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Kroenke takes majority control at Arsenal but 'business as usual' at Emirates
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 11 April 2011 Updated at 10.30am American billionaire Stan Kroenke has taken his stake in Arsenal to almost 63 per cent by doing deals to buy the shares of Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell Smith in a move that will cost him £234m for […]
Expert on global sports tycoons: 'If Henry can't transform Liverpool, nobody can'
By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 America has finally woken up to the power of football, and that's the reason for the global expansion of sporting tycoons' interests. So says Professor Chris Brady, the dean of the BPP Business School in London, an expert in sports business who has spent years studying the major American […]
All Blacks, Leones del Caracas and Leijonat: their nations' best loved sports teams
By Nick Harris 14 September 2010 Football's status as the most popular team game in the world by some margin is supported by all kinds of data from participation numbers to crowd levels to TV rights sales to the popularity of the World Cup, which is the biggest single-sport tournament in the calendar. Many nations […]
The world's most popular sports team? It's not the Yankees, Barca, Real, Man Utd, Liverpool or the Lakers. It's . . . Galatasaray
By Nick Harris 2 August 2010 Take a sample of the world's population and ask them to nominate their favourite sports team and many experts would expect to find football's Barcelona or Manchester United, or baseball's New York Yankees or basketball's LA Lakers at the top. Yet take a global sample of an enormous magnitude, […]
More popular than God: Ronaldo, Messi, Federer and Kobe (but not Beckham)
By Nick Harris 2 August 2010 Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's most popular athlete in all of global sport according to new research by sportingintelligence to coincide with Facebook reaching the landmark of 500m active users. Social networking is increasingly important in the promotion and marketing of sports stars and teams. Thus Facebook, now the […]
Cavaliers on rise against Bulls in attendance race (as well as play-offs) as NBA weathers downturn
By Nick Harris 21 April 2010 The NBA's regular-season crowds for the 2009-10 season have echoed those in the NHL and NFL by dipping year-on-year, but only slightly according to a new analysis of attendances by sportingintelligence that highlights some intriguing individual "ups" and "downs" in numbers. After number-crunching official data, we have calculated that […]
NFL has 'fairest' pay distribution among the world's major sports leagues
By Nick Harris 2 April 2010 Average pay across America's NFL differs less between its richest and poorest teams than in any other major sports league in the world, according to sportingintelligence's Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries, published today. The study calculates pay at more than 200 teams across 10 leagues including in the […]
Yankees on top in global pay review, Premier League in the shade
By Nick Harris 28 March 2010 The New York Yankees are the best-paid team in global sport measured by average first-team wages, ahead of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and basketball's Dallas Mavericks, according to the inaugural Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries (ARGSS), to be published this week by sportingintelligence. The average first-team pay at […]
American gridiron fans keep faith through the downturn
By Nick Harris 4 January 2010 New figures collated by sportingintelligence.com following last night's conclusion to the NFL's 2009 regular season show that the world's best-attended domestic sports league (by average crowd) has registered only a slight dip in numbers. The average number of people at the 256 regular season games was 67,509, or just […]
Why the NBA owns Christmas Day
22 December 2009 It wasn't so many decades ago (about five) that teams in the English football league would routinely play matches on Christmas Day, and then play the reverse match on Boxing Day. Whatever one thinks of packed modern schedules, they're not like that now, although elsewhere in the world, the festive day has […]
Men's tennis tour acknowledges need to re-think schedule
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The Hurricane passes, snooker remembers
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Q: Printing a string from a linked list using a function to store and printf to display I appreciate any help I can get. I am currently having an issue printing from a linked list after storing a string. Ideally, I'd be able to display the stored string after handing it through the function and printing it from another function. The code below illustrates my issue and is very similar to my working code. I cannot tell why it won't print. The best I have had so far is (null) and that...for obvious reasons won't cut it. Thanks in advance. I'm still very new to coding in c.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

struct class{
  char *prefix_name; // will store something like "MAC 544"
  int  cred_hours;
  int  crn_number;
};
struct student{
  int id;
  char f_name[50];
  char l_name[50];
  struct class c_one;
};

char stu_test(struct student *info){
  char x;
  x = "MAC 344";
  return x;
}

int main() {
  struct student info[100];

  info[0].c_one.prefix_name=stu_test(info);

  printf("%s\n", info[0].c_one.prefix_name);

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Here is the switch that I will use.....hopefully
char *crnName(int crn){
  char *name;
  switch (crn) {
    case 4587:
      name="MAT 236";
    break;
    case 4599:
      name="COP 220";
    break;
    case 8997:
      name="GOL 124";
    break;
    case 9696:
      name="COP 100";
    break;
    case 1232:
      name="MAC 531";
    break;
    case 9856:
      name="STA 100";
    break;
    case 8520:
      name="TNV 400";
    break;
    case 8977:
      name="CMP 100";
    break;
  }
  return name;
}

A: Look at stu_test() function:
char stu_test(struct student *info){
  char x;
  x = "MAC 344";
  return x;
}

"MAC 344" is a string literal and you are assigning it to x which is of type char. Compiler must be giving warning message for this. I am using gcc compiler and getting warning message:
prg.c:19:5: warning: incompatible pointer to integer conversion assigning to 'char' from 'char [8]' [-Wint-conversion]
  x = "MAC 344";

You should change the type of x and return type of stu_test() function to char *:
char * stu_test(struct student *info){
  char * x;
  x = "MAC 344";
  return x;
}

