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In her acclaimed Persepolis books and in Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi rendered the events of her life and times in a uniquely captivating and powerful voice and vision. Now she turns that same keen eye and ear to the heartrending story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician who gave up his life for music and love.
We are in Tehran in 1958, and Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran's most revered tar players, discovers that his beloved instrument is irreparably damaged. Though he tries, he cannot find one to replace it, one whose sound speaks to him with the same power and passion with which his music speaks to others. In despair, he takes to his bed, renouncing the world and all its pleasures, closing the door on the demands and love of his wife and his four children. Over the course of the week that follows, his family and close friends attempt to change his mind, but Nasser Ali slips further and further into his own reveries: flashbacks and flash-forwards (with unexpected appearances by the likes of the Angel of Death and Sophia Loren) from his own childhood through his children's futures. And as the pieces of his story slowly fall into place, we begin to understand the profundity of his decision to give up life.
Marjane Satrapi brings what has become her signature humor, insight, and generosity to this emotional tale of life and death, and the courage and passion both require of us. The poignant story of one man, it is also a story of stunning universality–and an altogether luminous work.
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With roles in hit TV shows and movies, Sophia Bush has had a career that many in the business would be happy to have, though those years were unfortunately not always the most easygoing for the actress. Bush, who rose to fame as part of the cast of One Tree Hill, spoke up about her highly publicized exit from Chicago P.D. after Season 4, which was reportedly due to one co-star's workplace behavior. Here's why Bush says it's complicated to try and talk about that situation in public. She said:
It's a complicated question to answer only because 99.9 percent of the people who are on that show are my family, and they are people I would go to war for. They are people who I will protect and have chosen to protect very specifically, who I love very much. . . . What I will say is -- compared to most women that I know, and women that work in industries that are far less supportive of women than mine, if you can imagine -- it's all gravy. To have encountered two really terrible people over the course of my career, is kind of a cakewalk.
Sophia Bush shared those thoughts with Andy Cohen during a revealing conversation on the latter's radio show Andy Cohen Live, and it was very clear that Sophia Bush does not view Chicago P.D. in its entirety as something she begrudges, and that neither the show nor most of the production were at the root of why she left. On the contrary, it sounds very much like her exit was caused by the actions of only one particular person, though that person's identity has yet to be revealed. And because of that, Bush doesn't necessarily want to speak ill of a project employing dozens upon dozens of people that she cares a lot about and shared many good times with.
While sharing the above quote, Andy Cohen asked Sophia Bush if the former co-worker in question was still working on Chicago P.D., which she non-verbally confirmed. Had that not been the case, it's certainly possible that Bush might have been more comfortable with getting candid about the issue, but to go into detail about it now would only shine a harsh light on the NBC hit and those still working on it. So for the sake of everyone else involved, the actress will continue to stay mum. (Which isn't to say that's the only reason she's keeping private, as well.) The point being, if you were hoping this was a "who bit Beyonce" situation and we might find out in a matter of weeks, you may be disappointed.
Sophia Bush spoke of dealing with two "really terrible people" during her career, with the other one being One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn, who was fired from his most recent gig (as creator and showrunner for The Royals) after multiple sexual misconduct allegations came out against him, with many stemming from those One Tree Hill years. Bush revealed that at one point when she was 21 years old, Schwahn grabbed her butt and she responded by hitting him "fucking hard" in front of a group of other producers, which he allegedly complained about to others after the fact. Bush says he knew to steer clear of her after that.
To that end, the actress succinctly wrapped up why harassment at the TV workplace is never a simple situation for anyone to deal with. In her words:
It's not as simple as A to B. There is a whole life and a whole community and a whole tremendous group of people, Life is short, and life is also really, really long. So you've gotta figure out where you want to spend your 90 hours a week.
Indeed. You can hear Sophia Bush and Andy Cohen's chat in the clip below.
News of Sophia Bush's departure ahead of Season 5 undoubtedly came as a surprise to fans after the Season 4 finale cliffhanger that saw her character considering a job with the FBI in New York. The job opportunity obviously meant that there was a chance that Erin Lindsay would leave Chicago in Season 5, but her complete absence from the Season 5 premiere was a big sign that Bush either wasn't inclined to even come back for a guest spot or the folks at Chicago P.D. didn't feel inclined to bring her back to tie off loose ends. The Season 5 premiere did deliver a certain amount of closure, however, as Halstead visited her empty apartment to discover a picture of them together in happier times, and Vought commented on how he had to say goodbye to somebody he considered a daughter.
It should also be noted that when it was announced that Sophia Bush was leaving Chicago P.D. in May of 2017, her departure was confirmed, but rumor had it that she could return for a guest arc, and the reason given for her decision to leave was that she was ready to move on. Details began to emerge in the fall, shortly after Chicago P.D. premiered its fifth season. Bush revealed that she had to put a lot of work in to get out of the show and even gave her bosses at the show a head's up between Seasons 3 and 4 that she would move on if they didn't address some of her issues. Her recent comments only shed more light on what motivated her to make the big move out of the Chicago world.
Luckily, the decision to leave has been a fairly good once. She's already appeared in Marshall and Acts of Violence in the time sense. Now, you can catch Sophia Bush -- or at least her voice -- in the highly anticipated animated sequel Incredibles 2 -- read our review -- which hit theaters in June. (While Chicago P.D. Season 6 will debut on NBC this fall.) In the meantime, head to our summer premiere schedule to see what other new and returning shows are on the way.
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The patches on his jacket in his Facebook photo have drawn notice: one appears to be a flag from apartheid-era South Africa, while another one appears to be the Rhodesian flag.
Reuters, citing an uncle, reported that Roof was recently given a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday.
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Up next in our series of tech interviews at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week: Gina Bianchini, the CEO of social networking service Ning.
Ning has never had the press attention of Facebook and Twitter. But there are 41 million registered users on Ning, and Gina says that 92 million people a month worldwide visit Ning sites.
We spoke at length in the interview about how the world sees Ning, and how Ning defines itself. Anyone can easily create a Ning social network, cobranded or white labelled. 2.5 million of them have been created so far.
In some ways Ning networks are competitive to Facebook Pages (here's the TechCrunch Facebook page). Both allow for a presence inside of a social network. And when faced with a choice, most may choose Facebook simply because it has so many hundreds of millions of users to help word spread virally.
MA: One place I personally think you do compete with Facebook is company pages. Companies set up a profile to get fans, and it's not just their friends but they promote it, they put it on their advertisements. They also might do that with Ning whether it's the Ning network or the domain mount and make it look all their own. They might do both but it seems like there's a clear direct competition between Ning networks and Facebook pages. Agree, disagree, how do you see that?
MA: Do you see people doing both?
MA: That's why you don't think there's competition?
GB: That's why we can actually integrate with Twitter and use Twitter as a distribution channel. And basically send people very fluidly to Ning and then people are publishing from Ning into Twitter really effectively. And so what I think actually is happening , and we're seeing this especially among people who are artists, and people who started in 2005 and 2006 with a myspace page, which is they basically look at it and they say, "ok, Facebook, myspace, Twitter, phenomenal for distribution. That is the place where I can put up a fan page and within a few hours I can have a million followers." The same thing is true for twitter. So if you basically look at the people who have over a million followers, they are getting increasingly sophisticated in terms of understanding that those are phenomenal, but very lightweight distribution channels.
What they're realizing and I think where the market is going is the sophistication around, where you're sending people and where the destination is, whether that was originally a blog, or whether that was originally a website is actually becoming a rich immersive social experience.
MA: And now you're talking about Ning?
GB: And now I'm talking about Ning.
MA: And a Facebook page isn't as rich and immersive social experience.
GB: That's not what they're trying to do. They're trying to give people away within Facebook to say, "I'm a fan of Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy" or "I love Adidas." I think that's fantastic, but it's very lightweight. It's good that it's lightweight because it means that people have a way to thread all of these ways that they want to interact with brands, with celebrities, with artists, with things that they truly care about. But I think where the market is going and where you'll see more and more people do interesting things, is where is the hub, where are they sending people. And that is Ning.
For example, Soleil Moon Frye has 1.4 million Twitter followers and just launched a Ning network two days ago. And her excitement about it is that she can allow and enable the people following her on Twitter, primarily moms and young moms who have the same messy wonderful life as a mother that she does. That she gives them an opportunity to really dive deeper into what she cares about and what she's passionate about, and really building that out as a small but very powerful lifestyle brand for moms.
MA: (drawing diagram off camera) What you're saying is that Ning is sort of the center. And you've got Facebook and Twitter and myspace. So that's a good way of thinking about it. Do you think that Facebook, Twitter and myspace think about it that way?
GB: I don't think they see us as a competitor. Here's what I think is happening in the market. And this is not rainbows and sunshine saying this – what's really interesting is that all of these companies were basically founded in 2005, 2006, 2007, and what's actually happened is that each one of them has gotten really comfortable and more narrowly focused on the thing they do better than anybody else. Facebook with Facebook light is actually going more in the direction of connecting you with the people you have strong relationships with your real identity, with status messages, and with photo sharing. And they do that better than anybody else.
Twitter – and they had that year where, is Twitter a competitor or are they not – you can see in the past 6 months is that while there's some overlap, it's not a horserace, they're not actually competing head to head where Facebook wins and Twitter loses. So Twitter's about news and real time events.
You've seen the same thing with LinkedIn, where they've gotten really strong and have tremendous momentum by basically saying, "we own professional identity." Professional identity has different characteristics than what you want to do with your friends on Facebook and that's actually great. And then for us, interests and passions. If you look across the market, the thing that's interesting is that none of these companies actually have a number two. And what gets confusing about it is, Facebook doesn't have a number two. Twitter doesn't have a number two. Linked In – you lived through that – all of the competitors are gone, and they are the dominant player. And in our case, we don't really have anyone else who is creating unique social experiences as an online platform, and specifically an online social platform.
