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Working with clay
John Mather, together with his wife Jenny Bennett, collect ceramics. After retiring, he decided to make them himself...
We had collected ceramics for many years. On retirement, following a career with BGS, and at Royal Holloway University of London, I accepted a family challenge to try my hand at making pots myself, rather than simply criticising the attempts of others. I discovered many challenges in producing an object of beauty, whether functional or decorative, from a lump of wet clay – and found my geological background most useful.
As the potter, artist and writer Bernard Leach (1887-1979), wrote at the beginning of the third chapter of his hugely influential manual A Potter's Book, 1940:
"A potter's prime need is good clay. Whether [an] industrial, peasant or studio potter the raw material of which pots are made is of fundamental importance. Upon the quality of the clay depends the strength and still more the character of the finished pot."
Mud to clay
Picture: Two vases from the Barnstaple pottery of C H Brannam, made using brown clay from Fremington and coloured slips. The larger vessel (20 cm in height) was decorated in the Art Nouveau style by Frederick Braddon and is dated 1907. The origin of the Fremington clay deposit, a few km west of Barnstaple, has long been disputed, but it is now thought to be a Pleistocene glaciolacustrine deposit.
To the geologist, clay is a term used to describe the finest grade of clastic sedimentary particles, those less than four microns in diameter and invisible to the naked eye. In still-water depositional environments these very fine water-born particles derived from rock weathering settle out of suspension and, under appropriate conditions, may consolidate to form a mudrock. If this becomes plastic when wet, it is commonly also referred to as a clay, perhaps named after a locality, as for example the London Clay or Oxford Clay, or after its potential use, as in brick clay or china clay. Although clay minerals form the main constituent, such clays also contain quartz, feldspars, micas, calcite and iron oxides, together with many other minor components.
To the potter, clay has a much simpler definition, being a damp plastic material that sets as it dries and can be converted by heating to a hard, waterproof material. Differences in mineralogy control colour, strength, texture and firing temperature. Vessels can be moulded, built from coils or sheets, thrown on the wheel or cast. Traditionally potters would have used a locally available natural clay; but now pottery suppliers can supply clays made up to a range of recipes and the choice will depend largely on the function of the finished object. For example, the clay used to form a plant pot for outdoor use is likely to be unsuitable for an afternoon tea set and production on an industrial scale will demand a clay with different properties from that used by an individual studio potter.
There are three main types of clay available to the potter, earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Earthenware clays range widely in appearance, from brown to white depending on composition. Brown earthenware, generally described as terracotta, is coloured by iron oxides, whereas in the preparation of the fine earthenware used to make most modern tableware great efforts are made to exclude iron from the mix. The characteristic of all earthenware is that it is fired at a temperature between 1000 and 1200ᵒC and is porous, requiring a layer of glaze to make it watertight.
Picture: Display of slipware pottery by Doug Fitch, made with red earthenware clay using traditional slips. Clay is dug from the field behind his workshop in rural Devon. Photograph taken at Earth and Fire International Ceramics Fair, Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire 2014.
'Stoneware' describes pottery that has been fired to higher temperatures between 1200 and 1300ᵒC. At this temperature full or partial vitrification takes place, making stoneware vessels impermeable, stronger and less likely to chip than earthenware. A glaze is not essential but if applied will mature at the same time as the clay body, forming an integrated layer over the pot. 'Porcelain' clays are fired at even higher temperatures, between 1200 to 1400ᵒC, producing completely vitrified ware which is smooth, strong and durable.
All these clay bodies have china clay and/or ball clay as a principal component. Both clays have a large proportion of the mineral kaolinite with smaller amounts of quartz and mica. In the UK, china clay occurs as an alteration product of the Cornubian granites, from which it has been extracted for some 250 years. It is an ideal material as it withstands high temperatures while retaining its colour. Unfortunately it has low plasticity and for this reason is usually mixed with ball clay, which is similar in composition but has far higher plasticity as a result of reworking, which produces ultra-fine clay particles.
Other materials are added to the mixed clays to improve refractoriness (resistance to heat), lower the fusion point and improve density. Refractory ingredients include flint or silica sands and those that promote fusion (known as fluxes) include feldspar and china stone. The latter is a quartz/feldspar rock, whether partially kaolinised or not, free from minerals (such as biotite) which would colour the clay body. Parts of the St Austell Granite in Cornwall, which are biotite-free, were traditionally used, hence the term Cornish Stone, often found in pottery textbooks.
An idea of simple mixtures which might be used to produce the various clay bodies is shown in the table.
Ball Clay
China Clay
China Stone (Feldspar)
The main differences between them are a reduction in the amount of clay, particularly ball clay, and an increase in the amount of feldspar and silica going from earthenware to porcelain. The concomitant reduction in plasticity means that porcelain is more difficult to throw and work, a problem which has been overcome in the example above by the introduction of 5% bentonite to the recipe.
Picture: Dorset potter, Tim Hurn, throwing a stoneware bottle, with finished items.
Immediately after it has been modelled or thrown the clay is wet and plastic and the ware produced readily deformed. Before it can be worked further it needs to be left until it is stiff, but not completely dried out, with the consistency of hard soap. In this condition, known as 'leather hard', it can be trimmed, handles, spouts etc. can be attached, and it can be covered with a layer of liquid clay known as 'slip'. This slip may form a decoration in its own right, or coat the clay body to form a clean ground for painting and/or glazing, when it is called an 'engobe'.
The ware is then left to dry out completely, when it is known as 'green ware', a state in which it can still be broken easily by hand and becomes plastic again if dipped in water. It is possible to directly apply glaze to green ware - known as raw glazing – but more generally items are fired to a temperature at which clays give up their combined water and some contraction takes place, but the body remains porous and will absorb water. This unglazed fired ware is known as 'biscuit' or 'bisque' and the temperature at which it is fired is related to the clay used and production methods.
On firing green earthenware most water has been driven off by 350ᵒC but vapour may still be detected up until 900ᵒC and carbonaceous material and other volatiles can remain up to 1100ᵒC or even higher. If the biscuit ware is refired to a higher temperature than its first firing, the body will continue to react, liberating gases which, if the pot has been glazed, have to bubble through the glaze layer.
Picture: Salt-glazed articulated jug, held by its maker Walter Keeler, based in Monmouthshire. The lower part has been dipped in a china clay/feldspar slip to create a contrasting surface.
