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The Next Generation (TNG)
Favorite Race in Star Trek (Other than Humans?)
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What is your favorite race?
Mine is the Borg. Did you know that the Ferrangi, not the Borg, were originally supposed to be the arch-enemy of the Federation in TNG? They decided othewise because the Ferrangi were not suited to the task, and thats how they came up with the Borg.
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They wanted to make a clean break from the original series and stayed clear of using Klingons and Romulans for quite some time. But they needed a new race of Villains and came up with the Ferengi. In 'The Last Outpost' those Ferengi are very different to the comic foils that we see later, they are quite aggressive and have those electric whips never seen again.
The Borg are great villains, but I think they are not as original as one might think - lots of other scifi has had similar aliens - they owe much to Dr Who's Cybermen. They had a great introduction though. I think 'Best of both Worlds' is still one of the very best episodes, and TNG certainly moved up a notch after that aired.
Star Trek's great forte is it's wealth of alien species, and the great detail and mythos surrounding them. I find it hard to choose one. I role play a Klingon and Cardassian online and I am quite partial to those. The Vulcans are very original too though.
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I like the Borg for sheer evilness, the Ferengi because they are very 80's in their capitalism, and also becasue the scriptwriter obviously thought we'd hate them if they believed their women should be naked and pregnant...
I think, though, Q is my favourite. John De Lancie (sp?) plays Q with such a wonderful straight face, and any time he turns up in an episode he takes over. I always wanted a Q mini series!
I'd have to go with the Romulans. Their intensity gives them great capacity for both villainhood and heroism, and they pretty much have the strengths of any other species but not their weaknesses.
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Species 8472 for me - anything that the Borg can't assimilate is one tough species!
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Eleniel
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I like the Vulcans a lot, and the Klingons. Q is uterly briliant.
Orthodox Herbertarian
Serious answer: The Vulcans. Like many people, I found Spock and his logic to be an inspiration in helping me get through some of life's aggravations. The Vulcans have a rich cultural heritage, and any people who figure out how not to keep killing each other are definitely to be respected.
Frivolous answer: Tribbles and Hortas.
Tribbles, because they're soft and furry and they purr... and they inspired one of the funniest short stories I've ever read (in one of the anthologies) called "The Trouble With Borg Tribbles."
Also, in most surveys dealing with "Which Star Trek episode is your favorite?" or "Name your top 10 favorite Star Trek episodes", the Tribbles always make the list, usually behind "City on the Edge of Forever." There was a time when I could recite most of the whole "Tribbles" script... but although memory fades over time, I doubt I will ever forget the two conversations in the bar, between Scotty and Chekov (regarding the merits of scotch vs. vodka) and Scotty, Korax, and Kirk (regarding the fight and why Scotty started it).
Hortas, because in spite of their social order essentially being like that of hive creatures (one queen who dies after the offspring are ready to begin their lives), they're not mindless drones/workers. Diane Duane's "Rihannsu" series of Star Trek novels takes a look at how it might be for a Horta serving in Starfleet. The Romulan Commander refers to the Horta crewmember (whose name is Naraht) as "Ensign Rock."
Of course, there is always the question of what one should study if one wishes to cultivate any kind of fruit, vegetables, or other plants on Janus VI:
Horta-culture, of course.
Kostmayer
I'd say the Borg, but they lost a lot of their potency in later episodes.
Am gonna go with the Romulans. Big, albeit wholly impractical warships, and loosely based on the Roman empire, one of my fave historical periods.
Chuluun Sarangerel
The Vulcans because of their philosophy.
The Cardassians because they are interesting and complex. I don't agree with their actions at all, but the contrast between their cruelty against their enemies and their quiet family life makes them more 3D than some other races.
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This has to be qualified because, really, I'm not sure how well done the races were in TOS - the Vulcans (not just Spock) probably stood out there. Certain races really blossomed in TNG and later. But, generally, I have to go with Klingons. Prune-juice drinking godslaying starship warriors. Pretty good, pretty neat.
I agree with those who note the Cardassians as being great creations, too, though. And, while I didn't like any of them all that much individually, the cluster of Changelings, Vorta, and Jem Hadar was fascinating. DS9 was excellent with the races relative to the other shows.
Re: Q - I know Q is sort of Q but, really, I think of them as individuals because no other Q was like the Q. As a race, I dunno, though John de Lancie's Q is one of my favorite characters.
Frost Giant
The Angosian super-soldier from The Hunted was good. They really were what the MAKOs were supposed to be on Enterprise. 8472 as well, the detail they went into about their biology was cool, especially their triple helix DNA and the concept of fluidic space.
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It's a tossup between Ferengi and Cardassians for the same reason: contrasting the less-impressive aspects of society with the super-enlightened Federation philosophy makes good drama.
Unless I can pick Soong-type androids. Because if I can, then that is most assuredly my favorite Trek species.
Ensign Shah
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West Yorkshire, England
Love the Betazoids. Always felt empathic myself, but to be telepathic? Wow! Luxwana Troi was a fabulous charachter. Funny, bold but deeply emotional.
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I can understand that. You look a lot like Counsellor Troi.
Vulcans for me. Or Romulans. Nah Vulcans. No, no Romulans. Definitely Romulans. Or maybe Vulcans...
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@Vince W. I am sure that is not true but I am taking it and running with that lovely comparison.
I have met Marina at a convention and she did say that she had to wear contacts to make her eyes dark. The producers felt darker eyes gave a more soulful look. With that in mind I could be part Betazoid.
Of possible interest to John de Lancie fans: He guests on the next episode of The Librarians playing the Devil. Not much of a stretch from "Q."


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Barbara Taylor Welander was the first registered female architect in the State of Iowa.

Welander was one of a very few number of female students at the Iowa State University College of Engineering. She was appointed by the Governor to the Building Code Advisory Council, eventually becoming chairman. She was also on the Architectural Examining Board, becoming chairman of it.

In 1975, Welander was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Women of America.

When Welander enrolled in Iowa State's architecture program in 1962, she was one of eleven women in the freshman class. At the end of the five-year program, she was the only woman.