What's confusing to a user of the market that wants to see the head to head horserace, zero sum game, Microsoft/Netscape situation, it's not actually happening. It's really actually a race for each one of these companies and services to get as much traction and deliver as much value to an individual with the thing that they do better than anybody else.
Michael Arrington: I'm here with Ning CEO Gina Bianchini, hello Gina.
Gina Bianchini: Hi, how are you?
MA: Good. Thanks for joining the World Economic Forum in Davos to sit down and talk about Ning for a little bit. How do you like the hotel?
GB: I describe it as Swedish dorm room chic, and it's pretty great actually.
MA: Even though there's no internet access in all the internet executives' rooms?
GB: It's a little ironic.
MA: So everyone's down here in the lobby working.
GB: I almost feel like that's our purpose here in a way.
MA: It's good for me because if I want to talk to you, I just go to the lobby and you're on your computer and you can't really hide when you only have internet access in one place.
MA: Is this your first World Economic forum?
MA: And what do you think of the conference itself?
GB: It's pretty amazing. It's a little overwhelming actually because there are so many people from different walks of life doing so many interesting things, and it's all packed within a small Swiss ski town, that's it's kind of hard to get your bearings. But it's been wonderful. I really enjoyed our panel the first day.
MA: Yeah, you were on a panel with Evan Williams, Randi Zuckerberg, Owen VanNatta, and Reid Hoffman was there. I was there reporting on it; you guys talked about social networks. Do you feel like there's a good amount of attention here to technology? It seems like there is.
GB: There absolutely is. It's rare that you go to conferences that have a broad policy and political base, as well as being something that's just technology focused, and I've had more people come up to me, trying to explore how to use social technologies to change the world, and I think that that is always a great conversation to have.
MA: Do you find that most people here are very familiar with Ning? New for some people? Is Ning part of the established set of technology companies that people here know about?
GB: I don't think so. I think the thing that has actually been really surprising to me is how many people touch a Ning network from all walks of life. I had someone from a pretty large advertising agency say to me that their team in Brazil has been using Ning for basically three years.
MA: The advertising agency has a Ning presence.
GB: And even better, they're using it for their internal team to coordinate. So I think the thing that's been the most fun from my perspective is that we made the decision early on that we would share branding, that we weren't going to be a service that was basically one size fits all, but that what we do, being a social platform for interests and passions, and really being about unique social experiences, that we needed to share the brand. And we needed to basically allow our network creators to put their brand first with Ning being a bit recessive. So we don't have the same visibility that a Facebook or a Linked In or a Twitter has, but we actually think that for what we do, it's absolutely critical that we give and we share brand identity, because what people are doing on Ning is creating unique contextual social experiences for the things that really matter to them. And so, that's actually something that's been fun for me, is to see all the different ways that people are using Ning today, and in some cases, they absolutely know it's Ning, and in other cases, they don't know it's Ning. That's not white label.
MA: You allow domain mapping which is very basic Ning – is there some footer that is any Ning branding at all?
MA: We'll talk about that in a little bit with your numbers. You've raised a lot of money; you've raised $119 million dollars now, and your last valuation was $750 million, is that right? (GB nods). And you count among your investors, Reid Hoffman, the founder of Linked In. And Marc Andreesen's actually cofounder, but he's also on the board of Facebook. Is it awkward at all, with Marc being on the board of Facebook and Reid being Linked In heavy? Is it at all awkward? Because they are both competitors, right?
GB: Not at all. No, and that's actually why it's ok. I think that this is the thing that has really been emerging in the last year, is the fact that different people – or I should say actually, the same people, are using different social technologies for different purposes. And I think at some level, the true story of the last few years has been that everybody's been trying to figure out where they fit into the world and whether or not different people are competing directly. I thinks it's an interesting evolution that I did not expect, and I don't think any of us expected when we started, because there's always the sense that it is a horse race, it's not a zero sum game as it relates to social technologies, and in fact what's happening, is that the same people are using Linked In for their professional identity; they're using Facebook for connecting to people that they know in the real world, and have gone to school with, that are friends from the neighborhood. What Twitter is about is news and real time events in a way that is different from Facebook. And what we do is basically enable people to dive deeper and create rich social experiences for the topics and things that they truly care about. The aha moment that I had was that's what actually makes us human beings, and what makes us people, and these different social technologies all work together really well.
For example, two weeks ago we launched Twitter integration, and we've seen a huge increase in terms of people sharing content from their Ning network.
MA: That's both signing in and publishing back to Twitter?
GB: It's just publishing to Twitter, and then people coming back with a shortened url. And what's been great about that is that people love to be able to share on Twitter. They love to be able to share and then come back in, and we're seeing that in the numbers. And I think we'll shortly launch a similar integration using Facebook because it just makes sense, and it's what people want. They want to have a very fluid relationship between Linked In, Twitter, Ning and the networks they belong to. And Facebook. And I think that's something that from the inside, we all realize. Why for example, Reid Hoffman has been a great supporter of Ning, why Marc can sit on the board of Facebook and Ning, and why Marc is an investor in so many of the social technologies that exist, and I think that's something that's really fun about it right now.
MA: When you integrate with Facebook, will that be in the sense of signing in to your Ning account through Facebook and publish back to Facebook? Or more like what you're doing with Twitter, and just publish back to Facebook?
GB: More like what we're doing with Twitter for v1, and there's no political strategy that says we should have Facebook connect or we shouldn't have Facebook connect, it's just a matter of we're seeing what's working and integrating rapidly from here.
MA: How about just from a user perspective and integrating the social graph and having your friends listed in one place? Is that something that you think there may be demand at Ning?
GB: Absolutely. It's something that we'll explore in the next few months as we move forward.
MA: How many international uniques are you tracking?
GB: On a global basis, by IP address that excludes bots, we have 92 million monthly uniques. And four months ago we had 70 million global uniques.
MA: Does that include the Ning networks that are domain mapping?
MA: So that's a fourth of Facebook, something like that? But you don't have the compressed footprint that Facebook has, or even Twitter, which is smaller than you. Why is that?
GB: Very simple reason: one size fits all social platforms are easier to get your head around because they have the overarching brand identity. When you're on Facebook, you are on Facebook, and it is blue and white. And when you're on Twitter, you are on Twitter. In our case, we took a different approach and we have a different strategy, which is for us to enable unique, immersive, very rich different social experiences around the things that people care about and really allow them to dive deeper, as I mentioned as that hub.
MA: So the things people care about get the press attention as opposed to Ning sometimes.
You've seen the same thing with Linked In, where they've gotten really strong and have tremendous momentum by basically saying, "we own professional identity." Professional identity has different characteristics than what you want to do with your friends on Facebook and that's actually great. And then for us, interests and passions. If you look across the market, the thing that's interesting is that none of these companies actually have a number two. And what gets confusing about it is, Facebook doesn't have a number two. Twitter doesn't have a number two. Linked In – you lived through that – all of the competitors are gone, and they are the dominant player. And in our case, we don't really have anyone else who is creating unique social experiences as an online platform, and specifically an online social platform.
MA: Ok. Are you happy with your revenue model and how that's going?
MA: How happy, like 9 out of 10?
GB: (laughs) We don't talk about revenue. I'm happy to talk about the revenue streams that we have.
MA: It's ads, it's upsells right?
GB: It's ads, it's upsells, and premium features like virtual gifts which we launched in October that allow our network creators to make money from their networks. So when a member of the Lost Zombies Ning network which is 10,000 people who dress up as zombies and take pictures and videos and connect with each other in building this collaborative documentary . It's lost zomies.com, check it out, it's awesome. And what they're doing with virtual gifts, is their members are giving them bloody chain saws, and when that transaction happens, we split the revenue 50/50 with the network creators. We think there are tremendous opportunities there.
MA: How many bloody chainsaws have been given?
GB: I don't actually know specifically.
MA: Are the member of the group?
GB: I'm a member of Lost Zombies, I am.
MA: You should be like Tom from myspace, a member of every network.
GB: That's a good idea, I like that.
MA: With a really ridiculous pose in some picture. So what is revenue? Are you profitable yet? Are you approaching profitability yet? Are you approaching the point where you could be profitable? Do you want to slow down growth?
GB: We're really happy and so are our investors. It's the benefit of being a private company, but it doesn't make your job any easier.
MA: How many employees do you have?
GB: We have 166 employees.
MA: And you said you're not going to talk about profitability.
GB: We're not going to talk about revenue, profitability.
MA: Facebook does, they're private.
MA: Twitter doesn't. Myspace doesn't. Hint? Million a month? 10 million a month?
GB: We're really happy with where we're at and where we're going.
MA: When you approach profitability will you announce that?
MA: That's at least something. I can drop that now. It think that's it. How many registered users?
GB: We have 41 million registered users and we're adding about a million registered users ever 12-13 days.
MA: And you're not spending anything on marketing or you are? I've never seen anything.
GB: No, it's primarily email. As we launched Twitter, and soon we'll launch Facebook, those are actually great sources of new members coming in to and across the Ning networks. The good news/bad news of our model is that it's incredibly productive and effective in terms of growth and exponential growth, but certainly we've made a different decision than other services in terms of really sharing that brand placement. And then allowing people to create really incredibly rich unique social experiences on Ning.
MA: Who goes public first? Zynga, Facebook, or Linked In? Personal opinion.
MA: Bloody chainsaws, is how they're going to make money.
GB…social platforms went mainstream. And I think the story of 2010, 2011, 2012 is social platforms become real businesses.
MA: You going to be going public you think? Is that your aim? Or have Andreeson get Facebook to buy you, some large competitor?
GB: We are very confident that we can be a large independent company.
MA: Thanks very much, enjoy the rest of the conference. I really appreciate it.
GB: Thank you so much.


