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Plasmas are not a lab curiosity. Plasma technology has been an important production tool for more than 30 years in the fabrication of microelectronic devices for example. Over this period, plasma technology has also permeated a much broader range of industries including automotive, medical device, textiles, and aerospace to name but a few.
What is plasma treatment & what can plasma treatment do?
Today plasma technology is routinely used to clean and surface treat a wide range of car interior and exterior parts, to improve adhesion of paint and other covering materials, performance textiles to deliver liquid repellency, filter media, stainless steel syringe needles, angioplasty balloon catheters, contact lenses, high voltage power connectors, and many other diverse products. In fact, it would be difficult to identify a modern product that has not benefited from plasma technology at some stage during its fabrication.


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Daily calcium supplements can help prevent colon polyps, study suggests
Saturday, January 20, 2007 by: Ben Kage
Tags: calcium, colon cancer, nutritional supplements
https://www.naturalnews.com/021463_calcium_colon_cancer.html
(NewsTarget) A study published in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that people can protect themselves from a type of polyp that leads to cancer -- recurrent colorectal adenomas -- for up to five years after discontinuing a daily calcium supplement regiment maintained for four years.
A previous study had shown a link between daily calcium supplementation and reduced colorectal adenoma risk, and the recent follow-up study showed that the supplements continue to offer protection after patients discontinue use.
Data from 587 patients who previously had at least one colonoscopy was analyzed for seven years after the conclusion of the previous study. At the five-year-mark, the former calcium users showed a 31.5 percent rate of adenoma formation, while the group who never used calcium supplements showed 43.2 percent growth, but no apparent effect on either group was noted after that time. The study also showed that the prior use of calcium supplements reduced advanced adenoma risk, but not in a way that was statistically significant.
In an interview with Reuters, study co-author Dr. John A. Baron of Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire, said he would like to see future researchers duplicate the results of his study, but noted it was too early to say calcium supplements were a viable way to prevent colorectal cancer. He added that the study turned up evidence that prostate cancer risk might be increased by calcium supplementation.
"I would urge consumers to supplement only with high-grade calcium sources, and avoid products like Tums which actually reduce stomach acid, interfering with the assimilation of minerals like calcium," said Mike Adams, author of "The 7 Laws of Nutrition" and a consumer health advocate. Adams said that calcium carbonate is a poor source of calcium, and that calcium citrate is better. The best sources, he said, include things like calcium malate, and he recommended consumers visit WellnessResources.com for "very high-grade calcium."
"The best way to take calcium is with acidic natural foods such as citrus or strawberries," he said. "A little vinegar, taken with calcium supplements, can also boost absorption and assimilation."
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Q: Android - detect phone unlock event, not screen on Is there a way to detect when a user unlocks the phone? I know about ACTION_SCREEN_ON and ACTION_SCREEN_OFF, but these seem to be fired when the screen switches on/off when pressing the power button, but not actually when the phone gets unlocked when pressing the Menu button...
I am trying to detect the unlock/lock while an activity is running, and I want to resume the activity once unlocked.

A: public class PhoneUnlockedReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_USER_PRESENT)){
            Log.d(TAG, "Phone unlocked");
        }else if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF)){
            Log.d(TAG, "Phone locked");
        }
    }
}

register receiver by this statement
receiver = new PhoneUnlockedReceiver();
        IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
        filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_USER_PRESENT);
        filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF);
        registerReceiver(receiver, filter);

A: Here's what to do:
Say you want to detect the unlock event and do something in your activity when the phone is unlocked. Have a Broadcast Receiver for ACTION_SCREEN_ON, ACTION_SCREEN_OFF and ACTION_USER_PRESENT.
onResume of the activity will be called when ACTION_SCREEN_ON is fired. Create a handler and wait for ACTION_USER_PRESENT. When it is fired, implement what you want for your activity.
Credit goes to CommonsWare's answer here: Android -- What happens when device is unlocked?

A: After struggling with this for a while, I've found that the best way to do this is to register a BroadcastReceiver on the "android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT" action.
"Broadcast Action: Sent when the user is present after device wakes up (e.g when the key-guard is gone)."
To distinguish between cases where the user has turned on phone screen when it wasn't locked, and when they actually unlocked it use the KeyguardManager to check the security settings.
Code example:
Add this to your activity:
registerReceiver(new PhoneUnlockedReceiver(), new IntentFilter("android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT"));

Then use this class:
public class PhoneUnlockedReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        KeyguardManager keyguardManager = (KeyguardManager)context.getSystemService(Context.KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
        if (keyguardManager.isKeyguardSecure()) {
            //phone was unlocked, do stuff here
        }
    }
}

A: Didn't test it but try the following:

*

*Wait for ACTION_SCREEN_ON.

*(After screen is on,) Wait for ACTION_MAIN with category CATEGORY_HOME (Which launches the home screen) - This is probably what is sent after the phone gets unlocked.

The 1st step is needed to filter out regular HOME key presses.

