture department and after the Future Intermediate Sustainable Cities Conference (November 2010) the unit became a Centre by March 2011.
FISC was a futuristic vision for the sustainable development, which could be currently, included in the necessary studies and researches that Egypt needs in the self-building stage however; it was not made use of as it should have been. (Rashed, Ahmed, 2017).
In the meanwhile, the ISCDC Project that started in 2015 with The aim of introducing the sustainability values to the children in day care centers by creating a sustainable CDC (Child Daycare Centre) .That is designed, created and monitored by the BUE architecture students for serving the Sherouk and surrounding communities as a pioneer model for (SCDC) facility presented as prototype model by the BUE for sustainable community. Such project will integrate the sustainable life style from Undergraduate architecture education where the surrounded environment is thought and hence created to start with the CDC facility that host Kinder garden children. And could be developed to provide Modular prototypes form community projects on further steps.
thus this workshop came as a collaboration work between Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laila Khodeir as the PI of the ISCDC Project, Prof. Ahmed Rashed the head of the Center for Sustainability CSEC and the concept of corridor of development raised by Prof. Farouk albaz.


Here are 10+ packages for building Laravel Apps.
Why do I create this list? I'm a Lazy Developer, member of few Laravel Groups on Facebook and common question is what packages to use. I'm lazy I don't want to build all thing from scratch 😉 Why I don't include admin packages? They will be covered in another post.
If You are building a bigger app than Hello Word. Start working with modules. Separating application function in modules is very recommended. Keep module entities, controllers, views, routes, configs etc in one place. What else? Later it's easier to transfer modules between apps.
Code Generation – module, controllers, entities etc.
If You don't know Spatie, You should start checking them immediately! Great company. Spatie Roles & Permission is one of there best permissions package.
I really, really don't like to mix forms with HTML. Laravel Form Builder gives You ability to separate from definition from HTML view.
After saving data from the form I like to redirect the user to list page, edit view or show view. With this package, i can easily notify user about success, warning or error.
If You application required to have easily changeable menu elements, base on roles and permissions this one is for You.
Most of data administrators want to have all information about users activity. This package allows to easily track what and when Your users are creating, updating entities. Plus – this package keeps information about changes between entity versions – just wow.
Easy to implement on Entity.
Keeps all info about create and update with times and users.
I really like this one. Automatic front validation base on request object sound good right? It's always better to write less code – lazy way.
Generates Front-End validation base on request obejct.
If Your app has multiple settings options (theme, logo, company settings, API settings, defaults etc ). This package allows saving key => value in database. Later is super easy to use them via helpers.
If You are building SAAS application where every company has it's own database, domain, subdomain and You later wan't keep all that in one code repo. This package is for You.
11. Laravel IDE Helper – Generates PHPDock comments for models, facades, Database Entity columns autocomplete for PHPStorm. Who would not want it?
If you liked this list You can share it. Do you have additional ideas? Thoughts? Share them in comments.
Hi,I bought Your premium app few days ago. I like how You did module generator and relation between modules – super easy. In my company we are gonna create app material test system for furniture industry. I think this will help us finish way faster.
Hi Freeman, thank You. If You run into any problem give us a message on forum or via support ticket. Good Luck.
In my opinion is the best package to multilanguage website – what you think about it?
+1 vote. I think I used it once.


OK, it's time to eat our vegetables, guys.
let's put some numbers in here and let's do a calculation of customer lifetime value.
So first let's set some parameters here.
What's the problem we're working with?
variable costs are about $1.50 per account per month.
Marketing spending is about $6 per year.
Their attrition is only about .5 per month.
good retention rate at a monthly discount rate of one percent.
attrition rate is also lower.
what is dollar and the gross margin?
That gives us about $18.45.
Your retention spending is going to be $6 over 12.
$6 per year so on a monthly level it has to be divided by 12 so they get about 50 cents.
discount rate is one percent, that's.001.
We know this formula by now, CLV = [$M-$R]x[(1+d)/(1+d-r)].
Repeat after me CLV = [$M-$R]x[(1+d)/(1+d-r)].
So let's take all the numbers up there and plug it into the formula and see what we get.
same number here minus the retention rate which is.995.
So what number do we get from here?
Let's see, CLV is $17.95.
The short term margin times $67.33 the long term multiplier.
CLV is equal to $1,209.
So, the lifetime value of a Netflix customer is about $1,209.
That is a lifetime value of a customer that Netflix acquires.
So, here is the thing we can do with this formula.
they expect attrition will go up by one percent.
higher attrition rates because retention rate is going to go down.
Will the CLV formula help us understand that?
We need to recalculate CLV under these new assumptions.
If the new CLV is higher, we should do it.
So let's calculate the new CLV here.
the attrition, which is now one percent.
we're getting the same margin, $18.45.
Retention spending is now three over 12 which is 25 cents.
In the old one, it was 50 cents.
Now it is 25 cents.
Retention rate is 99 percent.
So what do we get here if we plug in the numbers into the formula?
We're going to take the numbers and apply them to the formula here.
25 cents, and then here we have the new retention rate.
So it's going to be $18.20 x 50.5.
in the old CLV the short term margin was about $17.
your long term multiplier has gone down from 67 months to 50 months.
reducing long term multiplier makes sense or not.
So the CLV is now $919.
It was $1,209 before and now it's $919.
So what's the decision here?
The decision is, don't do this.
Don't reduce the retention spending for Netflix in this case.
and we can also get an idea about how much to spend on retention.


The digital course consists of several themed activities. These themes allow students to navigate the learning curriculum based on their interest. As each child will have a personalised playlist that will grow and change with the child as they discover and have a deeper appreciation of their interest and personality therefore can traverse or choose multiple themes.
The child will be introduced to all the themes during the foundation levels. This is so they gain the appreciation and differences in focus given the theme. Click here for more details.
The Cre-activities course consists of activities that will stimulate idea generation, improvisation and critical thinking through self-awareness, connecting with emotions, empathy and gratitude. It fosters their ability to express, communicate, collaborate and present.
The Intercultural course consists of activities that foster cultural awareness and global citizenship. Student-centred language learning activities with cultural stories aim at fostering family values, resilience, benevolence, humility, harmony, and empathy. Research shows that bilingualism can better equip children for problem solving and critical thinking.


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Sweden is a Schengen country.
Below you will find information about obtaining a visa for Sweden. If you have questions at any point in the process, click the and you will be directed to a pop-up page with more information; close that once your question is answered and proceed.
The Swedish Consulate in Chicago does not issue Visas nor residency permits. Travelers must present applications for a Visa in person at the Embassy in Washington. Please visit the Embassy website for details.


How cool! David Alvarez outfitted his groomsmen with custom Woodies for his wedding in Cartagena. He put his wood burning tool on them and inscribed them with his initials and date of his wedding. Enjoy his pictures below. Congratulations David!!! We're honored we could be a part of your day and we wish your many years of happiness.
Make Woodies your groomsman gifts!