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 Explain the meaning of typhoon signals.
Encircle the letter that has the correct answer.
2.) Typhoon signals are raised according to ________?
to go and a movie.
offices are likewise suspended, what typhoon signal is raised?
government agency that issue warnings to people.
speed is measured by the use of an anemometer.
The following are different typhoon signals and their descriptions.
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2 = two blast Within at least 24 hours. Postpone air or sea travel.
expected at least within 12 hours.
A. Supply the answers needed.
1. Government agency that issue typhoon signal.
2. Measure the speed of the wind.
3. Wind speed of a tropical cyclone is expressed in.
1. What are the typhoon signals.
2. Give a short description of each typhoon signal.
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time to prepare to avoid danger.
offices are likewise suspended, typhoon signals is raised to _____.
Typhoon signals are raised according to ________.
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Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln (Wikipedia biography here) … was (variously) a Jewish, Presbyterian, Buddhist, spy, British MP, Nazi, propagandist, and would-be Balkan oil cartel mogul. Oh, I forgot to mention: claimed reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and Japanese-backed candidate for the Emperor of China. (Not bad for a poor shtetl boy who started out as a Hungarian orthodox Jewish yeshiva student.) Nothing about this man makes any sense whatsoever unless he's a character from a movie script written by Thomas Pynchon for Woody Allen.
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Ilya Somin, a professor of law at George Mason University, writes at the Washington Post that it's important to remember the abuses of communism as we do for fascism, for the same reason — so history doesn't repeat itself.
The horrendous history of China, the USSR, and their imitators, should have permanently discredited socialism as completely as fascism was discredited by the Nazis. But it has not – so far – fully done so.
These are excellent points. But it is also true that capitalism seems joined at the hip with imperialism, genocide, and mass poverty, with slavery of one kind or another endemic to capitalist societies the way hip dysplasia is common to some breeds of dogs.
So if both socialism and capitalism are broken, then what?
Somin makes another point that's inarguably true: The Great Leap Forward and other abuses of communism must be remembered because their survivors are still alive, and deserve respect and financial compensation.
This entry was posted in # and tagged capitalism, China, Cuba, history, socialism, USSR on August 4, 2016 .
This entry was posted in # and tagged 1980s, China, Imgur, science on March 29, 2016 .
None of this means, however, that we can rest content with democracy's performance over the past couple of decades. My end-of-history hypothesis was never intended to be deterministic or a simple prediction of liberal democracy's inevitable triumph around the world. Democracies survive and succeed only because people are willing to fight for the rule of law, human rights and political accountability. Such societies depend on leadership, organizational ability and sheer good luck.
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged America, China, history, News, politics, Russia on June 15, 2014 .
What next – a shoe that doubles as a phone?
This entry was posted in Technology and tagged China, scooter on May 29, 2014 .
With the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests coming June 4, the Chinese government is tightening a fist of censorship.
BEIJING — Even by the standards of the clampdowns that routinely mark politically sensitive dates in China, the approach this year to June 4, the anniversary of the day in 1989 when soldiers brutally ended student-led protests in Tiananmen Square, has been particularly severe.
The days preceding June 4 often mean house arrest for vocal government critics and an Internet scrubbed free of even coded references to the crackdown that dare not speak its name.
But this year, the 25th anniversary of the bloodshed that convulsed the nation and nearly sundered the Communist Party, censors and security forces have waged an aggressive "stability maintenance" campaign that has sent a chill through the ranks of Chinese legal advocates, liberal intellectuals and foreign journalists.
In recent weeks, a dozen prominent scholars and activists have been arrested or criminally detained, and even seemingly harmless gestures, like posting a selfie in Tiananmen Square while flashing a V for victory, have led to detentions.
The police have been warning Western journalists to stay away from the square in the coming days or "face grave consequences," according to several reporters summoned to meetings with stone-faced public security officials.
It's a maglev train that runs in near vacuum.
1,800 mph is California to London in three hours. Plus another three hours getting the happy ending patdown from airport security.
The trip would take two days, passing through Russia, 125 miles the Bering Strait, down Alaska and Canada to finish up in the US.
And it'll be nicer than going from Ontario, CA to San Diego by bus.
This entry was posted in # and tagged China, engineering, high-speed rail, Travel on May 9, 2014 .


