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I recently read a great post by Nathaniel Hood on the Strong Towns blog here describing the plight of many aging second ring suburbs. He was concerned that auto-dependent low-density communities were running into structural problems as they entered their fourth or fifth or sixth decade. Declining municipal revenue is combining with increasing costs for everything from infrastructure maintenance, unfunded pensions, and vital services. His solution involves adding value to the existing infrastructure through higher density mixed-use infill development and a shift towards more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly urban fabric. This would boost tax revenue on existing underutilized low value property – most of which is currently surface parking lots. Money would then become available for things like teachers, police and fire protection, and public amenities like parks and libraries rather than eight lane arterial roads lined with one story strip malls.
Mr. Hood was clear about the possible options facing these towns. If they keep things exactly as they are now they will inevitable decline and devolve into less prosperous places. The numbers simply don't add up to allow these local governments to remain solvent into the future given their current set of arrangements. The problem with his solution is that current residents often resist change for fear that the character of their familiar suburb will be altered. There's a political backlash against things that smack of top down "social engineering" that doesn't play well with many people. The default political position is to keep things as they are and muddle along.
I say, "Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it." I'm pretty sure what Mr. Hood has in mind is something in keeping with the lovable neighborhoods of a previous era: Boston's Back Bay, Toronto's Queen Street West, Miami's South Beach, or a thousand charming small Midwestern "Norman Rockwell" farm towns. Or perhaps he holds newer places like Portland's Pearl District or Vancouver's slender glassy podium towers in high esteem. In my experience when most suburbs do embrace things like density and transit they do so in a peculiar manner that achieves the stated goals, but with a very different flavor.
Recently I've been helping a friend move house from an apartment in San Francisco to a suburban tract home in San Jose forty miles to the south. I've lived in the Bay Area for twenty years but I've never explored San Jose before. I simply never had a good enough reason to spend time there. But now I do and what I keep finding is very strange. Surprising, but strange.
Santana Row is still a shopping mall. In fact it's still home to a car dealership as well in the form of a Tesla showroom. Mind you, it's a shopping mall with 219 condos and 615 rental apartments sitting on top of it, but every inch of it is still a mall. The surface parking was compressed and stacked into multi-story parking decks. The big box stores were pushed to the edges along the high volume arterial roads so as to create a buffer for the eponymous main drag down the center. There are public buses that stop on the edge of the complex so there is nominal access to transit, although it doesn't work well since Santana Row is embedded in the middle of a whole lot of low density sprawl. You really do need to drive to almost everything most of the time. And there are plenty of people driving on the roads and freeways outside the complex to get to the mall from someplace else.
Keep in mind the people who build these higher density infill developments are the same people who have been building shopping malls and golf-oriented gated communities for decades. They're really good at it and have the expertise and financial backing to get these big projects done. But they aren't city builders. They just build more compact versions of the old stuff they're used to – usually on exactly the same plots of land.
I want to give Santana Row the benefit of the doubt and say that this might be a baby step that will ultimately lead to other such developments that begin to link together to form a contiguous and coherent city, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Instead this thicker more intense suburban form is its own thing distinct from traditional historic town centers. Some people may prefer it and pay extra to live there. Others may live there because it's not quite as bad as the suburban alternatives down the highway. Or some may not like it at all and move farther away to escape to an even more distant suburb that's quieter and less citified. Santana Row is simply another option along the spectrum. But it ain't Norman Rockwell.
Here's a different part of San Jose where the city has invested in a light rail system. On paper it works pretty well. It's possible to travel from downtown San Jose to the airport along a corridor where many Silicon Valley companies have their corporate campuses. The rail stops also coordinate with intersecting bus routes so you can branch out to other neighborhoods. And in a few years the BART commuter rail will be extended from Oakland and San Francisco to connect to San Jose. The problem with investing in rail systems in suburbia is that there may be some density here and there – like an apartment complex, Chinese retirement home, or Holiday Inn. But mostly there's just too much empty space and low value crap everywhere for the system to be efficient or pleasant. In time things may flesh out, but the way things are looking now suggests that the end result will be more like a parade of five story strip malls than anything our great grandparents would call a town.
Here's another example of density without urbanism. This is Dublin, California forty miles east of San Francisco and thirty miles north of San Jose. Dublin is a new town being built on pasture land and it's the last stop on the BART commuter rail line. It's pretty much the farthest you can go in the Bay Area without the daily commute to other suburbs (forget the city) from becoming intolerable.
The aerial view from Google Earth provides an excellent understanding of the city planning involved. The territory has been carved up into giant superblocks just like the typical suburban pattern. One chunk for the regional shopping mall, one chunk for the office park, one chunk for the big box and chain restaurant pods, and many chunks for residential use. But instead of building single family detached homes on cul-de-sacs, Dublin is going with much higher density condo complexes with massive internal parking decks. The width of the roads anticipates a tremendous amount of traffic once the landscape has been filled as planned. There's already bus service in operation and bike paths have been included in the street design, but only the most unfortunate inhabitants of this landscape will ever "chose" to use it as a last resort. The physical design of the place repels pedestrians and makes biking unpleasant even in the California sunshine. And look at the buildings. These are actually more dense than typical neighborhoods in San Francisco or Brooklyn. This is just more density without urbanism. What would it be like to walk to a shop to buy bread or milk from one of these buildings? Would you let your children walk to school here? Would you be comfortable letting your elderly mother sit on the side of one of these roads waiting for a bus to travel to the mall or the doctor? Dublin is an hour and a half away from civilization, but not really any closer to what you might call nature – and the more of Dublin that gets built the less pleasant it will become.
So Mr. Hood… When you encourage aging suburbs or new green field developments to build more compactly please be far more specific and mention the other vital aspects of city building and place-making that need to accompany the density. Otherwise you're likely to end up with sprawl puffed up on steroids instead of a real town.
Santana row looks interesting! It's a little too commercial (it looks like the only things you can do over there are: buying an apartment, shop and work in a corporate shop), but it's also well connected to the residential areas east and west. So, right now you have a bunch of houses from which you can walk or bike to a (corporate) downtown. And if you need to leave, connect to light rail and so on, you have buses 23, 60 and 323. So, in the neighborhood east and west of Santana Row, you can live without a car, and have a house you can own, modify, and adapt to your needs.
I'm planning to build something like the LA Ecovillage you describe on https://granolashotgun.com/2014/06/23/the-hippie-guide-to-conservative-economics/ . At the moment I'm looking for a piece of land to buy, and locations like these (a suburb with a corporate downtown next to it, and with all-day transit) are my favourite choices.
Wow! Those pictures of that last place are really amazing. Thank you!


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Why are Netflix lowering video streaming quality?
Why are Netflix lowering video streaming quality - and how long will it last?
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Netflix has explained more about the changes. Picture: Netflix
Netflix has confirmed it will reduce the streaming quality for European viewers for the next month to combat a sudden increase in demand - sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
As internet use surges during the outbreak, the move has been taken to try and ease the burden placed on broadband networks.
Why is video quality being reduced?
With people around the continent forced to stay home due to coronavirus, the internet has seen an uptake in traffic, as everyone works from home or seeks out entertainment.
Telecoms company, Vodafone, reported a 50 per cent rise in internet use in Europe earlier this week, while Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg, said that his platform has also experienced a significant rise in traffic.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Netflix has seen a surge in the number of people using its service as well. As a result, some are concerned that this sudden increase will overload networks and lead to crashes.
In an attempt to reduce the strain on broadband networks, Netflix has decided to reduce the streaming quality their service provides, claiming that this will reduce data usage by 25 per cent.
Users have also been advised to switch from high-definition to standard-definition where possible. It is estimated that an hour of standard-definition video uses up about 1GB of data, while the same amount of high-definition video can run as high as 3GB.
However, the company has also said that picture quality will still be good – so those staying at home for the foreseeable future should still be able to rely on a high-quality viewing experience to help get them through it.
YouTube has taken a similar approach - for the next 30 days, video content on the platform will only be available in standard definition.
How long will the reduction last?
The quality reduction was announced on Thursday, March 19, and is currently scheduled to last for 30 days.