Most industrial pottery is earthenware and in order to obtain a smooth glaze finish, it is beneficial for the glaze firing to take place at a temperature lower than the bisque firing in order to prevent further decomposition and gas release causing blemishes on the glaze. Thus the industrial potter bisque fires earthenware to say 1150ᵒC and then uses glazes that demand a lower firing temperature of about 1060ᵒC.
However, higher bisque temperatures reduce the porosity of the ware and most craft potters adopt a different strategy, bisque firing to around 1000ᵒC for earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Blemishes are healed by holding the final glaze firing temperature for 30 minutes or more, a process known as soaking.
Decorating and glazing are generally regarded as the most difficult and unpredictable parts of ceramic production, but it is where an understanding of petrology and geochemistry proves most useful.
Glazing essentially involves putting a coating of glass on pottery, and glazes are based on three main components, glass-formers, fluxes and stabilisers. The most important glass-former is silica, which can be added directly as flint or quartz, or indirectly as a component of silicate minerals such as clays, feldspars, and wollastonite. Fluxes cause the other components to melt or flow and one of the most widely used is lead oxide. However, above about 1180ᵒC lead increasingly vaporises which means that it can be used only in earthenware glazes.
Other commonly used fluxes are potassium and sodium oxides, usually provided by adding feldspars, and calcium and magnesium oxides derived from limestone, chalk and dolomite. Stabilisers reduce the fluidity of the glaze and deter devitrification. The main stabiliser used is alumina, introduced into the glaze mix in clay minerals or feldspar. In addition to these three principal components glazes may also contain colouring pigments derived from metals, such as copper, iron, cobalt and manganese. These can be used singly or in combination to obtain a variety of colours which can vary depending on firing conditions in the kiln.
For example, iron oxides might produce a warm brown in oxidising conditions and greens under reduction. Bernard Leach referred to the glass-formers as the 'bone' of a glaze, fluxes as their 'life blood', with stabilisers and other less-easily defined elements as the 'flesh' of a glaze. It is the juggling of the percentages of these three main components, and the skilful deployment of colouring oxides, which control the end product.
Picture: Slipware bowl by Devon potter, Doug Fitch, made of red earthenware clay using a mold and decorated by slips using locally-sourced clays.
Glazes are applied by mixing the mineral powders with water to the consistency of a thin cream and then dipping the bisque-fired ware in a bucket of glaze or by brushing or spraying. The powders need to be finely milled so that they can be kept easily in suspension. It is also possible to glaze pots within the kiln during the firing process. The most common example is the 'salt glazing' of stoneware, where salt is introduced into the kiln when temperatures reach about 1100ᵒC. The salt volatilises to hydrochloric acid and sodium oxide. The acid is lost from the kiln and the sodium oxide reacts with pot surfaces, producing a skin of sodium aluminium silicate. The orange-peel effect obtained is extremely attractive and colouring oxides can be applied to give a range of colours.
As well as colouring glazes, metal pigments can be used to decorate ware either over or under the glaze. A wide range of colours is now available, but at stoneware and porcelain firing temperatures many of these colours tend to vaporise and are suitable only for earthenware. With stoneware the clay body and glaze form an integrated layer and the quality and colour of the glaze are derived partly from the body beneath. In consequence iron particles in the body will show up as brown specks through the glaze and the resulting colour range tends to be more muted than that of earthenware.
Picture: Modern North Devon harvest jug by Harry Juniper of Bideford. The pot is covered with a white slip and the design is made by scratching through the slip to expose the contrasting red body – a technique known as scraffito.
It is possible to use materials apart from rocks and minerals in glazes. The most common are calcined animal bone, used as an opacifier, and wood ash. The latter contains fluxes in varying proportions - soda, potash, lime and magnesia, occurring as phosphates, sulphates and chlorides, which are readily broken down. There is also some alumina and silica so that the wood ash is capable by itself of glazing pottery. In practice it is too fluid, runs off the pot and needs to be combined with feldspar or clay. A simple mixture of 40% wood ash, 40% potash feldspar and 20% ball clay makes an effective glaze mixture and by replacing all or part of the ball clay with a local alluvial clay or by ground Ordovician slate from one of the Cumbrian quarries, I have produced a variety of colours and finishes, firing under reducing conditions. If the kiln is wood-fired, interesting effects can also be obtained by allowing wood ash to settle on pots in the kiln during the firing process.
My own practice involves firing functional stoneware pots, under reducing conditions, using a gas-fired kiln. Although it is possible to generate reducing atmospheres in an electric kiln, this is not a trivial task and such atmospheres are most easily generated in kilns fired by solid fuels, oil or gas, by reducing the amount of air to less than that required for full combustion. Inadequate combustion results in the formation of carbon (black smoke coming out of the kiln chimney) and carbon monoxide. At the high temperatures present in the kiln these are chemically active, seeking oxygen from any available host, including the metal oxides in clay bodies and glazes. As a consequence copper, added to the glaze mix as the carbonate, produces a red colour instead of green, and red iron oxide, as hematite, will give greys and blacks as it is reduced to magnetite, under the right conditions yielding the luscious black glaze, which breaks to rusty brown on the edges, known as 'tenmoku'. Small amounts of iron will produce the green tints, from pale green to dark olive, known as 'celadon', named after the hero in d'Urfé's 17th Century French pastoral romance L'Astrée, who wore clothes of this colour.
Leach tradition
Picture: Jug with wood ash glaze (40% wood ash, 40% potash feldspar, 20% powdered Ordovician slate from Honister, Cumbria). Made by the author.
Most of my pottery belongs to what has become known as the Leach tradition. Bernard Leach (1887-1979) was born in Hong Kong and spent much of his youth in the Far East. He established a pottery at St. Ives in Cornwall in 1920 and was heavily influenced by Chinese stoneware and Japanese ceramics. Assisted by his son David (1911-2005), the standard ware which the pottery developed rejected highly decorated crockery with its impractical handles and produced a stoneware range, combining traditional forms and modern materials, with minimal decoration and celadon and tenmoku glazes.
Making up one's own glazes and using them to decorate simple, practical and functional pots is extremely satisfying. The minerals and rocks used in the preparation of clays and the generation of glazes (melts), such as kaolinite, potash feldspar, flint and limestone are all well known and the geologist starts with an inbuilt advantage when experimenting with ceramic materials and trying to understand how they might combine and interact.
Being able to produce an attractive object from a lump of wet clay and a selection of mineral and rock powders is an enviable skill, one I might have been able to achieve if I had started 50 years ago instead of 10!
Adams, P J 1961 Geology and ceramics. HMSO, London.
Billingham, Dora M 1962 The technique of pottery. Batsford, London.
Fraser, Harry 1998 Glazes for the craft potter. Revised edition. A & C Black, London.
Leach, Bernard 1990 A potter's book. Faber & Faber, London.


