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Backbone One review: the best mobile gaming controller yet
As the high-profile disputes about what content you can play on your iPhone rage on between Apple, Epic Games, Google, and Microsoft, a company called Backbone is focusing instead on making sure you get the most out of the games that are currently available. Like Razer did with its Kishi controller for iOS, and as other companies have with snap-on controllers of their own, Backbone is introducing one for $100 that it calls the Backbone One. You can buy it from Backbone's site.
With the controller fully extended, it can fit any iPhone running iOS 13 or later, starting with the iPhone 6S and including the new iPhone 12 lineup. It's great for Apple Arcade games that support controllers. Sky: Children of the Light and Call of Duty: Mobile play wonderfully with the One. And, for popular games like COD: Mobile that don't have controller support switched on from the start, Backbone curates visual tutorials that appear before it launches to walk you through the steps to turn it on in the game's settings.
Since the Backbone One launched, it now works with Genshin Impact, the xCloud iOS beta for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, and Google Stadia, too. Even playing games like Hades through the Steam Link app (with my PC connected via Wi-Fi) felt surprisingly natural.
The analog stick is sized similarly to the ones built into the Joy-Con for Nintendo Switch.
The triggers are also similar to those on the Joy-Con, yet these have a more satisfying travel.
Unlike most controller accessories made thus far, the Backbone One is a hybrid of tightly integrated hardware and software. If we're looking at the hardware, it's arguably the best of its kind yet. Both sides of this controller have rounded edges that fit naturally in my hand. I praised the design of the Razer Kishi, but this has a more subtle look that doesn't cover up as much of your phone's edges. Each button has a more responsive, tactile click, and the analog sticks feel roughly the same size as Nintendo's Joy-Con for the Switch. Speaking of the Joy-Con, the One's rear triggers actually feel better.
Elegant, comfortable design
Lightning and 3.5mm charging and audio passthrough
Clever integration of hardware and software for $100
Not cheap
No Fortnite hurts its prospects for the moment
The Backbone One features passthrough Lightning charging, with support for Lightning headphones if you have a set. It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack, giving you another way to listen to audio — even if your iPhone doesn't have the port itself. As for power consumption, Backbone says the One itself demands less power from your iPhone than many wired Lightning earbuds do. I didn't notice more battery usage during gameplay with the controller attached than I normally would without it.
Miraculously, the One adds a 3.5mm port, so bust out those wired headphones.
The Lightning port supports passthrough charging, as well as audio for Lightning EarPods.
The hardware alone might make it worth the purchase, but the software is what really makes it unique. The One doesn't require its companion app to work with any iOS game that supports a controller, but using the app turns your iPhone into a game console of sorts.
Pushing the controller's orange Backbone button while the One is connected to your phone will open up the Backbone app, which looks like an operating system. There, you'll find all of your installed games cleanly laid out in an almost tvOS-esque interface. The app also shows new games available for download in the App Store that support controllers. To add games to the Backbone interface, just tap the orange button when you first boot up each new game. This app takes advantage of the iPhone's excellent haptics to buzz when you flip around the menu, and the company made its own satisfyingly subtle vibration effect that you'll feel while quickly flying through a bunch of tiles in the interface with the L1 and R1 shoulder buttons.
A full look at what you'll see when you press the orange Backbone button.
Scroll down a little more in the app, and you'll find photo and video clips you've saved and those from friends. This controller has a dedicated button to let you snap a screenshot in-game, or even record a video clip, which are features that should be familiar to anyone who's used a modern gaming console. Notably here, though, is that you can press and hold that button for a moment to bookmark key moments on the fly. The Backbone button illuminates a red LED while you're recording, so it's easy to see at a glance when you're live. Backbone handles recording and accessing clips much more elegantly than the Xbox One, PS4, PC, or Switch.
After a video clip is saved, you can then trim and share the clip in the Backbone app, as well as via iMessage or any social media apps you use. One special thing to note is that Backbone says it can record 1080p clips at 30 frames per second in the HEVC / H.265 codec (supported on the iPhone 7 and newer), so you'll have higher-quality video without sacrificing as much storage space as other codecs require.
The Backbone button pulses red to indicate when you're recording the screen.
Yet another software feature you'll get with the controller is the ability to create parties and voice chat with friends in the app. These parties operate independently of the game you're each playing (you don't even need to be playing a game), so it's a good way to connect even if you aren't all into Call of Duty: Mobile, for example. If you're into recording clips with your friends, the video recording feature will pick up your voice in the mix, along with everyone else's in the party (indicated by the small orange light near the iPhone's top bezel in iOS 14). Each participant can choose to mute their mic by double-pressing the left-most button that has three horizontal dots.
You can start or join a party to voice chat through the Backbone app with other users for free.
Snapshots, video recording, and organizing parties for voice chat are just a few ways in which Backbone takes the reins in iOS to create a more interesting experience than Apple itself offers to gamers. It also offers rich presence notifications, chiming in with a notification — whether you're in the Backbone app or not — to tell you when a friend has logged on, or with an invite that you can click to join a party.
On its face, the Backbone One is just a controller — and a very good one, at that. But with software enhancements that take advantage of iOS in some clever ways, Backbone makes the iPhone feel like a bona fide gaming platform that I want to remain a part of. When the hardware and software are all working together, with the ability to easily join up with friends and record clips, the One feels like a gaming experience that somehow beats Apple to the punch of fleshing out its own gaming ambitions. It is no longer just like a phone strapped into a few pieces of plastic but the start of something very special. And for $100, without monthly charges to use its software and party tools, it's an appealing price if you do a lot of mobile gaming.
The Backbone One controller supports all the way back to the iPhone 6S.
As well as it works on iOS, the Backbone One seems perhaps better suited to launch on Android, given that Fortnite isn't available on Apple's App Store. Though, since the One launched, Google Stadia and Microsoft's xCloud game streaming services have come to iOS, giving you more content to play than before. Backbone wouldn't comment when I asked about an Android-specific version of the One. But this iOS controller is already worth the cost of admission if you're an Apple Arcade subscriber or just enjoy a few one-off games.
Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge
Update April 27th, 10:30AM ET: Backbone confirmed that Genshin Impact is supported by the One. Also, I've updated this review to note that Google Stadia and xCloud are both accessible on iOS.
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Carmanah Marks the Spot for the HMAS Brisbane in Australia.
On July 31 2005, explosive charges were set off in the decommissioned HMAS Brisbane warship sunk off the Sunshine Coast to create a world-class dive destination and artificial reef.
The vessel as scuttled about 2.8 nautical miles east of Mudjimba Island, five kilometres off-shore from Mooloolaba.
Carmanah's Model 702 marine lights are marking the location of the decommissioned HMAS Brisbane, which was sunk to become an artificial reef off Queensland, Australia.
Marking the resting place of this graceful beauty is the world's most advanced, fully integrated, solar LED three nautical mile (5.4km) navigation and hazard light. It was installed in minutes and requires no maintenance or servicing for up to five years.
Asked why he chose the light manufactured by Carmanah Tech Inc. of Victoria BC Canada, Geoff Smith (Manager Marine Operations, Maritime Safety Queensland) replied "The autonomy of the compact unit made it hard to overlook as the ship is resting a fair way off shore and it would cost too much to keep sending men out to repair the current lights used."
The light was supplied by Carmanah's Australian Distributor Orion Solar Solutions.
Carmanah has more than 150,000 units installed in 110 countries and maintains a solid reputation as the world's leader in self-contained solar LED lighting. For more information about Carmanah's unique marine lighting solutions, please contact:
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This article was submitted by Mr. Richard Holliday of Orion Solar Solutions.