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Magazine distribution in Spain 2016, by social class
Distribution of people reading magazines in Spain in 2016, by social class
by Fernando Forte, last edited Feb 12, 2019
This statistic displays the magazines distribution in Spain in 2016, by social class. Roughly 20 percent of people consuming magazines in Spain in 2016 were upper-middle class. Almost the same percentage were from the middle-lower group.
* The survey was carried out in three waves in 2016:
- 1st wave 2016
From January 13th to March 15th, 2016: 10,787 face to face interviews.
From January 13th to March 22th, 2016: 3,515 telephone interviews.
- 2nd wave 2016
From April 6th to June 7th, 2016:10,798 face to face interviews.
From April 6th to June 14th, 2016: 3,527 telephone interviews.
- 3rd wave 2016
From September 7th to November 8th, 2016:10,842 face to face interviews.
From September 7th to November 15th, 2016: 3,530 telephone interviews.
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Magazines ranked by circulation in Germany Q1 2019
Magazine advertising spending in the U.S. 2010-2021
Advertising market share of media types in Germany 2018
Statistics on "Magazines in Germany"
Reach and circulation
Magazine focus: Focus, Stern, Spiegel
Magazine advertising
Number of consumer magazines published in Germany from 1997 to 2018Consumer magazines published in Germany 1997-2018
Ranking of the 25 best selling consumer magazines in Germany in 2018 (in million euros)Best selling consumer magazines in Germany 2018
Ranking of magazines with the highest retail sales revenue in Germany in 2015 (in million euros)Magazines ranked by highest retail sales revenue in Germany 2015
Leading magazines ranked by circulation in Germany in 1st quarter 2019Magazines ranked by circulation in Germany Q1 2019
Leading magazines ranked by reach in Germany in 2019 (in million readers)Magazines ranked by reach in Germany 2019
Number of online and mobile visits of news portals in Germany in April 2019 (in millions)Visits of news portals in Germany April 2019
Media types ranked by advertising market share in Germany from January to April 2018Advertising market share of media types in Germany 2018
Market share of publishing houses of television guides based on paid circulation in Germany in the 1st quarter of 2014Market share of TV guide publishers in Germany 2014
Sales volume of consumer magazines in Germany from 1996 to 2018 (in million copies)Circulation of consumer magazines in Germany 1996-2018
Magazines with the highest absolute circulation increase in Germany in the 1st quarter of 2019Magazines with the highest circulation increase in Germany Q1 2019
Magazines with the highest absolute circulation losses in Germany in 1st quarter 2019Magazines with the highest circulation losses in Germany Q1 2019
Number of persons reading magazines during their free time in Germany from 2015 to 2018, by frequency (in millions)Frequency of reading magazines during leisure time in Germany 2015-2018
Purchase frequency of magazines and weekly newspapers in Germany from 2012 to 2015 (in million people)Purchase frequency of magazines and weekly papers in Germany 2012-2015
Number of people with a high willingness to spend money on magazines and newspapers from 2014 to 2018 (in millions)Willingness to spend on magazines and newspapers in Germany 2014-2018
Number of online shoppers who used fee-based offers by newspapers and magazines on the internet in Germany from 2013 to 2016 (in millions)Usage of paid print media content on the internet in Germany 2013-2016
Which of these statements about reading and the usage of newspapers, magazines and books apply to you? Attitude towards reading and reading habits in Germany 2016-2018
For which of the following topics would you say that magazines are a useful source of information?Magazine usage for information about selected subjects in Germany 2013, by gender
Paid circulation of the news magazines Der Spiegel, Stern and Focus in Germany from the 2nd quarter of 2015 to the 1st quarter of 2019Sales volume of Spiegel, Stern and Focus in Germany 2015-2019
Reach of the news magazine Focus in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million readers)Reach of the news magazine Focus in Germany 2004-2018
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Reach of the news magazine Der Spiegel in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million readers)Reach of the news magazine Der Spiegel in Germany 2004-2018
Advertising pages in the news magazines Focus, Spiegel and Stern in Germany in 2018Advertising pages in Focus, Spiegel and Stern in Germany 2018
Net advertising revenue of consumer magazines in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million euros)Net advertising revenue of consumer magazines in Germany 2004-2018
Consumer magazines ranked by gross advertisement revenue in Germany in 2018 (in million euros)Magazines with the highest advertisement revenues in Germany 2018
Ranking of magazines with the most advertising pages in Germany in 2018Magazines with the most advertising pages in Germany 2018
Industries with the highest advertising spending in consumer magazines in Germany in 2016 and 2017 (in million euros)Industries with the highest advertising spending in magazines in Germany 2016-2017
Distribution of global advertising expenditure from 2015 to 2020, by mediaGlobal advertising expenditure 2015-2020, by media
Book market revenue in Germany from 2013 to 2022* (in million euros)Book market revenue in Germany 2013-2022
Sales volume of consumer magazines in Germany from 2008 to 2017* (in million copies)Paid circulation of consumer magazines in Germany 2008-2017
Digital circulation of consumer magazines in Germany from 2010 to 2014, with projections for 2015 to 2019 (in million copies)Digital circulation of magazines in Germany 2010-2019
Advertising revenue of magazines in Germany from 2003 to 2022* (in million euros)Magazine advertising revenue in Germany 2003-2022
Magazine advertising spending in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)Magazine advertising spending in the U.S. 2010-2021
Magazine penetration in Spain 2016, by social class
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Radio distribution in Spain 2016, by social class
Cinema viewing distribution in Spain 2016, by social class
Distribution of outdoor advertising awareness in Spain 2016, by social class
TV audience distribution in Spain 2016, by social class
Newspaper distribution in Spain 2016, by social class
B2B magazine copies sold and distributed in Ireland 2009-2013
B2B magazine copies sold and distributed in Belgium 2011-2013
Magazine penetration in Spain 2017/2018, by age
Magazine penetration in Spain 2018, by autonomous community
Monthly magazine penetration in Finland 2011-2017, by device
Most popular magazines among boys aged 12-19 in Finland 2016-2017, by reach
Share of people who like to read bloggers' recommendations in Finland 2016, by gender
Consumer price index (CPI) for magazines and periodicals in Denmark monthly 2018-2019
Share of people who like product samples in magazines in Finland 2016, by gender
Magazines in Canada
Magazine Industry
Digital Publishing Industry
Newspapers in Canada
Magazines in Germany
Women's and fashion magazines in Germany
Magazines in Finland
Paid content in U.S. print and digital media
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Magazine industry in the United Kingdom (UK)
The Role Of Magazines At Retail
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The magazine industry in the Netherlands
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Magazine industry in Italy
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Number of consumer magazines published in Germany from 1997 to 2018
Ranking of the 25 best selling consumer magazines in Germany in 2018 (in million euros)
Ranking of magazines with the highest retail sales revenue in Germany in 2015 (in million euros)
Leading magazines ranked by circulation in Germany in 1st quarter 2019
Leading magazines ranked by reach in Germany in 2019 (in million readers)
Number of online and mobile visits of news portals in Germany in April 2019 (in millions)
Media types ranked by advertising market share in Germany from January to April 2018
Market share of publishing houses of television guides based on paid circulation in Germany in the 1st quarter of 2014
Sales volume of consumer magazines in Germany from 1996 to 2018 (in million copies)
Magazines with the highest absolute circulation increase in Germany in the 1st quarter of 2019
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Number of persons reading magazines during their free time in Germany from 2015 to 2018, by frequency (in millions)
Purchase frequency of magazines and weekly newspapers in Germany from 2012 to 2015 (in million people)
Number of people with a high willingness to spend money on magazines and newspapers from 2014 to 2018 (in millions)
Number of online shoppers who used fee-based offers by newspapers and magazines on the internet in Germany from 2013 to 2016 (in millions)
Which of these statements about reading and the usage of newspapers, magazines and books apply to you?
For which of the following topics would you say that magazines are a useful source of information?
Paid circulation of the news magazines Der Spiegel, Stern and Focus in Germany from the 2nd quarter of 2015 to the 1st quarter of 2019
Reach of the news magazine Focus in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million readers)
Reach of the news magazine stern in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million readers)
Reach of the news magazine Der Spiegel in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million readers)
Advertising pages in the news magazines Focus, Spiegel and Stern in Germany in 2018
Net advertising revenue of consumer magazines in Germany from 2004 to 2018 (in million euros)
Consumer magazines ranked by gross advertisement revenue in Germany in 2018 (in million euros)
Ranking of magazines with the most advertising pages in Germany in 2018
Industries with the highest advertising spending in consumer magazines in Germany in 2016 and 2017 (in million euros)
Distribution of global advertising expenditure from 2015 to 2020, by media
Book market revenue in Germany from 2013 to 2022* (in million euros)
Sales volume of consumer magazines in Germany from 2008 to 2017* (in million copies)
Digital circulation of consumer magazines in Germany from 2010 to 2014, with projections for 2015 to 2019 (in million copies)
Advertising revenue of magazines in Germany from 2003 to 2022* (in million euros)
Magazine advertising spending in the United States from 2010 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Share of people reading magazines in Spain in 2016, by social class
Distribution of people reading newspaper supplements in Spain in 2016, by social class
Distribution of people listening to the radio in Spain in 2016, by social class
Distribution of people going to the cinema in Spain in 2016, by social class
Distribution of people having seen outdoor advertising in Spain in 2016, by social class
Distribution of people watching television in Spain in 2016, by social class
Distribution of people reading daily newspapers in Spain in 2016, by social class
Number of B2B magazine copies sold and/or distributed in Ireland from 2009 to 2013 (in million copies)
Number of B2B magazine copies sold and distributed in Belgium from 2011 to 2013* (in million copies)
Share of people reading magazines in Spain between April 2017 and March 2018, by age
Share of people reading magazines in Spain in 2018, by autonomous community
Share of people reading magazines monthly in Finland from 2011 to 2017, by device
Most popular magazines among boys aged 12 to 19 in Finland from autumn 2016 to spring 2017, by reach
Share of people who like to read bloggers' recommendations in magazines in Finland in 2016, by gender
Consumer price index (CPI) for magazines and periodicals in Denmark from June 2018 to June 2019
Share of people who like to try product samples in magazines in Finland in 2016, by gender