Oh goodness, it's been a liiiittle while since I've blogged last. There's a few reasons for that!
1. It was my busiest wedding season yet! Nearly every weekend was booked from mid-June through till mid-October (with weddings scattered in the earlier 2018 months too). Some weekends I did up to three events (Friday, Saturday AND Sunday). It was amazing and so busy! I knew that I couldn't keep up with blogging while also giving my family and my clients the full attention that they needed. So that just means that I now have a ton of new content which I'm excited to be sharing with you soon!
3. I've been working on refreshing the website. Let me know what you think of the new look!


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This coming weekend we'll see Takeshi Inoue attempt to dethrone Jamie Munguia, the WBO Light Middleweight champion, in Texas. The Japanese fighter is regarded as a huge under-dog and few are giving him much of a chance.
With the bout just days away we thought it would be an interesting time to look at 5 occasions where a Japanese fighter has taken a world title whilst fighting on US soil. Given that it's only happened 5 times, in history, it shows how rare it really is. Even more telling is that we've only seen 3 occasions where a Japanese fighter has dethrone a reigning champion on US soil, and Inoue, if successful, would be the first since 1980!
The first Japanese fighter to win a world title on foreign soil was Shozo Siajo, back in September 1968. The Cinderella Boy had a less than remarkable start to his professional career, beginning his career 3-1-2, and being 13-4-2 (2) when he made his debut in January 1968. Amazingly Shozo would defeat the then WBA Featherweight champion Raul Rojas in a non-title bout in June of that year, over 10 rounds. That bout then resulted in a rematch 3 months later for the WBA title.
Heading into their rematch Rojas was 35-2-1 (22), he had only lost in the first bout with Shozo and to the legendary Vicente Saldivar, having gone 12-1 since that loss. Saijo was 16-5-2 (3), and other than the win over Rojas there was little of note on his record.
Surprisingly Saijo repeated his win over Rojas, defeating him over 15 rounds to win the WBA Featherweight title. The bout was a clear win for Saijo, who dropped Rojas on route to a unanimous decision. Sadly for Rojas his career would never truly recover and he would retire in 1970 with a record of 38-7-2 (24). Saijo on the other hand, who was Japan's 7th world champion, would hold the title until 1971 and make 5 defenses, losing to Antonio Gomez in 3 rounds. He would retire after that loss with a 29-7-2 (8) record.
Having just mentioned Samuel Serrano, as being the man who ended Villaflor's second reign, it's worth noting that he was actually the third champion to be dethroned by a Japanese fighter on US soil. The talented Puerto Rican had defended the belt 10 times since the win over Villaflor, and was going in with Japan's Yatsusune Uehara.
Although relatively forgotten now Uhara was a former standout in Japan. He had gone 117-8 (87) in the amateurs, had claimed medals on the international stage and had turned professional with a then Japanese record signing fee, going with the Kyoei Boxing gym. Despite being highly touted he would lose his second professional bout, and come up short in a world title bout with Villaflor in 1974. Heading into this bout the allure that Uehara once had, had faded. He was 25-4 (20), aged 30 this was seen as him getting a shot that he wouldn't win. Serrano on the other had was 27 years old, 42-4-1 (14), and unbeaten in 26 bouts!
Uehara was the big under-dog and the reasons for that showed early on, with Serrano winning the rounds using his boxing skills. Uehara however believed in his power and pressure and managed to land an occasional bomb. Although being outboxed Uehara was dangerous and he showed just how dangerous in the final seconds of round 6, when he landed a dynamite right hand when Serrano was on the ropes. The dropped Uehara who failed to beat the count. The result was the Ring Magazine Upset of the year for 1980. Sadly though Uehara would lose in a rematch the following year, having recorded just 1 defense. Uehara would retire after their rematch with a record of 27-5 (21), Serrano on the other hand would make 3 defenses before losing to Roger Mayweather in 1983. He would retire the following year, before making a strange comeback in the 1990's, eventually hanging them up with a record of 50-6-1 (17).
It would take 4 years until a Japanese fighter following in Saijo's footsteps and claim a world title on American soil, with Kuniaki Shibata being the man to achieve the feat. The "Genius Puncher" was one of the protege's of the great Eddie Townsend and had distinguished himself as a top fighter in 1970, when he became the first Japanese fighter to win a world title in Mexico, dethroning Vicente Saldivar in December 1970.
Despite winning the WBC Featherweight title from Saldivar we wouldn't see Shibata have a long reign, losing in his third defense to Clemente Sanchez in 1972. The following year he would move up in weight challenge WBA Super Featherweight champion Ben Villaflor, a Filipino born fighter who had held the WBA belt since April 1972. Villaflor had recorded 1 defenses, and had amassed an excellent record of 48-4-3 (25), whilst Shibata was 37-4-3 (23).
In the ring the two were amazingly well matched, though Shibata would take a narrow decision, winning by a point on 1 card and 2 points on the others, to take the title and become a 2-time world champion. Sadly for Shibata his reign was again a short one, losing inside a round 7 months later in a rematch with Villaflor. Villaflor's second reign would continue until 1976, when he lost to Samuel Serrano, then retired with a record of 56-6-6 (31). Shibata on the other hand would bounce back from his title loss to win the WBC title, which he would defend 3 times before losing to Alfredo Escalera in 1975. He would continue on but retire in the late 1970's with a record 47-6-3 (25).
Amazingly we've not seen a Japanese fighter dethrone someone on American soil since Uehara's win over Serrano. We have however seen two Japanese fighters pick up vacant titles on US soil. The first of those was Tadashi Mihara, who had a very short reign ,but a notable one all the same.
Sadly for Mihara his reign was a very short one, losing in his first defense against Davey Moore, less than 3 months after his big win. The loss to Moore would be Mihara's sole defeat however and he would fight on until 1985 before retiring with a record of 24-1, 15). Fratto on the other hand would never win a big one, and retire following a loss to Harry Daniels, with a record of 28-4 (9).
The second vacant title to be won by a Japanese fighter on US soil came almost 37 years after Mihara's win and saw Masayuki Ito announce himself on the world stage with an excellent performance to claim the WBO Super Featherweight title, defeating Christopher Diaz. Going into this bout it was supposed to be a coming out party for Diaz, the unbeaten Puerto Rican who was promoted by Top Rank. Ito however ripped up the script and out boxed the betting favourite.
Entering the bout Ito was 23-1-1 (12), he had unified the OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific titles, and had been on the verge of a world title fight for a while. Diaz on the other hand was 23-0 (15), touted as a rising star from Puerto Rico and had scored notable wins over Bryant Cruz and Braulio Rodriguez on route to his shot. Sadly for Diaz he was unable to cope with Ito's size, range and variation, being dropped in round 8 and never really managing to get a foot hold in the bout.
Since this contest, which was just last summer, both men have fought once, with both scoring a stoppage win. Ito over-came mandatory challenge Evgeny Chuprakov and is expected to be back in the ring in the US later this year, to defend against Jamel Herring.
The master of the "Frog Punch" Koichi Wajima was Japan's first champion at 154lbs, and the only Japanese fighter to win world titles at the weight more than once. He was also the 10th Japanese fighter to ever win a world title.
Wajima was born in 1943 and made his debut at the age of 25, in the summer of 1968. His career was short, though it never seemed plausible for him to have an incredibly long career given his age when he debuted, but what he achieved was genuinely remarkable.
In his 12th professional bout Wajima claimed his first title, the Japanese Light Middleweight title, stopping Noriyasu Yoshimura in 4 rounds. That win saw Wajima's record move to 12-0 (11) and actually ended Yoshimura's career after just a single defense. Wajima would suffer his first loss just weeks later, and suffer another defeat in early 1970, dropping to 13-2 (12), from then on however he went on a tear, going unbeaten for 17 fights.
That 17 fight unbeaten run saw included 8 successful defenses of the Japanese Light Middleweight title before and win his first world titles, the then unified WBA and WBC Light Middleweight titles. Wajima would win the titles by taking a split decision over Carmelo Bossi and would make 6 defenses of the belt. The defenses including wins over veteran Domenico Tiberia, the unbeaten Miguel de Oliveira and countryman Ryu Sorimachi, before he lost the title to Oscar Albarado. A rematch with Albarado saw Wajima become a 2-time champion but he would lose in his first defense to Jae Doo Yuh. A rematch with Yuh saw Wajima defeat the Korean to become a 3-time champion.
Sadly Wajima's third, and final, reign lasted just 3 months before he lose the title to Jose Duran. He would attempt to reclaim the WBA title but would lose his final bout to Eddie Gazo then retire from fighting. Despite being long retired he does currently run a gym, and recently saw protege Hiroaki Teshigawara become the OPBF Super Bantamweight champion.
The second Japanese fighter to win a world title at 154lbs was Masashi Kudo, a now often forgotten fighter from the 1970's. He was born in 1951 and made his debut in 1973. In just his 6th professional fight he won the Japanese Middleweight title, defeating Nobuyoshi Ozaki, and he would record 8 successful defenses before moving down in weight.
At 154lbs he would defeat Eddie Gazo with a 15 round split decision to win the WBA Light Middleweight title. He would record 3 defenses, two of them by close decision, before losing the belt to Ayub Kalule in 1979. After that loss Kudo retired from boxing.
As a fighter Kudo was technically very limited, but he was a very strong, powerful guy, with a fantastic engine. Prior to turning his hand to boxing he had been a very solid wrestler, and his physical strength from wrestling likely helped him have his success in the boxing ring. If we're being honest he was an over-achiever to say the least, but a very tough guy.
The third, and most recent, Japanese fighter to win a world title at 154lbs was Tadashi Mihara. He was born in 1955 and debuted soon after his 23rd birthday, in 1978. He raced away to the OPBF title, winning that in just his 5th bout, and made 6 defenses before making his US debut.
On his US debut he stopped Ramon Dionisio, as part of the under-card to Sugar Ray Leonard Vs Ayub Kalule, which was for the WBA Light Middleweight title. Leonard, who beat Kalule, vacated the title and Mihard would then return to the US to face Rocky Fratto for the vacant title. Mihara would narrowly defeat Fratto to become the WBA champion, but his reign was short lived and he would lose the title less than 3 months later, wheen Davey Moore beat him.
Despite the loss to Moore Mihara would continue to fight, and would claim the Japanese title which he defended 5 times, before ending his career in 1985.
Interestingly Mihara is the only one of these men to have won the title on American soil, something Inoue will be looking to do, he was also unbeaten in 14 when he won the title, Inoue is currently 13-0-1. One final coincidence is that Munguia (34-0) and Fratto (24-0) were both unbeaten.


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turned her head to gaze.
"Aloha Purple Sky in a Basket"
I love the name of these flowers, the scientific name is Calibrachoa.
fell into place without any fuss.
thoughts and had to paint it. Sometimes remembering what I have seen before.
would do some more of them.
beginning to the end but that's what makes it so much fun.
progression as the the brush hits the canvas.
Is it Ok? Or am I really asking, am I OK?
to give to me. Love the color.
I examine them carefully to see which one strikes me the most.
It's hard because there are so many choices.
This old vintage sink must have many memories.
lemon casting a striking reflection on the table and on the bowl.
taken. This one here seemed to love it.


Jori Lehtera (15) is checked by Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Haydn Fleury (4) during the second period at Wells Fargo Center.
A busy week for the Philadelphia Flyers got even noisier with news out of Finland that a cottage owned by forward Jori Lehtera had been raided over the summer in connection with a suspected cocaine ring investigation.
According to TMZ Sports, Lehtera has denied any involvement in the suspected cocaine ring, no charges have been field against him, and the 30-year-old Finnish skater was not at the cottage when it was raided.
Seven people already have been arrested in connection to the suspected drug dealing ring, according to TMZ.
Flyers general manager Ron Hextall released a statement Wednesday addressing the reports from Finland.
The Flyers traded for Lehtera in the Brayden Schenn deal in 2017. Lehtera played in 62 games last year for the Flyers, scoring three goals and five assists and recording 14 penalty minutes. He's in the final year of his contract.


