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Interview with Lew Bryson
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Lew Bryson: Author, traveler, family man, beer drinker - in search of good beer in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. Actually, in search of good beer just about anywhere he goes. An enviable but difficult task! I first met Lew at the State College Microbrewer's Festival in July 2005, though I'd known about him for several years after his first Pennsylvania breweries book and PBS special. During the festival, he was signing new copies of his Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware Breweries and giving a seminar on wheat beers, which I quite enjoyed. I approached him about doing an interview for RateBeer, and he enthusiastically agreed to answer several questions - about his work and the beer scene in the Mid-Atlantic.
Q. How did you get started doing what you do?
A. I kept a "beer diary," beginning in 1986, and got in the habit of recording what I thought about beers, but more importantly, about the places and people who were making and serving them. The breweries, brewers, bars, and bar-owners/bartenders have proven to be more my forte. I wrote a sample issue of a newsletter for a local beerstore and sold it to them for $30 in 1994; three weeks later I was laid off. I sold a few more pieces to Malt Advocate and Ale Street News while on unemployment, and continued to write when I picked up a temp job. When the contract on that ran out in December 1995, I went full-time writing, and have been ever since.
Q. What's your background? Were you always in journalism/writing or is this the result of a passion for a hobby?
A. I was a librarian, but I had a BA and an MA in History. That got me started writing, but it was really writing and writing and writing that honed my skills, as with anyone. I'm also a reader with a wide appetite; lately I've been reading wine and food writing, looking for ideas.
Q. Are you a native Pennsylvanian? Where did you grow up and how did that influence your decisions to become a beer writer?
A. My family's lived in Pennsylvania since the 1740s; my sister and I were the first to leave Lancaster County, Pennsylvania since 1745.and we only made it about 50 miles east. I'm firmly rooted here. I think it did influence my decision, because stumbling across the Yuengling brewery one day while a friend and I were out driving around really fired my curiosity. If you were going to have a brewery in your backyard in the late 1970s - on the East Coast! - Yuengling was a good one. I learned a lot visiting that brewery over the years, and part of what I learned was how interested I was.
Q. Family? I can't remember if you said you were married. Do any of your family members share your passion for beer, or are you the kook of the family, like I am?
A. I married Catherine Childs in 1989, and we have two kids, Thomas (14) and Nora (11). That was a big influence on the decision: writing lets me stay home to be there for the kids while my wife really supports the family. I've managed to get pretty much of my wife's family converted to good beer, especially her three brothers, who are my best friends. My side of the family's a different story. My sister and I love whiskey, my mother will try almost any beer I put in front of her, and my uncle Don has been a great drinking companion as noted in my books. But some of the family's scandalized by what I do. Well, they're scandalized that I converted to Catholicism, too, that's just the way things go. I'm definitely not the kook of the family, though, more like The Connection.
Q. Do you homebrew?
A. I homebrewed from 1986 to 1993, with some big gaps in there when I lived in two tiny apartments and kept my stuff in storage. I finally ran out of time and patience when my daughter was born. The whole "Relax, don't worry" part has never worked for me. I tended to be a total pain in the ass to be around when I brewed. So I quit.
Q. How is the third edition of Pennsylvania Breweries doing? How about New York Breweries and <Virginia, Maryland, & Delaware Breweries?
A. The new Pennsylvania book is selling very well, and it should - it's a much better book than the two earlier editions were. I've gotten better, and the format has shaken down into something that I'm very pleased with. Virginia, Maryland, & Delaware Breweries is doing just fine, though it could use some more promotion; I hope to do something about that in the coming year. The New York book did very well the first year, then hit a wall. Not sure what happened there.
Q. Many of us enjoyed your PBS special a few years back. Anything in the works for an updated version, or one to complement the other books?
A. Nope. Looks like that might have been a one-shot.
Q. What are some of the downsides to your work?
A. Oh, God, how much room do you have? For one, I make about 1/3 of what I did as a librarian. There's a constant concern about DUI, and that's true of everyone in the business: brewers, wholesalers, retailers. Our business involves drinking, and those of us who are fighting to work our way up are out there working events. I don't mean to say we're constantly driving drunk, what I mean is that we're constantly concerned and mindful of NOT drinking to the point where driving is dangerous to ourselves or someone else. I know a number of folks in the business who have gotten DUIs or had accidents: I haven't, and I've been very careful. There are also inevitable moments when I wind up in situations - rotten two-bit bars on a bad lead, incompetent brewers with bad beer, sick and tired on a long road trip, caught in an interminable conversation with an over-earnest beer geek or lectured by an anti-alcohol raver - that just make me wonder why the hell I keep doing this. But then I think about the crap I put up with when I worked corporate and I smile and keep going.
Q. What are your thoughts on the Pennsylvania three-tier distribution system and how it affects the prosperity of small brewers?
A. The three-tier system in Pennslyvania is what saved our regional brewers as long as they did survive; we still have more than any other state with The Lion, Yuengling, Straub, and Pittsburgh. Lots of beer-lovers curse the three-tier system, but I think they're wrong to do so. The small brewers I've talked to about this all hope it holds together as long as possible. Dealing with wholesalers is not always easy, but dealing with big number-driven supermarket chains, or hundreds of individual mom-and-pop stores, is going to be even harder. Access to market is the key, and three-tier going away will make that harder. It may seem counter-intuitive to the beer purchaser, but that's the view from inside. That said, it's going to happen. Period. So what's going to replace it? Look at food distribution. There are big national companies - Sysco. There are regional suppliers, and there are fairly small ones. The fairly small ones are specialty providers: fresh seafood, dairy, fancy produce. That's what's going to wind up happening with beer. My concern is that it's going to take too long, and we're going to lose good breweries.
Q. Do you see Pennsylvania ever changing their system to allow the average consumer to purchase direct from brewers via mail order? How do you feel about that?
A. Yeah, I think we should be able to mail order directly, and I think that eventually a way will be worked out to allow it. I don't think it will amount to much, though. It works for wine because wine goes for $20 or $60 a bottle; the margin the winery makes on shipping a case by mail-order makes it worthwhile. Beer generally doesn't cost that much. Beer's more fragile than wine. It weighs more per dollar. I believe the wine mail-order issue is hastening the end of the three-tier system, so I'm not nuts about it. I believe the beer mail-order issue is a lot of smoke and light without much heat. The volume's just not there. I don't want to hear about how much you and your friends want to buy; you and your friends are not even a drop in the bucket. Beer by mail is never going to be as big as wine by mail. The mechanics just aren't there.
Q. You traveled quite a bit. Do you have a country/state/city that you would consider a favorite?
A. Tough question, particularly because there are so many top beer places I haven't yet been to: Belgium, England, Scotland, Köln, Düsseldorf, Poland.I guess right now my favorites would include Bamberg, Pittsburgh, Munich, Madison, and Philly, not in any order. Depends on how I'm feeling. I'm on a long lager kick right now.
Q. Do you have a favorite brewer? Brand?
A. Not really. Sooner or later everyone does something to piss me off.
Q. What are your favorite styles? Do those change throughout the year? What would you consider a shining example from your most preferred styles?
A. They definitely change through the year, but not in a seasonal sense. Right now? Baltic porter, hefeweizen, American pale ale, and I'd say Okocim, Weihenstephan, and Sierra Nevada as examples. I know a lot of people think SNPA is passe these days, but I couldn't agree less. That beer's still got it, and if you think it's underhopped, or boring, you need to go on a hops diet and get re-calibrated.
Q. What was your best experience as a beer writer/traveler?
A. Two I'll have to give equal weight to. Edgefield, the McMenamin's joint outside of Portland, was just glorious, a beer amusement park for adults. And Andechs, one of the top beer experiences of my life - Andechs doublebock - coupled with the fantastic experience of drinking in their beergarden, followed by an accidental hookup with four Berliners that was a blast.
Q. What was your worst experience as a beer writer/traveler?
A. No question: Chiefs, a Pittsburgh bar that has since closed. When I was planning the research for the second edition of the PA book, I put out an Internet request for suggestions on bars, and Chiefs came back as one. If I could find the guy who sent that one... Bad section of town, and an armed bouncer should have been a hint, but Uncle Don and I went in. It was dark, and freezing cold, and the radio played through a broken speaker. The bartender had a coat on, and didn't speak more than absolutely necessary. Draft beer was limited to Iron City or Busch, both served in 16 oz. plastic cups. Guys were stumbling in and buying shots of rail booze with change, then drinking them with bar straws so they wouldn't spill any. My dad was waiting outside in the van with his .357 in his hand under his jacket. This was definitely one of those moments when I looked in the mirror and thought, How have I come to this?
