Pica is a term used to describe the consumption of non-edible materials.
It is most frequently seen in certain breeds, such as Siamese, Burmese, Tonkinese and other Oriental types, leading to the suggestion that there may be a genetic component with the trait passing down particular family lines. However other domestic cats with no known Oriental ancestry can also suffer from pica.
The behaviour seen predominantly in the Oriental breeds is referred to as 'wool eating' as this is often the material chosen. However this consumption can generalise to other natural and synthetic fabrics, with some individuals favouring one particular texture. Objects made of rubber, wood, leather, plastic, cellophane, paper and cardboard are also popular.
At what age does this occur?
Some kittens arrive in their new home at the age of three months or even younger already chewing their bedding but may grow out of the habit as they mature. However for some the habit continues well into adulthood and can be highly resistant to intervention.
How would I know if my cat has pica?
Many cats will chew and tear at objects when exhibiting predatory behaviour during play but pieces are torn off and not consumed. A pica sufferer will take the chosen object in its mouth and grind repeatedly with the back molar teeth before swallowing in a sequence that can take just a few seconds. The behaviour is highly rewarding for susceptible individuals and many will go to great lengths to seek out the favoured material. It is not fully understood why sufferers appear so highly motivated to consume fabric but one theory suggests that the act of chewing causes chemicals to be released in the 'pica brain' producing a feeling of intense pleasure. This then becomes addictive and, if a cat is observed 'wool eating', the expression does appear to be one of sheer ecstasy!
Is pica dangerous for my cat?
Unfortunately many of the substances chosen cannot be digested in the same way as food and there is a risk that it will cause an obstruction in the intestines and require surgery (called a laparotomy) to remove the material (referred to as a 'foreign body'). Sections of gut may need to be removed in severe cases but, despite this, cats usually do make a full recovery afterwards.
What signs should I look for if my cat has a blockage?
If you know your cat suffers from pica, it is important to be vigilant and monitor for signs of a blockage in the intestines. These signs are vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation (straining unproductively) and general listlessness.
What should I do if my cat eats wool or other material?
Sufferers tend to have restricted lifestyles, for example living exclusively indoors, or may be particularly susceptible to stress. These cats need a great deal of stimulation indoors to give them things to do that enable them to behave in a natural way for the species. The ideal solution is free access outdoors; if this isn't possible then a secured garden or outside pen may be an option.
It is advisable to remove all materials that are consumed (this may involve locking them away) and increase opportunities to play with moving objects, such as fishing rod toys. Some cats benefit from a dietary change to one with high fibre content or the introduction of softened hide sticks (usually given to small dogs) with a drop of fish oil added as an acceptable object to chew. Your vet can recommend a diet that may be suitable.
Not all pica habits represent serious addictions. For those cats that idly chew it is often possible to deter them by using Olbas Oil (eucalyptus oil) or Bitter Apple (used to deter animals from chewing at stitches in surgical wounds) to coat the item of choice. Removing the items from view may even be a sufficient measure in these cases to manage the problem.
What if I've tried and failed to stop my cat's pica?
Pica can be very difficult to manage so it's wise to consult a behaviour specialist, who will visit your home, assess your cat's lifestyle and give you suggestions to stimulate your cat and reduce any relevant stressful situations. Your vet may prescribe an antidepressant drug if your cat is highly motivated to consume non-edible material that will work alongside the behaviour therapy that is put into place.
As this behaviour may be inheritable should I inform the breeder?
As there is some evidence to suggest that pica may be genetic it is important for any breeder to be aware of this problem to take the necessary steps, therefore, if your pedigree cat has this problem it would be wise to inform the breeder.
Are there any other pica problems that may affect my cat?
Cats may consume other abnormal materials apart from wool and other fabrics in behaviour that has no link with the habit that is common in the Oriental breeds. They will not use the same shearing action associated with wool-eating, so it is simple to distinguish one form of pica from another.
Unusual substances can be eaten or licked as a result of specific cravings associated with disease, such as hyperthyroidism (tumour of the thyroid gland), cancer, lead poisoning or feline infectious peritonitis. Cats with severe burdens of intestinal parasites or with chronic deficiencies in their diet may also consume non-nutritious material. Most cats eating these substances for medical reasons will also exhibit other behaviour that indicates they are unwell.
My cat eats litter, should I be worried?
It is relatively common when kittens are first weaned and toilet trained for them to eat cat litter. Some organic bio-degradable materials will do no intrinsic harm but many clumping clay litters are manufactured using a compound called sodium bentonite, a highly absorbent material that may cause dehydration and respiratory problems if it is eaten or inhaled by kittens. For this reason it is best to avoid the use of such litter materials when kittens are very young.
If adult cats start to eat clay-based litter this can also indicate the presence of disease, those with anaemia may lick or consume the litter and it would be advisable to seek advice from a veterinarian as a matter of urgency.
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This is not like a Western holiday where we celebrate and go back to work immediately after. Chinese New Year is celebrated for several weeks.
Most factories are shut down for a couple of weeks, as most employees cross the country to return home to see family.
The weeks preceding and following the celebration are also often quite sluggish. Many of the best workers and managers as a reward are allowed to leave early for the holiday, leading to even more potential headaches.
You may be cut off from contact with your factory for even a few weeks!
Alternatively, some factories may quickly push the products out of the factory before the holiday, giving them even less time and attention than average.
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It's clear we like to know where we're going. The idea of mystery, question marks and pure unknowns disturbs us.
The statement of "I don't know" can be liberating.
Many won't go there. We've been duped into believing that we have control, can master anything we set our minds to, or there is a solution for every problem. Terry Walling once wrote that the best leaders know how to live with the questions. As tough as that is to swallow and live, I agree, from my own experience. There's something about moving forward without an answer. There's something inspiring about moving forward without knowing (exactly) where you're going. I've had so many twists and turns over the last ten years, I've come to a peace about the dance. It is life.
In America and other parts of the world, we're trying to keep the status quo and be innovative at the same time. It doesn't work. We want to find talent, but we don't want to get too close to our gut instincts. We want to give advice on employee wellbeing, but don't want change the structure. Many organizations turn to data and technology to replace what only a human can do. It's almost like a throwing up the hands approach. When the robots take over, then I'll bow down to the alter of data. It's really just a mask anyway, for those who can't look into your soul, or their own. Data and technology is mostly a spice or flavoring. The human is the main ingredient. Always has, always will be.
Am I advocating dumping research into the cures for cancer or diabetes? Am I saying data won't help the talent recruiter make better decisions? In no way do I believe that. However, anything used to make up for our intellectual laziness and discipline will only be a band-aid on a gunshot wound. I think we need more of doing what we know we need to do, instead of analyzing endless data/excuses.
A full and vibrant life is found in those able to embrace the unknown.


The chocolate tour and tasting is a three-hour guided educational adventure where you learn all about the cacao tree and see how chocolate is made from the cacao fruit (cacao pods). Learn about permaculture, sustainable farming, and exotic fruits on this delectable chocolate tour.
During the tour, we sit down to an EXTENSIVE chocolate tasting (20 types of chocolates), all Hawaiian grown and made. We keep the percentages of cacao high (85%) to ensure the health benefits. If you like dark chocolate, you will love this tour.
We also make a hot chocolate in the traditional Latin American style with fresh ground chocolate liquor, fresh whole vanilla pods, fresh ground allspice, fresh coconut meat and coconut milk, and local honey (no cane sugar). Sample and savor the best chocolate on all the Hawaiian Islands on a tour with Garden Island Chocolate!


