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Q: How can I get a value based on two other columns when one column value is ambigous in Python? I want to assign a variable depending on two column values. The input table df_input looks like this:
import pandas as pd
df_input = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "entity": [
            "Table_A",
            "Table_A",
            "Table_A",
            "Table_B",
            "Table_B",
            "Table_C",
        ],
        "field": [
            "Column 1",
            "Column 2",
            "Column 3",
            "Column 1",
            "Column 2",
            "Column 1",
        ],
        "type": ["new",
            "new",
            "new",
            "old",
            "new",
            "old",],
    }
)

Table_A = pd.DataFrame(
                        {
                        "Column 1": [123],
                        "Column 2": ["XYZ"],
                        "Column 3": [True],
        }
)

This is how the Data looks like.

My goal is to determine the type, because certain functions are triggered depending on this value. But that is outside the scope for this question. My problem right now is that I want the type based on the entity and the field. So I tried this piece of code:
for field in df_input.field:
    print(f"{field=}")
    if field == Table_A.columns:
        type_variable = df_input.iloc[field]['type']
        print(f"{type=}")

In this case Table_A is a table which will be transformed based on the type value. But it is out of scope for this question.  All I receive is this error:
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()
Output:
new
new
new
old
new
old

I know why this error occurs. Right now I am not able to solve this issue. I would like to achieve that the type_variable will be output, depending on the table and the column so I can move on with this variable in the next function. Can anybody help me with that issue?

A: You wrote
    if field == df_test.columns:

The question is unclear, but perhaps you wanted in:
    if field in df_test.columns:

You might be better off mapping with just a python dict,
rather than df_test.


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Mikerinovo Trojstvo se smatra za jedno od najznačajnijih figuralnih prikaza iz staroegipatske IV. dinastije, a datiraju se u sredinu 3. tisućljećja pr. Kr.

Najpoznatija je ona koju je 1909. godine iskopala ekspedicija Harvardskog sveučilišta i Bostonskog muzeja umjetnosti. Čine ga tri figure, i to faraon Menkaura (grč. Μυκερινος, Mikerinos) okružen s obje strane božicama Hator (s rogovima i sunčevim diskom na glavi) i božicom Anput iz Cynopolisa, koja nosi svoj šakalski znak. Do sada su pronađene četiri cjeloviti spomenici Mikerinova Trojstva i jedan veliki fragment, ali se pretpostavlja da ih je bilo ukupno 42, po jedan za svaku egipatsku prefekturu (Nome) jer pored faraona i Hator je stajala druga božica koja predstavlja svoju pokrajinu.

Ove stele napravljene su od različitih materijala, različitih tvrdoća i tekstura i boja. Zajedničke odlike su im da su izvedene u duhu staroegipatske umjetnosti i »egipatskog kanona«. Tako se hijerarhija očituje u krutosti likova i snažnoj ravnoj liniji ramena i kukova. Popratne figure drže Mikerina privrženo za ruku, dopuštajući mu nježno da dominira skupinom dok istupa jednom nogom naprijed. Skupina je isklesana u visokom reljefu tako da se gleda isključivo frontalno (zakon frontalnosti). Egipatski kanon se očituje u skladnim proporcijama gdje visina iznosi točno 16 šaka: dvije za glavu, deset od ramena do koljena i preostalih četiri za noge i stopala.

Faraonova odjeća je vrlo jednostavna, a okrunjen je samo bijelom krunom (Donjeg Egipta), lažnom bradom i jednostavanom suknjom poput kilta. Druge dvije figure nose uske, gotovo prozirne, haljine. Začuđuje savršenstvo, profinjenost i detaljnost obrade lica, što sugerira da bi trebali imati veliku sličnost sa stvarnošću, jer su u ovom razdoblju četvrte dinastije pogrebni obredi zahtijevali zastupljenost što vjernijih fizičkih značajki. Dakle, ovdje je riječ o tipičnoj kombinaciji velikog realizma detalja i plastičke idealizacije, koja se očituje u formalnoj krutosti, što se može pronaći i na skulpturi sjedećeg Kefrena, iz istog razdoblja. Kefren je bio Mikerinov otac i prethodnik.

Izvori

 Wendy Wood, A Reconstruction of the Triads of King Mycerinus, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 60. (1974.), str. 82. – 93.
 Abeer El-Shahawy, Triads of King Menkaure iz The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Farid S. Atiya Press, 2005.  str. 55.

Vanjske poveznice
 Greywacke triad of Menkaure, Hathor, and deified Diospolis Parva nome, gizapyramids.org

Staroegipatske skulpture
Četvrta dinastija drevnog Egipta

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News Corp, the international media conglomerate spearheaded by Rupert Murdoch, is hiving off its STAR China's TV business to China Media Capital (CMC). In an announcement News Corp mentions of signing an agreement with CMC wherein latter will acquire controlling stake in News Corporation's Xing Kong, Xing Kong International, Channel [V] Mainland China along with its Fortune Star Chinese movie library.
CMC is China's first private equity fund with a focus on investment in the media industry. The company was formed in 2009 and is backed by China's second leading media firm Shanghai Media Group. The agreement with News Corporation represents CMC's first investment project.
Xing Kong and Xing Kong International are general entertainment channels while Channel [V] Mainland Channel is a popular music brand among the youth audiences. The Fortune Star Chinese movie library has a total of 757 Chinese-language titles, a number of which have worldwide perpetual rights. The content reaches Chinese communities across the globe.
The move is indicative of News Corp's gradual movement out of China. During all these years the company has come across several complications in operating in the China's tightly controlled media environment. In 2009 News Corp shifted its scaled down its operations in Hong Kong and shifted focus on operations in the Indian region. The move was seen to be in similar direction at that time.
Other terms of deal and financials were not disclosed.


