Despite being a favorite among Japanese consumers due to its long history in pioneering new electronics, Sharp has nonetheless faced a series of continued losses since its 2012 big investment in large displays and solar panels. Sharp's losses in 2015 totaled ?256 billion ($2.37 billion U.S.).
Current Sharp CEO Kozo Takahashi attributed those losses to stiff competition for smartphones and displays, as well as lower demand from China, according to The Wall Street Journal. In a statement on Thursday, he took took responsibility for the company's last two years of heavy losses.
"A leader has to be successful all the time," Takahashi said. "Any large mistakes will blow up all previous success. This is an extremely painful thing."
Sharp is set for a management shakeup once Foxconn's ownership goes into effect -- Takahashi will be replaced as CEO by Tai Jeng-Wu. Tai Jeng-Wu is second in command currently at Foxconn under Chairman Terry Gou and has been Gou's right-hand man for many years.
Foxconn has also announced plans to remove 12 of Sharp's 13 board members, and will reduce the board down to nine total members, with six appointed by Foxconn directly. Like the CEO switch, those changes are set to take place after Foxconn takes ownership.
Taiwanese-based Foxconn stepped in last month, agreeing to buy the electronics company for 389 billion yen (US$3.5 billion), lowering its initial offer by nearly $2.5 billion due to undisclosed liabilities.
Foxconn's acquisition of Sharp, already the primary display supplier of LCDs for Apple's iPad Pro, is viewed by many as an opportunity for Foxconn to muscle its way deeper into Apple's supply chain, well beyond just device assembly.
No one outside of Korea has anyone capable of producing OLED panels in sufficient quantities and at prices for the volumes that Apple operates at.
Foxconn's purchase of Sharp to gain Apple's display business will fail.
I eagerly await Apple's conversion from LCD to OLED across all of their product lines.
At this point, LG and Samsung are so far ahead of everyone else, it's going to take some doing to break into OLED. And the costs will be huge. If Sharp and JDI couldn't do it, it is seriously doubtful that anyone else will. Sony can't even build its own LCD panels, sourcing them from Samsung. And for all of the investment Sony has made into OLED, it is LG that makes the best large screen OLED television panel period.
Apple uses an LG OLED panel for the watch and it is a great screen. It is unfortunate that the iPhone 7 won't come with an OLED screen. I will patiently wait for the iPhone 8 to upgrade.
Capsule summary of Apple's history.
After Steve Jobs returned and saved Apple from certain death !
So China has succeeded in taking over Japan, how history evolves in circles.
Foxconn is Apple's closest and most important supplier. Apple gave them reason to buy - either capital or guaranteed sales. W/o that the deal makes absolutely no sense.
I've got news for you; everybody (even Samsung) sources some of their panels from other manufacturers. Yep "Samsung".
I'm quite sure Apple had a lot to do with making this Foxconn / Sharp deal happen.
No one, not even in Korea, can produce OLED screens in sufficient quantity to supply Apple's needs for their phones. Both LG and Samsung are building capacity for Apple in 2017 or more likely 2018 now.
As for larger screens, I believe the first OLED laptops and tablets are just now first appearing, but not from Apple. No way will Apple have a competitively priced supply of them for iPads or Macbooks for years. As for iMacs, we are just starting to see IGZO 4 and 5K LCDs, no monitors yet. OLED panels of this size — do they exist yet at all? Must be expensive and rare, if so.
China's GDP PPP has surpassed Japan's one at the end of the previous century, so it has been as such for the past 17 years, nowadays they are ranked first worldwide by GDP PPP, but there we are speaking of a companies, with one being Taiwanese rather than simply Chinese.


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1. Materials: Two 2.5cm Wide Ribbons (apricot pink and navy blue, each for 75cm long, you can reserve more), Three 0.6cm wide Ribbons (black, navy blue and brown each for 40cm long), One piece of Glass Yarn (10cmx40cm), A beautiful Wedding Photo (for a right size), Needle and Thread, A small piece of Nonwoven Fabric, Retro Receptacle, Gem Glue Patch fits for the size of receptacle, Some Transparent Flat Bottom Diamonds, Two Brooch Cares, AB Glue, Hot Melt Glue and Glue Guns.
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10. Navy blue flowers do the same thing, and glue the gem patch to the flower heart.
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Peter Drach der Mittlere (* 1455 in Speyer; † 1504) war ein Buchdrucker.

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Sein gleichnamiger Vater († um 1481) hatte 1471 die erste Druckerei seiner Heimatstadt gegründet, war 1477/78 Ratsmitglied und hatte ein Verlagshaus in Worms.

Peter übernahm die Druckerei nach dem Tod seines Vaters.

Seit 1481 war er Ratsmitglied. Nach dem Ratsbuch war er ferner: 1491 als Rechenmeister und Baumeister, 1492 als Baumeister und Rentherr, 1493 als Rechenmeister, Baumeister und einer der Vierrichter, 1495 wiederum als Baumeister und ebenso 1498 als Rentherr und 1501 als Rechenmeister und Bewahrer der Schlüssel zu des Raths Kisten.

Der Erfolg machte ihn möglicherweise hochmütig. Infolge eines Prozesses zu einer Schuld aus 1496 wurde er 1504 nicht mehr in den Rat gewählt. Nachdem er kurz darauf verstorben war, ging die Druckerei auf seinen ältesten Sohn, den Gerichtsschultheiß Peter Drach (1500–1530) über. Dieser gab kaum noch Drucke heraus. Sein zweiter Sohn Johann wurde Licentiat und 1518 Ratsadvocat und der dritte, Thomas, widmete sich dem geistlichen Stande.

In Speyer ist die Peter-Drach-Straße nach ihm benannt; wegen der Gleichnamigkeit von Vater und Sohn, beide ebenfalls Drucker, heißt er zuweilen auch Peter Drach der Mittlere.

