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This is the third edition of Data Stuff, a weekly newsletter about databases by Arjun Narayan and Justin Jaffray.
People are worried about durability.
Actually, no, I lied. When it comes to ACID, people are generally worried about the A, C, and I, but if you wanted to pick one of the ACID properties to declare "solved", there's a pretty good argument for picking D (durability) and not worrying about it further. Durability is pretty clear: if I acknowledge your write, I shouldn't lose it. That's not to say the meaning of durability hasn't evolved, or that people don't have different durability needs depending on their circumstances, or that ARIES isn't tricky to get right; just that the space of solutions is much better understood, generally[1].
Before the mainstream expectation of replicating your database, a write was generally considered durable if it had been written to some medium that will survive a power cycle. Nowadays those with an investment in distributed databases (disclosure: I work for a company that sells insect-themed replication for money) would probably be happier if that definition was broadened to mean "written to multiple disks such that it can survive the permanent disappearance of some minority fraction of said disks." But the reality is that stronger durability guarantees necessarily come with trade-offs, like worse latency (you want those disks to be far apart because of floods or mushroom clouds or whatever your threat model is). If you value latency above durability you might be okay with losing writes sometimes if it gets you a better response time. Some databases recognize that users often have different needs in this way, and expose this tradeoff as a tactile knob affixed to the side of your server with "MULTI-NODE DURABILITY" scribbled in sharpie at one extreme and "LOW LATENCY" at the other.
So it was in this context that MongoDB was once again Jepsened, with a focus on MongoDB Sharded Clusters:
We did, however, uncover problems with MongoDB's causal consistency: it doesn't work unless users use both read and write concern majority, and the causal consistency documentation made no mention of this. While MongoDB will reject causal requests with the safer linearizable read level, and the unsafe write concern unacknowledged, it will happily accept intermediate levels, like write concern 2 or read level local. Since many users use sub-majority operations for performance reasons, and since causal consistency is typically used for high-performance local operations which do not require coordination with other cluster nodes, users could have reasonably assumed that causal sessions would ensure causal safety for their sub-majority operations; they do not. […] This interpretation hinges on interpreting successful sub-majority writes as not necessarily successful: rather, a successful response is merely a suggestion that the write has probably occurred, or might later occur, or perhaps will occur, be visible to some clients, then un-occur, or perhaps nothing will happen whatsoever.
We note that this remains MongoDB's default level of write safety.
There's a common misconception that the value provided by Jepsen was in combining randomized testing with a deep understanding of distributed systems. That's obviously crucial to the whole project, but the more human-centric approach is where Jepsen really shines — Jepsen explicitly calls attention to Mongo's choice to turn the durability knob to the "LATENCY" angle by default.
First, the good news. If you read the early Jepsens, its pretty clear that like the knob labeled "SAFETY" was not connected to anything - just a piece of decorative plastic. The good news now is that the "DURABLE" side of the knob works! The bad news is that performance guidelines, documentation, and the default out of the box setup push you to twist the knob the other way. So we've advanced as a society from "unsafe at any speed" to "safe in first gear". But like… the car still goes straight to second when you step on the gas. But you have the option to drive in first gear. I'm not sure how happy I am at this "advance".
Now — to be fair — these tradeoffs are very real! But like, as an industry, we're still not being entirely honest when marketing one side of the knob. Take for instance the paper introducing the YCSB benchmark: it briefly acknowledges that these tradeoffs exist, but that's it. In retrospect, the paper captures the zeitgeist of the late aughts in that it has a sense of moral urgency to strip down ACID and sell it for parts in order to fund its QPS addiction. But even today there aren't really benchmarks that capture the nuance present in this trade-off. You sort of have to go back to TPC-C[2] to even have a real discussion about needing isolation guarantees in your benchmarks. But even that one was declawed—it only requires snapshot isolation to achieve serializable executions. You would think we'd have some real benchmarks that weren't, you know, 30 years old, that would be clearer about these tradeoffs.