1970 Bing Auga Board, Tom Warren and Steve Barger 4ft 10"
DESIGNERS: Tom Warren and Steve Barger.
Foam blank, fibreglass and red resin gel coat, post production legrope plug (R).
Bottom: Basically flat with deep concave/channel in the tail.
Rocker: flat with nose lift.
Image right : Tail concave #1.
Bottom: A U G A - a black pin line letters down the board.
Deck: .Red resin gel coat.
Bottom: Red resin gel coat.
Tail concave #2. Tail concave #3.
Dimensions and board photographs by Vince Ray, Los angles, March 2012.
Dear surf research, has anyone ever seen this type of rare surfboard?
Do you know anything about it or have any stories?!
It is an "AUGA BOARD" made at Bing Surfboards in Hermosa Beach California USA during the late 60's.
Tom Warren and Steve Barger (The Auga Men) rode these boards in the South Bay (Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach) doing 360's all over the waves.
They then moved to Maui in the early 70's and tore the place apart on the Auga Board.
They were in a movie doing many, many 360's at Lahaina Harbor by Steve Bingham?!
Gerry Lopez was impressed with their Auga Board.
The board is 4'10" long, 22" wide, 18" nose (12" up), 21" tail, 4" maximum thickness, rocker- nose 3", tail 1/2", Concave tail 13"
Surfboards late 60's logo on top.
I showed the board to Bing Copland at his book signing in 2010 and he did not think there were any Auga boards with Bing logos that survived!
Please contact me with stories or other information, thanks.
Holmes : Bing Surfboards (2008).
contest officials: side slipping receeded dramatically.
20 s: Steve Barger or Tom Warren (goofyfoot) on a red finfless Bing Auga board, multiple 360s on left, at Trestles?
52 s: David Nuuhiwa, Twin fin Fish(es) ?, Huntington lefts?
2 m 02 s: Corky Carroll, dark red Hobie Twin fin, lefts, kneel paddles.
Credits for the later on DVD include Steve Barger.
Geoff Cater (1999 - 2012) : Bing Auga Board, 1970.


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Can wildlife crossings help animals cross highways more safely?
by wolfcenter | Jan 29, 2021 | Conservation
Wildlife crossings first made their appearance in France in the 1950s. Afterward, they became very popular in the Netherlands to help their own populations of elk, badgers, and more.1 These structures save human lives, animal lives, and tremendous amounts of...
Which wild cat is most abundant in the United States?
by wolfcenter | Jan 27, 2021 | Carnivores, Conservation
Bobcats are the most abundant wildcat in the United States. They are nocturnal carnivores that start hunting at dusk, so they rarely are seen by humans. 1&2 What Do Bobcats Look Like? Bobcats are often confused with the Lynx because of their similar...
C3: The Terrier Group
by wolfcenter | Jan 26, 2021 | Canines
Dogs in the Terrier Group can be described as feisty and stubborn.1&2 That doesn't mean they're not great pets, but it does mean they need determined owners to handle them. They are high energy dogs and do require a special type of grooming to maintain their...
What's the Rarest Cat in the World?
There are many animals throughout the world that have dwindling numbers and are in dire need of help. These animals are poached, their habitat is destroyed, they may face difficulties maintaining a steady population, and more. All of this leads to the need to conserve...
What you need to know about foxes
by wolfcenter | Jan 20, 2021 | Canines, Carnivores, Conservation, Foxes
Foxes are a member of the canidae family, which means they're related to wolves, jackals, dogs, and more. There are four genuses of fox: Vulpes (contains twelve species) Dusicyon (contains seven species) Alopex (contains one species) Otocyon (contains one...

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Sikkim is usually known for its peaceful elections. However, this time, there are allegations of political workers being attacked. It is being alleged that recently a group of around 50 of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) members attacked Bikash Rai, the youth convenor of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).
BJP national general secretary and in-charge of the Northeast, Ram Madhav said, " In Sikkim, we are contesting in some seats. We will try to make an alternate government to the one which has been in power for the last 25 years." BJP was eyeing a tie-up with SKM but that did not happen. In 2014, SKM had won nine seats.


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require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'Admin managing members', type: :feature do
  let(:member) { Fabricate(:student) }
  let(:admin) { Fabricate(:chapter_organiser) }
  let(:invitation) { Fabricate(:attended_workshop_invitation, member: member) }

  before do
    invitation

    login(admin)
    visit admin_member_path(member)
  end

  describe 'Admin managing members' do
    it 'can view member information' do
      expect(page).to have_content(member.name)
      expect(page).to have_content(member.email)
      expect(page).to have_content(member.about_you)
    end

    it 'can view a summary of member event attendances' do
      within '.attendance-summary' do
        expect(page).to have_content('1 workshops', normalize_ws: true)
      end
    end

    it 'can add a note about a member' do
      click_on 'Add note'
      fill_in 'member_note_note', with: 'Bananas and custard'
      click_on 'Save'

      within '.note' do
        expect(page).to have_content 'Bananas and custard'
        expect(page).to have_content "Note added by #{admin.full_name}"
      end
    end

    it 'can suspend a member' do
      click_on 'Suspend'

      select 'Violated attendance policy', from: 'ban_reason'
      fill_in 'ban_note', with: Faker::Lorem.word
      fill_in 'ban_expires_at', with: Time.zone.today + 1.month
      click_on 'Suspend member'

      expect(page).to have_content 'Member marked as supended and suspension email sent.'
      within '.suspension' do
        expect(page).to have_content "Suspended until #{I18n.l(Time.zone.today + 1.month)} by #{admin.full_name}"
      end
    end

    it 'can unsubscribe a member from group', js: true do
      within '#subscriptions > li:first-child' do
        expect do
          accept_confirm { find('.fa-times').click }
        end.to change { member.subscriptions.count }.by(0)
      end

      expect(page).to have_content "Successfully unsubscribed #{member.full_name}"
    end

    it 'can send an eligibility email to a member' do
      click_on 'Send eligibility inquiry'

      expect(page).to have_content 'Eligibility inquiry email sent.'
      within '.eligibility-inquiry' do
        expect(page).to have_content "Sent eligibility inquiry email by #{admin.full_name}"
      end
    end

    it 'can send an attendance warning to a member' do
      expect(page).to have_selector("a[data-confirm='Clicking OK will send an automated email to this user now to warn them about missing too many workshops. This cannot be undone. Are you sure?']")
      click_on 'Send attendance warning'
      expect(page).to have_selector("a[data-confirm='#{member.name} has already received a warning about missing too many workshops on #{member.attendance_warnings.last.created_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d at %H:%M')}. Are you sure you want to proceed with sending another one?']")

      expect(page).to have_content 'Attendance warning email sent.'
      within '.attendance-warning' do
        expect(page).to have_content "Sent attendance warning email by #{admin.full_name}"
      end
    end
  end
end