Siehe auch
 Wormser Reformation

Drucke

 Sermones de laudibus sanctorum. Peter Drach, Speyer 1490 ()
 Biblia: Mit Capitulare lectionum et evangeliorum. Peter Drach, Speyer 1486 ()
 Concordantiae bibliorum. Peter Drach, Speyer nicht vor 1. VIII. 1485 ()
 Summa casuum conscientiae. Peter Drach, d. M., Speyer nach 14. April 1488 ()
 Arra aeternae salutis, des Johannes von Lambsheim, Speyer 1495; Digitalscan des Werkes

Literatur
 Hendrik Mäkeler: Das Rechnungsbuch des Speyerer Druckherrn Peter Drach d. M. Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, St. Katharinen, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89590-163-8 (Rezension)

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 Rechnungsbuch des Peter Drach (Studienbibliothek Dillingen XV 488) - hochauflösendes Digitalisat im Kulturportal bavarikon

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Anmerkungen

Inkunabeldrucker
Person (Speyer)
Deutscher
Geboren 1455
Gestorben 1504
Mann

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The use of foreign phrases and slogans to enhance sales is a well-established practice in advertising. Audi, for example, has relied on 'Vorsprung durch Technik' (advantage through technology) for over 30 years to bring to mind Germany's reputation for high quality craftsmanship and technical expertise.
Psychology employs this tactic, too - particularly when it comes to encouraging us to embrace a fresh outlook to help reduce our ever-increasing stress levels.
In 2016 we were introduced to the Danish 'hygge', the art of enjoying life's pleasures and feeling content. This was closely followed by the Swedish 'lagom', advising everything in moderation.
The Scots gave us 'cosagach' - a feeling of cosiness, warmth and relaxation, and the Japanese offered 'ikigai', finding a reason to jump out of bed each morning by combining what you love with what you do well. The latest contender is the Greek 'meraki', paying attention to detail and taking pride and pleasure in your work.
So why are foreign words employed so often, and why do some endure while others quickly disappear from memory?
According to Teresa Domzal and her colleagues at George Mason University in Virginia, using foreign words in advertising is effective because an unfamiliar term grabs our attention, and takes more time to process than a word we already know. As a result, the word or phrase becomes more deeply embedded in our memory.
We don't need to be familiar with its meaning—in fact, quite the opposite. Research by Ulrike Nederstigt and Beryl Hilberink-Schulpen at Radboud University in the Netherlands suggests that a product is likely to be perceived more favourably if the slogan promoting it is presented in an unfamiliar language, rather than in one the consumer knows well.
This finding supports the work of Helen Kelly-Holmes at Aston University in Birmingham. She proposes that words and slogans in other languages are useful mainly for their symbolic function—the associations they call to mind—rather than for their ability to convey any meaning.
However, that symbolic function must be chosen carefully. If the product being advertised in another language doesn't appear appropriate to the country implied, consumers are less likely to endorse it, as Jos Hornikx and colleagues, also at Radboud, found.
They recruited 150 adults and compared their reaction to adverts in which the language used for the slogan was congruent with the product (French to advertise wine, German for sausages and Spanish for oranges) with adverts where there was incongruence (French to advertise beer, German for olive oil and Spanish for washing machines). Participants rated the congruent adverts more favourably, and said they were more likely to buy those products.
You can now use the results of these studies to help you predict which of the latest lifestyle choices is most likely to resonate; hygge, lagom, cosagach, ikigai and meraki.
Do they match what we perceive to be the 'typical' lifestyles of those countries' inhabitants? Whichever comes closest will, it would seem, endure best.


There were three guys in a car. One driving, the other in the passenger seat and one resting in the back. The guy in the back became sleepy and fell asleep. A few minutes later, he is startled by a "THUMP THUMP."
The driver says, "It was just a redneck."
"I felt two thumps, though," says the passenger.
"Yeah we had to go through the fence to hit him."