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use Phalcon\Mvc\View;
use Phalcon\Paginator\Adapter\Model as Paginator;

class UserController extends ControllerBase
{

    public function initialize()
    {
        parent::initialize();

        $this->assets->addCss("../../css/user.css");
        $this->assets->addJs("../../js/user.js");

    }

    public function indexAction()
    {

    }

    public function signupAction(){

    }
}

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from django.shortcuts import render

from costs.models import render_rate
from costs.utils import get_resource_rate, get_rate_hook
from extensions.views import tab_extension, TabExtensionDelegate
from infrastructure.models import Server
from utilities.logger import ThreadLogger

logger = ThreadLogger(__name__)

class ServerCostDetailsTabDelegate(TabExtensionDelegate):
    def should_display(self):
        return True

@tab_extension(model=Server, title='Costs',
               delegate=ServerCostDetailsTabDelegate)
def cost_details_tab(request, obj_id):
    server = Server.objects.get(id=obj_id)

    env = server.environment

    cost = {
        'summary': {
            'hw_rate_display': render_rate(server.hw_rate),
            'sw_rate_display': render_rate(server.sw_rate),
            'extra_rate_display': render_rate(server.extra_rate),
            'total_rate_display': render_rate(server.total_rate)
        },
        'detail': {
            'cpu': {
                'unit_cost': _get_cost('cpu_cnt', env),
                'qty': server.cpu_cnt,
                'ext_cost': 0,
                'ext_cost_display': '-'
            },
            'mem': {
                'unit_cost': _get_cost('mem_size', env),
                'qty': server.mem_size,
                'ext_cost': 0,
                'ext_cost_display': '-'
            },
            'disk': {
                'unit_cost': _get_cost('disk_size', env),
                'qty': 0,
                'ext_cost': 0,
                'ext_cost_display': '-'
            },
        },
        'disks': [],
        'params': [],
        'apps': [],
        'os_build': {}
    }

    logger.info(cost)

    _update_detail_costs(cost, server)
    _update_disks(cost, server)
    _update_osbuild_rate(cost, server)
    _update_app_rates(cost, server)
    _update_param_rates(cost, server)
    _calc_totals(cost)

    return render(request, 'server_cost_details/templates/cost_details.html',
                  dict(
                      server=server, costs=cost
                  ))

def _get_cost(cf_name, env):
    cost = get_resource_rate(cf_name, env)
    if not cost:
        cost = get_resource_rate(cf_name, None)
    return cost if cost else 0

def _calc_totals(cost):
    ext_cost_total = 0
    for k, v in cost['detail'].items():
        ext_cost_total += v['ext_cost']

    for d in cost['disks']:
        ext_cost_total += d['size'] * cost['detail']['disk']['unit_cost'] * d[
            'multiplier']

    for a in cost['apps']:
        ext_cost_total += a['ext_cost']

    for p in cost['params']:
        ext_cost_total += p['ext_cost']

    if cost['os_build']:
        ext_cost_total += cost['os_build']['ext_cost']

    cost['totals'] = {
        'ext_cost': ext_cost_total,
        'ext_cost_display': render_rate(ext_cost_total)
    }

def _update_detail_costs(cost, server):
    cbhook = get_rate_hook(server.group, server.environment,
                           server.resource_handler.resource_technology)
    if cbhook:
        for k, v in cost['detail'].items():
            v['unit_cost'] = 0
            v['unit_cost_display'] = render_rate(0)

        cost['detail']['custom'] = {
            'unit_cost': server.hw_rate,
            'unit_cost_display': render_rate(server.hw_rate),
            'qty': 1,
            'ext_cost': server.hw_rate,
            'ext_cost_display': render_rate(server.hw_rate)
        }
    else:
        for k, v in cost['detail'].items():
            v['ext_cost'] = v['unit_cost'] * v['qty']
            v['unit_cost_display'] = render_rate(v['unit_cost'])
            v['ext_cost_display'] = render_rate(v['ext_cost'])

def _update_disks(cost, server):
    for disk in server.disks.all():
        unit_cost = cost['detail']['disk']['unit_cost']
        multiplier = 1
        storage_type = ''

        if disk.disk_storage:
            storage_type = disk.disk_storage.type
            if storage_type and storage_type.disktypemultiplier_set:
                disk_type_multiplier = storage_type.disktypemultiplier_set.first()
                if disk_type_multiplier:
                    multiplier = disk_type_multiplier.multiplier

        cost['disks'].append({
            'name': '{} ({})'.format(disk.name,
                                     storage_type) if storage_type else disk.name,
            'size': disk.disk_size,
            'multiplier': multiplier,
            'ext_cost_display': render_rate(
                unit_cost * disk.disk_size * multiplier)
        })

def _update_osbuild_rate(cost, server):
    osb = server.os_build
    if not osb:
        # No OS Build is set on this server.
        return

    osb_rate = osb.osbuildrate_set.filter(
        environment=server.environment).first()
    if not osb_rate:
        osb_rate = osb.osbuildrate_set.filter(environment=None).first()

    if osb_rate and osb_rate.rate:
        rate = osb_rate.rate
    else:
        # There's no rate associated with this OS Build for this
        # environment/globally
        return

    cost['os_build'] = {
        'name': osb.name,
        'qty': 1,
        'unit_cost': rate,
        'ext_cost': rate * 1,
        'unit_cost_display': render_rate(rate),
        'ext_cost_display': render_rate(rate * 1)
    }

def _update_app_rates(cost, server):
    for app in server.applications.all():
        rate = 0

        app_rate = app.applicationrate_set.filter(
            environment=server.environment).first()
        if not app_rate:
            app_rate = app.applicationrate_set.filter(environment=None).first()

        if app_rate:
            rate = app_rate.rate

        if not rate or rate == 0:
            continue

        cost['apps'].append({
            'name': app.name,
            'qty': 1,
            'unit_cost': rate,
            'unit_cost_display': render_rate(rate),
            'ext_cost': 1 * rate,
            'ext_cost_display': render_rate(1 * rate),
        })

def _update_param_rates(cost, server):
    for param in server.custom_field_values.all():
        rate = 0

        cfv_rate = param.field.customfieldrate_set.filter(
            environment=server.environment).first()
        if not cfv_rate:
            cfv_rate = param.field.customfieldrate_set.filter(
                environment=None).first()

        if cfv_rate:
            rate = cfv_rate.rate

        if not rate or rate == 0:
            continue

        cost['params'].append({
            'name': param.field.label,
            'qty': 1,
            'unit_cost': rate,
            'unit_cost_display': render_rate(rate),
            'ext_cost': 1 * rate,
            'ext_cost_display': render_rate(1 * rate)
        })


