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require_relative "../env.rb"

%q{ there should be a nice OO representation of syntax }
describe "Object-oriented Ruby syntax representations" do
  let(:to_ruby) {
    proc { |x| Odyssey.to_ruby x }
  }
  it do
    to_ruby.call(ImplicitBlock.new([])).
      must_equal ""

    to_ruby.call(Block.new([:x], [])).
      must_equal "{|x|}"

    to_ruby.call(Message.new(nil, :puts, ["hi"])).
      must_equal "puts(\"hi\")"

    to_ruby.call(Message.new(1, :+, [1])).
      must_equal "1 + 1"
  end

  it "may or may not need these kinds of other objects for literals" do
    Num.new(1).to_ruby.must_equal("1")
  end
end

describe "proof of concept" do
  it do
    complete_macro_example = <<-EOF
    defmacro :my_macro do |m|
      :hi_mom
    end
    my_macro
    EOF

    Odyssey.domacros(complete_macro_example).must_equal ":\"hi_mom\""
  end
end

describe "building andand" do
  it do
    andand_code = <<-EOF
    defmacro :my_macro do |m|
      m.replace(first_argument: m.args[0], second_argument: m.args[1]) do
        (temp = first_argument and temp.second_argument)
      end
    end
    1.andand(2)
    EOF

    # need to implement / test the converter next....
    code = Odyssey.domacros(andand_code)
    puts code.inspect
  end
end

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Blogging isn't easy. But it becomes a tad simpler when you're using the right tools for the right purpose.
Why email your new subscribers manually when you can automate that email (for free)?
Why head to social media platforms every hour to post when you can schedule your messages for the whole day – and even a week – in one sitting?
The power of good blogging tools is seamless. And if you know which one of them to use and for what purpose, your journey to the top promises to become much more convenient.
So, here I have compiled a list of some of the most used and completely best blogging tools for beginners and pros.
This isn't an exhaustive list. I have only included those tools that I personally use or are used by those who I trust.
Most of these are FREE, some are freemium. For a few, you'll have to pay; they were too good to skip.
There will be times when you'll run out of ideas. You wouldn't know what to write about.
Even when you want to write on what your target audience wants to read, you wouldn't really know what they "want" in the first place.
Note: Some of the following aren't really 'tool'. But they are the perfect sources to brainstorm some dope ideas for your next blog post.
Just put in 3 keywords (related to your blogging niche/topic, target audience) and it will offer you some very cool ideas to write on.
Modify those ideas and come up with something original.
Google "*Your Blog Topic* + Quora" (For example, 'Vegetarian Recipe + Quora'). You will find many user-generated questions. These are likely your target audience looking for solutions.
Answer their questions on your blog.
Reddit is another MAJOR platform that oozes of user-generated contents. Much like Quora, just Google "*Your Blog Topic* + Reddit".
You will find many discussions and problems that will easily rain ideas on you.
Just enter a topic or URL and it will give you a list of most shared articles on that topic or in that URL. It's a very user-friendly and highly resourceful tool.
If you already have a sizeable following, why not ask them directly what they want to read?
Make a Google Form with relevant questions, spread the link on your social channels and blog, and see what your target audience wants you to write on.
Go to Google Trends, click on the 'Explore' tab, and enter your topic(s). Change the demographic, category and duration according to your need.
See the 'Interest over time' about your topic, as well as Related Topic and Related Queries.
Google Trends is also a great tool for quick Keywords Research.
You have something very valuable and resourceful to say to your target audience. But if you don't know how to put that in the right words, it's useless.
Your piece must be grammatically-correct, engaging, easy-to-read, and have definite Call-to-Action (CTA).
Sadly, there aren't many tools to help you in this department. You need to be decent in English—or the native language you're blogging in.
Also Read: Do you need to have strong writing skills for blogging?
If you're bad in grammar (rather like me), this is a savior. Although not as proficient, it easily fixes common grammatical mistakes.
Make an account. Then Copy-Paste your article in its Text Editor. And see the magic.
I would recommend you install its plugin in your Google Chrome and MS Word. You will not have to visit its website every time.
It checks the readability of your article. Go to the website and just paste your article.
It will highlight sentences that are too difficult, long and complex to read/understand. Based on how easy or difficult it is, your post will be graded.
Another readability checker. The best part is that you can paste the URL of the posts you want to check—no need to paste the entire texts.
Ideal to grade the articles you have already published.
There are many great online dictionaries. Go for Merriam-Webster for sophisticate-ish definitions, and Wiktionary for user-friendly, user-generated meanings.
For thesaurus, nothing beats Thesaurus.com. Don't use the same words over and over again. Go for their better alternatives to keep the post fresh.
For SEO purpose, your headline shouldn't be more than 65 characters.
For high Click-Through-Rate (CTR), your blog post's title must be unique, attractive and have emotional value.
Yes, there's much more to headlines than what we traditionally believe.
The free headline analyzer from CoSchedule will help you come up with striking and high-converting titles.
You copy-paste an article here, and the tool simply rephrases it. Many words get replaced by their synonyms.
I am not a big fan of this, given it breeds stealing others' content.
But on the other side, it's ideal for those weak in English who have something important to say/offer but are struggling with sentence formation.
Now the main point of this article is really one to few lines at max. The answer could be as simple as "Gain lean muscle by eating beef and brown rice".
But that person can't really have a post with just a single line.
There have to be some fluffs. So she/he can check others' posts, mix-match things, use such tools and form a decent-sized blog post.
I know, copying someone else's work cannot be justified.
So unless very necessary, avoid using these tools. Plagiarism is bad.
Search Engine Optimization is a fuel to boost blog traffic.
Given its wide scope, there are countless SEO tools available—for link building, keyword research, on-page content optimization and more.
I am a firm believer that if you stick to the basics of SEO, most of the time you won't be needing many fancy tools.
Google's own, this is the only keyword research tool you will ever need.
Find the most popular keywords in your niche, get the search volume and popularity of related keywords, and do much more.
Perfect to find long-tail keywords!
If you're short on time, this tool is ideal to help you find the right keywords for Google and Bing quickly.
Just put in a few words, and it will return with up to 750 keywords suggestions.
It's a simple tool from Google. It checks the speed of your website.
Just enter the URL of your website and it will tell you how fast it loads on desktop and mobile.
The best part is it returns with definite recommendations on how you can further boost the speed of your website.
Also Read: Website speed and SEO- Does your site load in 2 seconds?
It's a keyword density checker. It gives you a list of words most frequently used across your website.
The tool returns back with many one-word, two-word, and three-word phrases and the number of times they are used on your website.
One of the cleanest and most resourceful website SEO score checkers.
The tool analyzes different ends of your website (speed, keywords density, errors, header tags and more) and grades it accordingly. It returns back with suggestions to optimize your website even better for search engines.
You can also compare your blog with competitors' and see who is better at SEO.
Another great tool to check just how friendly is your blog to the search engines. The report is much more comprehensive.
Aside from SEO, your website also gets scored on content, keywords, social media and few other technical parameters.
Your blogging platform would likely have a 'stats' section, showing the number of views your posts/pages got, along with other insights.
But if you want detailed traffic reports, Google Analytics is a go-to. It's a very powerful web analytics tool (a bit complex to understand and use though).
Using this, you can easily find more about your blog traffic and target audience (their demography, interest, age and more). And when you know these, you can effortlessly map a nice SEO and content strategy.
Another one by Neil Patel, Ubersuggest is billed as "all-in-one SEO tool". It packs many features and too much data.
You can use it to do keywords research, find content ideas and run competitor analysis.
Ubersuggest, even with all its premium features, is a free SEO tool (with no hassle of even signing up).
Like it or not, social media is an important component of a successful blogging journey.
Whether to drive direct traffic to your blog, form a community of loyal fans or to engage your target audience with relevant contents—having a good social media following is crucial.
One of the best social media management tools. Integrate various social profiles on a single platform to handle and monitor everything from Facebook and Twitter to Instagram and LinkedIn.
It also offers the option to bulk-schedule your posts and has powerful analytics to optimize your campaigns.
It is similar to Hootsuite, only with a slight difference in features and interface. On its centralized platform, you can integrate all your social media profiles.
Monitor and manage everything from Facebook to Instagram, easily and quickly.
It's a Twitter-exclusive tool with a very clean dashboard to manage your Twitter profile much more conveniently and quickly.
It's popularly used to bulk-schedule tweets.
There are few other social media marketing/management tools that are quite resourceful – like Social Clout, Followerwonk, MeetEdgar, and Sprout Social.
Sadly, they come with hefty price tags. To that, I think unless you're very (very) serious about social media marketing, Hootsuite or Buffer is more than adequate.
As for analytics, today, social media networks have pretty solid built-in features to help you do that beyond sufficiency.
Infographics and videos, too, have seen a massive surge in consumption across channels.
If you want to leave a lasting impression on your audience, using beautiful visuals on social media platforms and on your website is very important.
It is one of the most popular photo editing tools. It's powerful and comes with plenty of awesome features.
Aside from editing images, you can also make collages and create templates.
This is my favorite tool to add texts on images. Much like PicMonkey, it comes with just as many features to redefine images and enhance them to the next level.
It also has a collage maker and designer, which lets you work in layers.
Whether for social media images, cover pictures, banners, logos, eBooks cover, ads or other marketing materials, Canva is as powerful as it gets.
It comes with a plethora of pre-defined templates for all your visual needs. You don't have to start anything from scratch.
Just choose from its design options and create a beautiful image within minutes.
A very easy-to-use logo making tool. Its interface is clean and simple.
Plus, it comes with thousands of free graphics. So use these graphics, add beautiful texts and create a perfect logo that effectively defines your brand.
Unsplash is my go-to for high-resolution, beautiful royalty-free photos. The website adds 10 amazing images every week. And today, it touts a collection of thousands of pictures of nearly every topic.
Just hit the website and enter the kind of image you're looking for. That's it! It's free and you don't compulsorily have to give any credit to anyone.
Pixabay is another great option to find high-quality free images that you can use – even for commercial purpose – without any permission. You don't need to give credits to owners either.
When you're editing pictures and adding texts on images—does it not get confusing choosing a good color combination? If yes, use this tool!
Just enter the hex code of your color or select any color from the palette, and Coolors will generate appropriate color schemes for you.
It also has a Chrome extension. If you're going to use this often, for higher convenience, add it in your browser.
For a blogger, the significance of email marketing cannot be stressed more.
You need a solid mailing list to turn your casual readers into dedicated fans and buying customers via. a well-designed sales funnel.
Much like many, MailChimp is my favorite email marketing tool. The best part is it is absolutely free until 2,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month. It also offers opt-in forms.
You can automate emails and run successful drip campaigns on the basis of various website, subscribers' activities and other segmentation.
When your mailing list grows and you need to push more emails, you can easily upgrade to a premium plan, which is quite cheap.
Aweber is another very popular email marketing and automation tool. It packs highly powerful features, including drag-drop editor, countless HTML templates, auto-responders, and beautiful opt-in forms.
The only downside is it costs. Even for the 30-days FREE TRIAL, you will have to provide them your credit card details.
This is a free email tracking service. It notifies you when your emails get read by recipients, tells you how long it was read, tracks links in your emails and more.
GetNotify is an ideal tool to learn about and optimize the content of your emails. Perfect for A/B testing.
AddThis is popular for its social sharing buttons. However, it also offers a great list building tool to increase the number of your subscribers.
You can add the form as popup, banner, and slider. Also, the simple Addthis integration with other email service providers (like MailChimp) makes things even more effortless.
The tool is lightweight and works very smoothly on nearly every blogging platform. To that, it's pretty easy to configure.
You have to pay for this (it's cheap though)—but it's worth mentioning.
A foremost choice of many bloggers, it's a powerful tool to create popups and sliding subscription forms.
OptinMonster comes with many ready-to-use themes and styles. Creating a new design with HTML, CSS is equally easy.
The name gives it away. It's an email extractor tool where you enter a URL or keyword and it crawls through several webpages, coming up with a list of all the email address that came on its way.
It's a perfect tool if you're taking up influencer marketing.
So you'll have to ace the art of time management. You must be at your productive-best—doing things quickly and efficiently, doing more things in a small span.
Trello is a rising hero for the bloggers and it's as appealing as it gets. It's a project management tool that also allows collaboration with other people.
The interface is attractive and very simple. There's drag-drop option, allows media attachments and it's supported on both desktop and handheld devices.
To be a successful blogger, you need consistency and discipline in your writing habit. You need an editorial calendar.
And Google Calendar is the best free tool for this.
Decide on your posting frequency, brainstorm blog post ideas, and fix dates when you're going to post what. Schedule time when you're going to actually write.
Add descriptions and attach media files for more details about your ideas.
While many people advice for Dropbox, I find Google Drive the right cloud-based storage tool for me.
From emails to search, we're hung up to Google's services. So, for a more seamless experience and integration, Google Drive seems like a better choice.
Store your files here and access it from anywhere and any device.
Evernote is a very popular note-taking tool that works on desktops and smartphones.
Install it on your devices to take, access and edit notes easily. Your write-ups are synced within your account, which you can open them at any place, from any device.
It's a very (very) simple tool that helps you with time management. It's basically a timer for your browser.
Just turn on the countdown and start working. You will never lose track of time. You will always know when you're spending more time in a task than what you really should.
Make your blog more powerful. Add to its functionality and enhance Users' Experience seamlessly.
These tools are universal (ideal regardless of the blogging platform you use) and are very popular.
Note: While all of these are very resourceful, resist the temptation to use them all. It's going to slow down your website.
Hello Bar is much more than what its name suggests.
Of course, its biggest USP is a box sticking at the very top. Using this you can collect visitors' email address and navigate them to a different page. But it also offers plenty of other features.
Using Hello Bar tool, you can grow your social media following much easily and also make important announcements to the visitors.
It's a social sharing button that everyone loves.
Lightweight, easy to configure and with plenty more features, AddThis vouches to improve the functionality and engagement of your blog... for free.
Aside from social sharing buttons, it also offers many other options, including list building, social following, and a tip jar.
Disqus is possibly the most popular commenting system for blogs. And there are good reasons for that.
It's very easy to install, has a centralized platform to moderate all your comments and integrates well with all social platforms.
Plus, it's much more than just about comments. It's a social platform in itself that strives to improve your engagement and build a loyal following.
This tool made all sort of right noise when it landed in the mainstream—and it's still quite popular.
It packs many amazing features – some free, others premium – like list builder, push notification, social buttons, image sharer, and A/B testing.
I have intentionally left out some common blogging "tools" like web hosting service providers, domain registrar, Skype, Dropbox, PayPal, Invoice software, Google Webmaster, LeadPages and WordPress plugins (like Yoast and Jetpack).
And I am not sure why!
Maybe they are too common, platform-specific, costly, depends on individual preference.