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"You guys knew what to do with Daisy Ridley, you knew what to do with Adam Driver. But when it came to Kelly Marie Tran, when it came to John Boyega, you know fuck all."
John Boyega has spoken out about the treatment of Black characters in the latest Star Wars trilogy, accusing Disney of capitalising on their casting before pushing them to the periphery of the story.
"You get yourself involved in projects and you're not necessarily going to like everything," he told British GQ magazine in a wide-ranging interview. "[But] what I would say to Disney is do not bring out a Black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side. It's not good. I'll say it straight up."
Boyega, whose Stormtrooper-turned-Resistance fighter Finn was introduced as a prominent character in The Force Awakens but was seen by many critics as having been largely ignored in the climactic The Rise of Skywalker, claimed that his fellow white lead actors had not suffered the same fate.
"Like, you guys knew what to do with Daisy Ridley, you knew what to do with Adam Driver. You knew what to do with these other people, but when it came to Kelly Marie Tran, when it came to John Boyega, you know fuck all," he said. "They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver, all the nuance to Daisy Ridley. Let's be honest. Daisy knows this. Adam knows this. Everybody knows. I'm not exposing anything."
Boyega, next appearing in one installment of Steve McQueen's three-part anthology Small Axe, also asserted that he had been the only Star Wars cast member to have "their own unique experience of that franchise based on their race."
"Nobody else in the cast had people saying they were going to boycott the movie because [they were in it]," he said. "Nobody else had the uproar and death threats sent to their Instagram DMs and social media, saying, 'Black this and black that and you shouldn't be a Stormtrooper.' Nobody else had that experience. But yet people are surprised that I'm this way. That's my frustration."
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Coolness is the eye of the beholder, and when it comes to computer companies, opinions vary more than tastes in clothing. I took a crack at determining who was cool and who wasn't and concluded that Google and Apple have lost a portion of their coolness (the former more than the latter), and that Microsoft was regaining a semblance of coolness by virtue of Windows 7 and the Xbox 360.
One online poster took a more scientific approach and used Google Trends to see how often "cool" and the vendors' names were intermixed.
Turns out I was right about Apple -- it was low on the cool analytics, as was Redmond.
Google had been climbing the cool ladder, but is getting its head handed to it by Facebook -- a call I fortunately made.
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Q: spring-cloud-stream security protocol configuration not applied I am trying to configure the security protocol of the Kafka binder. As documented in the spring-cloud-stream reference the security.protocol property should exist in the spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder.configuration hierarchy but this configuration is not being applied.
I am getting the following warning:  **

WARN 17375 --- [           main] o.a.k.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig
  : The configuration 'security' was supplied but isn't a known config.

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My yaml snippet:
spring:
  cloud:
    stream:
      kafka:
        binder:
          brokers: localhost
          defaultBrokerPort: 9092
          zkNodes: localhost
          defaultZkPort: 2181
          minPartitionCount: 2
          replicationFactor: 1
          autoCreateTopics: true
          autoAddPartitions: true
          headers: type,message_id
          requiredAcks: 1
          configuration:
            security:
              protocol: SSL

I tried to debug the loading of the properties and it looks like that this property is being split and the configuration map is something like: {"security" : {"protocol" : "SSL"}} instead of {"security.protocol" : "SSL"}.
I also tried to change the yaml file to:
configuration:
   security.protocol: SSL
But there was no difference.
EDIT: The Spring Cloud Stream version is Chelsea.SR2 and the Spring Boot version is 1.5.4.RELEASE.

A: A similar issue has been reported here: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/issues/129.
We're investigating whether this is an issue in Spring Cloud Stream or Spring Boot.

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Bean Reserve, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. Note the logo on the window.
The first thing that struck me as I entered Bean Reserve in KL was the geometry. Somewhat hidden along a street behind Jalan Maarof, Bean Reserve offers a quiet space amidst the bustle of Bangsar. The 2D representation of a 3D object that is Bean Reserve's logo is somehow mirrored in the choice of the tables and chairs that are contained in the cuboid space of this café. Triangular tables are arranged to form larger, quadrilateral tables. Circular stools nestle underneath square tables. Light streams into the café from a large window on one side of the room. The other side features a sliding door that was occasionally opened, revealing the desks of The Co, a co-working space that shares the building of Bean Reserve.
Although we only tried the drinks (an exceptionally fruity long black and a very cocoa-y iced chocolate), there looked to be an interesting selection of edibles on offer, with a bottle of chilli sauce stored behind the counter. Soy milk was available if you prefer non-dairy lattes and there were a good range of drinks on offer from nitro-cold brew to iced chocolate, just what can be needed in the heat of KL! Coffee is roasted by Bean Reserve themselves (who are both a café and a roastery), thereby providing the residents of (and visitors to) Bangsar with a seasonally varying range of great, freshly roasted coffee.
Triangular tables and circular stools.
The different geometrical features in the café immediately suggested Euclid to my thoughts. Written over 2300 years ago, Euclid's The Elements was, for many years, the text book on geometry and mathematics. It is said that Abraham Lincoln taught himself the first 6 books of The Elements (there are 13 in total) at the age of 40 as training for his mind¹. Working from 5 postulates and a further 5 common notions, Euclid describes a series of elegant mathematical proofs, such as his proof of the Pythagoras theorem. And so, it may be appropriate that there is one more geometrical connection between the ancient Greeks and Bean Reserve: That sliding door that connects the café to the working space of The Co.


The Birdhouse doesn't have a secret handshake, cryptic initiation or monthly dues.
This is an Irish Whiskey from Dublin, Ireland.
Since United States is among other countries in the drop-down menu I'm assuming we should receive this.
I thought this was having to do with birds. I have a neighbor who loves all things birds, so I figured I'd get it for her! Thanks TB, hope your Mother's Day was wonderful.....with or without Whiskey!
I love pins for some reason! This one is really cute and I can't wait to add it to my collection. Thanks a lot Tats!!
They have a contest you can enter on their site too...if you win, you get a sample of their whiskey, a writing pen, a glass and a couple of other small things. Mine as well enter while you're there signing up for the bird pin!
thanks tatty!! and thanks twitch, for the contest info!
This pin is very cute.
Hm, I just noticed that the currency is in €. When signing up they also didn't ask me what state I was located in.
I noticed that too. I am going to assume this is not in the US. Can't find any info on the website anywhere. However, they DID ask for a ZIP code, which are US only. So who knows if we will actually get this or not.