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Le propriétaire était très sympathique. Nous avons eu de très belles conversations autour d'un café ou d'un verre de vin. un hôte vraiment sympathique. Superbement situé face à la lagune. Et Nida est vraiment magnifique.
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Topic: Invest In EOS or Waves?
Re: Invest In EOS or Waves?
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Notes from a Polite New Yorker and other ramblings and screeds from Matthew Sheahan. Death threats welcome.
Tag Archive | FDNY
in Awesome NYC, Notes from a Polite New Yorker
Finding Father Mychal F. Judge Street
In early March of 2000, I found my way from Ozone Park to Sunnyside, Queens, for the inaugural St. Pat's for All Parade. The parade was unique because it welcomed LGBT groups to participate. Most other St. Patrick's parades at the time did not.
It was the first St. Patrick's parade I marched in, representing a human rights group that monitored the contentious marching season in the North of Ireland. The parade included many of the standard Irish groups and local politicians but also featured an LGBT marching band, a traditional Korean dance troupe, and other organizations that are not strange in Queens but do stand out in a St Patrick's Day parade. The parade gathered news coverage (Hillary Clinton was there, running for Senate) and a few religious protesters upset that St. Patrick's name was being use to make friendly with the gays.
During the march, I noticed a Catholic priest in a brown robe shaking hands with people aside the parade route. Oh no, I thought to myself, what litany of lies did the parade organizers tell this poor priest to get him here? He's going to have a heart attack when he sees the gay marching band.
But that priest did not have a heart attack upon seeing the gay marching band. The priest was Father Mychal Judge.
Father Judge is most famous for being the New York Fire Department chaplain who perished in the September 11 attacks; he is listed as the first official casualty of that day. But long before his untimely death, Father Judge was a bridge between the multitudes of New York communities. At a time of increasing hostility between the Catholic Church's leadership and LGBT groups, he made it part of his mission to minister to gays and lesbians and people with AIDS. He was dedicated to helping the homeless and people suffering drug and alcohol addiction, and he led a peace mission in Ireland. Few others would have been able to shake hands with cross-wielding protesters and break bread with a gay marching band on that same morning in Queens.
In his last homily, delivered the day before he was killed at the World Trade Center, he spoke to firefighters in The Bronx. He spoke about the unpredictable nature of life and how everyone has their part to play, that each one of us has a place.
"That's the way it is. Good days. And bad days. Up days. Down days. Sad days. Happy days. But never a boring day on this job. You do what God has called you to do. You show up. You put one foot in front of another. You get on the rig and you go out and you do the job – which is a mystery. And a surprise. You have no idea when you get on that rig. No matter how big the call. No matter how small. You have no idea what God is calling you to. But he needs you. He needs me. He needs all of us."
September is freshly ended and with it, most of the commemorations of the September 11 attacks. One of the best traditions, the Stephen Siller Foundation Tunnel to Towers 5k, is held the last Sunday in September.
On a rainy October evening, I was making my way home from midtown after a long workday. A fire engine was driving down the street and was stuck at an intersection of 6th Ave. and 31st Street. Despite having the right of way, the firefighter at the wheel waved pedestrians across.
I discovered I was crossing Father Mychal F. Judge Street, a segment of West 31st that runs past his church, St. Francis of Assisi. It was named in his honor in 2002. FDNY Engine 1/Ladder 24 station is nearby. It would have been disrespectful to ignore the sign and continue on with the regular rush of the afternoon commute. I stepped out of people's way and took a photo of the sign.
There are few New Yorkers who represent the resiliency and humanity of our city the way Father Mychal Judge did. His sacrifice has special meaning for firefighters and those who lost loved ones in the September 11th attacks, but the life he lived symbolizes the best of us and serves as an inspiration the world over. It always will.
in Notes from a Polite New Yorker, Our Mostly Awesome City
Just another weekday explosion in New York City
It was a quiet Wednesday night and we had just managed to put our girls to bed when we heard and felt an explosion. Even though it had been raining, there was no way that this was thunder. The explosion was quickly followed by a burning smell. We looked out our windows but did not see anything. The burning smell persisted.
A few short minutes later a legion of emergency vehicles arrived. Fire engines and police cars with screaming sirens and lights ablaze rushed down Union Street. The fire trucks positioned themselves near our building as police cars rushed passed them to block off traffic coming in both directions. The problem seemed to be coming from across the street, but we couldn't tell what had happened. Was there a burning vehicle? Did someone detonate a car bomb in our neighborhood? Was there a meth lab in someone's apartment that caught fire and now toxic chemicals are in the air?
I decided to investigate, taking a basement exit in case police were blocking off the front entrance of our building. When I got to the front of my building there were many people on the street already there to bear witness to the events. I noticed smoke coming from an open manhole on the street. A firefighter was connecting a hose to the fire hydrant nearest our building. The hose led across the street.
I encountered a Spanish-speaking man who was standing near my building. I asked him what was going on. In thickly accented English he told me that he saw flames coming from a building across the street and he had called 911. He didn't know what had happened but he saw flames and smoke coming from a manhole and a building. A South Asian woman wrapped in a traditional sari came by and spoke with us. She mentioned that she had been saying her prayers when she heard the explosion; the burning smell had driven her from her apartment to investigate.
After chatting with these neighbors I headed across the street where there more people gathered. One of the buildings was completely dark and it was towards there that the firefighters were all streaming. Police officers and fire officials talked to one another as more FDNY personnel arrived. A few more fire department vehicles showed up. A Q44 bus found itself trapped, hemmed in by first responders on both sides. Its driver stood outside the bus talking into a cell phone before signing off and standing there resignedly.
As I stood watching, a friend, J. Dip, approached me. He lives across the street. I know him through music: he plays guitar for New York hardcore stalwarts Bloodbeat. He lives in a building next to the affected one and told me that he heard and felt the blast and saw flames coming from the basement windows of the next building as well. He told his wife to be ready to move their kids out of their quickly and he went to investigate. We talked about other things: how we were doing and what our lives were up to. He and his wife are expecting a third child in November. We are both still playing music, but life slows down a bit when you have kids.
Another bystander said that it was likely an electrical fire and explosion caused by corroded wiring. He explained that with the large quantities of salt put on New York City roads during the winter months, some salt seeps underground and corrodes utility cables there. When it rains later in the year, water can touch those exposed wires and cause fires and explosions.
That seemed like the most plausible explanation, and the firemen were not evacuating any buildings, so my adventure was done. Con Ed trucks were already pulling up to start fixing things as I walked back across the street for home.
This was some excitement that one might think would make it onto the television news or merit a mention in a newspaper, but nothing doing. There were no fatalities or grisly injuries. "If it doesn't bleed, there's no need," would be the appropriate adage for lack of news coverage.
So no big deal, just another explosion in New York. We live in one of the largest cities in the world and the infrastructure is always being revised. Sometimes by tragedy or accident, sometimes by design, New York always reinvents itself. As long as this metropolis stands, its story will be one of grinding, sweat and broken concrete, of taped-off work zones and slap-dash detours. We'll face them all down, one odd weekday explosion at a time.
in Notes from a Polite New Yorker
Good for You: Run the Tunnel to Towers 5K
The story should be familiar to you. On September 11, 2001, Firefighter Stephen Siller was officially off duty when airplanes struck the Twin Towers. Unable to drive there himself because the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel was closed, he ran through the tunnel in full firefighting gear. He reached the World Trade Center where he became one of 343 New York City Firefighters to die that day.
Every year in his honor, thousands gather to run the Tunnel to Towers 5K, a run that traces Siller's steps and not only pays tribute to the first responders who gave their lives for our city, but also raises money for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which runs several charitable programs, many aimed at helping wounded veterans.
I can tell you first hand that running the Tunnel to Towers 5K will be one of the best runs you ever do. Even if you're a cynical New Yorker with no use for first-responder hero worship or nauseated by the way U.S. politicians ruthlessly exploited the attacks, the Tunnel to Towers run will remind you of the enormity of the sacrifice of the people who gave their lives in September 11.
Firefighters from all of the world come to run this 5k, with many of them doing the run in full firefighting gear the way Siller did. There are also people from all the armed forces, disabled veterans, some of whom are running with more than one artificial limb, West Point cadets, police and firefighters from all over the world, and thousands of regular New Yorkers. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has expanded and there were commemorative runs in eight other cities this year.
The run through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is crowded to the point where it's difficult to gather up a good speed. The space is already constricted and then the row of standing plastic road reflectors that divide the lanes make it even more difficult to pass people. When I was running it there were numerous people who climbed up on a pedestrian walk way to try to gather speed. They became smeared with black soot from the exhausts of thousands of cars and managed to run only a short distance before police made them get down.
When you emerge from the tunnel, you will see hundreds of firefighters holding portraits of those lost on September 11th next to another line of firefighters holding 343 American flags. It's a beautiful sight to behold, and you can't help but be humbled the enormity of their sacrifice. Along the way the crowds will cheer you on and you'll see high school bands, rock bands, firefighters and many others.
The Tunnel to Towers Run in New York this year is on Sunday, September 28. Be there.
New York offers many other runs and walks that are for good causes as well. Here are some others:
The TEAL Walk is a 5k run and/or walk that raises money for ovarian cancer research. It's held in Prospect Park every year. Take public transportation there if you can because trying to find parking near Prospect Park is a herculean task I wish on no one.
The Run for the Wild is held at the Bronx Zoo and raises money for conservation efforts. Your registration fee includes all-day admission to the zoo and discounts on buying things there. It's a great way to run through the zoo early in the morning and then spend the day there. Good times.
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Who is Golden Globes 2018 host Seth Meyers, is he married and how tall is he?
SETH Meyers is the chat show who took charge of the 2018 Golden Globes.
All eyes were on the US star as he took to the stage at the film and TV award show - but what do we know about him and his career?
Seth Meyers is an American comedian and TV host who has a talk show on NBC called the Late Night with Seth Meyers.
He was announced as the new host replacing Jimmy Fallon in 2014, after Jimmy became the host of The Tonight Show.
Before this gig, he was the head writer for Saturday Night Live, which he did from 2001 to 2004, and he also hosted part of the show's news parody section, Weekend Update.
The 6ft-tall star was born on December 28, 1973, which makes him 44 years old, and he was raised in New Hampshire from the age of ten.
He started his improv comedy career at university and then worked around America and overseas before starting at SNL.
Seth has also had small movie roles in the likes of Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2008), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) and See This Movie (2004).
Who is Seth Meyers hosting the Golden Globes with?
Seth was announced as the solo host of the 2018 event, having been passed the hosting torch by fellow NBC late-night star Jimmy Fallon.
Before Jimmy, Ricky Gervais has taken the helm, and hosting duo Amy Poehler and Tina Fey did a tandem job in 2015.
Seth has revealed that his opening monologue will contain political humour and discuss internal politics in Hollywood.
Seth is married to human rights lawyer Alexi Ashe, and the pair tied the knot on September 1, 2013 on Martha's Vineyard.
The pair have a son called Ashe Olson Meyers, who was born on March 27, 2016.
Seth announced on November 23, 2017, that they are expecting a second child in 2018.