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Senate GOP proposes policing changes in 'Justice Act'
Updated: 10:43 AM EDT Jun 17, 2020
By LISA MASCARO and JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press
What does this package do? Three major areas. One is on the area. We have to have the right information so that we can direct. Our resource is is the federal government to making sure that the outcomes lead to safer officers and safer suspects and the instances of challenges that data collection or the information is around, making sure that when serious bodily injury occurs or death, that all that information is reported to the FBI. Today, only 40% of the department's report that information to the FBI. We want all that information, because when we hear about the Briana Taylor case in Louisville, Kentucky, we don't have any information around no knock warrants. So for us to start a conversation with banning no Nag's doesn't sound like a solid position based on any data, because we don't have that data. Once we have the information, we can then turn to the training that is necessary to de escalate situations. The duty to intervene, not standing there, watching an officer with his knee on the neck, but intervening in those situations we can train our officers better. We can find ways in mechanisms to de escalate the situation So we spend a lot of time in the training asked back. Using the resource is of our grants to reduce the situations and violence in those situations. And then finally we look at officer misconduct in the necessity of transparency. We believe that the preservation of records on the local level so that departments within the states have a chance to see almost like a reference check what the past history of complaints have been against that officer. We do not create a national database. The president's executive order creates basically a national database for that information to flow into. We believe that our policy positions are one that brings the communities of color into a position of stronger understanding and confidence in the institutions of the authority. And we believe that it brings our law enforcement community to a place where they have the resource is necessary to de escalate some of these situations. And frankly, through James Langford's work on this package, we bring in the opportunity to hire more officers and have more training and have a better perspective on the history
Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday including an enhanced use-of-force database, restrictions on chokeholds and new commissions to study law enforcement and race, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press.The "Justice Act" is the most ambitious GOP policing proposal in years, a direct response to the massive public protests over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans."We're serious about making a law here," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at a press conference at the Capitol announcing the swift launch of floor debate next week. The Senate's lone black Republican, Tim Scott of South Carolina, led a task force of GOP senators in compiling the package.Scott spoke of his own experiences being stopped by police and urged colleagues to understand it's "not a binary choice" between supporting black people or law enforcement."We hear you," he said to the families of those Americans killed by police. "We're listening to your concerns."The 106-page bill is not as sweeping as a Democratic proposal, which is set for a House vote next week, but it shows how swiftly the national debate has been transformed as Republicans embrace a new priority in an election year.The GOP legislation would beef up requirements for law enforcement to compile use-of-force reports under a new George Floyd and Walter Scott Notification Act, named for the Minnesota man whose May 25 death sparked worldwide protests over police violence, and Scott, a South Carolina man shot by police after a traffic stop in 2015. Scott is not related to the senator.It would also establish the Breonna Taylor Notification Act to track "no-knock" warrants. The 26-year-old was killed after police in Kentucky used a no-knock warrant to enter her Louisville home.Focusing on ending chokeholds, the legislation encourages agencies to do away with the practice or risk losing federal funds. Many big city departments have long stopped the use. The legislation also provides funding for training to "de-escalate" situations and establish a "duty to intervene" protocol to prevent excessive force.The GOP effort seeks to reach across the aisle to Democrats in several ways. It includes one long-sought bill to make lynching a federal hate crime and another to launch a study of the social status of black men and boys that has been touted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.McConnell on Wednesday challenged Democrats in the Senate not to block consideration next week, but to allow the debate to begin.The Republican package — dubbed the "Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020" — also includes a bipartisan Senate proposal to establish a National Criminal Justice Commission Act and extends funding streams for various federal law enforcement programs, including the COPS program important to states.The package includes a mix of other proposals, including tapping the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture to create a law enforcement training curriculum on "the history of racism in the United States." Another closes a loophole to prohibit federal law enforcement officers from engaging in sexual acts with those being arrested or in custody.Expenditures for the bill would be considered on an emergency basis, so as not to count against federal deficits.The GOP proposal comes amid a crush of activity from Washington as President Donald Trump announced executive actions Tuesday to create a database of police misconduct.At a Rose Garden event, he declared himself "committed to working with Congress on additional measures."The Senate could vote as soon as next week.___Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Colleen Long contributed to this report.
Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday including an enhanced use-of-force database, restrictions on chokeholds and new commissions to study law enforcement and race, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press.
The "Justice Act" is the most ambitious GOP policing proposal in years, a direct response to the massive public protests over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans.
"We're serious about making a law here," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at a press conference at the Capitol announcing the swift launch of floor debate next week. The Senate's lone black Republican, Tim Scott of South Carolina, led a task force of GOP senators in compiling the package.
Scott spoke of his own experiences being stopped by police and urged colleagues to understand it's "not a binary choice" between supporting black people or law enforcement.
"We hear you," he said to the families of those Americans killed by police. "We're listening to your concerns."
The 106-page bill is not as sweeping as a Democratic proposal, which is set for a House vote next week, but it shows how swiftly the national debate has been transformed as Republicans embrace a new priority in an election year.
Democrats unveil police overhaul, kneel at Capitol
The GOP legislation would beef up requirements for law enforcement to compile use-of-force reports under a new George Floyd and Walter Scott Notification Act, named for the Minnesota man whose May 25 death sparked worldwide protests over police violence, and Scott, a South Carolina man shot by police after a traffic stop in 2015. Scott is not related to the senator.
It would also establish the Breonna Taylor Notification Act to track "no-knock" warrants. The 26-year-old was killed after police in Kentucky used a no-knock warrant to enter her Louisville home.
Focusing on ending chokeholds, the legislation encourages agencies to do away with the practice or risk losing federal funds. Many big city departments have long stopped the use. The legislation also provides funding for training to "de-escalate" situations and establish a "duty to intervene" protocol to prevent excessive force.
Artist paints portrait, mural in honor of Breonna Taylor
The GOP effort seeks to reach across the aisle to Democrats in several ways. It includes one long-sought bill to make lynching a federal hate crime and another to launch a study of the social status of black men and boys that has been touted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
McConnell on Wednesday challenged Democrats in the Senate not to block consideration next week, but to allow the debate to begin.
The Republican package — dubbed the "Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020" — also includes a bipartisan Senate proposal to establish a National Criminal Justice Commission Act and extends funding streams for various federal law enforcement programs, including the COPS program important to states.
The package includes a mix of other proposals, including tapping the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture to create a law enforcement training curriculum on "the history of racism in the United States." Another closes a loophole to prohibit federal law enforcement officers from engaging in sexual acts with those being arrested or in custody.
'Get your knee off our necks!': George Floyd mourned in Minneapolis
Expenditures for the bill would be considered on an emergency basis, so as not to count against federal deficits.
The GOP proposal comes amid a crush of activity from Washington as President Donald Trump announced executive actions Tuesday to create a database of police misconduct.
At a Rose Garden event, he declared himself "committed to working with Congress on additional measures."
The Senate could vote as soon as next week.
National updates: Sen. Harris dismisses executive order on policing: 'We don't need empty promises'
Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Colleen Long contributed to this report.

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Stroustrup's interview leaked... C++ in doubt!
to the IEEE's 'Computer' magazine.
unrehearsed, so it isn't as neat as planned interviews.
Stroustrup: Exactly. Well, the same happened with 'C' programmers.
Interviewer: I see, but what's the point?
Interviewer: You bet I do, that's what I used to do.
accommodate the executables. Isn't multiple inheritance a joy?
the knife in a project manager's ribs.
Interviewer: So how do you reckon you've succeeded?
Stroustrup: Remember the length of the average-sized 'C' project?
that 'throw' 'catch' 'try' stuff.
and what shouldn't isn't. Then, they still get it wrong.
Interviewer: What's it like on a PC?
Stroustrup: Now you're kidding. Haven't you ever seen Windows '95?
thinking. Somewhere out there, there's a guy going to try it.
Interviewer: You mean you didn't before?
admit, you improved on 'C' pointers.
much' but it hardly seems adequate.


