You do not need pectin to make ice cream. Ice milk has no eggs but ice cream does. It is churned creme anglaise, which is an egg custard.
I have been a Pastry Chef for 20 years, by the way- restaurant and hotel. I studied pastry in France.
I guess that I am trying to say that you are very wrong!
I have two words for anyone interesting in creamier ice cream: powdered milk.
It increases the dry matter content of the ice cream and decreases the liquid, thus making for a creamier ice cream than one made with milk alone.
Ice creams and sorbets are all about the balance between dry matter (extrait sec) content and liquid.
My favorite thing to eat as a young boy.
You may not NEED it but it sure helps if you are trying to do it in the home with only basic ice cream making equipment. We made ice cream for a while using traditional recipes without pectin and we had stabilization issues with our ice cream maker. When we started using Alton Brown's method it worked beautifully.
American-style ice cream has no eggs. French-style or iced custard does. But this is strictly technical terminology.
This and any other flash frozen fruit such as strawberries you want to macerate in sugar. Throw them in a bowl, add like 1/4 cup of sugar and let them soften up for like an hour and yeild liquid. Blend up the mixture and then strain it, and throw away the seedy junk. This mixture is then added to your batter when you cook it. Make sure you compensate by adding less sugar to the batter since you added some into the maceration.
Suvir, you ate powdered milk!
Do you mean evaporated milk? Preferably sweetened.
Thanks, Jason. Will I still need the pectin or will there be enough in the juice?
Hmm. Good question. I'm gonna say still add the pectin.
I have to agree with Bux on all counts. Breyer's Natural Vanilla is the cleanest flavor we have found. We make all manner of fruit, herb and spice flavored "frozen desserts" and seldom run into trouble unless we combine a heavy substance like chocolate with a rich custard, which produces too rich a product for us. We make frozen custard or simply frozen flavored cream, or frozen super-rich yogurt, depending on whim, and find that the final product is more dependent on the flavoring agent, i.e., how flavorful the fruit is, than on the kind of dairy base. We never try to duplicate a commercially available flavor. I mean, what's the point?
My one caviat: be very careful with the amount of alcohol in any recipe. I had to remove a prune/cognac custard from the machine and freeze it in a pan, ala parfait. It simply had too much alcohol to freeze in the machine.
Also, as already mentioned, sugar is necessary for a creamy finish. Imitation, eg Equal, will result in a rock-hard ice.
I don't think Haggen Daz does use any stabilizers. And I've noticed that it is sometimes prone to crystallization.
I have a CuisineArt machine for home use and it's, ok.
I was in a Williams Sonoma in NYC in November and saw a new machine by DeLonghi, I believe, which has a compressor built in. It was going for around 395.00, which is pretty good since a Simac is around 495, I think.
I use stabilizer for all of my ice creams and sorbets. I use Gelglace, by Pastifrance. I found that it cured my problems with crystalization due to containers being brought in and out of the freezer during service.
I hate respinning ice creams. I just think it's just kind of is like warming up yesterdays steaks or something.
I've never had to use stabilizers (I also don't respin the ice cream). Freeze less, make sure to seal plastic wrap to the surface of the ice cream- taste, and check in the morning- you may have to scrape off an inch where it melted). Spago, Postrio, Lark Creek Inn, Scalas Bistro, Campanile, all do not use stabilizers, they also make their bases with egg (oh, and the Ritz Carlton too).
If you slightly dry fruit in the oven and then poach it in simple syrup (or macarate delicate fruit), this will help as you will replace the water with sugar. It will freeze creamier and not as icy. Corn syrup also can help for creaminess (it doesn't have to be as "fatty" from too much cream or egg.
Lesley, my mother is headed to the US this weekend. I shall ask her. As far as I remember her telling me for the longest of time, it was powdered milk that I enjoyed. I loved milk and actually love it still, but I have not found much love for milk in the US. In Paris and in India, I find milk even today, one of my favorite things to enjoy. I can drink just plain chilled milk, and never have enough of it.
When I tried Northwest Dairies Organic milk, I was amazed at how good it was. I am a ho hum milk drinker- now I search this one out.
Suvir, if you are ever on the west coast or in Hawaii, you should try it!
I think all these products have a use for certain ice creams and sorbets. KarenS, the places you mention are restaurants that would be serving the ice cream as a dessert or with a dessert. You wouldn't need pectin. But if you were working in a pastry shop with an ice cream department, you would. I remember working making ice cream (glace aux oeufs) and sorbet when we were mixing up at least 40 liters at a time. We'd mix the recipe, check the refractometer, adjust with either water or sugar, and churn it in a huge Italian machine. We did use stabilizer in the sorbets as well as "glucose atomise" (in dry form) or liquid glucose. These sorbets and ice creams were sold individually in 500 ml containers at the counter and made into bombes glacees and entremets glacees. Not only was their shelf life longer than that of a restaurant ice cream, the ice cream would have to make it back to the customer's home on a hot summer day.
is atomized glucose used in the same proportion in any recipe calling for glucose?
Having issues with getting your home made ice cream to come out just right?
Let's use this thread to troubleshoot recipes & techniques.
Puree & strain watermelon. Half of watermelon (3 cups) and sugar into saucepan to simmer for about 15 minutes (stirring occasionally, "don't boil" the recipe admonished). She said it would be a syrup, but it didn't reduce much or thicken too much. Remove from heat, add liquor & vanilla, then mix into remaining (raw) watermelon. Chill. Add cream and allow to sit in fridge over night to chill & allow flavors to meld or something.
In the morning I froze in three batches in my Simac Il Gelataio 1600 (self-contained freezer unit, non-removeable bowl (only problem with this machine is cleaning)). I sprinkled in some dark chocolate shavings as I spooned into storage containers. Yum.
1) Bits of butter started to form in the finished product. Usually this is the result of not properly chilling the batter before freezing it. Since it stood in the fridge overnight, that isn't it. I usually don't use all heavy cream, but since 2/3 of the batter was watermelon juice, I thought I'd go for it. Do you think next time I should use light cream or half and half instead of the heavy cream? I'd like it to taste creamy while not being icy and not having a film of butterfat develop on the spoon as you eat it.
2) Amazingly the ice cream did not expand in volume much after churning. 2.5 quarts in, 3 quarts out. I did have the air vents open on the lid of the freezing chamber. Is a low overrun (I calculate mine at ~15%) typical of Gelato vs Ice Cream? I wouldn't think just using a Gelato maker (vs an Ice Cream maker) would make that much of a difference in a Philadelphia style ice cream.
I would definitely try cutting it with some milk.
Yes, I would try 1 cup milk and 2 cups cream next time. That's the only thing I can think of, good luck!
I'll do that or go with the light cream.
Just tasted it after a few hours hardening in the freezer. It got quite firm, probably due to the low overrun. I think 20 minutes in the fridge before serving will be necessary. It is a little icy, but no big ice crystals. I stored in pint & half pint containers, so I don't think there's too much danger of the melting/refreeze ice crystals forming.
try adding a little corn syrup next time to the mix you heat.
It might help the ice cream not get so hard and will help stop the formation of ice crystals.
The butter thing is perplexing. Maybe try some half and half?
Is there a refrigeration control on the machine?
BTW, I envy your simac.I've heard it's a boss machine!
The corn syrup is a good idea. How much do you think, a tablespoon?
We shared some with friends last night. I think it needed a little less sugar and a little more liquor (also a softening agent, right?). I liked the flavor of the passion fruit liquor so I'm sticking with it, but it was barely perceptable in the finished product. So here's my ingredient list for the next batch (which probably won't be made for quite a while, but feel free to make it (Yo, Bond Girl! ) and let me know how it comes out).
Anyone else have a recipe that needs troubleshooting?
Maybe try a 1/4 cup? of corn syrup.
Also, to bring out that watermelon thing more, try a pinch of salt?
I think if I used 1/4 cup of corn syrup I'd have to reduce the sugar some more (it really doesn't need the 2 cups if you have a ripe watermelon). Midori could be an option, but I appreciate the tangy contrast of the Passoa. A pinch of salt is a good idea too. OK, I'm going to edit this into the recipe I posted above, but leave your quoted one alone for posterity.
How can you cut into a container on a scale and compare it to 6 cups diced? Does your original recipe state how much liquid you should have? Watermelon's probably differ drastically?
Ms. White described the amount of watermelon as about 5-6 lbs of watermelon (before cutting off the rind & trimming the seeds out), diced and fully packed to make 6 cups. Watermelon is about 99% water and water weighs 8 oz per cup. Therefore 6 cups X 8 oz = 3 lbs.
In describing the process she says to cook 3 cups of the puree and save the other half to use raw for fresh watermelon flavor.