But you know, about that time I saw a bottle of Jim Beam Rye, and I asked the bartender for a shot. It was delicious, and a rare find these days. The bartender got interested, and I told him about rye whiskey, and bought him a shot. He turned off the radio. Don got to talking about hunting with the guy next to him. And,it wasn't so bad after all.
Q. Now that you've traveled and written about several states, do you feel the brewpub/microbrew growth is soon to reach a plateau, or is there still room for long-term growth?
A. Oh, God, no, I think the picture for long-term growth is better than it has been since 1996. Things are growing, and we may be reaching a tipping point where more people than ever realize that they want something from their beer other than fizz and buzz. Does that mean more brewpubs? Yes, though it may mean more chain brewpubs. Success rate and cost of capital are going to be king, just like in restaurants. Does that mean more production microbreweries? Yes, though not many of them will make it. Access to market will be the crucial point as the three-tier system inevitably crumbles.
Q. What's your vision of the future of brewpubs/micros in Pennsylvania?
A. Growth, fairly robust growth over the next five years or so. If that's so, look for the majors to get interested again; A-B's already interested. Chain brewpubs will grow, the good and well-managed ones. Micros who have a good business plan and model will grow. The market will grow at an expanding pace. Beer's not dead. Craft beer and light beer are thriving, and ain't that weird?
Q. What are some of the main reasons that brewpubs/micros close? Bad beer? Distribution woes? Bad food? Bad management?
A. Very few close because of bad food. I've seen places that make truly bad beer stay open remarkably long, over five years and even longer. The three major things that close breweries are bad management, bad location, and lack of capital, and you could easily argue that the latter two are results of bad management as well. People get into this business with no experience, just a lot of ideas and enthusiasm, and those are no substitute for experience, will, and deep pockets. You can make it work on a shoestring, but those who do are beating steep odds. It's also very hard to make people come to you if you're off the beaten track. I've seen it happen - Custom Brewcrafters in Honeoye Falls, NY comes to mind - but I've seen a lot more places go under trying. It's not an easy business. It requires real capital investment, thought, innovation, and plain sweatin' hard work. You have to be an artist, a manager, a salesperson, a plumber, and an electrician, and it doesn't hurt to have some cooking and welding experience. There's easier ways to make a living. It's like writing. If you don't feel like you just have to do it, you probably shouldn't.
Q. Any advice to people who hope to go into the brewpub business or the beer writing arena?
A. Yeah, don't go into beer writing! The pay sucks and I've got enough competition already. If you want to go into brewpubbing, get some experience first on all sides of the house, or get a partner you trust who already has the experience you lack. Decide on a firm idea for what you want your pub to be, and stick to it. Put a lot more work into your business plan than you think is necessary. Try to be prepared for disasters: no brewpub ever failed because of too much capital.
Q. Anything in particular you would like to share with the members of RateBeer?
A. Yeah. Don't get overfocused on the beer. Sometimes I worry that we're too busy looking for flaws or details, and the big picture - enjoyment of the beer, the surroundings, the company, the moment - gets lost. Beer's part of life, maybe a bigger part in some lives than in others, but it's only part of it, even for people like me who make a living at it. Step back occasionally. Breathe.
Lew can be reached at [email protected], and he maintains up-to-date information on breweries and other places listed in his books at www.lewbryson.com.
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May 2021, a man receives a Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccination at a pop-up vaccination center on the beach in South Beach, Florida.
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Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine had triggered a promising immune response in early-stage clinical trials – although information provided by the company in a press release provided some details.
J & J's vaccine only requires one dose and recipients are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the vaccination. The company said Wednesday that J&J recipients who received a booster dose of the shot produced virus-fighting antibodies "nine times higher" than those seen four weeks after a single dose.
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While the new data looks promising, the company's press release did not mention the potential impact of the booster vaccination on the coronavirus delta variant or safety.
When asked for data on Delta, J&J referred CNBC to a report in July that showed that a single dose of the vaccine elicited a promising immune response to the variant.
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Certainly the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that J&J recipients are likely to need a booster dose, but added that there is currently insufficient data to support a formal recommendation.
The company announced on Wednesday that it is working with the Food and Drug Administration and other health authorities on booster shots.
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Hi. Jesse here for your weekly Futures End review/recap. These days in Futures End we're getting to see all sorts of romantic story lines being addressed. What I'm viewing as Act II of the series invites us to see romantic walks in the city, couples pretending to be married, husbands avenging dead wives, girlfriends trying to get back to estranged lovers, heroes making out in the back of space ships, oh, and Godzilla.
As most of us know, this entire review deserves a giant SPOILER ALERT in the truest of terms. Each section is so small it is nearly impossible to discuss the contents without revealing what little happens.
New York City — This section has two plots sort of intertwined. Terry and Plastique are walking about the city. He's trying pizza for the first time. You can hear Harry Connick Jr's "When Harry Met Sally" soundtrack playing in the background. Bless Terry, he gets pizza on his face. Plastique, still in her domino mask makeup, wipes it off for him. Aww. This has been brewing for several issues so no one should be shocked.While our weird time travel couple is gallivanting around New York, Mister Terrific is having his meeting with Bruce who does not want Terrific to release the uSphere. Terrific goes ahead with the launch though. It's interesting seeing their interactions. I love to read dialog between these two and I wish we had more of that and less of Harry meeting Sally.
Oakland, California — Lana Lang and Cole Cash become Lana Lang and Cole Lang. He's now an E2 as far as his identity goes. And they are "married". It's a playful section and Scot Eaton's pencils are pretty good here. It's nothing fancy but there's one panel where Scot nails the playful look on Lana's face that sold this section for me.
Cadmus Island — Fifty Sue looks pretty badass here. She's mourning what I thought was going to be the loss of Deathstroke but wound up to be the loss of the ability to kill Deathstroke. It's very Fifty Sue-ish and the character has actually grown on me. I want to see her in full-on rage mode. Also, she clearly cuts holes in Deathstroke's mask so her pig tails will poke out, but will she cut out that sewn-up eye hole that Slade had no use for?
New York City, again — Dr. Yamazake ain't dead. He's done went inter-dimensional-Magneto after the lab explosion and he's still bitter as ever about his wife being dead. Thanks to his 3D printer, he creates himself a suit of tangibility. It's colorful and really, just, in my opinion, kind of lame looking. He's on the cover. I'm terrified. Oh, also yeah, he's going back to the scene of the explosion. That's thrown in there like a last minute effort to force a confrontation in coming issues.Firestorm is still struggling to separate. Madison, who I have very little faith in as a character, can't seem to figure out what to do for her and Jason to become human again. So what does Jason suggest? Let's go back to the exploded lab so we can fight the newly formed baddie, Dr. Yamagnetozake.
Earth Orbit — The new Stormwatch Crew has made it back to Earth's orbit. Even as Frankenstein, Black Adam, and Lady Amethyst are fighting off Brainiac's drones, Engineer and Hawkman are in the back making out. Good job guys. Anyway, upon their arrival, SHADE diverts them onto their enlarged Ant Farm SHADE base. Father Time (in the form of a black haired, sailor suited Fifty Sue) says the returning crew can't leave unless they hand over Angie, the Engineer who they believe is the weapon SHADE needs to fight Brainiac when he comes. Of course there is resistance, but Father Time will have none of that. He threatens to use every single "secret horror that's threatened the Earth" against them if they don't hand over Angie. For effect, he allows Godzilla and a giant beetle monster to be revealed. End comic.
Visually, I thought Scot Eaton, Scott Hanna and Hi-Fi did a fairly good job. Sure, there were some faces that seemed weird every now and again, but the story that was told wasn't hindered by the art at all, which is more than I can say for past issues. I'm not digging all the blatant romantic ties sprinkled about. I'm not against romance, but here it feels a little cheap. I'm ready to see Firestorm, particularly Madison, progress as a character. There is gold hiding behind the Terrific/Bruce combo that I'm dying to see, and Fifty Sue (with all her craziness) has potential as well.
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While it doesn't move mountains, well, it doesn't move sand castles either. If you're curious about what's gonna happen in Futures End, by all means pick this up. You won't want to miss it. But also, if you don't really care about it, maybe don't waste your money.