We have many ministries here at Calvary that we would love for you and your family to get involved in. From weekly on Sundays and Wednesdays to throughout the month, there is a lot to get involved in.
Visit each ministries page to learn more about them and how you can get involved.
Calvary Kids is a fun dynamic ministry to kids ages 6-12. Join us each Sunday morning at 10:30am for a fun, interactive, Bible based service.
Join the men of Calvary on the first Saturday for a time of fellowship and food. Men of all ages are invited.
Each Sunday and Wednesday, our Music Ministry team delivers a powerful time of worship. Join us for one of our services and see for yourself!
Golden Heirs is a ministry to our Senior and Senior Wannabe crowd. Our group meets once a month for a fellowship. We would love to have you join us.
Once a month, our church invites any widow and widower to a special luncheon just for them. You do not have to be a member of our church to come as all are welcome. We want to extend love and support to you.
Here at Calvary, our women love to serve and fellowship. Join our ladies as they work together to provide food and help during a lot of what happens here. Between gifts for newlyweds and newborns to food when a loved one is lost, our ladies are here to serve. Learn of ways you can be involved!
Our youth ministry, Altered Youth, is a dynamic group that meets every Wednesday evening for a service and time of fellowship. This services is geared towards teens from 12 to college.
Is there a ministry you would like to see at our church? Let us know!


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Q: Помогите в реализации считание номеров слайдера Никак не могу в слайдер добавить считывание номеров.
Логику взял  отсуда
Но там на jQuery релизовано а мне нужно в js
Я заменил их код на Javascript и посмотрел что алтернатива index() jQuery в JavaScript это indexOf()
Но вот при добавлени этого кода
var $currentIndex = document.querySelector('figure.bss-show').indexOf() + 1;
в  слайдер показывает ошибку такого рода что indexOf() is not a function
Помогите как мне реализовать такой отчет слайдера 1 / 10

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                    if (document.exitFullscreen) {
                      document.exitFullscreen();
                    } else if (document.msExitFullscreen) {
                      document.msExitFullscreen();
                    } else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen) {
                      document.mozCancelFullScreen();
                    } else if (document.webkitExitFullscreen) {
                      document.webkitExitFullscreen();
                    }
                }
            } // end toggleFullScreen

        }; // end Slideshow object

    // make instances of Slideshow as needed
    [].forEach.call($slideshows, function (el) {
        $slideshow = Object.create(Slideshow);
        $slideshow.init(el, options);
    });
};
var opts = {
    auto : {
        speed : 5000,
        pauseOnHover : true
    },
    fullScreen : true,
    swipe : true
};
makeBSS('.demo1', opts);
/* body{
  background: ;
  /*overflow: hidden;
} */
.bss-slides{
  background: #000;
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width:300px;
}
.bss-slides:focus{
 outline: 0;
}
.bss-slides figure{
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
}
.bss-slides figure:first-child{
  position: relative;
}
.bss-slides figure img{
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 1.2s;
  transition: opacity 1.2s;
  position: relative;
/*-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  backface-visibility: hidden;
  */
}
.bss-slides .bss-show {
  z-index: 3;
}
.bss-slides .bss-show img{
  opacity: 1;
 /* -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  backface-visibility: hidden;*/
}

.bss-slides figcaption{
  position: absolute;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: .8em;
  bottom: .75em;
  right: .35em;
  padding: .25em;
  color: #fff;
  background: #000;
  background: rgba(0,0,0, .25);
  border-radius: 2px;
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 1.2s;
  transition: opacity 1.2s;
}
.bss-slides .bss-show figcaption{
  z-index: 2;
  opacity: 1;
}
.bss-slides figcaption a{
  color: #fff;
}
.bss-next, .bss-prev{
  color: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  background: #000;
  background: rgba(0,0,0, .6);
  top: 50%;
  z-index: 4;
  font-size: 2em;
  margin-top: -1.2em;
  opacity: .5;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}
.bss-next:hover, .bss-prev:hover{
  cursor: pointer;
  opacity: 1;
}
.bss-next{
  right: 0;
  padding: 10px 5px 15px 10px;
  border-top-left-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
}
.bss-prev{
  left: 0;
  padding: 10px 10px 15px 5px;
  border-top-right-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
}
.bss-fullscreen{
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,.3) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/arrows-alt_ffffff_64.png);
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
  position: absolute;
  top: 5px;
  left: 5px;
  cursor: pointer;
  opacity: .3;
}
.bss-fullscreen:hover{
  opacity: .8;
}
:-webkit-full-screen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    -webkit-background-size: contain;
    background-size: contain;
}
:-moz-full-screen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    background-size: contain;
}
:-ms-fullscreen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    background-size: contain;
}
:full-screen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    -webkit-background-size: contain;
    background-size: contain;
}
:-webkit-full-screen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    -webkit-background-size: contain;
    background-size: contain;
}
:-moz-full-screen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    background-size: contain;
}
:-ms-fullscreen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    background-size: contain;
}
:fullscreen .bss-fullscreen{
    background: rgba(0,0,0,.4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
    -webkit-background-size: contain;
    background-size: contain;
}

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A: У вас в функции showCurrent есть this.counter, который как раз является порядковым номером элемента, единственное, надо к нему прибавлять 1, так как отсчет идет с 0.

