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I'll say Beat Hazard is fair value and good for some fun on Android. The control scheme options make it pretty playable in touch. When I think mobile I don't think "twin stick shooter" but the prospect of shooting things to the music library on your device is still compelling, and the dev has a new autofire/aim mode that makes it palatable (making it optionally a "one stick shooter"). Twin stick shooters are as much about dodging and location on-screen as anything else, and the autofire/aim mode doesn't feel like cheating. You still get to choose when to trigger the special attacks.
Haven't seen a shout out to **Game Dev Story **or any of Kairosoft's legion of retro-styled, casual sim games just yet. I haven't played one that I haven't enjoyed at least in some measure. Their Pocket League Story 2 is also a good pick, especially since that one is free to play in the REAL sense, where in-app purchases are not necessary to win and enjoy the game.
Also I'm not always in the mood for it, but Dungeon Raid is a blend of rogue-like and puzzle-game mechanics. You drag your finger to match icons that will attack, heal, gain shield, coins etc in an attempt to destroy skulls that will attack every turn and whittle your HP. These enemies also appear as tiles, but have their own attack and defense stats. It's not really like Bejeweled or anything so you might like it even if you don't care for "match #" games. As you play the enemies become more powerful and you level up your stats, spells, and items to see how long you can last. There are a number of unlockable player classes that change some of the game elements. The progression is very similar to Desktop Dungeons though the gameplay itself is not at all similar. I think there are some clones out there now so Dungeon Raid must have made at least a mild splash.
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[Update] Robot vs aliens - XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now on Android
Updated on April 24th, at 7:52: XCOM has landed, and Enemy Unknown is now available to download on Google Play. It will hit the Amazon Appstore at a later date. The game requires a whopping 3.6GB of s...
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They weren't kidding around about the "soon" part:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tt2kgames.xcomeu
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I'll wait a while and see how it plays on tablets. The PC version was enjoyable but was too prone to crashing when I went to play it a few months ago.
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I'm a fan of Nethack, great game for a small screen
Can somebody recommend something for my phone that will keep me busy for a few hours? I just found out I have almost five hours to kill tomorrow between meetings with nothing to do. The town I'm traveling to is about 1 1/2 hours away from home, so returning isn't an option.
I have a Note 3.
I like TD, RTS, TBS, RPG (preferably non-action kind), driving. If it's anything big I need to download it tonight at home over wifi, because I won't have any tomorrow and I only have 3 GB of mobile data. I'd gladly pay a few bucks for something good. I hate most free2play.
Kingdom Rush? Carmageddon? Crazy Taxi?
I bought Kingdom Rush. That looks fun.
Are there any decent non-action, non Japanese RPGs for Android? I have BG:EE on my Ipad, but I'm coming off of a long game and I need a break.
Seriously, grab the Lone Wolf gamebooks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GDVGames.LoneWolfBiblio
They're much more roleplay than gamebook, and thoroughly enjoyable. Probably the best 20 hours I spent with my Android phone.
Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread yet. Bought Out There this week and I'm digging it so far. Did not know really what sort of game it was before buying. Was pleasantly surprised that it's a bit of Weird Worlds crossed with the random encounters from Flotilla (not the combat, mind you). Generally it feels harder to survive than in Weird Worlds, but that is compelling, too. There is a heavier emphasis on resource management (will I cannibalize the probe temporarily so I can fit some extra carbon in the holds?) and the quick start option makes it good for pick up and play.
At least one person has said it before, but I'll recommend the Trese Brothers games. All very good RPGs, with a 4X that just hit alpha testing. And they've just got their latest game (Heroes of Steel) on Steam - their first PC release, so it's not perfect, but definitely worth a look.
Monument Valley: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ustwo.monumentvalley
Just get it. You can thank me later.
Ah good, I thought this was going to be iOS only.
Jesus_Phish:
Nah, they've said for a while an Android version was on the way, though this does seem to have sneaked out on the quiet-like.
Seriously, though, anyone reading this thread who's got an Android device or iThing - what Winged Nazgul said. Buy it. It's very easy and much too short but it is utterly, utterly gorgeous, and a thing of purest joy and wonder from start to finish. Also the launch trailer is fantastic. I must have watched it twenty times or more by now.
Seriously, how can you not fall in love with that?
I'd love some of those levels as art prints.
I already have it on iOS but I want it for Android as well just so I can see the levels on my tablet. It's still beautiful on the small screen, IMO, like playing with some kind of lovely little clockwork vignette, but it's totally worth getting on a bigger screen if you can.
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Great adaptation of the awesome board game.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playdekgames.android.SummonerWars_Beta
Summoner Wars is a game that interests me but I've never gotten to play a copy of it. Would this give me a good idea of if I'd like the real game or not?
Yes and it's absolutely free to try. IAP's to buy additional armies, of course.
Cool, I'll install it now and play it later. I don't mind the in app purchases, that's fair enough. I just want to be able to try the game, if I like it enough I'll get my FLGS to order a copy in.


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Hamza Baba mausoleum reopened to visitors
The Newspaper's CorrespondentJuly 16, 2017
LANDI KOTAL: Authorities on Saturday reopened Hamza Baba mausoleum in Landi Kotal after it remained sealed for almost five months due to security reasons.
Confirming reopening of the mausoleum, officials of the political administration here said that visitors were now allowed to visit the shrine and pay homage to late Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari, commonly known as Baba-i-Pashto ghazal among literary circles.
"We were compelled to seal the Mazaar and restrict visitors' entry after receiving direct threats about a suicide attack at the shrine prior to observance of the 23rd death anniversary at the same place on February 18," an official said, adding that security was beefed up at the shrine and visitors politely advised then not to visit the mausoleum.
They said that literary organisations too were now allowed to arrange poetry sessions and other gatherings at the mausoleum while keeping a low profile.
The site was closed five months ago for security reasons
Haroon Shinwari, president of Hamza Baba Adabi Tolana, welcomed the reopening of the mausoleum and vowed to revive literary gatherings at the shrine soon. He said that it was unfortunate that militants had threatened to target the mausoleum as Hamza Baba had always preached love and peace through his poetry.
MINORITIES' DISPUTE: Rival groups of local Christian community made conflicting statements about the allotment of residential plots in the recently-inaugurated colony for Christians living in Landi Kotal.
Landi Kotal Christian community chairman Arshad Masih, while welcoming establishment of the new colony, told a press conference here on Saturday that deserving families were ignored while plots were awarded prior to the groundbreaking ceremony of the project.
He claimed that not a single family of total 25 currently residing in a congested corner of Landi Kotal bazaar was accommodated in the new colony. He alleged that Christian families with dual computerised national identity cards were preferred to genuine domicile holders of Khyber Agency.
He said that he will contest the issue on an appropriate forum at the Fata Secretariat.
Reacting to Arshad Masih's allegations, Wilson Wazir, All-Fata Minorities Social Welfare Organisation chairman, said that the allotment was done after extensive consultations with all the stakeholders. He said that every plot owner would be required to pool Rs350,000 from their personal resources for construction of their houses.
"The award of plots was made purely on merit," he claimed and added that even a jirga of local tribal elders was engaged to ensure transparency in the process.
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MSD » News » Archived News » EASA Teacher Juanita Clarno will fly with Blue Angels at summer air show
EASA engineering teacher Juanita Clarno was selected in a competitive nomination process to fly along on a U.S. Navy Blue Angels plane at the Intel Oregon Air Show on July 17-19 in Hillsboro.
The ride along program is part of the Blue Angels Key Influencer Rider Program. She was notified of her selection for the Blue Angels ride along during an assembly at MHS.
Watch the video anouncement.
Clarno said the program recruited nominations from STEM profressionals this year. She was nominated by members of the community. " I was nominated by a parent, Colonel Kelly Smothers, National Guard," she said. "I have had the honor of having several of his kids and currently have two at EASA. His kids have been on the robotics team and are wonderful kids."
To qualify, Clarno said she had to meet health requirements, pass a physical, and send a bio to the Navy's selection committee.
"It is an honor to be nominated. We have so many great key influencers in STEM here in Oregon and at McMinnville High School. I am looking forward to the flight and to showcasing our EASA students and their projects at the Oregon International Airshow," she said.
Her flight is scheduled for July 16, the day before the Airshow opens.