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Canon EOS R Review | Daxdi
The two biggest names in photography—Canon and Nikon—sat on the sidelines and watched as Sony became the hottest player in the full-frame mirrorless world.
That changed in late summer, with both companies debuting new systems.
We've already looked at the Nikon Z 7, which is a solid first effort.
The Canon EOS R ($2,299, body only) isn't as polished or as featured, but does have one big advantage for Canon users—it works with your existing SLR accessories, as well as lenses via an inexpensive adapter.
But, despite offering a little bit more resolution, the EOS R is no threat to the Sony a7 III, our Editors' Choice in this category.
Canon's Design Choices
The EOS R's silhouette looks like a Canon—it has the gentle, sloping lines we're used to seeing in the company's industrial design, a contrast to the more angled feel of the Nikon Z 6.
It's sized similarly to an entry-level SLR, minus the extra space for the mirror box of course.
The EOS R measures 3.9 by 5.3 by 3.3 inches (HWD) and weighs 1.5 pounds (both figures are without a lens attached).
Canon states the EOS R is protected from dust and splashes.
It is, though its weather sealing is not as extensive as the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.
A teardown by Roger Cicala at Lensrentals shows the EOS R's sealing to be more consumer-grade, similar to the EOS 6D Mark II.
The EOS R is priced in between the two, so it's not too surprising the camera sports the higher-end sensor from the 5D series and the lower-end build of the 6D.
The EOS R's handgrip is very comfortable.
It's the first thing I noticed, and a big plus—but the R falters in other ergonomic areas.
Many manufacturers put the power switch around the shutter release—Canon doesn't.
Its shutter releases tend to sit at a steep angle, at the top of the handgrip—a design choice that goes a long way to making the grip as comfortable as it is.
The R's power switch is on the top plate, to the left of the EVF and hot shoe.
It's a simple two-stage design, and takes up a good amount of space.
It's space I'd prefer to see dedicated to a different control—a programmable dial perhaps.
Missing are any front control buttons—they can come in handy, like the dual programmable buttons that sit next to the Nikon Z 6's lens mount.
The right side of the top plate is also a mixed bag.
I love the trend of putting information displays on the top—it's something expected on an SLR, but often omitted from mirrorless designs.
The EOS R's panel is monochrome, with an optional backlight, and shows the current shooting mode, exposure settings, and battery life.
A cluster of buttons sit to its right.
The Backlight control is closest, with the Record button slightly right and forward, and the Lock button.
You can set how much of the camera's controls are locked down when you turn it on—by default it will prevent unwanted changes to the rear dial and lens control ring, but you can also add the front dial, touch screen, and M-Fn bar to the list of locked controls via the menu.
The front control dial sits perpendicular to the top of the handgrip, with the M-Fn button right next to it and the shutter release ahead.
M-Fn brings up an on-screen menu to quickly adjust ISO, drive, autofocus, white balance, and flash power settings.
The latter are only for an external Speedlite—the EOS R has no built-in flash, a feature absent from almost all modern full-frame cameras.
It's the rear control wheel I find the most troublesome.
It sits flat at the rear of the top plate, but is positioned so it's a little bit of a reach to touch and turn.
It's just not quite in the right place.
And, for me at least, the rear dial is an essential control.
The shooting Mode is adjusted via a button, located at the center of the rear dial.
It's an odd choice from Canon, which has used Mode dials for all but its top-end sports cameras, to go with the button with the EOS R, while Nikon, which is typically a Mode button company, went with a dial on the Z 6 and Z 7.
I would have preferred a dial, but it's something that comes down to pure personal preference.
The Menu button is on the rear, at the top left corner in the space above the LCD and to the left of the eyecup.
To the right of the EVF you'll find the M-Fn bar.
It's something new from Canon, and to cameras in general.
The narrow touch-sensitive strip responds to taps and swipes, and can be used to adjust various sundry settings.
I opted to use it to adjust the focus area, but it can also be set to change other settings, including ISO, white balance, and microphone sensitivity, among others.
It's all well and good that M-Fn is so configurable.
But I'm not sure if it's that useful.
It has two operating modes—one where you have to touch it for a split-second before it becomes active, and a second where it's always active.
Each has its own problems—if you go with the delay, you'll find the touch controls a little frustrating to use.
If you go with no delay, you're going to change settings by accident.
It will happen, and it will happen at the worst possible time.
Also, since the bar uses the same type of technology as a touch screen, you need to have skin-to-skin contact for it to work.
If you wear gloves, make sure they're compatible with touch screens or fingerless.
Other rear controls are more traditional.
The AF-ON button is part of the thumb rest, and easy to locate by touch.
To its right are the * (AE Lock) and focus adjustment buttons.
Info, Play, and Delete are lower on the body, surrounding the four-way directional pad.
At the pad's center is Q/Set, which launches an on-screen control menu.
There's no focus adjustment joystick, which is included in the EOS R's two closest competitors, the Nikon Z 6 and Sony a7 III.
It's a shame—adjusting focus points with the rear directional pad is a slow chore, and while the LCD supports touch-and-drag focus area adjustment when you're framing shots with the EVF, it's difficult to use if you're left-eye dominant—too much of your face covers the control that you should be using to move the focus point.
In addition to on-body controls, native lenses for the EOS R include an on-lens control ring.
It's programmable and includes detents.
I like it more than the similar rings on the Nikkor Z lenses Nikon has introduced with its Z mirrorless system.
The detents allow you to lock into adjustments with confidence—if you want to adjust the aperture or EV compensation by a third of a stop, you can do so easily with a one-click turn.
The lens ring system is not perfect, though.
I found it worked quite well, but confirmed a bug that others have reported when using it as an ISO control adjustment—the EOS R can sometimes slip in or out of automatic ISO control, seemingly at random, when setting ISO using the lens ring.
Hopefully Canon will address this via a firmware update.
The rear LCD is a vari-angle design, which means it can swing out to the side, face all the way forward, up, or down, and the screen can also reverse and tuck in against the body so it will be protected for storage or transport.
It's the only full-frame mirrorelss camera we've seen with a screen of this type—rivals around this price point, the Sony a7 III and and Nikon Z 6, feature screens that tilt up and down, but don't swing out to the side or face forward.
We expect Panasonic's first full-frame mirrorless camera, scheduled to ship next year, to have a screen design similar to the Canon.
The EOS R's 3.2-inch display is sharp, 2.1 million dots deliver plenty of detail and allow you to magnify the frame to confirm critical focus.
It's also sensitive to touch.
You can navigate menus, swipe through images during review, and tap to set a focus point.
As mentioned above, it also acts as a focus point control surface when using the EVF to frame shots.
The viewfinder is very good, although not the best we've seen around this price point—I give some preference to the Nikon Z 6 there.
The EOS R is slightly smaller, with a 0.71x magnification rating, versus the 0.8x you get with the Nikon Z 6 and 0.78x offered by the Sony a7 III.
My complaint isn't with the viewfinder—it's not class-leading, but it's not substandard by any means.
It's the eye sensor I have problems with.
It does its job—switching from the LCD to the EVF—a little too eagerly.
There were several occasions when I was greeted with a blank LCD because the camera was close enough to my body to trigger the eye sensor.
We saw a similar issue with the last-generation Sony a7 II, but it was fixed in the a7 III model.
I've seen other cameras address this issue by disabling the sensor when the LCD is tilted or swung out from the body, or simply reducing the proximity that activates the eye sensor.
Connectivity and Power
The EOS R includes built-in wireless connectivity—an expected feature in today's world.
It works with the Canon Camera Connect app, a free download for Android and iOS.
The app has a step-by-step connection guide, but you can also use a QR code, shown on the EOS R's LCD, to speed up the initial setup.
Once paired you can transfer images and videos to your phone and also control the camera remotely.
You have full access to manual exposure settings, as well as autofocus settings and video mode, when using your phone as a remote.
The EOS R isn't positioned as a pro model, so it doesn't have the PC Sync socket we expect from higher-end bodies.
This is only a concern if you're still using a wired connection to off-camera strobes, at a time when the industry has largely moved to wireless external flash control.
You do get 3.5mm headphone and microphone ports, mini HDMI, remote control, and USB-C ports, all located on the left side.
The memory card slot is on the right.
The EOS R supports a single UHS-II SD/SDHC/SDXC card.
If your workflow requires the redundancy delivered by dual card slots—a failed memory card is not something a wedding photographer would ever want to deal with—wait for Canon to release a model for pros, or opt for the Sony a7 III, which does have dual slots.
Canon has opted to use the same battery that its current SLRs utilize, the LP-E6N.
It is rated for about 370 images using the LCD or 350 shots with the EVF.
That's similar to the Nikon Z 6 (400 shots LCD, 330 shots EVF), but lags behind the Sony a7 III (710 shots per charge).
RF Lens System
The EOS R introduces a new lens mount, RF.
It's not compatible with the EF-M mount used by Canon's APS-C mirrorless camera line, dubbed EOS M.
But you can use SLR lenses, both EF and EF-S, via an adapter.
Canon sells a few different adapters, the basic Mount Adapter EF-EOS R for $99.99, an upgraded version that adds a control ring for $199.99, and the Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter.
The first two are available now, with the Drop-In adapter scheduled to ship in March 2019 with your choice of a circular polarizer ($299.99) or variable power neutral density ($399.99).
The adapters are important—they allow you to use Canon's extensive line of lenses with the EOS R, with absolutely no detriment to optical quality or autofocus speed.
All of the EF lenses I used with the EOS R, which included not just Canon optics, but also third-party lenses from Sigma and Tamron, worked without any issue.
The quality and pricing of the adapters make the RF system very appealing to photographers who have a large investment in Canon glass.
You can also use Canon EF lenses via an adapter with the Sony mirrorless system, but you don't always get the same level of autofocus performance as with native lenses, even with a good adapter like the Sigma MC-11.
The native lenses are also a reason to look at the RF system—even if the EOS R isn't the most earth-shattering debut.
The standard zoom, the RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM, is of high quality, and has a longer reach than the 24-70mm F4 Nikon has made the default lens for its Z system.
But it's expensive, selling for $1,099, even when purchased in a kit.
It's joined by two prime lenses, the $499 RF 35mm F1.8 Macro IS STM and the premium RF 50mm f/1.2 L USM ($2,299).
The most unique and ambitious RF lens, the 28-70mm F2 L, is huge, heavy, and priced just shy of $3,000.
The only other full-frame, f/2 zoom we've seen to date is from Sigma, the relatively short 24-35mm F2 DG HSM Art, which can be used with the EOS R using one of the EF adapters.
Canon's take isn't quite as wide, but zooms in closer.
It's also the only RF lens I've not yet had a chance to try, so I can't speak to its quality as of yet.
But given how good the other three lenses are, and the price, I expect it to be a favorite for event photographers.
On one hand, I'm happy to see Canon making a statement with its RF lens line.
But I can't help but wonder if potential EOS R customers will be scared by the lens prices.
An affordable 24-70mm or 28-70mm zoom would go a long way to get folks started.
As it stands, budget shoppers should think about EF glass and the basic $100 adapter to use it.
Dual Pixel AF Sets EOS R Apart
The EOS R uses the same Dual Pixel AF system found in recent Canon SLRs.
Instead of using a series of masked pixels, as is the case with most mirrorless cameras with on-sensor phase detection, Dual Pixel AF splits each pixel in half, so each can act as a phase detection sensor due to the very slight offset between the two.
This means that any of the camera's 30 million or so pixels can check focus, although not all are active—it'd be overkill and the too much for the camera's processor to handle.
Instead Canon has opted to make 5,666 pixels active for focus, with coverage almost all the way to the edges of the sensor.
In addition to autofocus, the EOS R's Dual Pixel AF supports Canon's Dual Pixel Raw file format.
It's something we looked at closely when it was introduced with the EOS 5D Mark IV ($2,499.00 at Amazon) .
In short, it's not a very useful feature—it gives you some ability to adjust the focus point, but not by much, and comes at the cost of greatly increased file sizes and slower operation.
I'm happy to see that Canon hasn't dropped it, because some photographers may find it of use, but it's not a selling point.
In terms of speed, Dual Pixel AF is quite fast.
It locks on to targets in an average of 0.1-second, although I did notice a little inconsistency with the EOS R.
It would often lock on to our focus speed test target in almost no time, but could also slip to about a 0.2-second lag on occasion.
In dim light the EOS R is a little slower,...