Naturally, it wasn't long before Mr. Poprik found his way into the classroom. By emphasizing applicability and logic over straight mathematical theory, he prefers to start with the problem, only then layering in the math and leading his students to the answer. So, it's not surprising that many of them find connections to math in their other courses. Take, for example, the boy who passionately explained to Mr. Poprik a conceptual framework he designed to apply calculus to history, and analyze troop movement during wartime.
Olivia Lai '19 will tell you she considers herself a math/science student. But, during her junior year, she took a second-semester English class—Ethical Dilemmas with Mr. Keating—that made her rethink the humanities. "We read Death and the Maiden, The Elephant Man, Killings, and No Country for Old Men, among other books, and then we watched the movie versions, and discussed," she says. "It's just really interesting how he runs the class. We talked about the dilemmas that took place in the book, and a lot of times he went off on tangents and we'd end up talking about worldly situations or things that relate to our own lives." Towards the end of the semester, Mr. Keating assigned an article on genetic engineering. Olivia enjoyed it so much, she wrote her final paper on it. "There's a huge ethical piece in the science world—picking that apart in class was really exciting," she says.
A varsity starter on the lacrosse team since her freshman year, and co-captain her senior year, Olivia is equally animated when talking about her teammates and playing for Big Blue. In the pivotal, state sectional finals against Mount St. Mary's her junior year, she scored in the fourth quarter to tie the game, and clinched her 100th career goal in the process. "That was a really special moment for me," she remembers. Moments later, the team celebrated a victory, their first state sectional championship in more than a decade.
As a high school student, Mr. Jason Murdock remembers visiting local elementary schools, speaking with students about the importance of leadership and lessons learned through hard work and dedication. "I knew then, as a high school basketball player, that the combination of sports and education was a field I wanted to pursue," he recalls.
A two-time all-state selection and Central Jersey Player of the Year in high school, Mr. Murdock would go on to a successful collegiate career at Providence College, including an appearance in the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament, followed by six years of professional play overseas. When he broke his foot on Yao Ming's size 22 shoe during a game in China, which required three surgeries over the course of a year to correct, he was forced to rethink his future.
"It was the end of my professional career, but it was an opportunity to pursue a different career in education," he remembers.
Now a Middle School history teacher, Admission Counselor, and Head Coach of the Boys' Varsity Basketball Team, Mr. Murdock has been making an impact on Pingry students, in various capacities, for a decade.
"I've always viewed education and coaching in terms of developing young students or athletes, providing them with a set of life skills that will take them beyond the walls of Pingry—how to be part of a team, how to work hard through adversity and demonstrate resilience, how to be proud of accomplishments and appreciate those moments. It's gratifying to see young people develop into their full potential," he says.
Indeed, he shares the story of a prospective Middle School student he met with in the Admission Office many years ago, who, along with his family, voiced concern that Pingry would be too difficult for him. Sitting with the student, allowing him to share his strengths and weaknesses and discover that he had more to give than he thought, is what Mr. Murdock cherishes most in his work.
Kaley Taylor's "go-to teacher" in Middle School—the teacher whose classroom was always open and "joyful," who she could talk to about anything—also happened to be her advisor and wrestling coach. Yes, wrestling.
Also a ballerina since the age of two (she recently had to give up dance due to a full schedule), Latin class with Mrs. Kelleher—the fun discussions and her crazy homework assignments—and science class are among her favorite academic subjects. For the cheerful, rising Upper Schooler, it's hard to pinpoint what she loves most about Pingry.
How does a biochemistry PhD student—one who was just wrapping up her tongue-twisting dissertation, FMNL3 FH2-actin structure gives insight into formin-mediated actin nucleation and elongation—end up in a high school science classroom? For Morgan D'Ausilio, the reasons were many.
First, there was the influence of her mother, a lifelong elementary school educator. Then, there was her natural love for teaching. Dr. D'Ausilio had always enjoyed the instructional requirements of her graduate and postdoctoral work, but knew she didn't want to run a lab, so university teaching out. Finally, at a hiring conference in Boston in 2012, Pingry presented her with a singular opportunity: design a class, however you wish, that introduces students to the process of scientific research.
Chinese teacher Yi Hao's route to Pingry was a circuitous one—and that is precisely what makes her a treasured member of its faculty.
A mechanical engineering student in China, she relocated to the U.S. for a banking job after college, and moved on to a position in computer programming. She then pursued a master's in computer science from NYU, and joined a start-up, where she did project management work. Juggling family life and career demands, she decided to change her course. With both of her daughters enrolled at Pingry at the time, she became increasingly involved in campus life, substitute teaching for one of the Chinese teachers on a number of occasions. When Pingry was in search of a second full-time Chinese faculty member, they immediately turned to Mrs. Hao.
Mrs. Hao has also become a cultural ambassador for the school, leading faculty and student trips to China, organizing Pingry's annual Chinese New Year celebration, and rallying Pingry's Asian community to share their perspective. She treasures this sort of human interaction and impact, which she doesn't feel the computer science field would have afforded her to the same degree.
Fittingly, Ms. Sullivan is co-director of the Green Group and Outing Club, and she teaches Pingry's Environmental Art class, one of the only K-12 schools in the country to offer such a course. Her task? Attuning students to the wonders of nature, and the ways in which their nearly 200-acre campus can serve as their palette. A few years ago, Pingry supported her participation in a summer residency in Italy on "best practices" for environmental artists. Not long after, she spearheaded the construction of Pingry's first outdoor classroom, and worked with other members of the faculty and students to create a multi-purpose campsite in the woods, complete with five tent platforms, which can sleep up to 20 people, and a hiking trail, four-tenths of a mile long.
More recently, she traveled with a group of Pingry faculty to Santa Fe for the Independent Schools Experiential Education Network (ISEEN) conference, exploring additional techniques for applying experiential teaching and learning to the classroom. The conference advanced her ability to incorporate STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) initiatives into the classroom. (She already teaches technology—digital filmmaking, Adobe Design programs, and 3D printing—in many of her arts classes.) This support of professional growth, and the school's flexibility in allowing for cross-disciplinary collaboration and experimentation with curriculum, fuels her passion as a teacher, and as an artist.
Whether it's teaching the immigrant story in this way, taking to the woods of the Lower School, charging his class with a shelter-building exercise for their Lenape Indian unit, or asking them to don wigs and role-play Revolutionary War-era debates in Independence Hall, at Pingry, Mr. Haber is the designer of his class's best lessons.
Ravenous with ambition and motivation, in his words, he was the 2015 winner of the nationwide Warren Buffet Grow Your Own Business Challenge, all before graduating to the Upper School. Out of a field of 5,000 competitors across the country, he was one of five finalists flown to Omaha to present his business idea—"Beyond the Books," an online haven for learners of all ages looking for extracurricular knowledge—to the Oracle of Omaha himself. (His classmate was also a finalist, and yet another Pingrian was a semifinalist.) To be sure, Miro is an independent, ambitious learner. Academic compromise is not in his vocabulary.
Every English teacher's dream, said Ms. Taylor, is for students to complete their required summer reading, and then want to read more.
Driven students aren't the only highlight of Ms. Taylor's Pingry teaching experience. The freedom to plan extracurricular activities—a particularly relevant play or performance, for example—is another. "At my previous school nobody really planned field trips because it was an insurmountable hurdle. Here, it's easy to organize, and it's supported." Two years ago she started a creative writing class, and began leading an annual creative writing trip to Rutgers' Zimmerli Art Museum. Here, students, guided by a faculty member from the National Writing Project, immerse themselves in a morning-long writing intensive, using the surrounding artwork as their point of reflection. Afterwards, the class has lunch in New Brunswick, giving them a chance to bond and discuss their writing.
Aided by small class sizes, classroom bonding is customary at Pingry. This is an important dynamic, especially when students are asked to share their poetry. (Establishing a Weebly website for students to post and share their work is another new initiative that Ms. Taylor recently launched.) It generated such a rich discussion, she spent two more weeks on the unit than intended, but, she says, it was well worth it. And, at Pingry, that's all that matters.
The opportunity to pursue—and even showcase—your interests, whether those opportunities already exist or need to be created. For Justin Li '21, it is what he appreciates most about his Pingry education.
In seventh grade, he and a friend wanted to launch a Middle School math club. He had worked hard to test out of his seventh and eighth grade math courses, and was one of six in his class to earn admittance to higher-level, more challenging ninth grade math with Ms. Thuzar. Proud of his accomplishment and brimming with excitement over complex geometry proofs, starting a math club seemed like the perfect outlet to his enthusiasm. While the two friends conceived of the idea too late in the school year, they were encouraged to try again the following year. Lower School math specialist, Verna Lange, even agreed to help them.
A piano player since the age of 4, he also grew curious about Pingry's formidable organ, housed in Hauser Auditorium. No matter that no student had ever before played it (it was the sole instrument of Juilliard-trained Music Department Chair Dr. Andrew Moore). One day he approached Dr. Moore with his curiosity, which was warmly accepted, and now, every Thursday, he receives a private lesson from the teacher.