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Halo 5: Guardians OST
Osiris Suite, Act 3
Osiris Suite, Act 3 is the thirty-fifth track included in the Halo 5: Guardians Original Soundtrack.
The first section is used during the closing cinematic of Before the Storm. The second portion is used during the second half of the Mantis run in Swords of Sanghelios (level) and during the opening cinematic of Battle of Sunaion (level). It also plays as battle music for the first part of the Battle of Sunaion as well. The third section is used as ambient music during the first part of Swords of Sanghelios and it also plays in Battle of Sunaion when fighting in the undercity. The final section is used during the closing cinematic of Battle of Sunaion.
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Commentary: How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine
Kelly M. Doran
Urban Initiative
S41-S44
Annals of Emergency Medicine
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.442
10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.442
Doran, K. M. (2019). Commentary: How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 74(5S), S41-S44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.442
Commentary : How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine. / Doran, Kelly M.
In: Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 74, No. 5S, 11.2019, p. S41-S44.
Doran, KM 2019, 'Commentary: How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine', Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 74, no. 5S, pp. S41-S44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.442
Doran KM. Commentary: How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2019 Nov;74(5S):S41-S44. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.08.442
Doran, Kelly M. / Commentary : How Can Emergency Departments Help End Homelessness? A Challenge to Social Emergency Medicine. In: Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2019 ; Vol. 74, No. 5S. pp. S41-S44.
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Lou has given Valda a book called 'Learning to say Mother'. It's about a woman who finds out that her aunty is actually her mother. "Oh, Carpenter. You're about as subtle as a sledgehammer." Lou says she should tell Lyn, and Valda tries to change the subject. Lou tells her about the country and western theme at the pub, and Valda is mortified. "That's been done to death!" Lou says the place hasn't been the same without her, and he hopes that she'll be back soon.
Lyn is looking at the photo of the baby that Valda left behind. Joe walks in the kitchen and says that he's made the nursery up for Valda to stay in for the time being. He's worried about apologizing to her, and Lyn says it'll just get harder as time wears on. Joe asks her if she's going to ask Valda about the photo. She looks unsure.
Ruby and Harold are setting up to open in the kitchen. Harold asks Ruby if she wants to go to an investment seminar with him that afternoon. She looks a bit wary, and says maybe not. But, she says that he could go by himself, and hands him $10 to "invest". He laughs, but she tells him that she wants to give him $10 every week for 12 weeks until she repays him for the statue. "Ruby, that was a gift." But she insists. Ruby wants to prove she can be self-sufficient. Harold looks a bit downcast.
The walls are stripped of all the posters. Toadie and Dee are surveying their work so far. Dee says it's rewarding, but Toadie reckons it's like a piece of history has gone. "Most of those were Lance's!" They banter good-naturedly. Dee starts to make coffee, and wipes paint on her forehead causing Toadie to crack up. They start to reminisce about their relationship gone wrong. Dee says, "I kept secrets from you because it was my way of staying in control. It's the only way I've known how to live my life." The phone rings and Toadie answers. It's Tim Collins saying when Toadie's meeting time is with Darcy. Dee feels bad that Darcy is in trouble, and wishes that she could have supported him like he did with her.
Toadie walks over to Darcy at the table. He says that Darcy's case may be better than he thought, and rattles off all the legalities. Darcy asks why Toadie is doing this for him. Toadie doesn't understand. Darcy wants Toadie to go and get Dee, and for the both of them to come back so he can speak with them together. He is escorted away, leaving Toadie sitting there confused.
Valda is reading the book Lou gave her, when Joe and Lyn come in. She hides it next to her. Joe shows her the flowers that he bought her, and apologizes for what he said to her. Valda accepts. Joe goes out to the nurses station to get a vase. Lyn wants Valda to tell her the truth why she left so suddenly. Valda just says that Joe and Lyn needed space and time alone. Lyn brings out the photo, and asks Valda who it is. "Well it's you pet. I thought you could tell."
Ruby gets off the phone, and tells Harold that she has a job interview at Grease Monkey's. Harold gets concerned that Ruby doesn't like working at the Coffee Shop anymore. Ruby says, "I'd like to earn a job on my own merits." He tries to be happy for her, but looks uncertain when she walks out.
Valda tells Lyn stories about when Lyn was a baby. "You know, when you were born you looked like a little skinned rabbit. So fragile." Valda says how much trouble she was when she was a baby because she wouldn't feed properly. She tells Lyn she was loved so much. Lyn says, "Sometimes I feel like I had the best two parents on earth." Valda covers up the book beside her. Lyn says she feels just like her mum these days, all flighty. Valda looks sad.
Harold is on the phone to Moe, the owner of Grease Monkey's. He's ringing up to give Ruby some good references.
Dee walks in with Toadie, and they sit down at the table. Dee's worried that Darcy is going to yell at her. Darcy walks out and greets them. Dee starts to apologise, but Darcy cuts in. He says that he loves Dee, and that he finally realises what he lost when he betrayed Dee with Tess. Darcy: "I put every ounce of energy into winning you back." Dee: "You broke into the Kennedy's because you loved me?" Darcy: "No. I broke up your relationship with Toadie." Dee and Toadie look at each other in disbelief.
Dee asks how Darcy knew about Darren, and he says the marriage certificate. "I knew the effect it would have on you two, I just took advantage of it." Dee is getting more angry and upset by the minute. Toadie asks if he had anything to do with Sindi. "You were an easy target Toadie. And Sindi needed the money." Toadie is incredulous. "You paid her?!" Dee asks why, and Darcy says, "I saw what I wanted, and I went for it." Dee looks disgusted, and storms out. Darcy watches her go and whispers after her, "Goodbye Dee." Toadie looks at him pitifully, gets up, gathers his jacket and briefcase, and leaves. Darcy sits alone at the table.
Dee and Toadie are in the kitchen, and Dee is really angry and hurt. Toadie is surprisingly calm. "Aren't you even angry Toadie?" "Yeah, at myself." Dee says that Darcy was responsible for their break-up. Toadie says that Darcy played a major part, but ultimately it was down to them. Toadie asks Dee if she knows why he's called Toadfish. Dee says about Stonefish, Gemfish, "It's a family thing." He asks Dee if she's ever seen one. "They're small, puffy, ugly spotted things. And that's what I was at school." Dee sighs, "Well you were never that to me." Toadie says he was just waiting for the inevitable to happen, because it was just too good to be true. He thought he never deserved Dee in the first place, and just took Darcy's bait. Dee holds out her hand to him, and he takes it. "From now on, you'll only be Jarred to me." They look at each other, a fresh chapter emerging.
Lyn and Joe walk out of Valda's room. Lou sees Lyn looking happy, and goes into Valda's room saying how courageous she is. Valda didn't tell Lyn though, and wants Lou to take the book back. Valda says that she's fantasized about telling Lyn for ages, but she realises that it's been for her own selfish reasons. She can't bring herself to tell Lyn because Lyn would have to accept that her whole childhood was a lie.
Lou tells Harold that Valda should be out of hospital in a couple of days. Ruby storms in and wants a word with Harold in the kitchen. Lou looks amused. Ruby wants to know why Harold gave the owner a reference. She tells him she got the job but, "because you spoke to him, I'll never know if I got the job on my own merits or not." She's angry, and Harold says he only wanted to help. Ruby says he needs to stop doing things for her. She starts to do the dishes, and Harold looks at her sadly.
Darcy sits on his bed, a broken and lonely man. Doors are shut tight around him, bolts are drawn, and a lock is placed over the door.


