Rory McCann asks on the talk mailing list how to connect rivers that flow through lakes, thus forming a network suitable for routing calculations. Extending the riverways into the lake works fine, but the extra segment in the lake should be excluded for determining the length of the actual river.
Two tags are in use for passenger information in railway stations. The tagging mailing list discussed the pros and cons of standardising on the more widely used tag passenger_information_display=yes.
Robert Whittaker announced a tool for comparing OSM Post Office data with that recently released by the company now running post offices in the UK. The newly-released data has also been republished here by Owen Boswarva.
Dominic Royé tweeted a map that displays population density through the number of gas stations in Europe. A further tweet shows the same data for the whole world. The original joke, for those unfamiliar, is here.
Several users on the Talk-IT mailing list discuss (automatic translation) the use of information from Google StreetView for OSM mapping. It's clear to everyone that plain copying is not allowed by the terms of service, and that explicitly listing StreetView among the sources for an edit is a call for legal trouble.
Alleged problems in OSM are discussed (translation) again on the German forum. The use of the OSM-Carto style as the standard map is increasingly under attack for a number of perceived weaknesses.. The thread was prompted by Serge Wroclawski's blog entry reported here earlier).
The University of Malta and the University of New York have published a paper dedicated to the automatic creation of game puzzles using Wikipedia articles, OpenStreetMap data and Wikimedia commons.
User SeleneYang published a diary entry (translation) about the International Gender Representation Survey led by Geochicas, an OSM women's mapping group.
Freemap Slovakia has applied to become an official OSM Local Chapter.
The OSM-US Board has completed this year's election process. For the first time, the board used Single Transferable Vote procedure.
A "call for logo" has been announced for the State of the Map LatAm 2018, that will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Deadline for submissions will be March 15th.
OSM Burundi organized its State of the Map on February 23 and announced a partnership with SmartBurundi providing free 3G SIM cards for OSM contribution.
Tickets for State of the Map 2018 are now on sale, at the Early Bird discount rate. It's time to start planning the trip to Milan for the end of July!
Fanga e. V., aims to enable the youth in Burkina Faso (West Africa) to receive training and to take care of their medical care. A HOT tasking manager project has been set up to help update the map there.
A recent HOT project succeeded in mapping Dar es Salaam's smallest decision making structures, the "shina". These administrative units, unmapped until November 2017, are now available on an official map and will help improve public health services, emergency response and decision making for local authorities and community members. They're not yet in OSM though – the highest level boundary currently there is at the "subward" level such as Makangarawe here.
In the International Journal of Geo-Information published (PDF) a scientific paper by Wei Liu et al. on mapping flood-prone regions in Nepal with the help of OSM.
Sidorela Uku reports about the first successes of the Albanian OSM community, which received geodata from the city of Tirana under an OSM-compatible license, and hopes that further cities will follow this model.
The English Environment Agency announced which areas are targeted for new Lidar imagery this winter. This is part of the programme to achieve complete coverage of England by 2020.
This year's global Open Data Day will take place on Saturday, March 3. OSM is also represented, e. g. in Düsseldorf.
The web application "is OSM up-to-date?" by Francesco Frassinelli checks for the last edit of nodes and ways, based on the assumption that older data could more likely be outdated. The application produces a colour overlay that makes these old data easy to spot.
During the most recent Karlsruhe hack weekend Hartmut added support for uploading Umap export files into his MapOSMatic instance. This now allows for easy printing of custom maps created with Umap.
Frederik Ramm has added an option to "planet-dump-ng" (which generates the the planet dumps from OSM that all other data extracts rely on). The new functionality is to optionally allow the removal of user metadata. This may be necessary because of GDPR, and also will also reduce the size of planet dumps.
Version 3.6.2 of Mapnik's NodeJS bindings is the last one supporting Windows, unless a new maintainer can be found.
The geodata analysis team of HeiGIT is currently developing a historical OpenStreetMap analysis platform. The goal is to make OSM data from the past more readily available for various types of data analysis tasks at the global level.
Mapbox Navigation SDK for iOS v0.14.0 uses Amazon Polly–powered spoken instructions by default for most languages, cleans up notifications, and displays map labels in the local language by default.
Mapbox has published revamped developer documentation about its Maps SDK for Unity.
The latest version of "OpenStreetMap Carto" (the default style on the OpenStreetMap.org website) has been released. 4.8.0 now also shows some historical tags like Wayside shrines and Forts (and discussion continues about other historical things such as castles).
QGIS 3.0 'Girona' has been released for Windows, MacOS X, Linux and Android.
For most OSM applications you will find the current release, as always updated by Wambacher, on the OSM Software Watchlist.
Several German news websites published a brief article on OpenRailwayMap.
A pilot project from DataSeed has succeeded in mapping high-voltage towers in Pakistan, using machine learning to speed up manual mapping. This strategy, called Intelligence Augmentation, allowed speed-ups of 16x and 19x while maintaining the quality level of manual mapping. An example of a mapped power line is here.
Google Maps rolls out the open source and royalty-free "Plus Codes" (formerly Open Location Code). There's speculation on the effect on proprietary suppliers in that area.
Spiegel online praises (translation) the map system of Here (BMW, Daimler and Audi) in an article and compares it with its major competitors.
Bloomberg writes about the companies competing to supply highly detailed maps for autonomous driving, including Google. This is heavily discussed on Hacker News.
The magazine "Binnenschifffahrt" in German presents the digital shipping assistant (translation), an app using OSM maps for inland waterway logistics will be tested from autumn this year.
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On the tmtest server, I've sprinkled in some "ORDER BY" clauses to order routes displayed by various pages to match the order they appear in the CSV files. So far, I've hit mapview.php, region.php, and system.php. Please have a look at these and let me know where else might benefit from this kind of ordering.
Note that the recent DB enhancement does not include the order of routes within a connected route, only the order of routes and connected routes within their csv for their systems, so that kind of ordering has not improved.
I'm not seeing the new behavior in http://tmtest.teresco.org/user/region.php?units=miles&u=mapcat&rg=AR.
Would you consider using it for the tables in the HB?
What's not ordered as expected?
Looks like I didn't consider that someone might combine a system and a region..
Are routes there not already in csv order?
This information is now also in the test DB (and will be in the main DB after tonight's site update) so modifications to the web front end that use it can start to be tested soon.
No, wait, I just realized that URL was to system.php, not mapview.php. Fixed the bad query, I believe.
Same order they appear in the first table.
Seems to be working fine for FL, as it's put the A1A routes in the correct place, as well as FL-9336.
But not for Hawaii. For example, the .csv files have HI 3000 right after HI 2000 and right before HI 3400. That's not what either the test version or the regular version show.
Both versions are ordered by the first two digits of the route number. That matches the csvs for two-digit routes (for which the first digit is 0), but things get goofy for the three- and four-digit routes which don't have leading zeroes.
It was coming out of the DB in the intended order, but the sorting of the HTML table was redoing it strictly alphabetically. For the moment, I've removed the table sorting from that one and we get CSV order. I don't know how to get the table to sort by CSV order without adding a column to the table which would show an otherwise meaningless number. If we have to have one or the other, would we want routes shown in CSV order or the ability to sort by columns? Better yet, anyone looking to learn how to configure this tablesorter code better or find something to replace it? I'm not sure when it got added, but it wasn't by me. It's been a nice feature, but I don't know it well enough to make it work properly everywhere.
This is the first place using the rootOrder column to honor order of the segments of connected routes. Where else should this be applied?
^^ the place where my current SQL will fail is for routes within a tier where there's a connected route of at least two parts. It will sort first by tier, then connected csv order, then it's system's csv order.
Notice that the last two business routes are the second halves of a route that crosses a state line.
How about a column of (near?) zero width, zero-point font, text color = background color?
What was only on tmtest is now on the main travelmapping.net server. Hopefully this gives more sane route orderings at least in most cases.


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A Királynék völgye 80 (QV80) ókori egyiptomi sír a Királynék völgyében. Tuja királyné, I. Széthi fáraó felesége, II. Ramszesz édesanyja számára épült. A fő vádi északi lejtőjéből nyílik, közvetlenül menye, Nofertari híres sírja, a Királynék völgye 66 mellett, melyhez kialakításában erősen hasonlít.

A sírban először Robert Hay skót régiségkereskedő végzett feltárást 1826-ban. Ő volt az első európai utazó, aki szisztematikus feltárásokat végzett a Királynék völgyében. Ekkor még nem tudták, ki volt a sír tulajdonosa; még a völgyben 1829-ben Ippolito Rosellinivel együtt kutató Jean-François Champollion sem tudta azonosítani Tuja sírjaként. Először a Karl Richard Lepsius vezette porosz expedíció talált itt egy feliratot, mely szerint a sír tulajdonosa "Mut-Tuja, I. Széthi nagy királyi hitvese". Lepsius a sírnak a 7-es számot adta.