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Condé Nast's 61-year-old brand has made a big play for younger consumers. The magazine introduced a vibrant new design aesthetic, increased its focus on fresh, easy recipes, and drew acclaim for its March "Generation Next" issue, which featured second-generation American chefs. The rejuvenation effort (along with two new sub-brands, Healthyish and Basically) is paying off: between 2016 and 2017, Bon App's millennial audience grew by 13 percent. —S.M.
Hottest Sports/Automotive Magazine
With more than 100 million readers across print, desktop and mobile, ESPN The Magazine claims the largest cross-platform audience of any magazine brand by a mile—runner-up People lags by more than 22 million—and boasts 2.1 million paid print subscribers, up nearly 5 percent YOY. Unique sports coverage sheds light on politics, society and culture and continues to drive the conversation across all of ESPN. It's also banking on a big 2018 as it celebrates its 20th anniversary as well as the 10th edition of its always-popular annual Body Issue. —A.J. Katz
Hottest Men's Magazine
GQ is having a sharp 2017. With its buzzy covers (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Chance The Rapper, LeBron James) and influential stories (including features on North Korea, Mike Pence, Corey Lewandowski and Charleston shooter Dylann Roof), the periodical has seen its total audience grow 16 percent YOY to 17.2 million. The magazine is also up 19 percent in non-endemic revenue categories, including finance and spirits. —A.K.
Hottest Thought Leader
The New Yorker stands out for its enduring ability to produce the kind of deep-dive magazine journalism that few outlets can match. Blockbuster pieces on North Korea, the Trump administration's Russian ties and more have made it more of a must-read than ever, helping to grow print and digital readership to 5.5 million (up 24 percent YOY), adding 545,000 new subscribers since last November, drawing 20,000 people to the annual New Yorker Festival and increasing ad revenue 12 percent in the first half of the year. —E.B.
Hottest Lifestyle Magazine
Proving that an old-school luxury mag doesn't have to be stodgy, Town & Country continues to draw in readers (and advertisers) by providing smart cultural commentary and lifestyle coverage—all with an eye on the next generation of tastemakers, business leaders and artists. The title's cross-platform audience is up an impressive 28 percent YOY, while the recent October issue boasted the magazine's largest portfolio of advertising in 17 years. This year also saw the introduction of Downtown & Country, a Cadillac-sponsored content series aimed at the magazine's millennial readers. —E.B.
Hottest Business Magazine
Fortune has a new look and a new logo—just the 10th redesign for the 88-year-old magazine. Like other Time Inc. titles, it will cut its frequency (from 16 to 12) in 2018. Still, Fortune is striking gold in print (magazine audience is up 12 percent YOY) and on the web, with traffic pacing ahead of 2016 by 16 percent. Its conference business is booming and, along with Barclays, it has launched a new stock market index based on its iconic Fortune 500 list. —Chris Ariens
Hottest Travel Magazine
Time Inc.'s monthly guide to leisurely pursuits is seeing robust growth: as of August, T+L's print audience was up 11 percent to 6.7 million, while its website drew 6.2 million unique visitors, up 29 percent from last August's 4.8 million. T+L this year saw its first-ever flip cover—with opposite sides devoted to Europe and Asia, showcasing the latter's growing importance to the global traveler. —C.A.
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HGTV Magazine
Since hitting newsstands five years ago, HGTV Magazine has been a resounding success. Its affordable, DIY approach has made it a hit with the younger crowd and helped grow its overall audience 10 percent YOY to 9.8 million. The magazine really stands out in the branded content arena, producing three interactive sponsored covers (with Sherwin-Williams and Behr) in 2017, along with high-impact native print units with brands like 3M. —E.B.
Hottest Celebrity/Entertainment Magazine
The go-to source for pop-filled news and celebrity disclosures is as hot as ever as it approaches its 44th birthday. People has an unduplicated monthly audience of 70 million across print, desktop, tablet and mobile. People.com sees 35.6 million monthly uniques with millennials making up 42 percent of the audience. Its year-old streaming network PeopleTV (formerly PEN) has racked up more than 100 million viewers across its platforms this year. —C.A.
Hottest Wellness/Fitness Magazine
Rodale's female-targeted fitness brand is engaging with readers across numerous platforms, from print (audience is up 12 percent YOY) to digital to social to live events (like the Macy's-sponsored Run 10 Feed 10 meet-ups across the country) and even their pantries (thanks to a partnership with Planters nuts). Native campaigns with advertisers like Nordstrom and Jockey are helping fuel the brand's sixth consecutive year of growth. —E.B.
Hottest Women's Magazine
O, The Oprah Magazine
Plenty of women's titles offer branded events, but O, The Oprah Magazine took the concept to a new level this year with the ultimate reader experience: a seven-day Alaskan cruise featuring Oprah herself. The multiplatform deal with Holland America, which will put O-themed programming on more than 300 cruises, is just one of the mag's brand partnerships, like a Talbots capsule collection, curated "Favorite Things" and L'Oréal-sponsored "Beauty O-Wards" shops on Amazon and even an Alexa skill. —E.B.
Hottest Newcomer
The Magnolia Journal
Meredith's year-old Magnolia Journal, based on HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia brand, puts a fresh spin on the lifestyle trend. With its heavy paper stock and rustic-chic aesthetic, the quarterly feels like an indie mag. Its initial 400,000 print run sold out (200,000 more had to be ordered) and with its Spring 2018 issue, the magazine will raise its rate base to 1.2 million. —E.B.
Hottest Fashion Magazine
Under the watchful eye of editor in chief (and Condé Nast artistic director) Anna Wintour, the legendary fashion bible is pulling out all the stops to celebrate its 125th anniversary, launching product collaborations with the hottest labels (Hood by Air, Comme des Garçons), running four separate September covers (created by Annie Leibovitz, John Currin and others) and hosting a daylong conference in New York (speakers included designer Stella McCartney and Instagram's Kevin Systrom). Thanks to insightful content across numerous platforms, its audience is continuing to grow, hitting nearly 12 million in August. —E.B.
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Hover Car Racer Books
Hover Car Racer is a series of Science Fiction/Action/Sports novels written by best-selling Australian novelist Matthew Reilly. The series was originally released as a free fortnightly online serial, but Pan MacMillan later published it in 2004. The series is about Hover Car Racing according to the novels is a sport developed during the early 21st century.
Order of Hover Car Racer Series
1 Hover Car Racer 2004 Description / Buy
2 Crash Course 2005 Description / Buy
3 Full Throttle 2006 Description / Buy
4 Photo Finish 2007 Description / Buy
There is a mention of a fictional technology of the Magneto Drive that uses the Earth's magnetic field act against gravity. The Magneto drive technology is used in all modes of transports from cruise liners, buses to cars and a new breed of racing cars believed to have evolved from the Formula 1 cars.
HOVER CAR RACER BOOKS INTO MOVIES
Disney purchased the rights to the film when the series was still only a manuscript, and the screen writing process began almost immediately. However, it is unknown when the movie will start production even though the rights are still with Disney as of 2010. In 2012 it was announced that Dan Harris was working on the film script and the film would be titled Hovercar.
BEST HOVER CAR RACER BOOKS
These are two best books in the Hover Car Racer series by Matthew Reilly, Crash Course (2005) and Photo Finish (2007).
Hover Car Racer: This series features a Jason Chaser, an independent Hover car racer alongside with autistic brother commonly known as "the Bug" are competing in regional races with the hopes of reaching the Pro circuits but have very slim chances of doing so.
During a local competition, Scott Syracuse, a man representing the International Race School is highly impressed with Jason Chaser skills, and despite the damage to Argonaut that places them in the last position, Jason is offered a position at the IRC for the next season. Jason accepts the offer, and he and his adoptive brother find themselves in Tasmania alongside with the best student in the racing world. Jason is paired with Mech Chief Sally McDuff, the man who will look after their pit crew, equipment and Tarantula, a robot that will perform most of the actual pit work. The pit work includes activities such as replacing the compressed gas for steering, changing the magneto drives, and changing the coolant to prevent the magneto drives from overheating and melting.
During the first few races of the competition, Jason is bullied and outclassed both off and on the track by other racers whom all consider him an inferior driver. Furthermore, even for Jason and his teammates, the equipment seems to be against them as they suffer more than a fair share of faulty sub standard coolant, faulty magneto drives and failures on the part of their robot-Tarantula. However, despite this, they begin to rise in their rankings until it all becomes clear that they both have a chance of attaining position 2 of the four top rated racers who are destined to take part in the New York Masters.
Jason and Ariel forge a friendly relationship which eventually becomes sour when Jason is critical after Ariel decides to use her body to gain advantage and become a part of Fabian, a lethal and yet influential pro racer. After Fabian dismisses her, Jason rekindles their relationship, and later the friendship consolidates after Jason overhears Smythe and LeClerq planning on sabotaging Ariel's pit robot and also at the same time admitting to having been the reason for their previous equipment failures.
Jason warns Ariel and the attempt to destroy the pit robot backfires which result in the disruption of the entire power grid thus all the pit robots fail to work. This forces all the racers to perform manual pit stop and due to the previous experience that Jason and Ariel had, they not only win the race but also ensure a place in the New York Masters. The brave Jason also attracts the attention of two individuals, Dido, a charming Italian girl and Umberto Lombardi a billionaire and the owner of Team Lombardi.
Before the New York Master, Jason is involved in a fatal crash which destroys his Hover Racer and most importantly his confidence, but with the help of Bug and Sally, he can regain his nerve. However, is the confidence he gains robust enough to win him the ultimate prize?
Hover Car Racer series by Matthew Reilly is aimed mainly at teenage demographic, and it bears few resemblance to Harry Potter or Orson Scott Card, Enders Games.
What Is The Next Book in The Hover Car Racer Series?
There doesn't seem to be an upcoming book in The Hover Car Racer Series. The newest book is Photo Finish and was released on April, 1st 2007.
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Apple's iWork suite is going to the cloud. Apple will likely add iWork to MobileMe for no additional cost. I believe this is a pre-cursor to a 7"-9" super sized iPod touch (the tablet). iWork on the cloud doesn't add much value as is. But integrated on a tablet sized iPod touch, using iWork on the cloud suddenly becomes a lot more appealing (especially since you will probably have offline access to the documents).