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Crewe Alex sign teenage whizzkid from non-league
Alsager Town youngster Ryan Wintle has agreed a pro contract
Peter Morse
(Image: Action Images)
Crewe Alex have signed 17-year-old Ryan Wintle from Alsager Town.
The talented midfielder has penned an 18-month professional deal after a successful trial spell at Reaseheath.
Wintle, who featured 30 times for the Bullets and scored nine goals - including a hat-trick against St Helens Town, has impressed in under 18s games for the Alex.
He scored in a 2-1 win over Leeds United earlier this month, and is expected to remain a part of the youth squad for the remainder of this season.
Alsager's deputy chairman, John Shenton, said: "Following an extended trial the Bullets youngster has been awarded an 18-month contract.
"Alsager Town would like thank Ryan for his efforts while playing for us.
"For a 17-year-old he has excelled in open-age football and the club wishes him all the best. We hope he can make a name for himself playing as a professional footballer at the highest level he is able to achieve.
"Ryan now enters the clubs record books as being the first player to move onto a Football League club from Alsager Town."
Alsager Town FC
Reaseheath
Opinion: Crewe Alex must break more than one pattern when Bury visit
Crewe Alexandra FCThe verdict on another blank on the road


This new NRA ad certainly packs a punch. It opens with idyllic scenes of a mother in an upper-middle-class home checking on her baby in the crib and texting a spouse who's away: "Love You. Good Night." Then an intruder is shown breaking through the front door — and the next scene depicts yellow police-line tape and an armed police officer, suggesting something horrible has happened inside that home.
The ad, which is part of an $11 million election-year campaign to influence key races, itself does not cite a source for its assertion about Landrieu's record. But the NRA's documentation cites her vote in favor of the amendment to bolster gun background checks, authored by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.).
But is the combination of words and images factually correct?
The NRA took a hard line against the Manchin-Toomey proposal, which was intended as an effort to bridge the wide gap between gun-rights supporters and gun-control advocates over whether to overhaul the current background check system, which is limited to federally licensed gun dealers.
When The Fact Checker first contacted Arulanandam, asking how the Manchin-Toomey bill would have affected this woman, we noted that none of the statements issued by the NRA concerning the Senate proposal said at the time that it would take away a person's gun rights. So what was the NRA referring to?
Hmmm, the home in this ad did not seem to be in remote area, but okay.
When we checked with the Toomey and Manchin staffs, we got a different answer. Part of it hinges on whether a gun for sale has been advertised on the Internet or in a publication — and whether or not you knew it had been advertised. No background check was required if you were unaware it had been advertised — and simply posting a gun for sale on a church bulletin board would not compel a background check.
Arulanandam also cited a variety of other Landrieu votes that he said weakened gun rights. He pointed to a 1999 vote for a bill to tighten restrictions at gun shows — which failed to pass — and a 2004 vote on an amendment that also would have required background checks at gun shows. That amendment did succeed, but the bill it was part of (giving immunity to gun manufacturers) never emerged from the Senate. He also noted Landrieu's vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor, despite what he said was clear evidence that Sotomayor was anti-gun and did not believe in the individual right to own a firearm.
Landrieu aides counter that she has cast many more votes in favor of gun rights, including votes in support of concealed firearms, against the assault weapons ban and for measures to protect gun manufacturers and dealers from civil liability lawsuits.
The NRA has every right to offer its interpretation of various proposed laws, or to suggest that a single change in gun laws would take away a person's rights. But the vivid imagery of this ad goes well beyond the facts.
There was nothing in the Manchin-Toomey bill that would have prevented the mother in this ad from buying a weapon to defend herself, even on short notice. Even the NRA's own lawyers acknowledge that. The same holds true for the other votes on legislation cited by Arulanandam, which were limited to gun-show restrictions. The hyperbolic disconnect between the images on the screen and the practical impact of the law in question earns this ad Four Pinocchios.