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back up routine as I cannot find the history under the W10 set up.
Thanks for that . It says that my last back up was done on 15/5/2016 at 12.27 and appears to show that it is on tne default of hourly back ups.
I have found this before but my back up was set to be done every Sunday evening to a Seagate expansion drive. When I got a reminder that the external memory was nearly full on the old system I could go into settings and find the back up history and delete the earlier copies to create spare space.
I have gone into 'Looking for an older backup' , but it is giving me the same info as above and I cannot find a list of back ups as I used to before.
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The stage adaptation of Let the Right One is a re-imagining of John Ajvide Lindqvist's Swedish horror novel and film, adapted and reworked for the theatre by Jack Thorne. It arrives in London's West End following a sell out run at the Royal Court last year.
This stage adaptation is a co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Court and, whilst the storyline remains true to the Swedish novel and the film, the action is relocated to the Scottish Highlands.
The play is described as "a chilling tale of loneliness, love and legend", and I thought this stage adaptation was an excellent re-imagining and re-telling of a story already familiar to me through the two film adaptations I have seen.
Small light touches make a big difference. Five or ten minutes before the play starts, selected characters walk across the stage, wrapped up warm against the cold of the Scottish winter, interacting with the snow, the set and, as time goes on, each other. This brings the set, the setting and the environment fully to life because it is not just a backdrop, it is a real landscape, populated by real people, each with their own story to tell.
Oskar is a lonely teenage boy from a broken home, living with his mother. He is constantly bullied at school, feels very isolated and longs for friendship. The Scottish village where he lives is in shock as there has been a recent spate of brutal murders in the woods nearby. Everyone is living in fear and Oskar is no longer allowed out into the woods to play.
Oskar meets his new neighbour Eli, a young teenage girl living with her father, at the local playground. They start to talk, share stories and gradually become good friends. But Eli and her father share a dark secret, and the play explores this mystery, and what this means.
The story is told from Oskar's viewpoint. We are in his footsteps from the very outset and we see the world through his eyes. When he is bullied at school and called "Piggy", we feel his pain. We understand his frustration at being mollycoddled by his Mum. We feel his elation at finding a soulmate who he can talk to. We see his happiness when he is with Eli and the fun they have together. And, along with Oskar, we experience the joy and pain of first love.
The enigma, right at the heart of Let the Right One In, is Eli. Who and what is Eli, and what does this mean for Oskar and Eli's growing relationship? Eli says she is not a boy and not a girl, "I'm just me". She is otherworldly and harbours a dark secret. As the play progresses, we realize what Eli is, and the play powerfully conveys the pain and the heartbreak of being "Other". As someone who is both different and special, a character with physical and emotional strength, who ultimately saves the day, I found Eli an empowering character.
The young actors were all very strong, and the two leads, Martin Quinn as Oskar and Rebecca Benson as Eli, were exceptional.
The set and the staging were simple and effective, incredibly powerful and very clever. I liked the fact that the set was real, including real trees on stage and a solid and robust climbing frame.
I thought it would be nigh on impossible to recreate the climactic swimming pool scene onstage but this production delivered that scene in a truly ingenious way (I don't want to give away any spoilers and the scene has to be seen to be believed!).
Although this adaptation is suitable for, and directly marketed at, teenagers and young people, it does not shy away from the darker elements of the novel – the blood, the killings and the horror. The production is very explicit in showing exactly who and what Eli is and what this entails. The end result is a deeply disturbing and chilling piece of theatre.
Why I think this particular story is so powerful is that ultimately it is about human beings and their need and search for friendship and love, a universal theme that everyone can relate to. Oskar and Eli's love story takes place in today's modern world, which can be friendless, lonely and isolating for many people. Let the Right One In is a story of two people, both misfits and outcasts for different reasons, finding each other, learning about each other, and falling in love. Will Love win through in the end? Go along and find out!
Let the Right One In plays at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London until 27 September 2014.
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Eastman Kodak Company, a pioneer in the area of organic light emitting diode technology (OLED), today announced a licensing agreement with Univision Technology of Taiwan. Univision plans to incorporate Kodak's organic display technology in future generation flat panel passive-matrix displays. To date, more than 15 companies have licensed organic display technology from Kodak.
The royalty-bearing license enables Univision to use Kodak technology for passive-matrix OLED modules in a variety of flat panel display applications. The agreement also gives Univision the opportunity to purchase Kodak's patented OLED materials for use in manufacturing displays.


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UN Discusses Battlestar Galactica
By sfx 2009-03-16T21:35:44.74Z News
Who says SF isn't a serious business? The UN is hosting a Battlestar Galactica panel to look at how the show has examined issues such as "human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, reconciliation, and dialogue among civilisations and faith"
The UN has a plan, and it involves Battlestar Galactica. No really. The show which has done more to convince non-believers that sci fi is more than just tinsel and ray guns is the subject of panel being held in the Economic and Social Council Chamber of the UN in New York City tomorrow, just days before the final episode is due to be broadcast.
According to the Sci Fi Channel, which broadcasts Battlestar Galactica in the States, the event will look at how the show has examined issues such as "human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, reconciliation, and dialogue among civilisations and faith" over the past four seasons. The session will be chaired by Whoopi Goldberg, a huge fan of the show herself. Executive producers Ronald D Moore and David Eick, as well as stars Mary McDonnell (who plays president Laura Roslin) and Edward James Olmos (the stoic Admiral William Adama) will be taking part.
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To be honest, you can't help being slightly suspicious at the timing of the event, but surely the UN can't be duped into doing something like this purely as a publicity stunt? Can it? Maybe Ban Ki-moon is a big fan? Or are they planning on dropping copies of the season four box set into Al-Qaeda strongholds?
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Homepage Cold War EraSR-71 RSO's daughter tells the story of when her father became the first USAF officer to eject from a Blackbird Mach 3+ Spy Plane
SR-71 RSO's daughter tells the story of when her father became the first USAF officer to eject from a Blackbird Mach 3+ Spy Plane
By Linda Sheffield Miller
On Apr. 13, 1967, my father, Richard 'Butch' Sheffield became the first Air Force officer to eject from an SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane.
The SR-71 Blackbird ejection seat was the SR-1, a Lockheed Design that was not much different from the Stanley designed Lockheed C-2 (later modified into the S/R-2) seat which preceded it in other aircraft (the C-2 seatwas used in the very early A-12s and SR-71 Blackbirds). According to The Ejection Site, some of the differences between the C-2 and the SR-1 seat included the omission of the leg guards and arm restraint nets which were used on the C-2.
Due to a fatality that occurred early in the SR-71 program where a crewman was killed when his helmet impacted the headrest of the seat during a structural breakup, some of the C-2 seats were equipped with a headrest extender to more closely fit the seat to the crewman.
SR-1 Ejection Seat
On Apr. 13, 1967, my father, Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO) Richard 'Butch' Sheffield became the first US Air Force (USAF) officer to eject from an SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane.
Earl Boone was the second.
It was a night training mission. Takeoff was at 7:30 PM, the SR-71 #966 had less than 50 hours on her, the total flight time from takeoff till impact was one hour and 23 minutes.
Butch Sheffield Pre- flight
Shortly after refueling, the SR pitched up and then down and did two cartwheels. It was at this time that Earl Boone ordered my father to get out! He pulled the ejection ring when the airplane was inverted and on fire. Dad said as he was floating down from 20,000 feet, he saw the airplane breaking in half, exploding and falling to the ground. The crashsite was Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Captain Sheffield was found by a helicopter. He told me that the helicopter almost landed directly on him. He grabbed his radio and yelled "don't land on me" . He was unable to move; his pressure suit was so full of gravel from being a drug by the parachute after he hit the ground. Maj. Earl Boone walked back to the crash site 9 to15 hours after the accident. He told my mother that he walked all night because he just couldn't face her. He thought my father had died.
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The next night I watched the national news and heard Walter Cronkite saying that my Dad had been found alive in New Mexico after his spy plane had crashed then showed a picture of him. It dawned on me that maybe, my family wasn't living a normal life. This was a terrifying incident for my entire family. And for the Boone family too.
Earle Boone was an excellent pilot and did not cause the accident, he did choose to leave the Air Force.
My Dad, Richard 'Butch' Sheffield took six weeks off to recover and then resumed his job. He hated being grounded and couldn't wait to fly again.
Be sure to check out Linda Sheffield Miller (Col Richard (Butch) Sheffield's daughter, Col. Sheffield was an SR-71 Reconnaissance Systems Officer) Facebook Page Habubrats for awesome Blackbird's photos and stories.
Photo credit: Linda Sheffield Miller, The Ejection Site and NASA
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Linda Sheffield Miller
Grew up at Beale Air Force Base, California. I am a Habubrat. Graduated from North Dakota State University. Former Public School Substitute Teacher, (all subjects all grades). Member of the DAR (Daughters of the Revolutionary War). I am interested in History, especially the history of SR-71. Married, Mother of three wonderful daughters and four extremely handsome grandsons. I live near Washington, DC.
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Bailing out at Mach 3: the incredible story of Bill Weaver, the first pilot to eject from an SR-71 Blackbird
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Jun 14 2022 at 2:38 AM
I interviewed Then Lt COL SHEFEIELD FO THE MINOT BASE NEWSPAPER "THE SENTRY" IN 1976. HIS FAME TO US WAS THAT HE WAS THE TENTH TO EJECT FROM AN SR-71 BUT THE FIRST TO SURVIVE
Linda Sheffield Miller Author says:
Hello when my father was stationed at Minot Air Force Base he was a full colonel. I still have the newspaper article. He was the first to bail out. In that interview you also interviewed Bob Spencer. Thank you for responding