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BISMARCK, ND - The NBA Development League champion Dakota Wizards announced today that they have reacquired guard David Bell. Bell was with the Wizards during training camp and was released prior to the regular season. The 6'1 guard from Montana will suit up tonight when the Wizards face division rival Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Bell will wear # 17 in the contest.
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Why is the PKK attacking? This is my answer
By FATİH ÇEKİRGE
Please note the time differences in arriving news stories.
On the night of Sept. 5, at 9 p.m., the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) organized attacks at a road checkpoint in southeast Uludere, on military houses in the Tekser neighborhood and on a police housing complex in the Gündoğdu neighborhood with rocket launchers and long-range weapons. At 9:50 p.m., in southeastern Tunceli, a masked group blocked traffic, built a fire on the road and threw stones at the police. A clash erupted, spreading to side streets.
At 10:39 p.m., the PKK organized simultaneous attacks in the Şırnak district with rocket launchers and long-range weapons at three military posts and one police post.
At 11:19 p.m., in the Beytüşşebap district, the PKK simultaneously attacked police and military posts with rocket launchers and long-range weapons.
At 11:31 p.m., after the curfew hour in Cizre, police and the army launched a major operation.
At 11:37 p.m., the body of 55-year-old contractor İbrahim Özkan, who was missing for two days, was found in the lake at Atatürk Dam with a stone tied to his chest.
At 11:45 p.m., about a thousand people gathered in the Turgut Özal neighborhood in the İdil district, with İdil Mayor Mehmet Muhdi Aslan, co-mayor Nevin Girasun and local politicians. They wanted to march 30 kilometers to Cizre to protest the operation. They blocked traffic on the İdil-Cizre state highway and walked 2 kilometers while chanting slogans before police squads in armored vehicles intercepted them.
At 11:49 p.m. (four minutes later), road-blocking PKK members in Bingöl stopped cars and started checking identities. They sent back an ambulance with a patient inside, shooting at it while it departed.
At 11:50 p.m. (one minute later), in southeastern Diyarbakır's central Sur district, the PKK organized an attack on the district police station with rocket launchers. One rocket hit an office adjacent to the police station.
At 11:53 p.m., the explosive material PKK members were carrying for an attack against security forces exploded.
At 11:55 p.m., it was reported two soldiers were wounded during a PKK attack in Beytüşşebap.
And in the early hours of the morning, in the Hasırlı neighborhood of Diyarbakır, while police were conducting operations against the PKK's urban wing, the PKK launched a rocket attack. Two policemen died, three were wounded.
The hours when our hearts were torn out
These were the stories bombarding newsrooms on Saturday night. This is happening every night. A lot of sad news… We are experiencing the saddest days of our profession.
These stories kept coming, like tear gas bombs sent to our souls, once every four minutes, sometimes every minute, until the morning. Unfortunately, this is the scene. There is absolutely a testing for an uprising before the elections. Also, by attacking the police, military and public, they are trying to create a so called "war atmosphere." Following this comes the "ceasefire."
I wrote it before: Those who lay ambushes and organize bloody raids are called "terrorists."
There is another solution to be drawn from this scene. With these attacks, the PKK is reminding the regional voter, giving the message that they are present there, generating fear.
This is the reason for simultaneous attacks five minutes apart, the ditches, the ambushes and the roadblocks.
Our young men are dying, leaving behind indescribable sorrows.
Shame on those who are trying to display these attacks as innocent reflexes.
Coalition partner nationalists are the happiest in Turkey
Mitsotakis checkmates Syriza with new presidential candidate
Turkish judicial system in trouble

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With 2018 solidly behind us, we finally had the chance to look back, take stock, and pull out some of our favorite moments from last year. From fantastically fun videos to empowering young musicians to make an impact in their community, 2018 was a year to remember.
Leo Manzari (tap dancer, actor, rapper) teams up with 12-year-old pianist Harmony Zhu in this fun reimagining of the fourth movement, Capriccio, from Bach's Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826. Recorded in the James and Martha Duffy Performance Space in the Mark Morris Dance Center.
This collaboration between From the Top young musicians and Time for Three features an arrangement of The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" that starts off with an allusion to Chopin's Ballade No. 2. It was performed live on air on Show 346 in Boston, Massachusetts.
On November 5, 2018, From the Top had its first-ever guest host, pianist and alum Peter Dugan! Peter shared the stage at Longwood Gardens with the program's cast of young musicians both from the piano and the microphone, and performed a standout tribute to Aretha Franklin and his hometown of Philadelphia in the arrangement below.
To listen to that show, click here.
3: A teenage pianist found a publisher for her novels during a live recording of From the Top in Carnegie Hall!
On Show 338 in New York City back in 2017, From the Top pianist Coco Ma shared her passion for writing with our listeners and described the young adult fantasy novel she was working on at the time. Little did she know, a literary agent with a specialty in young adult fantasy novels happened to be in attendance, listening to Coco's every note and word!
2018 brought the wonderful news that SHADOW FROST is the first book of a young adult trilogy and will be released October 1 by Blackstone Publishers and Audio!
Click here to read the prologue and the first chapter of SHADOW FROST!
It means so much to us when audience members, alumni, or partners reach out to share their positive experience with us. Here are some of our favorites.
In a single day of filming in WGBH's Fraiser Recording Studio in our hometown of Boston, From the Top musicians recorded four incredible holiday-themed performances.
What Child is This? for Countertenor Harp is guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
19-year-old violinist Corinne Auger, whose free summer program Music Lens partners with underrepresented communities to introduce elementary school students to classical music.
21-year-old violinist Ariel Horowitz, founder of the Heartbeat Project, an initiative that offers a math-infused introduction to classical music presented in a respectful dialogue with traditional Navajo music.
21-year-old baritone Thomas West, member of the Collaborative Arts Ensemble that create and share a story that speaks to a time in history, a social justice issue, or a question unique to the local community.
The Alumni Leadership Grant, which began in 2017, seeks to support alumni of From the Top's media and arts leadership programs who have created projects using music and the arts to impact their local communities.
Filmed in the magical landscape surrounding the institute, members of the ensemble braved the heat, the threat of rain, and armies of bugs to create this gorgeous music video.


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Nutrition is an important part of therapy after you've been diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers. Unfortunately, these similar cancers create a lot of barriers to eating a healthy, nutritious diet. It may be uncomfortable to eat, causing abdominal pain or nausea. If you are losing weight, feeling nauseous, or just want to improve your nutrition, following these few tips will help you improve your diet and hopefully improve your quality of life.
Nutrition is an important part of therapy with gastrointestinal cancers. Unfortunately, these cancers create a lot of barriers to eating a healthy, nutritious diet. Eating may be uncomfortable, causing abdominal pain or nausea. If you are losing weight, feeling nauseous or just want to improve your nutrition, following these tips may help.
Some people have trouble eating and drinking as they did prior to stomach surgery. Often times, the type of surgery that treats gastrointestinal cancers can result in the removal of part of your stomach; the size of your meals and how often you eat may need to change. Instead of the traditional three large meals, you should plan up to six small meals and snacks throughout the day. This is to prevent something called dumping syndrome, when food and drink moves into your intestines too fast and you get cramping, bloating and sometimes nausea and vomiting. Even if you have not had stomach surgery to treat your cancer, this eating strategy may help if you are having any gastrointestinal symptoms.
While switching to six smaller meals should help improve your symptoms, it won't work for everyone. If you are still feeling nauseous or bloated, or feel full after just a few bites, you may want to ask your doctor about medicine you can take to ease your discomfort. If you are feeling nauseous with meals, anti-nausea medicines can really help if you take them prior to eating. If you feel like you are getting full too quickly, you may have something called gastroparesis, where your stomach and intestines don't push the food forward well, resulting in back-up into your stomach. In this case, talk with your doctor about medications to stimulate your intestines. If you get nauseous when you even think about food, or just don't feel hungry, an appetite stimulant may help.
One major complication of stomach surgeries is vitamin deficiency, especially of iron, B12, calcium or Vitamin D. Iron and B12 are essential for your red blood cells, and without them, you can become very anemic. B12 deficiency can also lead to numbness and tingling in your hands and feet. Calcium and Vitamin D are essential for bone health, and you can develop early osteoporosis if you do not get enough in your diet.
Patients suffering from gastrointestinal cancers should seek out the guidance of a dietitian because symptoms and side effects can greatly vary between different cancers and treatments. Generally, a plant-based diet with a focus on lean sources of protein like chicken and fish, and some healthy fats like avocados sprinkled in, will serve you well in maintaining nutrition and managing symptoms. You may also want to talk to your medical team about adding supplements depending on what your stomach can handle.
A pamphlet put out by the National Cancer Institute recommends that you cut down on sweets like desserts and soda. While it's always important to stay hydrated, they recommend that you take liquids before and after (not during) mealtimes.
Treatment for gastrointestinal cancers can cause a lot of side effects that can be difficult to deal with. When these side effects impair your ability to get proper nutrition, it can cause further health problems if they are not addressed early on. Using these strategies can prevent vitamin deficiencies and minimize your symptoms. If you are still unable to eat, you should discuss further options (such as feeding tubes of other types of artificial nutrition supplementation) with your doctor.
Have you been diagnosed with stomach or gastrointestinal cancers? What strategies have you used to help you eat a well balanced diet after surgery? Start a conversation in the comments below!