Are you stuck, going through the motions of sending out the same-old-same-old email newsletter every month? Or worse, have you not emailed your list for some time because you just can't think of anything interesting to say, or why anyone would be interested to hear from your business?
If you're feeling as inspired as cold toast with congealed drippings, it's time you started over, to make email human again.
Strangers have found your website over the internet, liked the cut of your jib, and given over their email address so that you may send them personal missives forever after (until they unsubscribe or you die).
So are these missives of love you're sending, or are you squandering your commitment and turning up, half-baked?
It's time to fall in love all over again with your email subscribers and, especially as familiarity breeds contempt, it's smart to periodically switch things up to keep you personally invigorated and your subscribers paying attention.
I know it's April 2017, so why remind me using the single most important piece of your entire email – your email subject line? Ditch the month and year and please don't tell me I'm reading a newsletter – I know that already.
Writing killer headlines is an art (that can be learnt – we cover this in my Blogging for Business courses) – spend as much time writing possible email subject lines, or headlines, as you do writing your entire email.
Extend the story of your headline with a subheading that tells a little bit more – but doesn't give the game away, so people are compelled to open your email.
Your emails need periodic redesigning – even if it's just changing your header image. I suggest you review your email newsletter design at least once a year.
Remember, more than half of your readers are likely reading your email on their mobiles, so ensure your design isn't too itsy and renders well on mobile.
Try this: if you don't want to totally redesign your email newsletter, change up your header image. Ensure you've got your logo, tagline and/or descriptive line, phone number if you want more calls, and a memorable image that speaks to what you do.
Drop the plural when addressing your email. Not only is it irrelevant to your readers, who aren't reading your email while crowded around a screen together, but it will influence the way you write.
Instead, write your email to one person only. Each blog post I write is inspired by a single incident – and I write with that particular person in mind. It makes your writing far more directed, relatable, and personal, rather than a piece of writing that's trying to please everybody.
Try this: who have you recently interacted with that left you talking to them in your head afterwards? Write your email (and blog post) for that person.
You don't need to start addressing your readers as "babe", "darling" or "chick" (in fact, please don't) but do share a few details of who you are and what you care about. It makes you that much more relatable, relevant – and readable.
Humans buy from humans, and being "professional" doesn't mean being cold, dull and dry as baked-on salt on a beach towel. Even when you're a teacher, authority or expert – or perhaps especially if you're a teacher, authority or expert – there is a way to be frank and a little vulnerable without losing credibility. It's sometimes a fine balance to strike, but it can't be struck if you don't try.
Remember, we're attempting to create rapport with strangers through screens – and this is doubly difficult if you aren't willing to be a little open.
Try this: Write a blog post and promote this in your next email, 'ten things you may not know about me'.
As I teach on my courses, central to content marketing is creating content that is useful, valuable and relevant to your ideal clients. To know what this is, you need to keep up with them!
Your email newsletters aren't just for selling your services – they're to cultivate familiarity, build trust, enhance your credibility, keep top-of-mind, encourage referrals, drive website visitors, and be there when your prospect is ready to purchase.
Your content is what keeps people opening your emails – so long as it's useful valuable and relevant to your audience.
Try this: what do your clients and prospects ask you about all the time? And what's the deeper question underlying each of these? Now you've got a bunch of topics to start writing!
Creativity is like love – it doesn't run out, so long as you use it.
If you're really not in the mood, then develop a grab bag of techniques that personally work for you to quickly and easily get you in a creative headspace.
Having a conversation with someone who thinks completely differently to how I do or has a very different life experience.
We all get stale from time-to-time. It's normal to lose your enthusiasm for different parts of marketing. And creativity does need feeding. But that's no excuse for sending dull, bland or generic email newsletters. Remember what a privilege it is, wholly unlike any other marketing technique for its directness and potential for intimacy. Make email human, and humanly wonderful.