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Q: VM Placement with FF, BF and WF Algorithms Please I am working on VM Placement using First-fit (FF), Best-fit (BF) and Worst-fit (WF) algorithms. The FF and WF seem to work pretty good but there's is a little bit of issue with the BF. The VM sequence are generated randomly for the placement.
The problem is that, sometimes when it sorts out the PMs and picks the one with the least capacity of resources and when it gets to checking if it has enough resource for hosting that particular VM it says "WAIT" instead of placing it on the next available PM with enough resources. It works well from the start but as the process continues it tends to get such error in the placements.
For example, a VM sequence of X, S, M, L, S, L, X, L, M, M the placement is supposed to be:
X  2
S  2
M  2
L  1
S  1
L  1
X  1
L  1
M  WAIT
M  WAIT

instead it displays:
X  2
S  2
M  2
L  1
S  1
L  1
X  WAIT
L  WAIT
M  WAIT
M  WAIT

I really don't know which part of the code is making such an error occur. I would be glad if assistance can be provided. Below is the code - thank you.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <time.h>
#define max 250
#define min 10

int main()
{
    int i, k,g, c[max]  = {0}, r[max]  = {0}, d[max] = {0}, cv[max] = {0},
        rv[max] = {0}, dv[max] = {0}, rw[max] = {0};  //declaration of variables

    int nf=10; char ch;

    float avgpwr=0;  //, nb = 3

    int m=2;

    int b = 1; int ff[10] = {0};

    int cm[max] = {0}, rm[max] = {0}, dm[max] = {0};

    int a;
    for (a=1; a<=b; a++)
    {
        printf("\n\tVirtual Machine Placement");
        printf("\n\t**************************************"); printf("\n");

        int flag, j, count=0;

        char vm_type[] = {'S', 'M', 'L', 'X'};

        printf("\n");

        //loop throug array and print values

        for (i=1; i<=nf; i++)
        {
            //generate random index number
            int index = my_rand ();

            printf("VM %d:",i); printf("%-5c", vm_type[index]);

            switch(vm_type[index]) {

            case 'S':
                cv[i]= 2; rv[i]= 4; dv[i]= 50;  rw[i] = 69;

                break;

            case 'M':
                cv[i]= 3; rv[i]= 8; dv[i]= 100; rw[i] = 139;

                break;

            case 'L':
                cv[i]= 5; rv[i]= 12; dv[i]= 150; rw[i] = 207;

                break;

            case 'X':
                cv[i]= 6; rv[i]= 18; dv[i]= 200; rw[i] = 345;

                break;

            default:
                printf("That was not a valid option :(");
            }

            printf("\n");

        }

        printf("\n1.First fit 2.Best fit 3.Worst fit\n");
        do
        {
            int nc[10]={0}; int dc[10]={0};
            int mc[10]={0}; int rd[10]={0};

            int host[10] = {0};

            for (i=1; i<=m; i++)

            {

                if (i==1){
                    c[i] = 64; r[i] = 64; d[i] = 700; ff[i] = i;
                }

                if (i==2){
                    c[i] = 32; r[i] = 32; d[i] = 500; ff[i] = i;
                }

            }

            printf("\nEnter your choice:");
            scanf("%d",&ch);
            switch(ch)
            {

            case 1: printf("\nFirst Fit\n");

                printf("\n\nVirtualM_No\tPhyMac_No\n");

                for(i=1; i<=nf; i++)
                {
                    flag = 1;

                    for(j=1; j<=m; j++)
                    {
                        if(cv[i] <= c[j] && rv[i]<= r[j] && dv[i] <= d[j]){

                            printf("%-15d\t%-15d\t%\n",i,ff[j]); //printf("\n");

                            count++;

                            if(ff[j]==1 || ff[j]==2 || ff[j]==3 || ff[j]==4 || ff[j]==5 || ff[j]==6 || ff[j]==7 || ff[j]== 8|| ff[j]==9 || ff[j]==10)
                            {
                                c[j] = c[j] - cv[i];
                                r[j] = r[j] - rv[i];
                                d[j] = d[j] - dv[i];
                                nc[j] = nc[j] + cv[i];
                                mc[j] = mc[j] + rv[i];
                                dc[j]= dc[j] + dv[i];
                                rd[j]= rd[j] + rw[i];
                                host[j] = host[j]+ 1;
                            }

                            break;

                        }
                        else
                        {
                            flag++;

                        }

                    }
                    if(flag > m) {
                        printf("%-15d\t%-15s\n",i,"WAIT..\n");
                        // rejectvm++;
                    }
                }

                printf("\n");
                //printf("%d , %d , %d , %d \n", nc[i], rd[i], mc[i], dc[i]);

                break;

            case 2: printf("\nBest Fit\n");
                int y1, z1, temp1,temp_r1, temp_d1;

                //placing the vms

                printf("\n\nVirtualM_No\tPhyMac_No\n");
                for(i=1; i<=nf; i++)
                {
                    flag = 1;
                    for(y1=1;y1<=m;y1++)
                    {

                        for(z1=y1;z1<=m;z1++)
                        {
                            if (c[y1] !=0 && r[y1] !=0 || d[y1] !=0)
                            {
                                if(c[y1] > c[z1] && r[y1] > r[z1] && d[y1] > d[z1])
                                {
                                    temp1 = c[y1]; temp_r1 = r[y1]; temp_d1 = d[y1];
                                    c[y1]= c[z1]; r[y1]= r[z1]; d[y1]= d[z1];
                                    c[z1]=temp1; d[z1]=temp_r1; d[z1]=temp_d1;
                                    temp1=ff[y1];
                                    ff[y1]=ff[z1];
                                    ff[z1]=temp1;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    for(j=1; j<=m; j++)
                    {
                        if( c[j] >= cv[i] && r[j] >= rv[i] &&  d[j] >= dv[i]){

                            printf("%-15d\t%-15d\t%\n",i,ff[j]);

                            count++;

                            if(ff[j]==1 || ff[j]==2 || ff[j]==3 || ff[j]==4 ||
                                ff[j]==5 || ff[j]==6 || ff[j]==7 || ff[j]== 8|| ff[j]==9 || ff[j]==10)
                            {
                                c[j] = c[j] - cv[i];
                                r[j] = r[j] - rv[i];
                                d[j] = d[j] - dv[i];
                                //ctr[i] = ctr[i] + 1;
                                nc[j] = nc[j] + cv[i];
                                mc[j] = mc[j] + rv[i];
                                dc[j]= dc[j] + dv[i];
                                rd[j]= rd[j] + rw[i];
                                host[j] = host[j]+ 1;
                            }

                            break;

                        }

                        else {
                            flag++;
                        }

                    }
                    if(flag > m) {
                        printf("%-15d\t%-15s\n",i,"WAIT...\n");

                    }
                }

                printf("\n");

                break;

            case 3: printf("\nWorst Fit\n");
                int y, z, temp,temp_r, temp_d;

                //placing the vms

                printf("\n\nVirtualM_No\tPhyMac_No\n");
                for(i=1; i<=nf; i++)
                {
                    flag = 1;
                    for(j=1; j<=m; j++)
                    {
                        for(y=1;y<=m;y++)
                        {
                            for(z=y;z<=m;z++)
                            {
                                if(c[y] < c[z] && r[y] < r[z] && d[y] < d[z])
                                {
                                    temp = c[y]; temp_r = r[y]; temp_d = d[y];
                                    c[y]= c[z]; r[y]= r[z]; d[y]= d[z];
                                    c[z]=temp; r[z]=temp_r; d[z]=temp_d;
                                    temp1=ff[y];
                                    ff[y]=ff[z];
                                    ff[z]=temp1;
                                }
                            }
                        }

                        if( c[j] >= cv[i] && r[j] >= rv[i] &&  d[j] >= dv[i]){

                            printf("%-15d\t%-15d\t%d\n",i,ff[j],j);

                            count++; g = ff[j];

                            if(ff[j]==1 || ff[j]==2 || ff[j]==3 || ff[j]==4 || ff[j]==5 || ff[j]==6 || ff[j]==7 || ff[j]== 8|| ff[j]==9 || ff[j]==10)
                            {

                                c[j] = c[j] - cv[i];
                                r[j] = r[j] - rv[i];
                                d[j] = d[j] - dv[i];
                                //  ctr[i] = ctr[i] + 1;
                                nc[g] = nc[g] + cv[i];
                                mc[g] = mc[g] + rv[i];
                                dc[g]= dc[g] + dv[i];
                                rd[g]= rd[g] + rw[i];
                                host[g] = host[g]+ 1;

                            }

                            break;

                        }
                        else
                        {
                            flag++;

                        }

                    }
                    if(flag > m) {

                        printf("%-15d\t%-15s\n",i,"WAIT...\n");

                    }
                }

                printf("\n");
                break;

            default:
                printf("That was not a valid option :(");
                break;
            }

        }

        while(ch<=3);
    }
}

int my_rand ()
{
    static int first = 0;

    if (first == 0)
    {
        srand (time (NULL));
        first = 1;
    }
    return (rand ()% 4);
}

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A Wall Street Journal article discussed the increased corporate focus on employees' need to feel a sense of purpose from their work. A Factiva search discovered that the words "mission" "higher purpose," or "changing the world" were mentioned 3,243 times to investors on recorded calls in 2014 compared to only 2,318 times five years ago!
This significant increase is in part due to the millennial generation wanting to work somewhere that makes a difference in the world.
A good recruiting tool may be to help your existing employees and job applicants, know that you value how God designed both them and your business for a unique purpose.