var makeBSS = function(el, options) {
  var $slideshows = document.querySelectorAll(el), // a collection of all of the slideshow
    $slideshow = {},
    Slideshow = {
      init: function(el, options) {
        this.counter = 0; // to keep track of current slide
        this.el = el; // current slideshow container
        this.$items = el.querySelectorAll('figure'); // a collection of all of the slides, caching for performance
        this.numItems = this.$items.length; // total number of slides
        options = options || {}; // if options object not passed in, then set to empty object
        options.auto = options.auto || false; // if options.auto object not passed in, then set to false
        this.opts = {
          auto: (typeof options.auto === "undefined") ? false : options.auto,
          speed: (typeof options.auto.speed === "undefined") ? 1500 : options.auto.speed,
          pauseOnHover: (typeof options.auto.pauseOnHover === "undefined") ? false : options.auto.pauseOnHover,
          fullScreen: (typeof options.fullScreen === "undefined") ? false : options.fullScreen,
          swipe: (typeof options.swipe === "undefined") ? false : options.swipe
        };

        this.$items[0].classList.add('bss-show'); // add show class to first figure
        //   var $currentIndex = document.querySelector('figure.bss-show').indexOf() + 1; строка ошибки
        this.injectControls(el);
        this.addEventListeners(el);
        if (this.opts.auto) {
          this.autoCycle(this.el, this.opts.speed, this.opts.pauseOnHover);
        }
        if (this.opts.fullScreen) {
          this.addFullScreen(this.el);
        }
        if (this.opts.swipe) {
          this.addSwipe(this.el);
        }
      },
      showCurrent: function(i) {
        // increment or decrement this.counter depending on whether i === 1 or i === -1
        if (i > 0) {
          this.counter = (this.counter + 1 === this.numItems) ? 0 : this.counter + 1;
        } else {
          this.counter = (this.counter - 1 < 0) ? this.numItems - 1 : this.counter - 1;
        }
        document.getElementsByClassName('num')[0].innerHTML = (this.counter + 1) + ' / ' + this.numItems; //здесь можно осуществлять вывод вашего номера.

        // remove .show from whichever element currently has it
        // http://stackoverflow.com/a/16053538/2006057
        [].forEach.call(this.$items, function(el) {
          el.classList.remove('bss-show');
        });

        // add .show to the one item that's supposed to have it
        this.$items[this.counter].classList.add('bss-show');
      },
      injectControls: function(el) {
        // build and inject prev/next controls
        // first create all the new elements
        var spanPrev = document.createElement("span"),
          spanNext = document.createElement("span"),
          docFrag = document.createDocumentFragment();

        // add classes
        spanPrev.classList.add('bss-prev');
        spanNext.classList.add('bss-next');

        // add contents
        spanPrev.innerHTML = '«';
        spanNext.innerHTML = '»';

        // append elements to fragment, then append fragment to DOM
        docFrag.appendChild(spanPrev);
        docFrag.appendChild(spanNext);
        el.appendChild(docFrag);
      },
      addEventListeners: function(el) {
        var that = this;
        el.querySelector('.bss-next').addEventListener('click', function() {
          that.showCurrent(1); // increment & show
        }, false);

        el.querySelector('.bss-prev').addEventListener('click', function() {
          that.showCurrent(-1); // decrement & show
        }, false);

        el.onkeydown = function(e) {
          e = e || window.event;
          if (e.keyCode === 37) {
            that.showCurrent(-1); // decrement & show
          } else if (e.keyCode === 39) {
            that.showCurrent(1); // increment & show
          }
        };
      },
      autoCycle: function(el, speed, pauseOnHover) {
        var that = this,
          interval = window.setInterval(function() {
            that.showCurrent(1); // increment & show
          }, speed);

        if (pauseOnHover) {
          el.addEventListener('mouseover', function() {
            interval = clearInterval(interval);
          }, false);
          el.addEventListener('mouseout', function() {
            interval = window.setInterval(function() {
              that.showCurrent(1); // increment & show
            }, speed);
          }, false);
        } // end pauseonhover

      },
      addFullScreen: function(el) {
        var that = this,
          fsControl = document.createElement("span");

        fsControl.classList.add('bss-fullscreen');
        el.appendChild(fsControl);
        el.querySelector('.bss-fullscreen').addEventListener('click', function() {
          that.toggleFullScreen(el);
        }, false);
      },
      addSwipe: function(el) {
        var that = this,
          ht = new Hammer(el);
        ht.on('swiperight', function(e) {
          that.showCurrent(-1); // decrement & show
        });
        ht.on('swipeleft', function(e) {
          that.showCurrent(1); // increment & show
        });
      },
      toggleFullScreen: function(el) {
        // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Using_full_screen_mode
        if (!document.fullscreenElement && // alternative standard method
          !document.mozFullScreenElement && !document.webkitFullscreenElement &&
          !document.msFullscreenElement) { // current working methods
          if (document.documentElement.requestFullscreen) {
            el.requestFullscreen();
          } else if (document.documentElement.msRequestFullscreen) {
            el.msRequestFullscreen();
          } else if (document.documentElement.mozRequestFullScreen) {
            el.mozRequestFullScreen();
          } else if (document.documentElement.webkitRequestFullscreen) {
            el.webkitRequestFullscreen(el.ALLOW_KEYBOARD_INPUT);
          }
        } else {
          if (document.exitFullscreen) {
            document.exitFullscreen();
          } else if (document.msExitFullscreen) {
            document.msExitFullscreen();
          } else if (document.mozCancelFullScreen) {
            document.mozCancelFullScreen();
          } else if (document.webkitExitFullscreen) {
            document.webkitExitFullscreen();
          }
        }
      } // end toggleFullScreen

    }; // end Slideshow object

  // make instances of Slideshow as needed
  [].forEach.call($slideshows, function(el) {
    $slideshow = Object.create(Slideshow);
    $slideshow.init(el, options);
  });
};
var opts = {
  auto: {
    speed: 5000,
    pauseOnHover: true
  },
  fullScreen: true,
  swipe: true
};
makeBSS('.demo1', opts);
/* body{
  background: ;
  /*overflow: hidden;
} */

.bss-slides {
  background: #000;
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: 300px;
}

.bss-slides:focus {
  outline: 0;
}

.bss-slides figure {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.bss-slides figure:first-child {
  position: relative;
}

.bss-slides figure img {
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 1.2s;
  transition: opacity 1.2s;
  position: relative;
  /*-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  backface-visibility: hidden;
  */
}

.bss-slides .bss-show {
  z-index: 3;
}

.bss-slides .bss-show img {
  opacity: 1;
  /* -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  backface-visibility: hidden;*/
}

.bss-slides figcaption {
  position: absolute;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: .8em;
  bottom: .75em;
  right: .35em;
  padding: .25em;
  color: #fff;
  background: #000;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
  border-radius: 2px;
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 1.2s;
  transition: opacity 1.2s;
}

.bss-slides .bss-show figcaption {
  z-index: 2;
  opacity: 1;
}

.bss-slides figcaption a {
  color: #fff;
}

.bss-next,
.bss-prev {
  color: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  background: #000;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .6);
  top: 50%;
  z-index: 4;
  font-size: 2em;
  margin-top: -1.2em;
  opacity: .5;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

.bss-next:hover,
.bss-prev:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
  opacity: 1;
}

.bss-next {
  right: 0;
  padding: 10px 5px 15px 10px;
  border-top-left-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
}

.bss-prev {
  left: 0;
  padding: 10px 10px 15px 5px;
  border-top-right-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
}

.bss-fullscreen {
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .3) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/arrows-alt_ffffff_64.png);
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
  position: absolute;
  top: 5px;
  left: 5px;
  cursor: pointer;
  opacity: .3;
}

.bss-fullscreen:hover {
  opacity: .8;
}

:-webkit-full-screen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
}

:-moz-full-screen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  background-size: contain;
}

:-ms-fullscreen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  background-size: contain;
}

:full-screen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
}

:-webkit-full-screen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
}

:-moz-full-screen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  background-size: contain;
}

:-ms-fullscreen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  background-size: contain;
}

:fullscreen .bss-fullscreen {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4) url(https://leemark.github.io/better-simple-slideshow/img/compress_ffffff_64.png);
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
}

"Medium" by Thomas Hawk.