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Q: Extracting body from Hyper request as a string I'm trying to create a simple web server in Rust using Hyper, and I'm getting stuck trying to convert the request.body() Stream to a String.
I'm running rustc 1.21.0-nightly
So far I have this:
extern crate futures;
extern crate hyper;
extern crate unicase;

use hyper::server::{Http, Request, Response, Service};
use hyper::Body;
use hyper::Chunk;
use futures::Stream;
use futures::future::*;
use futures::stream::Map;
use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
use unicase::Ascii;

struct WebService;

impl Service for WebService {
    type Request = Request;
    type Response = Response;
    type Error = hyper::Error;
    type Future = Box<futures::Future<Item = Self::Response, Error = Self::Error>>;

    fn call(&self, req: Request) -> Self::Future {
        let mut response = Response::new();

        let body = req.body()
            .fold(Vec::new(), |mut acc, chunk| {
                acc.extend_from_slice(&*chunk);
                futures::future::ok::<_, Self::Error>(acc)
            })
            .and_then(|v| String::from_utf8(v));
        println!("Body: \n{}", body.wait().unwrap());

        let future = futures::future::ok(response);
        Box::new(future)
    }
}

fn main() {
    let addr = "0.0.0.0:3000".parse().unwrap();
    let server = Http::new().bind(&addr, || Ok(WebService)).unwrap();
    server.run().unwrap();
}

This results in the following error messages:
error[E0271]: type mismatch resolving `<std::result::Result<std::string::String, std::string::FromUtf8Error> as futures::IntoFuture>::Error == hyper::Error`
  --> src/main.rs:30:14
   |
30 |             .and_then(|v| String::from_utf8(v));
   |              ^^^^^^^^ expected struct `std::string::FromUtf8Error`, found enum `hyper::Error`
   |
   = note: expected type `std::string::FromUtf8Error`
              found type `hyper::Error`

error[E0599]: no method named `wait` found for type `futures::AndThen<futures::stream::Fold<hyper::Body, [closure@src/main.rs:26:31: 29:14], futures::FutureResult<std::vec::Vec<u8>, hyper::Error>, std::vec::Vec<u8>>, std::result::Result<std::string::String, std::string::FromUtf8Error>, [closure@src/main.rs:30:23: 30:47]>` in the current scope
  --> src/main.rs:31:37
   |
31 |         println!("Body: \n{}", body.wait().unwrap());
   |                                     ^^^^
   |
   = note: the method `wait` exists but the following trait bounds were not satisfied:
           `futures::AndThen<futures::stream::Fold<hyper::Body, [closure@src/main.rs:26:31: 29:14], futures::FutureResult<std::vec::Vec<u8>, hyper::Error>, std::vec::Vec<u8>>, std::result::Result<std::string::String, std::string::FromUtf8Error>, [closure@src/main.rs:30:23: 30:47]> : futures::Stream`
           `futures::AndThen<futures::stream::Fold<hyper::Body, [closure@src/main.rs:26:31: 29:14], futures::FutureResult<std::vec::Vec<u8>, hyper::Error>, std::vec::Vec<u8>>, std::result::Result<std::string::String, std::string::FromUtf8Error>, [closure@src/main.rs:30:23: 30:47]> : futures::Future`

I think that I'm returning a future from the the fold method, the result of which is being piped into the and_then method, which I'm hoping will assign a String version of the request.body to the body variable.
I'm pretty new to Rust, but to me the error seems to suggest that the and_then connector is only receiving the Error value of the future, and not the Ok value...
Is this a correct interpretation? How would I resolve this error?

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Conjoint analysis is the optimal market research approach for measuring the value that consumers place on features of a product or service. This commonly used approach combines real-life scenarios and statistical techniques with the modeling of actual market decisions.
Menu-based conjoint analysis is an analysis technique that is fast gaining momentum in the marketing world. One reason is that menu-based conjoint analysis allows each respondent to package their own product or service.
Conjoint can help you determine pricing, product features, product configurations, bundling packages, or all of the above. Conjoint is helpful because it simulates real-world buying situations that ask respondents to trade one option for another.
For example, in a survey, the respondent is shown a list of features with associated prices. The respondent then chooses what they want in their ideal product while keeping price as a factor in their decision. For the researcher, key information can be gained by analyzing what was selected and what was left out. If feature A for $100 was included in the menu question but feature B for $100 was not, it can be assumed that this respondent prefers feature A over feature B.
The outcome of menu-based conjoint analysis is that we can identify the trade-offs consumers are willing to make. We can discover trends indicating must-have features versus luxury features.
Add in the fact that menu-based conjoint analysis is a more engaging and interactive process for the survey taker, and one can see why menu-based conjoint analysis is becoming an increasingly popular way to evaluate the utility of features.
The advanced functionality of Qualtrics allows for the perfect conjoint survey – built with the exact look and feel needed to provide a reliable, easy to understand experience for the respondent. This means better quality data for you.
There are numerous conjoint methodologies available from Qualtrics.
To provide a sense of these options, the following discussion provides an overview of conjoint analysis methods.
Perhaps the earliest conjoint data collection method involved presented a series of attribute-by-attribute (two attributes at a time) tradeoff tables where respondents ranked their preferences for the different combinations of the attribute levels. For example, if two attributes each had three levels, the table would have nine cells and the respondents would rank their tradeoff preferences from 1 to 9.
The two-factor-at-a-time approach makes few cognitive demands of the respondent and is simple to follow but it is both time-consuming and tedious. Moreover, respondents often lose their place in the table or develop some stylized pattern just to get the job done. Most importantly, however, the task is unrealistic in that real alternatives do not present themselves for evaluation two attributes at a time.
Full-profile conjoint analysis takes the approach of displaying a large number of full product descriptions to the respondent. The evaluation of these packages yields large amounts of information for each customer/respondent. Full-profile conjoint analysis has been a popular approach to measure attribute utilities. In the full-profile conjoint task, different product descriptions (or even different actual products) are developed and presented to the respondent for acceptability or preference evaluations.
Each product profile represents a part of a fractional factorial experimental design that evenly matches the occurrence of each attribute with all other attributes. By controlling the attribute pairings, the researcher can correlate attributes with profile preferences and estimate the respondent's utility for each level of each attribute tested. In the rating task, the respondent gives their preference or likelihood of purchase. While many features and levels may be studied, this type of conjoint is best used where a moderate number of profiles are presented, thereby minimizing respondent fatigue. The advanced functionality of Qualtrics employs experimental designs to reduce the number of evaluation requests within the survey. The output and analysis accumulated from full-profile conjoint surveys is similar to that of other conjoint models.
Adaptive conjoint analysis varies the choice sets presented to respondents based on their preference. This adaption targets the respondent's most preferred feature and levels, thereby making the conjoint exercise more efficient, wasting no questions on levels with little or no appeal. Every package shown is more competitive and will yield 'smarter' data.
Adaptive conjoint analysis is often more engaging to the survey-taker and thus can produce more relevant data. It reduces the survey length without diminishing the power of the conjoint analysis metrics or simulations. There are multiple ways to adapt the conjoint scenarios to the respondent. Most commonly the design is based on the most important feature levels. As each package is presented for evaluation, the survey accounts for the choice and then makes the next question more efficient. A combination of full profile and feature evaluation methods can be utilized and is referred to as Hybrid Conjoint Analysis.
The Choice-based conjoint analysis (CBC) (also known as discrete-choice conjoint analysis) is the most common form of conjoint analysis. Choice-based conjoint requires the respondent to choose their most preferred full-profile concept. This choice is made repeatedly from sets of 3–5 full profile concepts.
This choice activity is thought to simulate an actual buying situation, thereby mimicking actual shopping behavior. The importance and preference for the attribute features and levels can be mathematically deduced from the trade-offs made when selecting one (or none) of the available choices. Choice-based conjoint designs are contingent on the number of features and levels. Often, that number is large and an experimental design is implemented to avoid respondent fatigue. Qualtrics provides extreme flexibility in utilizing experimental designs within the conjoint survey.
The output of a Choice-based conjoint analysis provides excellent estimates of the importance of the features, especially in regards to pricing. Results can estimate the value of each level and the combinations that make up optimal products. Simulators report the preference and value of a selected package and the expected choice share (surrogate for market share).
Self-explicated conjoint analysis offers a simple but surprisingly robust approach that is easy to implement and does not require the development of full-profile concepts. Self-explicated conjoint analysis is a hybrid approach that focuses on the evaluation of various attributes of a product. This conjoint analysis model asks explicitly about the preference for each feature level rather than the preference for a bundle of features.
Although the approach is different, the outcome is still the same in that it produces high-quality estimates of preference utilities.
Finally, we measure how important the overall feature is in their preference. The relative importance of the most preferred level of each attribute is measured using a constant sum scale (allocate 100 points between the most desirable levels of each attribute).
The attribute level desirability scores are then weighted by the attribute importance to provide utility values for each attribute level.
Self-explicated conjoint analysis does not require the statistical analysis or the heuristic logic required in many other conjoint approaches. This approach has been shown to provide results equal or superior to full-profile approaches, and places fewer demands on the respondent. There are some limitations to self-explicated conjoint analysis, including an inability to trade off price with other attribute bundles. In this situation, the respondent always prefers the lowest price, and other conjoint analysis models are more appropriate.
Max-Diff conjoint analysis presents an assortment of packages to be selected under best/most preferred and worst/least preferred scenarios. Respondents can quickly indicate the best and worst items in a list, but often struggle to decipher their feelings for the 'middle ground'. Max-Diff is often an easier task to undertake because consumers are well trained at making comparative judgments.
Max-Diff conjoint analysis is an ideal methodology when the decision task is to evaluate product choice. An experimental design is employed to balance and properly represent the sets of items. There are several approaches that can be taken with analyzing Max-Diff studies including: Hierarchical Bayes conjoint modeling to derive utility score estimations, best/worst counting analysis and TURF analysis.
Hierarchical Bayes Analysis (HB) is similarly used to estimate attribute level utilities from choice data. HB is particularly useful in situations where the data collection task is so large that the respondent cannot reasonably provide preference evaluations for all attribute levels. As part of the procedure to estimate attribute level utilities for each individual, hierarchical Bayes focuses individual respondent measurement on highly variable attributes and uses the sample's attribute level averages when attribute-level variability is smaller. This approach again allows more attributes and levels to be estimated with smaller amounts of data collected from each individual respondent.
Conjoint analysis methodology has withstood intense scrutiny from both academics and professional researchers for more than 30 years. It is widely used in consumer products, durable goods, pharmaceutical, transportation, and service industries, and ought to be a staple in your research toolkit. To learn more about conjoint analysis, check out our eBook.