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Eduardo Andrés Farías (nacido en Rosario el ) es un futbolista argentino. Se desempeña como defensor y se formó en las divisiones juveniles de Rosario Central.

Carrera
Jugando habitualmente como marcador de punta derecha, tras realizar las divisiones formativas en Central, quedó libre sin llegar a debutar como profesional. Su destino fue Argentino de Rosario, donde jugó dos temporadas. Pasó por el fútbol venezolano, vistiendo la casaca de Monagas Sport Club. En el primer semestre de 2007 jugó por Sportivo Las Parejas en el Torneo Argentino B, y a mitad de año sorprendió al ser incorporado por Central, en el que finalmente pudo debutar el 11 de julio de ese año, ante Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, partido que finalizó empatado en un gol. Si bien la participación canalla en ese Torneo Apertura fue floja, Farías fue titular en la destacada victoria conseguida en el clásico ante Newell's Old Boys, por 1-0 como visitante y jugando 50 minutos con diez jugadores y los últimos 10 con nueve futbolistas. Los malos resultados eyectaron del banco al técnico Carlos Ischia y Farías perdió terreno en la consideración del nuevo entrenador, Leonardo Madelón. En 2008 jugó en Almagro el torneo de la Primera B Nacional, y en 2010 llegó nuevamente al Argentino B, vistiendo los colores de 9 de Julio de Morteros. Luego continuó su carrera por las ligas regionales de la provincia de Santa Fe, jugando para equipos como Belgrano de Arequito (con el que fue campeón de la Liga Casildense de Fútbol en 2011), Alumni de Casilda, Sportivo Matienzo de Pujato y ADEO de Cañada de Gómez.