/ Evolution's Claims / The Bible / Contradictions / Did Enoch die?
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. … These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
When Hebrews 11:13 says "These all died in faith," obviously the author expects us to take into account the clear exception that he explicitly gave just a few verses earlier: "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death…" No other book is treated so cynically, and God expects us to read it normally, using common sense.


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ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ QARA ČELEBIZĀDA
ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ QARA ČELEBIZĀDA (1591-1658), an Ottoman historian and the translator of some Persian works, born in Istanbul in 1000/1591. He was the son of Ḥosām-al-dīn Ḥosayn, a judge (kadi) of Rumeli. After finishing his studies he served as modarres in various madrasas, and at one point became kadi of Istanbul. Afterwards he was banished to Cyprus; but after returning from exile, he became the military judge (kadıasker) of Rumeli. He was šayḵ-al-eslām in 1061/1651 and died on 6 Rabīʿ II 1068/11 January 1658.
Qara Čelebizāda was much better known as a historian; his Rawżāt al-abrār deals with Ottoman history, and a work entitled Tārīḵ-e fatḥ-e Ravān ve Baḡdād about the campaign of Morād IV in Ravān and Baghdad closely concerns the history of Iran. He also translated into Turkish works connected with his occupation: Sīar-e nabawīya of Saʿīd-al-dīn Moḥammad b. Masʿūd Kāzerūnī (with the title Fawāʾeḥ al-nabawīya fī sīar al-moṣṭafawīya) and Kāšefī's Aḵlāq-e Moḥsenī (using the same title).
Bursali M. Tahır, Osmanlı müellifleri, Istanbul, 1342/1923-24, III, p. 120.
ʿIlmiye sālnāmesi, Istanbul, 1334/1916, p. 461.
For the manuscripts of his works, see Istanbul kitaplikları Türkçe Tarih-Coğrafya yazmaları kataloğu, I, p. 1.
F. E. Karatay, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Türkçe yazmalar kataloğu, Istanbul, 1961, see index.
F. Babinger, Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke, Leipzig, 1927, I, pp. 204-06.
(T. Yazici)
T. Yazici, "Abd-Al-Aziz Qara Celebizada," Encyclopædia Iranica, I/1, p. 101; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abd-al-aziz-qara-celebizada (accessed on 12 January 2014).
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For families with a child with learning difficulties or disability to enjoy time together and to meet others in a similar situation.
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Hanford City Council in California (USA), incorporated in 1891, will start its day with Hindu invocation on August six, containing verses from world's oldest existing scripture.
Female majority Hanford, whose tagline is "planning tomorrows"; is home to a Taoist Temple (built 1893), Center for Japanese Art and Culture and China Alley. Prominent people associated with Hanford include Nobel laureate James Rainwater, Alaska Governor Sean R. Parnell, pole-vaulter Cornelius Warmerdam, actors Jan-Michael Vincent and Slim Pickens, baseball player Ken Caminiti, basketball player Tyson Chandler and football player Lorenzo Neal. Lou Martinez, Gary Pannett and Darrel Pyle are Mayor, Vice Mayor and City Manager respectively.
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Seminar: Preferential early attribution in segmental perception and its consequences for phonology. (CLaS-CCD Research Colloquium Series)
Department of Cognitive Science
5 Jun 2018 2:00 pm
Speaker : Associate Professor Amanda Rysling, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
Date : 5th of June 2018, 2:00PM until 3:00PM
Location : Australian Hearing Hub, 3.610, Macquarie University.
Recognising the speech we hear as the sounds of the languages we speak requires solving a parsing problem: mapping from the acoustic input we receive to the sounds and words we recognize as our language. The way that listeners do this impacts the phonologies of the world's languages. Most work on segmental perception has focused on how listeners successfully disentangle the effects of segmental coarticulation to solve the parsing problem. An assumption of this literature is that listeners attribute the acoustic products of articulation to the sounds whose articulation created those products. As a result, listeners judge two successive phones to be maximally distinct from each other in clear listening conditions. Few studies (Fujimura, Macchi, & Streeter, 1978; Kingston & Shinya, 2003; Repp, 1983) have examined cases in which listeners seem to systematically "mis-parse" (Ohala, 1981; et seq.), hearing two sounds in a row as similar to each other, and apparently failing to disentangle the blend of their production. I present the results of a series of speech sound categorisation studies in which listeners were faced with ambiguity about the identity of the first of two successive phones. In these contexts, listeners productively heard the first sound as spectrally similar to the second sound in a manner suggesting that they construe the transitions between the two as evidence about the identity of the first. Listeners seem to default to construing the acoustic properties of the input as evidence about the phone they have already begun processing, rather than positing a new phone. Moreover, they do so until they encounter acoustics that are clearly inconsistent with that first phone. These effects go unaccounted for in the two prominent models of speech perception. Given parallels between these effects and several known domain-general effects in perceptual processing, I argue that this default is likely a consequence of the structure of the human auditory system. If this physiological basis is correct, then we can account for the predominance of regressive place of articulation assimilation in the world's languages by appealing to a perceptual predisposition rather than a grammatical one.
Content owner: Department of Cognitive Science Last updated: 05 Jun 2019 8:58am


Avec Michael Tenzer, ethnomusicologue, Professeur à l'University of British Columbia.
This paper, an exercise in speculative music theory, studies two African cyclical structures of very different origins and hypothesizes deep structural connections between them. Rhythm and grouping, and the idea of directed compositional process—specifically, the process of transposition—are considered. I depart from a hunch that the cycles, even with different numbers of pulsations or available pitch-classes, can be shown to be based on compelling principles of equivalence.
The analysis juxtaposes the Zimbabwean mbira dzavadzimu tradition's Nhema Musasa (kushaura part only) and the recording of Hindehu from the Central African Republic (Arom 1998). The presentation moves step-by-step from one piece to the other, using transformations that leave the important structural features undisturbed. The process raises questions about musical ontology and the history of compositional practice. As for the significance of the findings, they are critically considered in light of related previous research by Kubik 1988, England 1995, Brenner 1997, and Fernando 2009.
Michael Tenzer is Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He has been active as performer, composer, and scholar. His book Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth Century Balinese Music (Chicago 2000) was the recipient of an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award and the Society for Ethnomusicology's Merriam Prize for book of the Year, and his two edited volumes on Analytical Studies in World Music (Oxford 2006, and 2011 [co-edited with John Roeder]) have helped revitalize the practice of analysis in ethnomusicology.


Deep-pocketed donors face a decision on Wednesday night: whether to dine with the Vice President-elect at the National Portrait Gallery, or enjoy an "intimate policy discussion" with incoming Cabinet appointees at an exclusive dinner at the Library of Congress.
The closed-door events, just two of many being held during inauguration week, were double-scheduled by planners. "It's all messed up, they have the cabinet dinner and the V.P. dinner on the same night at the same time," said a top donor of President-elect Donald Trump, who's torn over which to attend.
The article goes on the say this is all legal and that previous administrations have done the same thing though not at such elevated rates.
A reasonable question might be: why? Why is this type of blatant corruption legal?
Deep-pocketed donors face a decision on Wednesday night: whether to dine with the Vice President-elect at the National Portrait Gallery, [b]or enjoy an "intimate policy discussion" with incoming Cabi ...[text shortened]... ted rates.
fall on earth from the moon?
It shouldn't be legal. We all know that. If you have a solution, I'm interested in hearing about it.
Because of Buckley v. Valeo (1976), which held that expenditure limits contravene the First Amendment provision on freedom of speech because spending money, in the Court's view, is the same as written or verbal expression and therefore cannot be limited and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) which held that corporations may spend from their general treasuries during elections and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014) which held that aggregate limits on political giving by an individual are unconstitutional. Since Trump has said he will appoint only conservative judges to the Court, his promises to "cut down on the influence of big money" seems like a big fat lie.
Further evidence, like anyone really needed any, that he's only interested in the top 1%, and doesn't really give a damn about the "little guy" who still slavishly turned out and voted for him, against their best interests.
Because of Buckley v. Valeo (1976), which held that expenditure limits contravene the First Amendment provision on freedom of speech because spending money, in the Court's view, is the same as written or verbal expression and therefore cannot be limited and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) which held that corporations may ...[text shortened]... the "little guy" who still slavishly turned out and voted for him, against their best interests.
Yes indeed. It was quite a sales job, was it not? A New York billionaire managed to convince a big percentage of the working class that he and a cabinet full of other billionaire CEO types who've spent their careers exporting jobs, and exploiting the working class are now going to do a "180" and bring all those jobs back, and become the working man's friend. I guess you really can fool some of the people all of the time. 😕 I wonder if they'll still be singing his praises 4 years from now?
You're right: it's a little bumpy.
All of those cases are about election speech. None of them protect selling access to sitting members of the government. Congress could certainly make that sort of thing illegal without offending the First Amendment.
Them there politicians should pass laws against corruption in Washington.
That's what should be done so now go!
Because the people we must rely on to make it illegal are the beneficiaries of the corrupt activity.
You insinuating they gamed the system?
Nonsense. All we need to do is empower the Federal government more.
All that needs to be done is get someone in the Oval Office with a "D" by their name.
Are you going to play this broken record in every single thread? Of course, everybody knows that corruption in the individual States is completely non-existent.
I'm not so sure. If "money is speech" as Scalia so elegantly put it, why can't I "speak" really loudly with a half million bucks?
EDIT: Can't find for sure that Scalia did say that and the theory comes from Buckley v. Valeo, so I'll withdraw the attribution while still asking the rhetorical question.