A sír egy rövid folyosóból, előcsarnokból és sírkamrából áll. Utóbbiból előkerültek a gránitszarkofág darabjai; emellett a sír legfontosabb leletei közé tartozik egy kanópuszedény fedele Tuja portréjával (ma a Luxori Múzeumban található JE 191-es katalógusszámmal), és körülbelül 80, fajanszból készült usébti, melyek a királynét múmiaként ábrázolják, rajtuk a Halottak Könyve hatodik fejezetének sorai olvashatóak, valamint egy boroskorsó pecsétjének felirata, melyen a következő szöveg áll: "22, év, bor […] A[…] Felső- és Alsó-Egyiptom királya, Uszermaatré Szetepenré (élet, üdv, egészség) nagy szőlőbirtokáról, Ámon birtokáról, […]" Ennek alapján feltételezhető, hogy Tuja fia uralkodásának 22. évében halt meg.

A sírt a harmadik átmeneti korban, valamint a ptolemaida és a kopt időkben is újrahasznosították, emiatt festett díszítése rossz állapotban maradt fenn. Nem látogatható.

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Q: Nested keyof object paths (using dot notation) I'm looking for nested object paths: Is something like this possible?
interface IHuman {
    age: number;
    friend: {
        name: string;
    }
}

keyof IHuman; // "age", "friend.name"

A: type AnyObject = Record<string, any>

type DotJoin<A extends string, B extends string> = A extends '' ? B : `${A}.${B}`

type DeepKeys<O extends AnyObject> = {
  [K in keyof O]: O[K] extends AnyObject ? K : never
}[keyof O]

// @ts-expect-error Type 'keyof O' does not satisfy the constraint 'string'.
type DotBranch<O extends AnyObject, P extends string = '', K extends string = keyof O> =
  K extends DeepKeys<O>
  ? DotBranch<O[K], DotJoin<P, K>>
  : /*************/ DotJoin<P, K>

interface Obj {
  a: {
    x: string
    y: {
      z: string
    }
  }
  b: {
    u: boolean
  }
  c: number
}

type D = DotBranch<Obj> // type D = "c" | "a.x" | "a.y.z" | "b.u"

declare function get(path: DotBranch<Obj>)
get('') // Argument of type '""' is not assignable to parameter of type '"c" | "a.x" | "a.y.z" | "b.u"'.

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A: I don't think this is possible, as for why i can make a wild guess:
interface IHuman {
    age: number;
    'friend.name': any;
    friend: {
        name: string;
    }
}

const b: keyof IHuman = 'friend.name';

friend.name would now be ambigious.

A: I've not found a nice solution for this too.
But you might want to take a look at typed-path project.

A: It's impossible because there are no string literal type operators in TypeScript. Given the string literals "foo" and "bar", there is no programmatic way to get the string literal "foo.bar" from the type systm.  There are several feature suggestions filed in GitHub which might, if implemented, make this possible, like key augmentation or regular-expression string validation.  But it doesn't look like they are being actively worked on.