The Scottish Sun claim Fulham want Liverpool youngster Ryan Kent and Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke.
The story is based on Whites scout Brian Talbot recently watching Glasgow Rangers play Kilmarnock at Ibrox.
It has led the Scottish Sun to claim that he was there to look at winger Kent, who is on loan with the Gers from Liverpool.
The newspaper also declares that Talbot was "looking at how managerial candidate Clarke does it at Killie" and that the former Chelsea man "is regarded as a live contender" to take over at Craven Cottage, where Scott Parker has been in caretaker charge since the sacking of Claudio Ranieri.
Scottish media reports regularly link managers and players north of the border with moves to English clubs.
Meanwhile, Manchester United are the latest club to be linked with Callum Hudson-Odoi.


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Cleopatra Caldwell, PhD
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD
Chair, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education
Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health
Co-Associate Director, Program for Research on Black Americans
3790 SPH I
Department: 734-764-9494
cleoc@umich.edu
Dr. Cleopatra Howard Caldwell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education and Director of the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health (CRECH) at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan. She is also a Faculty Associate with the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) at the Institute for Social Research and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. As a social psychologist with expertise in psychosocial and environmental factors influencing the health and well-being of Black populations, her research includes both intervention and basic research involving survey research techniques with adults, adolescents and families. She also has expertise in conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR), developing academic-community partnerships to design and evaluate health interventions for Black youth and their family. Specific examples include the NICHD/NIH funded Parenting and Men's Health Study, the CDC funded Fathers and Sons Evaluation Project, and the Ruth Mott Foundation funded Fathers and Sons Physical Activity and Nutrition Program. She has published in a number of areas including the influence of social relationships and social identities on the health and well-being of Black adolescents, the role of paternal support, racial discrimination, and racial identity attitudes as risk or protective factors for adolescent risky behaviors and fatherhood as a context for understanding men's health. Further, Dr. Caldwell has extensive experience conducting research to understand health risk behaviors and mental health of ethnically diverse adolescents, including African American and Caribbean Black youth.
HBEHED633: Social Networks and Social Support in Health Education
HBEHED660: Theory, Research and Practice in Adolescent Health
PUBHLTH508: Social Determinants Of Health
PhD, Social Psychology, University of Michigan, 1986
A.M., Psychology, University of Michigan, 1983
M.A., Human Development, Wayne State University, 1975
B.S., Psychology, North Carolina A & T State University, 1973
Intergenerational family influences on the psychological well-being of teenage parents.
Improving adolescent health through strengthening family relationships.
Family relationships, discrimination, and the mental health of African American and Caribbean Black adolescents.
Research methods in African American communities.
Caldwell, C.H., Wright, J.C., Zimmerman, M.A., Walsemann, K.M., Williams, D., & Isichei, P.A.C. (2004). Enhancing adolescent health behaviors through strengthening non-resident father-son relationships: A model for intervention with African American families. Health Education Research: Theory and Practice..
Caldwell, C.H., Sellers, R.M., Bernat, D.H., & Zimmerman, M.A. (2004). Racial identity, parental support, and alcohol use in a sample of academically at-risk African American high school students. American Journal of Community Psychology 71-81.
Repetto, R.B., Zimmerman, M.A., & Caldwell, C.H. (2004). A longitudinal study of the relationship between depressive symptoms and alcohol use in a sample of Black youth. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 179-183.
Caldwell, C.H., Kohn-Wood, L.P., Schmeelk-Cone, K.H., Chavous, T.M., & Zimmerman, M.A. (2004). Racial discrimination and racial identity as risk or protective factors for violent behaviors in African American young adults. American Journal of Community Psychology 91-105.
Caldwell, C.H., Chavous, T.M., Barnett, T.E., Kohn-Wood, L.P., & Zimmerman, M.A. (2003). Social determinants of experiences with violence among adolescents: Unpacking the role of race in violence Phylon 50, 87-113.
Sellers, R.M., Caldwell, C.H., Schmeelk-Cone, K.H., & Zimmerman, M.A. (2003). The role of racial identity and racial discrimination in the mental health of African American young adults. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 302-317.
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, Society for Research on Adolescents
Member, Society for Research on Child Development

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Some of the photos from our recent Engagement slash Save The Date session.
It takes a real artist to still make a divine scene out of awkward & haggard models without having to use so much edit.
Yvette Lising is definitely one of the most talented person I met. Thank God for her gifts.
She has not a single experience in covering sports events until the gloomy Sunday morning when she decided to bless us.
Obviously, she did a good job for a first timer.
No, not just good, more of excellent.
To view the rest of the pics, click here.
To see their entire portfolio, please visit Der Kunstler Photography & Design.
A big thanks to Yvette Lising for braving the photoshoot alone. We appreciateyour time and effort. Sorry if it wasn't easy. Your skills and your generosity -- truly a God-given blessing to us.
Lastly, thanks to my beloved father God above for making all things possible. For guiding us everyday. For giving us amazing and undeserved gifts like these.


Do you remember the tinny little noises MSN messenger used to make? Can you recall it's heavily pixelated yellow emoticons? Are you nostalgic for the days when an app was an app that took up a terrifying chunk of your precious storage not a slick, bells and whistles 'user experience' hosted seamlessly through a clever VMware thin client?
If you love old applications, you'll love OldApps.com where you can download retro software from days of yore – including the original MSN Messenger 1.0. Released on 22nd July 1999 this deprecated instant messaging client, designed by Microsoft allowed only plain text messaging, accompanied by a bare bones contact list.
First launched on 21st April 1997, WinAmp was right there when MP3s began to be a very big deal indeed. Developed by University of Utah students Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev, this media player, which integrated Windows UI with Advanced Multimedia Products (AMP) MP3 file playback engine took off fast and soon had 3 million downloads to its name. The very first version (0.20) featured just 4 functions on its menu bar: play, pause, unpause and stop.
Developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey back in 1995, mIRC was built to fill the gap Mardam-Bey felt existing Internet Relay Chat (IRC) clients had left wide open. With an integrated scripting language, this iconic IRC is brilliantly versatile and extensible. Back in 2003, this application was still going strong and was rated among the top 10 internet applications out there.