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Lmao! Taxi Driver Who raped 15-yr-old housemaid, blames the devil
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a driver, Olusegun Ajayi, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old housemaid in Arepo, Ogun State. The NSCDC authorities said the suspect had canal knowledge of the girl which caused her to bleed for two days.
Ajayi, however, said his act was not rape since the victim consented. The suspect, who claimed to be a devout Christian, said he did not know the victim prior to the incident.
He said, "On Saturday night, I was returning from a party and was about to enter my house when I saw the girl sitting outside. I asked her what she was doing outside late at night but she said she was working in a house not far away from my workplace and was sent to buy sweets by her employer.
"She said she was locked outside and that she had been knocking for hours but no one came to open the door for her. I then told her to follow me to an uncompleted building on the street. On getting to the building, we saw a mattress there which had been left behind by labourers. I asked her if she could sleep alone there but she said no.
"So, I went back to my house to get a wrapper and a pillow. Although my wife was not at home, my mother-in-law was around. So, I left her with my children and told her I would not be coming back that night."
Ajayi, who claimed to be a father of three, said on returning to where the victim was, he laid beside her and began to caress her.
He said the victim did not resist his attempt but requested for money before she would allow him to sleep with her.
"I don't know what came over me but I found myself touching her and she did not resist. Rather, she said I should pay her N10, 000 for sex and I promised to give it to her the following day. However, a few minutes into the sex, she started bleeding profusely which scared me," he said.
The indigene of Lagos State said he went back home to get drugs as well as toiletries which he would use to stop the bleeding.
He said when it was daybreak, he set out for work but was summoned back home after which the employees of the victim accused him of rape.
"I was on my way to Iporni in Lagos when my wife called me that people were asking of me at home. When I returned home, residents just started beating me before handing me over to the civil defence," he said.
In a desperate plea to the civil defence authorities, the suspect said he did not know that the victim was a minor. He added that his predicament was the handiwork of the devil.
"I have three children, including a daughter. I would never have touched that girl if I knew she was 15. I am a devout Christian and I am a responsible man. The devil preyed on my weakness and I promise never to do such again," he said.
A source at the NSCDC, who craved anonymity, said the victim was taken to hospital and that the bleeding had stopped.
She also said that investigations were ongoing and that medical report would determine what happened.
"We believe that the victim was not only raped but the suspect must have done something to her because she lost so much blood. Once the medical report is out, we will know the next line of action," she said.
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I can't ever remember roasting so many chickens in such a short period of time. I've done roast chicken Sunday Dinner style, and I've done a smart and sophisticated lemon butter basil preparation for my West coast friends. When my third pastured chicken becomes available at Restoration Farm, I decide the style will be rustic bistro food.
I spot Tricia Hardgrove jumping into the truck as I arrive at the farm to pick up my share. Tricia is overseeing the Hardscrabble Chicken project and she has promised that batch number three should be good. Chickens, like field workers appreciate the absence of 90 plus degree heat, she says.
"Don't forget your chicken!" she calls out with a wave. Chicken #18 is lean and lovely, tipping the scales at 4 and a quarter pounds.
Again, I look to "A Bird in the Oven and Then Some," by Mindy Fox for expert guidance. A lifelong Dijon addict, I am immediately drawn to the recipe "Roast Chicken with Mustard Butter" (recipe found here) which features butter, shallots, Dijon mustard, sage and lemons.
The ingredients are combined into a compound butter and slipped under the skin. This time, the skin loosens easily, and I quickly slather the bird with the savory spread, smoothing it across the breast and thighs. Practice makes perfect, and I'm getting pretty good at trussing the bird, but sometimes I'm still not sure which side is which.
This time, there's a little smoking in the kitchen, as all that rich butter crackles and pops. But with a quick adjustment to the oven temperature, there are no major disasters and the chicken emerges from the oven a stunning, glossy, deep copper shade.
The flavor is extraordinary. The buttery Dijon and sage permeates the perfect tender white flesh of the farm-raised chicken.
The bird is served with sautéed collard greens and roasted zucchini and summer squash. My guests for this third celebration of pastured chicken are my parents, and we dine on the 101st birth anniversary of my grandmother Hilda. I remember many a delicious family dinner prepared by Grandma. She, too, would have enjoyed Chicken #18.
Personally I don't think you can roast too many chickens. We roast a whole chicken or chicken parts almost every weekend and eat chicken sandwiches during the week for lunch.
Love the mustard shallot combination. I know your grandmother would approve also. It's nice that you celebrate her birthday. My husband's father's 99th birthday is coming up in November and he would love this for his celebration.
I roast a chicken every week. And I have sage in my garden. I don't have a farm-fresh chicken like yours, but I'll give this recipe a go.
When I spied your chicken in my sidebar at 4AM this morning, I couldn't take a chance to visit because I just knew I wouldn't sleep a wink dreaming about #18.
I made a good choice. Your chicken looks heavenly T.W. I "swear" I can smell it from here. I'm a huge fan of Dijon mustard although I rarely cook with it as such. I'll be changing that!
Our house eats a lot of chicken, too. I would love to track down some quality birds like yours. The color is beautiful! I can only imagine how great it must taste.
That chicken looks amazing! I'm a Dijon lover as well, and could almost smell this roasting just looking at the pictures. I'll have to give this a try, but I'm not sure it will be quite as good as yours considering my rather anorexic looking grocery store bird in the fridge.
Well, I love that plate... perfect casting with the chicken, if I may say so. The chicken, raw and roasted is one perfect bird. Love the mustard addition... I don't think I've ever tried that myself which is weird since I love mustard. I've made chicken with a mustard sauce but never with a roasted one. Cool idea... i am jealous of your farm.. what a wonderful place!
That chicken looks succulent! Love the tinge that mustard gives, sage and the butter; hey, can't think of a better recipe. You are going to be making this one over and over I think!
Happy birthday to your relative, what is her secret to longevity?
I'm really having fun with you and your roasted chickens! And they are really gorgeous plump birds too!
Love the Dijon idea. It turned out picture perfect!
Not sure if my original comment posted, but WHAT A GORGEOUS BIRD!!! I also roasted my third bird...extraordinary quality...This from Natalia at Hot, Cheap & Easy http://hotcheapeasy.wordpress.com - having trouble posting my comments!
sage is one of my favorite herbs to use on chicken. You are an expert chicken roaster! We use to roast chicken every week before it got too hot, but with the weather being more manageable it's time for that ritual again.


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Q: Web activity runs successfully although response contains Failed I have  a web activity in my ADF which calls a Azure Function Httptrigger. The out put which web activity redieves is "Failed", but web activity show me everythings fine:

in such a situation, How can I force web activity to go to Failed status? Is it possible?

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*One way to force web activity to fail is to give an invalid URL.

*If you want to fail the pipeline based on web activity output value, you can pass the output value of web activity to If condition activity and add an activity to fail when false.

Example: I added an invalid URL inside False in If Condition activity to fail the pipeline forcefully.