Anyway, all of this stirs up a wave of nostalgia for the early Jepsens. In a sense MongoDB has always been driving our industry forward! Looking back at the first two analyses — of Redis and MongoDB — they are still remarkably entertaining reads, and they really spurred the industry to demand more rigor from vendors of distributed systems. MongoDB's like the patron saint of Jepsen analyses, really, being analyzed four times now (disclosure, I work for a company that sells insect-themed Jepsen passing consistency for money).
And finally, in exciting news, the most recent Jepsen comes from a new author, expanding the team from one to two. This presumably means twice as much Jepsen content going forward. I'll be sure to stay up to date with all things Jepsen in this newsletter. Anyway, thanks to Kyle, Carly Rae's yearns will live on in our hearts, forever our muse of dropped messages and missed calls.
Persistence pays off.
Intel's "Optane DC Persistent Memory" will finally be available on Google Cloud:
Today, we're excited to announce the alpha availability of virtual machines with 7TB of total memory utilizing Intel Optane DC persistent memory. With native 7TB virtual machines, GCP customers have the ability to scale up their workloads while benefiting from all the infrastructure capabilities and flexibility of Google Cloud, including on-demand provisioning, Live Migration and flexible scaling up and down.
Presumably this announcement is intended primarily for today's in-memory database vendors (there's an explicit callout to SAP HANA); the average commercial user of a cloud platform doesn't have many obvious actions they can take in response.
I'm nervous for our incoming persistent memory future; a clear delineation between the uses for volatile and non-volatile storage was actually a pretty solid architectural restriction. I mean, to be honest, seeing how the sausage gets made has made me pretty respectful for like… relying on the recover-from-log part of the whole durability story when you screw up the internal state. But if you're gonna move to a world where there's just 'the state', we're going to need a lot more confidence in our ability to maintain rigorous invariants on our data structures no matter what happens. We're losing the key invariant we've relied on as an industry since inception: turning it off and on again.
Intel also issued a press release regarding the widespread availability of Optane:
How It's Different: As a part of today's news, Intel announced unique capabilities delivered by Intel Optane DC persistent memory through two special operating modes – App Direct mode and Memory mode. Applications that have been specifically tuned can take advantage of App Direct mode to receive the full value of the product's native persistence and larger capacity. In Memory mode, applications running in a supported operating system or virtual environment can use the product as volatile memory, taking advantage of the additional system capacity made possible from module sizes up to 512 GB without needing to rewrite software.
I guess the idea is like, if you don't rewrite your software to specifically make use of the architectural changes persistent memory will allow, you can treat it as big, cheap RAM. Which I guess like, sure. But if you just stop there, that isn't a speed-of-light performance improvement for most databases in the general case. The real ride is going to come in getting the bold new rearchitectures to just always do things without the durable logging. But… I have my doubts. These database scientists are so preoccupied with whether or not they can, they aren't stopping to think if they should. Are we ready yet as an industry to stand behind a new database that has to remain stable from first start and will never have the escape hatch of power cycling?
Rockset.
I'm going to be honest. In 2018 the MVP for a data product is pretty complicated. Vendors have to convince potential users that they check all sorts of complicated boxes. So when I saw the announcement for Rockset: it honestly took me a while to figure out what exactly was being sold here. After reading through their architecture docs I've decided I'm just going to talk about the SQL dialect they've created.
And the SQL dialect is actually pretty smart! People love Postgres's JSONB data type, but it falls victim to the operator soup problem that tends to come up when you bolt new data models on top of old ones, and never mind that it gives up a lot of the querying capabilities of SQL. There are pushes to provide a more relational interface to such schemaless data, but a SQL dialect that's designed from the ground up to support this kind of flexible schema strikes seems like a reasonable approach to get something more usable.
I guess the idea behind the name "Rockset" is like, "it's RocksDB, but for ETL and, oh, also you don't have to do the "L" part." Since ideally the data from your data lakes will just keep streaming into your "converged index" (details are sparse on what the "converged index" is). Anyway here are some thoughts from Peter Bailis introducing Rockset.