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Some Ramblings - Teenmaar
Michael is a metrosexual man. A free spirited, independent, outgoing casanova, who is also fun loving and quite funny, when the situation demands. Quite a diverse palette of interesting traits, these. How does one know all these about him? Because he says so, in a lot many words, and at every given (and grabbed) opportunity. He literally says at a particular point that he is indeed free spirited, independent and outgoing, and it is hard not to take his word when he is the hero of the movie. Every second telugu word of his is a 'cool', 'chill', 'babe', 'yo', 'man', or 'party', if one doesn't count some lenghty English sentences in between. Because he is open minded, most wanted handsome bachelor, who can whip up mouthwatering delicacies (in montage songs) and soul-stirring speeches (in many a language) at a moment's notice, white women swoon over him, like they do over old billionaires and aging rock stars, and Indian women find it impossibly hard to resist his charm, despite all his actions that are anything but charming. Wait a second! Is this a praise or a pull-down of his character? Pull Down? And that too a hero's? Generally speaking, there are three basic types of human character - good, bad and the in-between. In celluloid world, there exists a fourth character, a hero character. As has been the pet phrase, of late, of the beloved Prime Minister, the hero's character's is the "Caesar's wife" of the silver screen - beyond all reproach. He can have loose character, but that's just playfulness (or metrosexualness), he can have a roving eye, come on, he is only a connoisseur of the delectable, he treats relationships like (use and throw) tissues, now, now...er...that's what the climax is for, to show the error in his ways. In all, Michael is a realization waiting to happen over a period of 2:30 hours. And the catalyst?
Arjun is the epitome of nobility, wearing 'dehaati' and speaking 'desi'. He is so good, courageous, traditionalist and very romantic...that is correct, a somber voice over tells all that. He is the apple of the eye of all heavy kohl-eyed, half-sari wearing, eye-fluttering nubiles of the town, and quite an eye sore to all the filial fraternity of the former. He alone knows about true love and truly loves in the only way he knows, like no one before or none after. From which tree of knowledge did that golden nugget of information fall from? Guessed right...the familiar and friendly voice over again. And the movie is about the transformation of Michael into Arjun, with the aid of voice overs, period change overs, and personality make overs.
'Teenmaar' is a badly written radio play, where the writer and the director stubbornly refused to exploit the visual aspect of the movie magic, and instead made the characters expressly SPELL OUT each of their intentions, as though afraid that the audience might mistake that the hero character is only a rape-act away from villain-y, if he didn't loudly and clearly speak out what he was thinking about. And once the decision was made to do away with the visual and rely only on the aural, the onus fell entirely on the writer, and by God, did he struggle! The act of bringing Michael, comfortably sitting at one end of the conduct spectrum, all the way to the opposite end of Arjun, standing resolutely with his morals and values in tact, all without the luxury of subtleties, sensitivities and sensibilities (a must in a movie supposed to be dealing with tender feelings), is like getting into a boxing ring, hands tied behind, blindfolded, and against a heavy weight champion. It is a setup that is bound to fail and disappoint, and it doesn't disappoint at that. The problem is, there are no likable characters here (save, for a noble Arjun). Hero is a narcissist and heroine is a cling-on, and no one told them that this is a romantic movie, where the characters are supposed to win the hearts of each other (and the audience). And it is hard to root for the duo in question, who for most part of the movie, seem to be constantly breaking up with someone or the other, than spend time mending their own fences.
Pawan Kalyan - It is not fair to pile it on the actors in badly written pieces (again, the boxer scenario). But since he occupies almost every other frame in the movie, he should be fair game. Simply put, he goes overboard, and overacts in every scene as Michael. The dialogue delivery, sans any clarity or modulation, seems to be strictly two-toned - 1. very fast, unclear diction, while trying to be funny 2. very fast and loud, while being aggressive. As though to overcompensate for this drawback, he raises the dramatics to an uncomfortable level, dangerously approaching the level of parody. His soliloquy near the end, in front of a mirror, was just hard and painful to watch. Sadly, the word 'acting' has become the emperor's new clothes in the current telugu film industry, and it looks like practically anything passes for 'energy'
Quite ironic, when a movie that was supposed to contrast 'clarity' (in Arjun's character) and confusion (in Michael's) ends up getting tangled in its own mess of poorly etched and badly written characters.
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Over the next several years, Harriet would often visit Larry on the Lilac neighborhood. "He received such great care," says Harriet. With first hand experience of the caring and friendly staff, Harriet chose St. John's for rehabilitation following her knee replacement in 2017. When Harriet fully recovered, she returned home, only to find herself driving to St. John's every day to see her husband.
In October of 2018, Larry passed away. "After that, my life sort of went downhill – I didn't realize that every day I was going to St. John's to visit him," says Harriet.
When Harriet needed a second knee replacement in December 2018, she returned to St. John's for rehabilitation. "I felt like I was going home," explains Harriet. She spent 3 ½ weeks at St. John's Home and received physical therapy and occupational therapy 5-6 days per week. "I looked forward to Sundays," Harriet says smiling. In between therapy sessions, Harriet was able to enjoy holiday activities such as cookie decorating, ugly sweater parties, trivia, happy hour, and more. "There was always plenty going on," recalls Harriet.
As for Harriet's days at St. John's, they are far from over. She hopes to be well enough to drive again and has expressed interest in becoming a volunteer. "St. John's has done so much for not only me, but Larry as well. I really want to return the favor," concludes Harriet.


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Slovensko stalno gledališče  (kratica SSG, ) je dramsko gledališče zamejskih Slovencev v Trstu, ki se je rodilo iz pepela Slovenskega gledališča. Slednje je delovalo na začetku 20. stoletja v Narodnem domu v Trstu, ki so ga fašisti zažgali leta 1920. Od sezone 1902-03, ko je bilo ustanovljeno slovensko Dramatično društvo, do sezone 1919-20, ko je bilo njegovo delovanje onemogočeno,  je gledališče uprizorilo 245 dramskih del. V času fašizma je večina igralcev zbežala v Jugoslavijo, največ se jih je ustalilo v Mariboru, med njimi Elvira Kralj, Valo Bratina, Just Košuta, Rade Pregarc, Ema Starc, Rado Nakrst, Danilo Turk - Joco, režiser Jože Babič in drugi.

Delovanje se je spet začelo leta 1945, od takrat deluje SSG nepretrgoma, poklicni igralci uprizarjajo predvsem slovenske igre. Poslanstvo slovenskega tržaškega se skozi zgodovino spreminja in če je bila od nekdaj njegova vloga povezana s slovenskim kulturnim življenjem v zamejstvu, igra gledališče danes pomembno vlogo pri povezovanju slovenske in italijanske kulture ter ohranjanju slovenstva. Program vključuje tudi predstave za otroke, lastno produkcijo, koprodukcijske predstave in predstave gostujočih slovenskih ustvarjalcev. Je eno izmed osmih italijanskih gledališč s statusom stalnega gledališča (»teatro stabile«). Danes ima SSG svoj sedež v kulturnem domu v ulici Petronio 4 v Trstu. Zgradba ima veliko dvorano ima 530 sedežev in Mali oder s 100 sedeži.