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What is the AVID Microchip?
How does the AVID Microchip work?
The computer memory in the AVID Microchip contains a unique number - no two animals will ever have the same number. A radio signal is used to read this number through the skin of your pet. In addition to the number, the microchip generates a reliability check to guarantee that your pet's identifying number is read accurately. This all takes place in less than 40 milliseconds.
Once injected under the skin of your pet, the AVID Microchip becomes encased by a thin layer of protein which anchors it in place for the rest of the life of your pet. It does not pass through or out of the body. The microchip itself has no power supply to replace or moving parts to wear down. Therefore, it can be expected to last for decades - well beyond the lifespan of most pets.
What is the youngest age a pet can be identified?
Animals of any age can be injected with the AVID Microchip. Puppies and kittens are identified during their initial vaccine series. Birds and exotics can be identified at any time.
My pets never leave my yard. Why should they be identified with an AVID Microchip?
It only takes one time for the mailman, gardener, meter reader, neighbor or friend to leave the gate open or the door ajar. Unaltered pets in particular have a desire to roam. Pet theft is also a daily occurrence. Well behaved pets are sold for research. Animals such as purebreds, birds and exotics are valuable and are stolen for resale. Even horses are frequently stolen and sold for slaughter. Most shelters destroy the majority of pets they impound. They are destroyed only because they are not identified.
Not at all. The injection creates only a slight discomfort - most pets don't even react to it. The microchip is encapsulated in a specially formulated biocompatible material created specifically for this kind of application.
The AVID Microchip is inert and biocompatible. There is virtually no chance of the body developing an allergy or trying to reject the microchip after being properly injected.
How do I know the shelter will be able to check for the AVID Microchip?
AVID offers an innovative program designed to place readers in shelters at no cost to the shelter, or the taxpayer! Area veterinarians and AVID are donating readers to shelters that promise to check animals for the AVID Microchips.
When a shelter finds a pet with a microchip they will call AVID. If the pet is registered with AVlD's recovery network, PETtrac, the shelter will be given the owner's name. If the pet is not registered, they will be given the name of the veterinarian who injected the microchip. The veterinarian will provide the owner's latest information.
What is the cost to register with PETtrac?
You pay a one-time fee of $19.95 for a single pet or $50.00 for all your pets (up to 3 pets). There are no annual fees. There is, however, a $6.00 charge for information changes. Change of ownership requires a new registration. Animal recovery workers can find your pet's family directly rather than through your veterinarian.
What happens if I am on vacation and my pet is found at the shelter?


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Big loss: Baylor abruptly loses top receiving deep threat
By John TaylorAug 16, 2011, 5:43 AM EDT
On July 24, Baylor announced that wide receiver Josh Gordon had been indefinitely suspended from the football program.
Three weeks later, Gordon has permanently removed himself from Bears football team.
In a statement, Baylor head coach Art Briles announced that Gordon has decided to transfer from the university and continue his playing career elsewhere. The early word on tweet street is that Gordon could wind up at Utah.
"Circumstances have unfolded for Josh that require him to pursue his collegiate degree and athletic career at a different university," the coach said in the statement. "I'm appreciative of the efforts he has made the past two seasons for this football program."
The loss of Gordon is certainly a huge blow to Baylor's passing game in general and their downfield passing game in particular.
While Gibson's 42 receptions were good for fourth on the team, his 714 receiving yards were second on the Bears. Additionally, and more importantly, his yards per reception (17.0) was far and away tops on the Bears, while his seven touchdown receptions were tied for the team lead.
We'd also be beyond remiss without noting Gordon was one of two Baylor football players in October 2010 who were found "sleeping" in the drive-thru lane at an on-campus Taco Bell at two o'clock in the morning. And, again, dudes were sleeping and/or passed out in the drive-thru lane of a Taco Bell.


162 posted on 02/12/2018 7:52:17 AM PST by Steven W.
Eastern European or possibly Russian would be my guess for Brzezinski.
Possibly Polish (ski) versus Russian (sky), based on names I remember from my youth growing up among a lot of pre-iron curtain escapees.
165 posted on 02/12/2018 7:53:48 AM PST by Steven W.
Yeah, I had to slam the bedroom door when I heard that POS on TV in the living room.
We always kept a TV on in the corner at work with news or weather. Whenever Obozo would come on, I would get up and leave the room. Hostile work environment.
It isn't they they were dumbed down. They are dumb.
I haven't seen ONE lefty "journalist" that has impressed me with his intellect. Our side is chock full of them.
There are more brilliant minds on FR than all of media combined.
Think Don Lemon, Rachel Maddow, that Young Turks dude, forget his name, Steven Colbert, Bill Maher, that English bespectacled dork on the other Daily Show or whatever, And countless others.
They are all dumber than a box of dirt and yet they act like they are frickin' Einstein. And the leftards genuflect to them as if they were.
I think JFK's secret society speech is important.
Also DDE's warning about the military-industrial complex should not be forgotten, imo.
Well, well, well - worked with Johnson and Carter. A double-DimocRAT. Two of the worst Presidents to serve in my lifetime.
I don't know who those people with WJC and KJI are.
I think JFK's secret society speech is important.
Yea, that was exactly what I was thinking of. Q dropped about that speech.
Beware the cornered predator. The oligarchy has ignored the laws for so long, they can be expected to try and destroy the playground rather than be brought to justice. And make no mistake, the media are the lapdogs of the enemies of we the people.
Hard to say whether this post by "Q" was actually saying that. What is the link going to? FWIW, John Perry Barlow was 70 years old and had been in very poor health for several years after suffering a near fatal heart attack in 2015. This was not a secret and his death wasn't exactly unexpected.
Why would they pose on Lotus thrones before a city destroyed?
Yep. The globalists are stirring. I think Kissinger is their ambassador.
And here I thought I was being given the esteemed opportunity to spew my vast(ly weak) knowledge about all things Eastern European.
I did grow up among a large population of Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc. people from my parents' generation. They had the warnings that today's youth don't seem to heed. They had first-hand knowledge of the USSR.


There's nothing more frustrating than trying to lose weight and feeling like you aren't getting anywhere. A good place to start with figuring out what you can adjust is your morning routine. Most of us have one or two healthy breakfast recipes we stick to eating until we can't bear to eat it anymore and this is not only a good way to bore yourself to death and make breakfast a chore, your body can also adapt to the food you're eating and will stop making the progress it had been making before. You might simply need to mix it up or, if you're like most people, start eating breakfast in general! We've got plenty of healthy breakfast recipes for you to try out so there's no need to settle for a boring meal again!
This is a healthy breakfast that is quick, easy, and delicious. Spread the cream cheese onto the bagel and throw the toppings on! If you're worried about the cream cheese, don't be- it's not a large amount and has calcium that assists in burning fat. The healthy carbs will give you a steady supply of energy throughout your morning.
Boil the water and salt in a small pot. Cook the oats until most of the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and let sit for about 3 minutes and then add your toppings! Oatmeal is abundant with fiber and can easily help you lose weight. The best part- there's nothing plain about this healthy breakfast meal.
Put half of the oil into the skillet when heated. Saute the mushrooms and spinach and put them on your plate. Add the rest of the oil to the pan and cook your egg sunny side up. Eggs and spinach make the perfect pair. They have ample protein and the spinach has vitamins and minerals. Combined, you can experience fewer cravings throughout the day.
Who doesn't love home fries? If you think they can't be part of easy healthy breakfast recipes think again! Heat up the sausage. In a pan, saute the potatoes, kale, and olive oil until they are soft. Then add the red pepper flakes on top. Red pepper will give you a major metabolism boost in the morning and reduce cravings throughout the day.
Scramble your eggs along with the pepper and onion. Then add them to the tortilla with cheese and salsa. There are 20 grams of protein in those quesadillas that will more than hold you over until lunch. If you exercise in the mornings, this is the perfect post-workout meal.
Toast your English muffin and add your toppings! This is one of those easy healthy breakfast recipes that packs a superfood punch. Chia seeds have long been used to supply the body with energy throughout the day. They also transform into a gelatinous substance once inside the body and help to remove toxins stored in the digestive tract. Peanut butter will supply you with adequate protein and the strawberries will give you an anti-oxidant boost.
This is one of those healthy breakfast recipes that will come in handy on a rushed morning! Preparation? Mix the ricotta and honey and add the papaya and flaxseeds on top. Enjoy the fastest (and tastiest) 26 grams of protein you can get!
A general rule of thumb for healthy breakfast recipes is to remember to incorporate a healthy carb and protein source so you have plenty of energy to get you through your morning and reduce cravings throughout the day.
Healthy breakfast recipes are aplenty these days. Try any or all of these healthy recipes to see what you like the most and don't be afraid to mix it up! Losing weight should be an enjoyable experience, not a stressful one and it is a common misconception that you can't eat delicious foods while living a healthy lifestyle.