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Interview With Roger Ash: Modern Masters – Mike Ploog
This week, TwoMorrows released their latest Modern Masters volume — the 19th in the series — covering Mike Ploog. Old friend Roger Ash wrote it, so I asked him a few questions about his work and the book.
Please tell us a little about the book and your contributions.
Well, like the other Modern Masters volumes, it features a career-spanning interview with a comic artist. In this case, it's Mike Ploog. The book was edited and designed by the creator of the series, Eric Nolen-Weathington. It's got an introduction by J.M. DeMatteis, who worked with Mike on Abadazad and The Stardust Kid. And, of course, it's published by TwoMorrows.
My main contribution was the interview itself. Before I even started writing questions, I did a ton of research. I read everything Mike had worked on that I could find. I had some of the comics myself, found some books at the local comic store or on eBay, and borrowed some from my pal, KC Carlson. I read a number of online interviews with Mike as well as magazine articles about his work. I also watched some of the movies he worked on.
The research stage took around three months. After that, I set up a first interview with Mike and we went from there. Since I'm a glutton for punishment, I transcribed the interview myself. I've been conducting interviews for around 14 years now, so you'd think I'd be pretty good at transcribing, but it still takes me a long time. The interview covers Mike's early years in rural Minnesota to his move to L.A.; his time in the Marines to working with Will Eisner; his time at Marvel to his career in film to his recent return to comics with such books as Abadazad and The Spirit.
What was your goal with this volume of Modern Masters? Do you think you met it?
I never really thought about having a goal for the book, but when you put it that way, I did. I've been a fan of Mike's work since I first saw it in an issue of Man-Thing I bought as a back issue when I was growing up. Later, seeing books like his Classic Illustrated version of Tom Sawyer and his adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus only made me appreciate his work more.
However, there isn't that much information out there about him. If you Google someone like John Byrne, Tim Sale, or Jeff Smith, almost any "name" artist, you'll find a number of interviews with them. With Mike, that's not the case. Don't get me wrong, he does do interviews, it's just that he hasn't done as many as some creators. He also spent most of the 80s and 90s working in film, and aside from lists of films he's been involved with, there's very little information about his film work. He's worked on films such as The Dark Crystal, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Little Shop of Horrors. He even worked on a Michael Jackson video!
My goal with this volume was to bring what I felt was some much warranted, and long overdue, attention to Mike and his work. I think I accomplished that. Hopefully, people will like what they see and read and want to go out and read some of the books he's done over the years. How successful I was with that, only time will tell.
Stardust Kid by Mike Ploog
How was the subject selected?
Eric Nolen-Weathington and I were discussing doing another Modern Masters book together after we finished the Walter Simonson volume. He asked me if there was anyone I'd like to interview. I sent him a list of four or five names, one of them being Mike Ploog. He said he had been thinking about doing a volume on Mike, so we decided to pursue that. Eric spoke with Mike at the San Diego convention in, I believe, 2007, and Mike agreed to the interview. It was that simple.
For those who aren't familiar with the name, why would they want to read about Mike Ploog?
Mike is probably best known for being the original artist on Marvel's Werewolf by Night and Ghost Rider. He was kind of their "go to" guy for monster comics and he did some memorable work on Man-Thing, Monster of Frankenstein, and Planet of the Apes. If you like Marvel comics from the 70s, he has some great stories about his time there.
Mike has spent a number of years working in TV and film. He's been involved with such projects as Superman II and Shrek. He has some wonderful behind-the-scenes stories about this part of his career that I think movie fans will really enjoy. As a Muppet fan, I was fascinated listening to him talk about working with Frank Oz.
A lot of Mike's comic work has been in the horror and fantasy genre. I think the closest he came to a superhero comic was Ghost Rider. If you're interested in more than just superhero comics, I think you'll find something of interest here.
Finally, there's the art itself. There are some amazing examples of Mike's work in the book. There's a color 2-page spread that is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. If you're a fan of comic art, or art in general, I think you'll love looking through this book.
In the interview, what did you find out that you didn't know before?
Upcoming Perhapanauts cover by Mike Ploog
A lot. I think almost everything he said when we were talking about his film work was new to me. Something that really sticks in my mind, though, was his time working at PS Magazine. I think many comic fans have heard of that, but they may not know much more about it than Will Eisner created it. That pretty much described me going in. It's a magazine for the military that helps explain maintenance of machinery and weapons in a way that people can understand. A lot of that was done in comic form. Mike tells some absolutely fascinating stories about working with Eisner and his other co-workers on PS. For me, it was really interesting learning about this part of comics history.
I want to add that Mike is a great storyteller, in both the art and yarn-spinning sense of the word, but it's the latter of these that I want to mention. Interviewing Mike felt a lot like sitting down with an old friend, opening a couple beers, and shooting the breeze. I quickly learned that what made things memorable for him was the people he worked with. And he has some great stories to tell about them.
How did you start writing for TwoMorrows?
One day, I was talking with a friend, Wayne Markley, and mentioned a book that I thought someone should write. His response was, "Why don't you write it?" I've been conducting interviews for Westfield Comics since 1994, but I'd never thought seriously about writing a book. Sure, it had crossed my mind, but more as a fantasy than a reality. Once Wayne said that, it burrowed into my brain and I started thinking, "Yeah! Why don't I write it? I have plenty of experience conducting interviews. I could do this."
I contacted John Morrow and pitched him the idea, and he was all for it. Unfortunately, that project ended up falling through due to circumstances beyond our control, but it planted the seed. I asked about working on Modern Masters, and John put me in touch with Eric. I pitched an idea or two to him and that eventually lead to interviewing Walter Simonson. Since then, I've also contributed articles to Back Issue, including the most recent issue, number 31, which is a Steve Gerber tribute.
Who would you most like to cover for a future Modern Masters?
That's a tricky question because there are so many people I'd like to interview for the series. How about a top five instead? My top five at the moment, and in no particular order, would be Jim Starlin, Matt Wagner, Bill Sienkiewicz, Colleen Doran, and Rick Veitch. I don't know if any of these will happen, but they're all people whose work I admire and has had an impact on me. If you ask me tomorrow, that list may change.
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I want to give streaming a try again, would there be any interest?
3 deviants said Sure, I wouldn't watch all the time, but I would tune in sometimes.
Don't mind me, I'm just drawing.
I found a comment of yours from like 2005!
2005? That's about a year or so after I join I think? Where did you see it out of curiosity.
Your one of the best reasons I look forward to my birthday every year!
Glad to see you keep up with the videos and thank you!