Having to reach into the Virtual Belly of the Dark Underground, Mandel Solano the installation creator, has struck a deal with "The Invisible Band" a dangerous but colorful group of rebel musicians who are wanted on outstanding warrants issued by the Galactic Federation Officials. The music described by the Federation is as Highly Charged as the speed of Light. Put on your boogie dancin' shoes & Be ready!
LEA8 will be declared a safe zone for the band members in exchange for some delicate information given to The Federation by leader Alazarin Mobius that could quite possibly save our world. No Bounty Hunters Allowed during that time frame. The Band Biography promises to be an entertaining read and will be available the day of the Event.
Mandel Solano is a Swedish VR artist that has done extensive original works with his very identifiable style using lights, mirrors, projections, shadowing, bumpy, shiny and a some original unique methods using his own textures.
It is "Highly Recommended" to explore the multi level installation with a pre-visit prior to the special event. For those new to SL there is help available to set your Graphics to really consume the depth of this build. For the seasoned explorer, High Graphics is a must,,, Ultra is BEST and enable Sun, Shadows, Projections. The build was created using midnight, but you will always find something interesting experimenting with all the environment settings. There is also a short tutorial explaining the Graphics settings located at the bottom and top level of the build.
For the photo enthusiasts this build promises to provide you infinite possibilities of a great photo ops.
Be sure to grab one or all of the Free Light Hats that will reveal some very special surprises as you explore this build as well as a Free Face Light tester.
This live musical event will hosted by Mandel Solano assisted by the other two sim creators Ultraviolet Alter and Tansee.


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Q: Add a calculated column with if statements New in this forum. And I have a quick question:
I have a choice column with this values:
Kg
Lb
Ton
And I would like to add a column that multiplies if I choose Kg or Lb or Ton and convert everything to Lb:
Kg to Lb Rate = 2.2046
Lb to Lb      = 1
Lb to Ton     = 2000
Can someone point me in the right direction?

A: If I understood correctly then you want to convert your value column in "Lb" unit based on the choice column.
Consider,
[Unit Column] --> Choice column with choices: Kg, Ton, Lb
[Another Column] --> Column which contains actual value
Then use below formula:
=IF([Unit Column]="Kg", [Another Column] * 2.2046, IF([Unit Column]="Ton", [Another Column] * 2000, [Another Column] * 1))

Instead of [Another Column] * 1, you can also use only [Another Column] (I have added it just for better understanding).
Note:

*

*Sometimes comma(,) does not work in formula (I am not sure but it is based on something language or regional settings on your site). So in that case use semicolon(;) instead of comma(,).

*Make sure your value column ([Another Column]) is of Number data type.

*Return your calculated field as Number.

official documentations:

*

*Calculated Field Formulas.

*IF function.


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Q: D3 hierarchy collapse to first level by default I have the below code for an indented tree.  I am wanting to collapse the tree by default and have only the 1st level children show or the root node, doesn't matter.  I have tried a couple approaches that I thought would work without success, and the current portion below I thought would do the trick:
function toggleAll(d) {
                   if (d.children) {
                   d.children.forEach(toggleAll);
                  toggle(d);
                   }
               }

                 root.children.forEach(toggleAll);
                  toggle(root);
                  });

Below is the html with corresponding flare.json file:
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.node rect {
  cursor: pointer;
  fill: #fff;
  fill-opacity: 0.8;
  stroke: #3182bd;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

.node text {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.link {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #9ecae1;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>

var margin = {top: 30, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 20},
    width = 960,
    barHeight = 20,
    barWidth = (width - margin.left - margin.right) * 0.8;

var i = 0,
    duration = 400,
    root;

var diagonal = d3.linkHorizontal()
    .x(function(d) { return d.y; })
    .y(function(d) { return d.x; });

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width) // + margin.left + margin.right)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

d3.json("flare.json", function(error, flare) {
  if (error) throw error;
  root = d3.hierarchy(flare);
  root.x0 = 0;
  root.y0 = 0;
  update(root);

function toggleAll(d) {
                   if (d.children) {
                   d.children.forEach(toggleAll);
                  toggle(d);
                   }
               }

                 root.children.forEach(toggleAll);
                  toggle(root);
                  });

function update(source) {

  // Compute the flattened node list.
  var nodes = root.descendants();

  var height = Math.max(500, nodes.length * barHeight + margin.top + margin.bottom);

  d3.select("svg").transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("height", height);

  d3.select(self.frameElement).transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .style("height", height + "px");

  // Compute the "layout". TODO https://github.com/d3/d3-hierarchy/issues/67
  var index = -1;
  root.eachBefore(function(n) {
    n.x = ++index * barHeight;
    n.y = n.depth * 20;
  });

  // Update the nodes.
  var node = svg.selectAll(".node")
    .data(nodes, function(d) { return d.id || (d.id = ++i); });

  var nodeEnter = node.enter().append("g")
      .attr("class", "node")
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + source.y0 + "," + source.x0 + ")"; })
      .style("opacity", .5);

  // Enter any new nodes at the parent's previous position.
  nodeEnter.append("rect")
      .attr("y", -barHeight / 2)
      .attr("height", barHeight)
      .attr("width", barWidth)
      .style("fill", color)
      .on("click", click);

  nodeEnter.append("text")
      .attr("dy", 3.5)
      .attr("dx", 5.5)
      .text(function(d) { return d.data.name; });