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Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Dominic Chianese, Carol Kane
Illegally Funny
Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) and Salvatore "Sal" Naturale (John Cazale) along with their friend Stevie (Gary Springer) decide to rob a bank. But with no idea of what they are doing it is one calamity after another as first Steve bails on them, then they discover that they are too late as the bank has already had its daily pick up and most of the money is gone. With no money to take they decide to take the travellers cheques but when they try to burn the bank's register so they can't be traced it causes smoke to billow out of an air vent alerting a nearby shop and before they know it the place is surrounded by police. Now these two novice criminals find them selves in a hostage situation with no idea what they are doing.
I hate pretentious nonsense and unfortunately over the years I have read plenty of pretentious things which have been written about "Dog Day Afternoon". Now I am not saying any of those things are wrong but when it comes to your average Joe on the street who wants to know whether or not they will be entertained if they watch "Dog Day Afternoon" then hearing how symbolic of an era and the attitude of a nation it is isn't telling them anything. So to put it simply "Dog Day Afternoon" will entertain, it is a drama which will make you laugh whilst also realise that once upon a time Al Pacino was an exciting actor rather than one who became known for shouting in movies.
So if you don't know "Dog Day Afternoon" is based on a true story and the way the movie tells it is that we have two friends, the third one bottles it, who try to rob a bank but with no real planning other than what they have seen in films end up making a botched job of it. So we see how when Sonny tries to be all bank robbery by having a rifle in a flower box except the box doesn't drop away like in the movies, they set fire to a bank ledger without thinking about the smoke and a strong woman mocks them for not thinking it through. It means that you are constantly smiling at the haphazard ways of these bank robbers rather than laughing at jokes.
But you are also smiling because this is Al Pacino acting, delivering a very specific character with various quirks and he does so in a controlled but entertaining manner. There is shouting as you expect from Pacino but unlike these days it is all part of the character and what a fascinating, conflicted character Sonny is as is Sal in a very different way with John Cazale delivering one of his most memorable performances and making the quiet man as interesting as Pacino's vocal Sonny.
All of the above makes for a thoroughly entertaining movie with Charles Durning also delivering a fantastic performance as the cop who turns host negotiator. In fact I can't think of there being anything really wrong with "Dog Day Afternoon" as it draws you into this situation where the cops are just as ill prepared as Sonny and Sal as they come across as not only gung ho but out there in ridiculous numbers.
What this all boils down to is that "Dog Day Afternoon" is a fantastically entertaining movie which works even for those who like me don't need to know the pretentious sub context side of things which seems to fascinate many who have reviewed the movie.
Having returned from war a hero, Michael (Al Pacino - Ocean's Thirteen) heads home with girlfriend Kay (Diane Keaton) for the wedding of his sister Connie (Talia Shire) to Carlo (Gianni Russo) and finds himself explaining all about ...
So as already mentioned "Serpico" is based on the true story of Frank Serpico and starts with what was a famous shooting which saw him end up in hospital on the critical list after being shot in the face during a drugs bust. What fo ...
Author! Author! (1982)
Playwright Ivan Travalian (Al Pacino - The Godfather: Part II) is focussed on his play which is in rehearsals for Broadway which is quite stressful, thankfully when he returns home each day he has a gaggle of children who never fail ...
Having been one of the thousands of Cuban Refugees who entered the United States in the 1980 Mariel Harbor boat lift, Tony Montana (Al Pacino - Ocean's Thirteen) and his friend Manny (Steven Bauer) soon realise that working in a kit ...
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer - The Witches of Eastwick) is a waitress in a New York cafe, who after some unhappy relationships lives a quiet life, preferring to protect herself from more upset by staying at home. But when Johnny (Al P ...
COLUMBO EPISODES ON THE MOVIE SCENE
Prescription: Murder (1968)
Columbo: Double Exposure (1973)
Columbo: Double Shock (1973)
Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (1974)
Columbo: How to Dial a Murder (1978)
Columbo Cries Wolf (1990)
Columbo Goes to College (1990)
Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003)
Columbo: Murder in Malibu (1990)