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Frozen 2 Is a Disney Minus
The much-anticipated followup to a global smash can't recapture the magic.
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It didn't seem like a wise idea to ask any of the children at my recent screening of Disney's Frozen 2 (out November 22) what they thought of it. So instead I'll just assume that the many giddy shrieks and laughs heard throughout suggest that the little ones for whom this movie—a sequel to the 2013 mega-hit that revived the moribund Disney princess genre and created an earworm for the ages in the power ballad "Let It Go"—was made liked it quite a good deal. Sure, there were a few errant cries for more popcorn rather than more Elsa, and yes some of the wee-est folk had to be carried out by their parents, back into the relative brightness, and thus safety, of the theater lobby. But for the most part, the kids seemed to think Frozen 2 was pretty great—pretty exciting, pretty funny, pretty transporting.
Take their word for it, I suppose. Because, from my sorry adult view, this sequel is entirely unnecessary, except in its duty to serve the needs of capital. Unnecessary isn't always a bad thing; plenty of fun or otherwise enriching stuff doesn't need to exist. But a dire case of cynical sequelitis plagues Frozen 2. The directors—Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck—and writers—Lee and Allison Schroeder—grasp for a new mythos to match the original's, but come up woefully short. In that striving to justify a sequel, the Frozen team is forced to go bigger, grander, more existential, while still keeping things accessible to children. That's a really tough balancing act, one Frozen 2 can't manage. While I admire the movie's attempt to more deeply mine the identities of sister-princesses Anna (sweet, non-magical) and Elsa (restless, can control snow and ice), its discoveries are rushed and are served up half-baked.
As Ralph Breaks the Internet proved quite winningly this time last year, a children's film about one half of a lovable duo leaving the comfort of home to explore the world beyond is a pretty poignant story device. Frozen 2 begins promisingly in that same vein: following the first film's adventure, Anna is content in her Nordic kingdom of Arendelle, hanging out with her sister, her dopey-hunk boyfriend Kristoff, and her magical snowman friend Olaf. Elsa, on the other hand, is feeling an itch. She's being called to by a faraway song only she can hear. She suspects that in following that voice—maybe it's hers?—she may discover where she, so othered by her unique magic abilities, really belongs.
That's the journey of the movie, one towards further growth and self-actualization that will have the many fan theorists out there who've pegged Elsa as a maybe-queer icon just that much more convinced. (For a brief, brief second during the movie I thought Disney might actually confirm—or at least overtly hint at—that supposition in the film. But, no; Anna's boring old straight relationship is the only real romance we get.) Along the way, Frozen 2 issues vague, if important, messages about conservation and environmentalism; about respecting indigenous peoples and cultures; and about how growing up is both scary and exciting, urging that realizing nothing is permanent in this or any world should be an encouragement to embrace the more intangibly lasting things, like love.
That's all nice stuff! And I'm sure some of it will burrow into various kids' brains and become some tiny but crucial part of their worldview. So I'm not trying to rain (snow?) on that lesson-learning parade. From a purely aesthetic point, though, Frozen 2 imparts those themes less than inspiringly. The film's plotting relies on quick realizations and easy fixes. That's not exactly rare in children's entertainment, but there's little effort to even half-disguise Frozen 2's plot developments as organic. The movie hits each beat of its outline without any time or room allowed for a sense of true atmosphere or occasion—or revelation—to sink in.
The film is a lot of hurrying to get to what the conglomerate overlords surely care most about: achieving a "Let It Go"-esque moment of pop-ballad triumph, a true clarion call of marketability. Frozen 2 is really hungry for a sellable anthem. In that vain pursuit, the movie throws not one, not two, but three would-be barn-burners at the audience. The songs are by the original, Oscar-winning Frozen tunesmiths, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, so one might assume (if one is, perhaps, Bob Iger) that at least one of these sweaty songs is bound to recapture the old magic. They all sound fine, and are sung with the usual bombast by Idina Menzel (as Elsa) and, finally getting a belter, Kristen Bell (as Anna). And yet . . not a half-hour after seeing the movie, I couldn't call up a single melody.
So that's all something of a wash. But Frozen 2's weirdest, and maybe worst, sin is how routinely unpleasant it is to look at. The animation is oddly bland and inert. Street scenes in Arendelle look distressingly, depressingly empty and devoid of life. When the sisters and their cohort travel north to explore the movie's mystery, there are some bursts of fantastical visual grace. They're fleeting, though, and otherwise Frozen 2 gives off the same lackluster dimness that hand-drawn direct-to-video sequels like Return of Jafar and Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas did back in their humbler day. There's a patness to this theatrical-release sequel's design that looks sorta cheap—even though I'm sure this movie cost quite a lot of money to make.
Again, what Frozen 2 is trying to say directly to kids has definite value. And there is sweetness to be found throughout, especially in the way the movie articulates how understanding oneself is a constant process—the first film's happily-ever-after only got these sisters so far, it turns out. But the project surrounding those sentiments has a wheezy, floundering inelegance. Plenty of children will find it special, I'm sure. And maybe that's all that matters. From my coldhearted grownup perspective, though, Frozen 2 pushes itself out on its own ice floe and it's all too easy to, well, let it go.


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Being fifty-something, I know that there are many truths in friendship.
Especially in female fifty-something friendships.
"I can do anything I want".
Then there are the REAL truths, the ones that lurk in the darkness, twixt yesterday and today, midway between today and tomorrow.
REAL truths live in rare bare-your-soul moments that fill the void left behind by the stimuli of day-to-day chatter and group think.
And so it came to pass in the wee hours of this past Saturday morning. My friend L and I survived the witching hour by solving the problems of the world, catching up on her holiday happenings and sharing all the gossip we know.
We had reached the moment of REAL truth. 3.00am.
… when all that's left on the anti pasto platter is crunchy green stuff, olive pits and cracker crumbs.
… when we both know another bottle of red is out of the question so we settle into a nightcap of whiskey (neat).
That's when REAL truths lurk.
We surrender our chatter to serious discussion about how we'll survive our empty nests. Can we ever stop worrying about our kids and trying to "fix" what needs fixing in their lives? We agree never … that our maternal instincts are too powerful. We share the enormous sense of loss we've already felt as our first-leavers flew the nest. Yes, the loss is like grief and sits there in your chest like grief does, pushing upwards in a constant swallow reflex. We decide that's normal. Our normal.
But what's normal with menopause? We discover the REAL truth that we're less concerned by night sweats and hot flashes than we are by what menopause means to us as women. That's a very personal (REAL) truth.
We talk about feeling old … because some days we do; we just can't admit it in daylight.
We have to wait out the witching hour, twixt yesterday and today, when the moment's right for REAL truth.
Then we can admit anything.
That's what fifty-something friends do.
Such truth! Yes, we're older, but we're better…..but we're still getting older, and feeling it sometimes.
Do I know this person. I'd love to meet her. Someone once said to me that truth is good for the soul.