   // Transition nodes to their new position.
  nodeEnter.transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")"; })
      .style("opacity", 1);

  node.transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")"; })
      .style("opacity", 1)
    .select("rect")
      .style("fill", color);

  // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
  node.exit().transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + source.y + "," + source.x + ")"; })
      .style("opacity", 0)
      .remove();

  // Update the links.
  var link = svg.selectAll(".link")
    .data(root.links(), function(d) { return d.target.id; });

  // Enter any new links at the parent's previous position.
  link.enter().insert("path", "g")
      .attr("class", "link")
      .attr("d", function(d) {
        var o = {x: source.x0, y: source.y0};
        return diagonal({source: o, target: o});
      })
    .transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("d", diagonal);

  // Transition links to their new position.
  link.transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("d", diagonal);

  // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
  link.exit().transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("d", function(d) {
        var o = {x: source.x, y: source.y};
        return diagonal({source: o, target: o});
      })
      .remove();

  // Stash the old positions for transition.
  root.each(function(d) {
    d.x0 = d.x;
    d.y0 = d.y;
  });
}

// Toggle children on click.
function click(d) {
  if (d.children) {
    d._children = d.children;
    d.children = null;
  } else {
    d.children = d._children;
    d._children = null;
  }
  update(d);
}

function color(d) {
  return d._children ? "#3182bd" : d.children ? "#c6dbef" : "#fd8d3c";
}

</script>

flare.json
 "name": "flare",
 "children": [
  {
   "name": "vis",
   "children": [
    {
     "name": "events",
     "children": [
      {"name": "DataEvent", "size": 2200,
      "children": [
      {"name": "DataEvent", "size": 800,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "SelectionEvent", "size": 600,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 300,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "VisualizationEvent", "size": 250,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 250,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "DataEvent", "size": 525,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "SelectionEvent", "size": 375,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 265,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "VisualizationEvent", "size": 136,  "color" : "red"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 100,  "color" : "red"}
     ]

      },
      {"name": "SelectionEvent", "size": 1400,
       "children": [
      {"name": "DataEvent", "size": 525,  "color" : "aqua"},
      {"name": "SelectionEvent", "size": 375,  "color" : "aqua"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 265,  "color" : "aqua"},
      {"name": "VisualizationEvent", "size": 136,  "color" : "aqua"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 100,  "color" : "aqua"}
     ]},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 1200,  "color" : "green"},
      {"name": "VisualizationEvent", "size": 825,  "color" : "blue"},
      {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 400,  "color" : "purple"}
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}

A: Rewriting your code by adding toggle(Click) after data is ready. See following demo, not sure whether you want this or something else?

var margin = {
        top: 30,
        right: 20,
        bottom: 30,
        left: 20
    },
    width = 960,
    barHeight = 20,
    barWidth = (width - margin.left - margin.right) * 0.8;

var i = 0,
    duration = 400,
    root;

var diagonal = d3.linkHorizontal()
    .x(function(d) {
        return d.y;
    })
    .y(function(d) {
        return d.x;
    });

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width) // + margin.left + margin.right)
    .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

var flare = getFlare();
//d3.json("flare.json", function(error, flare) {
//    if (error) throw error;
    root = d3.hierarchy(flare);
    root.x0 = 0;
    root.y0 = 0;
    update(root);

    function toggleAll(d) {
        if (d.children) {
            d.children.forEach(toggleAll);
            //toggle(d);
            click(d)
        }
    }

    root.children.forEach(toggleAll);
    //toggle(root);
//});

function update(source) {

    // Compute the flattened node list.
    var nodes = root.descendants();

    var height = Math.max(500, nodes.length * barHeight + margin.top + margin.bottom);

    d3.select("svg").transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("height", height);

    d3.select(self.frameElement).transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .style("height", height + "px");

    // Compute the "layout". TODO https://github.com/d3/d3-hierarchy/issues/67
    var index = -1;
    root.eachBefore(function(n) {
        n.x = ++index * barHeight;
        n.y = n.depth * 20;
    });

    // Update the nodes.
    var node = svg.selectAll(".node")
        .data(nodes, function(d) {
            return d.id || (d.id = ++i);
        });

    var nodeEnter = node.enter().append("g")
        .attr("class", "node")
        .attr("transform", function(d) {
            return "translate(" + source.y0 + "," + source.x0 + ")";
        })
        .style("opacity", .5);

    // Enter any new nodes at the parent's previous position.
    nodeEnter.append("rect")
        .attr("y", -barHeight / 2)
        .attr("height", barHeight)
        .attr("width", barWidth)
        .style("fill", color)
        .on("click", click);

    nodeEnter.append("text")
        .attr("dy", 3.5)
        .attr("dx", 5.5)
        .text(function(d) {
            return d.data.name;
        });

    // Transition nodes to their new position.
    nodeEnter.transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("transform", function(d) {
            return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")";
        })
        .style("opacity", 1);

    node.transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("transform", function(d) {
            return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")";
        })
        .style("opacity", 1)
        .select("rect")
        .style("fill", color);

    // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
    node.exit().transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("transform", function(d) {
            return "translate(" + source.y + "," + source.x + ")";
        })
        .style("opacity", 0)
        .remove();

    // Update the links.
    var link = svg.selectAll(".link")
        .data(root.links(), function(d) {
            return d.target.id;
        });

    // Enter any new links at the parent's previous position.
    link.enter().insert("path", "g")
        .attr("class", "link")
        .attr("d", function(d) {
            var o = {
                x: source.x0,
                y: source.y0
            };
            return diagonal({
                source: o,
                target: o
            });
        })
        .transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("d", diagonal);

    // Transition links to their new position.
    link.transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("d", diagonal);

    // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
    link.exit().transition()
        .duration(duration)
        .attr("d", function(d) {
            var o = {
                x: source.x,
                y: source.y
            };
            return diagonal({
                source: o,
                target: o
            });
        })
        .remove();

    // Stash the old positions for transition.
    root.each(function(d) {
        d.x0 = d.x;
        d.y0 = d.y;
    });
}