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PUBS often featured in the pages of newspapers, revealing a fascinating glimpse into the workings and culture of Australian communities and in particular working class men and women. Here are a selection:
PICTURE: MRS. ANNIE SEAL, 85 year-old licensee of the 100-year-old Gasworks Hotel, Brompton, pulls a beer
FOR 44 years she has served beer. In 44 years of serving beer in hotels 85 year-old Mrs. Annie Seal, licensee of the Gasworks Hotel, Brompton, has always been a firm teetotaller. White-haired and slightly stooped, Mrs. Seal is still bright-eyed, active, and possesses quiet a sense of humor. The Gasworks Hotel, in Chief street, Brompton – up to 1863 known as the Brickmakers' Arms – was 100 years old on Tuesday. Mrs. Seal is thought by her son, Mr. Tom Seal, to be the oldest licensee in South Australia. "Tom does most of the work here now," Mrs. Seal said today. "All I do is sign the cheques." "Don't you believe it," her son said. "She still helps out in the bar when I'm busy. And she enjoys it, too." Mrs. Seal first held the licence of Opie's Hotel in Burra in 1907. Opie's has since been de-licensed, and the licence transferred to Booborowie. From Burra she went to the Globe Hotel, Waracoorte. Now the Kancraig Hotel, Naracoorte, has the licence. In 1911, Mrs. Seal returned to Burra and in turn held the licences of the Royal Exchange Hotel, the Kooringa Hotel, and the Royal Exchange again. She left Burra in 1926 to take over the Gasworks Hotel. After a year she left Brompton and took over the Manoora Hotel. She returned to Brompton in 1938 and has been there since. Tuesday being the centenary of the hotel, Mrs. Seal, in the afternoon, entertained the regulars "and probably a few others who sneaked in". With all her hotel experience, Mrs. Seal appeared disappointed with only one thing. She said; wistfully: 'Once or twice, when I was very sick, I had to have a small glass of brandy.'
– The Mail (Adelaide) Saturday 7 April 1951.
MR. HUGH O'DOHERTY sitting in the easy chair presented to him today by 'regulars' of the Bath Hotel, Norwood, on his retirement after 25 years as a barman at the hotel. Seated behind Mr. O'Doherty is Dr. A. Smith, who made the presentation on behalf of the customers. Mr. O'Doherty has been pulling beer for 48 years
CUSTOMERS FAREWELL VETERAN BARMAN – After 48 years of beer pulling, including 40 in SA hotels, a barman at the Bath Hotel on Norwood Parade was presented by his customers with an easy chair on his retirement today. He is Mr. Hugh O'Doherty, 69, who has been serving beer at the Bath Hotel for the past 25 years. He remembers with a sigh the days when he first started as a barman. Beer was four pence a pint then, and customers could get a billy or jug full for sixpence. The beer was better, too, in those days, when hand pumps were used instead of the modern gas pressure beer pumps in use today, he says. According to Hughie, who is a strict soda water man himself, people drink much more heavily now with 6 o'clock closing than in the days when hotels stayed open until 11. He attributes the heavier drinking of the present generation to the larger amount of money they earn. The old-timers drank their beer straight. But the modern man spoils his beer with dashes of raspberry and tomato juice, he says. Since he started as a barman, Hughie has been manager of the Old Sportsman's Hotel in Byron place, Napoleon Hotel in King William street, and proprietor of the Angel Inn, in Gouger street. Now he's retired he says he will spend all his time sitting in his new easy chair. Presents all round Hughie wasn't the only one to get a present today at the Bath Hotel. The kitchen staff gave the proprietoress (Mrs. Killicoat) six cups and saucers. The barmen presented Mr. Killicoat with two ballpoint pens, and Mrs. Killicoat with a box of handkerchiefs. Old customers gave Mrs. Killicoat gloves, stockings, hand kerchiefs, traycioths, and measuring utensils for the kitchen. To round off, Mr. and Mrs. Killicoat gave each barman a cheque. And a good time seems to have been had by all.
– The Mail (Adelaide) Saturday 20 May 1950.
HUNDREDS IN BEER QUEUE – Hundreds queued up out- side a hotel in Leederville from 7 a.m. onwards yester- day to collect a Xmas ration of 6 bottles of beer. Cars and taxies added to the crowd as it waited for the handout. Sale commenced at 10.30 a.m., 400 dozen being sold – The Sunday Times (Perth) Sunday 22 December 1946.
Early-morning queues outside hotels today gave a pointer to Adelaide's end-of-the-month beer shortage. This picture shows the crowd waiting before 9a.m. for one hotel to open. Early-morning queues outside hotels today gave a pointer to Adelaide's end-of-the-month beer shortage. This picture shows the crowd waiting before 9 a.m. for one hotel to open – The Mail (Adelaide) Saturday 27 February 1943.
WHITE ANTS AND BEER – DARWIN'S WHITE ANTS, it was discovered early this week, ace partial to the town's prized beverage — beer. They bored their way into and emptied all but a few of the 80 eighteen-gallon kegs which had been stored in a corrugated iron garage. These pictures show (top) an employee of the unlucky hotel proprietor holding two lumps of congealed beer and wood which fell from the kegs, together with millions of ants, when they were unpacked. Below — Beer being emptied from the ant-riddled barrels after it had been condemned. — By air mail – The Mail (Adelaide) Saturday 3 September 1938.
SO THAT wives will be able to join their husbands in post-match football discussions, former Essendon footballer Ted Rippon has opened a beer-garden at his Melbourne suburban hotel. Old barrels, painted in the colours of every League team are the tables. Rippon hopes to add more barrels soon – painted in the colours of Association teams – The Daily News (Perth, WA) Saturday 14 January 1950.
BEER bowser is latest – BARMAID Joan Naira tries out a novelty – a beer bowser – in a Sydney hotel during last week's Christmas rush. The bowser works similarly to a petrol bowser in a service station – Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) Friday 30 December 1949.
SYDNEY PUBLICAN ANNOUNCES HIS BEER QUOTA – Licensee of the Darling Point Hotel. Edgecliffe, Sydney, Mr. John C. (lirft), chalktng up in his bar details of consumption of this weekly beer quota of 14 18 gallon kegs. 'No one can accuse me of blackmarketing,' he said – Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.) Friday 15 February 1946.
BEER DRUMS ON TRIAL – The Cascade Brewery Co. Ltd. has imported three trial steel drums, now being used on the Mainland for bulk beer. The brewery is investigating how they stand up to cartage, and whether they affect the flavour of beer. The steel drums eventually may replace the barrels made of Tasmanian blackwood, because there is a shortage of wood and coopers. Here Mr. F. G. Natty, cellarman at Hadley's Hotel, Hobart, is tapping one of the drums – The Mercury (Hobart) Friday 16 June 1950
METAL Beer Barrel – The aluminium beer barrel with double skin, which is claimed to be lighter, cleaner, and afford better insulation than the old type of wooden barrel was among the thousands of exhibits which were seen at this year's British Industries Fair Queensland Times (Ipswich) Friday 16 July 1948.
OLD TIME DRINKING – NO SHORTAGE of bottled beer or spirits exists at Bathurst, NSW, as this notice in a local hotel indicates – Queensland Times (Ipswich) Saturday 15 June 1946.
CENTURY – Sam Barlow, of the Salvation Army Home, Balmain, Sydney, was 100 this week. Each day he drinks two glasses of beer at the Royal Park Hotel, Balmain, and on Monday, his birthday, he was guest at an impromptu party birthday cake and all – The Mercury (Hobart) Thursday 19 October 1950.
Brewing beer in Sydney – Evening News Saturday 22 February 1908.
SAILOR Makes Beer Barrels – RECONSTRUCTION TRAINEE – Neil Catt inspects the interior of an 18-gallong beer barrel. A former R.A.N. member, Catt has chosen to become a cooper in civilian life, constructing two barrels a day – The Daily New (Perth) Wednesday 29 January 1947.
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Let's face it: there's high turnover in support staff positions, even in school libraries. Some of our clerks enter the classrooms, others earn an MLS degree and head into their own school library, a few move to the other side of town, and some just can't keep up with the fast pace of an exploring-making-learning-inventing-collaborating-coding-reading-celebrating school library.
No matter why your former clerk resigned, you'll definitely want to be involved in naming the next successful candidate. One way to do that is by articulating to your principal the specific skills and attributes you need in a successful candidate. Let's be honest: sometimes they know, and sometimes they don't.
What characteristics can extend the outreach, and ultimately, the impact of the library? Here's what we prioritize on our list!
Organized: This is a no-brainer. If you're organized, you want to work with someone else who is. If you're not, then you need all the help you can get! As long as we do the Dewey, we are going to need our staff to help us reshelve materials or train students and volunteers to do it. People want and expect to be able to find materials on our shelves; when our staff is organized, our materials have a better chance of being organized. From shelving to seating areas to makerspaces to workrooms, we need support in keeping our busy libraries organized. In addition to being able to keep on top of managing stuff, clerks need to be organized in terms of workflow and knowing how to prioritize tasks. Clerks who can prioritize tasks and check them off the library to-do list are gems!
Flexible and a "yes" mentality: There are days when teachers ask us to do things that compare to back flips; students need us to do things that feel like a roller coaster; and school leaders urge us to risk-taking journeys similar to hiking alone in bear country. On the days when we lack pep in our step, it helps to have a partner in the work who delivers an enthusiastic "yes!" and understands that our work is service to people, not projects. Although we all like some degree of predictability, sometimes we can't imagine what a day in the library will look like. There are limits to what we should ask clerks to do, but they should be willing to step away from the circulation desk and shelving cart and spot us as we attempt back flips; sit next to us on the roller coaster; and ring the bell so that the bears know we are coming. Do students need help finding a book? Does the hallway need an additional adult to supervise? Would s/he even be comfortable leading story time every once in a while? Someone who is confident taking on different responsibilities and being comfortable with unpredictability is the clerk you're looking for.
Life-long learner: If library work can be summarized in any one word, it may be evolution. We need someone who is not only open-to-change, but also someone who asks us why we do the things we do and challenges us to explore innovative solutions and ideas. All library employees should model the behavior of curiosity and risk-taking that we want to see in our students.
Professional and discreet: It's so important that librarians are able to work with every single teacher and every single student in the building. When our staff is unaffiliated with cliques, they are less likely to come in with stereotypes, gossip, or grudges. They are also less likely to share what "they" think is appropriate for children based on what they allow in their house. It's a library, folks, not a time to share personal inclinations to censor. The library is often the place where teachers and staff come to vent their frustrations, and the clerk might end up on the receiving end of this. They need to be able to listen to teachers without spreading gossip and starting drama. It's important that everyone (including teachers) feel that the library is a safe space, which means that all the library staff members are professional and maintain confidentiality.
Understands the role: Nothing will ruin a professional relationship faster than a power struggle! One way to avoid this is to hire a clerk who genuinely wants to be in a support position. Some people are happy to not have to make big decisions, take on weighty responsibilities, and work weekends . . . and these are the people who will make successful clerks.
Reflective: Schön argues that reflection IN action and reflection ON action are the most important factors in top performers. When our staff engage with us in reflective practices, our programs mature and grow strong roots in the school culture.
Has (or can acquire) marketing, social media, and technology skills: When our staff understands that we are "selling" literacy skills and "pushing" resources, our program is more successful. Look for a candidate who can design and implement marketing strategies (displays, bulletin boards, Twitter, etc.) that wow teachers and convince students to try a new resource. There will be days when you have news/videos/content you want to feature, but you just don't have time to log in and and post. When your staff have these skills, your message gets delivered faster. Our interaction with technology goes far beyond our circulation systems. We need clerical support who can troubleshoot GarageBand and delete frames on iMovie and even mentor students on analog technologies like cutting saws.
Complementary skills: We've heard people say that they want to hire staff that feels like "family," but finding folks like us doesn't necessarily grow our programs. When you find a candidate with complementary skills, they help build the breadth of what the library can offer to your school community.
Loves working with students: You still occasionally meet people who want to work in a library because they love to read. Sure, a love of literature is vital, but educating students is why we're here and that should be the potential clerk's first priority. They also need to believe that every student has the right to read, the right to privacy, and the right to access information. We're here in the service of people, not stuff.
What skills, abilities, and attributes are at the top of your list? Please share the qualities that your best library clerk embodies as we support each other in our next hires.