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Naila Scargill| 05/09/2018| News
BIFA Announce Unconscious Bias Training For Voters
The British Independent Film Awards have announced a bespoke programme in Training for Unconscious Bias to guide voters in addressing whether subliminal assumptions are impacting their selections.
[dropcap style="font-size:100px;color:#992211;"]T[/dropcap]he British Independent Film Awards, in partnership with Creative Skillset, have announced the introduction of a bespoke programme in Training for Unconscious Bias to be initiated in preparation for the 2018 awards. BIFA is the first film awards body to train its voting membership to recognise where their unconscious biases may be influencing their decisions. The initiative is supported with National Lottery funds from the British Film Institute as part of the Future Film Skills programme.
A comprehensive programme will guide voters in addressing whether subliminal assumptions across dimensions such as genre, commerciality, gender and ethnicity are impacting their selections during the voting process, both in individual decision-making scenarios and also in group deliberations. Sources of potential bias examined will include among others:
The ways in which comedic writing may be considered less favourably to drama
How commercial box office success intersects with critical appraisal and whether a film
with higher gross is viewed adversely to a critical favourite
Whether greater weight in group deliberations may be unconsciously given to senior
industry figures
Whether assumptions are made about films directed by women or telling stories
focusing on women
Whether stories that do not reflect voters' own experience are given less weight in
voting and deliberation
All voting members, including juries, BIFA committees and the board, will complete the training in advance of participation in this year's awards process, across all stages of voting, from longlists to nominations. BIFA are committing to make the training accessible to the full membership, through a series of in-person group presentations as well as via online, interactive sessions, ensuring members can benefit wherever they are based. Further to providing valuable insights for members during the awards process, the training will be applicable to contexts far outside of these parameters. BIFA hopes that the training will benefit its voters and the wider industry by providing valuable tools for film professionals across situations as diverse as script assessment, hiring decisions, casting, and funding awards.
Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace, co-directors of BIFA said: "Throughout its 20 year history BIFA has strived to champion the talent and skillsets exhibited in the independent film industry, judging work purely on its technical and artistic merits. We're thrilled to be working with Creative Skillset on creating this ground-breaking training programme. Our aim is to ensure the playing field remains level for all filmmakers regardless of their budgets, subject matter, industry profile, ethnicity or gender—an ethos we hope will benefit not just BIFA's process and voters but also the wider industry."
Seetha Kumar, chief executive of Creative Skillset, said: "We are proud to have developed this pioneering initiative with BIFA. We believe understanding unconscious bias and training in understanding unconscious bias will become the norm in every organisation that wants to act responsibly. Many people feel they don't have the knowledge or the tools to do anything about it. BIFA are to be praised for taking this step to give all films and screen professionals in contention for honours a fairer chance of success."
BIFA 2018 nominations will be announced on 31 October. The winners will be unveiled at the ceremony on 2 December at Old Billingsgate, which will mark the 21st anniversary of the awards.
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Alexander Mattison is Putting His Hurdling Background to Good Use
Written By Sam Ekstrom (ZoneCoverage.com)
Luke Inman contributed video to this story.
Running back Mike Boone leaned his head back and set his brain in motion, trying to remember the first time he saw Alexander Mattison hurdle a tackler. Most backs, after all, don't have such a large selection from which to choose.
After some thought, he arrived at the team's Week 1 game versus the Atlanta Falcons, Mattison's NFL debut, where the Boise State rookie leapt over safety Ricardo Allen during a 24-yard run.
"I was impressed then," Boone said. "Still impressed to this day.
"I call him Trampoline Alex."
Mattison, a 110-meter hurdler in high school at San Bernardino, Calif., has jumped over defenders four times in first 13 NFL games, a skill rarely seen with that frequency in the NFL. The rookie back is averaging 4.6 yards per carry on exactly 100 attempts. His lone touchdown on the season? It came, of course, via a hurdle against Oakland.
"A lot of it is instinct," he told Zone Coverage. "A lot of it is just playing a lot of football and knowing how to time up when guys are going to try and hit you, especially when guys are trying to go low on me. I took my fair share of hits to the shin throughout my lifespan in football, so I kind of know when a defender is going to dip low and when they're about to shoot and just time it up."
One would think any running back on the same team as Dalvin Cook could be overshadowed, but Mattison has carved out an identity as a tough runner that has an incredible knack for leapfrogging defenders, leaving his teammates in awe.
"It's extremely hard to be going full speed and at the last second have to react or jump over somebody," Boone said. "It just goes to show his athleticism, man."
So what were the origins of Trampoline Alex?
High school hurdling
Brittany Polk became the hurdling coach at San Bernardino High School when Mattison was a sophomore, one year after he started hurdling. It was immediately clear to Polk that Mattison was a natural.
"Alex actually was a huge help to me," Polk said in an interview with Zone Coverage, "because he had hurdled as a freshman, so he kind of helped show me the ropes, 'These are the stretches that we normally do and all of that.' It's really great to have him. He's a natural leader, he's just a take-charge, let's-get-this done kind of guy."
Mattison was a three-sport athlete between track, wrestling and football. The latter is where he excelled, rushing for over 2,000 yards as both a junior and senior, earning a scholarship to Boise State along the way. But he wasn't allowed to use his hurdling tricks. Not yet. Hurdling was widely banned in high school football across the country in 2012 for player safety reasons.
While his football career took off, Mattison stayed committed to track and field. The spring of his senior year, Mattison pulled double duty after school, working on hurdling and long-jumping with Polk before heading to the weight room as part of Boise State's recommended training regiment. He won the Mountain Valley League title in the 110-meter hurdles, qualifying for the CIF Southern Sectional Finals, where he placed fourth.
Polk and Mattison at the CIF Southern Sectional Finals in 2016.
So what was the key to his hurdling success? Footwork? Vertical? Speed?
"Flexibility," Polk said. "A lot of times you'll get kids who are fast who are not good at the hurdles because they can't get that leg up high enough. A lot of it is the form going over the hurdle. Can they get that leg up? Can they bend that other leg back and behind them? That's definitely key."
Mattison's sophomore year at Boise State is when his two passions intersected. Basically, he was tired of getting his legs beaten up by tacklers during his freshman year, so he decided to start going over the top.
"My shins were bleeding, my leggings looked like rats had bit at them," Mattison said. "Going into my sophomore year, I was like, 'Yeah, that's enough of that.'"
Mattison rushed for over 1,000 yards in his final two seasons while scoring 29 combined touchdowns. The most widely-circulated clip of Mattison at Boise State featured him hurdling a defender into the end zone. No surprise.
Why is nobody talking about Alexander Mattison? I sit down to watch this dude and see a big, explosive, powerful back with good vision, discipline and footwork, excellent lateral agility, and oh, the hurdle. This run is special: pic.twitter.com/imw2bF7Npe
— J Moyer (@JMoyerFB) April 9, 2019
And that's not all Mattison put on tape.
You hurdle a man, I tweet it. Those are the rules. Alexander Mattison, y'all. pic.twitter.com/AwpxYdC0pq
— Fed Scivittaro (@MeshPointScout) November 27, 2018
Alexander Mattison's hurdle and the catch that didn't count–what a grab from AJ Richardson! pic.twitter.com/wrC9LNctm3
— Will Hall (@WillHallKTVB) November 26, 2017
Here is a GIF of Mattison's hurdle for your viewing pleasure. pic.twitter.com/o7fEddLFcT
— John Patrick (@JPktik) October 22, 2017
Mattison's proclivity to go airborne caught the eyes of pro scouts. His NFL.com draft profile included the phrase "leaped over open-field tacklers multiple times."
He's wasted no time incorporating that as a pro.
"It's something that's stuck with me," Mattison said. "I'll never forget how to hurdle. Offseason, I'll hurdle over trash cans in the middle of my workouts, stuff like that, so in the midst of the moment when I kind of pull it out, it just happens."
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
Vikings fans with season tickets might be noticing a trend. Mattison has busted out a hurdle in four of the team's six home games, in each case gaining yardage after the hurdle and drawing oohs and ahhs from the crowd. In the team's Week 6 contest, Mattison capped a 35-yard run by hurdling Philadelphia's Rodney McLeod.
Mattison delivered once again in last Sunday's win when he jumped over Detroit's Tavon Wilson, displaying his best form on any hurdle this season, according to Polk. His former coach now watches Vikings games intently.
"Every time I'm such a proud coach," Polk said. "I'm always like, 'That's my baby on TV.' But I was just so impressed by the skills that he has and improvements he's made and the skills he retained from me."
What does Mattison's other coach think about the hurdling?
Head coach Mike Zimmer doesn't believe he's been around a running back that can hurdle players like Mattison, but he's also wary of the injury possibilities. Mattison is presently dealing with an ankle injury that kept him out of Wednesday's practice, though it's not believed to be a result of his latest hurdle.
"I don't know if you saw the Detroit game against Chicago when [T.J.] Hockenson hurdled and came down with a concussion," Zimmer said. "You have to be careful about it."
Not every hurdle Mattison has attempted has been seamless.
Any RB can hurdle… Alex Mattison is clearly bigger on the flying knee pic.twitter.com/PCeBhrWHUq
— Felix J Scuds (@teenswgprobs) April 28, 2019
His track record suggests, however, that Mattison knows how to pull off hurdling safely and successfully. Back at San Bernardino, Polk's hurdling program has gotten more popular as a result.
"Every year that I've been here," said Polk, "a lot of the football kids will come out to join track and they'll come up to me like, 'Coach, I'm going to do the hurdles so I can run like Alex.'"
Date posted: Dec 13, 2019
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Can Trump Lose the Cases Against Him in the Supreme Court and Still Win?
Donald Trump has lost at every level of the judicial system in a pair of cases about his tax returns and financial documents, and he may well lose again—but a delay could be all he needs.Photograph by Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg / Getty
Here's a tipoff for when a lawyer knows he has a weak argument: he resorts to the slippery slope. Based on Tuesday's arguments before the Supreme Court in a pair of cases about efforts to obtain President Trump's tax returns and other financial documents, his lawyers know that they are in trouble. Trump has lost at every level of the judicial system in both cases—and he may well lose again in the Supreme Court.
The first case concerns efforts by three congressional committees to subpoena long-sought documents regarding his finances and businesses, and the second one involves a subpoena from Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan District Attorney, who is seeking Trump's business records and tax returns. In each case, the gist of the argument from Trump's lawyers was the same. If the Court grants access to the documents, all future Presidents will be plagued with unreasonable demands for documents and testimony for all eternity. Patrick Strawbridge, who represented Trump in the congressional case, said, "The rule that the Court applies here will affect not only this President but the Presidency itself. The Court should deny the committees the blank check they seek and reverse the decisions below." Jay Sekulow, who spoke for Trump against the Manhattan D.A., took an even more theatrical tack. "If not reversed, the decision weaponizes twenty-three hundred local D.A.s. It would allow any D.A. to harass and distract any President."
The reason that Trump's lawyers resorted to playing Chicken Little about the future implications of the cases is that the current facts of them—the issue before the Justices–are so straightforward. In the congressional case, several Justices pointed out that Congress has, on many occasions, investigated the personal financial dealings of the President. This happened most recently in the examination of President Bill Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater land deal, in Arkansas. True, the Supreme Court never evaluated the propriety of that investigation, because Clinton ultimately turned over his business records. But no one suggested that Congress lacked the authority to look into the issue. Strawbridge, along with a representative of Trump's Justice Department, said that the subpoenas served no legislative purpose—that they were designed purely to obtain dirt on the Democratic House of Representatives' bête noire. "These subpoenas fail every hallmark of legitimate legislative investigation," Strawbridge said. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and even some conservative Justices, said that it wasn't up to the courts to cross-examine members of Congress about what their ultimate purposes are. If they said that they were considering legislation—here, regarding conflicts of interest in the executive branch and Trump's dealings with Russia—that's usually good enough for the Justices. "Why should we not defer to the House about its own legislative purposes?" she asked.
Sekulow had a harder time with the Court, because he was making an even more expansive claim: that the District Attorney had no right even to investigate Trump while he was President. "The President is not to be treated as an ordinary citizen, and it's a temporary immunity while in office," he said. But Justice Stephen Breyer responded that the Court had ordered Bill Clinton to give a civil deposition in the Paula Jones sexual-harassment case against him. That was a great deal more burdensome than turning over existing documents, which are in the hands of Trump's accountants, anyway. (Since the subpoena is actually directed to Trump's accounting firm, Trump himself is not required to do anything at all in response to it.) Sekulow's response—that Trump would have the burden of reviewing the documents with his counsel—seems weak.
It's entirely possible, though, that Trump can win these cases by losing. The Court could reject Sekulow's broad claim of immunity, but send the case back to the lower courts to evaluate the subpoena under a new standard. That would certainly delay the resolution of the case—and the production of Trump's tax returns—until after the election, in November. And that is certainly what Trump wants most of all.
Jeffrey Toobin, the chief legal analyst for CNN, was a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1993 to 2020.
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text: Q: Removing Exact Duplicate images I have a folder and in which I have around 20000 images.I want to delete the images which are exact duplicate.My plan is to calculate the hash of the images using MD5 and then remove the images that has exact hash value.But It is taking a lot of time comparing the hash value of one images with the another 20000 images.Please suggest me an optimized solution so that I can make this process faster and remove the duplicate images.