Visit the Hi-Tech Seals booth #5213 at the 2014 Global Petroleum show. The Global Petroleum Show is Canada's largest Oil & Gas show. The event takes place every two years and has over 60,000 attendees.
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The Global Petroleum Show will be held in the Stampede Park grounds, 1212-1220 Olympic Way Southeast, located in Calgary, Alberta.


This week has been a crazy one! Hope you had a great Halloween!
Related to my job, I've been invited to a breakfast with a Minister, but I wasn't aware it was a really small group of people. So I hadn't planned on wearing anything fancy, but when they told me it would just be about 12 of us, I started to freak out! By chance, I had spotted a ice dress at H&M, so I could go and grab that.
The breakfast went really well, I was sat just next to the Minister! He was really nice, really casual and I've heard him say bad words hahaha! Of course at the Office later on I was complimented on my dress. I think I should wear dress more often, I liked the look it gave me.
The other day I went shopping for Halloween with my friend Nissa and we also had dinnner together. I never thought I would have paid that much for a hamburger, it was just so expensive! It was a good one though, and great times with friends don't have price. That's how I justify it haha!
But, on the other side, I realised this week that the office is giving me more that what I thought for my internship, so I will not be complaining! Yay for extra money!
Today my flatmate Laura and I wanted to do the newly re-opned Picasso Museum. But we arrived too late, so we strolled around the Marais and Saint-Germain-des-Prés. I think Saint-Germain-des-Prés is my favourite neighbourhood, I always tedn to gravitate there!


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After all, social collaboration changes the way we work. For Generation Y, work is not necessarily associated with one fixed location. What counts is getting the right results at the right time. A Cisco study shows that around 40 percent of Generation Y representatives surveyed would accept a lower salary if the employer provided a high degree of flexibility regarding the place of work and equip the employees with the relevant end devices and applications.
Smartphones and tablet PCs have long been part of everyday working life. Generation Y expects to be able to access the company IT systems on the go and at home and work just as productively as at the office. Regardless of where they work, employees cenn meet customers, suppliers and project teams via video conferencing. To solve specific problems and carry out projects, companies set up temporary teams with members who have never met in person and are spread around the globe.
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Q: Pandas styling to excel "TypeError: the first argument must be callable" import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(24)
df = pd.DataFrame({'A': np.linspace(1, 10, 10)})
df = pd.concat([df, pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 4), columns=list('BCDE'))],
               axis=1)
df.iloc[3, 3] = np.nan
df.iloc[0, 2] = np.nan

df.style.applymap('green', subset=pd.IndexSlice[1:3, 'B': 'C']).\
    to_excel('sA009.xlsx', engine='openpyxl')

TypeError: the first argument must be callable.
df.style.applymap('green', subset=pd.IndexSlice[1:3, 'B': 'C']) without error.
but df.style.applymap('green', subset=pd.IndexSlice[1:3, 'B': 'C']).
to_excel('sA009.xlsx', engine='openpyxl') not work? why i need use "func" instead of ''green'?

A: The function df.style.appylmap(...) has as a first argument a function that takes a scalar and returns a single string with the CSS attribute-value pair.
As an example from https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/style.html a function that will color negative numbers red and positive numbers black.
def color_negative_red(val):
    """
    Takes a scalar and returns a string with
    the css property `'color: red'` for negative
    strings, black otherwise.
    """
    color = 'red' if val < 0 else 'black'
    return 'color: %s' % color

In this case, the cell's style depends only on it's own value. That means we should use the Styler.applymap method which works elementwise.
s = df.style.applymap(color_negative_red)

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Today, there are many sophisticated tools for prospect research, but Rockefeller's advice is as good now as it was back then. An authentic relationship with donors is often built upon our knowledge of their interests and philanthropic intent.
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30-Day Depeche Mode Challenge - Day 3.
Your favorite Depeche Mode video
@thewaisthigh #30dayDM Favorite DM video is "Behind the Wheel" (from The Videos 86>98 - Remix) directed by Anton Corbijn from 1987
Best paired with "Route 66," "Behind the Wheel" was Depeche Mode's 20th UK single (released in December 1987 in the UK and April 1988 in the U.S.).
There are two videos for "Behind the Wheel," the 5:20 album version of the song and the 4:13 remix version of the song, both pure unadulterated Corbijn.
Photo: Virgin Media via imcdb.org
LABELS: #30dayDM, 30-day Depeche Mode Challenge, Anton Corbijn, Behind the Wheel, Depeche Mode


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Each month, churches in the CROSS Services communities ask their congregations to donate specific items so that CROSS consistently receives a variety of necessities throughout the year.
Volunteers are needed to coordinate efforts between Word of Peace and CROSS, organize food and clothing shelves, and assist with administrative tasks.