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Developing Ecosystems of Support for Five College Populations
Perhaps the most riveting moment of the Depicting the Ecosystems of Support and Financial Stability for Five College Promise Populations Symposium co-hosted by ETS and College Promise Campaign in Princeton, N.J., was five students sharing their stories of how they were able to attend and complete college, while often having to pause because of the roaring cheers from the audience.
There was Kimberly Lowe Sawyer of the Graduate! Philadelphia program, who talked about how the day she enrolled in college "the only money I had was my car fare and lunch money" and how much she was "intimidated" when terms such as application fees and transcripts came up. Today, she's close to completing her doctorate at Holy Family University.
Just as impressive was Samantha Estes, a combat veteran, who spent six years as a medic saving for college until she had a child which resulted in a drastic cut in her G.I. Bill benefits. Despite having to get a loan to be able to care for her three children, she completed her biology degree from Xavier University at an accelerated rate.
I'm here as a testament, but I'm not the only one. I'm here to say that, if given the chance, nontraditional students and people from challenging backgrounds have more to give.
~ Kimberly Lowe Sawyer
Tia Ryans was a runaway and incarcerated as a teen, but graduated from Rutgers University in May. "Finally being able to take classes in my mid-20s gave me an incentive, a place where I could not run from and it challenged me," she said. Now she is giving back to others as the founder of F.O.R.T.E. (Forcing Out Recidivism Through Education) House. The organization provides healthy living environments for students going from incarceration to postsecondary education.
Sawyer and Estes have not forgotten their roots either. Sawyer's current doctoral research focuses on the validation of nontraditional students. "I'm here as a testament, but I'm not the only one. I'm here to say that, if given the chance, nontraditional students and people from challenging backgrounds have more to give." Estes mentors student veterans.
College Promise programs have been established in more than 300 cities and towns — from Los Angeles to Boston, and from Houston to Kalamazoo. Nationwide, 24 governors and their legislatures have put College Promise programs in place to complement state and federal aid. They seek to increase postsecondary opportunities and attainment goals to enable a well-prepared citizenry for their states.
These conversations are some of the best conversations I've had in five years. What we've done is captured the quests of everyone in an action plan we can execute going forward. We've got every part of the country and every perspective represented.
~ Martha Kanter
Pictured, from left, Efren Lopez, University of California, Santa Cruz; Samantha Estes, Xavier University; Klayre Guzman, San Jose Evergreen Community College District; Tia Ryans, F.O.R.T.E. House; and Kimberly Lowe-Sawyer, Graduate! Philadelphia
Promise experts from the research, practitioner and finance communities worked on papers over the past six months to identify and frame out "Ecosystems of Support for Five College Promise Populations," including traditional-age students (18–24); adult students (25 years and up); DREAMers; student veterans; and incarcerated/formerly incarcerated students. These papers were highlighted at the conference.
Martha Kanter, the Executive Director of the College Promise Campaign, was ecstatic when asked how the conference was going. "These conversations are some of the best conversations I've had in five years. What we've done is captured the quests of everyone in an action plan we can execute going forward. We've got every part of the country and every perspective represented," she said.
In looking back at the conference, ETS Senior Research Scientist Catherine Millett said, "While you see commonalities across populations, we've been able to highlight the important differences as well. If you're looking at students as one big group, you're not looking at what they need to be successful as an individual."
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Brussels (Brussels Morning) After German marines tried to search a Turkish vessel en route to Libya for weapons, Turkey summoned the German, Italian and EU envoys to Ankara, DW reported yesterday, Monday.
The German Sachsen-class frigate "Hamburg" was involved in the controversial search, which, German authorities note, Turkey did not object to initially.
The "Hamburg" conducted the search as part of the EU Naval Force Mediterranean Operation IRINI, aimed at enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya.
Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs insists the search "was conducted without authority and with the use of force." Germany's Ministry of Defence noted that the marines boarded the vessel "Roseline", a container ship, from a helicopter but only after Ankara had failed to respond to a search request.
The Defence Ministry said the decision to search the container ship was made by the IRINI mission command in Rome.
The Ministry stressed that the crew cooperated in the search, that no contraband was found, and that the search was terminated when Turkey eventually responded to the search request by refusing permission.
In June, France, which participates in the IRINI, had reported that one of its frigates was picked out by Turkish naval targeting radar when attempting to approach a Turkish merchant vessel suspected of violating the arms embargo.
The UN imposed the embargo in 2011 after the killing of Muammar Gaddafi left Libya embroiled in civil conflict.
Turkey supports the Tripoli administration and has provided it with personnel and material aid. Ankara claims Germany's participation in the IRINI shows that Berlin is not impartial and that the embargo benefits warlord Khalifa Haftar who enjoys the support of Egypt, Jordan, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
The latest incident could exacerbate and intensify the already strained relations between Turkey and the EU over on-going controversies about Turkey's hydrocarbons prospecting in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean and Ankara's foreign policy regarding Cyprus, Reuters reports.
Turkey has warned that the German naval vessel had violated international law by not waiting for Ankara's permission to board the "Roseline A".
Germany maintains its frigate waited for the reply for hours, and that it was standard practice to consider a lack of reply as implicit permission to proceed. The German authorities are insisting that all procedures were followed.
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South Korean builder Ssangyong E&C has won a KRW70 billion ($62 million) contract from UAE-based wasl Asset Management Group to build a five-star boutique hotel at La Mer beachfront development in Dubai, said a report.
Wasl is a public entity that develops and manages government property assets. It currently owns 14 hotel properties in Dubai and about 25,000 resident and commercial properties. Dusit Thani, Park Hyatt and Le Meridien are just three of the standout Dubai hotels in its portfolio.
As per the deal, Ssangyong E&C will be responsible for the construction of the 156-room Andaz Hotel, a Hyatt brand, designed by VX Studio. Work has already begun on the project and is likely to be completed in 2020, reported Korean business daily Pulse.
The Andaz Hotel will be built in Jumeirah 1, one of the three areas in the coastal residential district of Dubai. Part of the Hyatt chain, the upcoming property will have seven floors above ground and two underground floors and provide 156 rooms, said the report.
Wasl is also building Dubai's first Mandarin Oriental hotel, set to open in Jumeirah by the end of this year, with a second outlet of the brand earmarked for a tower on Sheikh Zayed Road by 2020. The company plans to launch 29 hotels by 2020.
Besides the Dubai project, Ssangyong E&C had also clinched a KRW350 billion deal to build a skyscraper, Oxley Towers, in Malaysia.
The 339-m-tall Oxley Towers will come up at Kuala Lumpur City Centre in the heart of the Malaysian capital as a multi-functional development. It will boast three complexes - each 79, 49, and 29 floors high, said the Pulse report.
The 79-floor complex will be dedicated to So Sofitel luxury hotel, 49-floor complex to Jumeirah tower with hotel rooms and home units, and 29-floor complex to office space, it added.


From magazines and newspapers to ads, websites, album covers, and even mobile phone wallpaper, illustration is a crucial element in visual communication today. With unlimited creative possibilities, illustration is as unbound as imagination itself; whether it's a simple pencil drawing, an ornate airbrushed painting, or a computer-generated image, an illustration speaks the international language of ideas. This comprehensive guide showcases 150 of today's best commercial and editorial illustrators from over 50 countries; each entry highlights examples of recent work and includes the artist's contact information, favorite media, awards, clients, and work philosophy. Look no further for what works and who's who in the world of illustration: it's all here.


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Campanula trachelium 'Bernice'. Tight dense clumps of long stemmed foliage give rise to numerous quite stiff upright stems that are clothed all the way up with a succession of very neat and fully double rich mauve-purple bells. to 60cm. Quite a bit shorter than the parent species.
Tight dense clumps of long stemmed foliage give rise to numerous quite stiff upright stems that are clothed all the way up with a succession of very neat and fully double rich mauve-purple bells. to 60cm. Quite a bit shorter than the parent species.