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For the parents of a couple who are having difficulty conceiving a baby naturally, in other words, the future grandparents, the infertility their children are experiencing is also a difficult time for them to live through.
Apart from the fear of not having grandchildren, they also suffer when they see their own children struggling to create a family! Like you, they wish for and eagerly await your pregnancy. They imagine their grandchildren and their life as grandparents just as you imagine your baby and your life as parents, and for this reason they may experience the lack of success with same amount of pain as you.
They can often be awkward and tactless. Misinformed, and uncomfortable with a subject that is still taboo to them, future grandparents do not always know how to help and attend to the couple that is trying to have a baby. They ask themselves lots of questions and feel responsible for this infertility. They wonder if they have done something wrong, if they may have passed on this infertility or sterility that affects you through their genes or in some other way.
It can be very distressing for them. Likewise, new assisted reproduction techniques can be difficult for them to accept, and may even conflict with some of their beliefs. Take the time to answer the questions they ask you and to explain carefully the possibilities available to you and the different alternatives. A more particular issue that may require quite a lengthy acceptance time is that of babies born thanks to the donation of gametes. They may find it difficult to accept another person's genes in their family history, but rest assured that it's only a matter of time. In the end, they won't differentiate between their grandchildren and they will love them all equally.
On the other hand, it is important that the couple with problems conceiving a child can count on the support of their parents, as well as that of the rest of the family and friends. Therefore, don't hesitate to tell them about your infertility, don't make a secret of it! Express your emotions and your suffering, even if you have the impression that they won't always fully understand it. As with friends, parents should avoid giving their opinion about choosing the method of conception, criticising or giving lessons. It is also important that they never have doubts about the couple and their ability to become parents, even if they have just been upset by a failed attempt. What the couple needs is unconditional support, respect, someone to talk to, a non-judgemental presence, with trust, love, and encouragement, since this is what will allow them to maintain a harmonious relationship between themselves and with their parents, or in-laws.
After finishing her studies, Frédérique Vincent packs her bags and goes to England. While there, she meets her future husband. They marry in 2008. The months and years go by very quickly without any sign of pregnancy. At first, it doesn't matter: they are very busy with their leisure time, sports, travel. Then the desire to have a child becomes an obsession. When fertility treatment begins, she decides to start writing her diary of an infertile woman. Very quickly, her circle encourages her to continue giving her testimony … She is currently a mother of three and author of La Promesse du mois, a book which serves as a testimony to infertility.
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Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. Celebrated in some form from colonial times to the 1860s, Sarah Buell Hale and Abraham Lincoln were responsible for establishing the fourth Thursday in November as national holiday and an annual day of thanksgiving for our nation's bounty and blessings. Hale (see our two picture book biographies below) waged a decades-long campaign for the establishment of Thanksgiving as a national holiday before she found the receptive ear of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, in the midst of the bloody Civil War, understood that when Americans take time to focus with gratitude on what they've been given and how they've been blessed, they honor the font of blessings and can unite in fellowship.
Our Thanksgiving selections below range from those that explain the historic "First Thanksgiving" (Plymouth 1621) to its establishment as a holiday to those that embody modern stories of gratitude for the blessings of liberty and bounty. The original Thanksgiving of 1621 (Pilgrims celebrate a bountiful harvest in fellowship with Native Americans who helped them plant their crops) should remain an inspiration for the young. The three-day celebration of those who were not always friends was indeed a time of setting aside differences and coming together in good will.
Thanks for Thanksgiving. Julie Markes. Illustrated by Doris Barrette. Harper Collins, 2004. (Pre-K-1) Gratitude
For the very young, this is a charming, vividly illustrated picture book, in which a brother and sister count their blessings. The text is modest, but sweetly rhyming. "Thanks for Thanksgiving, for turkey and pie. Thank you for fall and gold leaves floating by… Thanks for umbrellas, for rain boots and puddles. Thank you for Mommy and warm, cozy cuddles." The text will encourage young children to reflect on what they're thankful for, and maybe even rhyme their blessings.
The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving. Ann McGovern.
Illustrated by Elroy Freem. Scholastic, 1993. (K-3) Gratitude
In print for twenty-five years, this little volume recounts the story of the Pilgrims with verve and sympathy. McGovern's language is concrete and evocative: "The Mayflower was as big as two trucks." She recounts the difficulty of the voyage, the hardship of the first winter in Plymouth, the community's quest to build homes and establish gardens, and the Native Americans, who helped them (with special focus on Squanto, of course). Beautiful illustrations by Freem are reminiscent of N.C. Wyeth.
It's Thanksgiving! Jack Prelutsky. Illustrated by Marylin Hafner.
Harper Collins, 2007 (K-3) Holidays
Children's Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky gives us poems covering all aspects of Thanksgiving: history, food, and family - all the way to leftovers. A feast for the poetic heart.
How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story. Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Beth Peck. Sandpiper, 1990. (K-3) Gratitude
Seeking the blessings of liberty, eager immigrants from an unnamed Caribbean nation set sail on a perilous journey to the United States. They face heavy seas, a leaky vessel, thieves, sickness and hunger, but land in their new home on Thanksgiving Day, and find they have much to be thankful for indeed. Eve Bunting's touching account is a classic immigrant story and resonates with all whose ancestors left a familiar world in search of a better life. Still in print after twenty years!
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Laurie Halse Anderson. Illustrated by Matt Faulkner.
Simon and Schuster, 2005. (K-3)
The bouncy "superheroine" approach in this picture book tends to portray Sarah Hale as a caricature of herself (she becomes a bit of a stubborn, willful, quill-wielding nag.) But young children will at least meet this noteworthy woman, and learn of her wide-ranging efforts. See also Sarah Gives Thanks.
The First Thanksgiving Feast. Joan Anderson
Photographed by George Ancona. Clarion, 1989. (1-3)Gratitude
Told in the first person by various "interpreters" (actors who recreate the lives of pilgrims) at Plymouth Plantation, this is the story of the First Thanksgiving. With photographs from historic Plymouth Plantation and text resonant of the times, we learn the story of the pilgrim's first year and experience their gratitude, not just for their harvest, but for the grace of God in preserving them in this new land. The three-day celebration with the Wampanoag is beautifully captured.
Molly's Pilgrim. Barbara Cohen.
Illustrated by Daniel Mark Duffy. Harper Collins, 1998. (2-4)
Molly is a third grader, whose Jewish family has emigrated to the United States from Russia. She experiences the taunting of classmates, who tease her about her accent, the size of her eyes, and the shape of her nose. Then one day Molly is given a Thanksgiving assignment to make a pilgrim doll for a school diorama. The children are reminded that the Pilgrims left England for the freedom to practice their religion (just like Molly's family). The doll Molly brings to class might be a source of more laughter and scorn, but classmates learn that "it takes all kinds of pilgrims to make Thanksgiving." And Molly learns she has a lot to be thankful for. This is a heart-wrenching story: the pathos and taunting may make it too heavy for K-1, but second to fourth graders will deeply appreciate it.
Sarah Gives Thanks. Mike Allegra. Illustrated by David Gardner. Albert Whitman & Co., 2012. 2-6.
This rich picture book biography chronicles the remarkable life of the young widow Sarah Josepha Hale, who found herself supporting five children on the death of her husband. Her enterprise as a writer and editor in mid-nineteenth century America are much on display, but Allegra chronicles in lovely fashion her campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. Hale's focus in her writing and as an editor was on promoting gratitude for blessings, and Thanksgiving as a way to do this. (Modern psychologists would approve.) This is a more serious book than Thank You, Sarah and a story children deserve to know.
The First Thanksgiving. Jean Craighead George
Illustrated by Thomas Locker. Puffin, 2001. (2-5)Gratitude
Quintessentially capable story teller, Jean Craighead George, brings her gift to this substantial retelling of the First Thanksgiving. She begins her lyrical narrative with the formation of Plymouth Rock at the end of the last Ice Age, describes the settlement of the Pawtuxet tribe thousands of years later, that tribe's first encounter with Englishmen, the 1620 settlement and sufferings of the Mayflower pilgrims, their efforts and perseverance to survive and ultimately secure a good harvest. It is a book that inspires admiration for the efforts of the many peoples who have called Plymouth home, gratitude for blessings given, and respect/stewardship for the gifts of nature. Stunning illustrations by Locker accompany substantial text.
Gooney Bird and the Room Mother. Lois Lowry. Illustrated by Middy Thomas. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 75 pgs. (2-4) Thanksgiving, Friendship
Second grader Gooney Bird Greene likes to be smack in the middle of everything. With her irrepressible enthusiasm for fashion, storytelling and vocabulary, she keeps the second grade on their toes. ("Get out your dictionaries, class.") The second grade is participating in the school Thanksgiving pageant and Gooney Bird is desperate to land the role of Squanto. That honor will go to the person who finds a room mother for the second grade. When her own mother is too busy, Gooney Bird gets resourceful. Delightful and funny with a touching ending, this story is a winner.
Rivka's First Thanksgiving. Elsa Okon Rael. Illustrated by Maryann Kovalski.
Margaret McElderry, 2001. (3-6)
Set on the Lower East Side of New York in the 1910s, this is the story of a Jewish immigrant child who wants her newly arrived family to celebrate Thanksgiving. Nine-year-old Rivka has learned all about the national holiday in school, but her mother and grandmother believe that as Jews, Thanksgiving probably isn't for them. ("it sounds like a gentile party.") Rivka must convince the Rabbi (and six of his peers) that they share something with the Pilgrims of long ago, who also sought to avoid religious persecution, and were aided by people who befriended them in their new land. Children learn about pogroms that threatened Jews in Europe and drove many to U.S. shores. A heartwarming affirmation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday of gratitude for freedom and blessings bestowed, and one that has united Americans past and present. The text (which is explains European persecution and pogroms and violence endured) make this an older child's picture books. The illustrations are a tad cartoonish and sometimes fight with the book's message.
Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving. Eric Metaxas. Illustrated by Shannon Stirnwels. Nelson,2012. (3-6)
A fascinating angle on the first Thanksgiving. In 1608, Tisquantum or "Squanto," a Patuxet brave was abducted from his seaside village by European merchants and sold into slavery in Spain. His new masters were Spanish monks, who taught him their language and sympathized with his plight. More than a decade later, they arranged for his passage home to North America via London. There Squanto learned to speak English, and was treated well by the English. When he returned to his Massachusetts home, he found his village had been decimated by small pox, and a new colony of English living there. He felt called to help them. This is a rich narrative that tells the story of the first Thanksgiving through an unusual and very appropriate lens.
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How great am I? As great as one can be.
So why do they admire him, not me?
Implying I'm a blimp-like bag of gas.
Although, in fact, I've got a lot more money.
I've tried to sign his legacy away.
Why can't they see his feet are made of clay?
While they feel free to ridicule my fingers?
Why can't they recognize that I'm their ruler?
They say he's cool. Believe me, I am cooler.
They're on his side whatever they compare.
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Cold Woman Blues
This song was recorded November 1930, released under Paramount 12983 (US 10/1930), at the record label's Grafton, WI location.
Here's a great song which features extremely catchy slide licks. The one which stands out most to me is the 12th fret lick, which is signals as quite an early precursor to ones which later became associated with the likes of Elmore James and Duane Allman — a kind of waving-back-and-forth lick across the treble strings at that 12th fret. Although it's certainly debatable if Blind Joe was one of the pioneers of that move, it's just interesting that it was at least present at this early time around 1930.


Chain of worldwide fashion stores for high end leather goods manufacturer. GBA went on to design a range of handbags for the store.
Giovanni Valentino is a manufacturer of cutting edge leather goods, primarily handbags. The client requested a high profile image and design concept for a series of new shops worldwide. Our aim was to provide a flexible, lightweight system for any potential site.
We designed a series of freestanding, triangulated geometrical units to perform the function of the display and shelving. The walls were clad in lightweight triangulated glass and reinforced plastic panels produced from a single mould. The production process allowed various elements to be manufactured in one place ensuring the quality control of the prefabricated units. Potential store layouts were created using 3D modelling and the digital files were then used for the fabrication of moulds for a series of leather bags, home-ware and clothing, which we designed based on the geometrical concept of the shop.
The entire shop was prefabricated in Britain and installed by UK contractors in Milan. It was the first shop built in Via Della Spiga Milan.