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Biography: David George Haskell
David Haskell's work integrates scientific, literary, and contemplative studies of the natural world.
His latest book, The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors (Viking, 2017), examines the many ways that trees and humans are connected. The book was winner of the 2018 John Burroughs Medal and the 2020 Iris Book Award, named one of the Best Science Books of 2017 by NPR's Science Friday, selected as Favorite Science Books of 2017 by Brain Pickings, and in the 10 Best Environment, Climate Science and Conservation Books of 2017 at Forbes.com. Deborah Blum, Pulitzer winner, author of The Poisoner's Handbook, and director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT says of The Songs of Trees, "David George Haskell may be the finest literary nature writer working today. The Songs of Trees – compelling, lyrical, wise – is a case in point."
His first book, The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (Viking, 2012), was winner of the National Academies' Best Book Award for 2013, finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, winner of the 2013 Reed Environmental Writing Award, winner of the 2012 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature, runner-up for the 2013 PEN E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and winner, in its Chinese translation, of the 2016 Dapeng Nature Writing Award. A profile by James Gorman in The New York Times said of Haskell that he "thinks like a biologist, writes like a poet, and gives the natural world the kind of open-minded attention one expects from a Zen monk rather than a hypothesis-driven scientist". E. O. Wilson wrote that The Forest Unseen was "a new genre of nature writing, located between science and poetry."
Haskell has also written about biology, ethics, and human culture for The New York Times and other publications.
The Atomic Tree, a virtual reality adaptation of the last chapter of The Songs of Trees premiered at SxSW festival in March 2019, was awarded the Best VR Experience and Jury Prizes for Immersive Impact and Journalistic Achievement at the Social Impact Media Awards, and has played at dozens of festivals around the world. The film was directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Adam Loften, with screenwriting by David Haskell, Adam Loften, and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.
Haskell holds degrees from the University of Oxford (BA) and from Cornell University (PhD). He is Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of the South, where he served as Chair of Biology. He is a 2014-2015 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and an Elective Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. His scientific research on animal ecology, evolution, and conservation has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the World Wildlife Fund, among others. He serves on the boards and advisory committees of local and national land conservation groups.
Haskell's classes have received national attention for the innovative ways they combine action in the community with contemplative practice. In 2009, the Carnegie and CASE Foundations named him Professor of the Year for Tennessee, an award given to college professors who have achieved national distinction and whose work shows "extraordinary dedication to undergraduate teaching." The Oxford American featured him in 2011 as one of the southern U.S.'s most creative teachers. His teaching has been profiled in USA Today, The Tennesseean, and other newspapers.


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package org.jvnet.hyperjaxb3.ejb.test.tests;

import javax.persistence.Basic;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.PrimaryKeyJoinColumn;
import javax.persistence.SecondaryTable;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
import org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons.lang.Equals;
import org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons.lang.EqualsStrategy;
import org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons.lang.JAXBEqualsStrategy;
import org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons.locator.ObjectLocator;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "L", propOrder = { "id", "one", "two", "lthree" })
@Entity
@Table(name = "table_kl")
@SecondaryTable(name = "table_l", pkJoinColumns = { @PrimaryKeyJoinColumn(name = "id") })
public class L implements Equals {

	@XmlAttribute
	private String id;

	@Id
	// @Column(table="table_l")
	public String getId() {
		return id;
	}

	public void setId(String id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	private String one;

	@Basic
	public String getOne() {
		return one;
	}

	public void setOne(String one) {
		this.one = one;
	}

	private String two;

	@Basic
	public String getTwo() {
		return two;
	}

	public void setTwo(String two) {
		this.two = two;
	}

	private String lthree;

	@Basic
	@Column(table = "table_l")
	public String getLthree() {
		return lthree;
	}

	public void setLthree(String lthree) {
		this.lthree = lthree;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		return equals(null, null, obj, JAXBEqualsStrategy.INSTANCE);
	}

	public boolean equals(ObjectLocator thisLocator, ObjectLocator thatLocator,
			Object object, EqualsStrategy strategy) {

		if (!(object instanceof L)) {
			return false;
		}
		if (this == object) {
			return true;
		}
		final L that = (L) object;
		return strategy.equals(null, null, this.getId(), that.getId())
				&& strategy.equals(null, null, this.getOne(), that.getOne())
				&& strategy.equals(null, null, this.getTwo(), that.getTwo())
				&& strategy.equals(null, null, this.getLthree(),
						that.getLthree());
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return HashCodeBuilder.reflectionHashCode(this);
	}

}

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A gallery-curated exhibition that brings together 5 artists whose work comments on life today in the Australian suburbs. Through the mediums of painting, drawing and ceramic installation. Please join us for the offical opening and visit the gallery again during our MEET THE ARTIST sessions.
"Rockin' the Suburbs at Gallery 139 combines the work of five local artists in a fresh examination of life in Australian suburbia which, since architect Robin Boyd's 1960 book, The Australian Ugliness has been more often critiqued than celebrated. Once again the service stations, neon signage and franchised imagery of Peter Lankas' shopping centres provide the background for Ellie Kaufman's backyard settings of caravans, long necks and old-school ink where polka dotted, teen beauties besport themselves on supercar bonnets with lascivious intent.
In a series of confidently painted works Jo Shand records a nocturnal excursion around the fringes where lights are dim and dogs appear from the silent darkness while Dane Tobias takes us inside these suburban houses with a series of small drawings in marker pen whose playful combination of colour and line challenge the accepted perception of suburban banality. Nadia Aurisch concentrates on the repetitive regularity of outer city life with the uniform greyness of her grids of simplified ceramic houses broken by the inclusion of a small number of coloured pieces whose careful placement activates the whole work."
The Newcastle artist creates work which reflects on the everyday and the her "own backyard".


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Getty awards $150,000 to Vincent Price Art Museum
By Jesus Figueroa The Vincent Price Art Museum is the only community college museum to have received a total of $150,000 in grants from the Getty foundation to participate in the "Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA." The VPAM will use the grants for researching and planning an exploration of Latin American and Latino art. The grants are among $5 million worth of grants announced by the Getty. "The grants were very…
Petition to commemorate American icon ends soon
By Sergio Berrueta An online petition to commemorate horror movie legend and art enthusiast Vincent Price is underway. The petition currently has 98,360 signatures out of 100,000 signatures needed by the March 6 deadline. It can then be sent for review by President Barack Obama's administration. Vincent Price was famous for his acting career which started in the mid-1950s. He appeared in several horror films such as "House on Haunted Hill,"…
Las Cafeteras premiere video for 'Luna Lovers' at VPAM
By Erik Luna A renaissance is happening in East Los Angeles and Las Cafeteras are happy to be a part of it. Last night the band, who has former East Los Angeles College students, premiered their new music video for their song "Luna Lovers," from their album "It's Time," at the Vincent Price Art Museum. Jaranero and singer Hector Flores said that it was important to display their work…
Vincent Price Art Museum displays faculty art exhibit
By Jesus Figueroa Paints, pastels and found art are used to create the faculty art collection currently on display at the Vincent Price Art Museum's Faculty Exhibit. Art instructor Benjamin Britton starts off the small gallery's art with a wondrous colorful oil painting, a wild painting full of reds, blues, yellows and greens flowing in an array of curves and straight lines. With a consistent basic shape in every painting,…
Gaytino, a one man performance
By Jesus Figueroa ELAC alumnus Dan "Eddie" Guerrero brought a culturally explosive one-man show, '¡Gaytino!' to the P2 Proscenium Theatre last Thursday afternoon and Saturday night. "How many Chicanos do you think have performed at the Kennedy Center," Guerrero asked. Guerrero is proud of having performed ¡Gaytino!, with much success and great reviews there. The crowd was greeted to a large projection on the screen on stage upon entering the…


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This year's VW Classic was packed with a lot to see.
During this time of the year in Southern California, the morning weather is usually bad (especially along the coast). The weather improves and clears up by lunchtime. So the photos I take of cars in the morning have to be retaken later when the sun comes out.
I'm sure all the wonderful VWs will be shown in upcoming VW magazines so I decided to look at slightly different VWs.
There were a lot of this style this year.
Here's a classic Avenger. It looks unreal.
Looking at this Puma, it was perfectly styled.
Out of the Air Cooled photos I took, this was the only exception.
I'm not sure of the model it is but it sure looks cool.
There were a lot of VWs at this event but I only saw one VW with Speed Master Wheels.