"Colorado" by Trey Ratcliff.

"Early Morning at the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge, Colorado" by Dave Soldano.

"Sunrise in Eastern Colorado" by Pam Morris.

"colorado colors" by Jasen Miller.

1 / 5


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The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
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Oct 2004, 400 pages
UK (Britain) & Ireland
1980s & '90s
'Hollinghurst writes harsh but deeply informed social satire from within, just as Proust did. He writes the best prose we have today'. Winner of the 2004 Booker Prize.
In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby—whom Nick had idolized at Oxford—and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions.
As the boom years of the eighties unfold, Nick, an innocent in the world of politics and money, finds his life altered by the rising fortunes of this glamorous family. His two vividly contrasting love affairs, one with a young black clerk and one with a Lebanese millionaire, dramatize the dangers and rewards of his own private pursuit of beauty, a pursuit as compelling to Nick as the desire for power and riches among his friends. Richly textured, emotionally charged, disarmingly comic, this is a major work by one of our finest writers.
PETER CROWTHER'S BOOK on the election was already in the shops. It was called Landslide!, and the witty assistant at Dillon's had arranged the window in a scaled-down version of that natural disaster. The pale-gilt image of the triumphant Prime Minister rushed towards the customer in a gleaming slippage. Nick stopped in the street, and then went in to look at a copy. He had met Peter Crowther once, and heard him described as a hack and also as a "mordant analyst": his faint smile, as he flicked through the pages, concealed his uncertainty as to which account was nearer the truth. There was clearly something hacklike in the speed of publication, only two months after the event; and in the actual writing, of course. The book's mordancy seemed to be reserved for the efforts of the Opposition. Nick looked carefully at the photographs, but only one of them had Gerald in it: a group picture of "The 101 New Tory MPs", in which he'd been clever enough, or quick enough, to ...
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Vast scope... smart, funny, and for all its vividly engaging ways, a pretty sound document of the times.
The book is Jamesian in the best sense; indeed, in some ways, Hollinghurst surpasses his master. His prose is both super-elegant and super-succinct there is none of the windbaggery of the later James novels. If it does not make the Booker short-list, I will be truly astonished.
The Washington Post - Michael Dirda
Edmund White has said that Alan Hollinghurst writes the best prose we have today. I might not go that far -- White himself is no slouch with a sentence -- but if you value style, wit and social satire in your reading, don't miss this elegant and passionate novel.
An important novel of twentieth-century manners, deliberately provoking comparisons with not just Henry James but with Trollope, Waugh and Proust. Astonishingly, The Line of Beauty emerges with credit from these confrontations... a richly literate, ambitious piece of work. It makes a lot of contemporary fiction seem thin and underachieving... deserves to be widely read.
Scotland on Sunday
Stunning... The Line of Beauty is quite simply a joy to read. It is solid and traditional, beautifully crafted - the sort of book Henry James might have been proud of... It is a quiet masterpiece.
Independent on Sunday
[Hollinghurst's] brilliant recreation of that bigoted, nepotistic, racist, callous and mean-spirited epoch is timely. If Thatcher's London has rarely been better done by a British moralist, Hollinghurst loves the city more than most. And on the note of love of London, and of life, this fabulous novel ends.
Luminous... [an] astonishingly Jamesian novel, a crafty, glittering, sidelong bid by a contemporary master of English prose to be considered heir to James himself. For a novel that spans only four years, 1983 to 1987, it seems to encompass a world as capacious as any in a James novel.
There is something memorable on every page... there is much to savour in The Line of Beauty, not least its humour, a shivering yet morally exacting satire that leaves no character untouched.
A classic of our times… The work of a great English stylist in full maturity; a masterpiece.
A magnificent novel... There are literally thousands of impeccably nuanced touches. Hollinghurst, as Henry James said, is one on whom nothing is lost. He is living proof that the vaulting claims made by the Master on behalf of the novel - the force of beauty and its process - still hold good today.
A novel so exquisitely written that at times it feels almost as if it could dispense with plot and characters and exist on a plane of pure perception and connotation. It doesn't, of course, and it ably depicts the high-days of a boom society and the ambiguous charm of being both insider and cuckoo in the nest. But its delights and rewards extend beyond its comic or documentary achievements and are to be found in its author's almost uncanny apprehension of the world he observes... These are lines of beauty that will last long beyond the surface shocks and excitements of the novel's story.
The Guardian - Zadie Smith
The best English novel of the year so far is Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty
Colm Toibin, The Guardian
In Alan Hollinghurst's novel The Line of Beauty, the great tradition of English public, political narrative, as perfected by Trollope, meets the sculpted, poetic and interior narrative as perfected by Henry James. The result is intriguing, like reading gossip in beautifully made sentences with extraordinary insights into motive and nuance, allowing all the time for comedy.
Wonderful... almost unbelievably well-written - 600 pages of finely wrought but tough, close-in observation. Negotiating cocaine, adultery, homosexuality and Margaret Thatcher in a serious novel requires a perfect touch, and Hollinghurst has shown that he has it. In its dazzling, very contemporary way, the book is tragic.. But it is also consistently funny.
Must rank among the funniest [novels] ever written about Thatcher's Britain, while remaining one of the most tragically sad.
Nick is less interesting as a character than as an observer His youthful affairs do gain gravitas as the '80s progress under the specter of AIDS, but over the story's course he goes from a virginal 20-year-old to a wizened 24-year-old. More fascinating are Hollinghurst's incisive depictions of the brilliance and ease that insulate and animate the Feddens - especially the witty and difficult Gerald and the spectacular mess that is Catherine, and the crushing realization that Nick, unlike those around him, does not have the casual luxury to crash up his own life and survive. A beautifully realized portrait of a decade and a social class, but without a well-developed emotional core.
Among its other wonders, this almost perfectly written novel delineates what's arguably the most coruscating portrait of a plutocracy since Goya painted the Spanish Bourbons. To shade in the nuances of class, Hollingsworth uses plot the way it was meant to be used—not as a line of utility, but as a thematically connected sequence of events that creates its own mini-value system and symbols... Widely praised for his three previous novels, Hollinghurst is primed for even greater acclaim and sales with this masterful volume, the latest in a wave of Jamesian novels.
Alan Hollinghurst writes harsh but deeply informed social satire from within, just as Proust did. He writes the best prose we have today.
For once the jacket blurb is not hyperbole—it really is his finest novel.
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I had read good reviews of this book and was delighted to be given a hard back copy for Christmas. After 80 pages I put it to one side because I wasn't enjoying the writing, the plot or the characters - a nice cover only takes you so far. Then a ... Read More
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Pull that beautifully golden brown turkey out of the oven, and cover it with foil. Then let it rest for 30 minutes. Then let it rest for 30 minutes. I know you are worried it will get cold, but those 30 minutes are important because they give the juices a chance to be re-absorbed, and the meat a chance to firm up.... A roasted turkey is easy to brown in a roaster of any type. (Image: cooking turkey image by Ernest Prim from Fotolia.com) Whether you define a roaster as a special type of pan you use in your oven or a countertop appliance, both involve the same process for getting a turkey brown.
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Read the full article from University of Wisconsin – Madison here.
Angie Xie, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, works with stem cells in a lab in Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) on Oct. 25, 2018. Photo by Bryce Richter/UW-Madison.
To Bill Murphy and the other leaders of the Forward BIO Initiative, Wisconsin possesses all the elements to become a hub of biomanufacturing in the United States, the Midwest's version of Boston or San Francisco in this rapidly expanding industry.
The initiative, which launched in September 2018, covers research, education and career preparation, facility access for startups, and two-way connections between industry and academia through its three pillars: the Forward BIO Institute at UW-Madison; Forward BIOLABS, a turnkey lab space at University Research Park on Madison's west side; and BioForward Wisconsin, a partnership organization of biohealth companies in the state.
And, with Murphy chairing the broader Forward BIO Initiative and directing the Forward BIO Institute, the Department of Biomedical Engineering will play a direct role in shaping efforts to strengthen the biomanufacturing industry in the state and the surrounding region.
Cathy Rasmussen, the institute's assistant director and innovation lead for the initiative, is also based in the biomedical engineering department, while Assistant Professor Krishanu Saha is the institute's director of education innovation. Murphy and Rasmussen both see biomedical engineering, a discipline that routinely brings together engineers and clinicians, as representative of the kind of work the Forward BIO Initiative seeks to promote on topics such as biomaterials, cell-based therapies, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
The Forward BIO Institute is in the midst of making new faculty hires and developing a new master's program in biomanufacturing innovation with an eye toward a fall 2019 launch. In addition to teaching students technical skills to work with current and emerging technology, the program will introduce and encourage entrepreneurial thinking.
And, true to the broader initiative's priority of connecting academia to industry, Murphy says the institute hopes to create web-based course content that could reach audiences beyond the UW-Madison campus. The institute will also tap into industry knowledge through its Biomanufacturing Consortium.
By connecting faculty, staff and student to industry players and resources such as Forward BIOLABS—an incubator space that will let researchers focus on science rather than acquiring equipment—Forward BIO aims to accelerate the discovery-to-translation process.