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Immigration Debate Brings Strange Bedfellows—And New Hope—to Washington
Republican Senator John McCain is teaming up with Democrats and a formerly antagonistic union to promote comprehensive reform.
By Caroline Kelley July 31, 2013
J. Scott Applewhite / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sidelined Obama Faces Impossible Task on Immigration
No Easy Path Forward As House Republicans Meet On Immigration
Self-Interest Could Sink Immigration Reform
"It's nice to be back here amongst old friends and enemies," Senator John McCain said Tuesday morning as he opened a discussion on immigration at the Washington headquarters of the union powerhouse American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). His comment earned a trickle of awkward laughter from the audience, which included congressional staff members, some undocumented Hispanic youth known as "Dreamers" and a slew of reporters eager to watch the Republican make a begrudging alliance with organized labor.
Widespread confusion over how the House of Representatives will handle pending immigration reform legislation has launched an all-lobbyists-on-deck scramble for influence on the Hill. Delegates from Silicon Valley to the cantaloupe fields of Texas are descending on Washington to weigh in, and McCain is putting aside his history with the AFL-CIO to join the fray. He discussed the importance of creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants with labor-friendly congressman Xavier Becerra on Tuesday.
"Treat your opponents, those who disagree with you, treat them with respect," said McCain, who was criticized by the AFL-CIO as an opponent of worker's rights during the 2008 election and 2007's immigration reform debate. The federation of unions spends big bucks promoting Democratic candidates. After endorsing Barack Obama for President in June 2008, they used roughly $53 million of their $200 million campaign budget to run "grass roots mobilization" plugging McCain's competitor. The group even launched a website, www.mccainrevealed.org (now deleted), which attacked the Senator's voting record and his ties to George W. Bush.
The AFL-CIO also worked against McCain's efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform in 2007. Although Democrats controlled the House when their bill hit the floor, McCain and Senate ally Ted Kennedy were unable to satisfy the labor lobby's demands, which were supported by then-Senator Obama. The primary concern for labor groups was guest worker programs: initiatives that allow foreigners to reside and work in the United States during labor shortages. Such programs would have won the support of big business and the GOP, but the AFL-CIO worried that immigrants brought into the country under such initiatives would be paid less than the median wage in their respective industries. Ultimately, intra-party disagreement caused the 2007 bill to fail.
But 2013 is different, say labor groups and their congressional allies. In March, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka struck a deal with Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Thomas J. Donohue, head of the business lobby Chamber of Commerce. The alliance helped secure support for bipartisan legislation later passed by the Senate. Via conference call, Schumer announced a compromise on divisive guest worker programs. He assured organizers that under the new bill, guest workers would be paid the highest prevailing industry wage as determined by the Labor Department. "This issue has always been the deal breaker on immigration, but not this time."
Former McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who touted the economic benefits of immigration during a panel at the AFL-CIO on Tuesday, started his discussion by reflecting on fickle Washington allegiances. "I don't think I've ever been more flattered than by the kind of words of Congressman Becerra and my former boss John McCain about my work. But I will tell you that when I was head of the CBO neither of them had a word to say about it. So, time heals all wounds and let us hope that we can get over the wounds of the past efforts on this topic and we can get something done this year."
Whether or not Tuesday's discussion helped push immigration reform toward passage in the Republican House—it likely didn't—the gathering demonstrated that the issue has created powerful, if unconventional, coalitions in Washington. After his Democratic counterpart shared a moving story about his former job as a construction worker, McCain joked, "Congressmen Becerra went from an honest line of work into politics."