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Home Business Latest Business Las Vegas Hilton Celebrates It's 40th Anniversary
Las Vegas Hilton Celebrates It's 40th Anniversary
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The Las Vegas Hilton, which opened as the International on July 2, 1969 is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special day for employees, special promotions, commemorative gaming chips and a 24/7 happy hour.
It's been about 10 years since I met William Barron Hilton, co-chairman of the Hilton Hotels chain, paternal grandfather of Paris. For me, The Las Vegas Hilton has been one of my preferred places for celebrity interviews, which include my interviews with Dennis Miller, Nancy Wilson, Wayne Newton, Bob Parker and late James Brown "The Godfather of Soul," to name a few.
The resort is celebrating the anniversary with a salute to the 19 employees who are still working at the Hilton from the day the property opened as the International, with a day-long celebration in the employee dining room with music from 1969, a 1969 costume contest, and raffle prizes. Two special $5 commemorative gaming chips, one bearing the likeness of Elvis and the other of Barbra Streisand (and a picture of the Hilton marquee from that period on the other) are available for sale at the cage. They are also offering free 40th anniversary t-shirts to players who earn one reward dollar playing tables or slots. The front of the t-shirt reads "Where Were You in '69?"
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The Hilton, which transformed itself over the last five years into a modern resort under the ownership of Colony Resorts, has a rich Las Vegas history. The International was designed to be the world's largest hotel at that time. Barbra Streisand opened the 1,568-room property, but it was Elvis who made the International an instant Las Vegas landmark. Elvis debuted at the International on July 31, 1969, performing 837 consecutive sold-out shows and performing before 2.5 million people. His final show was December 12, 1976.
During several decades, the Hilton (the International became the Las Vegas Hilton in March 1971) was home to superstar entertainment, major conventions, a great race and sports book (the SuperBook), and big boxing events. Then, for several years, the property languished. When Colony Resorts purchased the Hilton in 2004, it committed to a $100 million transformation of the property, including bringing back the glory of the legendary SuperBook and launching a strong entertainment policy.
Barry Manilow debuted as the Hilton's resident headliner on February 23, 2005. The superstar continues to perform in the Hilton Theater through 2009. Other big-name entertainers joined the Hilton: Michael Buble made his Las Vegas debut at the Las Vegas Hilton in February 2006, followed by Diana Krall in June 2007. The Hilton became home to Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Reba McEntire, the Doobie Brothers, Heart, and Brooks & Dunn. Today, the Las Vegas Hilton looks to a bright future, welcoming conventions, players and leisure travelers. Certainly the Hilton name will remain a bright light to all Las Vegas and the world.
There are still memorable moments; one of which was last month when Julio Iglesias performed. This was a wonderful moment when the audience and Iglesias bonded together. I would be remised if I didn't mention the Hilton'sTempo Lounge and The Shimmer Showroom that now features Voices Starring Earl Turner and Lani Misalucha, Sin City Heat, and Sin City Bad Girls. That was one of the great things about Las Vegas and still remains that way at Las Vegas Hilton.
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(From right) USSEC CEO Jim Sutter, ASA Director Ron Moore and USB Director David Williams chat with COFCO President Patrick Yu during the China Intentional Import Expo.
American Soybean Association (ASA) Director Caleb Ragland participated in the 7th U.S.–China Swine Industry Symposium and met with customer company representatives during his trip to Beijing in early January. He delivered the opening remarks on behalf of the U.S. soy industry during the symposium, promoting the advantages of U.S. soybeans and addressing the current trade issues between the U.S. and China. "We continue to have faith that increasing exports of U.S. Soy will help address the trade imbalance," Ragland said. "U.S. farmers strongly believe in trade, not tariffs, and we are hopeful that talks between our respective governments will bring trade issues between our two countries to a mutually satisfying conclusion." Read more.
American Soybean Association (ASA) Director/former USSEC Director Ron Moore traveled to China in November to attend the China Intentional Import Expo(CIIE). This event gathers government officials, business communities, exhibitors and professional purchasers across the world, providing new channels for countries and regions to do business, strengthen cooperation, and promote common prosperity of the world economy and trade. Read more.


The WONDERS Of YOSEMITE VALLEY And Of CALIFORNIA.
Kneeland, Samuel [1821 - 1888].
Per C & K, "one of the better early guide books to the Yosemite region." First published in 1871, this third edition incorporates material "gathered by Kneeland during his second trip to Yosemite in the summer of 1872" ... and "has an extended text, including a description of Yosemite in winter and an essay on 'The Yosemite Glaciers.'"


Fly overnight to Nice, France.
Bienvenue à Nice! Upon arrival, your Forum Tour Manager will greet you at the airport and help you transfer to École France Langue where you will meet your host families.
While living with a host family, you will quickly discover that French is more than just a textbook language as you sample typical French food, interact with the local community, and practice your language skills daily.
Enjoy your first dinner and evening with your host family.
After breakfast at home, travel as the locals do – by foot or tramway.
Attend your morning French classes (three hours).
After lunch, familiarize yourself with the city on an orientation tour.
Then, visit the Matisse Museum to see first-hand why this master of modern art earned recognition for his use of color and original designs.
After breakfast, attend your morning French classes (three hours).
Enjoy some free time for lunch before boarding your train to Monaco. This tiny principality, complete with royal family, is the second smallest (and the most densely populated) country in the world.
See Prince Rainer's breathtaking Palais du Prince and watch the changing of the guard.
Then, visit the Musée Oceanographique, a splendid aquarium with Mediterranean and tropical marine life.
Return to Nice to spend the evening with your host family.
Later, travel by bus to the medieval mountain town of Eze. Perched on a rock 1,400 feet above sea level, the village centers on the ruins of a 12th-century castle – a testament to centuries of occupation, from the Romans and the Moors to the House of Savoy.
Wander through the labyrinthine streets, then admire the panoramic view of the sea and coastline.
Visit a local parfumerie and learn the 3000-year history of perfume making. Take part in a perfume workshop and produce your own fragrance to take with you!
After some free time for lunch, board a the train to Cannes, home of the famous cinema festival.
See the gorgeous views from the top of the city at La Haute Ville, then follow the narrow streets down to the Forville Market.
Visit the Palais des Festivals where the film festival is held.
Enjoy the afternoon to explore the Nice at your own pace. Visit the famous Florian fruit preserve shop, do some souvenir shopping in Old Town, or enjoy some sun on the beach.
After breakfast, your host family will take you back to the École France Langue with your bags, where you can say your good-byes.
Transfer to the airport by private bus and board your return flight home.


The eye seems to be okay. The brain seems to be okay too. They kept him in the hospital overnight last night for observation. The cat scan showed a blood trail, but nothing too major, so they'll do another one tomorrow and see how things are going.
Rule: it is never a good thing when you can make the neurologist on duty say "I've never seen THAT before!"


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Sensio Signs a Deal with Disney for 3D Video On Demand Content
Posted Tue Mar 5, 2013 at 09:00 AM PST by Brian Hoss
Vizio 3D TV owners can look forward to 3D VOD Disney content.
Sensio Technologies, a major player in the 3D film arena, has signed an agreement with Disney for the express purpose of making Disney's 3D movies available for on-demand rental. Sensio's 3DGO! 3D VOD Service is available exclusively on Vizio 3D TVs. The deal includes titles such as 'Frankenweenie' and 'Brave,' but no word yet as to whether or not 3D 'Star Wars' films are included.
Nicholas Routhier, CEO of Sensio, "The Disney 3D library is without contest one of the best out there, and we are thrilled to add an incredible selection of titles from a true legendary studio and 3D pioneer. We are more determined than ever to realize our promise to address the lack of 3D content to the home."
As Sensio continues towards its goal of having over 200 3D titles on offer by year's end, those consumers who are seeking 3D VOD content from Disney but do not own or wish to own a Vizio 3D TV are left wanting.
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Now here's something that says tropical feast and right in time for the warm weather. Set the scene in your garden or courtyard table with Annabel Trends Monstera Leaf Placemats. Actually fashioned into the shape of one of our best loved plants, these fronds fan out to allow for several plates to be placed on top of them. Even the simplest of spreads will look decadent and exotic.
Store with tissue or fabric between each placemat to avoid sticking.
Dimensions: 45.5cm (l) x 37.5cm (w).


Magic is the inherent force of the universe and creation. It is nothing more than the force that already binds all things together. This force may be used as anything could be used. It is honestly not any different that the way you breathe or the way energy works.
They are many ways to achieve magic. You can reach command over it spiritually, through writings, blood, sacrifice, physical prowess and even mechanically. Each magic takes either exact precision, potions or elixirs to reach the proper circumstances for the forces of the universe to respond in a certain way that is somewhat normally unconventional.
They are many different schools of magic and different kinds of magic that are not only unique to it's own characteristics, but bizarre even in it's own tenancies that still dumbfound all researchers even today.
Unsurprisingly, they are thousands of kinds of magic "genetics". To help magicians and witches characterize these differences, they use what is known commonly as the Magic Majors. The Magic Majors overcast the plethora of Magic Minors that substrate all of magic knowledge. The Magic Majors are know as follows.
*Alchemy- The act of taking objects from the real world and using them for magical means or the act of transpiring that object into another object with the exact materials that it originated from.
*Archaic- Spells used for miscellaneous purposes such as fixing, repairing, enhancing or causing decay on objects.
*Black- Spells that is corrupting not only on it's victim, but the to the caster as well. It is a "Type" known as Evil Magic.
*Demon- Spells using the energy that naturally resides in a demon.
*Elemental- Spells concerning the many elements of the magical realm.
*Holy- Spells that empower itself with the light and love of all creation. This "Type" is strongly driven by love.
*White- Mysterious magic that is the counter to all magic. It is purifying and life bringing, sacred and unexplored. A folklore magic, most likely not existing and never properly analyzed. All phenomena that cannot be logically explained normally finds it's way into white magic.
All of the many magic forms fall somewhere into these Magic Majors with only a few arguable exceptions. Magic is an ever growing understanding of reality that magic users still argue over today. As we continue on your understanding of magic, we will go into each one of these Magic Majors into greater detail.