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The Full RHODA: Honoring Valerie Harper
Posted on July 31, 2019 by upperco
Welcome to a new Wildcard Wednesday! This week, we're honoring Valerie Harper, who, at the time of this publication, is coming to the end of her courageous battle against cancer. Although I'm sure this talented lady will receive many glowing tributes in the weeks ahead, I wanted to take a moment while she's still with us to note just how great a sitcom legacy she'll leave behind.
I could talk about several different series here, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977, CBS), one of the most character-driven comedies ever created and the world's first introduction to the iconic Rhoda Morgenstern. But I must confess that when I think of the 1970s — the decade that took us from Nixon to Carter — the first sitcom that comes to my mind is Rhoda (1974-1978, CBS). Why? I mean, it certainly wasn't the best-written show, and despite besting Mary Tyler Moore in the ratings, only Rhoda's first year is consistently competitive in terms of quality. So, why is this show so emblematic of its era?
Well, aside from embodying the decade's fixation on spin-offs — taking a successful regular from one series and moving her to another — Rhoda also claims two of the most important TV events of the '70s: the marriage of Rhoda and Joe… and the separation of Rhoda and Joe. While their blissful union — occurring in October 1974, just eight weeks into the run — stands as the ultimate triumph of the MTM system, specifically in cultivating a character as investment-worthy as Rhoda — their separation, once the show decided in '76 that its leading lady was better off single after all, brings to light a broader truth about the people of the decade, and the uncomfortable ennui that set in following the culturally tumultuous '60s. You see, Rhoda's journey was the journey of the Baby Boomers' American Woman. And no one could bring as much honesty to that adventure as Valerie Harper.
So, in honor of Rhoda and Harper, I'm sharing five episodes from the first season. Oh, yes, this was released on DVD in 2009. But 15 of the 25 half-hours were syndicated copies! Fortunately, the year was run complete and UNCUT on Comedy Gold in Canada, and I have all 25 of these entries beautifully restored and without edits… Now, for subscribers who comment below to alert me of their interest, I will send you digital access to these versions of five classic episodes that were each about 02:30 shorter on the DVD: "Joe," "Pop Goes The Question," "The Shower," "I'm A Little Late, Folks," and "'S Wonderful." As a sample, here's a clip from "Pop Goes The Question." It's got about 35 seconds of new footage.
Thank you, Ms. Harper, for Rhoda
and for the entirety of your joyful work!
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This series of programs spans eight weeks. The length can be adjusted based on what librarians and teens choose to include in the program. The full eight-week program includes seven two (2) hour sessions. The length of the final session depends on how the teens decide to present their world.
Imagine a room full of teens. They are laughing and eagerly engaging with one another for the purpose of completing a common goal. Sounds impossible, right? Not so. In this program, teens will work together to create a world with ideas from their imaginations; Including books they have read, gaming worlds, movies, and even the world they live in today. In doing so, teens will give free reign to their creativity in the form of mind maps, drawings, a 3D map, and discussions on government structures, religion, fashion, cultural arts, etc. The Create a World program will foster a host of skills in teens, such as good communication, leadership qualities, goal setting, and working within a timeline. The really cool thing is that teens will have a blast doing it!
Use a version of the flyer provided with this program to promote your program. Feel free to include some of the books listed above if you are doing a tabletop display.
Each of the components of the eight-week Create a World program is described here. Librarians may feel free to add or remove weeks as necessary.
The first week is essential for designing the infrastructure of the world. During this week, teens will create mind maps to envision and plan their world. To learn more about mind maps and prepare for leading this portion of the program, please this article entitled "Mind Maps: A Powerful Approach to Note Taking" on the Mind Tools web site, http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm. The article includes a short video on how to draw a mind map as well as examples of mind-maps. Teens may have already learned mind mapping in school and it easiest if everyone works together in one big group.
Begin the mind-mapping process by asking the teens questions, such as those listed here. Be sure to allow time for discussion.
What type of world would you like to live in?
Describe how you see earth in the future?
What type of alternate or fantasy world in books, movies, or gaming is your favorite? Why?
Where on earth would you like to visit or live? Why?
Do you think there is life on other planets? What do you think the inhabitants might look like? What do you think inhabitants of other planets would need to exist?
Next let the teens think about and discuss what makes up a society. Then have them develop categories based on their ideas. List the categories on a flip chart. It may be a good idea to brainstorm and have some categories ready ahead of time in case the teens need help coming up with ideas. Some example categories are listed below.
Once the categories are set, ask teens to break out into groups to discuss one or more of the categories. Give each group a large flip chart, an easel, and colorful markers. Discuss the concept of mind maps and ask the groups to make mind maps to explore and develop each category. Provide teens with lots of books to help them come up with ideas for their mind maps. Use some of the books listed above for ideas. Access to the internet during this process is also helpful for visual elements such as fashion, art, and technology.
At this point, the librarian acts as a facilitator. Remind each group to work with and speak with other groups. They should occasionally check in with other groups to see how they are developing their categories, in order to build a coherent world. For example, the history group will need to know the species, class systems, demographics, and such of the world in order to mind map an accurate history of their world.
Every world has characters and a story that helps shape that world. During Week 2, teens will use tools of their choice to begin developing these characters and their stories. For example, the historians/folklore/libraries group may decide that they need to use a computer to start recording their world's history. The group working on class system/demographics/species may decide they need drawing material to create images of what the species or members of their class look like. The group working on food may decide they would like to start creating recipes, use their own recipes, or find recipes from around earth that will represent what each species like to eat.
During Week 2, the librarian continues to act as a facilitator of the groups and should make sure teens are communicating with each other. Before the end of this program, the librarian should call the groups together and ask each to report on their developments. Then the librarian should ask all the teens to think about what type of world they are creating and how they want to represent it on a 3D map. For example, do they want to create a map of the entire world, zoom in and focus on a city, focus on just a coastal area, or do something else?
In Week 3, teens decide on the type of 3D Map they will make. Provide teens with a piece of paper as large their 3D Map is going to be, pencils, and erasers and allow them to create a physical outline of their 3D map.
In Week 3, the groups of teens must come together and collectively use what they created in Week 2 to help them design what their 3D Map will look like. To explain and illustrate how this will work, here is a description of what teens in one library did and how it influenced their 3D Map.
The teens' world was a mashup of movies and books; it was Twilight meets Lord of the Rings meets Pirates of the Caribbean. The demographic group decided vampires, werewolves, elves, hobbits, and dwarves would inhabit the world. The history group decided that the vampires and werewolves were bad but that the two species would tolerate each other in order to survive. The geography group had decided that the world would be made up of thousands of islands.
The map was influenced by all of this. It featured a coastal view of the main capital of the world. This capital was a large island on which the elves, hobbits, and dwarves lived. The hobbits had to have a field to grow their large crops of food, the elves had to have the education center and library, and the dwarves had to have mines from which to extract jewels. Even the buildings were designed to reflect each species. The elves had the largest structure with glittering colors, the hobbits had huts, and the dwarves had a dark, rock-like structure.
The map also took into account that vampires and werewolves were bad. The vampires and werewolves were banished to one island and had to make a living as pirates. This was a good living for them since the world had many small sandy islands for hiding and there was a general lack of good land, and the dwarves mined jewels. The elves had to have a strong navy to defend themselves from the vampires and werewolves, and the 3D map reflected this by having a large dock, a boat, and a clear beach that was easily defendable.
Everything the teens had developed during Week 2 influenced what was included in the 3D Map, where it was placed, why it was placed there, and how it was placed.
The 3D Map will take three weeks to complete.
In advance, prepare paper maché glue by combining one part flour with two parts water. Mix well until the mixture is smooth. Add flour and water if needed but make sure the glue is thick and runny and is not solid like a paste. Add a few tablespoons of salt to help prevent mold from developing. The glue can be stored in tightly closed container for a few days.
In Week 4, teens use the basic outline they have created the previous week to begin building their 3D Map. Decide where to store the 3D map before finalizing the size. Between sessions, place the map in a safe storage area. If the map is too large it can be created on two pieces of wood but it may require several people to move the pieces. Most lumberyards and do-it-yourself stores (like Lowe's) will cut plywood into whatever size you require.
Begin by placing the large piece of flat wood that will support the 3D Map on a table or tables. This will provide access to all sides of the developing map.
After the board has been set up, the teens use small boxes, toilet paper rolls, and other pieces of cardboard or wood to create the larger buildings and structures on their 3D Map. Use masking tape and newspaper as stuffing to support the larger buildings and structures. Attach the large buildings and structures to the large piece of flat wood with masking tape. The structures may also be attached with a hot glue gun throughout the building process, but an adult should do this.
Week 5 will be messy so set up the 3D Map near a kitchen or sink area if possible. Be alert for wet floors, as it can get slippery quickly. Teens are going to need to wash their hands and other items frequently. Place a drop cloth on the tabletop, as well as under and around the table area. Working with paper maché and glue can get messy very quickly. Teens should try to wear smocks or aprons to help keep their clothing clean. It is prudent to dissuade them from starting paper maché fights.
Set out the jars of prepared paper maché glue at different points around the 3D Map. Tear the newspaper into strips of various sizes and dip the strips into the paper maché glue. Begin to cover the 3D Map. The 3D Map, including all surfaces, buildings, structures and any visible board, needs to be completely covered with paper maché. Be careful to layer and smooth out the paper maché. Add additional layers of paper maché until it is thick enough to cover all areas and is smooth. Wrinkles will detract from the buildings and structures on the 3D Map and make it harder to paint in between all the crevices that the wrinkles leave behind.
At end of the program, use a hair dryer to help the paper maché dry. Depending on the thickness of the large board, the wet paper maché could cause it to warp. In addition, it may be necessary to leave the 3D Map out overnight to dry before placing it in a storage area.
Week 6 will continue to be messy, so follow the precautions listed for Week 5. During Week 6, the teens use paintbrushes and sponges to pain the 3D Map. Sponges dipped in the paint add textures and layering colors can enhance one color or add dimension. Make sure teens take time to get into all the wrinkles and crevices out of their 3D Map. A splotchy paint job can ruin a 3D Map.
As teens finish painting areas of the map, use a hair dryer to speed up the drying process. Ask teens to point out where they would like some final changes or enhancements applied with the hot glue gun. For example, they may want to add straw for huts, glitter, transparent paper to look like glass windows, feathers, pipe cleaners, jewels, and such.
Will they do the presentation live or set it up as a static display in the library?
If they do a display, where in the library will it be displayed?
What will they include in the display?
If they do a live presentation, where will they do the presentation?
When will they do the live presentation? One suggestion is to hold it during an end of summer reading program party.
At a live presentation will they speak as a large group, or will they separate into individual groups around the room?
How will they publicize their live presentation?
Also during Week 7, the teens can inspect the 3D Map and add any last minute details or embellishments. Each group should also work on what they will include in the live presentation. For example, the fashion group could design images from a magazine on their planet, the history group could create a type history of their planet, the technology group could make a small prototype of a piece of technology, or the food group could decide it wants to serve food at a live presentation. They would then need to decide what to serve and how to prepare the food.
In addition to rehearsing what each group will say during the live presentation, some teens will need to prepare flyers or posters to help publicize the event.
What teens do in Week 8 depends on what they decided the previous week. Teens who decide to do a display will need to arrive early and put the display together and set it up. Teens that are doing a live presentation should arrive about an hour before the program to help set up and to go over any last minute details. It is also helpful to have the teens stay for thirty minutes after the presentation to clean up.
"Shared Worlds: Where Creative Writing, Art, and Game Design Come Together" by Kelly Czarnecki. School Library Journal, Issue 10, October 2008. 35-37.
This free web site offers users the chance to create a life for themselves in a virtual world. This web site is also useful for librarians who want to do an online program online in a virtual world instead of holding face-to-face programs.