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Global History Dialogues
brings student-researchers together.
2021 Asia
A lost election for the Republic of Vietnam's nation-building project
by Phan Hoàng Dũng
The literature on the nature of the 1967 Presidential Election and its impacts on the nation-building project in the Second Republic of Vietnam has remained an under-researched topic due to the presumption that the election was staged by the military establishment to satisfy the request for setting up liberal democracies in America. However, the 1967 election yielded surprising results, and the historical narratives have provided a mixed message on the "free and fair" nature of the election. This research paper contends that the South Vietnamese citizens' expectations and experience must be factored in the discourse. If one is familiar with the history of the Vietnam War, the support from the citizens for the ruling regime was as equally important as the support from the foreign governments in the making of the two republics. Thus, understanding the expectations and experience of South Vietnamese is a crucial step to determine the nature of the 1967 Presidential Election and assess its impact on the nation-building project in the Republic of Vietnam.
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Carp edema virus disease (CEVD) is an emerging disease of concern to koi enthusiasts and carp Aquaculture in the United States and around the world. Carp edema virus can cause disease and high mortality rates in wild and cultured varieties of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) including koi. Sick fish may exhibit erosive or hemorrhagic skin lesions with swelling (edema) of the underlying tissues, thus the disease was originally named "viral edema of carp" (Oyamatsu et al. 1997a). The disease has also been referred to as "koi sleepy disease" (KSD) because infected fish become lethargic and unresponsive (Miyazaki et al. 2005). The severity of disease is greatest in juveniles, which may hang just under the surface of the water before succumbing, while adult fish may lie motionless on the bottom of the pond/tank.
Carp edema virus disease/koi sleepy disease was first characterized from Japanese koi in 1974 and since has been shown to be widespread across Japan where koi are cultured (Murakami et al. 1976; Ono et al. 1986; Amita et al. 2002). The international trade in koi has likely led to the global spread of CEVD/KSD with outbreaks documented in imported koi in North America and Europe (Hedrick et al. 1997; Way and Stone 2013; Haenen et al. 2013). In the United States, CEVD/KSD has been associated with outbreaks in imported and domestic koi in the following states: California (in the years 1996 and 2010), Washington (2005), North Carolina (2005), Georgia (2005 and 2010), and Florida (2014 and 2015) (Hedrick et al.1997; Waltzek et al. 2014). Carp edema virus has been detected widely across Europe in koi from at least Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (Haenen et al. 2013; Way and Stone 2013; Jung-Shoroers et al. 2015; Lewisch et al. 2015; Vesely et al. 2015). The virus has recently been detected for the first time in the southern hemisphere on koi farms in Brazil (Viadanna et al. 2015). Carp edema virus has been detected in common carp within Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (Way and Stone 2013; Lewisch et al. 2015; Pretto et al. 2015; Vesely et al. 2015; M. Reichert personal communication; O. Haenen personal observation).
Carp edema virus is a large, double-stranded DNA virus thought to belong to the poxvirus family of viruses (family Poxviridae). Carp edema virus disease/koi sleepy disease should not be confused with another disease referred to as "carp pox," which is caused by a herpesvirus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 1) that causes wart-like growths on the skin in common carp varieties (Hartman et al. 2013). Although CEV has not been grown in the laboratory by cell culture, poxvirus-like particles have been visualized in infected gill epithelial cells by transmission electron microscopy (Ono et al.1986; Hedrick et al. 1997; Oyamatsu et al. 1997a; Miyazaki et al. 2005).
What are the signs of CEVD/KSD?
As the common name "koi sleepy disease" implies, CEVD/KSD-infected larger carp and koi display behavioral abnormalities including unresponsiveness and lethargy, with fish often lying motionless on their sides or bellies on the bottom of the tank for long periods of time unless disturbed (Figure 1). If the "sleepy" carp or koi are disturbed, they may swim for a short period of time, but soon settle back into an inactive state on the bottom of the tank (Miyazaki et al. 2005). In CEVD/KSD, weakened juveniles may swim slowly and aimlessly along the margins of the pond/tank or hang motionless just under the surface of the water (Oyamatsu et al. 1997a). However, it should be noted that one of the authors (A. Goodwin personal observation) has observed a similar "sleepy" presentation in fish due to sudden (acute) swim bladder under-inflation after stressful harvest or handling. Infected fish will often refuse to eat, which further weakens the fish. Diseased juvenile koi may have extensive erosions or hemorrhages of the skin with edema (swelling) of the underlying tissues (Miyazaki et al. 2005).
How is a CEVD/KSD diagnosis reached?
In addition to an appropriate case history and clinical signs, further supporting evidence of CEVD/KSD may be obtained by examining wet mounts of the gills. In the early stages of the disease, the gill epithelial cells at the tips of the gill filament proliferate, resulting in a thickening or "clubbing" appearance (Ono et al. 1986; Miyazaki et al. 2005). In CEV-infected fish, the proliferation may extend to the base of the gill filament and impair gill function. Thickening of the gill tissue is not a problem exclusive to CEVD/KSD, and in many cases may be caused by other issues such as poor water quality. Also, as with many fish diseases, there may be secondary or opportunistic infections that occur in CEV-infected carp and koi (Haenen et al. 2013; Lewisch et al. 2014).
Observation of microscopic abnormalities from stained slides prepared from formalin-fixed gill and skin tissues (histopathology) can further support a CEVD/KSD diagnosis. Typical lesions observed by light microscopy include: 1) hypertrophy (increased size) and hyperplasia (increased numbers of cells) of the gill epithelium with associated inflammation and 2) extensive destruction of the skin and edema (swelling) of the underlying tissues (Oyamatsu et al. 1997a; Miyazaki et al. 2005). A definitive diagnosis requires specialized laboratory testing such as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) that detects the DNA of CEV (Oyamatsu et al. 1997b). Recently validated PCR tests have been developed and are available at the University of Florida's Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Veterinary Disease Laboratory in Gainesville (Waltzek and Viadanna unpublished). Transmission electron microscopy of gill tissues may also be used to demonstrate hypertrophied (enlarged) gill epithelial cells containing large spheroid poxvirus-like particles (Figure 3). To date, the virus has not been propagated in cell culture (Oyamatsu et al. 1997a).
How do fish get infected with CEV?
In Japan, CEVD/KSD typically occurs in the rainy season among juvenile koi (young-of-the-year) after they have endured the stress of being moved from green-water earthen nursery ponds into clear-water concrete-lined ponds for grading. Although the source of the virus is unknown, presumably juvenile koi are exposed before or during the stress of capture and subsequently show signs of the disease. As mentioned above, fish may also lie on the bottom of the tank in situations where CEV is absent. This phenomenon typically occurs after harvest from ponds when water temperatures exceed 27°C (80°F), and affects nearly 100% of fish within 1 hour of handling. Typical CEVD/KSD outbreaks occur after the addition of infected fish without quarantine into an established pond of koi that are presumed to be naïve, which means never exposed to CEV. Mortality in naïve koi or common carp exposed by bath challenge to CEV begins as early as day 6 and continues until day 16 post-infection (Oyamatsu et al. 1997a). The aforementioned study suggests the virus may be transmitted via exposure to contaminated water. Thus, diseased fish shedding virus into the water from gill and skin lesions are likely an important mode of transmission. Whether CEV is vertically transmissible (i.e., from breeders in the eggs or sperm) and whether CEV-exposed fish clear the virus after infection or can harbor the virus as carriers is currently unknown. The length of time the virus remains infectious in water is also unknown (Oyamatsu 1997a).
Which fish are susceptible to CEV?
Common carp and koi (Cyprinus carpio) are the only known susceptible species. However, other species including goldfish (Carassius auratus) have not yet been exposed to CEV in a controlled laboratory setting. Goldfish have been shown to be susceptible to other viral diseases affecting carp/koi such as the rhabdovirus spring viremia of carp (Petty et al. 2012). Interestingly, similar poxvirus-like agents have been partially characterized in a farmed ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) (Wada et al. 2008), farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (Nylund et al. 2008; Gjessing et al 2015), and a managed group of Cape seahorses (Hippocampus capensis) (Waltzek et al. 2011). Currently, little is known about the genetic relationships of CEV and other fish poxviruses. However, comparison of genetic sequences of CEV strains from around the world in common carp and koi have revealed they likely represent a single novel poxvirus species (Way and Stone 2013; Waltzek et al. 2014 ).
How does water temperature affect CEV?
Water temperature is an important factor in the occurrence of CEVD/KSD. In Japan, outbreaks in juvenile koi occur in the rainy season from late June to late July at water temperatures between 15 and 25°C (59–77°F) (Oyamatsu et al. 1997a), although many fish also develop CEVD/KSD in the spring and fall (Miyazaki et al. 2005). Outbreaks in koi facilities and hobbyists' ponds in the United States and the United Kingdom typically occur at similar water temperatures (listed above) (Way and Stone 2013; Waltzek et al. 2014). However, a novel strain of CEV has been associated with UK disease episodes in wild common carp during the winter and early spring at much lower water temperatures, between 6 and 9°C (43–48°F) (Way and Stone, 2013), and similarly in the Netherlands (O. Haenen personal observation). Recently, CEVD/KSD in common carp and koi has also been reported at lower water temperatures between 7–15°C (44–59°F) in Austria (Lewisch et al. 2014).
How can CEVD/KSD be prevented?
Before acquiring any CEVD/KSD-susceptible fish, ask the supplier if there have been any major unexplained losses in the population. Although diagnostic tests for monitoring and verifying CEV have only been developed recently, ask suppliers if any testing for CEV has been done and request a copy of lab result documentation. The best way to prevent CEVD/KSD is to know your fish suppliers and to have a good working relationship with them. In Japan, koi producers feel that 0.5% (5g/L) salt helps to prevent the disease after the young-of-the-year fish suffer the stress of moving from the earthen nursery ponds into cement-lined ponds for grading (Seno et al. 2003; Miyazaki et al. 2005; Way and Stone 2013). Some producers also avoid harvest during periods when water temperatures are permissive for the disease (15–25°C or 59–77°F). Always isolate and test sick fish showing suspect clinical signs. Remove dead fish from ponds immediately to minimize disease transmission. Depopulate ponds harboring CEV to prevent further mortalities and ongoing spread to naïve individuals. Preventative depopulation is especially highly recommended for production facilities. Koi owners should understand the potential for ongoing disease and spread and monitor for signs of trouble. Best health management practices should be followed to minimize the risk of CEVD/KSD outbreaks. To keep fish healthy and better able to resist disease, quarantine and test new arrivals; avoid crowding and stressful events; maintain good water quality; and provide proper nutrition.
Quarantine (separation from other uninfected koi) is the most dependable method to avoid the introduction of pathogens into a pond or facility (Yanong and Erlacher-Reid 2012). To implement an effective quarantine procedure, all new fish must be kept in a separate system, ideally in a different building or area from the resident fish. Feed, handle, and maintain resident fish first, then treat the new fish to avoid introducing pathogens to resident fish. The quarantined fish require dedicated equipment such as nets, buckets, and siphon hoses that are used only for them. In addition, everyone must use foot baths and hand washes when entering and when leaving the quarantine area. Fish should be quarantined for a minimum of 30 days. For CEV, new koi should be quarantined in water that is a constant temperature (between 15–25°C) for at least 30 days.
Is CEV a risk to humans?
Fish viruses do not infect humans and thus CEV is not harmful to humans.
Figure 1; A group of young-of-the-year koi displaying the typical KSD behavioral abnormality of extreme lethargy manifesting as fish lying motionless on their sides or bellies on the bottom of the tank.
Other external signs of infection may include sunken eyes (enophthalmos) and pale swollen gills (Figure 2, Haenen et al. 2013). These similar external signs (i.e., sunken eyes and gill lesions) may also be observed with another important viral disease of common carp known as koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD) caused by Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (Hartman et al. 2013). No grossly visible internal disease signs have been reported with CEVD/KSD. The disease is typically observed at water temperatures between 15–25°C (59–77°F) in koi, and at 6–10°C (43–50°F) in common carp and can kill up to 75–100% of juvenile koi during an outbreak (Hedrick et al. 1997; Miyazaki et al. 2005; Way and Stone 2013).
Figure 2; Koi with CEVD/KSD that presented with anorexia (loss of appetite), severe necrosis (cell death) of the gill tissue, and sunken eyes (koi had been frozen).
Figure 3; Transmission electron photomicrograph of a koi gill epithelial cell containing spheroid CEV particles indicated by the arrows.