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https://sekford.com
Certificate of Warranty
Guarantee, Servicing & Instructions
Thomas Seckford
words George Upton photography Jasper Fry
This month the Journal traces the origins of the Sekford name from a quiet street in central London to the courts of Queen Elizabeth I, capturing a snapshot of five centuries of history in the British capital.
Sekford takes its name from Sekforde Street, a gently curving road of elegant Georgian terraced houses in Clerkenwell, London. Though today the area's history is marked by only a handful of watch repair shops, from the 18th century Clerkenwell had been the centre of British horology – producing in 1800 around 200,000 watches – half the world's output for that year.
Clerkenwell was an extraordinary meeting place of skilled craftsmen, specialising in everything from the ever-greater miniaturisation of watch movements to delicate case making, and it has been estimated that 60-70% of the innovations that comprise the modern mechanical wristwatch were developed in Britain. The history of the Sekford name, however, has a much longer lineage.
This month marks 430 years since the death of Thomas Seckford, an Elizabethan court official and lawyer born in Suffolk in 1515. Seckford had studied at Cambridge and practiced law at Gray's Inn in London before he was appointed as an official at the court of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.
As a Master in Ordinary of the Court of Requests, Seckford was responsible for small claims made by the poor. It is likely that this role gave him considerable access to the Queen, accompanying her as she travelled around her realm and, in 1564, she sold him the manor of Woodbridge – the Suffolk town in which he was born and where he built his home, the stately Seckford Hall. It is perhaps his experience travelling throughout the country with Elizabeth that led him in 1574 to commission the cartographer Christopher Saxton to produce the first atlas of England.
The Finsbury Savings Bank on Sekforde Street, built in 1840, was frequented by Charles Dickens who set part of Oliver Twist in nearby Clerkenwell Green
Though little of Seckford's thoughts and opinions has been recorded, it appears that his role at court, giving a voice to grievances of those less fortunate, would come to inform his actions throughout his life. A lifelong benefactor to the church and town of Woodbridge, he was also a Member of Parliament for various regions and in 1586, the year before his death at the age of 72, he founded seven almshouses in his birth town, financed through the land he owned in Clerkenwell.
Seckford would die childless, but the considerable fortune he amassed during his life continues to benefit Woodbridge today through care homes (still based in the 16thcentury almshouses), the Woodbridge Free School and various bursaries. Though in London, the Seckford estate would gradually be transformed from fields on the edge of the city to a haphazard arrangement of warehouses, slums and alleys – described in 1820 as 'one of the least desirable parts of Clerkenwell' – its redevelopment from 1827, seeing the creation of Sekforde and Woodbridge Streets, has formed a fitting testament to the enduring charity of a remarkable man.
Today Clerkenwell is no longer known as a centre of horology but design still plays an important role in the area. As well as the annual Clerkenwell Design Week, it is home to many of London's top style and design firms, including the studios of Zaha Hadid and Alexander McQueen.
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Annie Palmer, known as the White Witch, lived in Rose Hall in Jamaica where she seduced slaves and lovers and then killed them.
The tales of the murderous Annie Palmer of Rose Hall still frighten children in Jamaica. Built in 1770, Rose Hall was a sugar cane plantation and home to Palmer and her husband. Palmer grew up in Haiti and learned voodoo from her nanny, which would later serve her in her dastardly schemes.
When Palmer became sexually unsatisfied with her husband, she began sleeping with slaves on the plantation. In order to keep them quiet about the affairs, she either killed these men or ordered other slaves to do so. Wanting to gain sole possession of her husband's wealth, she poisoned her first husband and later married and killed two other men [source: Belanger]. Her sexual escapades continued as well. In case she encountered a man unwilling to pleasure her or a slave trying to escape, Palmer had a pit dug 16 feet (4.8 meters) below the house where she would banish these people [source: Belanger]. As her nefarious reputation spread around the island, she became known as the White Witch.
According to legend, Palmer cast a fatal voodoo hex on a housekeeper who caught the eye of one of her lovers. Supposedly, the housekeeper's grandfather later strangled Palmer to death [source: Belanger]. Her body was buried in an aboveground coffin in the eastern wing of Rose Hall. According to the lore, the White Witch's spirit, along with those of the slaves she had murdered, continued to haunt the house. When new tenants attempted to move into Rose Hall, they were quickly driven away from the haunted grounds. Eventually, in 1965, a couple bought the house and converted it into a museum. Yet even today, visitors and employees have reported hearing men's screams and doors slamming, as well as other paranormal phenomena.


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Hatikva and Game of Thrones - a Musical Mashup by Michael Greilsammer
Yes, we know it's Monday and you're expecting a Joke to Start the Week, but today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, so we're deferring our joke of the week to tomorrow, Tuesday.
But we can't let a day go without posting something relevant to the day that will be uplifting. Hatikva, Israel's national anthem, is a fixture in Holocaust remembrance ceremonies today in Israel and around the world.
There aren't many different versions of Hatikva, but Israeli-born violinist, singer/songwriter Michael Greilsammer has come up with a unique version that blends the traditional melody with the main theme of the award-winning HBO fantasy series. Game of Thrones.
Greilsammer has been called a revolutionary musical phenomenon by the world press.
The child of French immigrant parents and named a child prodigy at the age of five, Michael's unique music blends Irish, Reggae and Rock flavors to create a magical sound.
We'll be back tomorrow with a Joke to Start the week.
(A tip of the kippah to Esther Kustanowitz for bringing this video to our attention.)
Labels: Hatikvah, Israel, Music, Videos, Yom HaShoah
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Home > 10th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) - Deadline Looms !!
10th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) - Deadline Looms !!
Οι συμμετοχές για τον 10ο Διεθνή Διαγωνισμό Ακουστικής Μουσικής έχουν ξεκινήσει!!
Ένας διεθνής θεσμός , δίνει την ευκαιρία για μία ακόμη φορά, να αναδειχθούν καλλιτέχνες ανεξαρτήτως χώρας προέλευσης και χωρίς την απαραίτητη ύπαρξη δισκογραφικής εταιρείας στο πλευρό τους.
The 10th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) is currently accepting entries.
It promotes excellence in Acoustic Music Performance and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Win a Top Prize of US$11,000 worth of Prizes!
We are proud to be in our landmark 10th year! Entrants come from all over the world: Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Germany, USA, South Africa, etc. Judging is based on excellence in music performance, songwriting/composition/song choice, music production and originality/artistry. You can enter in a number of categories such as: Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group, Folk, Alternative, AOG*, etc.