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Royce Stands With Religious Bigots while Sanchez Stands Up For Religious Freedom and Civil
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By Chris Prevatt
On Sunday, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Yorba Linda Community Center. They were there to protest a fundraiser for a New York bases Muslim charity called the Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA. The Orange County Register's Jan Norman reported:
Many in the crowd waved U.S. flags and carried signs saying,"God Bless America" and "No Sharia Law,"in reference to Islam's sacred law. In the afternoon, the event had the atmosphere of a July 4 picnic. Many brought lawn chairs and blankets, sang patriotic songs and tied red, white and blue bandanas on their dogs.
As the fundraiser started, a splinter group of about 100 stood about 50 yards from the community center entrance and booed, yelled "go home" and chanted "no Sharia law" as attendees entered the building. Among their signs were ones that said "ICNA supports Hamas and Hezbollah."
Hmm, I'm trying to remember the last July 4th picnic I attended where he atmosphere was scented with people shouting at others to go home, and in the next breath saying "God Bless America."
Among those protesters was Orange County Republican Congressman Ed Royce(CA-40). He wrote about his excursion in Yorba Linda in a post over at RedCounty.com, Intrigue in the O.C. Royce writes:
On the Foreign Affairs Committee, I've tracked the growth of radical Islam, in Pakistan, Nigeria, Sudan and elsewhere. The threat of sharia law is real. It's the death of individual liberties, especially for women.
I've held hearings on "Islamist terrorism," the threat the 9/11 Commission identified. And I've been criticized for doing so. The Obama Administration refers to the bland threat of "violent extremism." For years, I've made the point that we can't tackle a problem if we don't even call it by its name. 9/11, Fort Hood, Times Square and on and on demand candor.
Yet the attacks our nation has suffered aren't the biggest threat. In a way, they're a tactic to keep our eye off the ball, which is the "soft jihad" that the speakers in Yorba Linda preach. That is, attacking the institutions that make the U.S. great and protect our liberties. It's an attack on our culture, including our culture of tolerance.
Culture of tolerance Ed? Really? Where are you hiding your tolerance? Mr. Royce has a simple belief, one that fits well with his simple mind. He believes that all Muslims are extremists. Again I turn to his own words:
A big part of the problem is that our children have been taught in schools that every idea is equal, that no one should criticize other's positions, no matter how odious. That's multiculturalism, and it has paralyzed too many of our fellow citizens to make the critical judgment we need to prosper as a society. History has taught us time after time that unfortunately bad ideas have bad consequences.
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (Photo: Lou Delgado)
Now contrast the article by Royce today about his protest against all things Muslim with the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on February 9, 2011. In the hearing Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) questioned key Department of Homeland Security officials on current and emerging terrorist threats facing the United States and efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to thwart such attacks. Rep. Sanchez was particularly interested in the FBI's probes into the American Muslim communities of Orange County.
"I have the honor of representing one of the largest Arab American communities in the United States and have been very concerned in recent months by the FBI's recent probes into our local American Muslim community and its practice of planting informants in community centers and mosques," said Rep. Sanchez. "Director Michael Leiter of the National Counterterrorism Center assured me that actions have been taken so that law enforcement officials do not intimidate a place of worship and that enforcement agencies do not conduct any investigation that is unwarranted."
Rep. Sanchez also expressed concern about the possibility of terrorists exploiting the Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens of specific countries to visit the United States for a limited amount of time without obtaining a visa. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano responded that the Visa Waiver program is very secure, given the high volume of passengers who come into the country, and that investments in Visa Overstay and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are some of the most valuable tools in the fight against terrorism.
"I am encouraged by the testimonies received here today, and I look forward to working with the Secretary in finally implementing the US-VISIT Exit System to ensure that those who enter our country, exit it is as well and do not overstay their visa. I also look forward to working with my colleagues this Congress as we determine how best to combat current and emerging terrorist threats facing the homeland."
Two Congressmembers from central Orange County, representing two very different points of view. One voicing a message of tolerance, understanding, charity, and religious freedom, the other representing fear, hatred, and bigotry. In a statement, CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush said it best:
"We thank Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for her principled stand in voicing concern about a larger trend to marginalize and treat the American Muslim community as suspect. Engagement is a two-way street, and American Muslims have had an impeccable record collaborating with law enforcement agencies. Other lawmakers, including Rep. Peter King, should take the Congresswoman's lead in working toward the goals of inclusivity and safety of all Americans, with the understanding that national security does not have to be at the expense of civil rights."
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I respectfully acknowledge the Noongar people who are the past and present traditional owners and custodians of this land on which we are meeting.
It is a privilege to be standing on Noongar country.
Australind Primary School is a small school with a big heart. We seek 'To Inspire Learning for Life' in a safe, collaborative and inclusive teaching and learning environment. Our staff, students and their families share a sense of spirit and pride in our School. Through the implementation of consistent social and academic whole school approaches, we support students to develop the skills and understandings which will enable them to contribute meaningfully and ethically to society. Through fostering a culture of 'Choose Respect' our School is a great place to learn, work and develop strong relationships.
Australind Primary School opened in 1980, and now caters for approximately 170 Kindy to Year 6 students. Our relatively small size is a feature we cherish, as we have the opportunity to get to know our students very well and can cater to their individual needs. We enjoy strong links with other local schools, including Australind Senior High School adjacent to our property. This creates unique opportunities for our students and enhances the quality of our programs. We have specialist staff in physical education, health, science and information technology. In addition, selected students in Year 5 and 6 are able to access instrumental music on site.
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As an Independent Public School, we enjoy flexibilities which enable us to make the best decisions to suit our students. We have a strong School Board, a proactive Parent and Citizen's group and a great many volunteers through programs such as the School Volunteer Program and Hands Up for Kids. Our school chaplain provides additional support for many families and coordinates our popular school breakfast program.
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A narrow street without drainage in the informal district of Baroshki in Duhok, Iraq (Photo: Benjamin Plackett).
DUHOK, Iraq—A little over an hour's drive north of Mosul lies the small but growing provincial town of Duhok, nestled in a valley flanked by jagged peaks. The safety of Duhok's mountain setting has often made it a destination for people fleeing conflicts.
These rapid population influxes have encouraged the creation of informal neighbourhoods that are built without government permission or oversight, as refugees eventually build more permanent dwellings.
Informal housing, which can be found on the outskirts of many Arab cities, is generally seen as a health and safety problem and not a long-term, practical solution to a housing crisis. The houses are usually built by the occupants themselves and not by professional plumbers, electricians or builders. They're densely packed with cramped rooms, poor sanitation, narrow streets and are frequently a long way from schools or shops. Some of the neighborhoods have built up so rapidly that they don't show up yet on Google Maps.
But academics who study the phenomenon say this has begun to change in recent years. The layout of Duhok's newest informal housing is better than those born of previous conflicts. Their streets are wider, the houses are larger, and there are even plots for basic amenities like shops. "The people, usually farmers, who sell the plots to build informal housing are getting smarter," says Layla Muhammed Raswol, dean of the College of Engineering at Nawroz University in Duhok.
Layla Raswol points to an area on the map that needs updating to represent some of the latest informal housing (Photo: Benjamin Plackett).
In the past, local governments have been known to demolish a select number of informal houses to widen the streets, improve access, and counter sanitation and fire risks. That made the buyers more cautious.
"[The farmers] now have to be able to reassure their customers that the government won't give them problems," says Raswol.
Others at the university agree about the landowners' approach. "They have more experience now compared to the 1980s or 1990s, and they've changed the ways they build," says Nashwan Shukri Abdullah, a professor of urban geography at the University of Duhok.
As governments struggle to keep up with the pace of their growing cities, informal housing is a natural consequence, says Abdullah. Experts have estimated that as much as two-thirds of the Cairo urban area is made up of informal housing.
To illustrate her point about how informal settlements are changing, Raswol points to two neighbourhoods in Duhok. The first, Baroshki, was built close to the center of Duhok in the 1980s and is very densely populated with narrow streets that present sanitation problems. The second, Besere, is on the outskirts of Duhok where houses started to pop up around 2007 and are still being built today.
Mohamed Hamid (right) with his brother (middle) and father (left) outside their house in Baroshki (Photo: Benjamin Plackett).
Mohamed Hamid, a 27-year-old resident, has lived in the overcrowded Baroshki his whole life. He shares a small house with his brother, parents and various members of his extended family. Hamid's house is typical of the neighbourhood; his father built it with his own hands on land that used to be agricultural in the 1980s. The homestead also backs up directly onto other houses on three sides and the pavement on the narrow street outside is uneven.
Besere is a 15-minute car ride away and a different story. All that shows up on Google Maps of Besere is a gas station, sitting off the side of a freeway heading out of town, but in fact it's Duhok's latest suburb.
It's still a working-class part of town where the plots cost about $5,000, says Raswol, but the roads are wide enough to park and still allow access, and the houses have space between them. Some even have balconies or small gardens.
Besere is still a working class neighborhood of Duhok, but the layout—including street size—has been thought through (Photo: Benjamin Plackett).
Besere also has shops, something which the older informal boroughs only got a long time after they were built, if at all.
The experts are unsure whether this social trend is a good thing or not. Abdullah says the new informal housing may be an improvement on what came before, but it still means the government is playing catch-up and the real solution would be to build safe housing built with genuine urban planning and government permission behind it.
Saman Jelal is a shopkeeper in Besere who built the premises himself three years ago when he moved from Baroshki to take advantage of the bigger plots (Photo: Benjamin Plackett).
But until cheaper, affordable housing can be constructed according to building codes, urban planners say, the informal housing trend in the region is likely to continue.
Well done this journalist for bringing this to our attention. I didn't know about 'informal housing'. It just goes to show the courage and industry of the human race to rise above obstacles when all seems lost . Who would have believed peaceful communities could be created with such speed. I wish them well , they deserve all the luck in the world .
Well done this journalist for bringing this to our attention. I certainly didn't know about informal housing. It is a credit to these decent people , overcoming adversity , making homes for themselves and their families when the State hasn't the finance or manpower. They may be crude homes but it's a start. I wish them all the luck in the world.