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6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: "My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries" (Laurence Sterne).
1. One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.
2. Linguistics A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.
3. Obsolete One who suffers.
4. persevering or diligent: a patient worker.
3. bearing provocation, annoyance, pain, etc., without complaint or anger.
4. characterized by or expressing such a quality.
5. persevering or diligent; steady.
6. undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent).
a. able and willing to endure: patient of others' mistakes.
arthritic - a person afflicted with arthritis; "the hands of an elderly arthritic"
1. sick person, case, sufferer, invalid He specialized in the treatment of cancer patients.
1. forbearing, understanding, forgiving, mild, accommodating, tolerant, indulgent, lenient, even-tempered He was endlessly kind and patient with children.
we have been patient long enough! → ¡se nos está acabando or agotando la paciencia!
He made the patient feel like a boy confronted by a jolly schoolmaster; his illness was an absurd piece of naughtiness which amused rather than irritated.
Above all, he feared the patient would be angry at it.
He found his patient stretched on his bed, his legs swelled, his face livid, and his stomach collapsed.
In two or three days' time I received my first intelligence of the patient and his nurse.
The physician laughed at his own pleasantry, but narrowly watched his patient from the corner of his eye.
For the first time, for many a long year past, the Doctor felt his pulse quicken its beat in the presence of a patient.
The reader may perhaps be surprized, that, instead of endeavouring to revive the patient, the learned gentlemen should fall immediately into a dispute on the occasion of his death; but in reality all such experiments had been made before their arrival: for the captain was put into a warm bed, had his veins scarified, his forehead chafed, and all sorts of strong drops applied to his lips and nostrils.
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Avatar and Property Rights in China
By Ilya Somin on January 14, 2010 2:13 am in Eminent Domain, Kelo, Property Rights, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Most commentators have interpreted the movie Avatar as having an anti-capitalist message. Libertarian economist David Henderson, however, claims that it is actually a defense of property rights. Though I must reserve judgement until I see the movie, I am skeptical that Henderson's interpretation is either the message intended by the producers or the one most American viewers come away with. However, it's interesting that Henderson's interpretation is exactly how the film was perceived by many in China, where the government has forcibly expelled millions from their homes in recent years, in order to make way for various development projects [HT: one of Henderson's commenters here]:
BEIJING: The bull-dozers await at the gates. An evil corporation sends its guards, using every possible threat to move the residents from their land. But all resistance is futile. The people watch in horror, as their homes get torn down to rubble and they are forced to relocate.
This is a not-so-unfamiliar storyline in China where forced land acquisitions by influential real estate companies are rarely away from the headlines. Here, home demolitions are arguably the most controversial of social issues, and widely regarded as the biggest cause of social unrest.
This also happens to be the plotline of James Cameron's epic blockbuster film 'Avatar,' which opened in China last week and has seemingly taken the country by storm.
A week on after its January 4 release, the show is set to break all records at the Chinese box-office….
[M]any film critics and bloggers have also been struck by the close resonance the film's plotline has had for many cinema-goers here.
"China's demolition crews must go sue Old [James] Cameron, sue him for piracy/copyright infringement!," one blogger wrote at the website Tianya.com.
At least a dozen movie-goers The Hindu interviewed after one screening in Beijing's Sanlitun district said they were moved by the story, particularly its close parallels to the land conflicts that are common in many of China's cities.
The resonance was so deep that some film critics here dismissed the plot-line as "too common." "Some Chinese movie critics think that while the movie is not bad, parts of the plot were too mundane," the popular and controversial writer Han Han said. "I completely disagree, because brute-force eviction is unimaginable for audiences in other countries because they think that it can only happen on alien planets. Or in China."
The film's release here also happens to coincide with a number of high-profile demolition cases, which have recently stirred debate about land rights….
The only difference between Mr. Cameron's film and land conflicts in China, cinema-goers said, was the plot's denouement.
"The humans actually failed to successfully evict and demolish [the aliens]?," one blogger wrote. "Truly embarrassing. Why didn't they send China's chengguan [security guards] there?"
I previously blogged about massive property rights violations in China here and here. As American cases such as Kelo v. City of New London prove, China isn't the only country where "brute force eviction" is used to drive out homeowners and businesses for the benefit of influential interest groups. Nonetheless, the massive scale of the Chinese abuses dwarfs anything that has happened in the US. And it should also be noted that forcibly displaced Chinese generally get much less in the way of procedural rights and financial compensation than is available to their American counterparts. Today's China is a vast improvement over the Mao era, when the government didn't recognize any private property rights at all and slaughtered its people by the millions. But there is a long way to go before most ordinary Chinese truly have secure property rights. Though our own problems aren't nearly as severe, we need stronger protection for property rights on this side of the Pacific Ocean as well.
Avatar, China
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Progress spacecraft
The Progress is a Russian expendable freighter spacecraft. The spacecraft is an unmanned resupply spacecraft during its flight but upon docking with a space station it allows astronauts inside, hence it is classified "manned" by the manufacturer. [ [http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/alpha/alpndex0.htm Alphabetic Index - 0 ] ] [ [http://www.spacecraftnames.info/1.html Return to selections: ] ] [ [http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet-mw.html Designations of Soviet and Russian Missiles and Spacecraft] ] It was derived from the Soyuz spacecraft, and is launched with the Soyuz launch vehicle. It is currently used to supply the International Space Station, but was originally used to supply Soviet space stations for many years. There are three to four flights of the Progress spacecraft to the ISS per year. Each spacecraft remains docked until shortly before the new one, or a Soyuz (which uses the same docking ports) arrives. Then it is filled with waste, disconnected, deorbited, and destroyed in the atmosphere.
It has carried fuel and other supplies to all the space stations since Salyut 6. The idea for the Progress came from the realisation that in order for long duration space missions to be possible, there would have to be a constant source of supplies. It had been determined that a cosmonaut needed consumables (water, air, food, etc.) plus there was a need for maintenance items and payloads for experiments. It was impractical to launch this along with passengers in the small space available in the Soyuz.
Progress is of much the same size and shape as Soyuz. It consists of three modules:
*A pressurized forward module. This carries the supplies for the crew such as scientific equipment, clothes, prepackaged and fresh food, and letters from home. The docking drogue is similar to that of the Soyuz but features ducting for the UDMH fuel and N2O4 oxidiser.
*A fuel compartment. The reentry module of the Soyuz was replaced with an unpressurized propellant and refueling compartment with ducting along the outside of the spacecraft. This meant that if a leak occurred, the poisonous gas would not enter the station's atmosphere. The fuel is carried in two tanks.
*A propulsion module. The propulsion module, at the rear of the spacecraft, remained unchanged and contains the orientation engines used for the automatic docking. It may be used to boost the orbit of the station once docked.
Reduction in weight was possible because the Progress was designed to be unmanned and disposable. This means that there is no need for bulky life support systems and heat shields. The spacecraft also has no ability to split into separate modules. After undocking, the spacecraft performs a retrofiring and burns up in the atmosphere.
There were many small variations between the different flights, but the major upgrades are reflected in the change of name.
Progress (1978-1990)
There were 42 spacecraft built using the initial Progress design, the last one being launched in May 1990.
The bureau in charge of designing the freighter was TsKBEM (now RKK Energia). They began work on the design in mid-1973, assigning Progress the GRAU index 11F615A15. The design was complete by February, 1974, and the first production model was ready for launch in November 1977. Progress 1 launched on January 20, 1978 aboard the same rocket used to launch the Soyuz. It still featured the same launch shroud as the Soyuz, though this was purely for aerodynamic purposes as the launch escape system had been deactivated.
This first version of Progress had a mass of 7,020 kg and carried 2,300 kg of cargo, or 30% of its launch weight. It had the same diameter as the Soyuz at 2.2 metres, but was 8 metres in length—slightly longer. The autonomous flight time was 3 days, the same time as that of the Soyuz ferry. It could spend one month docked. Progress always docked to the aft port of the station it was resupplying.
* Launch weight 7,020-7,249 kg
* Weight of cargo (Progress 1-24) ~2,300 kg
* Weight of cargo (Progress 24-42) ~2,500 kg
* Length 7.94 m
* Diameter of cargo modules 2.2 m
* Maximum diameter 2.72 m
* Volume of cargo compartment 6.6 m³
Progress M (1989-present)
The upgraded Progress M was first launched in August 1989. The first 43 flights all went to Mir; following Mir's re-entry, Progress was used as the resupply vehicle for the International Space Station. As of May 2008, there have been 29 Progress flights to the ISS and more are scheduled.
The Progress M is essentially the same spacecraft as the Progress, but it features improvements based on the Soyuz T and TM designs. It can spend up to 30 days in autonomous flight and is able to carry 100 kg more. Also, unlike the old Progress crafts, it can return items to Earth. This is accomplished by using the Raduga capsule, which can carry up to 150 kg of cargo. It is 1.5 m long and 60 cm in diameter and has a "dry weight" of 350 kg. Progress M can also dock to the forward port of the station and still transfer fuel. It uses the same rendezvous system as the Soyuz, and it features solar panels for the first time.
* Launch weight 7,130 kg
* Cargo weight 2,600 kg
* Dry cargo weight 1,500 kg
* Liquid cargo weight 1,540 kg
* Solar array span 10.6 m
* Dry cargo compartment volume 7.6 m³
Progress M1 (2000-present)
Progress M1 is another variant, capable of carrying more propellant (but less total cargo) to the space stations. There have been 11 of these flights.
* Mass: 7,150 kg
* Capacity cargo: 2,230 kg
* Capacity propellant: 1,950 kg
* Capacity dry cargo: 1,800 kg
Progress M2
Progress M2 was a planned variant, which was a proposed design for the proposed Mir-2 space station, but was dropped due to financial issues. The M2 variant would have a larger service module for larger cargo or space station modules and would have been launched on a Zenit launch vehicle.cite web
url = http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm2.htm
title = Progress M2
accessdate = 2006-10-29]
Progress spacecraft are currently used to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). Between February 1, 2003 and July 26, 2005, they were the only spacecraft available to transport large quantities of supplies to the station, as the Space Shuttle fleet was grounded after the breakup of "Columbia" at the end of STS-107. For ISS missions, the Progress M1 variant is used, which moves the water tanks from the propellant and refueling module to the pressurized section, and as a result is able to carry more propellant.fact |date=September 2008 The most recent mission, Progress M-65, launched to the ISS on 2008-09-10. [cite web |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=29167 |title=Progress M-65 Launched From Baikonur Cosmodrome |publisher=SpaceRef |date=2008-09-11] The spacecraft, also known as Progress 30, docked with the station 2008-09-17. [cite web |url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080917-progress30-spacestation.html |title=New Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
first=Tariq |last=Malik |publisher=SPACE.com |date=2008-09-17]
Like the Soyuz (and unlike most American spacecraft), the Progress has an autonomous navigation system that usually allows for automatic docking with the space station. It can be manually overridden if necessary.
The European Space Agency (ESA) operates its own type of supply freighter, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). The first of these, named "Jules Verne", was launched at 04:03 GMT on 9 March 2008. ATVs can carry up to 9 tonnes of cargo into space, roughly three times as much as the Progress, and will be launched every 12-18 months by Ariane 5 rockets.
The new American Orion spacecraft, which will replace the Space Shuttle after 2010, will have, like Progress, two unmanned variants.fact |date=September 2008 One version will retain the pressurized crew module, but will be outfitted with storage lockers that can allow astronauts to bring fresh equipment onboard, along with being able to return experiments to Earth. Another version, with the crew module replaced with a docking ring on an enlarged service module, will allow the ISS to be boosted into a higher (350+ km) orbit, allowing the ISS to avoid most of the atmosphere and reducing the need to reboost the station on a regular basis.
RKK Energia has proposed as a replacement for the Progress spacecraft a new spacecraft by the name of Parom, which means ferry in Russian. This new spacecraft would retrieve either the proposed Kliper or any other cargo container with a Russian airlock up to 15 tons back to the ISS.
* List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/progress.html NASA - Russian Progress Spacecraft] - NASA page discussing the Progress spacecraft, updated May 2005.
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Vasco Futscher mostra nesta exposição individual um conjunto de objectos em cerâmica de médias dimensões.
ao artefacto manual, expressivo e imediatista da cerâmica de estúdio ou da terapia pelas artes.
Vasco Futscher shows us a group of medium sized ceramic objects. Standing by themselves on individual plinths but related to one another, these objects (between 25 and 35 cm high) call for a memory where different traditions and constructive codes are smoothly crossed together, ranging from the "objet d'art" to the sculptural portrait, from the architectural ornament to the expressive and immediate artefact coming from the potter's studio, or even from art therapy sessions.