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When being a thief becomes a career
Sunrise Rafiki
Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something that is when we start walking all over others to get it. This is okay as long as we get it using lawful means. Thieves on the contrary grab what does not belong to them. They only know one possessive pronoun and that's "mine". Whatever comes into their sight is theirs. In tales you are advised never to let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid."
But why choose to be a thief when you can still make it in life with your effort? When you optimize your talents very well, you can pick money from people's pockets and nobody will ever get the guts to call you a thief. And this is the naked truth.
One of the most fascinating stories of robberies and thefts is that of The French Vacuum gang. Since 2006, in France, an unknown gang of thieves have been emptying supermarket safes, using nothing more than a drill and a modified vacuum cleaner.
The innovative group of bandits found a weakness in French supermarket Monoprix's system of storing cash, and have been exploiting it ever since. Envelopes of cash are funneled into the safe via pneumatic suction tubes. Whereas breaching the safe itself might be considerably difficult, requiring explosives or safecracking, the thieves realized that if they just drilled into the delivery tubes near the safe and hooked up a powerful vacuum, they could suck the money out and get at it much more easily.
This mode of robbery is very unique as most thieves would resort to safecracking methods, which leave more evidence. Techniques such as using explosives, or tools like a thermal lance or plasma cutter, are the common choice of career burglars. As of 2011, the vacuum gang has successfully stolen almost $880,000,000, in fifteen night-time heists, leaving only a few CCTV tapes of masked men for evidence.
Generally when someone steals a valuable item, outrage or possibly sadness is an obvious reaction. But there are situations when a tragic incident turns out to be comic and surprising. In what will come across as a really surprising moment, one thief has managed to make such a situation a true possibility and turned things around to win sympathy for his crime. After a man stole a student's laptop the man wrote a letter apologizing. The thief wrote in the mail that they were poor and needed money. In fact, they even offered to send files that the student might need for their course work. The tweet immediately went viral and after listening to such a bizarre story the public couldn't help but shower love on the thief's genuine gesture.
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Modiji reminded that nation bows before Constitution and not him," Congress spokesperson and national media in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted.
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Home Blog MSP Business GDPR Could Blockchain help navigate the data intensive society?
Could Blockchain help navigate the data intensive society?
By Ardi Kolah
The distinction between the digital and physical worlds has blurred to the point where there's no beginning, middle, or end. Instead, there is just one endless continuum of processing our every move as we walk around with a smartphone in our pocket, its geo-location switched to 'enabled.'
Although there are endless ways of connecting customers, brand owners, technologies, and data, from an employee's perspective, it can still be very scary. For one thing, there are significant security risks associated with increased personal data collection.
The next generation of hacker—often an 'insider' lurking in the shadows right under the nose of their boss—won't think twice about releasing health data or personal information about colleagues and customers for personal gain on the dark web. This is something that Bupa, Morrisons, and many other companies have recently discovered—to their cost.
So should HR turn up the dial on security by deploying 'state of the art' technologies, such as blockchain, to combat the havoc that could be wreaked by one rogue employee?
Advocates of blockchain are keen to emphasize that it can create trust in existing online infrastructure where personal data is being shared between two strangers.
The basis of blockchain is a direct, secure transfer of data between two parties without the need for third-party verification. And this is made possible by an encryption solution that ensures each exchange is unique and can't be broken.
In simple terms, transactions on a blockchain can't be deleted since this would effectively 'break the chain' and render it useless.
Although this may look attractive from the outside, it could cause all sorts of HR challenges where the employer must demonstrate transparency and accountability to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
For example, if a customer, client, or even employee wanted to have their personal data record rectified to make it accurate, then this wouldn't be possible if this personal data was stored directly on a blockchain.
Even accepting that we've moved to a post-privacy era with social media, it's worth remembering that privacy still matters to people as a way of shaping their lives—both at home and at work—and this is now a fundamental human right.
Ardi Kolah LL.M is Executive Fellow and Director, GDPR Transition Programme, Henley Business School (UK). For more information on Henley Business School's GDPR Transition Programme, click here.
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18 (GGPP), a precursor for both carotenoids and diterpenes, forms the tetracyclic skeleton of gibberellins, entkaurene, via terpene cyclases. In the second stage, occurring in the endoplasmic reticulum, entkaurene is oxidized to the first GA in the pathway, GA, via Cyt P5 monooxygenases. GA biosynthesis is identical in all plants up until this point (Vivanco and Flores, ; Yamaguchi and Kamiya, ). The third stage, which ultimately forms different GAs depending on plant species, occurs in the cytosol, where GA is converted into bioactive GAs via oxoglutaratedependent dioxygenases. PGRs generally function by targeting enzymes involved in the pathways listed above (Luster and Miller 99; Fletcher et al., ). For instance, triazole growth retardants such as paclobutrazol (Bonzi) inhibit reactions mediated by the cytochrome (Cyt) P5 oxygenase enzyme. This reduces the conversion of entkaurene, formed in the initial stage, to entkaurenoic acid, the first intermediate of the second stage in biosynthesis. Although PGRs, which are classified as pesticides in Ontario, are effective in controlling plant height, they are increasingly becoming restricted. In April, 9, The Ontario Ministry of the Environment imposed a ban on the use of pesticides, including PGRs, for noncommercial cosmetic purposes (Pesticides Act: Ontario Regulation 6/9). Pesticides have been overwhelmingly associated with environmental damage and human health concerns, making environmentally friendly and pesticide free products more desirable. As the general public becomes more opposed to pesticide usage and chemical companies become less interested in selling PGRs, PGR availability will likely decline.
24 could result in expending a great deal of energy. To help mitigate this problem, many growers open energy curtains to cool the greenhouse during the day while closing the curtains at night. An additional technique, termed morning drop, similarly employs temperature management as a means of plant height control, however, uses less energy than DIF treatments (Grimstad, 99). Grimstad found that a temperature reduction of ºC during the first two hours of the day resulted in significantly shortened cucumber and tomato plants, and, in doing so, provided a means of minimizing greenhouse cooling. Although temperature management is typically associated with modifications in air temperature, temperature stress can also be induced using cold water, termed cold shock. Blom et al. () found that overhead irrigation with cold (ºC and 5ºC) water resulted in plants that were as much as 6% shorter than controls, thereby providing more height control than the temperature management practices mentioned above. Timing of overhead cold water irrigation was not important; plants were shortest when cold water was applied during the morning or afternoon, as long as the water was applied to the apical meristem... Light management as an environmental cue Plants undergo various morphological and physiological modifications in response to changes in light intensity and quality. Because one such response is stem elongation, growers can manipulate various features of the light perceived by plants in order to produce the desired height limiting effects. For instance, higher light intensities have been shown to reduce stem elongation (Kefeli, 978). When pea plants (Pisum sativum L.) were grown under light intensities of 5 W m for days, both stem length and leaf area decreased at the higher light intensities.
27 bioactive GA commonly associated with stem elongation. The ratio of GA 9 :GA was lower in +DIF plants, suggesting that the rate of conversion of GA 9 to GA was higher in +DIF compared to DIF plants. An interaction between GA biosynthesis and light quality may also exist. Beall et al. (996) found that Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants with FRrelated stem elongation also had augmented bioactive GA activity, suggesting that FR promotes GA biosynthesis. Compared to the mode of action of PGRs, little is known about the precise biochemical pathways involved in plant height reduction by nonchemical means. These pathways are likely quite complex, and additional studies have suggested that other phytohormones, such as ethylene, interact with GAs to reduce plant height (Pierik et al., )..6 Problems with nonchemical methods of height control Nonchemical methods of plant height reduction can significantly decrease plant height. However, these are not without their shortcomings in commercial practices. Nonchemical methods tend to involve added labor, equipment and cost. As previously mentioned, DIF requires greenhouse cooling during the day and, to maintain the same overall hour temperature (T ), extra heating during the night, which would require extra energy costs when not using an energy curtain (Erwin et al., 989). Low temperature pulses have proven useful in lessening the costs associated with this technique, however, this technique is less effective, and certain species require daily temperature reductions by as much as ºC (Grimstad, 99). Too great of a temperature decrease may cause deleterious effects on plant growth and development.
35 dihydrogen phosphate (NH H PO ) as a source of NH +, and potassium nitrate (KNO ) and calcium nitrate [Ca(NO ) H O] as sources of nitrate. Other common sources of N are ammonium nitrate (NH NO ) and nitric acid (HNO ) (Jones, 5). It is recommended that P concentration be at concentrations from. to.5mm P, but can be maintained at lower concentrations of. to.6mm without significantly affecting plant growth (Jones, 5). P is supplied as either monohydrogen phosphate (HPO ) or dihydrogen phosphate (H PO ).The form of P depends on the ph of the solution. At a neutral ph, HPO is the more prevalent form, whereas at a lower ph H PO is more common. In Hoagland s Solution #, the concentration of P is mm (Hoagland and Arnon, 95). In terms of S concentration, Hoagland s Solution # calls for mm of SO (6ppm S). Hoagland used magnesium sulphate (MgSO 7H O) as a source of both Mg + and SO. Most formulations contain approximately 5mM of K + and Ca +, whereas Hoagland solution # provides 6mM K + and mm Ca + (Hoagland and Arnon, 95; Jones, 5). The source of K + in Hoagland s Solution # is KNO, however one can also use potassium sulphate (K SO ). The source of Ca + in Hoagland s Solution # is calcium nitrate Ca(NO ) H O. Hoagland s Solution # provides approximately mm Mg Nutrient solution ph Differential absorption of cations versus anions by plant roots causes continual changes in the nutrient solution. Solutions must therefore be frequently adjusted or replaced to prevent significant changes in nutrient concentrations, ph and electrical conductivity (EC) (Taiz and Zeiger, 6a).
38 reduction, with some added ionspecific effects. The two varieties did not differ in shoot dry matter when grown in nonsaline solution, nor were there differences in how varieties responded to EC. Results were different when plants were grown in soil. For instance, one difference was that responses differed depending on basil variety.. Phosphorous nutrition and height control In addition to overall ionic concentration, studies suggest that concentrations or ratios of individual plant nutrients affect plant height. Of all the research associated with the effect of macronutrient levels on plant height, the majority has specifically focused on P. Phosphorous, which comprises roughly.% of a plant s dry weight, is a component of many compounds that are fundamental to plant metabolism, such as nucleic acids, ATP, phospholipids and phosphoproteins (Epstein and Bloom, 5; Jain et al., 7). P is absorbed mainly as HPO in alkaline soils or as H PO in acidic soils. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Publication 7: Guide to Greenhouse Floriculture Production, ) suggested that growers limit P supply to reduce plant height. This strategy may be effective as studies show that plant height reduction may be an adaptive response to P starvation. P is, after N, often considered the most limiting plant nutrient in nature due to its general immobility in the soil and its unavailability when in its organic form (Schachtman et al., 998). Unfertilized soils also seldom release P at a fast enough rate to sustain rapid plant growth. To adapt to such stress, plants undergo a distinct series of phosphate starvation responses. One of these responses is height reduction, but other examples include anthocyanin accumulation and changes in root morphology (Devaiah et al., 9).
44 to control) but with no reduction in overall biomass. The increased ratio was due to both an increase in root growth (%) and decrease in shoot growth (75%). K may also interact with gibberellins to alter plant growth. Cycocel, or ( chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride (CCC) is an inhibitor of gibberellin biosynthesis which inhibited chlorophyll synthesis in Lactuca sativa (Knypl and Chylinska, 97; Guruprasad and Guruprasad, 988; Fletcher et al., ). The K salts, KCl and KNO reversed this effect, suggesting that K may interact with GAs (Knypl and Chylinska, 97). Guruprasad and Guruprasad (988) applied M K and GA to elongated etiolated, Amaranthus caudatus L. seedlings and found that GA and K synergistically promoted hypocotyl length by more than % compared to distilled water. GA alone only promoted elongation by 5%, and KCl alone only promoted elongation by %. When CCC was applied to both dark and light grown seedlings, it produced 7% inhibition of hypocotyl length. Both KCl and GA treatments were able to reverse this effect. Research into the molecular and physiological changes that occur in response to modifications in plant nutrition is limited. Studies suggest that modifications in P, K and N nutrition bring about changes in height. Just as PGRs and certain nonchemical methods of height control reduce plant height through disruptions in GA biosynthesis, research suggests that nutrition modifications may do the same. However, before delving further into molecular research, it is important to concretely quantify the effects of nutrient modification on plant height control.
47 .MATERIALS AND METHODS. Introduction to treatment composition The focus of this study was to quantify the effects of four components on plant height: N (two forms: NO + and NH ), P (H PO ) and K. To evaluate all possible combinations of these four components, six sets of nutrient ratios were required. Treatments were therefore created by varying NO /NH +, NO /H PO, NO /K +, K + /H PO, NH + /H PO, and K + / NH + ratios. Control treatments were comprised of a modified Hoagland s solution # with an EC of approximately.ms cm. This formulation provided meq L anions and meq L cations. The control solution contained 5mM NO and mm NH +, mm H PO, mm SO, 6mM K +, mm Ca + and mm Mg +. All solutions were provided with the same amount of micronutrients at g/l (Plant Products Ltd. Chelated Micronutrient Mix, Bramalea, Ontario). Treatment formulations were created by adjusting ion ratios (mm/mm). Six sets of treatments were created, where the ratio of two specific ions was adjusted in each set. For instance, NO + /NH were modified in the first set of ratios. This involved adjusting the control NO + /NH ratio of 5: by lowering the concentration of NO by mm and + increasing the concentration of NH by mm, resulting in a / ratio, while maintaining the same amount of N. For many ratios, either the nominator or denominator was kept constant. The modification of these nutrients inevitably resulted in an alteration in the anion/cation balance and EC. To compensate for losing one anion (NO ) and gaining one cation (NH + ), slight modifications were made to the concentrations of other ions.
56 source of variation. Nutrient ratio, EC and nutrient ratio EC were fixed effects, whereas replication, block nested within replication, ratio replication, EC replication, ratio block and EC block were random effects. A mixed model variance analysis combined across replications was performed using PROC MIXED to determine whether significant variation could be attributed to nutrient ratio, EC, or an interaction between both. Regression analysis was also performed in both objectives to determine whether there were linear or quadratic relationships between nutrient ratios and dependent variables. Because treatments were unevenly spaced, orthogonal coefficients were produced using PROC IML. When a significant linear or quadratic relationship was found, PROC REG was used to generate an equation of the trend. Regression analysis was performed on each set of ratios in the first objective. In the second objective, regression analysis was performed at each EC. Regression analysis was not performed on K + + /NH experiments as this set of ratios was tested at only four different levels (,, and 6).
57 CHAPTER FIGURES Figure.. One of the three benches used in this study. Three larger air lines ran down the length of the bench, of which only the central line is visible.
58 Figure.. Components involved in the hydroponic setup for each plant.