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We (Zildjian Boon, Darren Tang and myself) created 'Dehydrated', a music video that was based on a song we created ourselves. We were all very interested in filmmaking and music production back then, so we thought, why not create a film?
With this in mind, we set out to plan and produce our project, a process that took us about 6 months - through the planning, filming and editing stages. We were inspired by other artists use of drones and wanted to utilise this up-and-coming technology in our project. During the planning stage, we realised that the song would really fit a story with intense action and adrenaline. Since we love competitive sports such as swimming, we decided to pair the song with a story of a swimming race between the central character and a couple of other people. We deliberately kept the story simple as we were short on time, keeping the focus on the race itself with just a few hints about the main character's intentions.
Thanks to the feedback and support we received from people who enjoyed our film, we submitted it to the Singapore International Student Film Festival (SISFF) where we won the Best Editing category. Encouraged by the positive response, we then decided to participate in other festivals and submitted our film to the Across Asia Youth Film Festival (AAYFF) a few months later.
This time, we won the Best Music Video award. This announcement was astonishing, as we weren't expecting to win due to the caliber of other submissions. It took us a while to comprehend what was going on. Even after a week, it still didn't feel real! We are really proud and happy that we won the award though. It was a exciting and lot of fun to be part of the festival. Aside from getting to tour a number of studios like Disney, HBO, and MediaCorp, we also got to attend talks that really inspired us to do more in future!
We are in the midst of working on more projects. Each project takes months to produce, and requires tons of careful planning and execution. We feel that we are getting better with our time, so do check our website at www.orlange.org for more of our work!


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July 16 2008 Edition
Philanthropist Pam Dunn
Posted by Wendy Little
Published on: July 16, 2008 - 13:21
A philanthropist's life in Quebec City, Dunn: "No walls a human being cannot overcome"
By Scott French
Photo: courtesy of Amanda Jelowicki
Jane Osla Holt was born in Montreal on July 13, 1924. On June 24, 2008, just short of her 84th birthday, she passed away as Pam Dunn, the name under which she left her mark on Quebec City.
QC's Canadian Idol falls just short of top 10
Photo: courtesy of CTV
Quebec City's Canadian Idol hopeful, Marie-Pierre Bellerose, made it within one round of the show's top ten last week.
Despite falling short of her aspirations of becoming a Canadian Idol, the Cap Rouge native is staying upbeat about her prospects in the music industry.
YWCA opens Girls Centre
Photo: Scott French
The YWCA has opened a Girls Centre and created a series of workshops beginning this week aimed at young girls addressing issues they may be facing at home, in relationships, at school or in society at large.
Singing to save orphaned headstones in Ste. Agathe
The highly acclaimed People's Gospel Choir of Montreal will be in the neighbourhood on Sunday afternoon, July 20 at L'Église Ste. Agathe-de-Lotbinière Church in Ste. Agathe-de-Lotbinière. The choir will be providing a benefit concert for Corneal Cealteach's latest initiative, repairing orphaned headstones in the Catholic church's cemetery.
Summerfest attendees confused over bracelets and badges
The Festival d'Été's success this year came with one small headache. In order to access the festival's venues this year, concert goers were asked to wear bracelets in addition to the traditional flashing badges, leaving some completely confused as to which entry pass they should be wearing. Some wearing only the badge were denied entry at the gate.
2008 Summerfest Mirror Prizes
Concertgoers showered praise on Charles Aznavour at the 2008 Mirror Prizes for the Festival d'Été, voting his concert the best show of the festival. Aznavour was given an exceptional prize this year by a panel of six jurists honouring his performance on the Plains on July 6, citing the multi-generational appeal of his music and popularity.
Bring back the robins, get rid of the crows
By Bill Cox
Photo: courtesy of www.birding.in
Have you noticed the changes in the behaviour of crows over the years, especially in our urban communities? I don't know anything scientific about the bird but I do know what I see around my yard.
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
By Compiled by Catherine Mills Rouleau
The Morning Chronicle
Threatened Debouli
Farewell to Michèle Thibeau


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Q: Why Visual studio can't Identify `string` instead of `String`? Why Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise version is not supported to the default formation of C++, I used Code-Blocks for a long time and still using it. Code Blocks was my first IDE to start with C++ and now for the graphical interface I use Visual Studio but when it comes to editing the source code, Visual Studio is not accepting many things that is accepted in Code-Blocks. A little example is declaring a string in visual studio is not acceptable but it needs to be String to work properly.
Maybe this is a Compiler Issue but I am not familiar with all Compilers, I used minGW in Codeblocks.

A: What you'll find is you're not including the string header, nor are you actually referencing the std::string object.
To import:
#include <string>

using std::string; // This is optional, but it saves you from having to type std::string all the time.