SS16 is in full swing and the sun has got his hat on over our Kat HQ (Bermondsey St, London).
Our new website means Kat Mac Shoes fly all over the world, and as we wave goodbye to our beautiful shoes we often wonder who´s feet they land on? Is that a little odd, perhaps but we can´t help but love our customer´s style!
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Michael J. Fox Ad Leads Crass Winners at Chip Shop Awards
By Tim Nudd
(Note: The ad above was not approved by Canon.) The Chip Shop Awards are advertising's free-for-all award show. The work doesn't need to have run—in fact, the agencies don't even need to represent the clients they're advertising. It's basically one big piss-take. Here are two of the "winners" from yesterday's show in London—the Canon ad above with Michael J. Fox promoting a camera's image stabilization (best use of bad taste), and the ad below for a clinic's "vaginal tightening and reduction" featuring Piers Morgan and Justin Bieber (best use of shocking copy). Jury chairman Alfredo Marcantonio says: "The Chip Shop Awards are about execution of an idea in its purest form. We are currently in a climate where there are very few brave clients around. There is not much money around either so it is necessary to have a scheme like this where neither of these play a part." See all the winners here.
Tim Nudd
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Resident Evil back on Switch
Friday, May 24, 2019 | 6:55 PM
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Did you truly think Capcom would finally stop porting the Resident Evil series to new systems? Unsurprisingly, Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4 have found their way on to Switch, with pretty good ports apparently. Not that it can be considered as a feat, mind you, but it's still nice to be able to play RE1 (the Gamecube remake) and RE0 (the original episode released on GC) in handheld mode. The fourth installment in the franchise is a cult classic without a doubt, but because it's in full 3D, it might look a bit dated on some aspects. Even gameplay wise, it requires a bit of getting used to for some reason, but maybe it's just us. Aside from that, it is without a doubt an episode to discover asap if you have never played it.
Resident Evil 4, 5 & 6 hitting PS4/X1
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Thursday, February 25, 2016 | 5:10 PM
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Capcom has just announced that Resident Evil 6 will hit PS4 and Xbox One on March 29, while Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 4 will hit those platforms this Summer and this Fall respectively.
Resident Evil 4 HD PC trailer
Friday, February 21, 2014 | 10:16 PM
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If you've managed not to play Resident Evil 4 in the past 9 years, despite the fact that the game was released on Gamecube, PS2, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, then Capcom is giving you a chance to catch up with the Ultimate HD Edition of the game on PC. Trailer inside.
Resident Evil 4 comes back on PC
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 | 2:54 PM
Capcom will bring back Resident Evil 4 on February 28 with an ultimate HD edition for PC on Steam and also at retail in Europe. Running at 60 frames per second the title costs $19.99 and comes with pre-order bonus.
Our Resident Evil 4 HD videos
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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As part of the Resident Evil Revival Selection, Resident Evil 4 is back in HD resolution and is now available to all. Since there is no demo of the game, we thought you might need to see how the game now looks. So here are three videos of the beginning of this 20-hour-long adventure.
2 Resident Evil 4 videos
BlimBlim
Friday, January 28, 2005 | 4:07 PM
Maskrider, aka the video god, just sent me these 2 videos of the japanese version of Resident Evil 4. One from an old build of the game, the other is the store trailer.
TGS video of Resident Evil 4
Friday, November 12, 2004 | 4:12 PM
I've also received this veru nice quality video of Resident Evil 4, from the last Tokyo Games Show.
8 vidéos from the demo of Resident Evil 4
Thursday, September 23, 2004 | 10:14 PM
Maskrider asked me to host these 8 gorgeous videos of the demo of Resident Evil 4. He does not play really well since he's still discovering the game, but it looks very good !
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Tech ·Entrepreneurs
The entrepreneurial lessons of 'Hamilton'
BYAdam Lashinsky
Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role of the musical "Hamilton" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York, July 11, 2015. Hip-hop and musical theater seemingly have little overlap, but that is the space in which Miranda lives, the space that birthed ?Hamilton,? which opened last week to some of the strongest reviews in years. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
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I saw a musical in New York last night about one of America's greatest entrepreneurs, Alexander Hamilton.
The entrepreneur label might seem at first blush to be a stretch for the founding father whose face is on the ten-dollar bill. After all, he was a soldier, a politician, and a lawyer, not a businessman. But the best and scrappiest of Silicon Valley's entrepreneurs will recognize plenty of themselves in Hamilton. An immigrant, an orphan, and a striver of the first degree, Hamilton saw what he wanted, a new kind of country, and he went for it. Or, in the melodically memorable words of lyricist, composer, and title-role actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton took his "shot."
And what a shot it was. An indispensable aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War, a chief author of the Constitution and the Federalist Papers that explained it, and the first treasury secretary, Hamilton left his mark on a young nation. And he did it quickly, like so many great entrepreneurs. It should be no spoiler that Hamilton died in a duel with friend-turned-enemy Aaron Burr at the tender age of 49.
What's amazing about "Hamilton," the smash hit on Broadway, is that it tells all this in the most accessible of ways, through the words of hip-hop. In other words, Miranda is bringing a new language to the art of the mainstream musical. This 21st-century artist is a true disruptor. In fact, Miranda tells Hamilton's story so well that he's able, through the technique of a rap poetry slam competition between Hamilton and political rival Thomas Jefferson, to explain to a general audience why it was so important that Hamilton established the first national bank. (By assuming the debts of the new states, the bank bound the young country together.)
Entrepreneurs are a scrappy, misunderstood lot. They persevere even when no one believes in them. They're also nakedly ambitious, as was Hamilton. (Uber CEO Travis Kalanick put the founding father's face on his Twitter handle and called Hamilton "America's first capitalist.") Hamilton achieved so much and left his mark on history. Miranda's accomplishment of a career is to bring this story to whole new audience. Come to think of it, he's a pretty good entrepreneur himself.
See this play if you can. Who knows, it might just inspire your creative—and entrepreneurial—juices.
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Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT) is a post within the United States Fleet Forces Command. As Naval Surface Force Atlantic, it is a military formation, but the organization is often known as SURFLANT. Its headquarters are at the Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia. The current commander is Rear Admiral Brendan R. McLane. COMNAVSURFLANT supervises all surface ships based on the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast of the United States, as well as ships forwarded deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain.

Overview
Naval Surface Force Atlantic is one of the U.S. Navy type commands. It consists of more than 70 ships, 25 separate organizations, and 25,000 personnel. The command was created on 1 July 1975 by the consolidation of the previous Commander, Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet (COMPHIBLANT), Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, Atlantic Fleet (COMCRUDESLANT), Commander, Service Forces, Atlantic Fleet (COMSERVLANT), and Commander, Minesweeping Force, Atlantic Fleet.

The Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, was established after the First World War. The Force was redesignated as Destroyer Squadron, Atlantic, on October 1, 1921; later to be redesignated again as Destroyer Squadron, Scouting Fleet, U.S. Fleet, on December 8, 1922. With the change in designations in the Fleet, the destroyers were established as Destroyer Squadron, Scouting Force, U.S. Fleet. From October 1, 1937, to July 3, 1940, units of this squadron were transferred continually to the Pacific Fleet. The outbreak of war in Europe reversed this trend.

On July 3, 1940, there were again enough destroyers in the Atlantic to establish a type command, which became known as Destroyers, Atlantic Squadron, U.S. Fleet. When in November 1940, the Atlantic Squadron became the Patrol Force; the destroyer command was renamed Destroyers, Patrol Force, U.S. Fleet. On February 3, 1941, with the reorganization of the Navy and the dissolution of the Patrol Force; the U.S. Atlantic Fleet formed and Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet came into being.
On 1 April 1962, the Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Atlantic (CruDesLant), was formed by the merger of the former cruiser and destroyer type commands. , the former DesLant flagship, became the CruDesLant flagship. COMCRUDESLANT was originally headquartered at Naval Station Newport, RI, but transferred to Norfolk in the early 1970s.