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Rock, No Roll, Gentoo Penguin Nest-Building Habits: Antarctica Explored, A Photo A Day
A Gentoo penguin carries a pebble for nest-building. © 2014 Avid Travel Media Inc.
Gentoo penguins, like the one pictured here, are ground-nesting birds. It's fun to watch the waddlers at work, gathering stones for their nests. You'll see plenty of them, and plenty of them at work, on an Antarctic voyage.
A Gentoo couple, which often forms long-lasting bonds, is highly nurturing. At breeding time, for example, both parents will work to build an oval mound from stones, grass, moss, and feathers, a nest on which both parents take turns incubating eggs for more than a month. Eggs left unattended run the risk of being pilfered by Skuas, a scavenger bird. After the eggs hatch, chicks remain in the nest for up to a month, and the parents alternate foraging and brooding duties. According to National Geographic, an adult gentoo penguin makes as many as 450 dives a day foraging for food. Those amusing penguins: They're always up to something.
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Anja Meyer
Dipl. Arch.
ETHZ SIA SWB
*1977, grew up in Klosters, studied – after the preliminary course – at the Schule für Gestaltung in Zürich, and studied architecture at the ETH Zürich in1998-2004. She worked in Chur, Glasgow, and Zürich, and has had it in architecture practice jointly with Judith Gessler since 2006, and as the collective AMJGS since 2012. She is a member of the managing board of the Zürich chapter of the Swiss Werkbund (SWB), and hence a member of the governing board
Roland Züger
Dipl. Ing. Architekt HTL
*1975, grew up in Schübelbach and studied architecture in Winterthur and Berlin. He worked in architectural practices in Zürich, Vienna, and Berlin, and founded his own design studio in Dresden in 2006, which he operates today with Florian Kessel in Berlin and Zürich. Since 2007, he has taught at the ZHAW Winterthur, and beginning in 2011, has also worked as an editor werk, bauen + wohnen.
Claudia Cattaneo
Lic. Phil. I
*1947, grew up in Schaffhausen. Concluded her studies at Zürich University in 1978 in anthropology and art history. 1981-1997, headed the department School and Museum at the Pesta-
lozzianum Zürich, and relaunched the Winterthur Gewerbemuseum as co-director beginning in 1998. Since 2011, she has realized numerous exhibitions and events there. Until 2011: member of the Eidgennössische Design-kommission.
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Interior architect VSI/SWB
*1938, grew up in Riehen. After studies as an interior architect at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich (today the University of the Arts) she worked as an exhibition organizer and specialized journalist in Switzerland and abroad. Up until 2001, she headed an interior architecture practice in Zürich. In 1980-2003, she taught at the architecture department of the ZHAW in Winterthur. In 2008-2014, she was a member of the governing board of the Swiss Werkbund (SWB).