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Will Haspel be confirmed as CIA director?
Newly declassified cables describing waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation" techniques applied to suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri while CIA Director Gina Haspel was known to have run the agency's black site in Thailand have been released by the National Security Archive, a research institute at George Washington University, in Washington D.C.
Names, dates and other details are largely redacted from the cables, whose release was the result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit by the institute, but triangulation among other previously released documents suggests they were sent between November and December of 2002, and that some of the techniques were overseen by CIA contract psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen. Most of the cables are assumed to have been either written or authorized by Haspel.
The National Security Archive said it filed the FOIA request for the cables on April 16, after President Trump nominated Haspel to head the agency. The CIA declined to comment on the contents of the documents or their release.
Often graphic and descriptive, many of the cables offer a clinical description of what happened to Nashiri during his detention, with step-by-step accounts of the Nashiri's interactions with his captors: "subject's head was shaved by security staff while subject moaned and wailed," one cable said.
Another dispatch, apparently sent in December, employs descriptive, near-literary language that describes a "catlike" linguist and "hulking, heavily muscled guards."
"HVTI and linguist ... strode, catlike, into the well-lit confines of the cell at 0902 hrs... deftly removed the subject's black hood with a swipe, paused, and in a deep, measured voice said that subject - having 'calmed down' after his (staged) run-in with his hulking, heavily muscled guards the previous day - should reveal what subject had done to vex his guards to the point of rage.
Subject, blinking in the fluorescent light, did a few characteristically flicks of his tongue, reacquired his nervous tick, and in a frail, squeaky voice, replied: 'Nothing'"
Some of the cables' contents also glance at the justifications the agency used, on paper, to administer the interrogation techniques. "Based upon psychological evaluation and HQs assessment that 'Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri…has access to perishable threat information that he will not willingly share, this cable constitutes approvals for enhanced interrogation measures to be employed against Nashiri as outlined below," one of the cables reads.
Among the techniques known to have been employed by the agency – as revealed in previous reports and document releases, and as detailed further in the newly released cables – were confining detainees in a small box, slamming their heads and bodies into a wall, slapping them, stripping them of their clothing, and waterboarding.
"Subject was told that he suffered unnecessarily today because he didn't provide compete responses up front; he was warned to think carefully and not hold back anything when they began again," one cable says. "Subject was also warned to drink more of his water, and was then locked in his box at 1700 hours."
Nashiri, who was detained in 2002 upon suspicions of being the mastermind of the deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, admitted to his role in the attack after being interrogated, the cables say.
He "began by saying that he had done work for Usama ((Bin Laden)), had done the USS Cole attack, and had since seen warships that he had been planning to attack," one cable reads. It is not clear from the redacted cables whether Nashiri admitted to having knowledge of other plots.
Nashiri is being held in a military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where he was transferred in 2006.
Haspel faced intense questioning from lawmakers during her confirmation hearing over her role in the enhanced interrogation program. Critics of Haspel's nomination said her involvement with the program should have disqualified her candidacy. She was ultimately confirmed, 54 to 45, in May.
During her hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Haspel vowed an interrogation program would not be restarted on her watch.
"I understand that what many people around the country want to know about are my views on CIA's former detention and interrogation program," Haspel said in written testimony. "Having served in that tumultuous time, I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation program."
It took continued pressure, mainly from Democrats, to coax additional criticism from Haspel, who declined to forcefully disavow the interrogation program during her hearing.
"While I won't condemn those that made these hard calls, and I have noted the valuable intelligence collected, the program ultimately did damage to our officers and our standing in the world," Haspel wrote in a letter subsequently sent to Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Virginia.
"With the benefit of hindsight and my experience as a senior agency leader, the enhanced interrogation program is not one the CIA should have undertaken," she wrote.


Eight members of the same family were killed "execution-style" across four homes in rural Piketon, Ohio, law enforcement said Friday, in the presence of three small children, who survived the rampage.
The deceased are seven adults and a 16-year-old male, Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine said in a Friday afternoon press conference.
A six-month-old and three-year-old child were also found to have survived the mass shooting.
The killer is believed to be at large and should be considered armed and dangerous, DeWine said. The motive behind the attacks is not yet known.