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Try caching the result of your popnet before you put it through the trail and add nodes at the end.
I generally find the scaling by 10 solution works well for me - not had any noticeable accuracy issues with it. Is a bit annoying having to adjust all forces and colliding objects etc though. I usually combine this method with some wrangles which drag and deactivate the pieces once they get too slow (similar to what Juraj detailed above).
If you just want to push particles away from the surface you could use a pop attract. Drop one down in your pop network, set attraction type (under the goal tab) to "points", set the sop path to point to your source geometry and Force scale (under the force tab) to a negative number. To make it only happen when your red circle appears at the end, just key the force scale parameter.
As well as missing the 3d functions, Natron doesn't support deep compositing either I believe. It's pretty useful for a basic comp though.
Thanks for the advice guys :-) In the end I've opted to go for the Gridworks cloud option. From the tests I've done I've been very impressed. It's not perfect yet, but they've definitely done enough to convince me for now.
I'm an fx artist and am looking to start taking on some freelance work from home soon. I'm having the debate as to whether it would be better to build/buy a custom render farm for home or to try and take advantage of the cloud options that are available. I've put a summary of the info I've gathered so far below and I'd be grateful if anybody could offer any advice on this topic or correct anything I might have got wrong below. Cheers, Tony Cloud Rendering I've seen Amazon and Gridmarkets mentioned here on odforce and the sidefx forums. They seem to be the most popular options, but I also found this list: http://rentrender.com/houdini-render-farms/ of different cloud render farms that apparently support Houdini. Amazon This seems like a good option as it is the most well documented/tested so far. My main concern though is that I've been reading through the docs and it seems the process for me to simulate and render something would be: 1. upload hip file 2. do sim 3. download sim files 4. upload hip file again with sim files 5. do render 6. download render (or do the sim locally at home and skip steps 1-3) This seems like it would be problematic if the simulation is big, as it would take a very long time to upload/download the sim data. It sounds like it would be a good solution if I'm just trying to render a simpler scene, but I don't think it will be feasible for fx work with large sims. Gridmarkets I've just signed up for the beta, so will try to update this once I've done some tests. I'm hopeful this can solve the problem outlined above though based on this video: I don't seem to be able to find any cost info on there website so it's hard to know if this would be a feasible solution at the moment. Home Render Farm From what I've read so far, either custom building or buying a second hand rack/blade server would be the best option for a home farm. The main pros of a home farm I can see are: 1. Once the initial outlay for hardware is done, it should be a lot cheaper to run than constantly paying an online render farm company. 2. It should be a lot faster as all of the hardware would be on site, so I wouldn't constantly be uploading/downloading data from the the web. 3. There's less security issues to worry about (I can see clients/companies potentially not liking the idea of the project data being uploaded to an online farm for rendering/simulating). 4. I can customize it to my exact needs. My main concerns about a home farm are: 1. The initial costs are going to be high. 2. It's going to run up my electricity bills. 3. It's going to take up space in my house and generate noise. 4. It's going to generate a lot of heat. 6. Having to do all of the initial set up/build is going to take some time. 7. If something goes wrong with the hardware or farm software, I have to do all of the debugging and pay for any replacement parts if needed.
Have you double checked the image in mplay to see that the channels definitely aren't in there?
The ifd materials are created by /out/red_sphere /out/blue_sphere and /out/box. They are set up to run out a single frame and save to the /tmp drive, so if you're running linux you should just be able to go to /out and click render on /out/RENDER and the dependencies will sort everything out, save it to your tmp drive and create a render for you. If you're on windows or mac, you may have to change the output paths.
Have you looked at using material archives to do the colour part? You use the mantra archive rop to create them and they plug in to the delayed load shader at the bottom.


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Karlheinz Tafel (* 15. Juli 1948 in Bonn; † 28. April 2012 ebenda) war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Hörspiel- und Synchronsprecher.

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Karlheinz Tafel begann nach dem Abitur ein Studium in den Fachrichtungen Germanistik und Theaterwissenschaft, führte dieses jedoch nicht zu Ende. Stattdessen machte er eine Schauspielausbildung, die er mit einem Diplom abschloss. Im Anschluss an diese Ausbildung sammelte er Erfahrungen im Bereich des Theaters, so stand er während einer Tournee auf mehreren Bühnen, beispielsweise am Stadttheater, am Volkstheater, beim Kindertheater und am kleinen Zimmertheater.

Später betätigte er sich auch als Regisseur in Bonn und Würzburg. Tafel ergriff die Gelegenheit, an der letzten Mikrofonprobe beim WDR teilzunehmen und kam dadurch zu seiner Karriere als Rundfunk- und Hörspielsprecher. Für diese Tätigkeit erhielt er einige nationale und internationale Preise für Produktionen (Hörspiel, Feature, Trailer und Fernsehdokumentationen).

Er lieh unter anderem der Rolle des Sir James Powell in der Hörspielserie Geisterjäger John Sinclair seine Stimme.

Karlheinz Tafel verstarb am 28. April 2012 im Alter von 63 Jahren in seinem Wohnort Bonn.

Werke (Auswahl)
Filme
 1978: Lady Audleys Geheimnis (TV-Miniserie)
 2006: Das hässliche Entlein & ich (Zeichentrickfilm)

Videospiele
 1997: The Curse of Monkey Island (als Murray)
 2000: X: Beyond the Frontier
 2002: Enclave
 2002: Cultures 2 – Die Tore Asgards
 2003: Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
 2007: Overclocked – Eine Geschichte über Gewalt

Hörbücher und Hörspiele
 1999: Ken Follett: Die Säulen der Erde – Regie: Leonhard Koppelmann (Hörspiel (9 Teile) – WDR)
 2011: Alexandra David-Néel, die Frau vom Dach der Welt, Reader's Digest Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
 2011: Das Grauen aus dem Eis, Romantruhe Audio
 2011: Pompeji, Random House Audio
 2012: Der Horrorgarten des Samurais, Romantruhe Audio
 2012: Die Rückkehr der Mumie, Romantruhe Audio
 2012: Die Stunde des Henkers, Romantruhe Audio
 2012: Im Höllensumpf der Kannibalen, Romantruhe Audio
 2012: Vaterland, Random House Audio
 2012: Venedig sehen und sterben, Romantruhe Audio

Weblinks
 Website von Karlheinz Tafel

 Karlheinz Tafel bei randomhouse.de

Einzelnachweise

Deutscher
Filmschauspieler
Theaterschauspieler
Hörspielsprecher
Synchronsprecher
Geboren 1948
Gestorben 2012
Mann

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Headaches are often associated with any attempt to organize large scale organic waste management. The digital hub that forms part of the Organix project of the SUEZ, is a meeting platform for organic materials producers and users of as well as methane producers. It has won the Award of the Assises des Déchets 2017 Speed Meetings Innovation competition, within the disruptive or digital technologies category.
Efficient recycling of plastered bricks is a demanding challenge. A novel solution came from the partnership between ''Serfim recyclage'' and ''Vicat Eco-valorisation''. It won the 2017 Assises Speed Meetings Innovation Award in the Prevention and Recyclability category.
The Run Eco Team project, conducted in association with the IRU company, won the Award of the Assises des Déchets 2017 Speed Meetings Innovation competition, in the societal initiatives category.
Timeline: 2022! At the beginning, in the field of waste sorting, priority was given to packages whose recycling was technically feasible, i.e. plastics, bottles and flasks. Technology has improved, new plastic recycling schemes have been developed, and the law now imposes to extend sorting requirements to all plastic packages by 2022. Majors efforts have been made, with positive structuring results. A summary of discussions held in Workshop 1 of the Assises is given below.
The objective of Workshop 2, the first of its kind in the Assises, was to explore advances to be expected from new technologies, and to take stock of the current situation.
Although the bulk of waste is now recovered and treated in adequate conditions, some bad practices are still prevailing. Somme waste is still left on the side of the road and sometimes exported or used illegally, and often ends up in the oceans. Such practices are difficult to quantify and to control, as they combine minor offences and much more organised systems. Here-below is a summary of discussions held in Worskhop 3 of the Assises.