The Gowanus Canal did not disappoint yesterday. The pictures here show the Big G about one hour before high tide yesterday evening. The photos show the canal overflowing its banks at Second Street (above)and at Sackett Street. The other photo shows it within inches of doing the same elsewhere an hour before the high water mark. Also bear in mind that during heavy rains like yesterday's, raw sewage flows directly into the canal, so that what you are looking at is (almost literally) crap in the streets.
FROGG notes, "City Planning will be meeting with the community this Thu, April 19 to discuss changes in land use around here at the bottom of the Slopes." The meeting for those who are interested will happen at P.S. 32, which is located at 317 Hoyt Street, at 6:00 PM.
See also NY Times ohoto showing what was going on inside the houses up hill from the raising Gowanus.
Like a lot of Gowanus Lounge posts, I'm not sure what you want the takeaway to be. That the canal is not a habitable area? OK. But what beyond that? Do you think it can never be made a habitable area? That it *shouldn't* be made a habitable area? I'd be more sympathetic to FROGG's agenda if it do often sound like, "Keep Gowanus sleazy so people won't want to live here!"
My take is ...they've been trying to make it habitable for years...I've lived in the area for nearly 50 years...it is NOT as habitable as people want to think. I don't think it will be...not for a very, very long time.
Not habitable--OK, and yet you've lived there for 50 years. So what's the problem with other people wanting to live there too, even building apartments and (gasp) supermarkets there?
I would KILL for a supermarket around here.
I don't mind people moving into the neighborhood at all, but I do wish they'd stop building garbage like those two buildings on Carroll Street, and I hope someone decides to upgrade the sewers at some point, otherwise in a couple of years we'll fondly look back and remember when the Gowanus didn't have poop floating in it all the time, just sometimes.


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Robert Malherbe Finalist in Archibald and Sulman Prize
Congratulations to Robert Malherbe, who has been announced as a finalist in both the Archibald and Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales 'Self-Portrait', Oil on linen, 91 x 91cm
Paul Ryan Finalist in Sunshine Coast Art Prize
Congratulations to Paul Ryan on being selected as a finalist for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Forty finalists have been selected for an exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. The winning artwork will be added to the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. Previous winners include JMG artists, Matthew de Moiser, whose work 'Servo (state 3)', took […]
Jenny Rodgerson WINNER of the 2016 Portia Geach Memorial Award
The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The award is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity […]
Robert Malherbe WINNER of 2016 of NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting PrizeThe NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize is an acquisitive art prize of $20,000, awarded for the best 'plein air' painting of NSW subject. The NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize is an annual event and is recognised by plein air artists throughout Australia. The Parliament of NSW encourages all […]
Celebrating 10 years. 2006 – 2016
TEN + 3 In 2003 I opened my first gallery at 716 High St Armadale. Initially trading as Port Jackson Press Gallery, under the guidance of Family owned company, Port Jackson Press Australia. After 3 years learning and establishing myself as an Art Dealer, building a stable of artists to represent who were mostly painters/ […]
Jonathan Crowther. Finalist in the 2016 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Image Details:Jonathan Crowther"Turning words into Action"oil on canvas137 x 102cm
Robert Malherbe, finalist in the Wynne Prize 2016
Congratulations to Robert Malherbe who has been selected as a finalist in the Wynne Prize 2016 held at the Art Gallery of NSW. For his painting, "Windswept coastal trees" oil on linen91.5 x 76cm
Kristin McIVER: Artist in residence at the Vancouver Biennale.
Kristin has been selected as a part of the artist in residence program at the 2015 Vancouver Biennale. http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/explore-art/resident-artists/
Georgie ROXBY-SMITH Museum show.
Georgie ROXBY-SMITH is exhibiting as a part of "Data Flow – Digital Influence" opening March 3rd and running until April 12th at the Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn. For more information visit their website. www.townhallgallery.com.au
Art Collecting Forum
Thursday February 26th. 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Melbourne Photobook Festival Feb 12-22
James Makin Gallery is hosting the externally curated Melbourne Photobook festival. Featuring the work of three artitsts: Katrin Koenning; Yaakov Israel and Jordan Madge www.photobookmelbourne.org
Congratulations to Jeff Makin, Highly Commended in the Paddington Art Prize.
Cradle Mountain, TasmaniaOil on linen122 x 183cm$28,000


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…we bring you a musical interlude in lieu of a regular post today. [Commercial Annoucement…come see Dead of Winter this weekend…tonight is sliding scale/pay what you will].
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I suppose I'm going to hell for saying this, but it wasn't like I'm not going there anyhow:eye-yi-yi!
P.S.: When he says graphic……he's not kidding. Consider yourself forewarned.