It's Rogers Cup, but Roger won't be there. Roger Federer has announced that he will not participate in the Canadian Open in Montreal on August 10.
Federer reached the final last year losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Federer has played the Canadian Open 11 times winning in 2006 and 2004, but he's never won the event when it's in Montreal only reaching the final once there in 2007 and he's skipped the event now three times in the last four years.
Federer, who turns 34 on August, will play Cincinnati, the only summer hardcourt event he will appear at before the US Open.
He ranks No. 2 with four titles on the season and recent Wimbledon runner-up finish to Novak Djokovic.
While Federer is out, the Toronto women's event, it was announced, will boast all Top 25 players in the field.
Raonic's Message To Bouchard: No One Will Remember Montreal, They'll Remember The Slams!
It is rude to pull from a tournament named after you.
Risky decision by Federer. By pulling out, he will fail to defend the 600 points he earned last year. This means that Andy will have a much better chance of taking the #2 seed for the USO.
Not easy, but very doable for Andy. All he needs to do is outperform Roger by 600 points. He is playing two more tournaments than Roger… He definitely has a shot.
that's true yolita; i didn't think of that, but it's a boon for andy in a way.
Where is the other tourney Murray is playing, Atlanta or Washington?
Atlanta is a 250 and Murray already had 3 titles in 3 ATP 250 tourneys so no points to gain.
If it is Washington he has two titles in ATP 500 and 210 pts for Davis Cup so not much he can gain there as well unless he wins it.
He defends 2 Quarters in Canda and Cincy and is trailing Federer by more than 1000 pts.
Federer is safe to be #2 for Cincy and my guess he is betting either Djoko or him will beat Mirray there and prevent him from reaching finals. So unless Murray wins Washington and Canada and Federer underperfom massivelly in Cincy he is safe for #2 in USO.
Maybe he and his team crunched the numbers and thiught Murray's chance are slim. Better conserve energy for Cincy and US Open than play Montreal with less chance of winning.
But he pretry much give up on #2 with this decision (unless he wins USO). Probably he is for a push in USO wanting to arrive restes with Cincy as a tune up which aleasy favores him. After USO he kind of know that Murray eventually will cath him so he is in for a final push with the #2 seed in a Slam.
You may be right Daniel, but part of Fed's calculations could partially be influenced by his decision to play DC after the US GS – he's preserving his energy.?
You folks are forgetting a little thing called Davis Cup. GB plays Australia just a few days after the USO finishes, so if Andy goes deep in New York (as I think he can – particularly if it's windy)he'll then, without enough rest, have to play himself to a standstill against Australia, so his progress for the rest of this season is likely to be far from smooth.
Speaking of Australia, have you noticed the feud between Tomic and the Aussie authorities goes on. They proposed a meeting to discuss his complaints, but he refused unless they reinstated his sister's financial support. If Pat Rafter had any say, I reckon Bernard would never play tennis again!
Yes Colin, the biggest DC effort may have to come from Andy – but potentially it's no bed of roses for Fed and/or Stan who are both likely to go deep at the US Slam. Andy's only advantage is the 6 years difference between him and Fed, and 2-3 year age difference Andy-Stan. Will it be significant or not? Only Father-time knows.
Also, the efforts of the "other DC sides" at the USO could also be relevant, Kyrgios & co. etc. etc.
I don't think Fed cares much if he arrives 2 or 3. Either way he is likely to play Novak, and at least one other Slam-worthy player (i.e. Stan or Andy). Falling out of top 4 makes things tougher but there's not a big difference between 1-2 and 3-4.
If Fed is #2, he'll face Stan or Andy in semis and Novak in finals. If Fed is #3 he'll play Andy or Novak in semis and 1 of those three in finals. (That's assuming things go to form- but if any of those players are knocked out before semis it still doesn't change the delta between 1-2 or 2-3).
The race for #2 is of no importance to Federer. After #1 the other rankings are not that important. He obviously feels he will have better chances at the US open by skipping that event. I doubt he will get another slam but he obviously wants to maximize his chances.
Being from Montreal, it's a little disappointing that I won't see him play here (though I have seen him player in the past).
At 34 he's going to manage his schedule the best he can. I don't fully blame him for pulling out. He wants one more slam for his trophy case. Though, as Jack Lewis said above, it isn't going to happen.
I really think that Wimbledon was his last shot. There are several guys out there who can overpower/outwork Roger on a hard court. While he doesn't have to play all of them, I do believe that he will eventually have to beat Novak which seems to be a lost cause at this point. Should Novak lose early along with some of the other big hitters (Stan, Berdych, Cilic, Tsonga, even Monfils et al.) then sure… Fed could win. But that scenario is so unlikely. If Fed plays Murray in the final, then sure….he has a shot. But I think a string of unlikely upsets is the only way Roger picks up another big trophy.
Love how some think that being #2 or #3 is 'not that important'. You go to #3 or lower, and Muzz, 2nd best player of the season, gets his rightful spot -and odds increase you have to beat both Muzz and Nole.
Fed by bailing gets to go into Cincinnati fresher, and it's a faster court he has done well on and has a decent shot at winning. He hasn't won Rogers Cup in 10 years. Last trophy there was back in 2006.
Don't think Fed at 34 believes he can play both Masters and the USO.
TV, big difference being #2 for Fed. right now tge only olayer who "owns" hin is Djoko and if he is seeded 2 they can only meet in finals.
Although I agree Djoko is more likelly to be there regardless an upset can happen and somewhat he just doesn't play his best in USO big matches (apart from final he won) even the Fed matches he saved MP, was 2-0 down to Murray in 2012, play five sets with Wawa and lost to Kei last year. I think he wants a comanding statemnent performance this tear there to set #10 and his path for top 5 or better GOAT. But if he is upset, I fancy Fed's chance agaisnt anyine else, specially if he plays well in Cincy. Cilic is not goign to happen again, Kei, Milos and Dimitrov fell they kind of regressed for several different reasons and Nadal to me has no chance in fast HC.
That leaves Murray, who Fed has a mental edge right now and Wawa who is a bit inconsisitent still. So, to me avoiding Djoko before finals increases his chances and one of the other two can beat Djoko there and in a final agaisnt Fed anything can happen.
Fed seedes 2 he could draw Wawa who may not reach that far. Than he either has to beat Murray or Djoko in finals.
And although Djoko has the edge on Murray, with the eay Murray's been playing eventually he will get a win (or not;-). But as both Djoko and Murray are top 2 in race having tonolay only one of them is better than having to play both.
I think one of this 4 wins US Open, with Wawa slow odds than other three, Djoko favorite, than Murray, than Fed.
lets hope it is no injury or starting problems with his back.
but probably he felt last year he played to much leading up to the Cilic loss.
us open is his best shot at slamsucces.
djoker wont get past quarters.
If the seeding mattered to him… he'd be in Montreal.
I believe that Fed is doing what is best for Fed and that is good! He has to look to the immediate future to keep his energy up! I think that Roger will win in Cincy and he will at least go very deep in USO! Any way that you slice it, Roger is the GOAT and will get another major to solidify his legacy, IMO!
Tv – as above don't ignore the other commitment – the DC for Fed.
Seems dumping Canada to have a shot at Cincinnati and a slim chance at the USO was one of the easier "hard choices" he made.
BTW – It would be nice if Tennis X would pick up on that important discussion going on, on significant changes to the game may be happening soon.
Like chopping "player's warmup time" way back. Elimination of the "let" call. Sudden death once you get to deuce in a game. Sponsors and media contracts negotiators now asking when the WTA will rein in the "shriekers". More night games in certain media markets during the weekdays. Media pushing both Tours to do something about "farting around" rallies where neither player is trying to win the point, just pushing the ball back and forth waiting for the other player to make an error 1st..
Andy: DC + Another Slam win (hopefully Wimbledon 2016.
Stan: Another Slam + a DC win + Rio.
Rafa: To regain form and win French Open.
If anyone cares to respond, I'm hoping for a balanced respond without nastiness.
I think that Novak will make Rio among his priorities in 2016. He was very upset by failing to win at least a bronze at the previous Olympics.
Roger plays for two reasons: he likes to play, and there is a big chunk of money to earn. Real big. Can he win another slam? Who knows. We see that he was one step away of winning WB the last two years. He could be very dangerous at the USO, with just a little luck.
The others? They just play, and their objectives are to go deep in tournaments and to win them. Not a particular one, but each time they play. Then, they can't always chose.
I think Nole for next year will want to win everything he can, as it is with almost all rulling #1. Imagine of he wins USO this year, maybe next year he cna target the Grand Slam as many thought he could do ot this year.
But his priorities will be Garros + any other Slam (the most he can as he'll turn 29) + Rio medal (preferably gold as it will be played in HC, already announced) + Masters record and hold #1 till year end to tie Federer with 5.
Agree with mat4 ref Fed and the other is to win Slams, Wawa any and Murray Wimbledon priority as always and any others.
JKH, I actually take Federer at his word that he plays because he loves competing. I don't think he is fixating on anything in particular as a cap to his career. That said, I think he wants to win Slams, because he wants to win, period.
I imagine the other players might have similar goals in mind to those you stated. I wonder if tennis players actually set goals in that fashion for a coming year, you know, actually verbalizing (even if just to themselves) what their hopes and goals are, what their standards for success for the year are.
Tennis is like a Dinosaur, moves very, very, slowly and reluctantly forwards… And re your last point "farting around" I imagine that was a wind up, because how on earth could they enforce that?
Actually, a topic I've seen come up elsewhere, but never here, is match rigging.
Anyone see that extraordinary picture of Murray & Federer at Bangkok 2005 (or was it 2006). (Margot – it would really give you a smile) – will see if I can find it again.
Mat4: I'm not privy to the thoughts, decisions and actions of anyone especially those, like tennis players, who are in the public eye, because that situation gives rise to ill- informed nonsense, often conflicting nonsense, from the media. However I doubt that any of the top echelon, including those up to around fifty are short of a few pennies. The top lot are wealthier than most of us could ever dream of, even allowing for the expenses incurred running support teams, travel, families etc. It seems that they are doing good things with their cash as well. Even those plagued my serious injury like Delpo, Haas etc are not going to struggle too much…….
Therefore I doubt that a big chunk of money is uppermost in their minds. My take is that it's more to do with the following: as you say, love of the game, pride, gladiatorial effort, history, promotion of the sport worldwide, character forming and other issues. Ok I'm being idealistic!
Sounds to me like Roger's afraid he'll lose to Djokovic and Djokovic will get the upper hand in the head-to-heads AND gain the psychological advantage heading into the US. Not that he needs it, though, because he's already in Federer's head BIG TIME and if Federer can't even beat Djoko on grass then there's no way he'll beat him on the hard courts over 5 sets.
Federer's downward spiral has been predicted since several years ago. And it's accurate. He has spiraled down to number 2.
Yeah,i always find it strange on this forum,posters cannot simply be content with their favorites achievements of one all time great,they have to belittle the achievements of another all time great….
For Djokovic, the rest of 2015 has some very interesting potential achievements that are possible, likely, and all but certain (passing John McEnroe into 5th place in most weeks as #1).
It's not all about 1 2000 pt event.
He can tie or exceed his record and Rafa's for most Masters wins in a year (5). He has 4 now.
Djokovic passed Federer with most Masters wins and is in striking distance of Rafa's 27.
If he wins Cincinnati, he becomes the 1st to own all Master's titles.
It's looking like he will have a better h2h with Federer over their careers.
And unless Rafa comes back strong, odds favor Nole to put that h2h in doubt.
At the momement, he is in contention to have the most (adjusted) points of any player in a season. Fed holds that record now for his 2005 season.
And the Year End Championships? Not given the importance that players put on it, overlooked by some "Slam-centric" fans and writers. But coming back to being a big deal again. And a hinge point for two guys – Federer and Djokovic. Djokovic has 4 already. Ivan Lendl and Pete have 5. Federer has 6. If Djokovic wins, he will likely end up tied with Fed with 6 or exceed that. If Fed wins one more – his record probably will be safe from Djokovic.
Yes CF, a lot for Djoko at stake still this season.
– 1 more win over Fed and he revert HxH with him.
– 2 more Masters and he has the record of 6 in a season (if Nadal doesn't win anyn more this year) he will be with 26, 1 shy from the record, which most likelly he geta next year.
– 4 Year End #1 is virtually in the bag now, bar injury.
– A Fifth WTF staying 1 shy of Federer record of 6.
– 3 nore wins over Nadal and he reverts that HxH also, any other win he gets puts him closer and he canndraw Nadal in Nortg America on R16 or Quarters in one of two Masters, let's see how that will play out.
If he achieve all of that, or half of it, next year he will be in for another historical year at 29 he could have a safer look where his career will go and where he can stand in mens tennis history, already a legend.
This based on Djoko's age. If he wins USO he stay at 10 at 28 and half, so Sampra's and Nadal's 14 is stillreachable. But that depends on a lot of factors and basically he will have to win majors after 30, something very few could do.
That is why USO is at most important for him right now and he knows it. The goal now maybe Cincy, but as a set up for USO, than everything else.
I dont think hell sail through.the hard hitters have more chance on this court then on the gras.
If Fed plays his cards right this one could be his. I fancied US open for Federer from beginning of year. especially with sabbatical Cilic took.
Agree in part Sienna, indeed Djoko lost two matches on fast HC, in Doha to Karlovic and in Dubai to Federer whereas on grass he looked sublime and on clay he was dominating bar that performance from Wawrinka.
Slow HC Djoko rules but fast HC he can be upset hence he never won Cincy and his, relativelly poor record un USO finals where he lost matches to all other big 4 and played 5 sets with Wawa before. So indeed here is where he is most vulnerable, north america HC swing. Asia he dominates last years, so woth Paris and WTF nowadays.
Last year he was a bit uninterested in Canada and Cincy but this year I think the history will be different and there is nobody playing that great now other than Murray and Fed. But yeah, nobody saw Tsonga coming last year so on HC a player on a row cna beat anybody. Hard to see it again at USO but in Masters sure.
Daniel, it may be unlikely, but another totally sick, never to be broken record is possible. Since Nole won Paris and Barclay's last year, he currently holds titles 6 of the 10 big events under the ATP. A record already.
It is possible he wins 1 of the next 3 Masters. No one has ever held 7 of 10. Chance of winning 2 more Masters is there. And if somehow he won all 3 Masters before Paris…he'd have 9 of 10 of the ATP's biggest Tour events (Slams being independent from the ATP). That would be sick, sick, sick!!!
Then there is that thing about 4 Masters won in a year, 1 skipped, 4 to go. 1 win ties his and Rafa's record, 2 makes a new record. I don't see how any would match it if he won 3 or all 4.
Don't know what Nole will do. He could get injured or something or start playing badly. But right now I would put odds on him getting a few special marks in an all-time great career this year, and with a running 365 day total 2014-2015.
Novak's slam final record is somewhat pedestrian but given who he's had to beat it more than makes sense. If a few of those close losses had been wins, he'd be right there with a shot at Federer's 17.
Novak is sort of the Lendl of this generation. Forced to beat a lot of players are either great…or on the cusp of it to win a major. He hasn't had any majors that have been slam dunks except for maybe his first one against Tsonga.
With the eay he is olaying and dominating Masters final I would be vert surprised if he doesn't win 2 of the next 4, not counting WTF. So I think he is safe to record of six in a season.
We may know more in Montreal because he won everything he played or was in finals since Doha. If he wins there than we are in for something this year. Dificult to gauge if he'll want to go all out in both Masters risking be spent for USO, one thing is go for broke in IW/Miami double as he has done before in 4 weeks with no Slam in the horizon. Maybe if he gets a good draw and some tuff playera lose early he can try to go for it. it depends if he saves energy and wins match fast. I think he will prefer to peak for Cincy, USO also knowing that Fed likes this two so if he beats him there even better for him, be competitive his main rivals are playing.
But i think he will keep the same pace as first half of season. Many of us were in doubts due to RG loss and he erased that in Wimby with much more composite than last year.
SG1 indeed, the match who gets closer to my mind is USO 2013. Novak was leading third set and suddenly collapsed and Nadal raised his level. Imagine if that match was different, Novak would have 10 Slams already, multiple years with multiple Slams, 4 Year End #1 going for a fifht straigh (he coudl reach Smapras 6 Straight) and closer to Nadal Slam count wich would be 13.
I knwo there are no IF's in tennis and tehre is several matches we can apply the same logic for other players but that match changed everything this decade, both for Nadal and Novak. The RG contested were different because there was Nadal's territory but that match is a match Djoko couldn't aford to lose, and it may cost him long term, more so than the Mureay losses or RG finals.
I'm curious, Daniel, why the RG was a match Djoko couldn't afford to lose, and it may cost him long term, more so than the Murray losses or finals".
Tried to connect with other "connected" comments – ???….
Djoko will eventually finish his carreer between 13 to 15 slams at the most. Probably 2 more Year End Masters and 100 to 140 more weeks as number 1 at the most. A very much like Sampras numbers achieved. My guess. Who knows for sure?
Murray "on paper" is more natural on grass than Djoko and on HC back when they contestes US Open there was wind and Murray play better with conditions. But US Open 2013 Djoko already have established himself with superior HxH over Nadal on HC and it was a match he couldn't lose. He is 1-2 agaisnt Nadal in USO wherehe should have a positive HxH as it os their whole careers on hard towards Djoko. That match gave Nadal year end #1 another year with multiple Slams plus a mental edge that year with 2 Slam wins (after the RG semis).
HC is suppose to be Djoko's territory and I hope he still have time to win more US Opens.
Just ti correct Jock I said USO 2013 was a match he couldn't afford to lose. Same coudl be said to RG 2015 but Wawrinka was in a Cilic rub there, so bot much one can do.
From this Nole fan perspective, the RG 2015 final loss was the worst. But I'm not thinking in terms of winning a load of GS's. That he lost USO in 2013 doesn't bother me – he already has that title.
Not sure how much Nole even likes playing USO compared to Wimbledon, RG, AO. USO is my least favorite GS. Maybe the heat here is affecting my mind. Really hating on the temperature being over 100F…38-40C and I could suffer a heat stroke in my car. Miserable bike riding too. The air is stifling and dusty. We need rain! End of Rant.
I think he will win the FO,although i suppose its probably easier for me to say than it is for him to do,and who knows if he will be at the same level next year,and other players are also coming through,and he will also be a year older,time will tell i suppose?….
It's easy to say Nole has time, he's too good not to win, ect. But reality is that each year it's more anxiety for his fans at RG. For him? He has an excellent life, is committed to his tennis career and is a consummate professional. I'm done predicting about RG for now on out into the future.
Excited to see what happens in Wa.DC, Montreal, Cincy, USO.
I always thought the French would be the biggest blank space in Djokovic career. I still think that. Federer was very very lucky to have eked out one during Nadal's reign. I doubt if Djokovic would be as lucky. Nadal is only one year older and from his interviews, in spite of his losses this year, he remains highly motivated. There is no way he is going to let two years go by without a French title.
You might have a point if you were saying this a few years back.
cf1, you have a point there, too. Djplovic has become a formidable opponent to Nadal on clay and has been consistent at it so far. Murray on the other hand, although vastly improved and with a recemt victory over Nadal, remains to be seen.
Just a reminder to all the joker fans in particular, the world still goes crazy for a Fedal match even though it is an Exo.
Many people including myself thought Novak beating Rafa at the FO,meant the title was his,its all a foregone conclusion now,or so everybody thought hmm,everybody seemed to underestimate Stan and how well he was playing again me included,as for Rafa he has nothing left to prove anymore on clay its all gravy now,will he win another FO who knows?but then again he doesnt need to anyway,i believe as good as Novak is on clay and everyone else,he might have his work cut out trying to win the one GS that eludes him,Rafa has players that can worry him on clay now not that it matters,so has Novak,the field is getting better,other players are coming through,and he will also be a year older,these things actually get harder each year not easier,my two cents….
^Meant everywhere else,not everone else^….
Gypsy Chick, I also thought that French was his (Djokovic) after he beat Nadal until Wawrinka beat Federer and I thought Stan would be his big hurdle since he seems to be the player who gives him the most problem in the last couple of years.
Markus lol Gypsy Chick please dont give me anymore ideas for another new monikor,but i do like it as its part of both names or Hippy Gal,anyway yeah completely agree,and the chances will get less and less with every passing year,this isnt to say he cannot/wont,just that it gets more difficult,im a great believer in that if things are meant to happen they will,still JMO….
Fabio makes the final,wonder who he will face Rafa or Seppi?….
Oops! Gypsy Gal, that was a Freudian slip. I think I am fixated to your old name.
exactly right. The dynamics of 2 or 3 aren't that many. If he stays in top 4, then whoever he plays as an opponent, will be in the same part of the draw.
It is a shame for the fans that he cannot play, but if there is an injury, (or just sheer tiredness), then it is the right decision.
Hope all is well for the next hard court event and that he is back to full health.
While the USO surface is nothing more than glorified highway pavement, it's my favorite major. The crazy night matches, the NYC skyline, the energy of the crowd.
The only thing missing is a US male player with a genuine shot at the title. Of course with Serena is going for the calendar slam which will create crazy buzz. Hopefully she doesn't falter and gets to the final because I think this kind of story transcends the sport itself.
Does SG stand for Sloppy Grammar ?
Giles@August 1st 4.17am,thanks for the link,so glad Rafas playing that this year,im looking forward to it….