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If one school can succeed under the worst conditions, with the neediest children, how can others be permitted to fail?
Simply put, the problems confronting urban school districts are bigger, costlier, more numerous, and tougher to overcome than those facing most rural and suburban systems.
The numbers tell a sad and alarming story: Most 4th graders who live in U.S. cities can't read and understand a simple children's book, and most 8th graders can't use arithmetic to solve a practical problem.
The biggest challenge facing U.S. cities and their school systems is concentrated poverty. In poor neighborhoods, the deck is stacked against children from the moment they are born. The odds are higher that they will have lower-than-normal birth weights, lack access to regular medical care, live in a household headed by a single mother, become a victim of crime, have a parent who never finished high school, become pregnant before reaching adulthood, and drop out of school.
Finding highly qualified teachers for the students who need them most is a difficult problem. Not enough college students want to teach in big cities, and few education schools focus on preparing teachers for urban classrooms.
Parents want their children to go to school in a place where they will be safe, and where the environment is focused on teaching and learning. Many such schools exist in our big cities. But not enough.
Given the compelling need of so many city students and the push to hold schools more accountable for achievement, some argue that urban schools deserve a greater share of public resources. That argument has yet to persuade many policymakers.
In too many city school systems, adult interests come first and students' second.
The city's vaunted downtown renaissance has yet to touch its public schools, and local and state leaders have turned to drastic measures in efforts to reverse decades of failure.
No one says it's going to be easy, but here are a dozen ideas that many educators and policymakers believe are the solutions that will help urban schools turn the corner.
At E.J. Scott Elementary in Houston, a relentless focus on student achievement and high standards has created what researchers say is a model of a successful urban school.
Last spring, school board members from a district in Massachusetts sat down for their monthly meeting. But this time, something was different. Amid the budget items, special projects, hiring issues, and other typical topics, students were on the agenda.
San Diego's Hoover High wins plaudits for its innovative programs, but shows up on a list of the city's low-performing schools--a revealing tale of the crisis in urban high schools.


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Q: How to find Astaia? Can't pass quest "The Sister's Pendant" because can't find those sister (Astaia).
Where should I look for her? Quest arrow show that i'm somewhere close... but I can't find her... what is a trick?
Thanks!

A: Astaia is the Darnassus Fishing trainer, so should be right where the guards tell you (on the south island in the middle of the city.  If she isn't there, she may have been killed recently.
If you're looking for the actual pendant ("Aquinne's Moon Pendant") for the quest "The Sister's Pendant", you need to fillet (use) the quest fish you pull out of the water--they contain the quest item.


Lyserødt og lyseblåt julekort med designpapirer fra Tim Holtz, stempel fra Waltzing mouse (selvfølgelig) og bling fra den lokale blomsterhandler.
Totally beautiful...a lovely Christmas greeting done in such elegant papers and fabulous design.
Lovely swirls on these, Lise. Love the soft colors and how you used the sketch to make a card!
Beautiful colors on this! love the touch of black with the pretty ribbon!
Love the muted colors you chose! The pattern gives it so much texture!
Very pretty, Lise. I love the muted colors and that amazing die cut circle!
What a fun take on the sketch this week and I love the die you used for the circle backing!
What a sweet card!! You did great with the sketch!


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Macgregor Laird (* 1808 in Greenock, Schottland; † 9. Januar 1861 in London) war ein schottischer Handelsreisender in Afrika und Wegbereiter der Etablierung des britischen Handels auf dem Niger.

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Macgregor Laird war der jüngere Sohn des schottischen Schiffsbauers William Laird. Er erhielt seine Ausbildung in Edinburgh und war bis 1832 in einer Maschinenbauanstalt in Liverpool tätig. 1831 hatte er mit einigen Liverpooler Kaufleuten eine Gesellschaft zur kommerziellen Erschließung der Nigerregion gegründet. Diese Kompanie entsandte 1832 zwei Schiffe zum Nigerdelta, von denen eines, die Alburkah, ein von Laird entworfener 55 Tonnen schwerer Schaufelraddampfer, als erstes eisenwandiges Schiff den Ozean befuhr. Laird begleitete die von Richard Lander geleitete Expedition, an der 48 Europäer teilnahmen, von denen jedoch nur neun zurückkehrten. Die übrigen starben an Fieber oder bei Kämpfen mit afrikanischen Stämmen; Lander erlag einer Schussverletzung am Oberschenkel. Laird war bei dieser Unternehmung den Niger bis zur Einmündung von dessen größtem Nebenfluss, dem Benue (damals Shary oder Tschadda genannt), hinaufgesegelt und hatte letzteren 130 km flussaufwärts erkundet. Allerdings hatte seine Gesundheit sehr unter den Entbehrungen und Klimabedingungen gelitten. Die Expedition kehrte 1834 nach Liverpool zurück. Außer Laird und dem Chirurgen R. A. K. Oldfield war der Leutnant William Allen der einzige überlebende Offizier der Reise, die er auf Anweisung der Admiralität mitgemacht hatte, um den Niger zu inspizieren. Laird und Oldfield beschrieben ihre Nigerfahrt in Narrative of an Expedition into the Interior of Africa by the River Niger … in 1832, 1833, 1834 (2 Bde., London 1837; 2. Aufl. 1856).

Laird beteiligte sich nach seiner Heimkehr zunächst an Unternehmungen zur Förderung der transatlantischen Dampfschifffahrt. 1837 unterstützte er eine Gesellschaft, die einen Dampfschiffverkehr zwischen England und New York City betreiben sollte; und das dieser Gesellschaft gehörige Schiff Sirius war 1838 das erste, das allein durch den Antrieb mit Dampfkraft von Europa über den Atlantik nach den Vereinigten Staaten segelte. 1844 zog Laird nach Birkenhead und trug maßgeblich zur Entwicklung dieser Stadt bei; und einige Jahre später siedelte er nach London über.

Sein letztes Lebensjahrzehnt widmete Laird sich ausschließlich der Förderung des Verkehrs mit dem Binnenland Westafrikas mittels Eröffnung der Niger-Schifffahrt, wenn er sich auch nicht mehr selbst auf den schwarzen Kontinent begab. Seine Ansicht war, dass Europa nur durch den Handel die Zivilisation Afrikas heben und den Sklavenhandel unterdrücken könne. Zwar war das Ziel von Landers Fahrt, einen direkten Verkehr mit dem afrikanischen Binnenland zu eröffnen, nicht erreicht worden, doch hatte die Schiffbarkeit des unteren Nigers, die Leichtigkeit der Benutzbarkeit des großen Flusses für den Handel erwiesen werden können. 1852 gründete er mit Unterstützung von Freunden und der britischen Regierung die African Steamship Company, die monatliche Fahrten zur Küste Afrikas unterhalten sollte. 1854 rüstete er den Dampfer Pleiad aus, der unter dem Kommando von William Balfour Baikie den Niger 400 km über den fernsten vorher von Europäern erreichten Punkt hinaufkam. Ermutigt durch diesen Erfolg veranlasste er die Regierung, Verträge für jährliche Handelsfahrten von speziell für die Niger-Befahrung gebauten Schiffen zu unterzeichnen. Für diesen Zweck baute er die Dampfer Dayspring, Sunshine und Rainbow und ließ sie öfters den Niger befahren. Dabei wurden Faktoreien an der Mündung des Benue sowie weiter den Niger flussabwärts angelegt. Anfang 1861 starb Laird im Alter von 52 Jahren in London.

Literatur
 W. Bentheim: Laird (Mac Gregor), In: Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, 2. Sektion, 41. Teil (1887), S, 199.