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Q: How to add columns to a dataframe through lapply There are few issues I have encountered need help:
so I have a tsvfile like this
intermediate.tsv
experiment control   par1 par2 par3
1          a_control  1    11   21
1          b_control  5    12   21
2          a_control  2    11   50
2          b_control  3    13   31
3          a_control  4    11   35
3          b_control  2    11   35

I read the tsvfile like this:
tsvfiles<- read.csv2('/path_location/intermediate.tsv', header=T, sep = '\t', stringsAsFactors = F)

convert the value to numeric
for(i in 3:ncol(tsvfiles)) {
  tsvfiles[,i] <- as.numeric(tsvfiles[, i])
}

I realize when I am calling tsvfiles$control, I am only getting 'a', or 'b', which is not big deal but if someone can help me correcting that will be great
Since I just want to call par* column header, I set up a col variable
cols <- names(tsvfiles)[!names(tsvfiles) %in% c('experiment', 'control')]

Then, I want my first column to be like this:
final_data<- c('Description', 'a_control Mean', 'a_control sd',  'b_control Mean', 'b_control sd', 'plot')

And create a function
generate_table<-function(data, col){

  a_mean = mean(data[[col]][tsvfiles$control == "a"])
  b_mean = mean(data[[col]][tsvfiles$control == "b"])
  a_sd = sd(data[[col]][tsvfiles$control == "a"])
  b_sd = sd(data[[col]][tsvfiles$control == "b"])

  p1 <- ggplot(data, aes(x=control, y= !!sym(col), color = control)) +
    geom_violin() + geom_boxplot(width = 0.1)  +
    geom_jitter(shape = 16, colour = "black", alpha = 0.5, width = 0.2) +
    scale_x_discrete(limits = rev(levels(as.factor(data$control)))) +
    coord_flip()
  column <- c(col, a_mean, a_sd, b_mean, b_sd)
  return(column)
}

when I do lapply
lapply(cols, generate_table, data=tsvfiles)

I get each of this
"par1"            "1.15285714285714"   "0.0543270519302177" "1.2055"             "0.0730879066964102"
"par2"            "11.15285714285714"   "1.0543270519302177" "12.2055"             "3.0730879066964102"
"par3"            "31.15285714285714"   "5.0543270519302177" "21.2055"             "2.0730879066964102"

Now here is the real question
how do I apply the output from lapply and add it to the final_data like this
Description     par1                par2               par3
a_mean     1.15285714285714   11.15285714285714   31.15285714285714
a_sd       0.0543270519302177 1.0543270519302177  5.0543270519302177
b_mean     1.2055             12.2055             21.2055
b_sd       0.0730879066964102 3.0730879066964102  2.0730879066964102

This is before without even having a plot row
I tried
final_data = cbind(final_data , lapply(cols, generate_table, data=tsvfiles))

and I can't get get final_data to have all the column from the function,
Thank you

A: Avoid looping with lapply and consider aggregate after reshaping your wide data to long format with reshape. Long or tidy data is usually the preferred format in most data analytics facilitating aggregation, merge, append processes and plotting and modeling needs. Also, avoiding iteratively running plots and consider facet_wrap on needed dimension.
# RESHAPE WIDE TO LONG
tsv_long_df <- reshape(tsvfiles, varying = names(tsvfiles)[3:ncol(tsvfiles)],
                       times = names(tsvfiles)[3:ncol(tsvfiles)],
                       v.names = "value", timevar = "par", ids = NULL,
                       new.row.names = 1:1E4, direction = "long")
head(tsv_long_df)
#   experiment   control  par value
# 1          1 a_control par1     1
# 2          1 b_control par1     5
# 3          2 a_control par1     2
# 4          2 b_control par1     3
# 5          3 a_control par1     4
# 6          3 b_control par1     2