Imena
 Slovensko narodno gledališče za Trst in Primorje (1945–1947)
 Slovensko narodno gledališče za Svobodno tržaško ozemlje (1947–1954)
 Slovensko narodno gledališče za Tržaško ozemlje (1954–1956)
 Slovensko narodno gledališče v Trstu (1956–1959)
 Slovensko gledališče v Trstu (1959–1977)
 Slovensko stalno gledališče (od 1977)

Ansambel
 Maja Blagovič
 Nikla Petruška Panizon
 Primož Forte
 Tadej Pišek
 Tina Gunzek
 Vladimir Jurc

Sklici

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Gledališča v Italiji
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// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "ash/display/display_color_manager.h"

#include <memory>

#include "base/files/file_util.h"
#include "base/path_service.h"
#include "base/run_loop.h"
#include "base/strings/pattern.h"
#include "base/task/post_task.h"
#include "base/test/scoped_path_override.h"
#include "base/test/task_environment.h"
#include "chromeos/constants/chromeos_paths.h"
#include "components/quirks/quirks_manager.h"
#include "net/url_request/url_request_context_getter.h"
#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
#include "ui/display/fake/fake_display_snapshot.h"
#include "ui/display/manager/test/action_logger_util.h"
#include "ui/display/manager/test/test_native_display_delegate.h"

namespace ash {

namespace {

constexpr gfx::Size kDisplaySize(1024, 768);
const char kResetGammaAction[] = "*set_gamma_correction(id=123)";
const char kSetGammaAction[] =
    "*set_gamma_correction(id=123,gamma[0]*gamma[255]=???????????\?)";
const char kSetFullCTMAction[] =
    "set_color_matrix(id=123,ctm[0]*ctm[8]*),"
    "set_gamma_correction(id=123,degamma[0]*gamma[0]*)";

class DisplayColorManagerForTest : public DisplayColorManager {
 public:
  explicit DisplayColorManagerForTest(
      display::DisplayConfigurator* configurator)
      : DisplayColorManager(configurator, nullptr /* display_to_observe */) {}

  void SetOnFinishedForTest(base::OnceClosure on_finished_for_test) {
    on_finished_for_test_ = std::move(on_finished_for_test);
  }

 private:
  void FinishLoadCalibrationForDisplay(int64_t display_id,
                                       int64_t product_id,
                                       bool has_color_correction_matrix,
                                       display::DisplayConnectionType type,
                                       const base::FilePath& path,
                                       bool file_downloaded) override {
    DisplayColorManager::FinishLoadCalibrationForDisplay(
        display_id, product_id, has_color_correction_matrix, type, path,
        file_downloaded);
    // If path is empty, there is no icc file, and the DCM's work is done.
    if (path.empty() && on_finished_for_test_) {
      std::move(on_finished_for_test_).Run();
      on_finished_for_test_.Reset();
    }
  }

  void UpdateCalibrationData(
      int64_t display_id,
      int64_t product_id,
      std::unique_ptr<ColorCalibrationData> data) override {
    DisplayColorManager::UpdateCalibrationData(display_id, product_id,
                                               std::move(data));
    if (on_finished_for_test_) {
      std::move(on_finished_for_test_).Run();
      on_finished_for_test_.Reset();
    }
  }

  base::OnceClosure on_finished_for_test_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DisplayColorManagerForTest);
};

// Implementation of QuirksManager::Delegate to fake chrome-restricted parts.
class QuirksManagerDelegateTestImpl : public quirks::QuirksManager::Delegate {
 public:
  QuirksManagerDelegateTestImpl(base::FilePath color_path)
      : color_path_(color_path) {}

  // Unused by these tests.
  std::string GetApiKey() const override { return std::string(); }

  base::FilePath GetDisplayProfileDirectory() const override {
    return color_path_;
  }

  bool DevicePolicyEnabled() const override { return true; }

 private:
  ~QuirksManagerDelegateTestImpl() override = default;

  base::FilePath color_path_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(QuirksManagerDelegateTestImpl);
};

}  // namespace

class DisplayColorManagerTest : public testing::Test {
 public:
  void SetUp() override {
    log_.reset(new display::test::ActionLogger());

    native_display_delegate_ =
        new display::test::TestNativeDisplayDelegate(log_.get());
    configurator_.SetDelegateForTesting(
        std::unique_ptr<display::NativeDisplayDelegate>(
            native_display_delegate_));

    color_manager_ =
        std::make_unique<DisplayColorManagerForTest>(&configurator_);

    EXPECT_TRUE(base::PathService::Get(base::DIR_SOURCE_ROOT, &color_path_));

    color_path_ = color_path_.Append(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("ash"))
                      .Append(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("display"))
                      .Append(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("test_data"));
    path_override_.reset(new base::ScopedPathOverride(
        chromeos::DIR_DEVICE_DISPLAY_PROFILES, color_path_));

    quirks::QuirksManager::Initialize(
        std::unique_ptr<quirks::QuirksManager::Delegate>(
            new QuirksManagerDelegateTestImpl(color_path_)),
        nullptr, nullptr);
  }

  void TearDown() override {
    quirks::QuirksManager::Shutdown();
  }

  void WaitOnColorCalibration() {
    base::RunLoop run_loop;
    color_manager_->SetOnFinishedForTest(run_loop.QuitClosure());
    run_loop.Run();
  }

  DisplayColorManagerTest() : test_api_(&configurator_) {}
  ~DisplayColorManagerTest() override = default;

 protected:
  base::test::TaskEnvironment task_environment_;
  std::unique_ptr<base::ScopedPathOverride> path_override_;
  base::FilePath color_path_;
  std::unique_ptr<display::test::ActionLogger> log_;
  display::DisplayConfigurator configurator_;
  display::DisplayConfigurator::TestApi test_api_;
  display::test::TestNativeDisplayDelegate*
      native_display_delegate_;  // not owned
  std::unique_ptr<DisplayColorManagerForTest> color_manager_;

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DisplayColorManagerTest);
};

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, VCGTOnly) {
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(123)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(false)
          .SetProductCode(0x06af5c10)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  // Clear initial configuration log.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(log_->GetActionsAndClear(), kSetGammaAction));
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, VCGTOnlyWithPlatformCTM) {
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(123)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(true)
          .SetProductCode(0x06af5c10)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  log_->GetActionsAndClear();
  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  // Clear initial configuration log.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(log_->GetActionsAndClear(), kSetGammaAction));
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, FullWithPlatformCTM) {
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(123)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(true)
          .SetProductCode(0x4c834a42)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  // Clear initial configuration log.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      base::MatchPattern(log_->GetActionsAndClear(), kSetFullCTMAction));
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, SetDisplayColorMatrixNoCTMSupport) {
  constexpr int64_t kDisplayId = 123;
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(kDisplayId)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(false)
          .SetProductCode(0x4c834a42)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  // DisplayColorManager::ResetDisplayColorCalibration() will be called since
  // this display has no CTM support.
  const std::string& actions = log_->GetActionsAndClear();
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(actions, kResetGammaAction));
  // Hardware doesn't support CTM, so CTM shouldn't be configured.
  EXPECT_FALSE(base::MatchPattern(actions, "*set_color_matrix*"));

  // Attempt to set a color matrix.
  SkMatrix44 matrix(SkMatrix44::kIdentity_Constructor);
  matrix.set(1, 1, 0.7);
  matrix.set(2, 2, 0.3);
  EXPECT_FALSE(color_manager_->SetDisplayColorMatrix(kDisplayId, matrix));
  EXPECT_EQ(color_manager_->displays_ctm_support(),
            DisplayColorManager::DisplayCtmSupport::kNone);
  EXPECT_STREQ("", log_->GetActionsAndClear().c_str());
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest,
       SetDisplayColorMatrixWithCTMSupportNoCalibration) {
  constexpr int64_t kDisplayId = 123;
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(kDisplayId)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(true)
          .SetProductCode(0x0)  // Non-existent product code.
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());

  // No need to wait for calibration here, this display doesn't have an icc
  // file.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  // Attempt to set a color matrix.
  SkMatrix44 matrix(SkMatrix44::kIdentity_Constructor);
  matrix.set(1, 1, 0.7);
  matrix.set(2, 2, 0.3);
  EXPECT_TRUE(color_manager_->SetDisplayColorMatrix(kDisplayId, matrix));
  EXPECT_EQ(color_manager_->displays_ctm_support(),
            DisplayColorManager::DisplayCtmSupport::kAll);
  // This display has no color calibration data. Gamma/degamma won't be
  // affected. Color matrix is applied as is.
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(
      log_->GetActionsAndClear(),
      "set_color_matrix(id=123,ctm[0]=1*ctm[4]=0.7*ctm[8]=0.3*)"));

  // Reconfiguring with the same displays snapshots will reapply the matrix.
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);
  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(
      log_->GetActionsAndClear(),
      "*set_color_matrix(id=123,ctm[0]=1*ctm[4]=0.7*ctm[8]=0.3*)"));
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, SetDisplayColorMatrixWithMixedCTMSupport) {
  constexpr int64_t kDisplayWithCtmId = 123;
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot1 =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(kDisplayWithCtmId)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(true)
          .SetProductCode(0x0)  // Non-existent product code.
          .Build();
  constexpr int64_t kDisplayNoCtmId = 456;
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot2 =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(kDisplayNoCtmId)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_HDMI)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(false)
          .SetProductCode(0x0)  // Non-existent product code.
          .Build();

  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs(
      {snapshot1.get(), snapshot2.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());

  // No need to wait for calibration here, these displays don't have icc files.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  EXPECT_EQ(color_manager_->displays_ctm_support(),
            DisplayColorManager::DisplayCtmSupport::kMixed);

  // Attempt to set a color matrix.
  SkMatrix44 matrix(SkMatrix44::kIdentity_Constructor);
  matrix.set(1, 1, 0.7);
  matrix.set(2, 2, 0.3);
  EXPECT_TRUE(color_manager_->SetDisplayColorMatrix(kDisplayWithCtmId, matrix));
  // This display has no color calibration data. Gamma/degamma won't be
  // affected. Color matrix is applied as is.
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(
      log_->GetActionsAndClear(),
      "set_color_matrix(id=123,ctm[0]=1*ctm[4]=0.7*ctm[8]=0.3*)"));