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Repetitions: Three sets of 15. Fourth set: Complete as many repetitions as you can until you feel fatigued. Rest for 30 to 60 seconds between each set.
Lie face down on a hyperextension bench letting your upper thighs and lower hips rest on the support pad. Your waist should be able to bend freely.
Make sure your body is straight from head to toe. Holding a heavy weight plate, fold your arms across your chest.
Steadily bend your body forward as far as you can without rounding your back.
Squeeze your abdominals and back muscles to rise to starting position.
Easier: Do not use a weight plate. Place your fingertips to your temple to perform the exercise.
Harder: Use a heavier weight plate.
Repetitions: Four timed sets, 30 seconds each. Rest for 30 to 60 seconds between each set.
Lie on your back on a bench with your legs straight in the air. Use both hands to grip the bench above your head.
Lift your hips off of the bench, driving your legs up toward the ceiling.
Slowly and with control, lower your hips back to the bench and repeat.
Easier: Bend knees between hip raises.
Harder: Add a twist at the hips when your drive your legs up toward the ceiling.
Repetitions: Three sets of 15. Rest for 30 seconds between each set.
Start with your feet placed in the handles of a TRX® training system. Lift your knees and place your hands in line with your shoulders (pushup position).
Easier: Bring your knees to the floor after each repetition.
Harder: On the third set, alternate bringing the knees to your chest, right shoulder, and left shoulder.
Repetitions: Two sets of 10 on each side, alternating. Third set: Complete five repetitions on each side, holding extension position for 10 seconds. Rest for 30 to 60 seconds between each set.
Start in high plank position, arms in line with your shoulders. Your body should form a straight line.
Squeeze your abs and glutes, and extend your right arm forward at shoulder level while simultaneously lifting your left leg off the floor.
Return to starting position, and repeat on the opposite side.
Easier: Place your knees on the mat.
Harder: Perform the exercise holding a light weight.
Repetitions: 15-20 repetitions per side.
Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, and hold a heavy plate or dumbbell in your right hand, palms facing your torso.
Slowly bend down at the waist to your right side, keeping your back straight.
Hold for a second, return to starting position, and repeat.
Easier: Use a lighter weight or only body weight.
Harder: Use a heavier weight.
Repetitions: Two timed sets, 30 seconds each.
Start with feet placed slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, holding a heavy plate or dumbbell at your chest.
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Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
IT WAS away past midnight, and had been a tremendous day in the matter of excitement and fatigue, but that was no matter to Joan when there was business on hand. She did not think of bed. The generals followed her to her official quarters, and she delivered her orders to them as fast as she could talk, and they sent them off to their different commands as fast as delivered; wherefore the messengers galloping hither and thither raised a world of clatter and racket in the still streets; and soon were added to this the music of distant bugles and the roll of drums--notes of preparation; for the vanguard would break camp at dawn.
The generals were soon dismissed, but I wasn't; nor Joan; for it was my turn to work, now. Joan walked the floor and dictated a summons to the Duke of Burgundy to lay down his arms and make peace and exchange pardons with the King; or, if he must fight, go fight the Saracens. "Pardonnez-vous l'un ... l'autre de bon coeligeur, entierement, ainsi que doivent faire loyaux chretiens, et, s'il vous plait de guerroyer, allez contre les Sarrasins." It was long, but it was good, and had the sterling ring to it. It is my opinion that it was as fine and simple and straightforward and eloquent a state paper as she ever uttered.
It was delivered into the hands of a courier, and he galloped away with it. The Joan dismissed me, and told me to go to the inn and stay, and in the morning give to her father the parcel which she had left there. It contained presents for the Domremy relatives and friends and a peasant dress which she had bought for herself. She said she would say good-by to her father and uncle in the morning if it should still be their purpose to go, instead of tarrying awhile to see the city.
I didn't say anything, of course, but I could have said that wild horses couldn't keep those men in that town half a day. They waste the glory of being the first to carry the great news to Domremy--the taxes remitted forever!--and hear the bells clang and clatter, and the people cheer and shout? Oh, not they. Patay and Orleans and the Coronation were events which in a vague way these men understood to be colossal; but they were colossal mists, films, abstractions; this was a gigantic reality!
When I got there, do you suppose they were abed! Quite the reverse. They and the rest were as mellow as mellow could be; and the Paladin was doing his battles in great style, and the old peasants were endangering the building with their applause. He was doing Patay now; and was bending his big frame forward and laying out the positions and movements with a rake here and a rake there of his formidable sword on the floor, and the peasants were stooped over with their hands on their spread knees observing with excited eyes and ripping out ejaculations of wonder and admiration all along:
"Yes, here we were, waiting--waiting for the word; our horses fidgeting and snorting and dancing to get away, we lying back on the bridles till our bodies fairly slanted to the rear; the word rang out at last--'Go!' and we went!
"Went? There was nothing like it ever seen! Where we swept by squads of scampering English, the mere wind of our passage laid them flat in piles and rows! Then we plunged into the ruck of Fastolfe's frantic battle-corps and tore through it like a hurricane, leaving a causeway of the dead stretching far behind; no tarrying, no slacking rein, but on! on! on! far yonder in the distance lay our prey--Talbot and his host looming vast and dark like a storm-cloud brooding on the sea! Down we swooped upon them, glooming all the air with a quivering pall of dead leaves flung up by the whirlwind of our flight. In another moment we should have struck them as world strikes world when disorbited constellations crash into the Milky way, but by misfortune and the inscrutable dispensation of God I was recognized! Talbot turned white, and shouting, 'Save yourselves, it is the Standard-Bearer of Joan of Arc!' drove his spurs home till they met in the middle of his horse's entrails, and fled the field with his billowing multitudes at his back! I could have cursed myself for not putting on a disguise. I saw reproach in the eyes of her Excellency, and was bitterly ashamed. I had caused what seemed an irreparable disaster. Another might have gone aside to grieve, as not seeing any way to mend it; but I thank God I am not of those. Great occasions only summon as with a trumpet-call the slumbering reserves of my intellect. I saw my opportunity in an instant--in the next I was away! Through the woods I vanished--fst!--like an extinguished light! Away around through the curtaining forest I sped, as if on wings, none knowing what was become of me, none suspecting my design. Minute after minute passed, on and on I flew; on, and still on; and at last with a great cheer I flung my Banner to the breeze and burst out in front of Talbot! Oh, it was a mighty thought! That weltering chaos of distracted men whirled and surged backward like a tidal wave which has struck a continent, and the day was ours! Poor helpless creatures, they were in a trap; they were surrounded; they could not escape to the rear, for there was our army; they could not escape to the front, for there was I. Their hearts shriveled in their bodies, their hands fell listless at their sides. They stood still, and at our leisure we slaughtered them to a man; all except Talbot and Fastolfe, whom I saved and brought away, one under each arm."
Well, there is no denying it, the Paladin was in great form that night. Such style! such noble grace of gesture, such grandeur of attitude, such energy when he got going! such steady rise, on such sure wing, such nicely graduated expenditures of voice according to the weight of the matter, such skilfully calculated approaches to his surprises and explosions, such belief-compelling sincerity of tone and manner, such a climaxing peal from his brazen lungs, and such a lightning-vivid picture of his mailed form and flaunting banner when he burst out before that despairing army! And oh, the gentle art of the last half of his last sentence--delivered in the careless and indolent tone of one who has finished his real story, and only adds a colorless and inconsequential detail because it has happened to occur to him in a lazy way.
It was a marvel to see those innocent peasants. Why, they went all to pieces with enthusiasm, and roared out applauses fit to raise the roof and wake the dead. When they had cooled down at last and there was silence but for the heaving and panting, old Laxart said, admiringly:
"As it seems to me, you are an army in your single person."
"Yes, that is what he is," said Noel Rainguesson, convincingly. "He is a terror; and not just in this vicinity. His mere name carries a shudder with it to distant lands--just he mere name; and when he frowns, the shadow of it falls as far as Rome, and the chickens go to roost an hour before schedule time. Yes; and some say--"
"Noel Rainguesson, you are preparing yourself for trouble. I will say just one word to you, and it will be to your advantage to--"
I saw that the usual thing had got a start. No man could prophesy when it would end. So I delivered Joan's message and went off to bed.
Joan made her good-byes to those old fellows in the morning, with loving embraces and many tears, and with a packed multitude for sympathizers, and they rode proudly away on their precious horses to carry their great news home. I had seen better riders, some will say that; for horsemanship was a new art to them.
The vanguard moved out at dawn and took the road, with bands braying and banners flying; the second division followed at eight. Then came the Burgundian ambassadors, and lost us the rest of that day and the whole of the next. But Joan was on hand, and so they had their journey for their pains. The rest of us took the road at dawn, next morning, July 20th. And got how far? Six leagues. Tremouille was getting in his sly work with the vacillating King, you see. The King stopped at St. Marcoul and prayed three days. Precious time lost--for us; precious time gained for Bedford. He would know how to use it.
We could not go on without the King; that would be to leave him in the conspirators' camp. Joan argued, reasoned, implored; and at last we got under way again.
Joan's prediction was verified. It was not a campaign, it was only another holiday excursion. English strongholds lined our route; they surrendered without a blow; we garrisoned them with Frenchmen and passed on. Bedford was on the march against us with his new army by this time, and on the 25th of July the hostile forces faced each other and made preparation for battle; but Bedford's good judgment prevailed, and he turned and retreated toward Paris. Now was our chance. Our men were in great spirits.
Will you believe it? Our poor stick of a King allowed his worthless advisers to persuade him to start back for Gien, whence he had set out when we first marched for Rheims and the Coronation! And we actually did start back. The fifteen-day truce had just been concluded with the Duke of Burgundy, and we would go and tarry at Gien until he should deliver Paris to us without a fight.