# AGGREGATE WITH MERGE FOR BOTH CONTROLS
agg_raw <- merge(aggregate(value ~ par, subset(tsv_long_df, control == "a_control"),
                           FUN=function(x) c(mean=mean(x), sd=sd(x))),
                 aggregate(value ~ par, subset(tsv_long_df, control == "b_control"),
                           FUN=function(x) c(mean=mean(x), sd=sd(x))),
                 by="par", suffixes=c("_a", "_b"))

agg_df <- do.call(data.frame, agg_raw)

Output
# DATA FRAME
agg_df <- setNames(agg_df, gsub("value_", "", names(agg_df)))
agg_df
#    par    a.mean      a.sd    b.mean      b.sd
# 1 par1  2.333333  1.527525  3.333333  1.527525
# 2 par2 11.000000  0.000000 12.000000  1.000000
# 3 par3 35.333333 14.502873 29.000000  7.211103

# MATRIX (TRANSPOSED FROM ABOVE)
agg_mat <- setNames(data.frame(t(agg_df[-1])), agg_df$par)
agg_mat
#            par1 par2      par3
# a.mean 2.333333   11 35.333333
# a.sd   1.527525    0 14.502873
# b.mean 3.333333   12 29.000000
# b.sd   1.527525    1  7.211103

Online Demo (using posted data)

Plot (one call using long data with facet_wrap)
ggplot(tsv_long_df, aes(x=control, y=value, color = control)) +
  geom_violin() + geom_boxplot(width = 0.1)  +
  geom_jitter(shape = 16, colour = "black", alpha = 0.5, width = 0.2) +
  coord_flip() + facet_wrap(~par, ncol=1)