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The Conciliation Imperative
October 30, 2020 Politics, Rhetorical MasteryAnwar Sadat, Hollywood heroes, Jimmy Carter, legislative style, Menachem Begin, Middle Eastern peace, Palestine, partisanship, political risk-taking, presidential leadershipGary C. Woodward
[Another national election is taking place. It's a good time to remember that we will have to get beyond celebrating the unilateralism that has dominated too much American rhetoric. The challenger this time seems more open to seeking common ground with political foes. But the President still seems locked into a binary mindset dominated by the abuse of other Americans as scapegoats. He appears to not have the emotional intelligence to change. And it is our collective problem that this characteristic is one source of his popularity.]
Lawrence Wright's book on the intense negotiations that led to the historical Camp David Accords is a good indicator of what is so frequently missing in our politics. Thirteen Days in September (2014) documents the efforts of President Jimmy Carter to find a way out of the chronic Arab/Israeli impasse, working with Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat as his partners. Without doubt the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize had—and still has—the instincts of a peacemaker. By contrast, prior to the negotiations in 1978, Begin and Sadat had contributed more than their share to the blood-letting that still occurs along borders that surround the Sinai Peninsula. In modern usage, they might have justifiably been labeled terrorists. And yet Carter put his already shaky presidency on the line to cloister these foes in the mountains of western Maryland on the outside chance that they could be induced to produce a lasting peace.
It was a risk and an act of political courage, even though new problems developed in the years that followed. Presidents and congressional politicians rarely put themselves on so uncertain a course unless there are guaranteed outcomes. And that's a problem. A politician who won't risk failed efforts at conciliation is little more than a poseur: a pretender to the role of a leader.
To be sure, the recent brokered deal between Israel and Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates is a welcome step. And yet the region still festers, with most of the Muslim world hostile to American leadership. And the agreements seem more strategic than something closer to a grand gesture of conciliation that would help resolve the issue of a Palestinian homeland.
Somehow we are going to have to get beyond celebrating the unilateralism that is now our preferred rhetoric.
The current American challenge of negotiating differences is made worse because of an old national habit of honoring heroes who are supposedly unsullied by the impulse to compromise. We cherish the self-made person, the inner-directed leader, the lone single agent who rejects anything less than what they brought to the bargaining table. This preference plays out in the narrative tropes that show up in our love of John Wayne's film characters, or James Bond's free-style execution of his own form of foreign policy. We like our heroes to be dominant, assertive, fearless and ready to bolt at the first suggestion that they might make a concession. And so they continue to come in waves of narratives that celebrate intellectual unilateralism: everyone from cinema superheroes, to larger-than-life thinkers like Apple's Steve Jobs. Even the small screen occasionally cherishes the mini-rebellions of office workers stuck in the anonymity of drab cubicle farms.
Our preference for the defiant loner has grown so great that words to describe the team player now read like labels of surrender. "Compromise," "concession," "conciliation," and "mediation" all carry the odor of appeasement. And so our interest in performing the rhetoric of defiance is self-defining; its a cheap way to create a persona suggesting "strong values" and ostensibly settled thinking. Even history's great conciliators—among them: Nelson Mandela, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln—seem more distant than the characters we conjure up to illustrate "decisive" and "uncompromising" leadership. One can only guess at what former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani had in mind when he called Russia's increasingly dictatorial Vladimir Putin a true "leader." The statement is a reminder that unearned certainty can be the perfect sign of a fool.
If we are wondering where to begin, I suggest that we reconsider the kinds of people we want to serve in legislative offices. Deliberative bodies require deliberators. And yet our Congress is filled with too many self-styled media stars who show little interest in finding ways to attain mutual consent. They show up for their close-ups in hearings. But they are often absent from caucus rooms where differences must get hammered out.
Somehow we are going to have to get beyond celebrating the unilateralism that is now our preferred rhetoric. It's a recommendation that especially holds for our chosen leaders, but also for most of us as we weigh the need for ideological purity against the more functional objective of solving problems.