  // No matrix will be applied to this display.
  EXPECT_FALSE(color_manager_->SetDisplayColorMatrix(kDisplayNoCtmId, matrix));
  EXPECT_STREQ("", log_->GetActionsAndClear().c_str());
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest,
       SetDisplayColorMatrixWithCTMSupportWithCalibration) {
  constexpr int64_t kDisplayId = 123;
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(kDisplayId)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(true)
          .SetProductCode(0x4c834a42)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());

  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  // Attempt to set a color matrix.
  SkMatrix44 matrix(SkMatrix44::kIdentity_Constructor);
  matrix.set(1, 1, 0.7);
  matrix.set(2, 2, 0.3);
  EXPECT_TRUE(color_manager_->SetDisplayColorMatrix(kDisplayId, matrix));
  EXPECT_EQ(color_manager_->displays_ctm_support(),
            DisplayColorManager::DisplayCtmSupport::kAll);
  // The applied matrix is the combination of this color matrix and the color
  // calibration matrix. Gamma/degamma won't be affected.
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(
      log_->GetActionsAndClear(),
      "set_color_matrix(id=123,ctm[0]=0.01*ctm[4]=0.5*ctm[8]=0.04*)"));

  // Reconfiguring with the same displays snapshots will reapply the same
  // product matrix as well as gamma/degamma from the calibration data.
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);
  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  EXPECT_TRUE(base::MatchPattern(
      log_->GetActionsAndClear(),
      "*set_color_matrix(id=123,ctm[0]=0.01*ctm[4]=0.5*ctm[8]=0.04*),"
      "set_gamma_correction(id=123,degamma[0]*gamma[0]*)"));
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, FullWithoutPlatformCTM) {
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(123)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(false)
          .SetProductCode(0x4c834a42)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  // Clear initial configuration log.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      base::MatchPattern(log_->GetActionsAndClear(), kResetGammaAction));
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, NoMatchProductID) {
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(123)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(false)
          .SetProductCode(0)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  // DisplayColorManager::ResetDisplayColorCalibration() will be called since
  // the product code is invalid.
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      base::MatchPattern(log_->GetActionsAndClear(), kResetGammaAction));

  // NOTE: If product_code == 0, there is no thread switching in Quirks or
  // Display code, so we shouldn't call WaitOnColorCalibration().
  EXPECT_STREQ("", log_->GetActionsAndClear().c_str());
}

TEST_F(DisplayColorManagerTest, NoVCGT) {
  std::unique_ptr<display::DisplaySnapshot> snapshot =
      display::FakeDisplaySnapshot::Builder()
          .SetId(123)
          .SetNativeMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetCurrentMode(kDisplaySize)
          .SetType(display::DISPLAY_CONNECTION_TYPE_INTERNAL)
          .SetHasColorCorrectionMatrix(false)
          .SetProductCode(0x0dae3211)
          .Build();
  std::vector<display::DisplaySnapshot*> outputs({snapshot.get()});
  native_display_delegate_->set_outputs(outputs);

  configurator_.OnConfigurationChanged();
  EXPECT_TRUE(test_api_.TriggerConfigureTimeout());
  // Clear initial configuration log.
  log_->GetActionsAndClear();

  WaitOnColorCalibration();
  // DisplayColorManager::ResetDisplayColorCalibration() will be called since
  // there is no vcgt table.
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      base::MatchPattern(log_->GetActionsAndClear(), kResetGammaAction));
}

}  // namespace ash

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IOWA CAUCUSES
Penguins plus presidential candidate Andrew Yang equals climate change talk
Robin Opsahl
The Des Moines Register
Lots of people of all sorts ask questions at presidential campaign events in Iowa. Usually, the people aren't be-penguined.
But half a dozen people dressed as penguins to ask Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang about climate change Sunday in Des Moines at a Franklin Junior High town hall event.
The penguin-costumed Iowans were there on behalf of Bold Iowa, a Democratic group founded by former state lawmaker Ed Fallon. The group organizes around climate change and environmental protection.
The penguin outfits were a response to a Yang quote from another campaign event where he said "people with financial struggles have the attitude that the penguins can wait in line." Activists asked Yang to make climate change his top priority.
Yang responded that climate change is important but helping people with financial needs, through his plan to give all citizens a basic income, is the way to start fixing it.
"Climate change is an existential threat to our way of life, humans and penguins alike," Yang said.
But Yang stood by his statement that people who have bills to pay and more urgent priorities in their life may not care about investing in environmental preservation.
"We have to get the economic boot off of people's throats," he said. "And then they're going to hopefully realize we need to address climate change."
Yang's major policy proposal as a presidential candidate is universal basic income: giving all Americans over age 18 a stipend of $1,000 per month. He believes the stipend would get people financially stable enough to devote their energy and resources to combating other issues like climate change. But even with that, there would be more work to do beyond the country's borders.
"The brutal truth though is that America only accounts for 15% of global emissions," he said. "So even if we go whole hog and move towards renewables as fast as possible, we're probably only going to slow the rate of climate change incrementally. ... We should invest in trying to mitigate the worst effects of climate change because it is probably coming our way regardless of what sort of policies we adopt."
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Amari, a middle school student at Enterprise Charter School in downtown Buffalo, had never seen a jellyfish. So when he put on the virtual reality goggles provided by the Graduate School of Education, turned around and saw one of the gelatinous creatures coming up behind him, he was surprised — to say the least — at how big it was.
"Do they get this big in the ocean?" he asked school Superintendent Julie Schwab.
Months later, he's still talking about it, says Schwab, whose inner-city school recently received a three-year, $60,000 Catholic Health Community Benefit Grant that will allow UB faculty to show teachers at the charter school how to use technology to improve their students' critical and analytical thinking.
The students, who can't get over their first brief encounter with virtual reality, haven't seen anything yet. They're about to be benefactors of an ongoing program designed to show Enterprise Charter School teachers how to use technology already up and running in the Graduate School of Education.
Lynn E. Shanahan, associate professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction who conducts research in disciplinary literacies, is the grant's principal investigator. She has brought in two UB colleagues who are experts in using technology to enhance learning: Randy Yerrick, professor and associate dean for inter-professional education and engagement, and Richard Lamb, associate professor of learning and instruction, and director of UB's new multidisciplinary Neurocognition Science Laboratory.
The grant aims to provide teachers with enhanced tools to increase their students' academic achievement. Shanahan's goal is to increase learning opportunities for students by offering them the chance to participate in enhanced learning environments.
"One of the things that typically happens in high-needs urban schools is that the level of expectation around critical thinking and learning is not usually as high," she says.
Both Yerrick and Lamb, who will go into the classroom to help teachers learn how to best use these devices, have impressive technology-to-classroom credentials.
Yerrick offers a wide repertoire of technology teaching and innovation, devising creative ways to enhance science learning, particularly for underserved students. His STEM education grants, research and professional development efforts have improved science learning for students from kindergarten to university graduate studies, and extended university collaborations with schools to maximize UB's impact and relevance.
Lamb, a new arrival to UB from Washington State, has received numerous accolades for the use of technology, including the Early Career Research Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.
His Neurocognition Science Laboratory is home to UB's virtual reality activities, which give the Graduate School of Education an opportunity and resources no other university education department in the country has. The lab is one of the only places in the country that combines virtual reality and measurement of learning with neuroimaging technologies and other psycho-physiological measures to understand learning across the lifespan.
Lamb and Yerrick see the vast potential for school-university partnerships by introducing and studying state-of-the-art technology with today's students.
"Students are not well-served when the Regents exams become the instructional goal and students are called upon to give back basic facts," says Yerrick, who already has worked with Enterprise Charter students on experiments that include testing the school's water quality and tracking the speed of cars whizzing by the school, bounded by the main thoroughfares of Oak and Elm streets.
"They often have not been given the opportunity to collect data and use that data to answer their own questions about science in their community," he says.
Funding from the grant will be used to purchase virtual reality equipment for the charter school, similar to the system of goggles and software Lamb has used in his neurocognition lab in Baldy Hall and shared with the students at Enterprise Charter.
The vivid and lasting experience Amari and his classmates shared when wearing the virtual reality goggles illustrates the power of this experience to enhance teaching, Lamb says.
"The underwater experience is very vivid," he explains. "So now if we start talking about a coral reef, for example, you can tie that back to your experience. If we start talking about fish and whales, you have a conception of what that looks like.
The grant also will be used to purchase the kind of scientific probes Yerrick already has used in Enterprise Charter classrooms, eliminating the need to use UB's equipment.
Yerrick's work incorporates the use of live data collection through these scientific probes, which are relatively inexpensive science instruments that take the temperature of materials students see every day. Besides the speeding-cars experiments, he used the probes to compare the speed of cars to those of students' sneezes for perspective.
The specific programs and grade levels from the charter school that will work with UB will be determined soon. Yerrick and Lamb want to build on the work they already have done at the school. Now, the school will have its own technology, as well as the hands-on help from the UB professors who can help them use it.
"That's what we needed," says Shanahan. "We needed the technology to enhance learning. We also needed our teachers to understand how to harness the technology because, as both Randy and Rich will tell you, the technology itself does not make the difference, but how a teacher uses technology is critical to learning. Our job in the Graduate School of Education is to show teachers how to use the technology effectively, and their job as teachers is to facilitate and guide the students' learning.
Shanahan's educational specialty is literacy, so she is interested in studying students when they are in these learning spaces provided by Lamb and Yerrick. Use of 3-D immersion learning environments, or learning through use of technological tools, brings up several questions, she says: Can we use the virtual spaces to increase student vocabulary? Can we increase students' abilities to write critical responses? How does learning differ for these students? What is the engagement level there? What are the disciplinary literacy-specific skills related to science and critical thinking with these different tools?
The grant program dovetails with the strong commitment of GSE faculty to bring their research and expertise into the community where it's most needed. Often, Shanahan says, the greatest need is in the inner city.