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Q: Django error. Cannot assign must be an instance I get the following error when I try to run an insert into one of my tables.

Cannot assign "1": "Team.department_id" must be a "Department" instance

Admittedly I'm slightly unsure if I'm using the foreign key concept correctly. The insert I'm trying to run and a snippet from my models.py are given below.
What I'm trying to do is that when someone wants to create a new team. They have to attach it to a department. Therefore the department ID should be in both sets of tables.
new_team = Team(
    nickname = team_name,
    employee_id = employee_id,
    department_id = int(Department.objects.get(password = password, department_name = department_name).department_id)
)

models.py
class Department(models.Model):
    department_id = models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, default=1)
    department_name = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    head_id = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    password = models.CharField(max_length=128)

class Team(models.Model):
    team_id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    department_id = models.ForeignKey('Department', related_name = 'Department_id')
    employee_id = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    nickname = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    team_image = models.ImageField(upload_to=get_image_path, blank=True, null=True)

A: You don't need to pass the department id, the instance itself is enough. The following should work just fine:
new_team = Team(
    nickname = team_name,
    employee_id = employee_id,
    department_id = Department.objects.get(password = password, department_name = department_name)
)

Just a note, don't ever name your foreign fields something_id. That something is enough. Django is meant to make things easy from the user's perspective and the _id suffix means you're thinking of the database layer. In fact, if you named your column department, django will automatically create department_id column in the database for you. The way things are, you're making django create department_id_id which is rather silly.

A: This came up first on a Google search so offering an alternative for newcomers. You can also do it this way in case you have handy access to the id and don't want to do another query:
new_team = Team(
    nickname = team_name,
    employee_id = employee_id,
    department_id_id = Department.objects.get(password = password, department_name = department_name).department_id
)

In short, {foreign_key_name}_id if you want to assign the id directly.

A: A different variant for @munsu 's answer. If you already have the id for the foreign field.
department_id = 2; #the department id for the new team

new_team = Team(
    nickname = team_name,
    employee_id = employee_id,
    department_id = Department(id=department_id)
)

new_team.save()

# but
new_team.department_id.id # 2
new_team.department_id.department_name # None you cannot access any other fields

I don't know if this would be useful for any case, but here it is. :)