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To concoct things that never existed and never will; that are beyond existence. A future world, a dystopia, inhabited planets, civilizations at the center of the earth or 20,000 leagues under the sea. We do not go to The Martian Chronicles to tell us what Mars is like, but for the power of Bradbury's imagination and his eloquence. Those series of stories exist quite comfortably alongside the science-based, factual The Martian. But at the deepest part of The Martian, it is about a struggle of a lone man to survive.
Same as 'The Weaponsmaker'. A rich young man thrown out into the hot and dangerous street without the slightest idea of what kind of people lived down there. Archetypes, deep plot lines scored in our heads.
I ran into this image through Bing, and I knew it was exactly the right one to use for Bude Rundel, but running down the source of the image was a bit of work. However, this got me in contact with Nuclear Snail studios in Germany and I have had a long and interesting e-mail correspondence with Dimitri Zaitsev, the designer. He designs post-apocalyptic/dystopian costuming for various film studios and CosPlay. He's very good. Thought I would give him a plug here on the blog.
In the 88.3 series it was a challenge to show the sudden climate change from a hot-dry world to catastrophic storms and flooding. This picture is interesting; what appears to be natural formations in the foreground are actually habitations. Kansas City is at the meeting-point of three major rivers; the Kaw, the Blue and the Missouri. The big Platte, draining an enormous expanse of prairie country in Nebraska, Kansas and even Wyoming, empties into the Missouri just north of Kansas City. In this over-urbanized world of the future, human beings in general and the controlling class in particular would have forgotten entirely about things like drainages and riverbeds. They are all covered over in slum apartments, shebangs, unauthorized shacks, shanty-towns and streets.
Even the maps of the rivers and their drainage patterns have been lost. Except to a few. Thus the devastation is unmeasureable.
He used to live among the elite, in the high places, where there were fountains and cooled air and the days went by smoothly, at ease, one after another.
Then the ban order came and he was thrown out, into the lower slum streets.
That's when the story begins.


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The Europe Of Trusts
Susan Howe
Howe's images, being historical as well as biographical, have the eerie shading of ghosts half-believed-in, giving…a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere reminiscent of Borges at his sharpest.
Poetry by Susan Howe
The Europe of Trusts contains three brilliant, long-unavailable books which Susan Howe first published in the early 1980s: The Liberties, Pythagorean Silence, and Defenestration of Prague. These are the landmark books––following her volumes from the previous decade (Hinge Picture, Chanting at the Crystal Sea, Cabbage Gardens, and Secret History of the Dividing Line)––which established Howe as "one of America's foremost experimental writers" (Publishers Weekly). "Her work," as Geoffrey O'Brien put it, "is a voyage of reconnaissance in language, a sounding out of ancient hiding places, and it is a voyage full of risk. 'Words are the only clues we have,' she has said. 'What if they fail us?'"
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Now a subtle blend, now a violent collision of poetry and scholarship…Howe is staking everything on the venture that theory and practice, artifice and application, are perpetually and messily entwined. It is a proposition that seems self-evident, and at the same time seldom in evidence.
—Brian Lemmon, The Boston Review
As one of the country's leading experimental poets…Howe knows that there is a "war-whoop in each dusty narrative"and words have the power to emancipate a person from the manacles of one's false self; they have the power to connect the present with the past and form with content.
—Magill's Literary Annual
Howe's images, being historical as well as biographical, have the eerie shadowing of ghosts half-believed in, giving … a surreal, dream-like atmosphere reminiscent of Borges at his sharpest.
As one of the country's leading experimental poets… Howe knows that there is a 'war-whoop in each dusty narrative' and words have the power to emancipate a person from the manacles of one's false self; they have the power to connect the present with the past and form with content.
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Event to focus on export opportunities for LI firms
By James T. Madore james.madore@newsday.com @JamesTMadore Updated September 4, 2018 6:00 AM
Long Island businesses will hear about trade opportunities in six countries at an Oct. 18 workshop at the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College.
The free event, which runs from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., will include presentations from trade officials who work for New York State in Canada, China, Great Britain, Israel, Mexico and South Africa.
The officials also will meet one-on-one with some business owners. The event is being organized by Empire State Development, the state's primary business-aid agency.
Participants "will learn how to foster new export opportunities and grow their businesses into international markets, leading to new jobs and a strong economy back home," said Howard Zemsky, ESD president.
Slots for one-on-one meetings are limited. To register, go to esd.ny.gov/global-ny-tour.
By James T. Madore james.madore@newsday.com	@JamesTMadore
James T. Madore writes about Long Island business news including the economy, development, and the relationship between government and business. He previously served as Albany bureau chief.


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