Clubes

Palmarés

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Futbolistas de Rosario
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Rosario Central en los años 2000
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Argentino (Rosario)
Futbolistas del Club Almagro
Futbolistas de la Asociación Deportiva 9 de Julio (Morteros)
Futbolistas del Monagas Sport Club
Futbolistas del Sportivo Atlético Club Las Parejas

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Q: Can't retrieve data back from UMLS I have been trying to run the ctakes-temporal-demo on github.
Currently I have configured everything in eclipse correctly. I have set the correct password and id for UMLS account. When I try to run it I get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException: Initialization of annotator class "org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.ae.DefaultJCasTermAnnotator" failed.  (Descriptor: <unknown>)
       at com.optum.cda.Main.main(Main.java:103)
Caused by: org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException: Initialization of annotator class "org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.ae.DefaultJCasTermAnnotator" failed.  (Descriptor: <unknown>)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.initializeAnalysisComponent(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:252)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.initialize(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:156)
       at org.apache.uima.impl.AnalysisEngineFactory_impl.produceResource(AnalysisEngineFactory_impl.java:94)
       at org.apache.uima.impl.CompositeResourceFactory_impl.produceResource(CompositeResourceFactory_impl.java:62)
       at org.apache.uima.UIMAFramework.produceResource(UIMAFramework.java:269)
       at org.apache.uima.UIMAFramework.produceAnalysisEngine(UIMAFramework.java:387)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.asb.impl.ASB_impl.setup(ASB_impl.java:254)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.initASB(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:431)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.initializeAggregateAnalysisEngine(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:375)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.initialize(AggregateAnalysisEngine_impl.java:185)
       at org.apache.uima.fit.factory.AnalysisEngineFactory.createEngine(AnalysisEngineFactory.java:711)
       at org.apache.uima.fit.factory.AggregateBuilder.createAggregate(AggregateBuilder.java:207)
       at com.optum.cda.Main.main(Main.java:101)
Caused by: org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException: EXCEPTION MESSAGE LOCALIZATION FAILED: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key Could not construct org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.UmlsJdbcRareWordDictionary
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.ae.AbstractJCasTermAnnotator.initialize(AbstractJCasTermAnnotator.java:131)
       at org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.impl.PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.initializeAnalysisComponent(PrimitiveAnalysisEngine_impl.java:250)
       ... 12 more
Caused by: org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.annotator.AnnotatorContextException: EXCEPTION MESSAGE LOCALIZATION FAILED: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key Could not construct org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.UmlsJdbcRareWordDictionary
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.DictionaryDescriptorParser.parseDictionary(DictionaryDescriptorParser.java:199)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.DictionaryDescriptorParser.parseDictionaries(DictionaryDescriptorParser.java:156)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.DictionaryDescriptorParser.parseDescriptor(DictionaryDescriptorParser.java:128)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.ae.AbstractJCasTermAnnotator.initialize(AbstractJCasTermAnnotator.java:129)
       ... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
       at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
       at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
       at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
       at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.DictionaryDescriptorParser.parseDictionary(DictionaryDescriptorParser.java:196)
       ... 16 more
Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -7
       at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.util.JdbcConnectionFactory.getConnectionUrl(JdbcConnectionFactory.java:110)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.util.JdbcConnectionFactory.getConnection(JdbcConnectionFactory.java:63)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.JdbcRareWordDictionary.<init>(JdbcRareWordDictionary.java:91)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.JdbcRareWordDictionary.<init>(JdbcRareWordDictionary.java:72)
       at org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.dictionary.UmlsJdbcRareWordDictionary.<init>(UmlsJdbcRareWordDictionary.java:31)
       ... 21 more

Can someone familiar with ctakes help me find out the error. I have tried the mailing list, but no replies.