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Interview with Alan Adams, April 9, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
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Alan Adams served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 1967 through 1969 with the agrarian reform, focusing on farming cooperatives. This involved his traveling to nearby villages to work with community leaders to purchase and administer the land. He learned about the Peace Corps while at the University of Oregon where he majored in Spanish and anthropology while volunteering as a literacy teacher and organized the migrant labor project while being active in the anti-war movement and civil rights. His training was conducted in Boseman, Montana and in his host country in the town of Cañar, high in the mountains. Adams rented space in a home with occasional other Peace Corps volunteers and traveled to neighboring villages by horseback, then by mule, and then on foot to work for agrarian reform. He helped hacienda workers transition to members of cooperatives. He helped farmers find technical assistance from the Department of Agriculture of Ecuador, along with better types of fertilizers, and he helped plant eucalyptus trees, but they could not hold back the ground from erosion. Although lonely, Adams had many local visitors and spent vacation time on coastal beaches. After returning to the United States, Adams taught school in English as a second language and bilingual education in Chicago and New Jersey and received a master's degree from Kean College (now Kean University). After retirement, he returned to work with the Ecuadorian community which he worked with while there. He works remotely from New Jersey to continue the work started 50 years ago.
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Pierre-Charles Levesque, né le  à Paris, où il est mort le , est un professeur, traducteur et historien français.