// Toggle children on click.
function click(d) {
    if (d.children) {
        d._children = d.children;
        d.children = null;
    } else {
        d.children = d._children;
        d._children = null;
    }
    update(d);
}

function color(d) {
    return d._children ? "#3182bd" : d.children ? "#c6dbef" : "#fd8d3c";
}
function getFlare(){
  return {
 "name": "flare",
 "children": [
  {
   "name": "vis",
   "children": [
    {
     "name": "events",
     "children": [
      {
       "name": "DataEvent",
       "size": 2200,
       "children": [
        {
         "name": "DataEvent",
         "size": 800,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "SelectionEvent",
         "size": 600,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "TooltipEvent",
         "size": 300,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "VisualizationEvent",
         "size": 250,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "TooltipEvent",
         "size": 250,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "DataEvent",
         "size": 525,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "SelectionEvent",
         "size": 375,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "TooltipEvent",
         "size": 265,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "VisualizationEvent",
         "size": 136,
         "color": "red"
        },
        {
         "name": "TooltipEvent",
         "size": 100,
         "color": "red"
        }
       ]
      },
      {
       "name": "SelectionEvent",
       "size": 1400,
       "children": [
        {
         "name": "DataEvent",
         "size": 525,
         "color": "aqua"
        },
        {
         "name": "SelectionEvent",
         "size": 375,
         "color": "aqua"
        },
        {
         "name": "TooltipEvent",
         "size": 265,
         "color": "aqua"
        },
        {
         "name": "VisualizationEvent",
         "size": 136,
         "color": "aqua"
        },
        {
         "name": "TooltipEvent",
         "size": 100,
         "color": "aqua"
        }
       ]
      },
      {
       "name": "TooltipEvent",
       "size": 1200,
       "color": "green"
      },
      {
       "name": "VisualizationEvent",
       "size": 825,
       "color": "blue"
      },
      {
       "name": "TooltipEvent",
       "size": 400,
       "color": "purple"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}
}
.node rect {
  cursor: pointer;
  fill: #fff;
  fill-opacity: 0.8;
  stroke: #3182bd;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

.node text {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.link {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #9ecae1;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>

A: I'm attempting to help.
Looking at
function toggleAll(d) {
                   if (d.children) {
                   d.children.forEach(toggleAll);
                  toggle(d);
                   }
               }

                 root.children.forEach(toggleAll);
                  toggle(root);
                  });

I think that
                  });

shouldn't be there.
Nice recursive function!
Just re-indenting it:
function toggleAll(d) {
  if (d.children) {
    d.children.forEach(toggleAll);
    toggle(d);
  }
}

A little adjustment for calling it:
toggleAll(root);

^ will toggle all off.  note: if anything is already toggled off (with click), it will be toggled on,
and then
toggle(root);

^ will toggle root (only) back on.
Hope this helps!


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Senate debates
What are Senate debates?
Fuel Security Bill 2021; Reference to Committee
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Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
Pursuant to standing order 115(2)(a), I move:
That the Fuel Security Bill 2021 be referred to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 2 August 2021.
Last week, in the selection of bills committee, we sought to refer this bill to inquiry, and the Liberal Party opposed that. In fact, they specifically introduced an amendment to the selection of bills report to ensure that the Fuel Security Bill not be sent to a committee. We did not have the opportunity to debate that when we were considering the selection of bills report last week, so I want to take the opportunity now to give the chamber the opportunity to reconsider—to think about what's at stake here and to consider the strong, solid logic as to why this bill should at the very least be sent to committee.
We have $2 billion of taxpayers' money that's going to be sent off to prop up ageing oil refineries and we are not even being given the opportunity to send the bill off to committee to do the basics of what the Senate ought to be doing. All we are asking for in this step is for some basic transparency, for some basic democratic processes to do what the Senate is set up to do. The former Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Cormann, said, 'It's the Senate that has the tradition and the expertise in scrutinising the activities of government.' But here the major parties are refusing to participate in that basic process of a transparent examination of these bills, where we have such a lot at stake.
What is happening here is that this bill in fact is not about fuel security. On the basis of what we know, it is about handing over $2 billion to oil refineries. A Senate inquiry would enable a few things. It would give the public time to read these bills, which run to over 70 pages. They've been through the House and considered by the Senate for only a matter of weeks. An inquiry would allow time for the public and stakeholders to make submissions on these bills, to get some wisdom from the wide range of stakeholders in the community who have a lot to say on fuel security, who know that there are a whole range of different ways to be approaching the issue of fuel security, rather than just promising $2 billion in fossil fuel subsidies to be propping up ageing oil refineries. We would have time for a public hearing or hearings, where senators could ask questions and get some basic answers from departmental officials and other witnesses. We would also have time for the non-government parties to consider that information and to allow it to inform their position.
As I said, fuel security is a serious issue. We have been considering it in a range of ways for a number of years. But the way that's being proposed to address this issue of fuel security is just one very narrow way that happens to meet the vested interests of the government, without considering the broader context and without considering, in particular, that we are in a climate crisis and without considering that the G7 two weeks ago specifically said that we need to stop subsidising fossil fuel industries. Yet that is exactly what this bill does—once again, hands over money to the fossil fuel industries without even a Senate inquiry to consider it. This goes completely against what every other responsible government in the world is doing at the moment; it goes completely against what the G7 said we should be doing when they met two weeks ago. We had our Prime Minister there, sitting at the table, when they came to that decision, yet here we are about to hand over $2 billion to oil refineries with no guarantee of jobs, with no guarantee that these oil refineries are going to stay open beyond six years, with very limited information of exactly how this is going to address the issue of fuel security—in fact, a lot of the information is not going to do that—and without looking at the opportunities for other ways to be addressing it, in particular, looking to how to reduce our reliance on oil, petrol and diesel. What if we did some other things, like investing in electric vehicles and investing in other renewable technologies? There are so many other ways we could be going about this issue of fuel security that would be able to be unpacked in the inquiry that we are not actually having.
These are basic, simple steps. Extra time would allow the Parliamentary Library to prepare a bills digest on this package of legislation. It's a real indictment in the Liberal Party's rush to get this legislation through that we don't even have a bill's digest. We call upon the major parties to support a referral to committee so we can have a proper, basic process looking at this issue of giving $2 billion to the oil refineries. (Time expired)
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Q: Joomla database query in article This seems to be such an easy thing to do but I can't fine any information on how to do it. Can someone please tell me how to add the results of a query to an article in Joomla 2.5?
In an article this is what I am trying to accomplish.
Bob's favorite color is: <<SELECT favorite_color FROM COLORS WHERE name = 'Bob'>>
I have no idea how to do this.

A: First thing is first, download and install the Sourcerer plugin which will allow you to add custom code to your articles.
One done, open your article and click the "Add Code" button below the textarea. Here you can add you custom code.
I'll write more or less the query you want using Joomla coding standards which most people seem to forget about:
$db = JFactory::getDbo();

$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select($db->quoteName(array('favorite_color')))
      ->from($db->quoteName('colors'))
      ->where($db->quoteName('name') . ' = '. $db->quote('bob'));
$db->setQuery($query);
$rows = $db->loadObjectList();

foreach ($rows as $row) {
    echo $row->favorite_color;
}

Notes that if the colors tables belongs to a Joomla extensions, then use #__colors
Hope this helps

A: You can make a content  plugin. THe other thing is that you can make a module to show the data and then use loadposition to load the module.