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The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults.
John Prochaska, James N. Burdine, Kendra Bigsby, Marcia G. Ory, Joseph R. Sharkey, Kenneth R. McLeroy, Nelda Mier, Brian Colwell
INTRODUCTION: Clean-air and smoke-free ordinances have been shown to reduce the prevalence of smoking among the overall population, but their effects on the smoking prevalence among older adults deserves further attention. We examined changes in self-reported cigarette smoking and in attitudes toward smoking after the implementation of such ordinances in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 2003. METHODS: Communitywide health status surveys were mailed out to northern Larimer County residents recruited via random-digit dialing in 2001 and 2004. Secondary data analysis was conducted for respondents living in Fort Collins, comparing the entire sample with a subsample of adults aged 50 years or older. Univariate analyses were used to determine differences in self-reported cigarette smoking between the groups across the 2 surveys. Multivariate logistic regression models estimated differences in smoking status and in attitudes toward acceptability of public smoking between the 2 survey administrations, controlling for demographic correlates. RESULTS: Smoking rates among older respondents failed to change, despite significant decreases in smoking rates in the entire adult population. Furthermore, attitudes toward smoking in public did not change between the 2 surveys for either of the groups. CONCLUSION: Different factors may influence the decision to stop smoking for older adults and younger adults. We recommend the use of multiple approaches on different ecological levels to ensure that communitywide antismoking intervention efforts reach all population segments.
Preventing chronic disease
Prochaska, J., Burdine, J. N., Bigsby, K., Ory, M. G., Sharkey, J. R., McLeroy, K. R., ... Colwell, B. (2009). The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults. Preventing chronic disease, 6(1).
The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults. / Prochaska, John; Burdine, James N.; Bigsby, Kendra; Ory, Marcia G.; Sharkey, Joseph R.; McLeroy, Kenneth R.; Mier, Nelda; Colwell, Brian.
In: Preventing chronic disease, Vol. 6, No. 1, 01.2009.
Prochaska, J, Burdine, JN, Bigsby, K, Ory, MG, Sharkey, JR, McLeroy, KR, Mier, N & Colwell, B 2009, 'The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults.', Preventing chronic disease, vol. 6, no. 1.
Prochaska J, Burdine JN, Bigsby K, Ory MG, Sharkey JR, McLeroy KR et al. The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults. Preventing chronic disease. 2009 Jan;6(1).
Prochaska, John ; Burdine, James N. ; Bigsby, Kendra ; Ory, Marcia G. ; Sharkey, Joseph R. ; McLeroy, Kenneth R. ; Mier, Nelda ; Colwell, Brian. / The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults. In: Preventing chronic disease. 2009 ; Vol. 6, No. 1.
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Ivermectin, successfully used in India, confirmed as Covid treatment by Bombay High Court | FranceSoir
Posted by Norman Pilon in COVID-19, Current Affairs, India
Dipali Ojha, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Ivermectin, the contradictory analysis of the WHO, the High Court has rendered a judgment in favor of ivermectin, WHO
[Norm's note: I'm relying on 'Google Translate' to render an English version of this post . . . ]
Source: FranceSoir
Ivermectin, successfully used in India, confirmed as Covid treatment by Bombay High Court
Published on 06/05/2021 at 11:22 – Updated at 20:14
Ivermectin, successfully used in India, confirmed as treatment for Covid by Bombay High Court
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Me Dipali Ojha is a member of the Indian Bar association which recently initiated proceedings against Dr. Soumya Swaminathan Scientific Director of the WHO. In her debriefing, Dipali Ojha explains the details of the procedure and what to do next, as well as the situation in India.
In India, the Ministry of Health included ivermectin as part of the treatment of Covid19 as early as April 2021 and confirmed this on several occasions, including in its last recommendation. The Minister of Health therefore did not follow the advice of the WHO not to use ivermectin . India, after a scientific review of the existing evidence, followed suit with Senegal, which had not followed the WHO advice on hydroxychloroquine with continuous use in combination with another molecule since March 2020. " We do not blindly follow the WHO " declared Prof. Moussa Seydi, head of the infectious diseases department at Fann hospital in Dakar.
As several Indian states continue to prescribe ivermectin with success, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan tweeted on May 10 that the United Nations agency advises against the use of the drug to treat patients with the disease. COVID-19, except in clinical trials. The tweet included a press release issued by the company that makes the drug, Merck, saying it had found no evidence to support the use of ivermectin in the treatment of COVID-19.
Safety and effectiveness are important when using any drug for a new indication. @WHO advises against the use of ivermectin for # COVID19 except for clinical trials https://t.co/dSbDiW5tCW
– Soumya Swaminathan (@doctorsoumya) May 10, 2021
The action of Indian Bar
The Indian Bar's response was straightforward – a formal notice before action demanding accountability from the 51-page scientific director who takes up the various arguments in favor of ivermectin and above all questions why the scientific director puts in her tweet an old Merck press release while on March 31, 2021 she herself issued a WHO opinion on ivermectin. This really raises questions.
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Inflection point in India
A few weeks ago a group of Indian lawyers, whose sponsors are not yet identified, attacked the decision by the state of Goa to include ivermectin as part of the treatment against the Covid19 thus following national guidelines. The reasons given in the procedure were that the WHO had not approved the use of ivermectin.
The Goa government has therefore produced a response brief thus confirming that the rationale for WHO's advice not to use ivermectin is flawed. This thesis is based on a lot of evidence including the contradictory analysis of the WHO opinion made by the FLCCC of Dr Pierre Kory . It is therefore a first for a government to take a legal position in favor of early treatment.
Deputy Secretary (Health) Vikas Gaunekar said in an affidavit that
Various studies carried out in different countries have shown that the drug has a positive effect on the prevention and treatment / cure of patients.
The tablets have been shown to be effective in studies carried out in many countries, "he said.
Studies and reports endorsing ivermectin are available on the ivmmeta website . com .
Some reports indicate that the World Health Organization's analysis was flawed and that the death rate was very low in patients who received the tablets for early treatment or prophylaxis (preventive treatment)
The decision fell and the Bombay High Court upholds the use of ivermectin after being reviewed by a panel of medical experts from the public and private sector on May 13, 2021.
Apart from the fact that the Deputy Secretary of Health recognizes the effectiveness of ivermectin as a treatment against Covid, medical experts from the public and the private sector have also confirmed it and the High Court has rendered a judgment in favor of this. treatment. It is indeed the recognition of this treatment in a country which has already generalized its use.
Dipali Ojha explains all this in detail in this uncompromising debriefing.
French version of the video debriefing
https://videas.fr/embed/627aab2c-f738-415c-9bf9-82af2436885f/
https://videas.fr/embed/c3715e39-2c28-46b3-9f57-452864ff57dd/
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ucanbpolitical said:
The same Big Pharma opposition to Ivermectin was found in South Africa when doctors used it against "official" advice.
Norman Pilon said:
Hey, Brian,
There is an air of increasing unreality about it all.
And yet, and yet, given the incentives, given the mind numbing sums of profit involved, and all of it exempt from "product" liability, no aspect of this spectacle should in the least be surprising.
The incurably naive only can believe that when billions of dollars are in play, the so-called 'science' driving public policy somehow remains untainted of criminal corruption.
Thomas Schinkel said:
The COVID-19 Pandemic is a crime against humanity, plain and simple.


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Home All issues Volume 458 / No 2 (November I 2006) A&A, 458 2 (2006) 569-580 Abstract
Volume 458, Number 2, November I 2006
Stellar structure and evolution
The magnetic Bp star 36 Lyncis
I. Magnetic and photospheric properties
G. A. Wade1, M. A. Smith2, D. A. Bohlender3, T. A. Ryabchikova4,5, C. T. Bolton6, T. Lueftinger4, J. D. Landstreet7, P. Petit8, S. Strasser9, M. Blake6 and G. M. Hill10
1 Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Station `Forces', Kingston, Ontario, K7K 4B4, Canada e-mail: Gregg.Wade@rmc.ca
2 Computer Sciences Corporation/Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
3 National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada
4 Institute für Astronomie, Universitat Wien, Türkenschanzstrasse 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria
5 Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyatnitskaya 48, 109017 Moscow, Russia
6 David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto, PO Box 360, Richmond Hill, ON, L4C 4Y6, Canada
7 Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada
8 Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie Max-Planck-Str. 2 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
9 Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street, S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
10 W. M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI, 96743, USA
Aims.This paper reports the photospheric, magnetic and circumstellar gas characteristics of the magnetic B8p star 36 Lyncis (HD 79158).
Methods.Using archival data and new polarised and unpolarised high-resolution spectra, we redetermine the basic physical properties, the rotational period and the geometry of the magnetic field, and the photospheric abundances of various elements.
Results.Based on magnetic and spectroscopic measurements, we infer an improved rotational period of d. We determine a current epoch of the longitudinal magnetic field positive extremum (HJD 2 452 246.033), and provide constraints on the geometry of the dipole magnetic field ( , G, β unconstrained). We redetermine the effective temperature and surface gravity using the optical and UV energy distributions, optical photometry and Balmer line profiles ( K, ), and based on the Hipparcos parallax we redetermine the luminosity, mass, radius and true rotational speed ( , , , km s-1). We measure photospheric abundances for 21 elements using optical and UV spectra, and constrain the presence of vertical stratification of these elements. We perform preliminary Doppler Imaging of the surface distribution of Fe, finding that Fe is distributed in a patchy belt near the rotational equator. Most remarkably, we confirm strong variations of the Hα line core which we interpret as due to occultations of the star by magnetically-confined circumstellar gas.
Key words: stars: winds, outflows / stars: chemically peculiar / stars: fundamental parameters / stars: magnetic fields
Three-dimensional magnetic and abundance mapping of the cool Ap star HD 24712 — I. Spectropolarimetric observations in all four Stokes parameters
Magnetic field topology and chemical spot distributions of the Ap star HD 119419
Discovery of magnetic fields in the very young, massive stars W601 (NGC 6611) and OI 201 (NGC 2244)
A&A 481, L99-L102 (2008)
Discovery of new magnetic early-B stars within the MiMeS HARPSpol survey
Magnetic field topology and chemical abundance distributions of the young, rapidly rotating, chemically peculiar star HR 5624