Biographie

Élevé pour être graveur, comme son père, Levesque fit, malgré les revers de fortune de sa famille, des études, qui s'avérèrent brillantes. Il vécut quelque temps ensuite de son état de graveur, avant d'être nommé, à la recommandation de Diderot, professeur à Saint-Pétersbourg. Parti en 1773, il finit professeur à l'École des cadets de Saint-Pétersbourg de 1778 à 1780.

Il mit à profit les sept années où il resta en Russie pour recueillir les matériaux d'une histoire de ce pays, qu'il publia à son retour en France. Cet ouvrage eut le plus grand succès : en Russie même, son Histoire de Russie devint un classique, tandis qu'elle lui ouvrait, en France, les portes de l'Académie des inscriptions. Toujours éditée à ce jour, l'Histoire de Russie exerça « une influence sensible sur l'image de la Russie en Occident, mais aussi sur l'historiographie russe », et « fut un exemple concret d'application des plans de Diderot concernant la civilisation de la Russie. » « Levesque s'était révélé comme un savant accompli, son utilisation des sources répondait aux exigences formulées par les Encyclopédistes. Son principe fondamental était que la critique historique « saine » exigeait de vérifier l'authenticité d'une source, d'en analyser les qualités et les défauts et de comparer les sources entre elles. »

Levesque fut appelé à la chaire de morale et ensuite à celle d'histoire au collège de France. Il a traduit Xénophon et Plutarque pour la collection des moralistes anciens, et son principal titre littéraire est une bonne traduction de Thucydide. Il a fourni de nombreux articles à divers recueils littéraires et scientifiques. Comme on peut en juger par ses écrits, notamment sa collaboration active à l'Histoire des deux Indes de l'abbé Raynal, il était lié avec les philosophes et partageait leurs sentiments.

Sa fille Marie-Louise-Rose Lévesque (Pétigny de Saint-Romain, en mariage) a été poète. Il était aussi le grand-père de Jules de Pétigny.

Publications

Œuvres originales
 Histoire de Russie, tirée des chroniques originales, de pièces authentiques et des meilleurs historiens de la nation. Paris, De Bure l'aîné,  in-12, 1782 [dans la quatrième édition de 1812, l'avertissement (p. 1) rappelle que, "bien que le frontispice porte 1782, le livre a paru dans les derniers mois de 1781].
 Histoire des différents peuples soumis à la domination des Russes, ou Suite de l'Histoire de Russie, Paris, De Bure l'aîné, 1783,  in-12 ;
 La France sous les cinq premiers Valois, ou histoire de France depuis l'avènement de Philippe de Valois jusqu'à la mort de , Paris, De Bure, 1788,  in-12 ;
 (avec Claude-Henri Watelet) Dictionnaire des arts de peinture, sculpture et gravure, Paris, Prault, 1792,  grand in-8° ;
 Dictionnaire des beaux-arts de l'Encyclopédie Méthodique,  Paris, Panckoucke, 1788 ;
 Études de l'histoire ancienne et de celle de la Grèce : de la constitution de la république d'Athènes et de celle de Lacédémone, de la législation, des tribunaux, des mœurs et usages des Athéniens, de la poésie, de la philosophie et des arts chez les Grecs, Paris, Fournier Frères, 1811,  ;
 Opuscules philosophiques.

Traductions
 Histoire de Thucydide, Paris, Gail, Aubin, 1795,  in-8° ;
 (collaboration) Henry Trianon (dir.) Œuvres complètes de Xénophon, ,

Correspondance
 Lettres de Pierre-Charles Levesque.

Bibliographie
  Vladimir Andreev, « История Древней Руси в освещении французских историков  половины XVIII в. (труды П.-Ш. Левека и Н.-Г. Леклерка) », site ruspole.info ;
 Bon-Joseph Dacier, « Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. Lévesque », dans Mémoires de l'Institut de France, 1821,  ;
 François-Xavier de Feller, « Lévesque (Pierre-Charles) », dans Dictionnaire historique ; ou, Histoire abrégée des hommes qui se sont fait un nom …, , Lyon ; Paris, J. B. Pélagaud, 1867, 116-117  ;
 André Mazon, « Pierre-Charles Levesque, humaniste, historien et moraliste », dans Revue des Études Slaves, 1963 ,  ;
 Antoine Quatremère de Quincy, Funérailles de M. Levesque, le , F. Didot, 1812 ;
 Jules Simon, Une académie sous le Directoire, Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1885, 354 .
 Vladimir Somov et Vladimir Berelovitch, « Pierre-Charles Levesque, protégé de Diderot et historien de la Russie », dans Cahiers du monde russe, 43/2-3, 2002.