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2Blades partners with The Sainsbury Laboratory and J.R. Simplot Company to develop resistance against potato diseases
Partnership to advance potato disease resistance
EVANSTON, Ill., March 8, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The Two Blades Foundation (2Blades) announced a research partnership between 2Blades, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and J. R. Simplot Company to develop potato varieties with increased resistance to oomycete and bacterial diseases.
Late blight, the oomycete disease that resulted in the Irish Potato Famine, is the most notorious of potato diseases and still a significant cause of yield loss in potato production today. The late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, can also cause tuber rot. To identify long lasting resistance to late blight, scientists and breeders have turned to wild relatives of potato to identify resistance genes and introduce these into agronomic varieties. The current partnership aims to explore new sources of late blight resistance identified in the laboratory of Prof. Jonathan Jones at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, U.K.
Simplot has recently received USDA and FDA clearance for its second generation Innate® potatoes with late blight disease resistance for common North American strains. The partnership with 2Blades and The Sainsbury Laboratory will enable Simplot to add additional genes from wild potato varieties to combat global strains in future Innate generations.
Potatoes are also susceptible to bacterial diseases, such as bacterial wilt and soft rot that can affect plants in the field and can lead to significant losses for stored potatoes. In addition to blight resistance, the new partnership will test the ability of the EFR gene, a broad-spectrum immune receptor that recognizes bacteria, to protect potatoes. The EFR gene is studied in the laboratory of Prof. Cyril Zipfel, Head of The Sainsbury Laboratory. EFR has already been demonstrated to confer resistance against bacterial diseases in tomato, tobacco, wheat, and other crops.
"The partnership with 2Blades and The Sainsbury Laboratory combines some of the most promising technology to combat devastating diseases with the popular commercial varieties of potatoes," said Craig Richael, Director of Research and Development, Simplot Plant Sciences.
"The Sainsbury Laboratory is at the cutting edge of discovery in the field of plant-pathogen interactions," said Diana Horvath of 2Blades. "2Blades is pleased to advance the testing and deployment of Professors Jones and Zipfel's discoveries by partnering with Simplot."
About the Partners
The Two Blades Foundation (www.2blades.org) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to discovering, advancing, and delivering genetic improvements in crop disease resistance.
The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL, http://www.tsl.ac.uk/), Norwich, UK, is a world-leading research institute working on the science of plant-microbe interactions.
The J.R. Simplot Company (www.simplot.com), is a privately held agribusiness firm headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with a Plant Sciences division responsible for Innate® Technology, an innovative biotechnology platform for improving potatoes.
Media Contact: Diana Horvath, Two Blades Foundation, 847 425 1277, dmh@2blades.org
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Ciara Brooke
Jerome Jordano
Brent Spiegel
Recording and Mastering
About the Musician
No Short Cuts
Quality planning, production, and transparent management.
Whose next?
Give us a Call and see what we can do for you.
Meet Jerome
Jerome Jordano's Hometown
Growing up on the central coast of California has instilled a deep love of sand and ocean in his soul. Many of his lyrics point to the deep feelings he has for this wonderful place. Wading through tide pools as a child, with his father leading the way, is one of his favorite early memories. "No matter where I am physically in the world, I always long to return home. Home to the beach and ocean."
A "BIG" thank you to Fast Trax Recording Studio in San Luis Obispo, CA. Brent Spiegel was instrumental in the creation of Not Going Home (Without You). He brings decades of experience both as a musician and recording technician.
A second "BIG" thank you to Lurrsen Recording Studio in Los Angeles, CA for the mastering of the record. Gavin Lurssen is attentive, professional, and his grammy award winning portfolio speaks for itself.
What Instrument?
Jerome began playing the guitar at age 12. He remembers playing old 60's tunes for his grandmother in the Santa Ynez valley. His most favorite was "Rubber Ball" (Bobby Vee) and can still picture the huge smile on her face when he used to play. A second favorite was "Runaway" by Del Shannon. As any new musician can appreciate after learning a new song or two, he would play these new songs ad nauseum, and grandma "Gidgy" as she was affectionately known, would smile as big the 100th time as the first.
Late in Life
Although like many artists, his dream of writing and recording was not realized until later in life. And he feels the inspiration for his music has just begun.
Created in the quiet, sometimes lonely places of ones' soul, shared with a few, produced with trepidation and excitement, and presented to the world as an offering.
Loved or hated. Always criticized. Sometimes outwardly, sometimes inwardly. Experienced often or only once. Often dismissed. Sometimes never heard at all.
...and forever having never left the quiet soul from where it began.
Good friends are like fine art, someone, somewhere is bound to find them appealing...
Copyright © 2017 Shattered Paradigm Records, LLC - All Rights Reserved.


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Q: How do I make the combobox close when the dropdown button is pressed a second time? I have a wpf combobox with some custom items. When the dropdown button is clicked the second time I would like the dropdown to close but instead it is reopened. I've seen similar issues in other applications and I've looked for a solution online but without succes. Here's the code so far:
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Children becoming fixtures in current wave of protest - Macleans.ca
Children becoming fixtures in current wave of protest
Many parents pledge to make political action an ongoing part of their kids' lives
by Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press
A boy is seen amid placards as he and others head towards a sea of activists taking part in the Women's March in opposition to the agenda and rhetoric of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., U.S. on January 21, 2017. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
TORONTO – A recent vigil in Toronto to honour victims of the Quebec mosque shooting included the standard rallying cries for unity and impassioned speeches denouncing hate.
It also featured a toddler wailing at the back of the room, a trio of grade-schoolers scooting through the crowd in search of a clear spot to sit side-by-side, and several droopy-eyed youngsters battling sleep on their parents' laps as bed-time came and went.
Kids seem to have become a regular fixture at the current wave of marches, demonstrations and political protests across the continent — and many parents pledge to make political action an ongoing part of their lives.
"If this isn't an appropriate place for kids, what is? This is what we're going to have to deal with in our lives," 12-year-old Matthew Zoric-Jacobs said following the vigil at a local mosque, where hundreds of neighbours gathered on a Tuesday evening to decry Islamophobia.
"I have homework, I know it's 9:20 at night, but I know I have to be here. It's important."
His step-sister Sumayya Iman Malik said she, too, felt compelled to do her part.
"I'm in this community and if this is how I'm feeling I want to stand up for my rights," said the 12-year-old.
It's easy to get down by watching the news, added Malik, a Muslim girl who said anti-Islamic rhetoric has made her "feel really sad." But participating in these events "makes me feel like I'm part of a change," she added.
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And there seems to be no shortage of events to take part in, especially in the United States where an order banning travellers from seven majority-Muslim countries has stoked even more anger against President Donald Trump.
In Toronto, hundreds of protesters chanted outside the shuttered U.S. Consulate to protest Trump's executive order on immigration last month, while thousands turned up for the Women's March the weekend before.
Countless more demonstrations have been popping up across the country, in the unlikeliest of places featuring the unlikeliest of participants. Case in point: a 15-person Women's March in the tiny fishing village of Sandy Cove, N.S., population: 65.
Lesley Wood, an expert in social movements at York University, said this surge in spontaneous political action is partly spurred by online media, which offers the double whammy of both promoting and creating social pressure to take part in big protests.
"When you get that sort of level of mobilization, you're going to get people who are less the regular suspects. So it feels safer, it feels urgent, it feels like it's more normalized," said Wood, adding that the speed at which protests can be organized also leaves little time to arrange child care.
"You're going to be more likely to see people who don't normally protest, including people bringing their children."
A young girl dances with an American flag in baggage claim while women pray behind her during a protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S. January 29, 2017. (Laura Buckman/Reuters)
A greater proportion of the population now goes to a protest every once in a while compared to in the 1960s, when radical activism was actually driven by "a very small proportion of the population," she added.
In Toronto, that includes 54-year-old Phil Rees, who said he attended his first political demonstration, about climate change, a few years ago but is unsure whether the tactic actually had an impact. He turned up at last week's vigil and the Women's March before that with his 12-year-old daughter, mostly drawn by the hope such events will offer her a sense of empowerment.
"I hemmed and hawed for a long time about the value of demonstrations and marches and things like that and I thought it really was time for me to try it out personally," said Rees, who runs a small spray foam insulation business.
"What I'm learning so far is that it seems to be a good thing to be out and about with other people who feel similarly and want to express that. So I think it's a good thing for my daughter to be in involved in group activities like that."
Wood, a sociology professor, said family participation does send a big message to politicians: average Canadians are outraged, not just the radical fringe. And that, in turn, can draw even more families to join in protest.
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"On some level it means that you care. And if you care, you protest," she said.
Whether children are able to grasp the issue at hand depends on various things, including the age and interest of the child, added Wood, who started bringing her 12-year-old to protests when he was just eight weeks old.
If your child is bored and clearly not interested, it's time to leave the gathering, she advised.
After an hour of speeches at the Toronto vigil, nine-year-old Yaseen Malik said he understood the issues — but nevertheless failed to recount what was said.
Still, his mother Sarah Latha said she wouldn't think of attending a protest without Matthew, Sumayya and Yaseen.
"Being politically involved is a part of who I am. It's a part of who the children are too, through me," said the 38-year-old, whose South African-born mother introduced her to the anti-apartheid struggle as a child.
"I know that sometimes people are critical of adults and parents who expose their children to politics but in our home it has been a part of instilling in them a sense of empowerment and hope. That they don't need to feel helpless."
She said social media has made this more of an imperative.
"They're exposed to stuff before I am even exposed to it so I don't have a choice anymore. And I think for me it's been about equipping them to navigate just how complex the world is."