A: Finally found a solution ! It seems like the path to the XML descriptor of the dictionary-fast is not reachable. Thus after validating an UMLS user the database setup could not be proceeded.
One of the solution I used was to use a static address for the database (which I will have to change always if the project is moved.). This is not very elegant but works.
Love to hear if anyone has another solution.

A: Have you put the data of ctakesnorx.script into the database?
Also we do need to update the following attribute values :
<property key="jdbcUrl" value="jdbc:hsqldb:file:org/apache/ctakes/dictionary/lookup/fast/ctakessnorx/ctakessnorx"/>
<property key="jdbcUser" value="sa"/>
<property key="jdbcPass" value=""/>
<property key="rareWordTable" value="cui_terms"/>

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This programme will be immediately followed by a cocktail reception.
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English Literature: The Board Game- some fantastic revision resources made by Year 10.
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"title": "Tosh Yasutake Interview",
"description": "Nisei male. Born 1922 in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December 7, 1941 and interned as an enemy alien. Graduated 1941, Cleveland High School, and attended University of Washington before being removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Worked as hospital attendant and laboratory technician in Minidoka. While incarcerated in Minidoka, volunteered for U.S. Army, March, 1943. Allowed to travel from Minidoka, with sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada, to visit their father, Jack Kaichiro Yasutake, incarcerated at U.S. Department of Justice internment camp in Lordsburg, NM.
After basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, served in Europe in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as a medic assigned to Company I, 2nd Platoon. Wounded during combat in southern France, October, 1944. Awarded Bronze Star. After recovery, assigned as a medic to Anti-tank Company, 1st platoon. December, 1945 discharged from the army. After visiting parents and younger brother in Cincinnati and living briefly in New York City, returned to Seattle. Married. Received B.A., Zoology, from University of Washington. Began career in research on fish pathology. Had four children.
Received Ph.D in Fish Pathology from the University of Tokyo. Retired in 1988 as Research Histologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, after 36 years. Continues to serve as a Senior Scientist Emeritus in a volunteer capacity. Dr. W.T. Yasutake is the author of numerous articles published in scholarly journals, and the book, Microscopic Anatomy of Salmonids. He has received awards and recognition for his pioneering and outstanding contributions to his professional field.
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Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated much of the family history work. Jeni participated as a secondary interviewer during the group sessions, October 8-9, 2002.
The group interview sessions were conducted in Seattle at the home of Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho. The oldest Yasutake sibling, Reverend Seiichi Michael Yasutake, had passed away less than a year before the Densho interviewing, in December, 2001. The remaining siblings emphasized that his absence left a gap in their discussion of family history. In addition to Jeni Yamada and videographers Dana Hoshide and John Pai, also present during some portions of the group interview were Tom Ikeda, and Mitsuye Yamada's son Kai Yamada.)",
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Q: Python ffmpeg not working on heroku, no error but it just kind off freezes at that line When I run the bot offline it just works but when i run it on the heroku server it doesn't. it prints the time right at the first time, then the bot connects to the channel and then it just freezes, i get no errors in the heroku logs, the bot just stays online. I've added the ffmpeg buildpack into the buildpacks in heroku and added ffmpeg to the requirements.txt. the time is also correct (i defined the time earlier using an other package) so it can asses the sound file but it just sort of freezes at the ffmep line and doesn't play the sound, and then doesn't print the time and doesn't disconnect.
voice = await channel.connect()
print(time)
voice.play(discord.FFmpegPCMAudio(f'sounds/{arg}.mp3'))
print(time)
sleep(time)
await voice.disconnect()

A: I had the same issue. The problem is you also need to install libopus. To do this:

*

*Enter your Heroku page.

*Go to Settings.

*Click Add Buildpack in Buildpacks.

*Type https://github.com/codeinteger6/heroku-buildpack-libopus.git in Enter Buildpack URL section.

*Deploy your app again.

I hope this will work.