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Seguin's R,J. Acuna goes in for a shot with a McCollum defender trying to block it in the Mats' wins over the Cowboys on Firday, Jan. 3, 2020. Acuna made the shot.
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The Mats' Gerrit Twitero launches a three in SEguin's district win over McCollum on Friday at Goldie Harris Gym.
The Mats' Joseph Vela goes up for two in Seguin's district win over SA McCollum on Friday at Goldie Harris Gym.
District victory: Seguin gets first one with blowout win over McCollum
Kevin Duke Seguin Gazette
Following a brutally tough District 26-5A opening schedule that saw them play three of the teams expected to contend for the district title, the Seguin Matadors were in desperate need of a win.
The top four teams from the district will make the playoffs in 2020, so the Mats were up against the eight ball Friday afternoon at Goldie Harris Gym.
A win to get back in the hunt, or a loss that would make it extremely difficult.
The Mats (1-3, 10-11 overall) responded with one of the best games of the season, scoring 49 points in an offensive explosion in the first half, and coasting from there to beat the McCollum Cowboys, 82-59.
Defense and creating turnovers led to a 13-0 run in the last three minutes of the first quarter that got the Mats a big lead early, 21-6. The Mats made three straight three-pointers in the run, from guards Chris James and Joseph Vela, and from forward Gerrit Twitero.
"Defense started it, gave us the energy we needed and led us to the 'W'," James said. "We played defense the whole game — it was a good win for us and was very much needed."
"The defense really led us to where we were today," Twitero said. "That was our priority during practice, and we were executing well, passing the ball around and hitting shots."
Head coach Dwayne Gerlich knew the Mats needed to get that first district win under their belts.
"We started out 0-3, but we also played the top three teams in the district," he said. "We played the top ones, played well at certain times but never finished the whole game.
"The good thing about today was we came out of that Boerne tournament, had a good tournament, focused in today and came out and played a full 32 minutes."
Seguin had five different players make three's in the game, and got four more in the second quarter, when the lead ballooned to 26 points as Vela made a three to close out the half — and the Mats went into the intermission up 49-23.
The three's came off of kick outs from the guards, James, Vela and R.J. Acuna, who consistently penetrated into the lane, leaving open shooters on the wing.
"That's all our point guards," Twitero said. "They were getting us open — they're the best point guards in the district."
"That's part of our offense, to penetrate and kick," Gerlich said. "We've been working hard in practice of getting our guys to the right spot.
"They got to their spot, we were making the correct pass today and making the right decisions. We made a lot of good decisions in the first half and the guys came out and produced."
James consistently broke down players off the dribble and appeared unstoppable at times — the Cowboys were unable to keep him out of the lane when he decided he was going to drive.
"When he's on he can get to the lane any time he wants," Gerlich said. "Against some of the best defenders in the district he can get to the lane, and he's going to be a big key coming down the stretch for us."
Twitero and James were aware of the importance of the game, after the Mats had started the district campaign with the three straight losses. The win gives the Mats a chance to go on a run and challenge for a playoff spot of the district, something Twitero and James have already been thinking about.
"We've just got to steal a couple of away games, win the rest of our home games and we'll be fine," Twitero said.
Gerlich felt the win gives the Mats a shot at going on a streak to make a playoff run.
"We'll just take it one game at a time," he said. "I feel like we have a chance, we're in control our own destiny and doing whatever we need to do."
Twitero led the scoring for the Mats with 23 points, while James chipped in with 18 and Vela had 16 in the win.
Seguin travels to SA Memorial for the next district battle on Tuesday. Tip-off is 6:30 p.m.
The Seguin girls fell at McCollum to stay winless in district play (0-6) in another close loss, 49-43. Tresalyn Roberts led the Lady Mats with 13 points, while Taylor Bode and Liv Hernandez had seven each.
The Navarro girls (16-9 overall) rolled over Brooks Academy to go 3-0 in district play, 59-6. Tatum Harborth had 12, Laylin Sturm and Ali Harless had nine and Sara Benner and Ryanne Hepp had seven each in the dominating win.
Marion's Lizzie Abrameit scored the 1,000th point of her career, but the Bulldogs fell at La Vernia, 52-28, to go to 8-14 on the season. Abarmeit had 10, while Lily Bek had seven and Molly Rooke, four, in the loss.
The Navarro boys (1-0, 10-10 overall) got an opening district win over Brooks Academy, 53-50.
Grant Chase led the Panthers with 15 points, while Cooper Guetzke added 11, and Kegghan Pugh, nine.
Kevin Duke is the sports editor of the Seguin Gazette. You can e-mail him at sports@seguingazette.com .
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Pietro Longhi\'s Scenes from Everyday Life
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NOVEMBER 5, ON THIS DAY
Pietro Longhi was a famous Venetian painter known for his miniature genre pieces that exemplified the \"private and the bourgeois\" trend. Popular for their attractiveness and apparent innocence, yet with a hint of light humour, his paintings exhibit the interest in social observation that was distinctive of the Enlightenment. They also have a Rococo sense of intimacy. He occasionally painted portraits and landscapes, and many of his pieces were engraved. His creations, like those of Antoine Watteau, were inspired by meticulously observed figure sketches, many of which are still in existence. Pietro Longhi created a tremendously successful career outside the mainstream of Venetian painting by exploiting his aptitude for watching the world, despite the fact that his talents were not suited to large historical and religious cycles.
Pietro Longhi, a painter and draughtsman, was born on November 5, 1701, in Venice. Alessandro Falca, his father, fostered his innate gift for drawing, and he pursued his education with Antonio Balestra. The St. Pellegrino altarpiece, one of Longhi\'s earliest independent pieces, reflects his Venetian training and roots in its shattered brushwork.
Longhi painted both rural vistas and interiors showing a dignified existence in his mature work. In his day, Longhi enjoyed enormous popularity; he was exalted as a superb naturalist imitator and even favourably compared to Tiepolo. His depictions of 18th-century living were new in a culture that frequently reflected on its past glories and whose contemporary art was almost purely allegorical. His adorable doll-like interiors were admired in the late 20th century. His images have a variety of elements, such as now-unrecognized portraiture, which probably contributed to their appeal.
Many of Pietro Longhi\'s paintings depict Venetians at play; one such scene is a group of people admiring an impressive Indian rhinoceros. A Dutch sea captain brought Clara the rhinoceros to the Netherlands in 1741, and she was sent to Venice in 1751, These two oil paintings by Longhi are similar for the fact that they feature the faces of two men without masks. A text commemorating the event is visible on the right side of the composition. This painting shows the thrilling exhibition of the strange animal that became a popular European attraction. Along with the rhinoceros\' intimidating size (and the magnificent dung he also painted), Longhi\'s image captures the thrill of the audience at these performances.
Longhi\'s history paintings, which explored broad historical themes, marked the beginning of his artistic career. He dedicated himself to painting regular scenes from the lives of the city\'s upper class and bourgeoisie after the unfavourable reception to his work \"Fall of the Giants.\" His early works include a few altarpieces and depictions of religion. An altarpiece for the San Pellegrino church served as his first significant piece of recorded art in 1732. He finished painting the \"Death of the Giants\" murals on the walls and ceiling of the hall in Ca\' Sagredo in 1734. Longhi received a commission to depict each of the seven Catholic sacraments on seven canvases in the 1750s. These, together with his scenes from the hunt, are currently on display at Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia.
The modest scenes of Venetian households and social life that Longhi painted are well recognised. The majority of his paintings are held in Venice\'s public and private collections. The Venice Academy is home to numerous of his genre paintings as well as a portrait of the architect Temanza; the Palazzo Quirini-Stampalia is home to Daniele Dolfino\'s likeness, \"The Seven Sacraments,\" \"Temptation of St. Anthony,\" as well as other genre paintings and portraits. The Exhibition of a Rhinoceros in an Arena, Domestic Group, The Fortune-Teller, and the portrait of Chevalier Andrea Tron are all owned by the National Gallery in the United Kingdom. Two genre pictures are located at Hampton Court Palace, and additional works can be found in the Richter and Mond collections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Longhi