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const {
  Web3Shim,
  createInterfaceAdapter
} = require("@truffle/interface-adapter");
const utils = require("../utils");
const execute = require("../execute");
const bootstrap = require("./bootstrap");
const debug = require("debug")("contract:contract:constructorMethods");
const OS = require("os");

module.exports = Contract => ({
  configureNetwork({ networkType, provider } = {}) {
    // otherwise use existing value as default (at most one of these)
    networkType = networkType || this.networkType;
    provider = provider || this.currentProvider;

    // recreate interfaceadapter
    this.interfaceAdapter = createInterfaceAdapter({ networkType, provider });

    if (this.web3) {
      // update existing
      this.web3.setNetworkType(networkType);
      this.web3.setProvider(provider);
    } else {
      // create new
      this.web3 = new Web3Shim({ networkType, provider });
    }

    // save properties
    this.currentProvider = provider;
    this.networkType = networkType;
  },

  setProvider(provider) {
    if (!provider) {
      throw new Error(
        `Invalid provider passed to setProvider(); provider is ${provider}`
      );
    }

    this.configureNetwork({ provider });
  },

  new() {
    utils.checkProvider(this);

    if (!this.bytecode || this.bytecode === "0x") {
      throw new Error(
        `${
          this.contractName
        } error: contract binary not set. Can't deploy new instance.\n` +
          `This contract may be abstract, not implement an abstract parent's methods completely\n` +
          `or not invoke an inherited contract's constructor correctly\n`
      );
    }

    var constructorABI = this.abi.filter(i => i.type === "constructor")[0];

    return execute.deploy.call(this, constructorABI)(...arguments);
  },

  async at(address) {
    if (
      address == null ||
      typeof address !== "string" ||
      address.length !== 42
    ) {
      throw new Error(
        `Invalid address passed to ${this.contractName}.at(): ${address}`
      );
    }

    await this.detectNetwork();
    const onChainCode = await this.interfaceAdapter.getCode(address);
    await utils.checkCode(onChainCode, this.contractName, address);
    return new this(address);
  },

  async deployed() {
    if (this.reloadJson) {
      this.reloadJson(); //truffle test monkey-patches in this method
    }
    utils.checkProvider(this);
    await this.detectNetwork();
    utils.checkNetworkArtifactMatch(this);
    utils.checkDeployment(this);
    return new this(this.address);
  },

  defaults(class_defaults) {
    if (this.class_defaults == null) {
      this.class_defaults = {};
    }

    if (class_defaults == null) {
      class_defaults = {};
    }

    Object.keys(class_defaults).forEach(key => {
      const value = class_defaults[key];
      this.class_defaults[key] = value;
    });

    return this.class_defaults;
  },

  hasNetwork(network_id) {
    return this._json.networks[`${network_id}`] != null;
  },

  isDeployed() {
    if (this.network_id == null) {
      return false;
    }

    if (this._json.networks[this.network_id] == null) {
      return false;
    }

    return !!this.network.address;
  },

  async detectNetwork() {
    // if artifacts already have a network_id and network configuration synced,
    // use that network and use latest block gasLimit
    if (this.network_id && this.networks[this.network_id] != null) {
      const { gasLimit } = await this.interfaceAdapter.getBlock("latest");
      return { id: this.network_id, blockLimit: gasLimit };
    }
    // since artifacts don't have a network_id synced with a network configuration,
    // poll chain for network_id and sync artifacts
    const chainNetworkID = await this.interfaceAdapter.getNetworkId();
    const { gasLimit } = await this.interfaceAdapter.getBlock("latest");
    return await utils.setInstanceNetworkID(this, chainNetworkID, gasLimit);
  },

  setNetwork(network_id) {
    if (!network_id) return;
    this.network_id = `${network_id}`;
  },

  setNetworkType(networkType = "ethereum") {
    this.configureNetwork({ networkType });
  },

  setWallet(wallet) {
    this.configureNetwork();

    this.web3.eth.accounts.wallet = wallet;
  },

  // Overrides the deployed address to null.
  // You must call this explicitly so you don't inadvertently do this otherwise.
  resetAddress() {
    delete this.network.address;
  },