ANON| If you get an odd Facebook message, be careful clicking the link they send.
A new scam rolling through Facebook is hijacking people's messenger, sending fake messages to their friends with a virus infected link.
Every message contains the name of the recipient, the word "video" and a shocked emoji, with the infected link.
Depending on your browser, people who click the link are directed to a variety of malicious sites.
Firefox users on Mac and Windows are directed to a fake Flash Player installer, which infects a PC with adware.
Google Chrome users who click the link are taken to a fake YouTube channel that gives adware.
"The document has already taken a picture from the victim's Facebook page and created a dynamic landing page which looks like a playable movie.
When the victim clicks on the fake playable movie, the malware redirects them to a set of websites which enumerate their browser, operating system and other vital information.
If the malicious software is successfully downloaded, it will cause you to send the hoax message, and it can trick you into downloading more adware which would bombard your device with spam adverts.
Some people even reported that the adware tracked their smartphone's keyboard activity, recording what they type. That could enable a cyber-criminal to steal bank information or other sensitive info.
It should probably be expected that new, innovative scams appear as the 2010's decade draws to a close. Not to imply that we live in a time of rampant scamming and it's never been worse, because it's probably the same way it has been for a while, just with technology now.
It's kind of amazing that these scams don't happen more often. As people need federal reserve notes or whatever other fiat currency to eat, schemes arise from all people who need to eat and are willing to sacrifice morality for money.


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HTML5 background audio player
Thread: HTML5 background audio player
oldmanInAz
What's wrong with a flash audio player?
Everybody has flash.
Word press makes a simple player that will take up little space and is easy to configure.
It plays mp3's directly and uses the tags to display information.
http://wpaudioplayer.com/standalone/
djr33
Two significant reasons:
1. No, not everyone has Flash. Most people do, but some still don't have it. It's optional. It's the most compatible solution at the moment, but it's not ubiquitous.
The single biggest example of a problem with it is the iPhone and iPad. They don't do Flash and never will. Some other limited devices are the same.
2. HTML5 is more generally compatible, at least in theory. It's not fully supported yet. But it's moving in that direction. It allows the browser to decide how to play it, and this really is the next step. So it's planning for the future. Flash will be outdated in 10 years. At the moment, it's a little early, true.
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It Ain't Over Until The FAT32 Lady Sings - Let's Play The Halo Saga
video, group, informative, shooter
FrenzyTheKillbot January 15, 2021, 5:18pm #1
Let's be honest. If you're reading this thread, you've heard of Halo. It's one of Microsoft's flagship franchises for the Xbox. It has spawned, as of writing this, 7 main games, 5 spin-off games, 31 novels, 15 comics/graphic novels, a handful of short films, and also action figures, Lego sets, and Nerf guns. It helped popularize console online gaming, start the stereotype of the frat bro gamer, and bring esports into the mainstream with Major League Gaming (MLG).
On a personal note, Halo is also one of the things that helped me make some of my closest friends, including my co-commentators Swordfishhh and Cletus. Countless evenings and weekends were spent playing co-op and multiplayer, or searching for secrets and easter eggs. Even as we went to university and moved away to different cities, we could always get together for a few games or send each other messages speculating on what would be coming next in the series.
For this LP, we're going to be taking a nostalgic look back on almost all of the main games with the exception of Halo: Reach. While Reach is actually one of the better campaigns in the series, I don't like how it "fits" with the other games. If there's interest and I still have motivation after all this is done, I may LP it on its own. I'm also going to be gearing these videos towards viewers who aren't familiar with anything Halo, so I would ask that no one posts spoilers or any deep dives into the extended universe canon (at least until it becomes relevant to what we're showing).
Also, you can follow me on Twitter for updates if you're into the bird site.
Currently Playing:
Halo: Combat Evolved, also known as Halo 1 or just Halo, was released in 2001 along with the first Xbox console. It was published by the new Microsoft Game Studios and developed by Bungie, who had been acquired by Microsoft just the year before. It was absolutely the Xbox's killer app, and one of the reasons for the console's commercial success. A PC version of the game was released in 2003, a remastered and graphically updated version in 2011, and then re-released another 2 times in a collection on separate platforms. The game had a very strange development cycle. It originally started as a Mac exclusive real time strategy game. From there it turned into a third-person shooter, and then eventually into the first-person shooter we know today. We play as the Master Chief, a cyborg supersoldier fighting aliens in the distant future, though I assure you it's more interesting than that synopsis makes it sound.
01 - The Pillar of Autumn
02 - Halo
Original TV Commercial
Alternate TV Commercial (note the Marathon logo in the bottom right)
Launch Party Intro Video
FrenzyTheKillbot January 8, 2021, 8:22pm #2
Let's get this thing started. Out in deep space, under assault by an alien menace, and above a mysterious ringworld.
Also, make sure you take a look at the videos I have under Links. They are really interesting relics from the past.
With our feet on solid ground(?) we round up other human survivors so we can keep fighting the Covenant.