https://imagesofvenice.com/pietro-longhi/
https://theworldsartist.com/artist/pietro-longhi
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It's Time to Enter Bella Notte's 25th Anniversary Giveaway
General / People / Products / September 24, 2021
Sure, the Bella Notte Linen 25th Anniversary Giveaway began accepting entries four days ago, but piffle!
There's the rest of this month to enter, and then most of October to boot.
And there are incentives to enter more than once a day.
"People can enter once a day through Oct. 28, and they have the opportunity to earn 17 bonus entries each day," says Heather Asker, Bella Notte's Merchandising and Marketing Manager. "They make an entry and then a window pops up and confirms, and they can visit us on social media for a bonus entry, or add a friend and earn up to three bonus entries each day, for three friends."
The first drawing will be on October 1, with more drawings every business day for 25 days. On the last day, five winners will be new owners of Bella Notte's luxury goods for the home. "We've chosen 20 pieces," she says. "On the last day the five winners will win the full sheet set, a fitted sheet, flat sheet, and pillow cases – the whole bundle."
Among the items are throw blankets, pairs of pillow cases in Bella Notte's best fabrics, a Harlow coverlet, guest towels, throw pillows, sheet sets and a personal comforter. The material palette includes cotton silk, cotton velvet, and silk velvet – every fabric in the company's line in a variety of colors and textures.
"We wanted to give enough variety to get people to come back every day," she says. "It's a combination of best-sellers and favorites and really gives people the opportunity to win pieces in different colors and shapes and give life to the whole bundle."
Values range from $78 each in a set of four guest towels, all the way up to $1,630 for the Harlow coverlet in cotton velvet that was recently introduced. "We're giving it away in mineral color," she says.
It's all to celebrate the founding of the company in October, 1996, and it's aimed at Bella Notte's target market of women in their mid-thirties and up. "They're historically women because it's a very romantic line," she says. "But there's an emerging male buyer that we're seeing too now."
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Sexual harassment at workplace: Labour department ordered IT company to pay Rs 50k for 5 years to the victim
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Jan 8, 2017, 12:45 IST
The state labour department has imposed a monthly penalty of Rs 50,000 for five years on a senior manager of a software company who is facing charges of sexual harassment. The department also directed the company not to promote him or give him any hike for the next three years, according to The Times of India.
The additional labour commissioner, who is the appellate authority, has held the company responsible for the violation and asked it to pay monetary compensation to the woman.
The complainant, a former employee of I P Infusion Software India Private Limitedin Mahadevapura, had said she was sexually harassed by Bharat Chandrashekhar, senior manager (HR), while she was in service. She appealed to the labour department after the company's internal complaints committee quashed her petition.
The woman complained Chandrashekhar had commented on the colour of her nail polish and tried touching her fingers inappropriately. Once, referring to a job applicant, Chandrashekhar had allegedly said the person was interested in joining the company because he had seen the complainant and got attracted to her.
In his December 27, 2016 order, T Srinivas, additional labour commissioner, directed the company to hold back Chandrashekhar's annual salary increment and other monetary benefits for three years from January 1, 2017. He directed the company to deduct Rs 50,000 from Chandrasekhar's salary every month for 60 months, and pay the same to the complainant.
In case Chandrashekhar leaves the company, then the amount should be deducted from the money payable by the company to him and the same should be paid to her. And if the company fails to do so, then it has to pay the amount to the petitioner on its own, said the order, a copy of which is with TOI.
Holding the company guilty of creating an atmosphere conducive for sexual harassment, the appellate authority ruled that under the provision of Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, the company management has to pay her Rs 4,80,000 towards her monthly salary between September 2015 and December 2016.
The complainant was drawing a monthly salary of Rs 30,000 when she was relieved of her duties in 2015.
The woman had filed a petition before the company's internal complaints committee, which dismissed her petition on July 23, 2015. She then moved the appellate authority on October 16, 2016.
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Remarks on Signing Legislation To Improve Opioid Addiction Treatment and Prevention Efforts
The President. I want to thank you very much, Melania. I know how hard you've worked on this. And that's just one of many languages that you know, so it's just amazing the way you can do it. Thank you very much, darling. Appreciate it.
Also, I want to thank Mrs. Pence for being here. You have been just so terrific working alongside of our great Vice President. And thank you very much, Karen. Really appreciate it.
Incidences of Suspicious Packages in the Mail
I'd like to begin today's remarks by providing an update on the suspicious packages and devices mailed to current and former high-ranking Government officials. The safety of the American people is my highest and absolute priority. I have just concluded a briefing with the FBI, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Secret Service.
As we speak, the packages are being inspected by top explosive experts, and a major Federal investigation is now underway. The full weight of our Government is being deployed to conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice. We will spare no resources or expense in this effort.
And I just want to tell you that, in these times, we have to unify. We have to come together, and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. [Applause] That's a very bipartisan statement, I can tell you, from both sides. We both agree on that.
This egregious conduct is abhorrent to everything we hold dear and sacred as Americans. My administration will provide additional updates as they become available. And I just want to thank everybody for their understanding. We're extremely angry, upset, unhappy about what we witnessed this morning, and we will get to the bottom of it.
Opioid Addiction Treatment and Prevention Efforts
We are gathered together today to address America's drug and opioid crisis—and a crisis, it is—which now claims 70,000 lives a year. One year ago, I addressed the Nation in this very room and declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency. And that's a legal statement. That's a legal term. Today we are here to update the American people on the historic action we have taken and to sign landmark legislation to defeat the opioid epidemic.
I want to thank the Cabinet members in attendance today: Attorney General Jeff Sessions—thank you; and Secretaries Ryan Zinke, Alex Acosta, Alex Azar, Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, Robert Wilkie, and Kirstjen Nielsen. Thank you all very much. I know how hard you're working on this and other things. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you also to Kellyanne Conway for her tremendous efforts. Thank you, Kellyanne. I appreciate it.
We're also honored to be joined by State and local leaders, private sector partners, along with families who have suffered terrible heartache from the opioid epidemic. Together, we are going to end the scourge of drug addiction in America. We are going to end it, or we are going to at least make an extremely big dent in this terrible, terrible problem.
Over the last year, we have mobilized the entire Federal Government to address this crisis. We have secured $6 billion in new funding to combat opioids, the most money ever received in history.
I want to thank the Members of Congress in attendance today—terrific people—who have been instrumental in this effort: Senators Lamar Alexander—Lamar, thank you. Lamar, thank you very much. Rob Portman. Thank you, Rob. Congressman Greg Walden. And also, Greg, for "right to try." All of us. Everybody over there. "Right to try"—it's having a tremendous impact already. Thank you very much.
Along with Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Bill Cassidy, Maggie Hassan; Representatives Gus Bilirakis, Michael Burgess, Barbara Comstock, John Faso, Bob Goodlatte, Garret Graves, Richard Hudson, Mike Kelly, Bob Latta, Keith Rothfus, Tim Walberg. I want to just thank you all. There could be a couple of extras. We'll thank you afterwards, okay? [Laughter] But thank you all. Thank you. Thank you all. It's a great job. They work hard on it. They feel so strongly.
My administration has also launched an unprecedented effort to target drug dealers, traffickers, and smugglers. We are shutting down online networks, cracking down on international shipments, and going after foreign traffickers like never before. For the first time ever, in August of this year, the Department of Justice indicted two Chinese nationals who were shipping fentanyl and other lethal drugs to our country.