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Q: Golang mongo-go-driver hangs/timeout on collection.InsertOne during load test I'm trying to loadtest a simple go/mongo API with vegeta, but I'm only getting timeout during the test of the POST endpoint.
Mongo driver https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-go-driver
Handler
// CreateAccount handles creation of a new Account
func CreateAccount(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    var account schemas.Account
    json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&account)

    account.Name = RandStringBytes(10)
    if err := account.Create(); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    } else {

        w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
        w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)

        json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&account)

    }

}

Account.Create
// Create Creates an Account
func (acc *Account) Create() error {
    ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
    defer cancel()

    acc.ID = primitive.NewObjectID()

    if err := acc.hashPassword(); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    _, err := accountCollection.InsertOne(ctx, acc)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    return nil
}

InitDb (Called in main.go)
func InitDb(databaseURI string) {
    ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
    defer cancel()

    var err error
    Db, err = mongo.Connect(ctx, options.Client().ApplyURI(databaseURI))
    accountCollection = Db.Database(databaseName).Collection(accountCollectionName)

    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    if err = Db.Ping(ctx, readpref.Primary()); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

}

Testing GET endpoints work as expected. The only problem is with POST endpoint
Doing a simple jq -ncM '{method: "POST", url: "http://localhost:8080/accounts", body: "Punch!" | @base64, header: {"Content-Type": ["applicati/json"]}}' |   vegeta attack -format=json -rate=100 | vegeta encode for the creation of random empty documents will produce the following logs:
httpserver:
(master) $ go run main.go
Server running :8080
2019/04/23 22:36:46 Error
2019/04/23 22:36:46 context deadline exceeded
exit status 1

mongo ("vanilla" container from official docker-hub)
sudo docker run --rm -p 27017:27017 mongo
2019-04-24T01:35:43.128+0000 I NETWORK  [listener] connection accepted from 172.17.0.1:34002 #1 (1 connection now open)
2019-04-24T01:36:46.193+0000 I NETWORK  [conn1] end connection 172.17.0.1:34002 (0 connections now open)

vegeta
$ jq -ncM '{method: "POST", url: "http://localhost:8080/accounts", body: "Punch!" | @base64, header: {"Content-Type": ["applicati/json"]}}' |   vegeta attack -format=json -rate=50 | vegeta encode
{"attack":"","seq":1020,"code":0,"timestamp":"2019-04-24T01:39:27.355666931Z","latency":0,"bytes_out":0,"bytes_in":0,"error":"Post http://localhost:8080/accounts: dial tcp: lookup localhost: device or resource busy","body":null}
{"attack":"","seq":1021,"code":0,"timestamp":"2019-04-24T01:39:27.375672741Z","latency":0,"bytes_out":0,"bytes_in":0,"error":"Post http://localhost:8080/accounts: dial tcp: lookup localhost: device or resource busy","body":null}
{"attack":"","seq":1022,"code":0,"timestamp":"2019-04-24T01:39:27.395670955Z","latency":0,"bytes_out":0,"bytes_in":0,"error":"Post http://localhost:8080/accounts: dial tcp: lookup localhost: device or resource busy","body":null}

If I drop the -rateto 5 it works but it still hangs for 1 or 2 seconds between requests.
From the http server error it seems that go is loosing connection with mongo
Any tips on how to debug it further ?


The Handley Regional Library system is happy to provide free limited notary services. Please call the Library to confirm hours and to check on evening or Saturday availability.
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WestJet aims to grow Indigenous tourism with one-of-a-kind partnership
WestJet Airlines has formed a new partnership aimed at helping to grow Canada's Indigenous tourism sector, a move that could ultimately culminate in the airline selling authentic cultural tourism packages to Europeans and other international visitors.
Amanda Stephenson, Calgary Herald
WestJet Airlines has formed a new partnership aimed at helping to grow Canada's Indigenous tourism sector, a move that could ultimately culminate in the airline selling authentic cultural tourism packages to Europeans and other international visitors. Pictured are Chief Clifford Couchette, Wesley First Nation; Chief Darcy Dixon, Bearspaw First Nation; Chief Stanley Grier, Piikani Nation; Chief Joseph Weaselchild, Siksika Nation; and Chief Aaron Young, Chiniki Nation posing along Abbey Road (the Beatles crosswalk) in London in early May 2019 while on an Indigenous tourism showcase in London, UK.	Submitted
WestJet Airlines has formed a new partnership aimed at helping to grow Canada's Indigenous tourism sector, a move that could lead to the airline selling authentic cultural tourism packages to Europeans and other international visitors.
The Calgary-based airline announced earlier this week that it has signed a three-year, $100,000 deal with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC), an Indigenous-led non-profit organization that markets travel experiences and tours offered by Indigenous peoples, communities and businesses across the country.
The deal will see WestJet collaborate with ITAC on marketing materials and videos that will highlight Canada's Indigenous cultures and communities in the WestJet magazine and on the airline's inflight entertainment system.
WestJet will also work with ITAC to help existing Indigenous-led tourism businesses enhance and develop their products — with an international visitor in mind.
"If you think of WestJet Vacations, right now it's focused on Canadians going down south," said Arved von zur Muehlen, WestJet's chief commercial officer. "But we also want to bring more guests into Canada. So the Indigenous product that we define and that we feel is export-ready, we will even be able to sell on our own platform in the future."
WestJet has been quietly working to increase connections with Indigenous communities since the airline's new CEO, Ed Sims, took over in 2018. When the airline took possession of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner last winter, southern Alberta Indigenous leaders were invited to WestJet's Calgary headquarters to formally bless the aircraft. Indigenous leaders were also part of a ceremony to mark the completion of WestJet's new, $50-million hangar to house the Dreamliner.
In May, WestJet partnered with Destination Canada and ITAC to fly Indigenous leaders and tourism representatives to London, U.K., for an Indigenous tourism showcase. The airline has been expanding internationally thanks to the longer range of the Dreamliner — in addition to London, it also offers flights to Paris, Dublin and Rome.
"There are a lot of good markets (in Europe) that have interest in Indigenous tourism products," von zur Muehlen said. "The trade show in London basically confirmed that . . . we had a very good response."
On its website, ITAC already markets a number of vacation packages involving Indigenous destinations and experiences, including a wildlife tour in Nunavik, an art and culture immersion in Haida Gwaii, B.C., and a southern Alberta getaway that includes visits to Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
However, ITAC president and CEO Keith Henry said there is much more that could be done, adding the organization's own survey data suggests one in three international visitors are interested in adding an Indigenous experience to their Canadian vacation. The numbers are even higher among visitors from France (63 per cent) and Germany (47 per cent).
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"The challenge we've got is, we have really high demand but we don't have enough supply," Henry said. "Although we've got 1,900 Indigenous-owned tourism businesses in Canada, we've only got about 140 or so that are truly what we call 'international export ready.' "
According to ITAC's recently updated five-year plan, the organization has set the goal of increasing Indigenous tourism revenues in Canada from $1.4 billion in 2015 to $2.2 billion by 2024. Henry said the partnership with WestJet is incredibly important, both for what it wants to achieve and also for the symbolic boost it gives Indigenous communities.
"Indigenous tourism businesses don't always feel like they're part of the mainstream industry. And, typically, when we develop Indigenous tourism in Canada, it's often politically led," Henry said. "But this is purely business and private-sector focused . . . It gives them (Indigenous tourism operators) an extra feeling of confidence that the industry stands with us."
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"Aryl hydrocarbon receptors in the frog Xenopus laevis: two AhR1 paralo" by Wade Powell, Jeremy A. Lavine et al.
Aryl hydrocarbon receptors in the frog Xenopus laevis: two AhR1 paralogs exhibit low affinity for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a potent developmental toxicant in most vertebrates. However, frogs are relatively insensitive to TCDD toxicity, especially during early life stages. Toxicity of TCDD and related halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons is mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), and specific differences in properties of the AhR signaling pathway can underlie in TCDD toxicity in different species. This study investigated the role of AhR in frog TCDD insensitivity, using Xenopus laevis as a model system. X. laevis, a pseudotetraploid species, expresses two distinct AhR1 genes, AhR1alpha and AhR1beta. Sharing 86% amino acid identity, these likely represent distinct genes, both orthologous to mammalian AhR and paralogous to the AhR2 gene(s) in most fish. Both AhR1alpha and AhR1beta exhibit TCDD-dependent binding of cognate DNA sequences, but they bind TCDD with at least 20-fold lower affinity than the mouse AhR(b-1) protein, and they are similarly less responsive in TCDD-induced reporter gene induction in conjunction with the mouse CYP1A1 promoter. Furthermore, CYP1A6 and CYP1A7 induction by TCDD in cultured X. laevis A6 cells appears much less responsive than CYP1A induction in cell lines derived from more sensitive animals. Taken together, these data suggest that low affinity binding by X. laevis AhRs plays an important mechanistic role in the insensitivity of frogs to TCDD. An understanding of these molecular mechanisms should aid amphibian ecotoxicology and refine the use of frog embryos as a model [e.g. in FETAX (Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus)] for determining developmental toxicity of samples containing dioxin-like compounds.