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The Supreme Court's scrapping of the mandatory linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts will impact the payment mechanism that allowed customers to use their unique identity to conduct transactions instead of debit cards or other instruments.
The judgement said direct benefit transfers will continue to be Aadhaar linked. Customers should still be able to use the system if they choose to do so, a senior private sector bank executive said.
"For all practical purposes, Aadhaar has become optional," he said. Aadhaar-based payments, which are managed by the National Payments Corporation of India, allowed customers to operate bank accounts using the 12-digit ID and biometrics.
The system has two components —BHIM Aadhaar Pay and Aadhaar enabled Payment System (AePS). (BHIM stands for Bharat Interface for Money, an NPCI app.) BHIM Aadhaar Pay is a merchant app that can be used to receive payments from customers digitally.
AePS allows consumers without smartphones or debit cards to withdraw or transfer funds and check account balances using biometric authentication through microATMs.
Aadhaar Pay was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2017 as a key element of the government's financial inclusion and digital payments drive for those without credit and debit cards. Part of its mission was promoting digital payments outside urban centres.
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Executives said such payment modes help people in remote locations without bank branches and ATMs to avail of basic financial services in a cost-effective manner. Life for such users could get harder without Aadhaar Pay.
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Q: Plot points based on values of a factor column I have a data frame that looks like the one below. This is just the first 9 row of 54 rows. Each Stream name is repeated 18 times, 3 stream names (18*3=54)
stream     n     1         2         3       means
1   Brooks 3 0.42707006 1.9353659 1.4333884 1.8566225
2  Siouxon 3 0.90503736 0.2838483 0.2838483 1.0023212
3 Speelyai 3 0.08554021 0.7359903 0.4841935 0.7359903
4   Brooks 4 1.43338843 1.8566225 0.0000000 1.3242210
5  Siouxon 4 0.50574543 0.5057454 0.2838483 0.4756304
6 Speelyai 4 0.32252396 0.4343109 0.6653132 2.2294652
7   Brooks 5 0.88984211 1.8566225 0.7741612 1.3242210
8  Siouxon 5 0.47501800 0.7383634 0.5482181 0.6430847
9 Speelyai 5 0.15079491 0.2615963 0.4738504 0.0000000

I have also created a vector of values. There are 18 different values. Each stream (3 total) has a mean related to a value in this vector. For example, the first three rows in the data frame, relate to the first value in vector (3). The next three rows (4:6) relate to the second value in the vector (7.5). In hindsight, I should have replaced the n column in my dataframe with the values found in the rates vector. That might have made more sense.
rates <- c(3,7.5,10,13,15,17,19.5,22,25.5,28,30.5,32,33.5,36,40.5,44,46,48.5)

I am trying to create a plot with rates on the x axis and the means from my dataframe on the y-axis. However, I would like to create a plot for each level of a factor, in this case "stream" is a 3 level factor found in the dataframe
Levels: Brooks Siouxon Speelyai

So, to recap, I would like to take the "means" column values for any ONE stream and plot them on the Yaxis with rates vector on the x. So I should have one plot for "Brooks" that will have 18 points (18 means~18 rates found in the rates vector).
Well I have now changed the data frame so I can do away with the rates vector. Here is the new data frame.
    stream n  rates     means          1         2
1   Brooks 3   3.0     0.9629152 0.42707006 1.9353659
2  Siouxon 3   3.0     0.5831929 0.90503736 0.2838483
3 Speelyai 3   3.0     0.6199235 0.08554021 0.7359903
4   Brooks 4   7.5     0.9722707 1.43338843 1.8566225
5  Siouxon 4   7.5     0.5865031 0.50574543 0.5057454
6 Speelyai 4   7.5     0.6118634 0.32252396 0.4343109
7   Brooks 5  10.0     0.9637475 0.88984211 1.8566225
8  Siouxon 5  10.0     0.5804420 0.47501800 0.7383634
9 Speelyai 5  10.0     0.5959238 0.15079491 0.2615963

I hope this is much more clear, and cleaner. I would still like the same result, that is, a plot for each stream name (so three plots) that have values in the mean column on Y-axis, and values in the rates column on X-axis

A: You might be looking for facets in ggplot:
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(your_data, aes(x = rates, y = means)) +
  geom_point() +
  facet_wrap(~ stream)

To generate a plot with just one stream, subset your data
ggplot(your_data[your_data$stream == "Brooks", ],
       aes(x = rates, y = means)) +
  geom_point()

To do all of the streams individually, something like this:
individual_stream_data = split(your_data, your_data$stream)
individual_stream_plots = lapply(individual_stream_data,
    function(x) {
        ggplot(x, aes(x = rates, y = means)) +
          geom_point() +
          labs(title = x$stream[1])
})

This will generate a list of plots, so you can print them or save them one-at-a-time:
 print(individual_stream_plots[[1]])
 print(individual_stream_plots[[3]]) # etc.