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The Types of Board Games Everyone Should Know About
April 17, 2018 by Happy Strategerist in Resource Page
"You should come over for game night; I've got a great new Social Deduction/Area Control RPG with added Deck Building and Worker Placement mechanics. But with a bit of a Commodity Speculation twist. You'll love it!"
We are lucky enough to live in The Golden Age of Board Games, which are Trendier Than Ever. Whatever type of game you're looking for, there's something fun and creative out there for you. There are probably dozens or even hundreds of new games vying for your attention in any given category.
It can get a bit overwhelming, especially when trying to describe a game to a friend. Was it an Area Control Game or an Area Enclosure Game? What's the difference between a Deck Building Game and a Card Collecting Game, anyway? The lines can get blurry, to say the least.
It's easy to divide and sub-divide these categories to an incredibly detailed level of nuance. Some people separate Game Mechanics from Game Themes or Categories, and there are valid reasons to do that. Not in this list.
Here at Nonstop Tabletop, we like simplicity. That's why we're providing you with the definitive list of the types of board games that all tabletop players should be familiar with. No fat, no filler, just a distilled list of the major board game categories.
What Are The Major Board Game Types?
These are the definitive Ten Types of Board Games Everyone Should Know. Get ready to argue over why we're wrong!
Roll and Move Games
You'll need beer to get through most Roll and Move games.
Roll and Move Games involve rolling dice (or spinning a wheel or drawing cards) to determine the number of spaces you may move in a primarily linear direction. Players may be racing from a start point to a finish line or moving to control resources. Either way, what you roll plays a large role in whether you win or lose.
Think the majority of the "Classic" Board Games: Monopoly, Clue, Sorry!, Candyland, The Game of Life (shudder). This type of game has fallen out of favor in a major way in recent years, in large part due to luck playing a much larger role than strategy. Though there are still some excellent recent examples of this category, such as Camel Up or The Magic Labyrinth, think of this one as the silent film of the Board Gaming world: it may be fun to revisit from time to time, but times have changed and overall quality has simply improved.
Who Will Love Roll and Move Games
Mainly non-gamers who remember these games fondly from childhood. They can still be great early Gateway Games for kids, as the heavy reliance on luck means that they always have a chance to win without adults pulling any punches. See Should I Let My Kid Win At Board Games? for more insight on this issue.
Notable Roll and Move Games
Monopoly, The Game of Life, Clue, Candyland, Sorry!, Camel Up, The Magic Labyrinth, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Zombies!!!, Talisman.
Worker Placement Games
Toil! Toil my pretties!
Think of this one as a slower and more strategic game of musical chairs. There are only so many spaces out there, and you need to get to yours before someone else does. Except you're not the one jumping into the chair, you're sending a dedicated worker, toiling away to help you accomplish your objectives, and instead of a chair, it's usually a territory on a board.
In Agricola, for example, players take turns placing their family members on action spaces in an attempt to grow more food, raise more animals and generally acquire more resources than their competitors. Getting to the prime real estate results in choking your competition off, leading to some strategic blocking.
It's a result of this strategic blocking that Worker Placement Games can get quite competitive and heated. This is definitely a style that could set off one of the Ten Types of People Who Ruin Game Night.
Who Will Love Worker Placement Games
Middle management.
Notable Worker Placement Games
Agricola, Keydom, Stone Age, Lords of Waterdeep, Caverna: The Cave Farmers, Mint Works, Le Harve, Cytosis, Raiders of the North Sea, Viticulture, Charterstone.
In stark contrast to the cutthroat dynamics of Worker Placement Games, Cooperative Board Games are all about teamwork. Everyone works together as a team and either wins or loses; it's that simple.
As we outlined in our Definitive Guide to Cooperative Games, though there were early examples of Cooperative Games such as Arkham Horror and Lord of the Rings, it was really Pandemic which skyrocketed this tabletop category into the mainstream.
In Pandemic and most of its many spinoffs, players work together to save the world from a series of deadly diseases that threaten to destroy the world. Each character has a unique role and skill set, and it takes every ounce of of coordination you can muster to avoid an extinction-level-event from destroying the human population.
Who Will Love Cooperative Board Games
Non-competitive types. This is the game category for the enthusiastic optimists of the group and highly social players. There can be some lively debates on what course of action to take, so influence and persuasion play a definite role. Watch out for the State Debate champion of 1998 attempting to relive his glory days.
Notable Cooperative Board Games
Pandemic, Forbidden Island, Forbidden Desert, Lord of the Rings, Arkham Horror, Mole Rats in Space, Mysterium, Spirit Island.
I told Bob "You should see the deck I'm building." He started talking about tools and stains and I realized how ill-equipped I am for real life. Oh well, more board games!
Invented and popularized by Dominion and it's endless stream of expansions, Deck Building Games have players start with a set number of cards (or resources) that grow, change and upgrade through the course of the game.
Buried within these decks is usually a reusable currency that can be used to purchase additional, more powerful cards. Players focus on building and optimizing their deck to gain maximum value and utility out of each hand. This process is known as Engine Building.
Games typically move briskly and have a pleasant sense of acceleration and achievement as play progresses and the real fun comes from figuring out how different cards interact with one another to come up with a winning, finely tuned strategy.
(Note - This is technically a subset of engine building games, but we're using the better known term Deck Building to encompass the entire category. Don't want to go too far down the nuance rabbit hole. See Above and Below, which can fit into at least three different genres).
Who Will Love Deck-Building Games
Strategists who love optimization. If you are a Six-Sigma Blackbelt, this is the Board Game genre for you. Collectors will also love the endorphin rush of getting the latest and greatest card, then immediately begin lusting for the next one.
Notable Deck-Building Games
Dominion, Roll for the Galaxy, Clank!, Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, Mage Knight, Concordia, Star Realms, Above and Below.
Area Control Games
I think I see some sort of alliance going on here...
Do you remember when you were a kid and you drew a line in the middle of your bedroom that your sister was not allowed to cross? Okay, maybe that was just an episode of Full House, but it's an apt illustration of the idea of an Area Control game. That land is yours, and no one else can have it.
The most-well known example is probably Risk, but there have been countless refinements in the decades since. Twilight Struggle, for example, throws out the World War combat dynamics of Risk in favor of Cold War-era influence peddling and political intrigue with no outright conflict (unless of course, the nukes come out and then everybody loses). Carcassone forgoes any sort of overt conflict whatsoever in favor of leisurely control of a quaint medieval countryside.
Who Will Love Area Control Board Games
Territorial types. If you're the sort of person who loves to man-spread and claim as much elbow room as possible on an airplane, you'll love Area Control Games. You're probably already clearing out your territory on the tabletop in preparation of your glorious campaign of domination.
Notable Area Control Board Games
Risk, Star Wars: Rebellion, Twilight Struggle, Blood Rage, Scythe, El Grande, Eclipse, War of The Ring, Carcassone, Smash Up.
Secret Identity Games
Wait a minute, none of your stories add up. You can't all be lying... Can you?
You trust your friends, right? Well two of them are working together, lying to your face in attempt to crush you right now. Deception is the name of the game in Secret Identity Games.
There has been a giant surge in this game genre with the likes of Secret Hitler, Coup and One Night Ultimate Werewolf becoming immensely popular over the past few years.
Perhaps more so than any other game genre, Secret Identity Games have been aided by technology. What used to cause either excessive memorization of rules and scripts or sacrificing a potential player to the role of narrator can now by solved with a simple app. Skynet may still be coming someday, but at least we can have technologically supplemented fun with these games until then!
Who Will Love Secret Identity Games
Poker players and flexible debaters who can take any side of any issue. Also, people who take joy in lying to their friends for pleasure in pursuit of meaningless glory.
Notable Secret Identity Games
Secret Hitler, Mafia, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, The Chameleon, Code Names, Battlestar Galactica, Two Rooms and a Boom, The Resistance, Spyfall, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, Donner Dinner Party.
Wait a minute; you want me to put stickers on the board?!? Like sticky stickers???
Rip up those cards. Write on the board. Open a secret envelope. Things change in Legacy Games. Permanently. The most exciting and controversial new game genre in memory, Legacy Games have only been around for a few years, but they have dramatically altered the possibilities available in a board games. We wrote a dedicated feature on the thrilling rise of the Legacy Game.
Long-term story lines become possible, characters live and die and actions have serious consequences. There are emotions accessed through this form of storytelling that simply can't be with any of the other tabletop genres in this article. Someday there will be a board game released that qualifies as a tear-jerker, and it will be a Legacy Game.
Risk Legacy and Pandemic Legacy took existing game templates and catapulted them to unimaginable heights. Seafall may have suffered from sky-high expectations, but represented what was possible with a brand new IP designed from the ground up around the Legacy concept. Charterstone put a cute, fun worker placement twist on the concept. There's a ton of innovation here, so expect big things from this genre in the years to come.
Who Will Love Legacy Board Games
People who love a good story, non-OCD types and social gamers with a tight, dedicated group of friends. You'll play these games over and over again with the same people, but the experience will be brand-new each time.
Notable Legacy Board Games
Risk Legacy, Pandemic Legacy Seasons One and Two, Seafall, Gloomhaven, Charterstone, Ultimate Werewolf Legacy, Android: Netrunner, First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet, Quickfight: A Legacy Game.
It's time to party like it's game night!
Admittedly, Party Games feature far more overlap than most of the genres on this list. We'd go so far as to grant most Secret Identity and Roll and Move games almost automatic entry into the Party Game category. Throw in Trivia and Word Games and this genre casts a wide shadow.
Perhaps the most important elements of a party game are simplicity and accessibility. It has to be fun, easy to understand and humorous. And your drunk friends need to understand it with minimal explanation and lots of distractions.
Though some may criticize their simplicity, Party Games serve several important functions. First, as gateway games, they draw many new players deeper into the world of the hobby we love. Second, they make great appetizers ahead of a more serious experience. Finally, they're fun! So lighten up.
Who Will Love Party Games
Social gamers, social non-gamers and introverted people who need a game to make a social encounter more tolerable. Pretty much everyone except people who can't stomach a simplified gaming experience and solo gamers who just don't want to be around others.
Notable Party Games
Apples to Apples, Cards Against Humanity, Trivial Pursuit, Scattegories, The Chameleon, Joking Hazard, Secret Hitler, Coup, Telestrations, Code Names, Mysterium, Dixit.
Why is Sagrada so beautiful? It's quite puzzling.
Who needs a story? Puzzle games are about numbers, pattern recognition, combinations and arranging things. And they're awesome.
While most games have some sort of puzzle mechanic buried under the surface of story, theme and other mechanics, puzzle games are like the nudists of the board game world. They don't need any fancy dressing up, they're ready and confident to strut their stuff in in the buff.
Tabletop players love to debate the merits of Eurogames (all about mechanics) vs. so-called Ameritrash games (all about theme, luck and conflict). Puzzle games fall on the European side of the coin, but with more emphasis on the joy of optimizing and solving problems and riddles.
Who Will Love Puzzle Games
Math nerds, engineers and strategists. If you couldn't put a Rubick's Cube down until it was solved as a kid, you'll probably suffer a similar obsession when you pick up a good puzzle game.
Notable Puzzle Games
Sagrada, Qwixx, Labyrinth, Patchwork, Azul, Potion Explosion, Q-Bitz, Santorini, Torres.
Combat Games
Tokyo was the unfortunate victim of Bill and Sally's repeated attempts to destroy one another.
Though some may be tempted to lump these into other categories like Simulation, Strategy or Action, we think it's best to keep things simple. Combat Games pit you against another player or group of players. You attempt to defeat one another. Usually with weapons.
Players typically have some form or health or quantity of troops that are directly under assault by other players. You run out, you die. Often combined with Area Control and various other game mechanics, Combat Games represent competitive hostility distilled into its purest form.
Without a doubt, there's huge overlap here with Area Control Games. After much debate and deliberation, we made the call that they are not dependent upon one another and are two very distinct categories, one based mainly on inflicting harm, the other competing for what piece of land your meeples get to inhabit. The problem is that those meeples keep warring with each other, so the lines get blurry.
Who Will Love Combat Board Games
Ruthless competitors. The kind of people who would stay up until 4 a.m. in middle school just to destroy their best friend in Risk. The kind of people who would go down in a kamikaze blaze of glory just to make sure that the same friend didn't have a shot at first place. The kind of people who remember the person who betrayed them during the last game night several months ago and have been plotting a brutal revenge every night since then. Otherwise known as Diplomacy players.
Notable Combat Board Games
Risk, Diplomacy, King of Tokyo, Chess, War of the Ring, Checkers, Stratego, Paths of Glory, Star Wars: Rebellion, Coup, Twilight Struggle.
(Editor's Note: We left out Role-Playing Games, Card Collecting Games and Miniature Games. Though all immensely popular and sharing many similarities, we feel that these fall outside of what most people think of when they use the term "Board Game.")
Article by Happy Strategerist, who is pretty sure he condensed and/or left out enough types of games to make some OCD gamer's heads explode.
What is your favorite type of board game? What did we leave out that requires a verbal lashing? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to check out our feature on Board Game Addiction if you can't stop reading this article over and over.
The purpose of our list was to whittle down the various genres, sub-genres, mechanics, themes and categories of board games into something easily digestible. If you're the sort of tabletop player who would rather go down the rabbit hole, we've got you covered. Here's some supplemental reading for your enjoyment:
Wikipedia, of course, has just about everything you'd ever hope to know about board games (you'll have to dig for the types, though)
Gaming With Swag has a great article that seems to have similar simplification aims as ours, but they landed with a wholly different list of common game types. Interesting.
Board Game Geek has the rabbit-hole of board game categories in full-force with links galore. Chase the rabbit!
Board Game Genres, Types of Board Games, Board Game Resources, Board Game Blog, Resource Page