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Planning to tour further afield, Nigel and Sonia Wignall decided to upgrade to a 4x4 motorhome. Here, Sonia reveals their buying process
An awning was just part of the kit specified for the Wignall's 'van
Getting off the beaten track is much easier with a 4×4 motorhome
The Abenteur & Allrad 4×4 camper show at Bad Kissingen
The couple opted for a left-hand drive vehicle in preparation for tours to South America
Nigel and Sonia Wignall in their new La Strada Regent S 4×4 motorhome
Nigel behind the wheel of the Mercedes-based motorhome
Touring Austria in our A-class, we caught a glimpse of two unfamiliar 4×4 motorhome-type vehicles. Both had set-up camp on the shores of a lake and were fully equipped with the most adventurous looking kit that you could possibly imagine.
These two 4×4 campers were from what we now know to be Azalai, the French overland adventure motorhome firm. This chance glimpse on a summer trip not only changed our perception of what we wanted from a 'van, but led us on a two-year search for a 4×4, after years of owning conventional 'vans.
For us, this was a new area. Although we knew just about everything there was to know about motorhomes, we knew nothing about what was available in the 4×4 adventure market. What we did know was that after years of motorhome trips across Europe, as much as we loved motorhomes and our travels in them, we were, in reality, a little bored with our 'van and the limitations of its size and general build.
In terms of the type of touring we planned, we felt ready to try a few ore adventurous locations, maybe even some longer overland journeys and a chance to ship across the water, perhaps to Canada. With our adult children no longer dependent on us, we were also regaining our couple status.
Our search began in earnest at Europe's main motorhome show, the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf, Germany. Overland campers of all descriptions are much more popular across the Channel, particularly in Germany, where most manufacturers are based.
Two separate visits to the Düsseldorf show immersed us in the market and enabled us to continue our research about what was on offer from back in the UK – totally invaluable when searching for this type of vehicle.
What we considered
The big question whenever you change a motorhome is which size and layout to go for, and this is really no different with a 4×4 model.
What we really wanted was greater flexibility from our motorhome, combined with practical elements, longevity and reliability factors. But above all, it had to be within budget.
One thing is certain: when you start looking at this niche market of the 4×4 overland motorhome, the pricing can have you reaching for smelling slats!
We decided that we wanted a 'van under 6m long, so it would fit into a normal-length parking spot when we were doing more standard trips.
The shorter length would also be beneficial when paying for ferries and worldwide shipping costs, which are very much based on motorhome size.
With shipping services, every inch affects the end price and the vehicle value reflects insurance costs and carnet de passages deposits – more reason to ensure budgets were kept sensible.
We decided quickly about a few essentials, such as it being a 'van that we could stand up in, with a proper roof. Sounds simple enough, but many 4×4 campers have a pop-up roof.
A shower room, fixed bed and a one-piece construction were also preferred, which meant that a panel van conversion would suit us best, as opposed to a standard 4×4-derived camper conversion, such as a Land Rover Defender.
Other factors important for us included being able to walk through from the cab to the habitation side, and having four fitted seatbelts.
We also wanted a left-hand drive 'van, to allow for possible trips through South America, where one country permits only left-hand-drive vehicles.
In addition, we spend more time touring in Europe than in the UK, and the left-hander costs less to buy than a right-hand-drive.
Finally, our new motorhome had to be simple in other ways, keeping electronic switches to a minimum, so that there was less to go wrong.
When we were considering travels to remote locations, we had to be sensible, thinking about where parts could be sourced if they went wrong and the potential cost involved.
Sturdy steel wheels instead of alloys were also on the list, these being easier to have repaired on the road if they were damaged.
Where to buy a 4×4
After much deliberation, we made our decision on the base vehicle, which was to be a Mercedes Sprinter 4×4.
Next came the choice of conversion company. There were three building on the Sprinter 4×4 chassis: CS. HRZ and La Strada. All German manufacturers who either had no dealers in the UK or, in the case of La Strada, one dealer – Elite Motorhomes – with no models in stock. (The La Strada dealership is now Webbs, and Hymer is now also offering a Sprinter 4×4 camper).
Fortunately, all of these firms were exhibiting at the show in Stuttgart, Germany, so this was our next stop.
Unfortunately, another important show – Abenteuer & Allrad, the 4×4 camper show at Bad Kissingen – was on too late for us, but it does have every possible 4×4 camper on display. One thing is certain: it's worth spending time and money on planning and research.
Our flights to Germany were money well spent, we thought, and the benefit of seeing everything in one location saved time in the long run.
Be prepared to consider importing from Germany if there is no UK dealer. If you do this, the motorhome will require a Certificate of Conformity.
What we chose
After two days at the Stuttgart Show, we realised that the one for us was the La Strada Regent S 4×4.
CS and HRZ were equally impressive: both offered a similar fixed-bed layout and standard equipment, and the staff were all extremely knowledgeable.
We had no language barrier problems; we don't speak German, but each stand had an English-speaking member of staff to guide us through the options.
All of our requirements were chosen at the show – it's much easier when you can see the 'van, look at the options available and talk it through with the experts, to discuss exactly what they can provide.
We found La Strada very helpful; nothing was too much trouble and they happily spent lots of time explaining the 'van to us in detail.
The final order had to be done back in the UK with their dealer at that time, Elite Motorhomes, who were equally helpful. This also made the process much easier, as we had no collection from Germany or import to arrange once the motorhome was built.
The lead time on our build was seven months, but delays meant that the 'van wasn't actually ready for collection until 10 months after ordering.
The reason given was a shortage of the Mercedes Sprinter 4×4 from the factory itself. So be prepared for possible changes in delivery times when ordering a van base that could be slightly more out of the ordinary.
Accessories and kit
Our Mercedes Sprinter 4×4 is a 316 CDI automatic, a cost option. Pebble Grey – the exterior paint colour we chose – was no extra cost, but the BF Goodrich tyres, allowing for greater off-road flexibility, did add to the standard option provided.
The habitation side of the 'van had to be practical, with a bright and airy appearance and a contemporary feel – something La Strada is good at.
We upgraded to a red-and-silver colour scheme, with a wipe-clean leather upholstery, appealing to our more adventurous side and carrying the unique elements of the design through to the interior.
We didn't want to be reliant on gas bottles, so we selected the Truma 6 diesel/electric combination for heating and hot water. We also upgraded the fridge to a Waeco compressor model, which has a 12V supply.
We originally wanted to have a diesel hob fitted, but we were advised against it because of the length of time that it takes to heat up. So we do still have one small gas bottle for this.
The toilet is chemical-free, with a SOG system, to make it more environmentally friendly. We also chose to have a solar panel and a larger battery, as well as an inverter big enough to power my hairdryer. We didn't want to be limited by the need to find an electric hook-up for charging, so long periods off-grid are not a problem.
Added comfort
A comfort pack upgrade included an electric step, a flyscreen for the side door and extra speakers. We also added lumbar-support swivel seats, some extra 12V sockets in the habitation area and blinds on the cab windows.
Instead of a bike rack, we bought two folding bikes, which fit neatly in the back below the bed. We didn't want a TV, so there was no need for a satellite dish, and we did keep the Mercedes extras to a minimum, so no fancy buttons on the steering wheel.
An awning was fitted and, although we didn't choose a spare tyre, we did buy an Overland puncture repair kit and spare inner tubes, for all those inevitable off-road adventures!
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Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts: v. 2
Joshua A. Fishman; Ofelia Garcia
Academic, Professional and General > Social Sciences > Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > Culture & institutions
Like the first volume, The Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity, Volume 2 is a reference work on the interconnection between language and ethnic identity. In this volume, 37 new essays provide a systematic look at different language and ethnic identity efforts, assess their relative successes and failures, and place the cases on a success-failure continuum. The reasons for these failures and successes and the linguistic, social, and political contexts involved are subtle and highly complex. Some of these factors have to do with whether the language is considered a dialect, as in the cases of Bavarian, Ebonics, and Scots (considered to be dialects of German, American English, and British English, respectively). Other factors have to do with government policy, as in the cases of Basque and Navajo. Still other factors are historical, such as the way Canaanite was supplanted in present-day Israel by another classical language-Hebrew. Although the volume offers considerable sophistication in the treatment of language, ethnicity and identity, it has been written for the non-specialized reader, whether student or layperson. The contributors are an international group of well-known scholars in a range of fields. Fishman and Garcia provide a detailed introduction that addresses the difficulty of assessing the success or failure of a language. They also present a conclusion that integrates the data presented in the volume.
1. Examining Contrarianism: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic-Identity Efforts
2. Afrikaans: Success or Failure?
3. Invention of Scripts in West Africa for Ethnic Revitalization
4. The Teaching of Amazigh (Berber) in Morocco
5. The Promotion of Moroccan Arabic: Successes and Failures
6. The Survival of French in Tunisian Identity
7. Hebrew Revivalists' Goals vis a vis the Emerging Israeli Language
8. African American language in U.S. Education and Society: A Story of Success and Failure
9. Learning English in Puerto Rico: An Approach-Avoidance Conflict?
10. The Reforming of English Spelling
11. Quechua Language Policy and Planning in Peru
12. Paradoxes of Quechua Language Revitalization in Bolivia: Back and forth Along the Success-Failure Continuum
13. North Korea's Language Revision and Some Unforeseen Consequences
14. Simplifying Chinese Characters: Not a Simple Matter
15. Problems of Orthography Development for the Yi in China
16. Planning for Failure: English and Language Policy and Planning in Bangladesh
17. The Emergence, Role, and Future of the Malay in Singapore
Joshua Fishamn is Distinguished University Research Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus at Yeshiva University. Ofelia Garcia is Professor of Urban Education and Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind
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Rites of the God-King: 'Santi and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism
Talking Films and Songs: Javed Akhtar in conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir
Our Lady of Everyday Life: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Catholic Imagination of Mexican Women in America
Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life
The Reformation of Prophecy: Early Modern Interpretations of the Prophet & Old Testament Prophecy
Mixed Messages: Norms and Social Control Around Teen Sex and Pregnancy
Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom Before Dred Scott
In-law Relationships: Mothers, Daughters, Fathers, and Sons