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Portugal-based photographer, Teresa Freitas, has found inspiration in the small moments. Armed with a keen eye and impeccable editing skills, she creates colourful, dreamlike images that make nostalgic motifs "less tangible and more cinematic".
When looking at Teresa Freitas' work, you can't overcome the sense that it's alive – a film inside a frame. They hint at a moment unfinished, one that seems eerily familiar, like a picnic blanket buried in half-eaten plates or washing swaying gently in the warm breeze. That feeling is no surprise when considering Freitas initially became interested in photography by taking photos of her family: "I had a big connection with the house I grew up in, which was also my grandparents'. As I also wanted to have a human presence in this project, and since the house was inhabited after my grandparents passed away, I photographed my youngest cousin around this old and imposing building".
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She is widely recognised for her distinct style, her website featuring commissioned work for world-renowned brands such as Sonos, Chloé, and most recently, Porsche. She has even infiltrated the film industry, her collaboration with Netflix to promote season two of The OA being her most memorable collaboration. "It felt like magic", she said – a familiar feeling to viewers of her own work. Her first solo exhibition, Springtime Delight, was recently shown in Seoul, Korea, and she is currently giving an online course called Photography with Colour in collaboration with Domestika, a popular online learning platform. Freitas' success only seems to be growing as she continues to adhere to the advice she claimed she would give her younger self: "There is no such thing as 'waiting for inspiration'". By focusing on the obscure nostalgia of the everyday she has developed a unique style that resonates with a myriad of people around the world.
How did you first get into fine art photography and content creation? Is this something you always wanted to do?
It wasn't something I'd considered before, so it wasn't planned at all. I took Multimedia Art and mastered in Design & New Media in Fine Art College. I was set out to be a multimedia designer. But thanks to Instagram, which I started using in my first year of college, I started growing an audience for my photographic work and getting noticed by brands that wanted to collaborate. I've been able to be a full-time photographer and content creator for about two years now. It has always been a passion of mine and something I didn't stop doing in college classes' projects, but I just didn't think it was a feasible career afterwards. Turns out it was, thankfully.
Your work combines soft pastel hues with imaginative compositions. How did you first start experimenting with photography?
We had a photography class that mainly taught us ways to think about photography, but also how to use and develop film – by choosing a subject to photograph and shooting it extensively during the year. I had a big connection with the house I grew up in, which was also my grandparents'. As I also wanted to have a human presence in this project, and since the house was inhabited after my grandparents passed away, I photographed my youngest cousin around this old and imposing building. There was a contrast to it that I really enjoyed. The house had beautiful light and very special corners, and my cousin had a very cinematic face, so the black and white portraits turned out to be quite interesting, with a Sally Mann vibe to it. This project was my first contact with photography, but at the same time, I was using my mobile phone to capture random ideas and thoughts, while doing creative editing with the apps I had available. These were quite surreal experiments, juxtaposing objects and elements in the same image. Eventually, I started toning down a bit, while getting more and more interested in editing and how colour could change the viewer's perception of a place. I moved further away from black and white and portraiture, and focused more on colour work to give that slight "something's off" feel to my images, while also trying out different styles and techniques in creating creative content for brands (namely stop-motion and set design).
Please talk us through your creative process when you create your content for Instagram. Does this differ when working with creative agencies?
It's different, although it can also share some similarities. All sides of my work play with familiar motifs, that are then subverted in something less tangible and more cinematic. This is true for travel (street) photography, personal editorials, and content creation. Regarding the work I'm able to gather from my travels, the process is fairly direct: get out early in the morning, wander and discover (while passing through some pinned locations that were previously found on Google Street View), and get back by dinner time. Then get a quick glance at them while editing at night (I do a more focused analysis and editing when I get back home).
For brands and personal editorials, I like to sit down a bit, run my head through some ideas, write them down on a digital notebook and then sketch a few on my tablet. Then, it's a matter of finding or making the right props to shoot, styling them or creating a specific set design, and shooting at home or in my parent's garden. I always prefer natural night, so I tend to shoot more in the garden.
What has been your most memorable collaboration so far?
I believe my second collaboration with Netflix will always be the one I remember. The challenge was to create content and promote the second season of The OA. We got to visit a studio in Los Angeles and see the whole crew in action, while witnessing the creation of a couple of scenes within an episode. Seeing the studio dimensions, the set construction, backgrounds, props... it felt like magic.
Where has been your favourite/most memorable place that you have photographed and why?
That's a hard one. There's always something special I take with me to each new place I visit. But, last year, I went to Muralla Roja in Calpe, Spain, for a couple of days. It was one of the best decisions ever. I was alone, no internet, just soaking up the sun in what is one of the most incredible buildings I've ever seen. Having the opportunity to experience and shoot it 24/7 was kind of unbelievable. I found myself in a creative bubble, constantly inspired, and only wished I had booked my stay for a few more days. It's a very special place.
Where has been your favourite/most memorable place that you have travelled and why?
I loved travelling to the United States. I only got to visit Los Angeles, Palm Springs and San Francisco, but it was everything and nothing I expected at the same time. I didn't realize I would have such a strong connection with these American cities and their surroundings. The mood in LA was very special, Palm Springs looks like it's straight out of a movie, and San Francisco's architecture is right up my alley. I could walk in these places for days on end. The diversity and scale in California is amazing – maybe because I come from a considerable small country, it struck me.
If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?
There is no such thing as "waiting for inspiration."
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Irish Showbiz
Late Late Toy Show
Ryan Tubridy explains why he's so nervous this year as Late Late Toy Show theme announced
Tubs said he will be in his "happy place" when he opens the show as the enigmatic Fantastic Mr Fox tomorrow
Ryan Tubridy will channel Fantastic Mr Fox for the eagerly-anticipated opening number of The Late Late Toy Show 2020. (Picture Andres Poveda)
Ryan Tubridy has told how he had to fight for the Toy Show to go ahead this year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Revealing the theme as the Wonderful World of Roald Dahl, he admitted he will be in his "happy place" when he opens the show as the enigmatic Fantastic Mr Fox tomorrow.