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A slower market isn't slowing growth at The Real Brokerage
Real CEO Tamir Poleg said the company is prioritizing growth — through acquisitions, agent count and market share — to improve the homebuying process.
The brokerage acquired title and lending companies this year in an effort to create an all-in-one homebuying experience.
Real significantly increased its agent count and market share throughout 2022, and plans to continue with that strategy in the year ahead.
As a publicly traded company, 2023 will also be an important year to demonstrate profitability.
It's time to make the homebuying transaction simpler. That's Tamir Poleg's goal, and to get there, his company is busy rebuilding what he thinks is a broken system.
Poleg, co-founder and CEO of The Real Brokerage, said the company's recent acquisitions of both a title and a mortgage company will be the building blocks of an improved system for consumers, giving them more control over how and when a transaction gets done. The company acquired Expetitle in January and announced the completed purchase of LemonBrew Lending earlier this month.
"When you think about the journey of a typical buyer from thinking about buying a home to closing, there are a lot of points along the way that create anxiety," Poleg said. "And those points typically have to do with the fact that you don't control things, somebody else controls them for you.
"For us, it is just simplifying all of this. You need to actually tell us when to close, and we need to make it happen. Not the other way around," Poleg said.
Working toward a seamless buying experience
Poleg envisions a more digital approach to some of the cumbersome aspects of the transaction. Maybe the title component is reduced to clicking a few boxes; financing can be simplified by allowing the lender to find the information they need, with the buyer's permission, instead of applicants collecting all the documents.
"I think when my children buy homes, they will be expecting a different kind of experience," Poleg said. "We are already doing this when buying online. Everything is easy, everything is seamless, everything is acceptable, you control everything. That does not exist in a real estate transaction."
Creating an all-in-one experience with the addition of the newly acquired lending and title companies will take time for Real; Poleg expects a somewhat finished product around the end of 2023.
Taking advantage of growth opportunities in a cooling market
The publicly traded company (REAX) is also busy growing, something that could be a challenge for any company in 2023. In 2022 Real was able to achieve growth by adding agents and market share, a strategy it is planning to continue. At the end of 2022, the brokerage had more than 7,000 agents in 45 states and three Canadian provinces — more than double the number of agents they had at the end of 2021, according to T3 Sixty's Real Estate Almanac.
"All other brokerages are in defense mode, so we want to grow market share," Poleg said. "In that sense, the [slowing] market worked in our favor just because all of the companies in our field are downsizing and we are continuing to grow, and that allowed us to attract great talent from other companies."
As part of the company's growth strategy, Real recently named Sharran Srivatsaa as president. In his newly created role, Srivatsaa will oversee growth areas including agent recruitment and education.
The company is also planning to invest more in its infrastructure. Real's 130 employees all work remotely, and the company is working to make that more efficient, Poleg said.
Banking on profitability next year
Of course, profits are important too, especially as a public company. According to its third-quarter earnings report, Real increased revenue 188% year-over-year to $111.6 million, but had a net operating loss of $4.3 million. Despite what's expected to be a challenging year, Poleg said the company's goal is to reach profitability in the second half of 2023.
Poleg is more bearish than many about the market in 2023, expecting price drops in the 7-12% range — steeper than what many in the industry are predicting.
"I think the market is correcting itself; it's a healthy process," Poleg said.
"If you look at the market long term, this is exactly what should happen. I think that right now you are seeing whose model is sustainable. There will be new winners and new losers coming out of this."
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Emma: The Writing Identity and Authorship AI
Though plagiarism detection systems vary in their sophistication, most work on a similar principle: Matching strings of text to other strings of text.
The approach has proved fairly effective over the past 20 or so years and much of the technology, especially at the upper echelon of the field, is very impressive. It's also been a springboard for major advancements such as translated plagiarism detection.
Still, at the end of the day, plagiarism detection tools are looking for text matches and, while that is great for spotting copy and paste plagiarism as well as a great deal of modified plagiarism, it doesn't get to the core of authorship.
Even after performing a detailed plagiarism analysis it can still be impossible to tell whether or not an author actually wrote the piece they are claiming.
However, Emma Identity (Emma) is hoping to change that.
Emma is a different approach to plagiarism detection in that it doesn't detect plagiarism at all. Instead, Emma is an AI that aims to detect authorship. It learns the patterns of an author and aims to guess if another piece is or is not written by the same person.
Curious about the idea, I decided to put Emma to the test and take part of its gamification beta.
What I learned is that, while the idea may be interesting, it's a long way from definitely telling who truly authored a piece.
The Idea Behind Emma
The idea behind Emma is fairly straightforward: People tend to write in largely the same way.
This is something that human beings are are often able to pick up on quickly. For example, if you read a piece by Herman Melville and a piece by Charles Dickens and most would have no trouble distinguishing between the two authors if you were familiar with their writing.
Emma is an attempt to reproduce that intuition through AI. It works by analyzing an author's writing with some 50 different parameters to determine their writing style and then compare it against unknown works and provide a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Currently, this is achieved by feeding Emma a large amount of content from the author, about 5,000 words, and then submitting a string of unknown documents to have Emma guess the authorship. The idea is that you feed the AI enough information to learn the author's style it can then guess whether a new work was created by them.
Ideally, the creators of Emma would like this to be useful for a variety of purposes including letting educators spot plagiarism, allowing lawyers to prove authorship and even enable law enforcement to spot authors of blackmail notes.
However, my brief experiment found that, while impressive, the technology was far from definitive.
My Test
To test Emma, I decided to use myself as the subject. Since I have many thousands of words of my own writing in my Google Docs, it was an easy source for me to pull from.
When I first signed into to Emma, it asked me to first feed it 5,000 words of my writing. I did this by providing it first a lengthy diary entry that's still in progress and a series of shorter articles I've written on plagiarism and copyright issues.
After I reached the requisite 5,000 words, Emma said it was ready to start analyzing unknown works.
At first I fed it two other articles that I had written, in both cases it came back saying that they were mine. In both cases, Emma was startling certain of my authorship, giving me 97 and 100 percent certainty on them respectively.
It was then I decided to throw Emma some curveballs. I first fed it a non-fiction story where I recalled something from my distant past (though it was written recently). In that case, Emma reported it was not likely mine. I then did the same with a recent case study I had written for a client and, once again, Emma did not recognize it as my own.
After analyzing 5,000 words of my work and four additional documents, Emma was 2-2.
I then fed Emma 2 more documents, neither written by me. The first was a blog post from my partner and the second was a blog post from another copyright blogger. In both cases Emma correctly recognized that they were not from me, bringing the final score to 4-2.
Though this is an admittedly limited sample size, it does point to some pretty significant limitations of Emma.
My Impressions on Emma
To be clear, Emma's technology is very impressive. Authorship is one of the toughest things for an AI to crack and to have any success here is worth applauding.
According to Emma's creators, the AI has approximately an 85% success rate in spotting authorship and that largely falls in line with my experience. Even if my percentage was lower, with a larger sample size I have no doubt it would have ended up in that range.
Still, that doesn't mean that Emma is ready to start assisting the FBI. This is technology that is very much in beta (which is what this test is considered) and it clearly has a long way to go.
The biggest problem Emma had, in my limited testing, wasn't false positives but false negatives. Emma never attributed another person's writing to mine, but twice told me I hadn't written something I had.
That seems to stem from Emma not being very good at identifying when authors change voice. The writing I do in my personal journal is different from what I do in articles, which is different from case studies. Though they are all still very much me, they're different styles of writing with different purposes.
It's a bit like fooling facial recognition software with a pair of glasses or by growing a beard. It's understandable why it might struggle, but the person in the image is still me and the AI is still wrong.
So while the issues are completely understandable, these are still obstacles that it has to overcome if Emma hopes to achieve its goal.
Right now, Emma is a long way off from its goal. I can't imagine using Emma in a plagiarism investigation, much less a law enforcement one, at this time. The accuracy just isn't there.
However, that's not to say that it can't or won't be there in the future. Emma is in beta and there is still work going on behind the scenes.
Still, honing to where it truly is useful is going to be a mammoth task. Authorship is a very complex issue and, while it is true that people do tend to write in a similar fashion, they can also write very differently day to day.
While Emma seems to have a reasonable handle on how different people write, it doesn't quite grasp how a single author can write differently in various situations. Detecting when an author changes style or intention is going to be a very difficult task for Emma to crack.
Still, the technology is impressive and fun. Furthermore, the makers of Emma were right to gamify the beta as that is what it's best suited for right now: An entertaining game.
Though it may become something usable for more serious purposes later, it's not there today nor are the creators claiming it is.
But that's not to say we won't be having a very different conversation in a few years…


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Cleistocactus crassiserpens es una especie de plantas de la familia Cactaceae, endémica del  Norte de Perú.

Esta especie es un híbrido natural entre Cleistocactus icosagonus y Cleistocactus serpens.