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OXFORD, Miss. — One of the most striking aspects of William Faulkner's relationship to the literature of his time is the combination of his physical remoteness from its leading figures and urban centers and his intellectual grasp of its underlying dynamics. He spent the bulk of his life in the small North Mississippi town of Oxford, rejecting the "revolt against the village," versions of which most of his major contemporaries were carrying out, often to the point of leaving not only their birthplaces but the country itself. Faulkner remained where he was, and yet he was keenly aware of the extraordinary developments taking place elsewhere in the nature of literary expression, and the philosophical, psychological, and cultural shifts that were driving them.
"Faulkner and His Contemporaries," the 29th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, will explore the literary and intellectual relations Faulkner shares with other writers as well as the extent to which his work is a reflection of, and a commentary on, theirs. Six scholars appearing at the conference for the first time are Houston A. Baker Jr., of Duke University, Grace Elizabeth Hale, of the University of Virginia, George Monteiro, of Brown University, Danièle Pitavy-Souques, University of Burgundy, France, Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, of Louisiana State University, and Merrill Maguire Skaggs, of Drew University.
Baker, author and editor of more than 25 volumes of criticism and poetry, including Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance and Turning South Again: Re-Thinking Modernism, Re-Reading Booker T., will discuss his personal odyssey through Faulkner: he first studied him at Howard University with Toni Morrison, later taught his work in Paris, and has now returned to the South to read him again in North Carolina. Hale, author of Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940, will explore the shifting politics and aesthetics of "loving and hating" the South for Faulkner and his white male contemporaries.
By the 1950s, toward the end of both of their careers, the American writer with whom Faulkner was most often linked and compared was Hemingway. Monteiro, author and editor of studies in both American and Portuguese literature, including Robert Frost and the New England Renaissance, The Correspondence of Henry James and Henry Adams, Fernando Pessoa and 19th-Century Anglo-American Literature, and Stephen Crane's Blue Badge of Courage, will trace some "debts" each may have incurred from the other, Faulkner's to Hemingway in the "Wild Palms" section of If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, and Hemingway's to the "Old Man" section of the same novel in some of his later work.
Pitavy-Souques and Prenshaw will take up Faulkner's relationships with some of his Southern contemporaries. Pitavy-Souques, author of two volumes on Eudora Welty, as well as a book-length study of Canadian women writers, will discuss Intruder in the Dust and The Ponder Heart in the context of the civil rights movement and the way in which both texts enact a transgression against the reigning values of the time. Prenshaw, author and editor of volumes on Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Spencer, other Southern women writers, and Southern cultural history, will describe the responses of Welty, Spencer, and Ellen Douglas to Faulkner's legacy, with particular attention to the issue of racism. Skaggs, author of two books on Willa Cather, a writer Faulkner much admired, will discuss Faulkner's use of Cather's 1922 novel, One of Ours, part of which is set in France during World War I.
Returning to the conference will be Deborah Clarke, of Pennsylvania State University, author of Robbing the Mother: Women in Faulkner, who will bring together Faulkner, Henry Ford, and the automobile culture; Michel Gresset, of the Institut d'Anglais, Université de Paris 7, author of A Faulkner Chronology and Fascination: Faulkner's Fiction, 1919-1936, who will address Faulkner's place in the French literary scene; and W. Kenneth Holditch, Research Professor Emeritus of the University of New Orleans, author and editor of numerous studies and editions of the works of Tennessee Williams, who will deal with Faulkner and New Orleans, focusing primarily on his connections with John Dos Passos and Williams.
Also returning will be Donald Kartiganer, author of The Fragile Thread: The Meaning of Form in Faulkner's Novels and coeditor with Ann J. Abadie of seven volumes of proceedings of the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, who will discuss the role of "gesture" in Faulkner and Hemingway, and Thomas Rankin, director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, who will consider Faulkner and the photographer Walker Evans and their respective "images" of the South.
In addition to the formal lectures, Reckon Crew, a group of four Nashville singer-songwriters, will present the song cycle As I Lay Dying, evocative musical settings of Faulkner's classic novel. Composers David Olney, Tom House, Karren Pell, and Tommy Goldsmith use folk, country, blues, and gospel styles to accompany Faulkner's story of the Bundrens' sometimes blackly humorous struggle to take Addie Bundren to Jefferson for burial.