However, with just hours to go until the TV extravaganza, Tubs, 47, said it all could have been so different.
He added: "What a peculiar and bizarre road to a Toy Show. This was the Toy Show that nearly didn't happen.
"And only for the grit and determination and diligence and an absolute need to keep the show on the road for the Irish children at home and abroad we wouldn't be here today talking.
"But we weren't having any of it, we just had to keep going.
Ryan Tubridy will channel Fantastic Mr Fox for the eagerly-anticipated opening number of The Late Late Toy Show 2020. The theme for the show has been revealed to be The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl. (Picture: Andres Poveda)
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"We had a different theme picked, and then March happened. We had a different plan ready to go and then lockdown two happened.
"We have met speed bump after speed bump and we keep climbing over them to get to Friday night.
"So this show is about determination and resilience and reflects in those words what Irish people have been about all year.
"In our world the Toy Show is everything. And to have an existential threat on the most joyful programme of the year of all the years 2020 was desperate.
"And we had a fight on our hands trying to get it right and to comply with the intense rulings and everything, but we got there."
Dylan O'Connor, Luke O'Connor and Cillian Allen from Spotlight Stage School will join RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy for the eagerly-anticipated opening number of The Late Late Toy Show 2020. (Picture: Andres Poveda)
RTE's Ryan Tubridy gives cheeky glimpse into his home where 'Christmas has come early'
RTE star Ryan Tubridy opens up about Late Late Toy Show 'madness'
On the theme, Tubs told Irish Mirror: "I wish it was my idea, but I think the people behind the scenes said let's make him happy this year, and bring him to the happy place and for me the happy place is books and Roald Dahl and childhood.
"Pretty much a triple whammy. And that brings us to the Toy Show 2020."
It's been a year like no other all over the world, with restrictions and lockdowns taking over life as we know it.
After jumping hurdle after hurdle to make it to the big night unscathed by the pandemic, the RTE host said he is now feeling the pressure to give his best show ever.
And without the presence of a live audience, he admitted he is going to have to work extra hard to maintain his usual energetic buzz all night.
Tubs said: "This is different. Because it's the Toy Show.
"And to be honest, but when you are a show-off, you do thrive on other people's laughter.
I won't have that and it is going to be a lot different.
Noelle Kinsella (5) from Carlow will join RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy who will channel Fantastic Mr Fox for the eagerly-anticipated opening number of The Late Late Toy Show 2020. (Picture: Andres Poveda)
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"I am going to have to turn the dial up to keep the energy high and I'm a little nervous about that and I'm a little nervous about the weight of expectations on this Toy Show because it is a bit different. So I have got a job at hand."
But putting the nerves and pressure aside following last year's record breaking show which pulled in 1.7 million viewers, he added his main focus is on giving the kids and grandparents a night to remember.
Tubs said: "From what I am getting from people this year, they don't want the Toy Show this year, they need it.
"And that is just a baffling prospect because we have great expectations on us all and my dream is to make this beautiful.
"And strangely, this is a show for children and grandparents as much as for parents.
"Because too many people have spent too much time looking through windows and this Toy Show is about coming home, back on the couch, with the chocolates and laughing."
Ryan Tubridy as Fantastic Mr Fox. The theme for the show has been revealed to be The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl. (Picture: Andres Poveda)
Excited Ryan Tubridy says RTE's Late Late Toy Show brings out his inner 'Christmas Eve child'
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Featuring a blend of live toy demonstrations from the studio and virtual and pre-recorded content throughout, the host insists every measure has been taken by RTE to ensure a
coronavirus-compliant show.
Meanwhile, with the impending Government announcement on new restrictions still looming, the dad-of-two hopes the show will be an escape from the sadness and grim reality of the last eight months.
Tubs added: "The set for this is like they crawled inside my head one night and said 'Oh, so that's where you are'.
"It's a mind blowing, head melt of a dreamland for readers and fans of imagination and dreamers and weirdos like me who just needed somewhere to go.
"There will be children in the studio. What you see on the TV is a magical set which is wild and because there is no audience there is room to do all this which is special."
However, amid talks with the Government about the timing of the planned update of restrictions this week, he said he's confident the powers that be are trying their best not to clash with the festive fun.
The host added: "I was laughing because I see reports about the announcements. I don't know what they are going to do.
"Whether the Cabinet announcement is going to be a trailer for our main event.
"But I do know from soundings from Government buildings, which we are getting some word out from there, is that they don't want them to clash. Which is quite generous of them.
"Judging by the reports in the last 24 hours, I also think they will bring some good news in terms of relaxing the restrictions so I'm hoping it will add to the feel good factor on Friday rather than take away so it might not be a bad thing after all."
The Late Late Toy Show airs tomorrow at 9.35pm on RTE One.
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John W. Farrell III
Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, 1401 Asp Ave, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
David J. Lantis
Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, USA
Carl J. Ade
Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, USA
Debra A. Bemben
Rebecca D. Larson
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Metabolic Response to Four Weeks of Muscular Endurance Resistance Training
John W. Farrell III, David J. Lantis, Carl J. Ade, Debra A. Bemben, Rebecca D. Larson
Background: Previous investigations have shown that muscular endurance resistance training (MERT) is conducive in improving the onset of blood lactate accumulation (OBLA). However, the metabolic response and time course for adaption is still unclear. Objective: The aims of the current study were to evaluate and track the metabolic response to an individual session of MERT as well as to assess performance adaptations of supplementing an aerobic exercise training program with four weeks of MERT. Methods: Seventeen aerobically active men were randomly assigned to either the experimental (EX) or control group (CON), 9 EX and 8 CON. Baseline measures included a graded exercise test (GXT) and 1-repetition maximum (1RM) testing for leg press (LP), leg curl (LC), and leg extension (LE). CON continued their regular aerobic activity while the EX supplemented their regular aerobic exercise with 4 weeks of MERT. Results: No significant group differences were observed for all pre-training variables. Following four weeks of training no significant differences in cardiorespiratory or metabolic variables were observed for either group. However, significant improvements in LC and LE 1-RM were observed in EX compared to CON. Substantial accumulations in blood lactate were observed following each MERT session. Conclusion: Four weeks of MERT did not improve cardiorespiratory or metabolic variables, but did significantly improve LC and LE. MERT was also observed to induce a blood lactate response similar to that of HIIT. These findings suggest greater than four weeks is need to see metabolic adaptations conducive for improved aerobic performance using MERT.