Superstitions–a topic close to my heart having grown up with an Italian-American grandmother and now living in southern Italy, where Roman Catholicism and mysticism live in surprising perfect harmony.
That phenomenon is worth a whole post, and indeed books have been written on the subject. Perhaps someday I'll wax theoretical, but for today, let's stick in the here and now, the daily implications of superstition in my life.
I've already written about my experiences with malocchio, The Evil Eye, perhaps the greatest superstition of all, especially since it crosses many cultures and religions. Some of my other favorite superstitions are things you should avoid doing lest you invite bad luck: placing a loaf of bread upside down, spilling wine, olive oil, or salt, dropping scissors.
Another of my favorites is that a pregnant woman's cravings should always be satisfied or else the baby will be born with a birthmark in the form of the desired food or the child will be generally disfigured. You scoff?
I inherited a birthmark that my father has because my pregnant grandmother expressed her craving for chicken while scratching her legs. Yes, we both have chicken-shaped birthmarks on our calves (although I prefer to think it looks more like a heart). Someday I may show you, but sorry, today's not the day.
All of my pregnant readers are more than welcome to quote me on this topic, by the way.
But my freakiest experience with southern Italian superstition happened about a year ago when P's mom rushed into the house with tears in her eyes, begging me to go and retrieve some of her jewelry she had given me a few months before.
"I had a dream." I'm pretty sure she thought that would be enough information, but, you know, I'm American, so I ask questions.
"About the jewelry?" I was still not making a move for the steps to get the jewelry, so she gently guided me with her hands.
"No, about you and my son, and…." She sat down, started rocking back and forth, made repeated, furious signs of the cross, and began mumbling what I assume were prayers.
"What happened in the dream?" I stepped down two steps and stopped.
"I didn't sleep all night," she said, and continued saying prayers and crying. I didn't see the conversation going any further, so I didn't push it. I assumed that P and I had been dead in the dream–because if we had just broken up in the dream, that wouldn't have been so upsetting? Right? Hard to tell. I went to get the jewelry.
"This is everything?" she asked as I handed her a few little boxes that contained earrings and a necklace I rather liked–it had a tiny ladybug charm, which, ironically, I always thought meant good luck.
"OK, I have to go," she said abruptly and left, still saying prayers and still crying, but most importantly clutching the jewelry.
So I was left in the wake of this early morning encounter to consider not only my own and P's mortality, but also what the jewelry had to do with any of it. Through various research including thinking back to my own grandmother but *not* including asking P's mom, because this is a subject not to be discussed, I think maybe I've figured it out.
Among southern Italians, it's a common practice that when one prays to a particular saint or the Virgin Mary for a request, one often promises something in return–many times it is a piece of jewelry to be pinned to the clothes of a statue.
I'm wondering if perhaps P's mom had promised my pieces of jewelry somewhere along the way for some request, and then saw something bad happening in her dream because she gave them to me instead. Or perhaps she had simply promised away that jewelry in lieu of P and I staying alive and/or together. Or maybe she had seen something in the dream about the jewelry somehow causing trouble.
Like I said, I haven't asked, because, truth be told, I don't actually want to know the whole story. I'm definitely superstitious, and I believe in messages coming through dreams, so this was one time I was more than happy to live in blissful ignorance.
In fact, I didn't even tell my own mom about this until I figured P and I were in the clear. Like birthmarks, superstitions seem to run in the family.
You are really funny except when you are tragic. This one is tragic. And funny. Tragicomic?
My parents are both from Europe and I'm married to a European – and his parents live with me. Superstition is nothing new, it's always been there. Not very shocking either.
This story intrigues me because I wonder what it was that had P's mom so upset? I guess we'll never know.
ps.. email me. You want a magazine, and there's someting I want. We can do a swap!
WOW! I wonder if one day you will learn what happened in that dream.
Regarding birthmarks… I never knew that superstition. I have the birthmark on my leg that runs on my Italian side of the family. We are estranged now, but I remember when I was a kid the adults would say I had the "Last Name Here" birthmark. I always thought it was shaped like a UFO, but perhaps it is something edible and I had no idea?
Hi there! Italy?? Very cool.. You have a great looking blog. Thanks for dropping a comment at my place. I'm having a lot of fun on this blog party!
Very interesting! I don't really believe in superstitions as such, but I do think that sometimes we are shown things in dreams, perhaps for our own safety or whatever. I've just grown up to believe it's God speaking to us through dreams.
Bella, an email should be waiting for you!
Nova, your birthmark surely must look like some food…corn on the cob? Or, you know, you're descended from someone who wanted to meet an alien. Tough call.
Laini, P's response when I told him was "Why would she tell you that?!" so no, he had no clue on the whole thing.
Ah, and Redmaryjanes, thanks fo stopping by; this party is so much fun!
I'm totally not superstitious but I love hearing about other people's superstitions… in any case, Emily does have a birth mark on her wee bum but I've never thought to see if it resembles food – I guess that is something to do during the bath tonight!
I remember gaining like 45 pounds during my first pregnancy because of the whole "don't touch yourself unless you eat it" superstition! I walked around eating everything in sight fearing that my child would be born all disfigured or with the worst of birthmarks in the worst of places. I wasn't so weirded out by it the second time around and was much more cautious about what I ate. I only gained 16 pounds. I had craved artichokes and mozzarella di bufala my entire pregnancy. Neither of those two foods ever crossed my lips and thankfully, my daughter has nothing resembling artichokes or mozzarella on her body!
But yeah, superstitions are a big deal here. I too wonder what had P's Mother so upset? Maybe one day you'll actually find out.
Funny, my Aunt who's part Mexican says the same thing about pregnancy cravings because that's what her Mom always told her…so I always try to fulfill mine 🙂 !!!!
I love reading your blog…I think I'm now addicted!
I definitely think that is a question you don't want answered. About the jewelry, I mean.
My mother in law couldn't say anything too good about her grandkids (my kids) without warding off the evil eye, a last vestige of growing up in eastern Europe.
Ohmigosh isn't it wondeful to be Italian-American? Everyday is a an episode of Everyone Loves Raymond.
I enjoyed reading this post. One gets to learn so much about other places.
It is the italian grandmother! My family decended from Genoa.
I am not superstitious but based on the wacky comments I get on my blog I think a lot of people are and also believe in fortune telling. Frankly I don't get it, and just look at it as having some fun. It's when people take it too serious that there is a problem.


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The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Ending by David Menzies
The Editors October 09, 2013
Editor's note: This is a continuation of a story Roger was working on when he passed away. This ending is one of many we received. To read Roger's beginning to the story, from the end of which each entry picks up the thread, go here. Illustration by Krishna Bala Shenoi. This is one of four endings we're posting this week. Vote on this week's endings here.
David Menzies writes:
"A failed Mozart?" Alex said. "That sounds like an empiricist's nightmare. Throw him and his star-speckled wig on your science-fiction cover, Mason."
Mason smiled a little. "Why not? Maybe all the space girl needs is an intermediator, someone who speaks the molecules' language."
As the waitress brought Regan the last piece of apple crumb cake, Regan tapped the bridge of her nose. "Thank you! I mean, mostly the waitress and Claire, of course. No offense to you space boys."
"None taken," Elliot said.
Regan noted this with a giggle. "So, the pattern could be another step toward Titan's 'Mozart' having something to build from, or, you know, we just haven't tuned in enough yet to warm to the music ourselves."
Claire took Mason's iPhone from her ear and played the pattern low on speaker phone. "That much could take a while," she said.
Alex took a sip of beer and sat there quietly. Mason noticed that the pupils of his friend's eyes darted around with the peaks of the sound pattern. He figured his own probably did the same thing the first few dozen times he tried to decipher one.
"I was on the right page all along," Elliot said. "It's got a sea shanty quality. Those are how pirates expressed warmth."
Regan pursed her lips and pushed the apple crumb cake toward him.
"I only deserve half," Elliot said.
Alex shook his head. "You know, it could actually be a sea shanty for all we know. Or the equivalent of crickets chirping. Music is just so awfully broad." He grabbed Mason's phone and headed toward the bar. "I'll be right back."
Mason tapped the table. "Nice story, Regan. I doubt it will make any waves, but…"
"But what?" Regan said through a mouthful of cake.
"Well, I wish it would."
The Titan sound pattern chimed in over the bar's speaker system. It wasn't nails screeching on a chalkboard, Mason thought, but it was far from the predictable bagpipe harmonies that McHugh occasionally played. Or, less imaginably, any kind of music Mason played for himself.
"There you go," Regan said. "Sound waves totally count."
Alex bounced from table to table on his way back to their booth.
"Let us know what you think," he said, pointing up in the air and then to their small collective.
"Is this from that Icelandic band?" a man at a nearby table said.
"Close," said Claire, "and yet so far."
As Alex took a seat, Mason patted him on the shoulder. "Keep tabs on my iPhone, will you? I'm heading back to the lab."
"Not to get that computer's take, I hope," Alex said. "That thing never played in one of the best marching bands in the country. Plus, I'm sure there are other people here who've made less stimulating forms of music. Further insight on this pattern can—nay, should—come from right here."
"I need to be there periodically," Mason said, "plus I already had cake." He motioned for Regan and Elliot to stay and finish theirs. Claire and Alex both said, "Later," then got back to talking over their shoeboxes.
This could be it, Mason thought. The closest he would ever get to hearing something else come together meaningfully in such a vast and disparate universe. As much as he loved Urbana, it was still too easy for Mason's mind to be out there in space, lost between all the distance he was aware of. Back in the lab, Mason couldn't quite keep himself tuned into what made this celestial noise distinct. Instead, he imagined himself on an interstellar vessel breaking through Titan's atmosphere and landing on the ice near the magma ocean. Each of the other four crew members had joined him outside—Alex, Claire and Elliot in addition to Regan, whom had been the only one who went exploring with him in the older variation of this daydream. Two space explorers or five, there were still a hundred noise patterns humming around their glass helmets.
With her combination of glasses and fishbowl, Regan led the way—a trailblazing near-sighted astronaut. Of all the Urbana crew, Mason headed to the source of the musical pattern most guardedly. Even on Titan, he felt he should keep his hopes grounded. They passed the upright form of the Huygens lander.
"Glad to see it's not lying down on the job," Elliot said.
Soon they were all dwarfed by what was at the horizon: dozens of giant globes, molecules dashing around in each of them. None of the globes' contents sent them hurdling after Mason and his fellow space travelers. The globes simply floated, and the Urbana crew watched and listened as the molecules spiked and flowed like sound waves. The longer Mason gave one his attention, the more he could feel the distinctness of its sound. Only one seemed musical by any standard Mason could think of, and that was simple repetition—like crickets chirping indeed, Alex, only more drawn out. Still, he liked how big something so simple could be, and that something else comprised of so many little pieces was holding itself together in this very solar system.
Mason leaned back in his chair in the lab and pondered the distance between chirping and Mozart and jokes. Then he thought about his friends. There was still enough time to hear their thoughts or someone else's on the matter, and they were all so close.