Compléments

Notes et références

Liens externes

Historien français du XVIIIe siècle
Historien français du XIXe siècle
Traducteur depuis le grec ancien vers le français
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
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Naissance à Paris
Décès en mai 1812
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Leeds Trolleybus Enquiry Day 38
Leeds Trolleybus Public Enquiry
Today was what seemed to be another good day for the objectors, but I would urge all my readers to catch a bit of the real thing from these links below of the audio tapes of each session of the Enquiry and judge for themselves whether my blog is merely a rant or actually based on some kind of fact.
(If you're impatient, just skip forward to the last half hour of the final session of the day.)
Here's the action for Day 38
http://www.mixcloud.com/CosmicClaire/day-38a-leeds-trolleybus-public-enquiry-22-july-2014-first-morning-session/
In the first morning session of Day 38 of the Leeds Trolleybus Public Enquiry Emeritus Professor Peter Bonsall cross examines the recalled Mr Neil Chadwick on the business case focussing on the arguments around passenger preferences.
http://www.mixcloud.com/CosmicClaire/day-38b-leeds-trolleybus-public-enquiry-22-july-2014-late-morning-session/
In the late morning session of Day 38 of the Leeds Trolleybus Public Enquiry, 22 July 2014, Professor Bonsall concludes his re-examination of Mr Neil Chadwick on the business case and justification for the NGT proposals, and is then followed by Gregory Jones QC who commences his own cross examination.
http://www.mixcloud.com/CosmicClaire/day-38c-leeds-trolleybus-public-enquiry-22-july-2014-early-afternoonsession/
In the early afternoon session of Day 38 of the Leeds Trolleybus Public Enquiry, 22 July 2014, Gregory Jones QC continues his cross examination of Mr Neil Chadwick on the business case for the NGT trolleybus focussing on the methodology and research which is claimed to support the choice of pursuing this scheme.
http://www.mixcloud.com/CosmicClaire/day-38d-leeds-trolleybus-public-enquiry-22-july-2014-late-afternoon-session/
In the late afternoon of Day 38 of the Leeds Trolleybus Enquiry, 22 July 2014, Gregory Jones QC continues to cross examine Mr Neil Chadwick on the business case underlying the NGT trolleybus scheme proposals.
Today was a day I had been looking forward to for some while, since Gregory Jones QC had not yet been set on Mr Neil Chadwick and the objectors mostly seemed to feel that this would be a examination worth witnessing.
First of all we had just over a session from Professor Peter Bonsall who attacked some new evidence which had been included in a note which had been given in response to a written question (so far as I understood the procedure but it may be some slight variation on that). Anyway there was sufficient justification for the Professor to wear away at the unhappy Mr Chadwick for an hour and a half.
I have to confess, that as a layperson some of today's questioning did seem a little repetitive, going as it was into immense detail on such matters as the transport consultation that this scheme has largely been based on, but I can assure you that while to the ears of you and I it may seem that the same point is covered again and again, that cannot be the case as the eagle eared Mr Whitehead would have swooped on either Professor Bonsall or Mr Jones the moment such a thing happened. In fact he actually at one point commented on how exemplary the Professor's cross examination was, which would hardly have occurred had he been raising the Inspector's ire with time wasting repetition.
One aspect of Mr Chadwick's case which came repeatedly under fire today from both interrogators was the consultation which had shown a very new bus to members of the public and compared it with an old bus. Apparently the business and transport consultants who have worked up NGT over the last few years used the consensus preference for the new bus as a basis on which to 'make a judgement' as they would say, that this meant people would then prefer a trolleybus to a regular bus.
I kid you not. This is one of the foundational pillars on which the case for the trolleybus rests, if dressed up in fancy ways. They even appear to have disregarded a statistically significant survey which showed no preference for a trolleybus. It's hard work getting these things winkled out of Mr Chadwick as he does seem to spend a lot of time not really answering the questions and so we have to rely on the detailed persistence of our two foremost spearhead cross examiners the Professor and Mr Jones to excavate this terrain.
I will admit that listening to this can be a lengthy and somewhat exhausting process, but it is a fascinating battle of wills from which Mr Chadwick rarely seemed to come out well.
I would draw attention to the last twenty minutes or so of the day when the subject of economic viability is reached. Mr Chadwick seems to have taken a view that the scheme is so likely to be granted full approval that he and his team have not worked up some parts of it which they hope to do at a later stage. Mr Jones corners Neil Chadwick with the prospect of how the project would be underwritten and how Metro (and therefore Council Tax payers) would have to pay if it didn't make a profit and allow for the required borrowing to be repaid.
All simple stuff really, and you might have think that this kind of thing would have been sorted at an early stage, but apparently it hasn't. There was a powerful moment when the Inspector chimed in to say that he didn't agree with what Mr Chadwick had said, and that he agreed with what Mr Jones had said. He had to be responsible to the Secretary of State about making a determination of whether to recommend it to him or not in his report.
This is where you see the reality of the position the Inspector is in. There was some speculation way back months ago before the Enquiry started as to what we should expect of the Inspector. One view had it that he would be a puppet of the government and covertly instructed to go through the motions and then rubber stamp the approval.
As the Enquiry has proceeded I would suggest that most of us have, more and more, become confident of the Inspector on the basis of the questions we have heard him ask.
Taking a longer view, one can appreciate that if a massive budget project like this was a spectacular failure, it would reflect very poorly on the judgement of the Inspector should he have recommended it and would probably lead to a serious downturn in his career.
One can only speculate that the team behind NGT really never seriously thought that they would be challenged in so much detail on this scheme, otherwise there is no real explanation as to why their case has been so poorly researched and developed.
Before I close for the night I would just like to draw your attention to the site I have linked just below. When I was seeking a host for the recordings of the Public Enquiry, at rather short notice, Mixcloud turned up as one which had unlimited free upload space with streaming, which fitted the absolute requirements. Downloading did not seem to be offered.
Rumours that some had actually been downloading the files from the Mixcloud pages had me baffled and I still don't know how they do that, but I have found this page where you can download each audio file as you require them and here is the link. So I hope many listeners of the trolleybus tapes will take the opportunity to download these files and help back up the archive. It should also be some help for those whose devices have struggled with the levels on some of the earlier recordings while streaming.
Download these recordings and help to back up the archive http://www.downloadmixcloud.com/
Labels: A660, Leeds City Council, NGT, Rapid Transport, trolleybus business case, Trolleybus Public Enquiry
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Q: How to save a sparse dataset to be used by scikit-learn? I'm writing a java text mining tool. I want to test my dataset with scikit-learn classifiers. I'm creating the feature vectors on the fly with Java and the vectors are very sparse. I want to export my sparse vectors/dataset into a format that can be usable with scikit-learn easily. I already wrote an export function in Java to export the dataset in an ARFF format, but I found that there is no way to read that with scikit-learn. There are some python parsers for ARFF files but they don't support sparse datasets.
So how to export my dataset to a format usable with scikit-learn? i.e which format?!

A: A sub-optimal but simple approach is to use the libsvm / svmlight format which is a plain text format using
label feature_index:feature_value feature_index:feature_value
This can work fine if you data is not too large.
You can read it with sklearn.datasets.load_svmlight_file.
I'm a bit surprised arff readers in python don't support sparse data. Have you tried scipy.io.arff.loadarff ?

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import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
import Vue from 'vue'
import Menu from './index'
import Submenu from './submenu'
import MenuItem from './menu-item'

describe('[Menu] basics', () => {
  const DemoApp = {
    render(h) {
      return (
        <Menu mode="horizontal" active-name="1" theme="dark" width="200px">
          <MenuItem name="1">一级导航 1</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="3">一级导航 2</MenuItem>
          <MenuItem name="4" disabled>
            一级导航 3
          </MenuItem>
        </Menu>
      )
    }
  }

  it('should accept theme prop', () => {
    const wrapper = mount(DemoApp)
    expect(wrapper.find('.c-menu--dark')).toBeTruthy()
  })

  it('should accept mode prop', () => {
    const wrapper = mount(DemoApp)
    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-orientation')).toBe('horizontal')
  })

  it('should render default slot', () => {
    const wrapper = mount(DemoApp)
    expect(wrapper.findComponent(MenuItem)).toBeTruthy()
  })

  it('should collapsed when vertical mode and set collapsed prop', () => {
    const App = {
      render(h) {
        return <Menu mode="vertical" collapsed={true} />
      }
    }
    const wrapper = mount(App)
    expect(wrapper.classes('c-menu--collapsed')).toBeTruthy()
  })

  it('should not collapsed when horizontal mode and set collapsed prop', () => {
    const App = {
      render(h) {
        return <Menu mode="horizontal" collapsed={true} />
      }
    }
    const wrapper = mount(App)
    expect(wrapper.classes('c-menu--collapsed')).toBeFalsy()
  })

  it('should default expanded submenu when set expandedNames prop', async () => {
    const wrapper = mount({
      components: {
        Menu,
        Submenu,
        MenuItem
      },
      template: `
        <Menu mode="vertical" :expanded-names="['2']">
          <MenuItem name="1">一级导航 1</MenuItem>
          <Submenu class="demo-submenu" name="2">
            <template v-slot:title>一级导航 2</template>
            <MenuItem name="2-1">二级导航 1</MenuItem>
            <Submenu>
              <template v-slot:title>二级导航 2</template>
              <MenuItem name="2-2-1">三级导航 1</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem name="2-2-2">三级导航 2</MenuItem>
              <MenuItem name="2-2-3">三级导航 3</MenuItem>
            </Submenu>
            <MenuItem name="2-3">二级导航 3</MenuItem>
          </Submenu>
          <MenuItem class="demo-item3" name="3" disabled>
            一级导航 3
          </MenuItem>
        </Menu>
      `
    })
    await Vue.nextTick()

    expect(
      wrapper
        .find('.demo-submenu')
        .find('.c-submenu__dropdown')
        .classes('c-submenu__dropdown--open')
    ).toBeTruthy()
  })
})

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Ce qui suit est l'ordre de bataille des forces militaires en présence lors de la Libération de la Corse qui eut lieu du 8 septembre au .

Forces alliées

(environ  hommes) - général Henry Martin, commandant interarmées et interalliés :
 parachutistes de choc : chef de bataillon Fernand Gambiez
 Unités de la  marocaine de montagne (4e DMM) :
  Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains ( RTM) : colonel de Butler
  Régiment de Spahis Marocains (4e RSM) :  (capitaine Leroux) et  (capitaine  d'Almont)
 IIIe groupe du  d'artillerie de montagne : chef d'escadron Duvoisin
  Groupe de Tabors Marocains (2e GTM) : colonel Boyer de Latour
Navires de guerre
Croiseur Jeanne d'Arc
Croiseur léger Fantasque
Croiseur léger Le Terrible
Torpilleur Alcyon
Torpilleur Fortuné
Torpilleur Tempête
Sous-marin Casabianca

Royaume d'Italie

 (une partie des  hommes des troupes d'occupation) - Général Giovanni Magli

184 division de parachutistes Nembo
44 division d'infanterie Cremona
20 division d'infanterie Frioul
10 Groupe tactique d'infanterie Celera
175 régiment alpin de fusilliers
182 régiment d'Infanterie
7 corps d'artillerie
1 division de chemises noires

Forces de l'Axe

Troisième Reich
 (environ  à  hommes) - Generalleutnant Frido von Senger
 Panzergrenadier Division - Generalleutnant Carl-Hans Lungershausen
 Panzergrenadier Division SS Reichsführer-SS - SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Gesel

Sources
 Paul Gaujac, L'Armée de la victoire, t.1, Lavauzelle, 1984,  pp.162-163

Liens internes
Libération de la Corse (-)
Armée française de la Libération - Wehrmacht

Ordre de bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale


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