oxygen consumption; physical endurance; resistance training; lactates; monocarboxylic acid transporters
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"A paradox in its center"
The cross, though it has at its head a collision and a contradiction, can extend its four arms for ever without altering its shape. Because it has a paradox in its center it can grow without changing. The circle returns upon itself and is bound. The cross opens its arms to the four winds; it is a signpost for free travelers.
— Orthodoxy (1908).
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"Too humble to be convinced"
Humility was largely meant as a restraint upon the arrogance and infinity of the appetite of man. He was always outstripping his mercies with his own newly invented needs. His very power of enjoyment destroyed half his joys. By asking for pleasure, he lost the chief pleasure; for the chief pleasure is surprise. Hence it became evident that if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small. Even the haughty visions, the tall cities, and the toppling pinnacles are the creations of humility. Giants that tread down forests like grass are the creations of humility. Towers that vanish upwards above the loneliest star are the creations of humility. For towers are not tall unless we look up at them; and giants are not giants unless they are larger than we. All this gigantesque imagination, which is, perhaps, the mightiest of the pleasures of man, is at bottom entirely humble. It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything — even pride.
But what we suffer from to-day is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction; where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. Nowadays the part of a man that a man does assert is exactly the part he ought not to assert — himself. The part he doubts is exactly the part he ought not to doubt — the Divine Reason. Huxley preached a humility content to learn from Nature. But the new sceptic is so humble that he doubts if he can even learn. Thus we should be wrong if we had said hastily that there is no humility typical of our time. The truth is that there is a real humility typical of our time; but it so happens that it is practically a more poisonous humility than the wildest prostrations of the ascetic. The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from stopping; not a nail in his boot that prevented him from going on. For the old humility made a man doubtful about his efforts, which might make him work harder. But the new humility makes a man doubtful about his aims, which will make him stop working altogether.
At any street corner we may meet a man who utters the frantic and blasphemous statement that he may be wrong. Every day one comes across somebody who says that of course his view may not be the right one. Of course his view must be the right one, or it is not his view. We are on the road to producing a race of men too mentally modest to believe in the multiplication table. We are in danger of seeing philosophers who doubt the law of gravity as being a mere fancy of their own. Scoffers of old time were too proud to be convinced; but these are too humble to be convinced. The meek do inherit the earth; but the modern sceptics are too meek even to claim their inheritance.
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"A divine company and a divine captain"
It is commonly the loose and latitudinarian Christians who pay quite indefensible compliments to Christianity. They talk as if there had never been any piety or pity until Christianity came, a point on which any mediaeval would have been eager to correct them. They represent that the remarkable thing about Christianity was that it was the first to preach simplicity or self-restraint, or inwardness and sincerity. They will think me very narrow (whatever that means) if I say that the remarkable thing about Christianity was that it was the first to preach Christianity. Its peculiarity was that it was peculiar, and simplicity and sincerity are not peculiar, but obvious ideals for all mankind. Christianity was the answer to a riddle, not the last truism uttered after a long talk. Only the other day I saw in an excellent weekly paper of Puritan tone this remark, that Christianity when stripped of its armour of dogma (as who should speak of a man stripped of his armour of bones), turned out to be nothing but the Quaker doctrine of the Inner Light. Now, if I were to say that Christianity came into the world specially to destroy the doctrine of the Inner Light, that would be an exaggeration. But it would be very much nearer to the truth. The last Stoics, like Marcus Aurelius, were exactly the people who did believe in the Inner Light. Their dignity, their weariness, their sad external care for others, their incurable internal care for themselves, were all due to the Inner Light, and existed only by that dismal illumination. Notice that Marcus Aurelius insists, as such introspective moralists always do, upon small things done or undone; it is because he has not hate or love enough to make a moral revolution. He gets up early in the morning, just as our own aristocrats living the Simple Life get up early in the morning; because such altruism is much easier than stopping the games of the amphitheatre or giving the English people back their land. Marcus Aurelius is the most intolerable of human types. He is an unselfish egoist. An unselfish egoist is a man who has pride without the excuse of passion. Of all conceivable forms of enlightenment the worst is what these people call the Inner Light. Of all horrible religions the most horrible is the worship of the god within. Any one who knows any body knows how it would work; any one who knows any one from the Higher Thought Centre knows how it does work. That Jones shall worship the god within him turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon, anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within. Christianity came into the world firstly in order to assert with violence that a man had not only to look inwards, but to look outwards, to behold with astonishment and enthusiasm a divine company and a divine captain. The only fun of being a Christian was that a man was not left alone with the Inner Light, but definitely recognized an outer light, fair as the sun, clear as the moon, terrible as an army with banners.
"Results must be real"
In modern ideal conceptions of society there are some desires that are possibly not attainable: but there are some desires that are not desirable. That all men should live in equally beautiful houses is a dream that may or may not be attained. But that all men should live in the same beautiful house is not a dream at all; it is a nightmare. That a man should love all old women is an ideal that may not be attainable. But that a man should regard all old women exactly as he regards his mother is not only an unattainable ideal, but an ideal which ought not to be attained. I do not know if the reader agrees with me in these examples; but I will add the example which has always affected me most. I could never conceive or tolerate any Utopia which did not leave to me the liberty for which I chiefly care, the liberty to bind myself. Complete anarchy would not merely make it impossible to have any discipline or fidelity; it would also make it impossible to have any fun. To take an obvious instance, it would not be worth while to bet if a bet were not binding. The dissolution of all contracts would not only ruin morality but spoil sport. Now betting and such sports are only the stunted and twisted shapes of the original instinct of man for adventure and romance, of which much has been said in these pages. And the perils, rewards, punishments, and fulfilments of an adventure must be real, or the adventure is only a shifting and heartless nightmare. If I bet I must be made to pay, or there is no poetry in betting. If I challenge I must be made to fight, or there is no poetry in challenging. If I vow to be faithful I must be cursed when I am unfaithful, or there is no fun in vowing. You could not even make a fairy tale from the experiences of a man who, when he was swallowed by a whale, might find himself at the top of the Eiffel Tower, or when he was turned into a frog might begin to behave like a flamingo. For the purpose even of the wildest romance results must be real; results must be irrevocable. Christian marriage is the great example of a real and irrevocable result; and that is why it is the chief subject and centre of all our romantic writing.