Previously, Commander, Service Forces, Atlantic Fleet (COMSERVLANT), referred to both the U.S. Navy officer serving in that appointment which was extant from before World War II to 1975, and the command he headed, Service Forces, Atlantic Fleet (SERVLANT). He was the commander of all Atlantic Fleet "service"-type ships, such as oilers, tankers, ammunition ships, reefer ships, cargo ships, supply ships, repair ships, and the like. These ships were non-combatant and were intended only to support the warships as they required supplies. ComServLant was a very large organization during World War II, and its sub-units were termed Service Squadrons (ServRons). From the late 1970s more and more service ships were transferred to Military Sealift Command; for example  was transferred to MSC in January 1980.

Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet (PHIBLANT), came under the command of Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright on November 24, 1948. He held it until November 1, 1950.  Based at the Norfolk Naval Station, Wright was responsible for three major subordinate commands, Amphibious Group 2, Amphibious Group 4 (commanded by Eugene B. Fluckey from October 1960 to November 1961) and the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. COMPHIBLANT also included Amphibious Training, an Amphibious Air Control Group, a Naval Beach Group, a Detached Group, and a Mediterranean Group.  Wright's flagship was the ,  an Adirondack-class amphibious force command ship.  The most significant accomplishment during Wright's tour of duty as COMPHIBLANT was PORTREX, a multi-service amphibious assault exercise held from February 25 to March 11, 1950.  PORTREX was the largest peacetime amphibious exercise up to that time and it was staged to evaluate joint doctrine for combined operations, test new equipment under simulated combat conditions and provide training for the defense of the Caribbean. Amphibious Group 4 later took part in operations in the Dominican Republic in 1965.

In April 1994, Commander, Destroyer Squadron 6 (COMDESRON 6) changed homeport to Pascagoula, Mississippi and subsequently was dual hatted as Commander, Naval Surface Group Pascagoula. In January 1996, as a result of an Atlantic Fleet reorganization, Commander, Naval Surface Group Pascagoula was renamed Commander, Regional Support Group Pascagoula.

As part of a reorganization announced in July 1995 of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's surface combatant ships into six core battle groups, nine destroyer squadrons, and a new Western Hemisphere Group,  was reassigned to Destroyer Squadron 24. The re-organization was to be phased in over the summer and take effect 31 August 1995, with homeport shifts occurring through 1998.

At the end of the transitional period, the following ship assignments were to apply:
Destroyer Squadron 2: , , , and .
Destroyer Squadron 14: , , , and  in FY96.
Destroyer Squadron 18: , , , and .
Destroyer Squadron 20: , ,  until transfer to Western Hemisphere Group in August 1997, and  in FY96.
Destroyer Squadron 22: , , , and  in FY96.
Destroyer Squadron 24: , , , and  in FY97.
Destroyer Squadron 26: , ,  and .
Destroyer Squadron 28: , , , , and  in FY97.
Destroyer Squadron 32: , USS Hayler , , and .

Western Hemisphere Group (WESTHEMGRU) was established in September 1995 and eventually supervised Destroyer Squadron 6 and Destroyer Squadron 14 as well as a Coast Guard squadron.(FAS.org, GlobalSecurity.org) It was intended to build expertise on the Caribbean and Central/South America. In April 1998, as the result of yet another reorganization, COMDESRON 6 shifted operational control to Commander, Western Hemisphere Group, and was redesignated as a Tactical Squadron. Around 1998, the squadron included Hall, Ticonderoga, and Yorktown. In December 1999, COMDESRON 6 was redesignated as a Tactical/Readiness Squadron under the operational control of Commander, Naval Surface Group 2. At one point, the composition of Destroyer Squadron 6 included FFG-16 at Mayport, FFG-22 at Charleston, SC,  at Charleston, SC, FFG 15 at Norfolk, and FFG 20 and FFG 21 at Pascagoula.

Commander Naval Surface Group Two was established 18 February 2000 and Western Hemisphere Group was disestablished the same day.

Effective 1 October 2001, the U.S. Navy designated a "Lead-Follow" arrangement among its type commands wherein one type commander was designated the senior lead for the specific "type" of weapon system (i.e., naval aviation, submarine warfare, surface warships) throughout the entire operating U.S. Fleet as it pertains to modernization needs, training initiatives, and operational concept development.  From that date, these designated fleet TYCOM commanders were to provide guidance to their respective "type" forces via the lead-follow TYCOM arrangement.

The Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVSURFPAC) was designated as the Commander, Naval Surface Forces (COMNAVSURFOR) for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, with the Commander,  Naval Surface Force Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT), serving as his deputy.  COMNAVSURFOR is responsible for modernization needs, training initiatives, and operational concept development for the surface warfare community throughout the U.S. Navy's operational fleet. It appears that as a result, the COMNAVSURFLANT post was lowered to a Rear Admiral's post instead of the previous Vice Admiral.

Force composition in 2010

References

External links
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Commander, Naval Surface
Type commands of the United States Navy
Military units and formations established in 1975
1975 establishments in the United States
Military history of the Atlantic Ocean

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Теорема Коші — теорема з геометрії, названа в честь Оґюстена Коші. Вона стверджує, що опуклі багатогранники у тривимірному просторі з конгруентними відповідними гранями повинні бути конгруентними один одному. Тобто, будь-яка розгортка многогранника формується шляхом розгортання граней багатогранника на пласку поверхню, з додатковою інструкцією для склеювання, яка описує, які грані повинні бути з'єднані, і це все однозначно визначає форму початкового багатогранника. Наприклад, якщо з'єднано шість квадратів у шаблоні куба, то вони повинні утворювати куб: бо не існує опуклий багатогранник із шістьма квадратними гранями, які з'єднаними таким же чином, але не мають такої ж форми.

Це є фундаментальним результатом в теорії жорсткості: одним з наслідків теореми є те, що, якщо створювати фізичну модель опуклого багатогранника, з'єднуючи разом жорсткі пластини для кожної з граней багатогранника з гнучкими петлями уздовж краю багатогранника, то цей ансамбль пластин та петель обов'язково утворить жорстку структуру.

Твердження
Нехай P та Q будуть комбінаторно еквівалентними 3-вимірними опуклими багатогранниками; тобто вони є опуклими багатогранниками з ізоморфними ґратками граней. Припустимо далі, що кожна пара відповідних граней з P і Q є конгруентними одна до одної, тобто існує рух, якій переводить одну в іншу. Тоді P та Q конгруентні.

Історія
Результат виник в Началах Евкліда, де тіла називаються рівними, якщо у них рівні грані. Ця версія результату була доведена Коші в 1813 році на основі більш ранньої роботи Лагранжа. Помилка в доведенні Коші головної леми була виправлена ,  та Олександром Даниловичем Александровим. Виправлений доказ Коші настільки короткий і елегантний, що він вважається одним з .

Узагальнення та пов'язані результати

 Результат не виконується на площині або для неопуклих багатогранників в : існують неопуклі згинані многогранники, що мають одну або більше ступенів свободи руху і які зберігають форми своїх граней. Зокрема, ними будудь  — це згинанні поверхні з самоперетином, знайдені французьким математиком  в 1897 році. Сфера Конеллі — згинний неопуклий многогранник без самоперетинів гомеоморфний двовимірній сфері був знайдений Робертом Коннеллі 1977 року.
 Хоча спочатку теорема Коші була доведена у тривимірному просторі, пізніше теорема була узагальнена на простори більшої вимірності О. Д. Александровим (1950).
 Теорема жорсткості Коші є наслідком теореми Коші і стверджує, що опуклий багатогранник не може бути деформований так, щоб його грані залишалися жорсткими.
 У 1974 році Герман Глюк показав, що в певному сенсі майже всі (неопуклі) багатогранники є жорсткими.
 Теорема жорсткості Дена є продовженням теореми жорсткості Коші до інфінітезимальної жорсткості. Цей результат був отриманий Деном в 1916 році.
 Теорема єдиності Александрова доведена О. Д. Александровим (1950), узагальнює теорему Коші. Вона стверджує, що опуклий багатогранник однозначно описується метричним простором геодезичних на її поверхні. Аналогічна теорема єдиності для гладких поверхонь була доведена Кон-Фоссеном у 1927 році. Теорема єдиності Погорєлова узагальнила ці результати на загальні опуклі поверхні.

Див. також
 Теорема Александрова про опуклі многогранники

Примітки

 A.L. Cauchy, «Recherche sur les polyèdres — premier mémoire», Journal de l'Ecole Polytechnique 9 (1813), 66–86.
 Max Dehn, «Über die Starreit konvexer Polyeder» (in German), Math. Ann. 77 (1916), 466—473.