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Art Basel '09 showcases innovation
December 3, 2009 By Katie Deits Leave a Comment
From established artists to newbies, Art Basel is a place where one can see the innovators of contemporary art, and the annual Miami Beach version of this European art stalwart gets under way formally tonight.
But the action associated with the festival started up at the beginning of the week, and on Wednesday afternoon, VIPs were lined up at the Miami Beach Convention Center for their first look at the show itself. At 6 p.m., other vernissage visitors were welcomed into the massive center, where more than 250 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin American, Asia and Africa are exhibiting works by more than 2,000 artists.
One of the distinctive features of Art Basel is that it has many offsite exhibits, such as Art Positions, which features cutting-edge projects by 23 young galleries at a display in Collins Park; Art Projects, in outdoor public spaces near the convention center; and The Oceanfront, which offers conversations with prominent art-world figures during the day, and at night, concerts, performances, videos and film.
In the main hall, you can see work by established artists moving into new technology, as evidenced in the large, inkjet-printed computer drawings by British artist David Hockney.
Also, there was a clever standing sculpture called Log Cabin, created this year by Leandro Erlich, in which two plasma screens are encased on either side of walls simulating a log cabin. The video screen on one side of the cabin played a snowy forest scene; the other showed a cozy living room with a fireplace.
In the Marlborough Gallery, Juan Genoves' brightly colored acrylic paintings caused a stir as his globs of paint looked like tiny figures moving across space from an aerial perspective. Meanwhile, the Galeria Horrach Moya featured sculptures by Jorge Mayet, such as Me desprendo de ti (I let go of you) (2009), a tree, expertly constructed of papier-maché, electric cable, textile and acrylics from the branches to its roots, suspended almost invisibly from the ceiling.
At the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York), a terrifying 7-foot-tall bald-head ceramic sculpture called Crazy Nuke (1986), crafted by Robert Arneson, seemly screamed for attention.
All of Miami's museums, such as the Miami Art Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, are featuring special exhibitions and events. The major private collections are open for viewing, too, including the Margulies Collection, the Rubell Family Collection and several others.
The entire Miami area has an air of excitement, as satellite art fairs, gallery openings and events abound in both Miami Beach and Miami. Last night, after Art Basel closed, people walked over to the nearby Lincoln Road pedestrian mall for dinner, drinks, shopping, and more art openings.
At 800 Lincoln Road, street artists and their art groupies overflowed onto the sidewalk outside of The Art Center South Florida, which was exhibiting their group show Blueprint for Space, containing work by internationally known contemporary street artists (also known as graffiti artists), such as Dolla and Santiago Rubino. The street artists are also staging Primary Flight, a series of original site-specific street-level mural installations spread at locations throughout the Wynwood Arts District.
Upstairs at The Art Center South Florida, David Zalben, an artist known as David Z, has a corner studio displaying his quirky, humorous and sometimes erotic work. David Z's wire sculptures bob and jiggle, simulating human situations and relationships. His classically representational paintings are created on a grid in which he uses old Altoid cans as his canvas.
Art Basel runs through Sunday. One-day tickets are $35 and students and seniors are $20. Multi-day tickets are also available. Hours are noon through 8 p.m. today through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
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, né le  à Budapest – mort le  dans la même ville, est un peintre naturaliste hongrois de style post-impressionniste issu de l'école de Nagybánya. Peintre ethnographe et de plein air, il s'attache à représenter le mouvement et l'unité de l'Homme et de la nature.

Biographie
Oszkár Glatz est le fils de Henrik (1844-1905), entrepreneur, fondateur du groupe de presse Franklin et de la Société des Bains-spa de Siófok sur le lac Balaton et de Carolina (1844-1905), fille de Rudolf Fuchs et belle-sœur de Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry et du professeur Vilmos Schulek. Il est le frère du Dr. vitéz Erik Mátyásfalvi Glatz (1881-1970), avocat et conseiller général du gouvernement (kormányfőtanácsos).

Glatz étudie dans sa ville natale, puis à Munich et Paris. Il rejoint en 1896 le cercle de Simon Hollósy dont le succès l'impressionne lors des Festivités du Millénaire de 1896. Il aide avec beaucoup d'enthousiasme ses maîtres à organiser la colonie de peintres de Nagybánya. Il y passe l'été 1896 en compagnie des maîtres Hollósy, János Thorma et István Réti, et des peintres Károly Ferenczy et Béla Iványi-Grünwald. Il y peint "Mineurs en prière" (Imádkozó bányászok, 1896), sa première réalisation remarquable d'observation et d'habileté picturale.

Glatz retourne à Nagybánya durant l'été 1897 et découvre dans la région un territoire dénommé Rozsály, propriété du Trésor. Le jeune de 25 ans s'y installe en altitude, là où la neige recouvre encore les sommets, et y vit en solitaire pendant 5 mois. Il n'y croise que quelques bergers, forestiers et agents du Trésor, parfois un artiste. Sa production est alors importante: une vingtaine de toiles en plein air, dont un format monumental, "Nuit sur sommets enneigés c." (Est a havason c.) de 180,5x281,5 cm.

Le salon de Budapest de 1897 de l'École de Nagybánya lui réserve un accueil personnel des plus élogieux, autant de la part d'anciens maîtres, que de la critiques et du public. Il reçoit alors de nombreuses commandes de portraits et le musée de Miskolc achète sa "Nuit sur sommets enneigés c.", aujourd'hui dans la collection de la Galerie nationale hongroise. Il retourne une fois encore à Nagybánya à l'été 1898 mais reste cette fois-ci en plaine et dans la région de Szilágy, passe de villages en villages et ne restant que peu de temps au même endroit, inspiré par les cours d'eau, les collines et les paysages forestiers. Son œuvre alors la plus remarquable est intitulé Les Porteurs de bois (Fahordók c. 197x144 cm), avec un thème proche de celui du peintre Mihály Munkácsy.

Le public lui réserve à nouveau un très bon accueille lors de l'exposition de Budapest de 1898. Ses portraits ont également un grand succès, avec de nombreuses commandes (Pál Gyulai, Kálmán Mikszáth, , Andor et Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry, Zoltán Ambrus, Géza Gárdonyi, etc.).

Il est membre du Cercle des impressionnistes et naturalistes hongrois (MIÉNK) et de la . Il peint par la suite sur les hauts plateaux, à Buják, en Transdanubie et aux bords du lac Balaton.
Il épouse en 1901 à Reichenberg Maria Karolina Wildner, fille de Ede Wildner et Mary de Löffler. Sa femme est aussi un peintre habile, notamment de natures mortes, et ils participent ensemble à la première collection de couple au Salon National en 1910.

Oszkár Glatz enseigne à l'Université hongroise des beaux-arts de Budapest entre 1912 et 1938. Il peint durant cette période plusieurs scènes de genre paysannes hongroises. Ses écrits artistiques sont également significatifs, avec de nombreux articles qui ont pour but de préserver les traditions de l'art populaire hongrois.

Expositions
Salon National, Budapest (1910)
Genève (1921)
Salon d'Art Helikon, Budapest (1923)
Műcsarnok, Budapest (1923)
Musée Ernst, Budapest (1953)

Galerie

Prix et distinctions
Médaille d'Or à Munich, médaille d'Argent à San Francisco
Grande Médaille d'Or Nationale (Állami Nagy Aranyérem, 1916)
Prix de la Société (Társulati díj, 1917)
Prix Nationale du Graphisme (Állami alakrajzdíj, 1926)
Couronne Corvin (1930)
Prix Kossuth (1952)
Prix de Hongrie pour les artistes exceptionnels (1953)

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
István Réti: A nagybányai művésztelep. Budapest, Kulturtrade, 1994. Glatz l. pp. 117–118 .
Művészeti lexikon. Szerk. Éber László. 1. köt. Budapest: Győző Andor, 1935.
Művészeti lexikon. Szerk. Zádor Anna és Genthon István. 2. köt. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiadó, 1966.

Liens externes

Naissance en octobre 1872
Naissance en Autriche-Hongrie
Peintre portraitiste hongrois
Universitaire hongrois
Lauréat du prix Kossuth
Peintre hongrois du XIXe siècle
Peintre hongrois du XXe siècle
Décès en février 1958
Décès à Budapest
Décès à 85 ans


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