  // accepts 4 input formats
  //  - (<name>, <address>)
  //  - (<contractType>) - must have a deployed instance with an address
  //  - (<contractInstance>)
  //  - ({ <libName>: <address>, <libName2>: <address2>, ... })
  link(name, address) {
    switch (typeof name) {
      case "string":
        // Case: Contract.link(<libraryName>, <address>)
        if (this._json.networks[this.network_id] == null) {
          this._json.networks[this.network_id] = {
            events: {},
            links: {}
          };
        }

        this.network.links[name] = address;
        return;
      case "function":
        // Case: Contract.link(<contractType>)
        const contract = name;

        if (contract.isDeployed() === false) {
          throw new Error("Cannot link contract without an address.");
        }

        this.link(contract.contractName, contract.address);

        // Merge events so this contract knows about library's events
        Object.keys(contract.events).forEach(topic => {
          this.network.events[topic] = contract.events[topic];
        });
        return;
      case "object":
        // 2 Cases:
        //   - Contract.link({<libraryName>: <address>, ... })
        //   - Contract.link(<instance>)
        const obj = name;
        if (
          obj.constructor &&
          typeof obj.constructor.contractName === "string" &&
          obj.address
        ) {
          // obj is a Truffle contract instance
          this.link(obj.constructor.contractName, obj.address);
        } else {
          // obj is of the form { <libraryName>: <address>, ... }
          Object.keys(obj).forEach(name => this.link(name, obj[name]));
        }
        return;
      default:
        const invalidInput = `Input to the link method is in the incorrect` +
          ` format. Input must be one of the following:${OS.EOL}` +
          `    - a library name and address                 > ("MyLibrary", ` +
            `"0x123456789...")${OS.EOL}` +
          `    - a contract type                            > ` +
            `(MyContract)${OS.EOL}` +
          `    - a contract instance                        > ` +
            `(myContract)${OS.EOL}` +
          `    - an object with library names and addresses > ({ <libName>: ` +
            `<address>, <libName2>: <address2>, ... })${OS.EOL}`;
        throw new Error(invalidInput);
    }
  },

  // Note, this function can be called with two input types:
  // 1. Object with a bunch of data; this data will be merged with the json data of contract being cloned.
  // 2. network id; this will clone the contract and set a specific network id upon cloning.
  clone(json) {
    json = json || {};

    const temp = function TruffleContract() {
      this.constructor = temp;
      return Contract.apply(this, arguments);
    };

    temp.prototype = Object.create(this.prototype);

    let network_id;

    // If we have a network id passed
    if (typeof json !== "object") {
      network_id = json;
      json = this._json;
    }

    json = utils.merge({}, this._json || {}, json);

    temp._constructorMethods = this._constructorMethods;
    temp._properties = this._properties;

    temp._property_values = {};
    temp._json = json;

    bootstrap(temp);

    temp.class_defaults = temp.prototype.defaults || {};

    if (network_id) {
      temp.setNetwork(network_id);
    }

    if (this.currentProvider) {
      temp.configureNetwork({
        provider: this.currentProvider,
        networkType: this.networkType
      });
    }

    // Copy over custom key/values to the contract class
    Object.keys(json).forEach(key => {
      if (key.indexOf("x-") !== 0) return;
      temp[key] = json[key];
    });

    return temp;
  },

  addProp(key, fn) {
    const getter = () => {
      if (fn.get != null) {
        return fn.get.call(this);
      }

      return this._property_values[key] || fn.call(this);
    };

    const setter = val => {
      if (fn.set != null) {
        fn.set.call(this, val);
        return;
      }

      // If there's not a setter, then the property is immutable.
      throw new Error(`${key} property is immutable`);
    };

    const definition = {};
    definition.enumerable = false;
    definition.configurable = false;
    definition.get = getter;
    definition.set = setter;

    Object.defineProperty(this, key, definition);
  },

  toJSON() {
    return this._json;
  },

  decodeLogs: utils.decodeLogs
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I posted a few weeks back about the common Griswold cast iron ashtrays, and my opinion as to their value; i.e. what I personally would pay.
I posted pics of both types on my earlier post.
The ashtray that has the Griswold trademark and markings both on the bottom and interior part of the "skillet" portion of the ashtray is less common than either the "0" or "00." To the best of my recollection, during my selling days I had but one of these ashtrays.
Because it is less common, it likely has more "value" than either the 0 or 00; at least to a collector of the ashtrays.
Farold Hoover has two of these uncommon ashtrays, and he was kind enough to share photos.
What is the value of this uncommon ashtray? A quick search today (1.13.19) of eBay "sold listings" for "Griswold Quality Ware" showed no ashtrays with these markings. Similarly, there are no current listings for an ashtray with these particular marks.
As I have said before, in my opinion the "value" of a piece is reflected by the market. The value is what a person is willing to pay for the piece.
If I was collecting Griswold ashtrays, I suppose I'd pay a pretty penny. I don't collect them, however. If I purchased one, it would only be to have an uncommon piece, or to re-sell (if I was still selling, which I am not).
I have little use for the ashtrays; I only need one to use as a spoon rest. The value to me is negligible. But to the collector…?