 James J. Stoker, «Geometrical problems concerning polyhedra in the large», Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 21 (1968), 119—168.
 Robert Connelly, «The Rigidity of Polyhedral Surfaces», Mathematics Magazine 52 (1979), 275—283
 Robert Connelly, «Rigidity», in Handbook of Convex Geometry, vol. A, 223—271, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1993.

Теореми опуклої геометрії
Евклідова геометрія
Теореми дискретної геометрії


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Blame Amissah-Arthur for NDC defeat in the Central Region, not me – Allotey Jacobs
Bernard Allotey Jacobs is the Central Regional Chairman for NDC
As the Central Regional opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party activists continue to blame the Central Regional Chairman of the party, Bernard Allotey Jacobs for his 'incompetent leadership' which led to the NDC party's defeat in the 2016 parliamentary and presidential elections, Allotey Jacobs has lashed out at his critics to rather turn the blame on the former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur; MyNewsGH.com's Asana Gordon has filed a report from the Central Region.
According to the regional chairman, it is not only Amissah Arthur but Cassiel Ato Forson too who coordinated the campaign has a fair share of blame to take.
"If the critics say I didn't do well then the former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur is even from this region, National Executive members and the campaign coordinator, Ato Forson is also from this region so why do I be blame for not winning for the elections for the NDC in this region" Allotey Jacobs lamented.
Mr Allotey was speaking to Cape Coast South Constituency NDC members during their elections over the weekend, covered by MyNewsGh.com's Asana Gordon.
Amissah Arthur's role in the fortune of the NDC in the 2012 election has been the subject of intense debate with many accusing him of extreme incompetence in his inability to match then candidate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia boot-for-boot.
It was reported last year how former Ashanti Regional 1st Vice Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress Alhaji Shani Muhammed said the Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, failed the party and its Presidential Candidate, John Mahama in the 2016 presidential elections.
Amissah-Arthur "I must say point blank that Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is to blame for the NDC losing this election," Alhaji Shani opined.
The December 7 presidential poll saw the worst defeat recorded by a sitting President in Ghana's election history. President Mahama became the first incumbent to lose a re-election bid after a first term, as the opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, won 53.85% of the total valid votes cast, against his 44.40%.
Alhaji Shani indicated that the Veep was brought into the party in 2012 "as someone who was going to be able to sort out the economic challenges" and also as a counter to the NPP's Running Mate and economist, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia but he failed. Look at his own region. What did we get there. Please please please", he said, getting angry.
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Well we did it with Rooney.
I'm not saying his is but the way he sets his teams out and the players he uses e.g. Sambou up top whose contract runs out in June and will probably be released, Galloway plays a lot and he is probably gone in the summer, Browning was playing a fair bit before we sold him. It just seems that he wants the title again for his CV.
Yeah, hes a big lad playing amongst kids. 18 year olds taking the league by storm are few and far between.
I've no clue whether Simms is any good but when/how can you answer that?
You can only beat what is in front of you.
Take Sambou, signed at 18 in 2016 for the U21s, he's been there 3 years, he's 21 now, contract up in June how long does it take at that level to draw a conclusion, before they're either given a go or moved along for the next?
That's why we employ coaches isn't it? To make those decisions. Obviously they may not always get them right, but it's literally why they're employed. We don't just have a public vote on every player to see what team they should be in or whether we should keep them.
When/how can you answer that?
I can't because I don't think I've ever seen him play. But I guess my point was that those who coach him every day and watch him every game will have a better understanding of when he will be ready.
His stats are unbelievable but I struggle to believe that he is being overlooked by the coaching staff. They must have some plan in place for his development over the next 12-18 months?
If he's good enough he's old enough coybs!!!
What was Rooney's record ?


As high school Biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi has gotten to know each of his demi students (and succubus colleague), he's realizing more and more how many unique challenges these girls face. How can a vampire get ready in the morning if she can't see herself in a mirror? Do dullahans hold the secrets to quantum physics? Testuo learns something surprising every day, but he has a huge challenge ahead of him: with summer coming, he wants to make sure the vampire Hikari and snow-woman Yuki get to join in the sunny adventures. With new problems arising, Tetsuo also starts to wonder if his help is keeping the girls from growing on their own. Can he strike the right balance with the demis before summer break?


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Movie Review – Tallulah
Category : Movie Review
Director: Sian Heder
Starring: Ellen Page, Allison Janney, Tammy Blanchard
In 2007, Page & Janney teamed up with an unbeatable cast in an unforeseeable hit, imprinting Juno on our collective minds for all time. That would be Diablo Cody's one & only cinematic success, and, in a way, Page's too. She's had a few small roles in a few solid films, a few major roles in fewer, and has basically coasted along as a b-level talent for the past 10 years. But that's about to change, if Tallulah has anything to say about it. Page & Janney are both back on the map with this drama, a film that showcases the best they have to offer while delivering a brand new take on an old story. Written by, directed by, and starring women, Hollywood is benefiting from movies like this, an alternative to the usual fare, a breath of fresh air.
Tallulah, or just Lu, which is much easier, is a free spirit to make all others seem typical. She lives in a van, travels where she wants, ties herself down with nothing, and is ready to move on to the next adventure at a moment's notice. This lifestyle might be a little lonely, which is why Lu teams up with Nico, a rich boy who wants to escape the mundane modern existence. Lu & Nico fall in love, but when he wants to go back home, their relationship is shattered. Desperate to find him, and honestly to get a little quick cash, Lu visits Nico' mother Margo, who wants nothing to do with her. A chance encounter with a neglectful mother of an innocent toddler will give Lu exactly the means she needs to convince Margo to help; a child who can be passed off as Nico's, at least until Margo watches the news.
This film is a dangerous balance of good & bad, mostly when it comes to the acting, but thankfully remains steady enough to let a few stars shine & win over audiences before anything falls to pieces. Page & Janney are tremendous, playing their characters with a natural charisma & comedy that lightens the heavy mood, convinces us of their sincerity, and impresses with pure talent. Tammy Blanchard nearly steals the show still, as the screwed up mom who is just as pathetic as she is able to break your heart. But the rest of the cast is utterly awful: Nico, the policemen, the stereotypically gay couple, and Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren as a Child Services worker. They almost mess things up, as do a few unnecessary out-of-body experience sequences, but the foundation of the film holds out just long enough to reach the finish line without falling on its face. The first hour is much better than the back end, Page & Janney impress, and the movie as a whole entertains, despite a few flaws, so watch with confidence and a few tissues handy for those who lean toward the emotional.
My rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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Patient portals could widen health disparities
Websites that offer secure access to one's medical record, often referred to as patient portals, are increasingly important for physician or and patient communication and routine access to health care information. However, patient portals could widen the gap in health disparities among the most vulnerable patients, according to research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
The study found that patients with low health literacy, less education and who are African American were less likely to use patient portals compared with white patients and those who were more health literate.
Michael S. Wolf
"Patient portals that offer access to electronic medical records could help individuals better manage their health care and personal needs, but people with less access to and comfort with computers are at risk of not receiving these benefits and will eventually be left behind," Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, corresponding study author and a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, stated in a press release. "It is a big concern as the patients that already are, perhaps, less engaged in their health and experiencing worse health outcomes may be further marginalized."
The study showed white patients were 2.5 times more likely to be registered as portal users than African American patients. Patients with good health literacy skills were 3.5 times more likely to be registered with the portal than those who did not have those skills.
"If we now further complicate what it means to be a patient by asking people to be engaged outside the doctor's office – on the web or by mobile phone – and if these same groups of patients are not as capable or ready to assume these new roles, we may further exacerbate the disparities that already exist," Sam Smith, Sc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, cancer research UK postdoctoral fellow at Queen Mary University of London and co-author who worked on the study when he was a postdoctoral fellow student at Feinberg, stated in the release. Smith added that these patients may experience delays in getting information and instructions about their health care, and their physicians may be less informed about their conditions.
Underserved populations may need greater support in using online patient portals for patient care, the authors said. Patients may need simple instructions on how to register for an account, as well as support in how to use the available functions.
For the study, researchers linked existing cohort data from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study to routinely collected patient-level data at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Wolf M, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014;doi:10.1093/jamia/ocv025.
Disclosure: The authors report no relevant financial disclosures.
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