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A Nightingale Sang in Pollard Square
Singing with Nightingales
by tabithapotts 23rd April 2021
I happened to see an email from Tower Hamlets Council asking residents to contribute to a recording, A Nightingale Sang in Pollard Square, run by Sam Lee of the Nest Collective. Every year Sam Lee records nightingales – which only sing between April and May in the UK – at night with the help of other singers and artists.
I wanted to write something for this performance (which was part of the celebration of St George's Day in the borough) and was inspired by the fairy tale, The Nightingale, written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about an Emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejewelled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
So many of us, including myself, have taken so much comfort from nature, including the birdsong we could suddenly hear, during the pandemic. The story of the nightingale that could heal the dying man is very relevant to us all in these strange times.
I tried to think of a way to retell this old fairy tale while reading about nightingales – which are now on the Red List – and ended up with a different idea: a nightingale in a museum, a holographic representation of the real thing, telling us how it became extinct. We need to save these amazing birds so that we are not left only with mechanical nightingales instead of the real thing.
You can hear my recorded piece just after the beginning of the video, and I'm honoured to be part of this beautiful recording.
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Through the experiences of being a player, caddie or club maker, we offer youth an introduction to the game of golf. At the Maryville Golf Academy, we expose the junior golfer to the values and lessons inherent in the game: etiquette, respect, honesty, perseverance, responsibility, discipline and sportsmanship.


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Q: Index Error: My snake game has an Error that I need help fixing There is a problem in my snake game code and I am asking the community of stack overflow to help me out, there is a error in the update function which is in my class and seems to be coming from the screen update and the dir (direction) variable should still be stop but it still runs the code before I have even pressed the button.
I have tried writing the if function in another way but that still doesn't help.
import tkinter
import random
import time
class snakegame:
    def __init__(self):
        self.delay = 0.1
        self.foodx = random.randint(0, 10)
        self.foody = random.randint(0, 10)
        self.screen = tkinter.Tk()
        self.screen.config(bg='black')
        self.segments = []
        self.dir = 'stop'
        self.game = []
        self.square_list = []
        self.head = head()
        for row in range(10):
            rowList = []
            square_row = []
            for column in range(10):
                rowList.append(0)
            self.game.append(rowList)
            self.square_list.append(square_row)

        for row, rowList in enumerate(self.game):
            for column, columnEntry in enumerate(self.game):
                square = tkinter.Label(self.screen, text='    ', relief='raised')
                square.grid(row=row, column=column)
                square.config(bg='black')
                self.square_list[row].append(square)
        self.square_list[5][5].config(bg='green')
        self.square_list[self.foody][self.foodx].config(bg='red')
        self.screen.bind('w', self.up())
        self.screen.bind('s', self.down())
        self.screen.bind('a', self.left())
        self.screen.bind('d', self.right())
        while True:
            time.sleep(self.delay)
            self.update()
    def up(self):
        if self.dir != 'down':
            self.dir = 'up'
    def down(self):
        if self.dir != 'up':
            self.dir = 'down'
    def left(self):
        if self.dir != 'right':
            self.dir = 'left'
    def right(self):
        if self.dir != 'left':
            self.dir = 'right'
    def update(self):
        if self.head.x == self.foodx and self.head.y == self.foody:
            self.delay -= 0.001
            self.square_list[self.foody][self.foodx].config(bg='black')
            self.foodx = random.randint(0, 9)
            self.foody = random.randint(0, 9)
            self.square_list[self.foody][self.foodx].config(bg='green')
            newsegment = segment(segments[-1].x, segments[-1].y)
            self.segments.append(newsegment)
        if self.dir == 'left':
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='black')
            count = 0
            for segment in self.segments:
                count += 1
                if count == 1:
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = self.head.x
                    segment.y = self.head.y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')
                else:
                    place = count - 1
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = segments[place].x
                    segment.y = segments[place].y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')
            self.head.x -= 1
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='green')
        if self.dir == 'right':
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='black')
            count = 0
            for segment in self.segments:
                count += 1
                if count == 1:
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = self.head.x
                    segment.y = self.head.y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')
                else:
                    place = count - 1
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = segments[place].x
                    segment.y = segments[place].y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')

            self.head.x += 1
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='green')
        if self.dir == 'up':
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='black')
            count = 0
            for segment in self.segments:
                count += 1
                if count == 1:
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = self.head.x
                    segment.y = self.head.y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')
                else:
                    place = count - 1
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = segments[place].x
                    segment.y = segments[place].y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')

            self.head.y += 1
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='green')
        if self.dir == 'down':
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='black')
            count = 0
            for segment in self.segments:
                count += 1
                if count == 1:
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = self.head.x
                    segment.y = self.head.y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')
                else:
                    place = count - 1
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='black')
                    segment.x = segments[place].x
                    segment.y = segments[place].y
                    self.square_list[segment.y][segment.x].config(bg='green')

            self.head.y -= 1
            self.square_list[self.head.y][self.head.x].config(bg='green')
        if self.head.x > 9 or self.head.x < 0 or self.head.y > 9 or self.head.y < 0:
            pass
        for segment in self.segments:
            if self.head.x == segment.x and self.head.y == segment.y:
                pass
class head:
    def __init__(self):
        self.x = self.y = 5

class segment:
    def __init__(self, posx, posy):
        self.x = posx
        self.y = posy

mysnakegame = snakegame()

I should expect the if to not run but I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "snakegame.py", line 149, in <module>
    mysnakegame = snakegame()
  File "snakegame.py", line 31, in __init__
    self.square_list[self.foody][self.foodx].config(bg='red')
IndexError: list index out of range

A: Your first issue is in the following lines:
self.screen.bind('w', self.up())
self.screen.bind('s', self.down())
self.screen.bind('a', self.left())
self.screen.bind('d', self.right())

They should be
self.screen.bind('w', self.up)
self.screen.bind('s', self.down)
self.screen.bind('a', self.left)
self.screen.bind('d', self.right)

You just want to bind such functions, but you are actually calling them. They are then changing the value of self.dir to something else, and that is why you are having such unexpected behavior.

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Коми́ш-Буру́н, також Ками́ш-Буру́н () — мис на крайньому сході Керченського півострова на території Керченської міськради (АРК), на березі Керченської протоки Азовського моря.

Мис являє собою скелясте вапнякове урвище заввишки 12 м. На північ берегова лінія мису переходить у Комиш-Бурунський косу, а також на північний захід розташовані гідротехнічні споруди сточища Чурбаського озера для регуляції водного режиму. Південніше розташований пляж.

Берегова лінія полога. На півдні мису розташоване городище Німфей — античне грецьке місто, відоме з VI століття до н. е.; опорний геодезичний пункт (висотою 24,4 м — максимальна точка місцевості) та, на захід від городища — маяк Нижній Бурунський. Поряд з мисом поклади залізної руди, сированна база Комиш-Бурунського залізорудного комбінату.

Біля мису розташований мікрорайон Керчі Аршинцеве.

Див. також
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	public SendServerPingReplyCmd(ServerPongMessage aPong)
	{
		pong = aPong;
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	public String asString()
	{
		return pong.toString();
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Semper Paratus Arms will be in metro DFW (Haltom City) for the 2 day AR15 Armorer Course. This course is being hosted by the Haltom City Police Dept. TCOLE credit will be given to Texas LE personnel. This course is open enrollment.
I attended this course, on my time/dime for the second time in two years and already looking forward to the next round in the DFW area.
Haltom City PD hosted and made sure all the LE guys were good-to-go with TCOLE training hours.
The classroom was in the training room at Haltom City FD station #1 and the hose-draggers were, as usual, a great bunch of guys.
This AAR by PatrickR from the last Semper Paratus class in DFW is well written and a very accurate review of the course.
TD1 was filled with all the technical info and IG used several examples from his bottomless "Box of Shame" to highlight most issues with the AR.
I ended up with 15 pages of handwritten notes versus 12 from my previous attendance of this course.
At the beginning of TD2, IG asks everybody to discuss their takeaway or "Ah-Ha" from TD1.
For me, it was based on IG's first hand knowledge, experience and several specific examples as well as my own - how the "list" of so-called "tier-1" AR makers is getting shorter when it should be getting longer. I rather enjoyed the follow-on discussion about why and how this is/has happened.
Several guns got some castle nut/staking love, including a couple from so-called "Tier-1" makers (i.e. not properly staked and basically no torque on the Castle Nut).
During the gas tube/carrier key check, several guns (including factory "Tier-1" and homemade) were found to be in need of the TM 9-1005-319-23&P field alignment/adjustment. IG had his TM 9-1005-319-23&P approved gas tube adjustment tool on hand and made sure every rifle that needed it was good to go.
Several of us inquired about the Semper Paratus 1 Day AR15 Advanced Armorer Course as well as the Sionics Weapon Systems AR15 Builders Course.
It was a great course and I cannot recommend it enough.
I also attended this course and echo what Tango Papa says. IG is incredibly knowledgeable and is good at transferring that knowledge and experience to the students in the class. This really is a great course for those interested in "details" maintaining and/or building an AR15. My upper needed a minor adjustment in the gas tube alignment with the TM 9-1005-319-23&P field alignment/adjustment tool (a large screw dirver). Seeing many of these "tricks" first hand and being able to ask follow up questions was an excellent opportunity.