Did errands and chores with my kids and took them the park to play and do buprees, so just burpees to keep up with the Spartan burpee challenge. Also did some toes to bar 2 sets of 5.
Day 43: 72 burpees DONE! AROO!


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using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Discore.Http
{
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    /// An optional set of parameters for modifying a guild voice channel.
    /// </summary>
    public class GuildVoiceChannelOptions
    {
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        /// <summary>
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        /// </summary>
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        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the bitrate of the voice channel (or null to leave unchanged).
        /// </summary>
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        /// <summary>
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        /// <para>Set to zero to remove the user limit.</para>
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        /// <summary>
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        public Snowflake? ParentId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
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        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the name of the channel.
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        public GuildVoiceChannelOptions SetName(string name)
        {
            Name = name;
            return this;
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        /// <summary>
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        /// </summary>
        public GuildVoiceChannelOptions SetPosition(int position)
        {
            Position = position;
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the bitrate of the voice channel.
        /// </summary>
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        {
            Bitrate = bitrate;
            return this;
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        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the user limit of the voice channel.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="userLimit">The maximum number of users or zero to remove the limit.</param>
        public GuildVoiceChannelOptions SetUserLimit(int userLimit)
        {
            UserLimit = userLimit;
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the ID of the parent category channel.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="parentId">
        /// The ID of the category to use as a parent or <see cref="Snowflake.None"/> to clear the parent ID.
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        public GuildVoiceChannelOptions SetParentId(Snowflake parentId)
        {
            ParentId = parentId;
            return this;
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        /// <summary>
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        /// </summary>
        public GuildVoiceChannelOptions SetPermissionOverwrites(IList<OverwriteOptions> permissionOverwrites)
        {
            PermissionOverwrites = permissionOverwrites;
            return this;
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        internal DiscordApiData Build()
        {
            DiscordApiData data = new DiscordApiData(DiscordApiDataType.Container);

            if (Name != null)
                data.Set("name", Name);
            if (Position.HasValue)
                data.Set("position", Position.Value);
            if (Bitrate.HasValue)
                data.Set("bitrate", Bitrate.Value);
            if (UserLimit.HasValue)
                data.Set("user_limit", UserLimit.Value);

            if (ParentId.HasValue)
            {
                if (ParentId.Value == Snowflake.None)
                    data.SetSnowflake("parent_id", null);
                else
                    data.SetSnowflake("parent_id", ParentId.Value);
            }

            if (PermissionOverwrites != null)
            {
                DiscordApiData permissionOverwritesArray = new DiscordApiData(DiscordApiDataType.Array);
                foreach (OverwriteOptions overwriteParam in PermissionOverwrites)
                    permissionOverwritesArray.Values.Add(overwriteParam.Build());

                data.Set("permission_overwrites", permissionOverwritesArray);
            }

            return data;
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    }
}


It is amazing how fast 10 days on the Celebrity Millennium went. When I look back, I see that I certainly did a lot and visited a lot of places, but the saying is true, "time flies when you are having fun!" It was time for the fun (at least the ship fun) to end as we docked at our final stop – Vancouver.
I wasn't about to let the opportunity to check out this popular city get by, so I arranged with the British Columbia and Vancouver tourism boards for Lynn and I to spend the day and night exploring. We were also invited to stay at the Wedgewood Hotel & Spa, a beautiful Relais & Chateau property, so we didn't have to worry about getting to the airport until morning. I could see how people love this city, with its modern décor, great food and wide-ranged culture. For me, it was the combination of the water and snow-capped mountains that would draw me in the most.
Josie Heisig of British Columbia Tourism, the woman who had orchestrated my visit to the Okanagan Valley, Victoria and Vancouver, picked us up at the hotel. We went straight to Granville Island where we met our guide at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts for the Plugged in Walking Tour. Granville Island is another face of Vancouver, where you can find food from every ethnicity, as well as fresh vegetables, fruits, coffees and cheeses at its huge market.
The Granville Market also has a great outdoor patio where you can watch the boats and enjoy some of the food you pick up at the market. The rest of the island is filled with quaint shops, museums and boating activities for the casual vacationer or serious fisherman. Though I can't eat any fish or seafood, this is certainly the place to find it, as the fisherman bring it right in by boat. There's also an artsy hangout, the Net Loft, where you can find stores with everything from paintings to arts and crafts supplies.
I wish I had more time at Granville Island, but we had so much to see in such a short time. We toasted our goodbye with a light and fruity 2009 Little Straw Sauvignon Blanc and took a cab back to the city. Lunch was at West Restaurant. We were joined by Jorden Hutchison of Tourism Vancouver and Alex Shaw, the restaurant's PR rep. I started with another great British Columbia wine, the 2009 Poplar Grove Pinot Gris while they told me about this restaurant, where Chef David Gunion focuses on fresh, sustainable Canadian cuisine.
We started with a yummy Pork Pate with Pistachios before we got the perfect Lamb Risotto, filled with cheese and wild mushrooms, while we nibbled on crispy Truffle Fries. For a main course I ordered the Housemade Merguez Sausage with Chickpeas, Mint and Yogurt, and it was very good. Lynn enjoyed the Stinging Nettle and Ricotta Agnolotti with Fava, Roasted Lemon and parmesan. Although I usually tend to gravitate to the chocolate for dessert, I was intrigued by the Apple Crepes filled with Brie and topped with Ice Cream. It was definitely a good choice and I knew I was ready for some sightseeing to burn off the calories.
It was hard to decide what to do, but we finally chose to go down to Stanley Park. This huge park is worth walking around all day, but since our time was limited we decided to take the Horse Drawn Tour. It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot about this park, which is 157 acres larger than Central Park in New York. We rode along the harbor and passed the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Discover Island and the Gate Bridge that Guinness built. We also saw more of the beautiful mountains in the backdrop, still covered with plenty of snow.
After the tour, we had some wonderful cocktails at Bacchus Restaurant Lounge in the lobby of the Wedgewood with Joanna Tsaparas-Piche, the hotel's Director of Sales & Marketing. This is a very popular place and it's easy to see why. The chairs and tables are cozy and inviting and the drinks are interesting, but not too over the top with crazy (still recovering from last year's bacon mania) ingredients. I sampled the Insomniac (Van Gogh Espresso Vodka, Gifford Caramel, Bailey's Irish Cream and a shot of espresso) and the Red Satin Skipper (Vodka, Raspberry Liquor and Cranberry Juice). The drinks here are poured at the table through a shaker, one of the touches that helped it earn the label of Best Bar & Lounge in the City by Vancouver Magazine.
Dinner was at L'Abbattoir in the Gastown district of Vancouver. This place has received many accolades recently and it was packed to the brim. Though it currently boasts a very modern décor, L'Abbatoir was actually the first jail in Vancouver. We started at the bar, were the cocktail menu includes their own barrel-aged whisky. I prefer something a bit lighter and the sommelier suggested a 2009 Pentage Gamay Rose from the Okanagan Valley, ideally light and fruity and it worked wonderful with the Bacon Brioche Sesame Flat Breach and Homemade Gnocchi with Poached Eggs and Cheese.
I thought my Pork Verde in Milk with Salsa Verde was tender and flavorful (though I felt it could have been served with some carbs to round it out). Lynn had the Steak Diane, which she thought was good. We were both pretty stuffed from a long day (or should I say two weeks!) of eating, but I'm glad we tasted the Warm Chocolate Torte with Vanilla Custard as it was excellent.
I knew I had only touched the surface of all Vancouver had to offer, but I had an early flight back home. As I went to sleep, the Celebrity Cruise remained docked at Vancouver Metro Port. It was setting sail to Alaska the next day. This ship led me to quite an adventure and I look forward to meeting her (or one of her sisters) again! I will also be counting the days until I return to the Pacific Northwest.
Note: There were so many people and places that helped make this trip possible, but I would like to especially thank Celebrity Cruise Line and British Columbia.


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