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The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
Subcategory of 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature
All Listed Recipients (59)
Works About Award (2)
All authors shortlisted for 'The Nib' in any given year also receive the Alex Buso Shortlist Prize.
This prize honours the playwright Alex Buzo who died in 2006 and who contributed to the establishment of the Westfield/Waverley Library Literary Award. The prize is presented to each shortlisted finalist in the annual Westfield/Waverley Award.
Latest Winners / Recipients
winner Kate Holden for 'The Winter Road'.
winner y A Letter to Layla : Travels to Our Deep Past and Near Future Ramona Koval , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2020 20326372 2020 single work prose Abstract
'How might the origins of our species inform the way we think about our planet? At a point of unparalleled crisis, can human ingenuity save us from ourselves?
'Much-loved writer Ramona Koval travels the globe in a quest for answers, and encounters the unexpected. She talks to an eminent paleo-archaeologist over a two-million-year-old skull in the Republic of Georgia, meets the next generation of robots in Berlin, attends a festival against death in California and explores an ice-age cave in southern France, speaking with the world's leading authority on cave art.
'Between these and other adventures she returns to her ever-engaging granddaughter Layla, whose development in infancy spurs Koval to find out what makes us human, what separates us from the other apes.
'Full of revealing exchanges with scientists and writers whose knowledge of the past and visions for the future could hold the key to our next evolution, A Letter to Layla will surprise and delight in equal measure.' (Publication summary)
winner Luke Stegemann for 'Amnesia Road'.
winner y Only Happiness Here : In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim Gabrielle Carey , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2020 19629578 2020 single work biography Abstract
'Elizabeth von Arnim is one of the early 20th century's most famous – and forgotten –authors. Born in Sydney in the mid 1800s, she went on to write many internationally bestselling novels, marry a Prussian Count and then an English Lord, nurture close friendships with H.G. Wells and E.M. Forster and raise five children.
'Her novels were ahead of their time in their representation of women and their pursuit of happiness. Intrigued by von Arnim's extraordinary life and vibrant career, Gabrielle Carey sets off on a literary and philosophical journey to know more about this talented author.
'From the Prime Minister's Literary Award winner of Moving Among Strangers, Only Happiness Here is part biography, part memoir and part reflection on human nature's obsession with finding joy.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
winner y Son of the Brush : A Memoir Tim Olsen , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 19846621 2020 single work autobiography Abstract
'Tim Olsen is the son of arguably Australia's most famous living painter, John Olsen. Son of the Brush is his fascinating, candid memoir of what it was like to grow up in the shadow of artistic genius, with all its wonder, excitement and bitter disappointments.
'Tim's childhood was dominated by his father's work, travelling to Europe and to communities around Australia as John sought inspiration and artistic fellowship. Wine, food, conversation and the emerging sexual freedom of the 1960s wove a pattern of life for the family. It was both the best and worst of childhoods, filled with vibrancy and stimulation, yet fraught with anxiety and eventual sadness as John separated from Tim's mother and moved away from the family.
'Yet the course of Tim's life had been set by the experiences of his childhood, and by the passion for art he got from both his father and his mother (an acclaimed painter in her own right). He has made his life about art as well, though following a different path from his parents. Today Tim is one of Australia's most respected art dealers, with a knowledge of art and artists forged from what is literally a lifetime of close experience. Son of the Brush is a memoir about living in the shadow of your father, and what it takes to chart your own course in life, but it is also about the wider world of art, artists and the joy, excitement and sacrifices of the creative life.' (Publication summary)
winner Sarah Krasnostein for 'The Believer'.
winner y The Stranger Artist : Life at the Edge of the Kimberley Painting Quentin Sprague , South Yarra : Hardie Grant Books , 2019 19761992 2019 single work biography Abstract
'At a hinge-point in his life, artist and ex-gallerist Tony Oliver travelled to the East Kimberley, where he plunged into the crosscurrents and eddies of the Aboriginal art world. He would stay for almost a decade, working alongside a group of senior Gija artists, including acclaimed figures Paddy Bedford and Freddie Timms, to establish Jirrawun Arts, briefly one of the country's most successful and controversial Aboriginal painting collectives.
'The Stranger Artist follows Oliver's journey and the deep relationships he formed, an experience that forever altered his life's trajectory. His story will draw readers close to what he came to know of Kimberley life: the immersion of culture and spirituality in the everyday, the importance of Law, the deep and abiding connection to country, and the humour and tragedy that pervade the Aboriginal world.
'Evocative and absorbing in equal measure, The Stranger Artist tells not only of the connections that can be formed through the sharing of mutual interests and experiences, but of what it takes to live between cultures.'
winner Imre Salusinszky for 'The Hilton Bombing'.
winner y Friends and Rivals : Four Great Australian Writers Brenda Niall , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2020 17948541 2020 single work biography Abstract
'FOUR Australian women writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—a time when stories of bush heroism and mateship abounded, a time when a writing career might be an elusive thing for a woman.
'Friends and Rivals is a vivid and engaging account of the intersecting and entwined lives of Ethel Turner, author of the much loved Seven Little Australians; Barbara Baynton, who wrote of the harshness of bush life; Nettie Palmer, essayist and critic; and Henry Handel Richardson, of The Getting of Wisdom and The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney fame.
'Brenda Niall illuminates a fascinating time in Australia's literary history and brings to life the remarkable women who made it so.'
winner y The Deceptions Suzanne Leal , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18474487 2020 single work novel Abstract
'In 1943, a young woman is taken to a Jewish ghetto outside Prague where one of the guards - a Czech gendarme - is quickly drawn to her. Believing he will offer her protection, Hana reluctantly accepts Karel's advances only to find herself alone and abandoned in Auschwitz. Decades later, Karel carries his regrets to Sydney where he and his family try to make a new life for themselves.
'Despite her devotion to the family, Karel's wife is a troubled woman, haunted by a secret that will not leave her as the consequences of her actions as a young woman continue to reverberate both within her family and further afield. Meanwhile, the couple's daughter is still reeling from her husband's infidelities as, unbeknownst to any of them, their cherished granddaughter becomes more and more entangled with her married boss.
'Outwardly harmonious, this is a fractured family whose lives are built on foundations of lies and deceptions - foundations that threaten to completely collapse as old transgressions re-emerge in the lead up to a long-awaited family wedding. Inspired by a true story of wartime betrayal, The Deceptions is a searing, compassionate tale of love and regret within a family whose secrets might better be left alone.' (Publication summary)
winner Rebecca Giggs for 'Fathoms'.
winner Stephanie Honor Convery
winner Alice Gorman
winner y An Unconventional Wife : The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold Mary Hoban , Brunswick : Scribe , 2019 15606970 2019 single work biography Abstract
'Julia Sorell was a colonial belle from Tasmania, vivacious and warm-hearted. Her marriage to Tom Arnold in 1850 propelled her into one of the most renowned families in England and into a circle that included Lewis Carroll and George Eliot. Her eldest daughter became a bestselling novelist, while her grandchildren included the writer Aldous Huxley and the evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley. With these family connections, Julia is a presence in many documented and famous lives, but she is a mostly silent presence.
'What began as a marriage born of desire soon turned into a relationship riven by discord. Tom's sudden decision to become a Catholic and Julia's refusal to convert with him plunged their lives into a crisis wherein their great love for each other would be pitted against their profoundly different understandings of marriage and religion. It was a conflict that would play out over three decades in a time when science challenged religion, when democracy challenged aristocracy, when women began to challenge men. It was a conflict that would not only shape their own lives and that of their children, but also touch the lives of all those who came into contact with them.
'Told with the pace, depth, and psychological richness of a great novel, An Unconventional Wife is a riveting biography that shines a shaft of light on a hidden but captivating life.'
winner y The Arsonist The Arsonist : A Mind on Fire Chloe Hooper , Melbourne : Penguin , 2018 14732249 2018 single work non-fiction crime Abstract
'The Arsonist takes readers inside the hunt for a fire-lighter. After Black Saturday, a February 2009 day marked by 47 degree heat and firestorms, arson squad detectives arrived at a plantation on the edge of a 26,000-hectare burn site. Eleven people had just been killed and hundreds made homeless. Here, in the Latrobe Valley, where Victoria's electricity is generated, and the rates of unemployment, crime and domestic abuse are the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to police as firebugs. But the detectives soon found themselves on the trail of a man they didn't know.
'The Arsonist tells a remarkable detective story, as the police close in on someone they believe to be a cunning offender; and a puzzling psychological story, as defence lawyers seek to understand the motives of a man who, they claimed, was a naïf that had accidentally dropped a cigarette.
'It is the story not only of this fire - how it happened, the people who died, the aftermath for the community - but of fire in this country. What it has done, what it has meant, what it might yet do. Bushfire is one of Australia's deepest anxieties, never more so than when deliberately lit. Arson, wrote Henry Lawson, expresses a malice 'terrifying to those who have seen what it is capable of. You never know when you are safe.'
'As she did in The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper takes us to a part of the country seldom explored, and reveals something buried but essential in our national psyche. The bush, summertime, a smouldering cigarette - none of these will feel the same again.' (Publication summary)
winner y Imperfect Lee Kofman , Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2019 15392380 2019 single work autobiography Abstract
'By the time she was eleven and living in Russia, Lee Kofman had undergone several major operations on both a defective heart and injuries sustained in a bus accident. Her body harbours a constellation of disfiguring scars that have shaped her sense of self and her view of the world. But it wasn't until she moved from the Soviet Union to Israel and later Australia that she realised these markings weren't badges of honour to flaunt but were, in fact, imperfections that needed to be concealed.
'In a seductive mix of memoir and cultural critique, Kofman casts a questioning eye on the myths surrounding our conception of physical perfection and what it's like to live in a body that deviates from the norm. She reveals the subtle ways we are all influenced by the bodies we inhabit, whether our differences are pronounced or noticeable only to ourselves. She talks to people of all shapes, sizes and configurations and takes a hard look at the way media and culture dictates how bodies should and shouldn't be.
'By turns illuminating, confronting and deeply personal, IMPERFECT challenges us all to consider how we exist in the world and how our bodies shape the people we become.' (Publication summary)
winner Geoff Lemon
winner y Her Mother's Daughter : A Memoir Nadia Wheatley , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2018 13938951 2018 single work biography Abstract
''Why didn't you and Daddy want people to give you any presents?' I used to ask. But my mother could never be drawn into talking about the wedding. I assumed it was because she did not wish to be reminded of the ghastly mistake she had made in marrying my father.
'AS a child, Nadia Wheatley had a sense of the great divide between her parents, who had met and married while working in Germany on the front line of the Cold War. Growing up in 1950s Australia, the child became a player in their deadly contest. Was she her mother's daughter, or her father's creature?
'At the age of ten, the author began writing down her mother's stories: her Cinderella-like childhood, and her escape into a career as army nurse and refugee aid worker. Fifty years later, the finished memoir is not only a loving tribute but also a social history of twentieth-century Australia, told through the lives of a mother and her daughter.'
winner y Relatively Famous Roger Averill , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2018 13864709 2018 single work novel Abstract
'Michael and Majorie Madigan refuse to be interviewed by biographer Sinclair Hughes for his new book Inside the Lion's Den: The Literary Life of Gilbert Madigan. This is not surprising as Gilbert is Marjorie's ex- husband and Michael's mostly absent father.
'In Roger Averill's brilliantly conceived new novel, Relatively Famous, Gilbert Madigan is Australia's first Booker Prize winner, a feted and much lauded author that the U.K. and U.S. now likes to call their own. Michael cannot escape his father's life and work, and at times his own life seems swallowed by it. His father's success is a source of undeniable pleasure but also of great turmoil. How does one live in the shadow of a famous relative who we never seem to be able to live up to?
'In a world increasingly obsessed with fame and celebrity, this engrossing novel subtly explores notions of success , masculinity, betrayal and loss, and ultimately what it might mean to live a good life.' (Publication summary)
winner y Eggshell Skull Bri Lee , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2018 13717214 2018 single work autobiography Abstract
'EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they find them'. If a single punch kills someone because of their thin skull, that victim's weakness cannot mitigate the seriousness of the crime.
'But what if it also works the other way? What if a defendant on trial for sexual crimes has to accept his 'victim' as she comes: a strong, determined accuser who knows the legal system, who will not back down until justice is done?
'Bri Lee began her first day of work at the Queensland District Court as a bright-eyed judge's associate. Two years later she was back as the complainant in her own case.
'This is the story of Bri's journey through the Australian legal system; first as the daughter of a policeman, then as a law student, and finally as a judge's associate in both metropolitan and regional Queensland -- where justice can look very different, especially for women. The injustice Bri witnessed, mourned and raged over every day finally forced her to confront her own personal history, one she'd vowed never to tell. And this is how, after years of struggle, she found herself on the other side of the courtroom, telling her story.
'Bri Lee has written a fierce and eloquent memoir that addresses both her own reckoning with the past as well as with the stories around her, to speak the truth with wit, empathy and unflinching courage. Eggshell Skull is a haunting appraisal of modern Australia from a new and essential voice.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
winner y The Trauma Cleaner The Trauma Cleaner : One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster Sarah Krasnostein , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2017 11873511 2017 single work biography Abstract
'I call my dad from the car and ask him about his morning, tell him about mine.
''What kind of hoarder was she?' he asks.
''Books and cats, mainly,' I tell the man who loves his cats and who I know is now actively considering his extensive book collection.
''What's the difference between a private library and a book hoarder?' he wonders.
'We are both silent before we laugh and answer in unison: 'Faeces.'
'But the difference is this phone call. And the others like it I could make—and how strong we are when we are loved.
'Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife…
'But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes her clients deserve no less.
'A woman who sleeps among garbage she has not put out for forty years. A man who bled quietly to death in his loungeroom. A woman who lives with rats, random debris and terrified delusion. The still life of a home vacated by accidental overdose.
'Sarah Krasnostein has watched the extraordinary Sandra Pankhurst bring order and care to these, the living and the dead—and the book she has written is equally extraordinary. Not just the compelling story of a fascinating life among lives of desperation, but an affirmation that, as isolated as we may feel, we are all in this together.'
winner y Ghost Empire Richard Fidler , Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2016 9458193 2016 single work prose travel Abstract
'Ghost Empire is a rare treasure - an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, realised by a master storyteller.
In 2014, Richard Fidler and his son Joe made a journey to Istanbul. Fired by Richard's passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire - centred around the legendary Consantinople - we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilizations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge, lust, murder. Turbulent stories from the past are brought vividly to life at the same time as a father navigates the unfolding changes in his relationship with his son.
'Ghost Empire is a revelation: a beautifully written ode to a lost civilization, and a warmly observed father-son adventure far from home.' (Publication summary)
winner y Brett Whiteley : Art, Life and the Other Thing Ashleigh Wilson , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2016 9753181 2016 single work biography Abstract
'When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left behind decades of ceaseless activity—some works bound to a particular place or time, others that are masterpieces of light and line.
'Whiteley had arrived in Europe in 1960 determined to make an impression. Before long he was the youngest artist to have work acquired by the Tate. With his wife, Wendy, and daughter, Arkie, Whiteley then immersed himself in bohemian New York. But within two years he fled, having failed to break through.
'Back in Sydney, he soon became Australia's most celebrated artist. He won the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes in the same year—his prices soared, as did his fame. Among his friends were Francis Bacon and Patrick White, Billy Connolly and Dire Straits. Yet addiction was taking its toll: Whiteley struggled in vain to separate his talent from his disease, and an inglorious end approached.
'Written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family photos, this dazzling biography reveals for the first time the full portrait of a mercurial artist.' (Publication summary)
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Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 November 2012; (p. 29) Abstract A column canvassing current literary news including the projected annual appointment of a critic to the Australian Book Review periodical; announcement of the Big Fat Poetry Pig-Out event by Hampress, 2 December 2012; the winners of the Waverley Library Award for Literature, Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize, 2012; and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, People's Choice Award shortlist.
Buzo Honoured Angela Bennie , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 October 2006; (p. 30)
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BR-308 is a federal highway that connects the cities of Belém, Pará, and the locality of Atracadouro do Cojupe in the municipality of Alcântara in Maranhão.