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Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Allegheny College's first chief diversity officer, comes from a family that is committed to higher education. As a third generation college graduate, he has mixed his education between Stillman, a historically Black college in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he earned bachelor's degrees in English, philosophy and religion and then the University of Missouri—Columbia, where he earned a master's degree and doctorate in English. He also taught in China as a Fulbright scholar.
During his 15 years in higher education, Potter has worked as both a professor and administrator. At the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., he served as executive director of institutional diversity and chief diversity officer as well as McNair Scholars Program director. He also received the William Malevich Faculty Leadership Award. In 2008, the St. Paul Foundation awarded him the Facing Race Ambassador Award for his anti-racism work in the Twin Cities.
Among his many accomplishments, Potter was selected as a 2009-2010 American Council on Education fellow. He spent a year at DePaul University in Chicago, an institution that the Princeton Review has ranked as one of the 20 most diverse student populations for six consecutive years.
DePaul's president, the Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, described Potter as a quiet and thoughtful presence, someone who takes the measure of the landscape around him.
"First and foremost, he's a scholar with a very personal commitment to academic quality. A true contributing scholar, he must have three more books in him waiting to be written. And, he has a gift for knowing how to set goals and figure out how to get from here to there," says the Rev. Holtschneider.
Potter has presented more than 60 papers and speeches and has published in scholarly journals and books on such authors as Wallace Thurman, James Baldwin, Essex Hemphill, and E. Lynn Harris. His research concentrates on the relationship between culture and communication as played out in a number of contexts.
"Intellectually, I'm excited that he's here. And, the conversation has to start; otherwise, nothing is going to change. It will be uncomfortable for a time," says Vika Gardner, assistant professor of Islamic Studies.
In order to get a better handle on what individuals in the college community were experiencing, the aid of Rankin and Associates was enlisted. In collaboration with the Climate Steering Committee (CSC) in spring 2009, Rankin led a fact-finding mission to develop a survey tailored to Allegheny's needs. In 2010, the college launched its next strategic plan, Combinations 2020 — diversity promotion being the plan's premier goal.
His boxes hardly unpacked, Potter assumed leadership of the committee. A confidential e-mail account was established where the community could anonymously voice their concerns, and listening sessions were held.
"Lawrence Potter hosted conversations where constituent groups could talk about their experiences at the college. There were negative comments, it was hard to hear, yet he handled it masterfully. He listened, reflected back what he'd heard and created a space where people could express how they felt," says Joe DiChristina, dean of students.
With this information in hand, Potter established a summer working group, the Diversity and Internationalization Implementation Team. The 20-member group is made up of faculty, students, staff and administrators.
Clearly not everyone agrees with what is being done in the name of diversity.
"I support the initiatives. The problem is I can't argue against certain aspects of this without being depicted as a reactionary. I'm concerned that diversity will move from a goal to a dogma," says Bruce Smith, professor of political science.
Other Allegheny stakeholders have different ideas on how to instill diversity.
"We should be politicizing our curriculum rather than making it about us (faculty and students). We could institute non-Western courses that introduce our students to other cultures and languages. Bring in Mariachi bands or Caribbean dance for example, that will entice student interest, which will lead to the need to hire a more diverse faculty," says Ishita Sinha Roi, associate professor of media and cultural studies.
Potter has to navigate those varying opinions with care. "Diversity is relationship building. The tools I used at other schools gave me a foundation. You gain allies through building trust, and trust is a hard thing to get," says Potter.
'Gators not haters'
During his third month on the job, a couple of students blackened their faces as part of a Halloween celebration. A furor erupted. Cherjanet Lenzy, director of diversity affairs, joined with Potter to support students who organized a forum to air their response to the incident.
"Clearly, blackface started out of ignorance. What's a joke to one person can be an offense to another. Racism still exists, but they're trying to make a joke out of it. The only way to battle ignorance is by teaching the history of blackface, that it was used to mock African-American men," says Duane Baptiste, class of '13.
Then another incident rocked the campus. On February 11 the word "faggot" was scrawled on a student's door. Though the college rushed to care and counsel the student who reported the incident, an administrative reply was slow to appear.
President James H. Mullen Jr., who wanted to wait until an investigation had been completed, sent out an official notice on February 23.
According to Jackie Kondrot, associate dean of students and the sexual harassment officer, "The immediate focus of our attention was on the student and students' needs. The community response informed us that we needed to issue a statement. And we learned that a faster response is important."
Then on March 4, "faggot" was once again marked on the same student's door. That day, Joe DiChristina, dean of students, sent out a campus-wide e-mail alerting the community of the act. The e-mail tersely stated that the college does not tolerate any form of harassment, and that it is considered a hate crime in the state of Pennsylvania.
So far, the investigation has yet to uncover those responsible. However, the targeted student has elected to return to Allegheny in the fall.
In April, a rally was held that reiterated Allegheny's statement of community. On the Institutional Diversity, Equity and Access, or IDEA, website students were asked to sign on as "Gators not haters." So far, 470 members of the community have pledged to uphold the college's statement of community.
In a series of moves designed to streamline diversity efforts, Potter co-facilitated revisions to discriminatory harassment and sexual harassment/sexual assault policies and reporting protocols; negotiated the integration of the Committee on Discrimination and Sexual Harassment and the Diversity Gender and Equity Committee into the Council on Diversity and Equity; updated faculty search-materials to enable departments to hire more diverse candidates; and apportioned money for under-represented students to practice research skills during the summer while working on faculty projects.
Potter also has instituted diversity training sessions that will be offered to all incoming freshmen. And, throughout the year, IDEA will offer monthly workshops on social justice, power sharing and diversity.
"Allegheny is going in the right direction. There's going to be a new crop of people who have an appreciation for diversity because that's what they know, that's how they live their lives," says Franklin E. Forts Jr., assistant professor of history.
Three offices that previously reported to the dean of students began reporting to the IDEA office in July. They are the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, the Office of Diversity Affairs, and an office to deal with gender initiatives.
Currently, two searches are in gear. One to fill the position of the assistant or associate director of gender and sexual orientation initiatives, and the other to fill the position of director of diversity. That role has been elevated to assistant dean.
Aside from his administrative load, Potter squeezed in a course in contemporary African-American literature this spring. And, finally, that's what it's all about: educating students.
"Years in the making and here we are," says Eddie Taylor, chairman of the Board of Trustees. "We have met the charge from a strategic standpoint, and hopefully the outcome will make everyone proud."
Editor's Note: R.F. Levine often writes on social and environmental issues and was formerly an adjunct faculty member at Allegheny College in 2004. Her partner, Daniel Crozier, is a theater professor at Allegheny College.
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On March 23, in a specially-convened session, the North Carolina legislation passed into law HB2, a law that was initiated to strike down a Charlotte anti-discrimination ordinance that was set to go into effect April 1 and would have extended rights to the LGBT community.
Since HB2 has been signed into law, North Carolina has been met with backlash from the business community, legal challenges from LGBT rights groups and outrage from citizens throughout the United States.
When North Carolina and other legislators pass anti-LGBT laws and speak anti-LGBT rhetoric, they are sending a direct message to our LGBT family that they are somehow less than, broken, and not equal under the law. These messages reflect why suicide rates among the LGBT community are so high. It's estimated that half of transgender people contemplate suicide.
In response to North Carolina passing of HB2, Planting Peace has constructed a message to North Carolina legislators and the anti-LGBT movement.
Our billboard is a reminder that laws such as HB2 move us backwards in the movement for equality and fundamental human rights for all. It is also meant to show the LGBT community and North Carolina that advocacy groups such as Planting Peace and others are willing to fight.
We have to meet hate with love; intolerance with compassion. To deny any individual basic human rights based on your individual beliefs is outrageous and unethical.
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I would be one of those joining those summer travelers—not this weekend though.