Other program events will include discussions by Faulkner friends and family; sessions on "Teaching Faulkner" directed by James Carothers, University of Kansas, Robert Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University, Arlie Herron, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Charles Peek, University of Nebraska at Kearney; and guided tours of North Mississippi. Arlie Herron will present a slide show of photographs of North Mississippi, images, as he puts it, "of things and people that reminded me of Faulkner in Oxford, New Albany, the Hill Country, the Delta, and along the River."
The University's John Davis Williams Library will display Faulkner books, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia; and the University Press of Mississippi will exhibit Faulkner books published by university presses throughout the United States. Films relating to the author's life and work will be available for viewing during the week. Ms. Booth's Garden, an exhibition of photographs by Jack Kotz, will be on display in the Gammill Gallery at Barnard Observatory.
The conference will begin on Sunday, July 21, with an reception at the University Museums for Paradox in Paradise, an exhibition of mixed media artworks by Lea Barton. This will be followed by an afternoon program of readings from Faulkner and the announcement of the winners of the 13th Faux Faulkner Contest. The contest, coordinated by the author's niece, Dean Faulkner Wells, is sponsored by Hemispheres Magazine/United Airlines, Yoknapatawpha Press and its Faulkner Newsletter, and the University of Mississippi. Other events will include a Sunday buffet supper served at the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Howorth Jr., "Faulkner on the Fringe" — an "open-mike" evening at the Southside Gallery, guided day-long tours of North Mississippi on Tuesday, a picnic served at Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak, on Wednesday, and a closing party Friday afternoon at Square Books.
For more information about the conference, contact the Center for Non-Credit Education, P.O. Box 879, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677-1848; telephone (662) 915-7282; fax (662) 915-5138, e-mail noncred@olemiss.edu. For on-line information, including an online registration form, consult the official conference web site at www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/faulkner/.
For information about participating in the conference through Elderhostel, call (877) 426-8056 and refer to the program number 24225, or contact Carolyn Vance Smith by telephone, (601) 446-1208, or e-mail, carolyn.smith@colin.edu.
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Why are B2B publishers doubling down on events and information?
The answer to the question posed in the headline is obvious – it's all about the money.
B2B publishers' print ads are increasingly scarce real estate as their magazine circulations fall, and while forecasts do show digital advertising will cover that shortfall to an extent, it's far from a guarantor of success for the industry.
And yet B2B endeavours are demonstrably very successful for the publishers who can grow them to scale. For instance, the publisher of the Daily Mail DMGT sees around three-quarters of its overall revenue coming from its B2B side – primarily its business intelligence and events side.
UK B2B print magazine performance has fallen 1.74 percent year on year across all titles, as compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, from roughly 6,378,000 print editions sold to 6,266,000. That's a total loss around of 111,000 print editions year on year, and that's a trend that's been continuing for a while now.
The PPA's last available estimate forecasted that from 2011 – 2013 the total contribution print would make to B2B publishers' revenue would fall from 59.4 percent to 52 percent. That's a trend that's likely to have continued even PwC estimates that overall CAGR for the industry is set to grow consistently (driven largely by the US, admittedly).
So it looks like a lot of those UK-based B2B publishers who are seeing their print revenue falling are relying on digital growth to supplant it. That's supported by PwC, although they also note that: "only directory advertising will have majority digital revenue in 2019":
And the ABC figures do note some modest growth in the number of web and digital editions for UK B2B publishers: There are currently 49 publishers in the UK who report their digital edition circulation, for instance, and while the most successful (Bauer's 'AM') has a circulation of nearly 1,000 (no YOY comparison available since it's only recently been added to the ABCs) the average across all the digital editions is only 1,980.
While the number of B2B publishers who report their web traffic is still relatively low, those numbers are modest too.
The brilliance of B2B marketing
Globally, by 2020 the B2B ecommerce market will be twice as large as the B2C market — $6.7 trillion vs. $3.2 trillion — according to research provider Frost & Sullivan. The company predicts that China will emerge as the largest online B2B market with $2.1 trillion in sales by 2020.
B2B publishers also have more twice the ecommerce conversion rate at B2C publishers now – 7.3 percent for B2B publishers as opposed to 3 percent for B2C.
However, PwC indicates that trade shows and events are set to become even more important for B2B publishers globally – and there's no reason to suggest that the big British B2B publishers won't be taking advantage of that.
Which is something we've previously seen at DMGT, for instance. In the first quarter of 2015, its events division's revenue grew 14 percent – notably the only section of the business that matched forecasts for the quarter from analysts Exane BNP Paribas – while event sales actually increased 23 percent to £47 million. And its more recent results suggest its B2B events and information are still compensating for its media revenue slowdown.