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"Proportion cannot be a drift"
If there be a mere trend of impersonal improvement in Nature, it must presumably be a simple trend towards some simple triumph. One can imagine that some automatic tendency in biology might work for giving us longer and longer noses. But the question is, do we want to have longer and longer noses? I fancy not; I believe that we most of us want to say to our noses, "thus far, and no farther; and here shall thy proud point be stayed:" we require a nose of such length as may ensure an interesting face. But we cannot imagine a mere biological trend towards producing interesting faces; because an interesting face is one particular arrangement of eyes, nose, and mouth, in a most complex relation to each other. Proportion cannot be a drift: it is either an accident or a design. So with the ideal of human morality and its relation to the humanitarians and the anti-humanitarians. It is conceivable that we are going more and more to keep our hands off things: not to drive horses; not to pick flowers. We may eventually be bound not to disturb a man's mind even by argument; not to disturb the sleep of birds even by coughing. The ultimate apotheosis would appear to be that of a man sitting quite still, not daring to stir for fear of disturbing a fly, nor to eat for fear of incommoding a microbe. To so crude a consummation as that we might perhaps unconsciously drift. But do we want so crude a consummation? Similarly, we might unconsciously evolve along the opposite or Nietzschian line of development — superman crushing superman in one tower of tyrants until the universe is smashed up for fun. But do we want the universe smashed up for fun? Is it not quite clear that what we really hope for is one particular management and proposition of these two things; a certain amount of restraint and respect, a certain amount of energy and mastery? If our life is ever really as beautiful as a fairy-tale, we shall have to remember that all the beauty of a fairy-tale lies in this: that the prince has a wonder which just stops short of being fear. If he is afraid of the giant, there is an end of him; but also if he is not astonished at the giant, there is an end of the fairy-tale. The whole point depends upon his being at once humble enough to wonder, and haughty enough to defy. So our attitude to the giant of the world must not merely be increasing delicacy or increasing contempt: it must be one particular proportion of the two — which is exactly right. We must have in us enough reverence for all things outside us to make us tread fearfully on the grass. We must also have enough disdain for all things outside us, to make us, on due occasion, spit at the stars. Yet these two things (if we are to be good or happy) must be combined, not in any combination, but in one particular combination. The perfect happiness of men on the earth (if it ever comes) will not be a flat and solid thing, like the satisfaction of animals. It will be an exact and perilous balance; like that of a desperate romance. Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.
"To bind, not to loose"
Now it is the charge against the main deductions of the materialist that, right or wrong, they gradually destroy his humanity; I do not mean only kindness, I mean hope, courage, poetry, initiative, all that is human. For instance, when materialism leads men to complete fatalism (as it generally does), it is quite idle to pretend that it is in any sense a liberating force. It is absurd to say that you are especially advancing freedom when you only use free thought to destroy free will. The determinists come to bind, not to loose. They may well call their law the "chain" of causation. It is the worst chain that ever fettered a human being. You may use the language of liberty, if you like, about materialistic teaching, but it is obvious that this is just as inapplicable to it as a whole as the same language when applied to a man locked up in a mad-house. You may say, if you like, that the man is free to think himself a poached egg. But it is surely a more massive and important fact that if he is a poached egg he is not free to eat, drink, sleep, walk, or smoke a cigarette. Similarly you may say, if you like, that the bold determinist speculator is free to disbelieve in the reality of the will. But it is a much more massive and important fact that he is not free to raise, to curse, to thank, to justify, to urge, to punish, to resist temptations, to incite mobs, to make New Year resolutions, to pardon sinners, to rebuke tyrants, or even to say "thank you" for the mustard.
In passing from this subject I may note that there is a queer fallacy to the effect that materialistic fatalism is in some way favourable to mercy, to the abolition of cruel punishments or punishments of any kind. This is startlingly the reverse of the truth. It is quite tenable that the doctrine of necessity makes no difference at all; that it leaves the flogger flogging and the kind friend exhorting as before. But obviously if it stops either of them it stops the kind exhortation. That the sins are inevitable does not prevent punishment; if it prevents anything it prevents persuasion. Determinism is quite as likely to lead to cruelty as it is certain to lead to cowardice. Determinism is not inconsistent with the cruel treatment of criminals. What it is (perhaps) inconsistent with is the generous treatment of criminals; with any appeal to their better feelings or encouragement in their moral struggle. The determinist does not believe in appealing to the will, but he does believe in changing the environment. He must not say to the sinner, "Go and sin no more," because the sinner cannot help it. But he can put him in boiling oil; for boiling oil is an environment. Considered as a figure, therefore, the materialist has the fantastic outline of the figure of the madman. Both take up a position at once unanswerable and intolerable.
"Poetry could be acted"
St. Francis, in praising all good, could be a more shouting optimist than Walt Whitman. St. Jerome, in denouncing all evil, could paint the world blacker than Schopenhauer. Both passions were free because both were kept in their place. The optimist could pour out all the praise he liked on the gay music of the march, the golden trumpets, and the purple banners going into battle. But he must not call the fight needless. The pessimist might draw as darkly as he chose the sickening marches or the sanguine wounds. But he must not call the fight hopeless. So it was with all the other moral problems, with pride, with protest, and with compassion. By defining its main doctrine, the Church not only kept seemingly inconsistent things side by side, but, what was more, allowed them to break out in a sort of artistic violence otherwise possible only to anarchists. Meekness grew more dramatic than madness. Historic Christianity rose into a high and strange coup de theatre of morality — things that are to virtue what the crimes of Nero are to vice. The spirits of indignation and of charity took terrible and attractive forms, ranging from that monkish fierceness that scourged like a dog the first and greatest of the Plantagenets, to the sublime pity of St. Catherine, who, in the official shambles, kissed the bloody head of the criminal. Poetry could be acted as well as composed.
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package container