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Q: Remove whitespace in VBA excel I have some code for move text from cell to cell
Dim startIndex As Integer
Dim toIndex As Integer
Dim f As String
Dim g As String

For startIndex = 50 To 60 Step 2
toIndex = Str(startIndex + 1)
f = "F" & Str(toIndex)
g = "G" & Str(startIndex)
Range(f).Value = Range(g).Value
Range(g).Value = ""
Next startIndex

But variable f has "F 51" value instead of "F51".
How solve this problem ?
p.s. It's my first code on vba.

A: You could TRIM() the toIndex or REPLACE spaces in the end result, i.e.
Replace ("alphabet", "a", "e")  'would return "elphebet"

example lifted from here: http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/replace.php
So...
f = Replace (f, " ", "")

A: You should be using
CStr
not
Str
Then no workaround is needed for removing an unncessary space
ie
 f = "F" & CStr(toIndex)
 g = "G" & CStr(startIndex)

From Excel help for Str

When numbers are converted to strings, a leading space is always reserved for the sign of number.


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Definition: MHz
(MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. MHz is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (1, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64) can be manipulated at least one million times per second. A two-gigahertz clock (2 GHz) means at least two billion times. The "at least" is because multiple operations often occur in one clock cycle.
Both megahertz (MHz) and gigahertz (GHz) are used to measure CPU speed. For example, a 1.6 GHz computer processes data internally (calculates, compares, copies) twice as fast as an 800 MHz machine.
Why Isn't It Faster?
A CPU in the new computer billed as twice the MHz or GHz as the previous computer does not mean twice as much finished work gets done in the same time frame. Internal cache and CPU architecture plus the speed of the RAM, storage and network all contribute to the computer's actual performance and overall throughput. See cache.
Users are often dismayed to find only incremental improvements after purchasing a so-called "faster" computer. In addition, newer versions of software are sometimes slower than previous versions, and a faster computer is often required just to maintain the same performance level as the old software. See instructions per second, Hertz and space/time.
MHz and GHz Are the Heartbeat
When referencing CPU speed, MHz and GHz rate the raw, steady pulses that energize the circuits in a chip. The German physicist Heinrich Hertz identified electromagnetic waves in 1883, and coincidentally, "Herz" in German means "heart."
Speed and Width
Megahertz (MHz) and gigahertz (GHz) are the CPU's clock speed, and the number of bits (8, 16, etc.) are the width of the CPU's registers. The combination of speed and width determines the inherent processing performance of the CPU chip. Parallel channels from the CPU to external devices are also measured by speed and width; however, serial channels are rated only by speed. See parallel transmission, serial transmission and PC data buses.