Taxonomía
Cleistocactus crassiserpens fue descrita por Rauh & Backeb. in Backeb. y publicado en Descriptiones Cactacearum Novarum 1: 17. 1956[1957].
Etimología
Ver: Cleistocactus

crassiserpens: epíteto latino que significa "como gruesas serpientes".
Sinonimia
''Loxanthocereus crassiserpens

Referencias

Enlaces externos
http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?start=40&genus=Cleistocactus&species=

crassiserpens
Flora de Sudamérica occidental
Flora de América del Sur continental
Cactus y suculentas
Plantas descritas en 1957
Plantas descritas por Rauh
Taxones descritos por Curt Backeberg


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Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the personal information of its social network's 2.2 billion users.
The Washington Post reported the FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous record fine of $22.5 million , which it dealt to Google in 2012. The story published Friday cited three unidentified people familiar with the discussions.
In an automated response, the FTC said it was unable to comment, citing its closure due to the U.S. government shutdown. Facebook declined to comment.
The potential fine stems from an FTC investigation opened after revelations that data mining firm Cambridge Analytica had vacuumed up details about 87 million Facebook users without their permission.


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Through the twelve hour Discovery Seminar, presented by Life Partners Christian Ministries, men and women are offered a new understanding about God's plan for relationships. Participants come away with the strongest, most successful Christian testimony they've ever experienced. This seminar is conducted world-wide; registration can be accomplished through our website, www.lifepartnerschristianministries.com or by phone, (602)485-5115.
Another service provided by Life Partners is The Christ-Quest Institute, which is a three-year follow-up program to the Discovery Seminar. The Christ-Quest Institute is a discipleship program wherein Christians are taught how to interpret all of life's circumstances into opportunities to illustrate Christ-likeness. The CQI is conducted nationally in nine cities via closed-circuit TV. In addition, Ken Nair, President and Founder of Life Partners, along with Travis Turner, the National Group Leaders Administrator and board member, are available for speaking engagements for various events.
Personal training is also offered to graduates of the CQI if they are selected for training for disciplining others in Christ-likeness. One-on-one mentoring, personally or by phone, for individuals, couples, and families is also available nationally.


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What makes people turn their back on God? Join Pastors Glen Berteau and Jake Langridge in this four week series as they look in to the parable of the seeds, and gain insights into how we can hold onto the truth that God sows into our lives.


I just love to explore new vegetables. Last week I picked schwarzwurzeln /salsify from market. When I came back home from market was very curious to know the texture and raw taste of this vegetable. After I peeled ,chopped and tasted this veggie, thought of trying two most common dishes of south India using this vegetable, They are "Majjige huli/yogurt curry/majjige pulusu/ moru kolambu" and simple poriyal/palya/dry curry. Both the dishes came out very well. So thought of sharing it with you all.
Both the dishes go well with Rice.


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Happy with our start, but there's lot to improve: Chennaiyin FC's Bozidar Bandovic
29 Nov, 2021 ISL Media Team
Chennaiyin FC head coach Bozidar Bandovic was pleased with his side's attacking as well as defensive performance in the 2-1 win over NorthEast United in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) match at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in margao, Goa but called his players to keep their feet on the ground.
The two-time champions have made a brilliant start to the Hero ISL season, winning their first two matches and have looked solid defensively. Bandovic will also be encouraged by the performances of his Indian players who have stepped up to the plate.
Bandovic addressed the media at the end of the game and here are the excerpts from his press conference.
You had said that the attack needs to improve so are you happy with the attacking side of the win today?
Yes I'm happy but in football it's not just about attacking because everybody talks about it. There is defending too and when we have the ball we need to attack well and when we don't have the ball we need to be aggressive in a similar way and defend well. Yes, I'm happy and we can't fix this in two months. We need time. In football there are no shortcuts. We need time, we need to improve more, we need to work more tactically and physically.
Apart from the individual error, the defence was very solid today. What are your thoughts on the defensive side of things?
I believe we defended very well. Of course, there were some individual mistakes but this will happen but then the most important thing for me is that I don't want players to be afraid of making mistakes because if you don't make mistakes, you don't improve and you can never find out where you can reach. So yes there were mistakes but what is more important that you learn from your mistakes. Whatever the result, if they give everything, I will support them all the way.
How do you rate the season so far? The team has been solid and they have found goals when they have needed it the most.
I'm happy because we built this team in a very short period of time and we have been preparing for seven weeks. And as you know we have many new players so we still need time and I'm happy for us that we won this game, the second game in a row. Congratulations to my players. All credit goes to them. In the league, there are very strong teams with good coaches so there are no easy games and we need to prepare and look game-by-game. For us at this moment, the only thing important is the next game.
You have started with Rahim Ali, an Indian striker for two consecutive games. What qualities have you seen in him that you continue to persist with him?
I think if I'm not wrong we are the only team that plays with a domestic striker. I believe they need support because he has quality, he has potential and he has space to improve more. He has good quality, he has good speed, he can play three positions. So he needs to improve more and he can do that by training as well as playing games. So I think everyone needs to be happy that one team is at least playing with a domestic player as a striker because we are all here to improve Indian football.
First-half strikes give Odisha FC crucial win over NorthEast United FC
Match 64: NorthEast United FC vs Odisha FC, PJN Stadium, Margao


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Five minutes with: Ethically Kate
Ethically Kate
Who is behind Ethically Kate?
Kate is a book reader, gardener, and sea swimmer - including the winter (perhaps to enjoy the look of astonishment on people's faces as she bravely tiptoes into the icy waters for a fancy-free-frolic)!
When Kate was young she lived with her family for 18 months in Mongolia and this unique experience helped shape her appreciation for the world around us. She came to the realisation that we are very sheltered here in Aotearoa New Zealand, and that there is a great, big world out there that relies on us and our resources. This time spent in Mongolia also sparked Kate's conviction that every person has the right to happiness, whether they work in a corporate office in Auckland or a sweatshop in Bangladesh.
Kate's Dad is a vet and she has always loved animals and the outdoors. Although Kate dreamt of also becoming a vet, she chose a different path when she decided to study Business Psychology. Over the years her career has included a variety of fields including corporate HR, consultancy, and even launching her own in-home childcare service in 2017. However, no matter what the direction, Kate's passion has always been focussed on people and their happiness.
Can you remember the moment Ethically Kate was created?
Ethically Kate began unintentionally in 2015 after watching the documentary, The True Cost in which filmmaker Andrew Morgan travels the globe to see the people who make clothes for the world's fashion industry.
Kate loves clothes; she loves how they make you feel and how you can express yourself through your clothing. This doco was the inspiration which got Kate thinking; if she considers herself as a kind and caring person, she should care about her clothing and where it comes from. And, so her journey began to adapt her wardrobe and reduce this from wants, to necessities. In turn, this epiphany led Kate to reconsider other aspects of her life and the environmental impact of her choices.
Kate describes herself as a communicator who can't shut up! As she began sharing her experiences and knowledge on Instagram, she noticed how this information was inadvertently inspiring her family and friends to make changes in their daily lives. This got Kate thinking about how it is an absolute injustice that so many people also want to make positive environmental changes but don't have access to resources to help make sustainable purchases. Kate took the plunge and launched her own website and blog, always remaining mindful to respect other people and the environment.
What is your core mission?
Kate loves to make people happy! She wants to inspire positivity to help us make environmentally sustainable decisions in both our personal and professional lives which will have a positive impact on people and the planet. Sometimes it is overwhelming with how much change we must make to correct the negative impacts of our poor decisions, but Kate would like to encourage us all to take small steps as we are able, depending on own our individual time or financial constraints.
What is your proudest moment and next big goal?
Speaking for TEDx was a huge bucket-list moment for Kate because not many people are afforded this opportunity and it was a privilege for her to engage with such a large audience about fashion and reducing what we buy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPc1mK7GTX8
As you can imagine, a proactive, go-getter like Kate had lots of ideas racing through her mind when we asked what her next big goal is. She concluded that she wants to have more in-person events and tours, and to make more moments to inspire brilliant people to do brilliant things. Not only is Kate able to reach these goals through her Instagram and blog, but also through her partnership with All Heart NZ, helping the top 6% of businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand consider their waste and overall impact on people and the planet.
Words of wisdom.
Kate says, you do you! Don't think about the negative. Do all that you can within your own capacity and don't worry about what you can't do, and along the way take some time to inspire others. Try your best and don't underestimate how many people you can influence by your own actions.
What is your favourite Rethink product & how do you use it?
Kate told us she loves Rethink Bulk Bin Bags because it means there is less for her to carry. When shopping at wholefoods she can fill the bags to the brim without having to take all her glass jars, and then fill the jars up when she gets home.
*Photo of Kate Hall by Nectar Photography
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