In terms of revenue diversification, TMB has previously argued that B2B publishers have a real opportunity to capitalise on the business information game:
"Back in 2012, David Carey of Hearst told the Economist it takes 'five or six revenue streams' to make a publishing business successful. A business like [Polytika Insight] is founded on that diversity of product, but really only has one obvious revenue stream – subscriptions.
In this sense, PI is more like a consulting firm than a publishing firm; the value of access, analysis and insight is baked into the company's DNA. And that's a media model lesson that deserves to be reported more widely."
In addition to comments by the CEO of IDG Communications Worldwide Michael Friedenberg, who said in an interview with FIPP:
"What we're focused on right now is moving from conventional web strategy to mobile, social, data-driven web strategy. The market focus is on brands versus audiences and what we call brand-specific revenue streams versus marketing services revenue streams.
"I'm happy to say that 51 per cent of our overall revenue is now coming from marketing services or revenues that aren't brand-attributable. So we're doing a really nice job of broadening out our portfolio and monetising our capabilities."
As with the rest of the publishing industry, the B2B market is being squeezed. But it also has enormous potential to trade off the expertise of its journalists, writers and analysts to become more viable than ever in a world where accurate information is ever-more vital.
The inaugural B2B Media Strategies takes place on 8 – 10 December in London.
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Man, 25, dies after getting hit by Woodlands condo shuttle bus; 56-year-old driver arrested
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A 25-year-old man died after he was hit by a shuttle bus outside the Forestville executive condominium along Woodlands Drive 16 on Wednesday evening (Nov 21).
The 56-year-old driver of the bus was subsequently arrested for causing death by negligent act.
Stompers Ryan and Fairoz alerted Stomp to the incident and shared photos from the scene.
Ryan told Stomp he was on his way to get some food when he saw people gathered near the condo.
"I saw the body was pinned under the bus," he said.
"SCDF officers were working to get it out."
Photo: Stomp
In a photo sent by Fairuz, the body was seen covered with a white cloth next to the bus.
In response to Stomp's media queries, the police said they were alerted to the accident at about 7.02pm.
"The pedestrian, a 25-year-old man, was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene," a spokesman said.
"The bus driver, a 56-year-old man, was arrested for causing death by negligent act."
Stomp understands that the driver was making a right-turn exit out of the condo when he heard a "bump".
He then realised that someone was pinned under the bus.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Ayres On The Air: Series 2
Written By: Others , Peter Reynolds, Pam Ayres
Narrated By: Pam Ayres, Geoffrey Whitehead, Felicity Montagu
Just over thirty years ago, a little-known poet named Pam Ayres made her debut on the ITV talent show Opportunity Knocks. Since then, she has taken the nation by storm, entertaining millions of people with her books, stage shows and radio and television appearances. Her first BBC Radio 4 series, Ayres on the Air, was a huge success, and this second series proves to be every bit as droll and delightful. A mix of comic poetry, sketches, and observations on life, each programme is themed around a different subject: Fame, Animals, Travel, Motherhood, The Old Days and Food. Here are much-loved poems such as 'Do You Think Bruce Springsteen would Fancy Me?', 'I'm Going to Be Surgically Enhanced', 'Clamp the Mighty Limpet', 'How Can That Be My Baby?', 'The Dolly on the Dustcart', 'With These Hands' and 'Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter'; and sketches about the frustration of calling rail enquiry lines, the art of text messaging, and trying to stick to a diet. These six programmes show the inimitable Pam Ayres at her warmest and wittiest, and are guaranteed to amuse and delight her many fans.
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by Others , Peter Reynolds, Pam Ayres
This title is due for release on September 3, 2007.
This title is due for release on September 3, 2007


Don't let your weight be an excuse not to exercise.
Here's the dilemma: If you're overweight, you're likely to have gastrointestinal problems such as abdominal cramping, constipation, diarrhea, gas, etc. that could interfere with exercising. But, of course, in order to lose weight, you need to exercise.
Researchers reported in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology on their study involving nearly 1,000 men and women in a randomized trial. While they were primarily evaluating three weight loss programs in Minnesota, they happened to find that those who were overweight were more likely to have gastrointestinal problems that made exercising less comfortable or convenient than normal-weight individuals.
Exercise is an important component in weight loss. And, since losing weight often gets rid of the gastrointestinal problems, the recommendation is to find ways to get through the discomfort and exercise anyway. One option: Start slow and build up time and intensity gradually.