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
)

const wrongTypeMessagePrefix = "Wrong type for dependency "

type WrongTypeComplainer interface {
	Error() string
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}

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// WrongTypeComplainer interface, in this library.
type internalWrongTypeComplainer struct {
	dependencyName string
}

// newWrongTypeComplainer creates a new internalWrongTypeComplainer (struct) and
// returns it as a WrongTypeComplainer (interface).
func newWrongTypeComplainer(dependencyName string) WrongTypeComplainer {
	err := internalWrongTypeComplainer{
		dependencyName:dependencyName,
	}

	return &err
}

// Error method is necessary to satisfy the 'error' interface (and the WrongTypeComplainer
// interface).
func (err *internalWrongTypeComplainer) Error() string {
	var buffer bytes.Buffer

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	io.WriteString(&buffer, fmt.Sprintf("%q", err.dependencyName))

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}

// DependencyName method is necessary to satisfy the 'WrongTypeComplainer' interface.
func (err *internalWrongTypeComplainer) DependencyName() string {
	return err.dependencyName
}


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ROLL OUT REVIEWS
by Alicia Smock
A MESSAGE FROM THE WRITER
New author's debut proves to be an intriguing start for new paranormal romance series
Ghost of a Gamble Press Release
Interview with voice actor Doug Cockle and a behind the scenes look on the actor himself as well as his voice behind the well-known video game Witcher
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First in young adult saga not as original as it appears
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It seems… unusual what the younger generations look for in the stories they read. Apocalyptic stories with teenage uprisings and paranormal romances with attractive monsters are two of the main categories young adult readers are drawn to. Each to their own, of course, for there are so many different stories out there for every kind of person and it is wonderful to see younger generations actually reading rather than spending all of their time on electronic devices. However, even though society changes, some of the material in these stories can be questionable. One such example is Hush, Hush: the first book in Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush Saga.
Nora is a normal teenager trying to make it through school just like everyone else her age. When she is forced to be lab partners with Patch, a student whose past does not seem to exist and who seems to do everything within his power to drive her crazy, her life veers down a path that leads far from normal. Suddenly, a hooded figure begins to stalk Nora, Patch appears no matter where she goes, and she begins seeing things that are, supposedly, not there. Is she going crazy? When she discovers who Patch really is, she is unsure whether he was sent to be her guardian angel or her angel of death.
Basically, the main premise is exactly like Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga, except fallen angels replace vampires. Everyday teenage girl who does not have a boyfriend and views herself as awkward is forced to work with the mysterious hot guy who doesn't say much in the class. The guy suddenly begins talking to her because she's different and he is intrigued by her uniqueness. He begins following her and, ever since meeting him, her life is now in danger. But luckily, hot stalker guy who will, by the end of the book, become her boyfriend is always there to rescue her. Why? Because she is a naïve teenager who puts herself into harmful situations that she could easily avoid. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Of course teenagers, especially teenage girls, love these sorts of stories because it is a romance with a gorgeous man who, basically, has superpowers and will protect the main girl no matter what. What woman wouldn't want that in a man? However, how these writers execute the relationship between the paranormal boy and human girl can be just plain creepy to an adult. What is so romantic about a man following a young girl no matter where she goes? What is smart about a teenage girl sneaking out in the middle of the night to a shady part of town just to finish a homework assignment with a guy she doesn't even like? Why must there always be a second love interest who is also, more than likely, paranormal too?
In all fairness, the story itself is written well. Fitzpatrick has a nice writing style and she tells her story in a way that makes the reader want to keep reading. However, the world of literature would benefit more from it if she wrote love stories without the teenage angst and creepy male love interests. Regardless of the teenage angst, the characters are actually rather likeable. Nora is a strong lead woman and could even be somewhat of a role model, if not for her many stupid decisions that nearly get her hurt or raped or killed. Nora's best friend Vee is a girl every other girl wishes she had as a best friend with her quirky attitude and her sisterly love for Nora. And Patch's portrayal of the protective man is written well, though his creeper attitude and his seductive dialog make it seem like he is constantly trying to get into Nora's pants which becomes a bit dull to read as the story progresses.
Hush, Hush is most certainly a book for a teenage audience. While teenage girls will be rooting for Nora and falling for Patch, adults will be yelling at Nora for making such terrible decisions and yelling at Patch to stay away from the sweet, innocent virgin. There is no surprise as to what Patch really is (if anything, the cover of the book gives that away) and the whole fallen angel premise is interesting, to say the least. And the title of the book really doesn't make much sense. However, if one is looking for a quick, mildly entertaining read with some witty dialog, then one might enjoy the first in Fitzpatrick's saga. And, despite the Twilight-like plot, the ending does have a twist that is kind of difficult to see coming. The other books in the Hush, Hush Saga are Crescendo, Silence, and Finale.
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Happy New Year everyone!! Another year goes by and we are more than 3 yrs old now!
Anyways, stay safe in rl and have a blast!
Well I have a "Future Impacting" Exam from February to March. After that, There's a three month Gap (or more) gap till my next thing. So I will try my best to return early.


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Q: Fill data frame rows with vectors of varying column subsets of all columns in the data frame Say I initialize an empty data frame like so:
df = data.frame(matrix(ncol = 5, nrow = 0))
colnames(df) <- c("c1","c2","c3","c4","c5")

And wish to populate the data frame rows with vectors such as
v1 =
c2 c3 c4
6  4  3

v2 =
c1 c3 c5
2  5  7

So that df will look like
c1 c2 c3 c4 c5
0  6  4  3  0
2  0  5  0  7

What's the most efficient way to go about this? The vectors are originally lists, which I was converting to a matrix and attempting to append df with so that the column labels are maintained throughout. However, I'm struggling to find an automated way to fill the missing element values since the columns themselves don't exist (ie v1 has no "c1" column).

A: The following works:
df[1L, c('c2', 'c3', 'c4')] = v1
df[2L, c('c1', 'c3', 'c5')] = v2
df[is.na(df)] = 0

If your vectors are named, it's even easier:
df[1L, names(v1)] = v1
df[2L, names(v2)] = v2
df[is.na(df)] = 0

A: Assuming your vectors are still named lists, like
v1 <- as.list(setNames(c(6,4,3),c("c2","c3","c4")))
v2 <- as.list(setNames(c(6,4,3),c("c1","c3","c5")))

(so you don't have to do the step of processing them to vectors), you can use
df = data.frame(matrix(ncol = 5, nrow = 0))
colnames(df) <- c("c1","c2","c3","c4","c5")

listOfNamedValueLists <- list(v1,v2)
df <- do.call(plyr::rbind.fill,c(list(df),lapply(listOfNamedValueLists,data.frame)))
df[is.na(df)] <- 0

Note that appending df to the list as first element ensures you that the names are in right order.

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