We marched to Bray; then the King changed his mind once more, and with it his face toward Paris. Joan dictated a letter to the citizens of Rheims to encourage them to keep heart in spite of the truce, and promising to stand by them. She furnished them the news herself that the Kin had made this truce; and in speaking of it she was her usual frank self. She said she was not satisfied with it, and didn't know whether she would keep it or not; that if she kept it, it would be solely out of tenderness for the King's honor. All French children know those famous words. How naive they are! "De cette treve qui a ete faite, je ne suis pas contente, et je ne sais si je la tiendrai. Si je la tiens, ce sera seulement pour garder l'honneur du roi." But in any case, she said, she would not allow the blood royal to be abused, and would keep the army in good order and ready for work at the end of the truce.
Poor child, to have to fight England, Burgundy, and a French conspiracy all at the same time--it was too bad. She was a match for the others, but a conspiracy--ah, nobody is a match for that, when the victim that is to be injured is weak and willing. It grieved her, these troubled days, to be so hindered and delayed and baffled, and at times she was sad and the tears lay near the surface. Once, talking with her good old faithful friend and servant, the Bastard of Orleans, she said:
"Ah, if it might but please God to let me put off this steel raiment and go back to my father and my mother, and tend my sheep again with my sister and my brothers, who would be so glad to see me!"
By the 12th of August we were camped near Dampmartin. Later we had a brush with Bedford's rear-guard, and had hopes of a big battle on the morrow, but Bedford and all his force got away in the night and went on toward Paris.
Charles sent heralds and received the submission of Beauvais. The Bishop Pierre Cauchon, that faithful friend and slave of the English, was not able to prevent it, though he did his best. He was obscure then, but his name was to travel round the globe presently, and live forever in the curses of France! Bear with me now, while I spit in fancy upon his grave.
Compiegne surrendered, and hauled down the English flag. On the 14th we camped two leagues from Senlis. Bedford turned and approached, and took up a strong position. We went against him, but all our efforts to beguile him out from his intrenchments failed, though he had promised us a duel in the open field. Night shut down. Let him look our for the morning! But in the morning he was gone again.
We entered Compiegne the 18th of August, turning out the English garrison and hoisting our own flag.
On the 23d Joan gave command to move upon Paris. The King and the clique were not satisfied with this, and retired sulking to Senlis, which had just surrendered. Within a few days many strong places submitted--Creil, Pont-Saint-Maxence, Choisy, Gournay-sur-Aronde, Remy, Le Neufville-en-Hez, Moguay, Chantilly, Saintines. The English power was tumbling, crash after crash! And still the King sulked and disapproved, and was afraid of our movement against the capital.
On the 26th of August, 1429, Joan camped at St. Denis; in effect, under the walls of Paris.
And still the King hung back and was afraid. If we could but have had him there to back us with his authority! Bedford had lost heart and decided to waive resistance and go an concentrate his strength in the best and loyalest province remaining to him--Normandy. Ah, if we could only have persuaded the King to come and countenance us with his presence and approval at this supreme moment!
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text:
Will of Abbie Tyler Banahan
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ABBIE T. BANAHAN
I, Abbie T. BANAHAN, of St. Helens, Lee County, Kentucky, being of full age, sound mind and memory, do make, publish, an declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made.
(1) It is my desire that Mark and Ralph CANN jointly, see to the dividing and settling up of my estate. At my death Mark will be called first as he is nearest and can get here quickest. I want my funeral expenses what is necessary paid, (not a costly funeral) use what I have of clothing and prefer a home made coffin.
(2) I wish my home at St. Helens, Kentucky to be sold to Mark CANN if he wants it, or any of the below named CANN Children at a price set or agreed on between Ralph or Mark CANN. If none of the Cann Children agree to buy the above said home, then it is to be sold to the person or persons offering the most for it and the money divided into (6) equal parts, Five (5) of which are to go to the CANN Children namely, Salina HALL, Nessie COLLIVER, James CANN, Mark CANN and Ralph CANN. The sixth part to be given jointly to the Sister and Brother of my late husband, namely Mary and Daniel BANAHAN of 475 Maple Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky, if alive, or the one alive to receive the sixth part. If neither one alive then the sixth part will be divided equa between the above five named CANN children. Mark and his wife Eunice can divide my household and personal effects to the (5) CANN children named above, as I direct the___ while I yet live. Should Mary or Daniel BANAHAN be in need of them Mark CANN will divide a portion of my household and personal effects for them, this because my husband desired them to be helped if necessary, as they helped us in need and sickness. Also, do not ask them for any money I loaned or gave them.
(3) After all expenses are paid the balance of my money in the banks or banks and my home is to be divided into six shares, five (5) of these are to go to Sabina HALL, James CANN, Mark CANN, Ralph CANN and Mary and Daniel BANAHAN, jointly, if alive, or the one alive the sam amount as the other four CANN children named above. The sixth share is to contain ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) more than the other five and is to go to Nessie COLLIVER, should neither Daniel or Mary BANAHAN be living, then their share will be divided equal between the above five CANN children. To Dr. C. B. CANN, I leave the sum of One Dollar ($1.00 as he has had his share in money borrowed and unpaid.
(4) I wish my half of the farm of the late Chas. D. TYLER located as given in outline of the Will of the late Chas. D. TYLER to be divided into sic shares between the children of the late Cora L. CANN, namely Sabina HALL, Nessie COLIVER, James CANN, Mark CANN, Ralph CANN, and the sixth share to be sold to Mark CANN at a fair Market price, the proceeds of which to be divided between the children of Dr. C. B. CANN, namely Nesba and Norine CANN, instead of them receiving the___ land. The money to be put in trust for them for their individual uses, the principal to be given them at the age of 21 years or sooner if Mary and Ralph CANN agrees and thinks they need it.
(5) There need no security be required of Mark and Ralph CANN in the administration of this Will as I trust them fully.
Dated at Viper, Kentucky, this the 22nd day of August, 1936
Signed Abbie T. BANAHAN
We, B. T. MCDANIEL and Arthur MINARD have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the foregoing will of Abbie T. BANAHAN at the request of the said Abbie T. BANAHAN, who did in our presence sign in her own hand writing the foregoing will, and who acknowledged the same to us to be her last will and testament and we have signed the same as witnesses in her presence and in the presence of each other.
This the 22 day of August 1936
Signed B. T. MCDANIEL
Signed Arthur MINIARD
I, Elizabeth MATTOCKS, Clerk Lee Couty Court, certify that the foregoing will of Abbie BANAHAN, was on the this day lodged in my office for record; Whereupon the same with the foregoing and this my certificate have been duly recorded in my said office in Will Book No. 1, Page 357.
Given under my hand this February 14, 1938
Elizabeth MATTOCKS, Clerk
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I couldn't figure out why the ArcMap fails to delete a "feature class" (Access denied GDB_System Catalog) knowing that this feature class is not published in ArcGIS Server.
If the lock file belong to non exists process it should be possible to just delete it in windows.
The highlighted value is the process creating the lock, for example ArcMap.
I can't find that number in the PID field as shown in the screenshot below. What could be the issue here?
Hard to say, looks like that PID is 6620, but your screenshot is sorted descending starting at 34620. You don't see anything if you scroll down to 6620?
Scrolling down doesn't show that specific number.
Is that a shared path? If so, you can try to open the command prompt as an admin and run openfiles /query to see if anyone is accessing the share.
The first element in the lock is the machine name.
Is HPZBOOKG3 the machine you are working on?
If not you should look for process 6620 on HPZBOOKG3 machine.
Correct. hpzbookg3 is my local machine. Nevertheless, the 6620 is not there!
It appears to be an orphaned lock. Orphaned by what process I can't say, but there are a string of postgres.exe and GeoCortex process in that range, so maybe there was another process from one of them that crashed.
Try running Compress—Help | ArcGIS Desktop Compact—Help | ArcGIS Desktop to see if it clears the lock.
UPDATE: Knucklehead move, linked to Compress instead of Compact documentation.
The Compact (Data Management) geoprocessing tool also can be handy to employ as one of the side effects of its processing is that it releases locks.
To keep track of locked datasets, ArcGIS places *.lock files in the file geodatabase folder. When a process terminates, the .lock files associated with it are automatically deleted. In some cases, however, such as when a process ends prematurely, .lock files may be left behind in the geodatabase folder. These .lock files are eventually removed by ArcGIS in future sessions as new locks are taken. They are also removed whenever you run the geoprocessing Compact tool or copy and paste the data in the Catalog tree.
Note that the similar-sounding tool in ArcCatalog (Administration, Compact Database) does not have the same lock-releasing capability.
open the admin < manager < Locks dialog box in catalog and remove any locks on the FC then try to delete it. Its being used somewhere, it should also tell you what user/machine owns the file lock.
I couldn't figure out how to go to admin < manager < Locks dialog box in catalog. Where is that?
The OP is dealing with file geodatabases, not enterprise geodatabases.
From your screenshots, it appears you are using file geodatabases, so the functionality described earlier about locks isn't available.
OK, I know it's been knocked by others as potentially virus-laden (it's not) and a notorious data corrupter (I've never found it to be so), the free utility Unlocker works wonders on locked file geodatabases and many other Windows system files. This site tested Unlocker and found it to be malware- and virus-free, but as always, run it through your own local virus checker and back up your data files first.


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I don't care where I come from or who you are. I can make you happy, and you make me happy. We could have a happily ever after.
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When I look at my longterm goals for the rest of my life, there are so many things other than performing that make me happy.
Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, "I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
You meant to make me happy make me sad. Want to make it better better so bad.


I was looking for free software to open and view my ArcView shapefiles as well as to access the associated database. I found a few free tools. Leave some comments if you know some more.
1. Map Window - The MapWindow GIS project includes a free and open source desktop geographic information system (GIS) with an extensible plugin architecture; a GIS ActiveX control; and C# GIS programmer library called DotSpatial. Visit: Map Window.
2. Quantum GIS - QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities. Visit Quantum GIS.
3. SuperGIS Desktop 3 - It is the Desktop GIS software of SuperGIS 3 series products. The abundant GIS tools provided with SuperGIS Desktop offer GIS experts a GIS professional platform for geoprocessing and displaying, editing, managing, querying and analyzing geographic data even faster and more easily. Visit SuperGIS Desktop.
4. Map2Net - Customize your own Geographical Information System online. Visit Map2Net.


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