Here with us today is Sam Mortensen of the Nebraska State Patrol. Where is Sam?
Nebraska State Patrol trooper Sam Mortensen. Here, sir.
The President. Oh. [Laughter] I thought he was around here someplace. [Laughter] Thank you, Sam.
In April, Trooper Mortensen seized 118 pounds of fentanyl, enough lethal doses to kill 26 million people. Is that even believable? Can you imagine? Trooper Mortensen, that was a job well done. And I'd like to just have you come down here. Just for a second. You didn't know you were going to this. Come on. Say a few words.
Trooper Mortensen. First off, thank you for having me here today. This is a huge honor, not just for myself, but to represent all of the law enforcement officials in Nebraska. Every day, there is a lot of people out there that are doing what I did. They're doing it day in and day out. And there's a lot people that came before me that taught me how to do this job.
And so, on behalf of them, on behalf of myself, and on behalf of my family, thank you for having me here.
The President. Thank you, Sam. Good job. He didn't know he was going to do that. [Laughter] And I see a future politician. Be careful, fellas. [Laughter] That's a great job. Thank you, Sam.
Last year, the brave men and women of ICE and Border Patrol—people that we have to really thank. They are doing some job. Seized more—[applause]. Right? Really doing a job, and that's a hard job—seized more than 2.8 million pounds of illicit and deadly drugs. Early estimates show that in 2017 and 2018, fentanyl seizures were more than four times higher than the previous 2 years. We're really putting big effort into fentanyl and other drug seizures.
Last year, we increased the average Federal sentence for drug trafficking to its highest level since 2013. We're also putting a stop to another dangerous supply of opioids: overprescribing doctors—overprescribing. They have to be careful.
Over the past 20 months, our Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services Fraud Strike Force targeted a combined $3.3 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse related to the unlawful distribution of opioids. That's by far the most ever.
The total amount of opioids being prescribed has decreased by nearly 20 percent in a very short period of time. I'm very proud of that. We have nearly doubled funding for opioid research, including the development of nonaddictive painkillers.
Over the past 20 months, our National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days—very important, really something—have collected more than 2.7 million pounds of unused or unwanted prescription drugs.
We have launched one of the largest ad campaigns to keep young Americans from getting addicted in the first place. If we can do that—those ads are so well—I mean, they're so important. It's one of the most important things that I've told Melania and Kellyanne. We put on really powerful ads, we pay for those ads, and we get people to stop before they ever start. And maybe that should be the name of the campaign: "Stop before they ever start."
And you won't see the results immediately, but you'll see the results in the future—and very quick future. So I'd love for you to do that, and I know that's what you're doing.
For those already addicted, we are delivering lifesaving help. Last month, my administration gave State and local Governments, community organizations, and other groups an additional $1 billion to address prevention, treatment, and recovery.
We have given States waivers from outdated rules and increased by 50 percent the number of people being treated in specialty facilities for heroin addiction. Tremendous amounts of money and care have been given to those specialty facilities. And they are working; they're having a tremendously positive effect.
We're working to screen 100 percent of the Federal inmates for drug addiction so we can offer them the treatment they need while they serve their sentence. And when they get out—[applause]. Right. And when they get out, our economy has become so strong that they are getting jobs for the first time almost ever, certainly in memory. They're coming out into an incredible society, an incredible economy. People are hiring these inmates. They're getting a second and sometimes a third chance.
And the response has been incredible from the people that are doing the hiring. This is the first that it's ever happened. They're getting a chance, and it makes me very proud. And that's because of a tremendous economy and people also opening up their hearts and minds to giving these people a second chance. So that's really terrific. [Applause] Thank you.
Our Department of Labor has awarded more than $30 million to States to expand apprenticeships—a very special word to me, the word "apprenticeship." [Laughter] And on-the-job—yes, you get it. See? [Laughter] And on-the-job training for those who are recovering from addiction. Joining us today is DeeDee Wheeler from Upstate New York. DeeDee was born in prison to a mother struggling with alcoholism. DeeDee struggled with drug addiction for years. But 3½ years ago, she began a really incredible recovery program. Since then, she has been drug-free. DeeDee now earns a living as a very talented seamstress and designer—they love her; they love her at that firm—proudly bringing home a paycheck to provide for her two sons. DeeDee, you inspire us. And I'd love to have you come up and just say a few words.
DeeDee.
Poughkeepsie, NY, resident DeeDee Wheeler. First of all, I want to thank God. Without Him, it's impossible. Nothing is impossible with God. I just would like to thank the Hoving Home that gave me a foundation. I went through the home in 2016—'15. Excuse me, I'm a little nervous. [Laughter] And I completed the program. It gave me a sense of well-being. And I'm a graduate. I completed it, and I'm a graduate.
And due to the fact that I'm with Unshattered—Unshattered is a foundation—it gave me a sense of purpose, because I knew I couldn't go back to Jersey—to go back to people, places, and things. And I'm just honored to be here, and I'm proud to say that I'm drug-free, and I surrender my life. And I just want to thank God.
The President. Thank you, DeeDee. Well, I didn't tell DeeDee and Sam that they were speaking, because this way they'd be nervous coming in. Now I just put them up. And did they do great or what? Right?
If we would have given them advance notice, you couldn't have done better than that no matter how hard you worked. That was great. Both Sam and DeeDee, thank you very much. Fantastic job.
Ms. Wheeler. Thank you, sir.
The President. In order to build on our progress, in just a few moments I will sign the single largest bill to combat drug crisis in the history of our country. I especially want to thank Senator Rob Portman for working to ensure that the bill gives law enforcement the tools and resources they need to stop ultralethal—think of that word, "ultralethal"; that's a big statement—drugs, like fentanyl, from being trafficked throughout our mail.
And, Rob, I do have to thank you. I know how hard—[applause]—please, stand up. Please. How hard you've worked. Thank you. Thank you, Rob.
This legislation also includes vital messages [measures; White House correction.] to expand support for addiction recovery and treatment and the transition back to independent living, with a very, very steady job, great job.
Joining us today are 21 of our Nation's top companies and organizations—these are fantastic, successful companies that are putting back; they're giving back, and they're putting back—who are going to be announcing bold commitments to help us solve this crisis.
In just a few moments, we are here to listen to these incredible incentives and benefit by them. Together, we will defeat this epidemic—it's a true epidemic—as one people, one family, and one magnificent Nation under God. I want to thank everybody for being here. This is a tremendous honor for me and tremendous honor for Melania, who's worked so hard on this. And I appreciate that very much, First Lady. Really, a fantastic job. Karen, thank you very much. Really appreciate it.
God bless you all. God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.
[At this point, several descriptions were read of private sector initiatives to reduce opioid addiction, improve education and recovery efforts, and enhance job training programs for recovering addicts.]
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much. Congratulations.
[The President began to exit the stage, and the First Lady directed him to the signing desk.]
I was trying to sneak out. [Laughter]
[The President then signed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act.]
NOTE: The President spoke at 2:18 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway; and Shanghai, China, residents Zheng Fujing and Zheng Guanghua, who are charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to import controlled substances into the United States, operating a continued criminal enterprise, money laundering, and other crimes. H.R. 6, approved October 24, was assigned Public Law No. 115-271.
Donald J. Trump, Remarks on Signing Legislation To Improve Opioid Addiction Treatment and Prevention Efforts Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/332745
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