In our 10th Anniversary year we were pleased to welcome both the UKTI/DSO and valued representatives from around the globe to our Ballistic Toolkit Live event. The event gives the members of BTK the opportunity to meet with new and existing customers and provide a snapshot of the products and services which may be of interest. UKTI/DSO have been instrumental in assisting the group since its inception and this year was no different with representatives covering most of the global desks. Alongside a presentation of the group structure and benefits of working with the group, visitors were able to identify products of interest and even test them in the Tunnel Range at Wiltshire Ballistic Services. Further details regarding the event and the history of the Ballistic Toolkit can be found in the brochure at the end of this page following some of the pictures from the day.


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What is linguistic anthropology?
January 18, 2018 Piers Kelly 4 Comments
I have been reflecting recently on the aims of linguistic anthropology as a practice. It strikes me that the concept can mean very different things to different people, and much of this varied intellectual activity gets washed out in its its confluence with other better-defined disciplines and methods.
So for what it's worth, this post is an effort to define what I believe makes linguistic anthropology distinctive and why it is worth pursuing.
Linguistic anthropology is concerned with the commonsense beliefs that people hold about the possibilities of language and how these beliefs are put into practice or expressed as norms. Key to this understanding is a recognition of the diverse strangeness of human beings. Men belonging to certain Indigenous Australian communities have a special lexicon to be used within earshot of their mothers-in-law while an activist community in Sweden has an agreed-upon vocabulary for reinforcing values of gender equality. A decision to use one language over another in a multilingual north Indian workplace may be motivated by deference, enmity, national politics or a conviction that a given language has an intrinsic power to encapsulate certain ideas while another is deficient. In some parts of the world, people communicate with their pets while others communicate with the dead. For the most part, these commonsense assumptions could easily be described as 'language ideologies', a term defined by Kathryn Woolard as the "socially, politically, and morally loaded cultural assumptions about the way that language works in social life and about the role of particular linguistic forms in a given society".
Linguistic anthropologists do not care so much about whether any of these beliefs are empirically true, nor whether the practices that stem from them are reasonable. They are much more interested in how such beliefs and practices maintain coherence within their own everyday contexts. In other words, linguistic anthropologists are concerned with the way in which we systematically connect language to other aspects of our lives: the way we organise ourselves as social creatures, how we signal belonging and exclusion, or how we express our values. Mary Douglas once wrote that "it is impossible to have social relations without symbolic acts". Of course, symbolic acts are not necessarily isomorphic with linguistic acts but in practice they are almost always mediated by language in important ways. As Kathryn Graber put it, a "linguistic anthropologist is more likely to take as her starting point the assumption that, through evaluative language and other forms of interaction, we do nothing less than constitute ourselves".
What it ain't
For me, linguistic anthropology is first and foremost a form of anthropological knowledge. It analyses language and language-use as a means to understand something about people. This contrasts with what might be called 'anthropological linguistics', which takes human diversity as a starting point for understanding something about language. Of course, any piece of research can be doing both things at more-or-less the same time but it is still worth making the distinction. In my view, all of linguistics as a discipline ought to be pursued as anthropological linguistics otherwise it ends up being boring at best and naïve at worst. I have much more patience for anthropology that is pursued in ignorance of linguistics. Language represents a great deal of what it means to be human but it is not everything.
Sociolinguists in the classical Labovian mould focus on variation in language use, and how differences of linguistic expression correlate with demographics or distinctions of social identity. The habit of attributing moral or aesthetic value to these real or perceived differences is, I believe, a universal tendency. But linguistic anthropologists are not content with simply cataloguing these observed differences or attitudes and then moving on. Instead, they want discover how they fit into a wider system of meaning-making, and how this system is historically situated. While sociolinguists might nod vigorously towards ethnography, it is not the aim of the game.
What it means to me
Language is less like a programming code distributing informational bits, and more like a multi-purpose tool that is crafted and recrafted in the process of its use in real interactions. As a system of representation it is rigid enough to perform high-precision work under pressure, and versatile enough to adapt and change quickly. To my mind it is this peculiar property that makes language such a powerful and interesting phenomenon since it lends itself to strategic manipulations.
Languages can also be imagined as evolving biological organisms, to the extent that we receive them as ready made and fully structured. This structure, and our awareness of it, presents an easy analogy for the systematicity we perceive around us in our relationships with one another and the world at large.
It is not the goal of linguistic anthropologists to reify this awareness. They do not, with Lacan, wish to claim that the "unbconscious is structured like a language" nor that Eskimos have an especially nuanced appreciation of snow. Rather, they delight in the very existence of these analogies and what they entail about us as a reflective species.
And what I'm doing with it
I am interested in situations in which people actively manipulate the systematic properties of language to pursue wider social objectives.
At the moment I'm exploring writing systems as a very human and very artificial extension of our communicative potential. I think, at heart, it is the artificialness of writing systems that intrigues me. After all, there is no such thing as a natural script. All writing is the product of conscious creative effort.
Writing may extend the potential of language but it also operates as a constraint on it, and like all good constraints it encourages formal innovation. Those who decide to write something do so in the knowledge that their audience is not in the same time or place as they are. This promotes a certain self-consciousness of expression, and the very pragmatic need to contextualise and to establish conventions.
Writing is, however, just one kind of graphic communication device. Across the world there are graphic codes that do not encode any linguistic structure and rely on a supplementary oral channel to be activated. Such systems, including Australian message sticks, Andean khipus and north American mnemonic codes, traverse the ambiguous gap between orality and the written word. The artefacts left behind in museums may be silent, but patient historical ethnography is allowing us to reconstruct the principles of communication and restore their meanings.
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Jason Antrosio says:
Thank you for writing this–it's very helpful for people outside what can seem like a sometimes esoteric and difficult field. I've added this to my attempt at What is Anthropology?
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KOKOON is releasing some amazing spring pieces that, in my opinion, make up their best collection yet. But judge for yourself.
Can you say "GORGEOUS"?! And I especially have my eyes on those two middle dresses shown below in a sneak peek KOKOON shared on their Facebook page. This was taken at KOKOON's Season Kickoff Party last month.
And how gorgeous is Reese in her Serenity Stone Earrings?
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Spring is a perfect time to get some updated pictures of your little ones. And Gray Benko pretty much rocks the hell out of this. This is her thing people. Call her.
Bellisima Baby Bags has some great new things in store too.
Serious cuteness. Those traveling trunks for kids are genius. And don't forget, if you're in the market for a new diaper bag be sure to check out Bellisima!
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Oh, and guess who has no self control and had to have the Loeffler Randal Rain Booties?? I got to wear them today for the first time too! Love them!
So I'm turning 30 next month and I desperately want to celebrate in this Lover Serpent Dress. But we have a lot going on right now, and therefore $670 dresses are not in the budget… It's pretty much perfect though. Maybe if I post it on here I'll feel minority satisfied? Maybe?
Gah it's perfection. As are these L.A.M.B May Sandals. I'm kinda crazy for them. All about the ankle strap shoes right now.
But on a happy note, I did recently acquire these pretties.
I can totally see myself wearing that Anthropologie skirt to a number of events I have coming up. And I have a feeling that leather Zara skirt might make it to Charleston Fashion Week. Now, I don't usually get too "excited" about Gap stuff, but I plan on living in that striped dress when I run errands and what not (and it comes in 2 other colors too, really want the navy/white version too). And those red slim pants… well that picture does them zero justice. They're every bit as hot as J.Crews'. The fit and quality is awesome. Oh, and Gap is having a 40% off sale right now.
February's J.Crew Shoe of the Month Club pair arrived.
To be worn lunching around town, getting my shop on, and yes, while nursing my baby.
Last week I joined the ladies of Sideshow Press (who are also behind Stitch Design) for a printing demo party. Moveable Type's truck was in town and we got to take a tour. It was a lot of fun! Here's a few pictures that Charlotte Elizabeth took.
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Ann Morrison back In new Cabaret Show "My Furniture Set" Coming to Sarasota, St. Petersburg and New York November 15, 2017, November 18, 2017 and January 3, 2018
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Ann Morrison back
In new Cabaret Show "My Furniture Set"
Coming to Sarasota, St. Petersburg and New York
November 15, 2017, November 18, 2017 and January 3, 2018
SARASOTA, FL – SaraSolo Productions, Inc. presents Broadway actress and chanteuse Ann Morrison returning in her new cabaret show, MY FURNITURE SET, with Musical Director John Shirley. Performances are: Wednesday, November 15 at 7pm in Sarasota Florida at Home Resource Contemporary Furniture (741 Central Ave. Sarasota Fl 34236; reservations by email to [email protected], $15); Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 7pm in St. Petersburg Florida at the Furnish Me Vintage Furniture Store (1246 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, Fl 33705; reservations through Facebook Events @fmvintage, $15). On Wednesday, January 3, at 7pm, the show moves to New York City's Feinstein's/54 Below at 254 W 54th St. Cellar, NYC 10019, Tickets & Info: (646) 476-3551 or online at www.54below.com