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To boost self-esteem and promote child's social interaction and harmony, student clubs plan various events to raise funds to support social causes such as Zero Hunger, Blood Donation, and contributions to the
orphanage and NGOs.They also organize multiple fests, annual functions, and sports gala to enrich students' lives with diverse experiences and build confidence in all spheres of life. With these continuous and collaborative efforts, D Y Patil International School, Worli, was recognized as the 3rd Best School in South Mumbai and 4th Best School in Mumbai by Times School Survey 2022 & 2021 Ranked 1st in Mumbai, 3rd in Maharashtra, and 7th in India by Education World Grand Jury India School Rankings 2022-23 for the category `Best Technology Integration', Outstanding performance in Digitalisation and Technology Integration by The Free Press Journal and Top Best International School in Online Class management' by the `Times Education Online School Survey 2021'.
DYPIS helps the students develop a global mindset and think critically, contributing to society's betterment. School offers an inclusive package for their child's overall cognitive emotional, and personality development under the guidance of well-qualified and experienced faculty. Over the years, DYPIS has maintained its student-teacher ratio that enables personalized attention and creates a partnership with the parents to ensure that the children are not perplexed by varied instructions from their parents and teachers. Coffee Mornings, Parents' Workshops, and informal socials help parents understand the school's philosophy of education. Integrating technology with learning, teachers employed Google Apps for Education and have strategically used engagement platforms like Kahoot, Bitmojis, various online quiz apps, and Pear Deck in their lesson plans that helped students for enriched classroom learning. School is also using technology like Cubetto a friendly wooden robot that teaches students the basics of computer programming and a Talking Pen that helps them to pick the proper pronunciation.
Kinnari Shah, Head of the School, believes in promoting not only academic excellence but endeavours to create a unique learning atmosphere that would cater to the varying needs of young students. And this is ensured by assessing the content delivery, adapting innovative methods for teaching, and improving the overall experience for students and parents.
Inculcating Values with Intellect
DYPatil International School offers scholarships to inhouse students and external candidates to identify and promote young talents. The scholarship program motivates deserving students to perform better and encourages them to get the best possible educational opportunity. DYPIS offers leadership programmes, one-to-one career counselling sessions, and internship opportunities. It helps the students to crack one of the top university placements for their future endeavours. The school also allowed students to achieve excellence by providing the Right college and career guidance for students from Grade 8 the coordinators and career counsellors at DYPIS have individual meetings with students and their parents to decide their subjects for IGCSE in alignment with their perceived career goals.
Correct subject choices, university preferences, desirable and future career options, summer internships, college applications, exposure to various universities, and much more form the basis of the college's placement program. The students had made noteworthy achievements in the past raised over Rs.35 Lakhs for Habitat of Humanity to provide essential and hygiene kits to thousands impacted by COVID-19. There was another initiative named `Make Meals Matter' taken by DYPIS Students to eradicate hunger by purchasing healthy and hygienic grains with the help of effective fundraising to provide food to people who cannot cope with the rapidly increasing prices. Raising funds to buy community fridges and spreading awareness on Ecobricks consisting of used plastics are some of the brilliant initiatives taken by the students with the support of experienced school faculty. With these achievements, the entire school fraternity strives further to create a community of lifelong learners with innovative modern teaching pedagogies.
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Turkey's removal of Darwinism from the classroom raises questions closer to home, explain Helen Hall and Javier Garcia Oliva
The Turkish government recently announced its intention to remove the teaching of Darwinian evolution from the secondary school curriculum. Not surprisingly, these plans cause consternation in many quarters, both at home and abroad.
The official rationale was that the material could be confusing and disruptive for high school age pupils, and would be better dealt with a university level. In theory, the relevant teaching is being deferred to a later educational stage, rather than expunged. Nevertheless, the reality on the ground is that many young people will never encounter these concepts during their formal education. Not all students proceed to tertiary level studies, and even among those who do, only a minority will opt for biological sciences.
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Through its official social media on Instagram and Facebook, Vivo confirmed that they would announce the presence ofVivo V11 Pro as the next generation smartphone from Vivo V9 on September 12, 2018 . This means that in about two weeks the smartphone will swing in Indonesia.
In addition to announcing the launch date, Vivo also mentioned that there will be two colors of Vivo V11 Pro that will be marketed, namely Purple Nebula and Starry Black . Of course this is interesting news for smartphone lovers made by Vivo.
Information about the launch date and color choices presented was also confirmed by the GM of Brand and Activation of PT Vivo Mobile Indonesia, Edy Kusuma. Through its release, Edy confirmed that the V11 Pro which will be released on September 12 2018 will bring a series of interesting features.
"Vivo ensures the V11 Pro will be officially present in Indonesia on the 12th of September with a series of superior features, such as Touch Screen ID and Ultra All Screen . Vivo V11 Pro will also be the latest flagship Vivo series in Indonesia, "said Edy.
Associated with the choice of colors, Starry Black appears premium with a blend of black blue with sparkling dots resembling stars in the reflection of the nighttime atmosphere. In addition, the Purple Nebula was no less attractive with a blue-purple gradation that took inspiration from the blend of colors in the galaxy.
These two color choices were first presented by Vivo in the V-Series. In the previous Vivo V9 series , Vivo also stated that consumers are increasingly considering design aspects, including color in choosing the smartphone they want to buy.
Welcoming V11 Pro, Vivo Indonesia also held an online activity entitled "Vivo V11 Pro Unlock The Future" at www.vivosmartphone.id . If you are interested in participating in this activity, you can have the opportunity to get the Vivo V11 Pro for free.


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You've probably already heard the epigram "Rome wasn't built in a day unless it was built in China during the 21st century". It's undeniable that things are developing at an incredible rate in China and many of the news covering China are precisely about this phenomenon. It may be about China as a new contender for the position as a global superpower, her economy, and the power that comes with being the main manufacturer of goods in the world, but also stories about the little things like why Chinese Netizens are mad or Chinese officials committing facecrime.
No matter what kind of story that are being told I've always felt that there's a lack of news about Chinese film, or any kind of moving images (even though Patrick Frater is doing a good job at Variety). China's film market, now being the world's second largest, is regularly being written about in an economic context and more often about how Hollywood films are doing at the Chinese Box-office. Though I find this transnational/transcultural phenomenon to be very intriguing I will mostly write about what the Chinese media has to say about Chinese films and some less about foreign films in China.
I mean, a search for the director of the coming Chinese science fiction film Three Body 《三体》, Zhang Fanfan (张番番), will only give two results. The movie which Chinese netizens at first hoped to be directed by Christopher Nolan. This kind of news or the fact that hardly anybody has written about the newly started Lei Feng channel yet.
During the inception period of this page I will try to find a good format which I can use for my writing. Until then, please be patient.
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