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Tip: Your Hatred of the Smith Machine is Dumb
Pro bodybuilders, hot fitness chicks, strongmen, and even powerlifters sometimes use the Smith machine. Here's why.
by Paul Carter | February 14, 2018 July 19, 2022
Tags Bodybuilding, Powerlifting & Strength, Tips, Training
Some guys, especially those who like to define themselves as "hardcore" or "a serious lifter," have an irrational hatred of the Smith machine. Most women are either in favor of it or indifferent to it. And many top male bodybuilders love it. Even some strong-as-hell powerlifters use it for certain accessory lifts.
But there are a ton of guys who are outraged that the Smith machine even takes up space in the gym. And the arguments against it usually come back to, "It removes the stabilizing muscles involved in the barbell equivalent movement."
But what if that's the whole point? What if you need to train around an injury that you're rehabbing and the Smith machine allows you to get in a position you can't get in with a barbell? With a Smith machine, you could still train pain-free and stimulate muscle growth.
But if your ego is so huge that you can't be seen in a Smith machine, then you're only hurting yourself. And that degree of insecurity is what makes you a little bitch.
Oh look, here's powerlifting master coach Dave Tate using a Smith machine, but you're more hardcore than him, right?
What if you have levers that make certain barbell movements inefficient at building certain musculature, and the Smith machine enables you to hypertrophy that area? Dorian Yates was a thinking-man's bodybuilder, and he found that Smith machine squats were superior than barbell squats for his body type. He did okay as a bodybuilder.
Need another example? Zydrunas Savickas has done well as a strongman competitor and routinely uses the Smith machine to build his overhead press.
Labeling the Smith machine "worthless" is like labeling all of Canada worthless because they gave us Nickelback and Justin Bieber. Okay, those are pretty good reasons, but you get the idea.
Now, if you're ONLY using the Smith machine, then yes, your stabilizers won't get the same degree of work that they'd get with a barbell. But most people don't just do Smith machine work, either. Most people who approach training with even an ounce of intelligence use a variety of movements – with and without machines.
The Smith machine, like almost everything in the gym, is neither good nor bad. It's how you apply it for your goals that ultimately makes it a good or bad choice in your training.
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import javax.validation.constraints.Email;
import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;

import com.hack23.cia.service.api.action.common.AbstractRequest;

/**
 * The Class SendEmailRequest.
 */
public final class SendEmailRequest extends AbstractRequest {

	/** The Constant serialVersionUID. */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/** The session id. */
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	private String sessionId;

	/** The email. */
	@Email
	private String email;

	/** The subject. */
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	private String subject;

	/** The content. */
	@NotNull
	private String content;

	/**
	 * Instantiates a new send email request.
	 */
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		super();
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the session id.
	 *
	 * @return the session id
	 */
	public String getSessionId() {
		return sessionId;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the session id.
	 *
	 * @param sessionId
	 *            the new session id
	 */
	public void setSessionId(final String sessionId) {
		this.sessionId = sessionId;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the email.
	 *
	 * @return the email
	 */
	public String getEmail() {
		return email;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the email.
	 *
	 * @param email
	 *            the new email
	 */
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		this.email = email;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the subject.
	 *
	 * @return the subject
	 */
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		return subject;
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	 * Sets the subject.
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	 *            the new subject
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		this.subject = subject;
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	 * Gets the content.
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		return content;
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GRAND RAPIDS — A West Michigan investment firm focused on the agricultural industry has acquired its second seed company in the last nine months.
Greenville-based Tillerman Seeds LLC closed last week on a deal to acquire Legacy Seeds Inc., a producer of alfalfa, corn, wheat and soybean seeds in Scandinavia, Wis., executives confirmed to MiBiz.
The transaction included Legacy Seeds' assets and real estate, as well as operations in Nampa, Idaho. With the deal, Tillerman Seeds builds on its acquisition last October of Dansville, Mich.-based DF Seeds LLC. The investment firm said the combined operations generate nearly $40 million in annual revenues and supply more than 800 farms in Michigan, Wisconsin and Idaho with seeds tailored to local microclimates.
The firm was drawn to the deal because Legacy shared a similar culture to DF Seeds, one that Tillerman Seeds wants to foster across its operations, according to executives.
The Grand Rapids-based investment banking firm Tillerman & Co. helped with capital formation for the deal and will serve in a financial management role for Tillerman Seeds until it hires a permanent CFO.
With the investment, Legacy Seeds was able to buy out founder Steve Jensen and minority partner Tyler Lee. CEO Bruce Ceranske will continue to lead Legacy Seeds, and remains an owner in the company.
According to Lenio, Ceranske wanted to avoid leveraging the company to complete the buyout, leading him to partner with Tillerman Seeds.
Horizon Bank provided senior debt financing to Tillerman Seeds for the transaction, while Effingham, Ill.-based private equity firm Open Prairie Ventures provided subordinated debt financing. The Grand Rapids office of law firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP advised Tillerman Seeds on the deal.
According to Sheppard, the addition of Legacy Seeds will create new opportunities to cross-pollinate seeds and collaborate on research and development with DF Seeds. As well, he cited Legacy Seeds' alfalfa breeding operations as "one of the best out there, if not the best," and noted that 30 percent of the company's business comes from popular non-GMO seed lines.
After what Lenio described as "a long process" to close the deal for Legacy Seeds, Tillerman Seeds will now look to grow organically and through other acquisitions.
"We are very excited that we've positioned this company now for some pretty substantial growth over the next two to three years," he said, noting some of the mega deals in the agricultural industry could also play in Tillerman Seeds' favor.


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Q: What are some sufficient conditions that guarantee a fixed point for functions from the plane to the plane? Motivation: Continuous functions $f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ that are periodic have a fixed point.$^1$ This does not extend to the plane as $F: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2$ defined by the rule,
$$ F(x,y) = (\cos(x),y+1)$$
is a real-analytic function that is periodic and has no fixed points. One can restrict to entire functions to guarantee a fixed point. That is, if $f: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}$ is entire and periodic, then $f$ has a fixed point.$^2$
What are some different or weaker conditions than holomorphicity one can give that guarantees a fixed point for functions from the plane to the plane?
Proof of claim 1: Fix $f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ continuous with period $c\in \mathbb{R}\setminus \left\{0\right\}$. Consider $g: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ defined by the rule
$$g(x) = f(x) - x.$$
We see that there exists $n,k\in \mathbb{Z}$ distinct such that
$$g(nc) = f(nc) - nc = f(0) - nc < 0 \text{ and } g(kc) = f(kc) - kc = f(0) - kc > 0.$$
By the intermediate value theorem, $f$ has a fixed point.
Proof of claim 2: Fix $f: \mathbb{C}\to\mathbb{C}$ entire with period $c\in \mathbb{C}\setminus\left\{0\right\}$. Suppose for contradiction that there does not exist a fixed point for $f$. It follows that $f(z) \neq z + c$ for any $z$. Consider $g: \mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{C}$ defined by the rule
$$g(z) = f(z) - z.$$
Clearly $g$ is entire and $g\left(z\right) \neq 0$ for any $z$. Moreover, $g \left(z\right) \neq c$ for any $z$. By Picard's little theorem, we have that $g$ is constant. This implies $f$ is not periodic, which is a contradiction.


The cold compress can help lessen the throbbing by reducing inflammation. Go with whichever earache remedy works for you: Washcloth soaked in warm or cool water... If the earache is due to a cold, try using decongestant to help clear nasal passage. Wear earplugs while swimming. If the earache is due to ear infection, take Vitamin C and zinc supplement to boost immune function and promote healing.
When you�re at home, you can easily relief an earache by using a cold or warm compress. If you�re wondering how to go about it, here�s the procedure. Take a hand towel and soak it in cold or warm water then wring it. Next, put the damp towel over the painful ear. If the cold compress doesn�t work, you can try the warm compress to see if it will work out.... Children rarely need antibiotics for coughs, cold, earache and sore throats. These types of infection are usually caused by viruses, which cannot be treated with antibiotics. These types of infection are usually caused by viruses, which cannot be treated with antibiotics.
An earache will continue until the problem causing it goes away or is treated. If the pain is due to a blocked Eustachian tube, an over-the-counter decongestant may help open it up. If the pain is due to a blocked Eustachian tube, an over-the-counter decongestant may help open it up.... An earache that is caused by a cold or allergy can be treated to relieve pain and pressure. An earache caused by an infection within the ear is more serious. It can be treated at home, but it is best to see a doctor because, depending upon the severity, antibiotics may be necessary.
11/06/2015�� The most common cause of earache is a middle ear infection (acute otitis media) that results from an infection in the upper respiratory tract, similar to a cold.