It is also designated as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway, in its stretch between Belém and Santa Maria do Pará.

Near Alcântara, there is a space center from which satellite launch vehicles are launched, the CLA - Alcântara Space Center. In Latin America, CLA is the only competitor for the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana.

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Despite it being a really miserable 4-5 years for Phoenix I'm hoping it won't turn into a Kings/Pistons/Twolves type scenario where the team is irrelevant for a decade plus.
Bledsoe,Knight, Len,Booker, Warren are all nice pieces.
The Suns have been there own worst enemies in a way, because they haven't really bottomed out, not for consecutive years anyway.
Len is now looking like a good pick at no.5 also.
If they get top 3 this year and draft a star I think it's the making of a very good team.
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Tigers Finish Strong at UCF Challenge
6 years 11 months 5 days ago Tuesday, February 12 2013 Feb 12, 2013 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:50:00 PM CST February 12, 2013 in Tiger Talk
SORRENTO, FLA. -- The Missouri Women's Golf team closed out the final round at the UCF Challenge on Tuesday (Feb. 12), tying for a 13th place finish with Kennesaw State. The Tigers shot 300-308-298-906 on the tournament, and junior Taylor Gohn battled her way to a top-25 finish overall. North Carolina took the tournament title with a 10-under par score, followed by Tulane who shot 7-over par.
Gohn started the day with a double bogey on her first hole, but battled her way back to even par as she tallied two birdies on the 16th and 17th holes. She finished the day just 4-over par for a final tournament score just 5-over par. Alina Rogers also had a great performance for the Tigers as she finished the third round 1-under par. She was able to put up three birdies on the day, combatting the two bogeys she earned early on. Rogers finished the tournament 9-over par to tie for 46th overall.
"Alina looked great today and had nearly a flawless day," head coach Stephanie Priesmeyer said. "Taylor was a gamer for us also and she battled today for 76. {Michelle}Butler had a nice day on the course with many opportunities too. We feel confident that the next event will be a big leap for us with the experience we gained this week."
Freshman Katherine Hepler tied for 66th overall and finished the third round 5-over par. Teammate Laura Kraft finished the tournament just two strokes behind Hepler, and finished the third round 6-over par. Kraft tied for 73rd overall after going 77-78-78-233 through three rounds.
Michelle Butler recorded two birdies at the end of the round after a few early bogeys to help her stay at just 2-over par for the round. Butler finished the tournament 21-over par.
Ariana Savich finished the day 6-over par after putting up scores of 79-77-78-234 through three rounds. Competing as an individual, Savich tied for 77th overall.
The Tigers will return home to Columbia, Mo. for a week before heading back to Florida on Feb. 25. Next on the schedule, Mizzou will compete in the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge in Weston, Fla.


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With a stay at San Siro Apartment in Milan (San Siro), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Fiera Milano City and Milan Convention Centre. This apartment is 3.2 mi (5.2 km) from Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology and 3.2 mi (5.2 km) from Arco della Pace.
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Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).Pets not allowed Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM Check-out time is noonFor a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a train station pick-up service.Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.