Created by Ann Morrison and pianist/composer John Shirley, MY FURNITURE SET, lets songstress Ann Morrison take you on a musical journey through the furniture moments of her/our lives, in stories woven from Ann's life and songs—both original songs created for the show and timeless classics from Musical Theater, Jazz, Pop, and sometimes the Blues. Pianist John Shirley mischievously interacts with Ann which makes for a satisfying emotional musical adventure.
The pair also wrote 4 new original songs for MY FURNITURE SET. Some of the 17 classic tunes in the set include: Go To Sleep (by Alan J. Lerner, Burton Lane) from "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", the great Ella Fitzgerald song Black Coffee (by Sonny Burke and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) and Crosby, Stills and Nash's song Our House.
Inspired by a beautiful, sometime alternative theater space, Sarasota's Home Resource Furniture store, Ann wondered: Does anyone buy furniture after seeing a play here? Why do owners offer their space to artists? Her answer was a cabaret, MY FURNITURE SET, which lets her share stories, real and imagined, of her family and friends, including ex-husband and Best Friend actor Blake Walton and their son Huck along with some tunes from the great 'American Furniture Songbook'.
Previous performances in Sarasota and Venice Florida SOLD OUT and were enthusiastically received. In Sarasota, the show was performed at the actual point of inspiration, the Home Resource Furniture Store in downtown Sarasota.
Ann and John are looking forward to performing MY FURNITURE SET in a new furniture store, Furnish Me Vintage, an eclectic vintage and contemporary furniture store in downtown St. Petersburg.
MORE ON—ANN MORRISON and JOHN SHIRLEY
ANN MORRISON –AS an Actress and Singer, on Broadway: LOVEMUSIK; CHILDREN AND ART; MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (1982 Theatre World Award). London West End: PEG. Off Broadway: GOBLIN MARKET (Drama Desk Nomination), FORBIDDEN BROADWAY. Ann has done massive Regional Theater including; Free Fall Theatre's: SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, INTO THE WOODS, BERNARDA ALBA; American Stage's: ON THE VERGE, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, DRIVING MISS DAISY, NEW CENTURY; Asolo Rep's: BEATSVILLE, MURDERERS; Banyan Theater's: A CLEAN HOUSE; and World Premieres, Television, Recordings, Cabarets and Concerts throughout the U.S. and England. AS a writer/ performer: THE AWEN TRIOLOGY, ANNIE'S CELTIC KITCHEN, WORD PAINTING: SOLILOQUIES AROUND AN EASEL, TREVOR'S FIRE and LINDA LOVELY GOES TO BROADWAY (Best Actress award from the United Solo Festival). Ann is also the Co-Founder/Artistic Director of Kaleidoscope Theater, musical theatre program for persons with developmental differences, and SaraSolo Productions Inc. which produces the annual SaraSolo Festival in Sarasota, Fl. and celebrates solo performances and new small cast plays that illuminate the human condition especially that of those who are perceived as "other than."
JOHN SHIRLEY has performed in many venues from L.A. to New York, including Reno Sweeney, Snafu, The Duplex and Don't Tell Mama. He's accompanied Harriet Leider, Richard Skipper, Meredith Patterson and many other performers. He has written two musicals, "THE LITTLEST WILD WEST FIGHTER (13th St. Theater, NYC) and HIT THE SURF (Cedar St. Playhouse, Wilmington, DE). John studied music composition at East Carolina University. He currently sings and plays piano three nights a week in Gulfport at Isabelle's in the Historic Peninsula Inn.
NEXT UP FOR ANN MORRISON—
In addition to taking THE FURNITURE SET to other venues and programming the next SaraSolo Festival coming in January 2018, Ann and Blake Walton are working on a two person play about "the funniest woman in the world" actress Beatrice Lillie (1896-1989), titled 'HEARD THERE WAS A PARTY. CAME.'
MORE ON SARASOLO PRODUCTIONS AND SARASOLO FESTIVAL
The SaraSolo Festival is one of Sarasota's most exciting new arts festivals. Started in 2015, the SaraSolo Festival provides a unique theatre experience, which celebrates the solo artist, showcasing an eclectic mix of 45-90 minute solo performances by national and international artists – featuring music, dance, cabaret, comedy, performance art, magic, stand-up, and storytelling, as well as historical, biographical and poetic plays. The Annual SaraSolo Festival is held over two weekends in January and/or February. For the Schedule, Tickets and Festival information, visit us online at www.SaraSolo.org or contact us by email at [email protected].
SaraSolo is the brainchild of SaraSolo Productions Inc. (formerly Gotta Van Productions, Inc.) a 501(C) (3) non-profit corporation. SaraSolo Productions believes in affordable theatre, in traditional and non-traditional spaces, that supports diversity, collaboration, and the transformative power of intimate theatre for both artists and audiences. SaraSolo Productions' venues include festivals, fringe theatre, educational outreach, video, and online media. SaraSolo Festival Artistic Director Ann Morrison and Associate Artistic Director Blake Walton are award winners in the world's largest solo performance festival, The United Solo Festival in NYC. For more information go to our website www.SaraSolo.org, or contact us at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook @SaraSolo Productions, Inc., on Twitter @SaraSoloFest, on Instagram @SaraSoloFest.
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The Vita Is Dead, Long Live The Vita
Despite years on commercial life support, the Vita's become a niche gaming Mecca.
Say what you will about the PlayStation Vita, Sony's long-neglected handheld is a hard system to put down. Ever since it first released in 2012, detractors have been quick to dismiss the Vita as dead in the water. Long abandoned by Sony themselves, it'd make perfect sense for the scrappy handheld to finally fizzle out, but it's managed, against all odds, to carve out a strange niche in the modern gaming landscape, amassing some pretty devoted fans in the process.
Don't believe me? This week alone we've seen three Vita games land in our inbox for review. In fact, we've seen more support for the Vita this month that we did in January of 2016.
So, what is it that's keeping the Vita alive these days?
Atelier Shallie Plus -Alchemists of the Dusk Sea is the Vita's first big adventure of 2017.
RPGs mostly. The PlayStation Vita has become something of a refuge for Japanese role-playing games that aren't quite of PlayStation 4 quality and would likely be overlooked on the PlayStation 3. Publishers like KOEI Tecmo, Idea Factory International, and NIS America have largely been pulling the weight for the Vita, delivering some pretty exceptional ports and remasters of some of last-gen's more noteworthy adventures, while tossing in a few original releases for good measure. While that means you're not likely to find many AAA blockbusters on the handheld, there's almost always a slow trickle of grand, 50+ hour adventures being released. That said, despite Sony's radio silence when it comes to talking about the system, it's become a must-own device for fans of the dungeon-crawler genre, or those wanting to play some of the last-gen's better epics on the go.
The Vita is home to plenty of risque romps you won't find anywhere else.
The Vita has also proven to become the platform of choice for the pervier players who prefer a bit of privacy when it comes to some of the more risque romps released in recent years. From controversial RPGs like the BDSM-themed RPG Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors or Gal Gun: Double Peace, an arcade-style light gun game that literally has shooting shooting schoolgirls with a pheromone gun until they collapse in orgasmic bliss, the Vita has plenty of titles to keep those sweaty-palmed acolytes of Japan's fleshier distractions thoroughly entertained, free to partake in the seedy action from the privacy of their 5'' screen of shame. Considering the likelihood of these kinds of games ending up on the 3DS is essentially zilch thanks to Nintendo's image as a more family-oriented company, Sony's more lax approach when it comes to controversial content has ensured the Vita is the handheld of choice for this particular demographic of gamers.
Gal Gun: Double Peace provides more pheromone-flinging fun than you can shake a stick at.
Another niche genre that's found some surprisingly sturdy footing on the Vita is the visual novel genre. Which comes as no surprise, as games that require such a great deal of reading are obviously better suited for a screen that you'll likely have just a few inches from your face. From the metaphysical adventure Steins;Gate 0 to the gritty anime-inspired crime thriller Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness, these text-heavy epics simply shine on Sony's trusty handheld, and are arguably much more enjoyable than their console-bound counterparts.
Visual Novels like Psycho-PASS: Mandatory Happiness shine on the Vita's small screen.
Make no mistake, it hasn't been smooth sailing for the Vita – at least not for Sony. But while the handheld has had trouble finding any semblance of commercial success, it's gone on to become a platform that's thrived on giving more obscure titles a place to call home. And even now, nearly five years since it first hit retail, there's more than enough quirky fun to be had for players looking to dabble in someone of gaming's lesser appreciated genres. Just be ready for plenty of fleshy fan service. It's nigh inescapable.
Not bad for a system that's been on life support for the past few years, eh?
So, are you a proud Vita owner? If so, what games are you looking forward to playing in 2017? Furthermore, what are the kinds of games that keep you coming back to Sony's underappreciated handheld? As always, we love to hear what's on your mind. Be sure to sound off in the comments and let us know.
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I am so very sorry for your loss. May the wonderful memories you have of Barbara bring you comfort during this difficult time and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave everlasting comfort and good hope by means of undeserved kindness, comfort your hearts and make you firm."—2 Thess. 2:16, 17.
Barbara J. Hodges, 79, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018 at her residence under the care of Georgia Hospice Care. The lifelong resident of Savannah was a longtime member of Calvary Baptist Temple. Mrs. Hodges was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard L. Hodges, II.
Surviving are her daughter, Laura Elizabeth Hodges of Thunderbolt; son, Richard L. Hodges, III (Lavon) of Midway; granddaughters, Christina Marie and Gloria Jean; and three great grandsons, Christopher, A.J. and Colton.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 12, 2018 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service.
Interment will follow in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Remembrances may be made in memory of Barbara to Georgia Hospice Care, 7130 Hodgson Memorial Dr., Suite 201, Savannah, GA 31406.