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Jury: Man drugged 1 of 2 slaying victims
By Carrie Weimar and St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA -- In online chats, Scott Schweickert left no doubt that he wanted to kidnap, subdue and rape a victim.
And he admitted to police that he had been present during the deaths of Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz.
But the question posed to jurors Friday was whether Schweickert drugged the two victims before their deaths.
After six hours, jurors returned a mixed verdict. They found Schweickert, 41, guilty of conspiring with his accomplice, Steven Lorenzo, to distribute GHB, a central nervous system depressant. Schweickert also was found guilty of drugging Wachholtz.
However, the jury acquitted Schweickert of charges of giving GHB to Galehouse. He faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Porcelli said he was pleased. "Obviously, we would have hoped for guilty on all counts," he said.
The drug charges were not easy to prove. Galehouse's body has never been found, so it could not be tested for drugs. Wachholtz's body was so badly decomposed when it was found in the back of his Jeep Cherokee in an apartment complex, it was difficult to test.
The case has frustrated some gay activists, who criticized the Hillsborough County State Attorney for failing to file murder charges against Lorenzo and Schweickert. But that may change.
Assistant State Attorney Jalal Harb attended the majority of Schweickert's trial. And he was taking notes.


Everybody knows that you'd better stay in school - after all, people who don't graduate from uni have been proven to earn less over their lifetimes. I wonder whether the people who conducted that study included the world's richest man, Bill Gates? The founder of Microsoft never did go back to earn his degree - but he'll have one now.
Mr. Gates will be presented his diploma from Harvard University on June 7, 2007. His trip will be two-fold - he's already scheduled to be at the university to give a commencement speech to this year's graduating class. This will be the 356th year for the university, the oldest in the United States.
Of course, Bill giving the commencement speech is a very ironic choice - he walked away from the exact same university 32 years earlier sans degree. He is still considered to be part of Harvard's graduating class of 1977, though it's doubtful the university thought so at the time. He had left as only a sophomore, to start a fledgeling computer software corporation out of his garage in 1975.
"His contributions to the world of business and technology, and the great example he has set through his far-reaching philanthropy, will rightfully put him on centre stage in Harvard Yard," said Harvard Alumni Association President Paul Finnegan. Of course, the university probably wouldn't have been so generous if Microsoft weren't that fledgeling software corporation - but it will set Mr. Gates' college history right with an honourary degree now. The university declined to give a reason why it waited 30 years before deciding to honour Gates, except that it "considers many honourary degrees each year." Apparently it must be a very long list.
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Some places capture your heart and refuse to let it go. Ireland did that to me in a fierce way for a number of reasons. The land is beautiful. The people were kind and fun. And I found a little piece of myself that had been burried under the diapers and play dates and nap time meltdowns of the previous 4 years of my life. Being a mom is such an incredible gift and it is my favorite role in life, but sometimes a person needs to take a step back.
Sometimes going to a new place is the only way to go.


What Men Want is a 2019 American fantasy comedy film directed by Adam Shankman. A loose remake of the 2000 film What Women Want, the plot follows a woman who, after drinking a potent concoction given by a shaman, gains the ability to hear men's inner thoughts. It stars Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Tracy Morgan.
What Men Want takes the 2000 comedy What Women Want starring Mel Gibson and gives the movie a much-needed update with a totally new perspective. Taraji P. Henson plays sports agent Ali Davis, stuck in a male dominated world, but she suddenly finds herself with an edge with an unconventional psychic (or maybe a knock to the head) suddenly gives her the ability to hear the inner thoughts of every man around her.
The film was released in the United States on February 8, 2019, by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Henson's performance but said the film was too safe and offered little new to the genre beyond the gender-switching aspect.


This is a series of photographs called, "Petrified", taken by conservationist Nick Brandt.
There is a body of water in Tanzania (Africa) by the name of Lake Natron.
I have officially dubbed it, 'The Lake of Petrification'. (*sounds best if you drop your voice 16 octaves lower).
Aside from being a kickass black metal band name, The Lake of Petrification has an extremely high alkaline level (ph>12) due to the excessive levels of trona and natron (both mineral salts… so… Lake Natron is actually pretty fitting).
The lake does not drain into the sea, so the water just evaporates in cycles, increasing the PH level. Water temperatures can reach 106 F.
The beautifully horrific side-effect of all this being… when animals die in the lake, them become calcified, hardened by the minerals in the water.
Full disclosure, photographer Nick positions the animal corpses for the pictures… they don't kick off in those majestic poses.
But that's the difference between art and a dead bird in a puddle.
I know where I'm planning my next family vacation.