What September? That's what it feels like, between moving and then travel during the month. Didn't get much done, that's for certain!
Hopefully October will feel a little longer...and truly bring some autumn weather. Hopefully I'll be able to get back into 'Delarun' writing too, after this dratted cold leaves me alone.


Katy B does the double this week as the beautiful Crying For No Reason moves up a place to No.1 in the singles chart and second album Little Red stays put at the top of the album chart! German schlager singer Helene Fischer moves back up a place to No.2 with Atemlos Durch Die Nacht and Swedish singer Sanna Nielsen smashes in at No.3 with Undo, her Melodifestivalen 2014 finalist and fourth top three hit here after Empty Room, Nobody Without You and I'm In Love! Shakira and Rihanna slide from No.1 to No.4 with Can't Remember To Forget You and there's a new entry at No.5 for Swedish singer John Martin, the voice behind hits such as Don't You Worry Child and Reload, with Anywhere For You! Other new entries come from Melodifestivalen acts Manda and Jem, a Spice Girls cover by Danish artist MØ and the new Avicii single!
With Katy on top of the album chart too, it's a non-mover at No.2 as well as the Melodifestivalen 1958-2013 album remains in second place. Helene Fischer moves up to No.3 with Farbenspiel, Sophie Ellis-Bextor dips to No.4 with Wanderlust and Ola's Carelessly Yours falls a place to No.5. New entries come from Nina Persson, Linnea Henriksson and Anda Volley!