Things happen (in some serial order).
Uber introduces Peloton, a resource scheduler for diverse cluster workloads. So that's another of Andy Pavlo's names gone (P.S. hey Andy, renew your SSL cert), after Larry Ellison took 'self-driving databases'. I guess it's only a matter of time before T-Pain comes for Ottertune. Neo4J raised an 80 million dollar Series E. HashiCorp raised a 100 million dollar Series D. Yugabyte has an in-depth reply to Dan Abadi's "Calvin vs Spanner" blog post.
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[1] Although the introduction of new storage devices like non-volatile memory is expanding this space and demanding new research. [2] The TPC-C specification, section 3.4 lays out isolation phenomena that must not be present. It's pretty rudimentary — it just lists some specific anomaly information that should not be present — a historical approach that needs updating.


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I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom ~ Richard Scarry ~ Golden Books, 1963
I love this book. I have very vivid memories of it from when I was a child and even today, browsing the pictures gives me this overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Something about the way the skin on the frog is painted makes me feel all snuggly inside.
I am a bunny.
My name is Nicholas.
I live in a hollow tree.
The ultimate cute story about a little bunny and his place within the weather and seasons. The tall board book feel and amazing pictures still hold up in the reprint, but it's the deeper colors of the take me back. That's what I love about toys and books from the past. They can give you these incredible sense memories that other things can't. With this one, I can remember being on my parents bed reading it and the way their bedspread felt on my hands.
Chipmunk's ABC
Great Big Air Book
Rabbit and His Friends
The Bunny Book
Richard Scarry's Best Rainy Day Book Ever
Tommy Visits the Doctor
Brian Wildsmith's Birds
Brian Wildsmith ~ Franklin Watts, 1967
Today isn't the happiest of days, but I figured I should keep up. Our local Central Library here is so magical. They have a WITHDRAWN book basement where hardcover children's books are 50 cents, and it is just a dream. Drop $15 in there and you leave with a huge box full of books. It's a delight really. I picked this one up the other day. I've never seen it before, but it makes me smile.
A walk of snipe
A wedge of swans
A nye of pheasants
A siege of bitterns
The bird illustrations are really whimsical and sweet with explosive color. And the writing... "The words that refer to a gathering of creatures...." Definitely for those in love with words. There is one on ANIMALS too, so, more seeking to do.
It never ends does it?
Professor Noah's Spaceship
Maurice Maeterlinck's Blue Bird
You Will Go to the Moon
Mae and Ira Freeman ~ Robert Patterson
Random House, 1959
Of late our little guy has been obsessed with the moon and more importantly, going to said moon. I've been reading him the Bernstein Bears' book as well as a signed copy of Buzz Aldrin's kids' read gifted from his aunt. But perhaps the classic is this.
My husband (aged 51), was profoundly changed by this story as a boy. I can imagine how this Beginner Book must have sparked the imaginations of a generation who were gearing up to see someone actually do it. The first jaunt didn't commence until a little over a decade later, but the amazing thing is, the book is pretty accurate on how it would happen... (All except for the part about YOU going to the moon and the non-existent moon house and the fact that I believe there were only six Apollo missions and in all likelihood no one is ever going back there.)
The moon is up there,
No one has been there yet.
But someone will go there soon.
Some day you may go there, too.
Think about all the boys and girls back in the day who thought they might make it there. That a trip to the moon would become so ho-hum that we'd be jetting around vacationing in craters. (Didn't TWA actually pre-sell tickets?) Even if it's a little outdated, it still paints a pretty impressive picture of how the trips eventually went down, and to wee little ones who don't know better, it just might make them believe they have a chance. Now, I'd like to see somebody do the followup You Will Go to Mars.
Fun With Figures
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Madeline and the Gypsies
by Ludwig Bemelmans/ published 1959 by The Viking Press
Ok soooo. I grew up with Madeline, Madeline's Rescue and Madeline's Christmas, but never before had I seen this one. It all started a few weeks ago when we checked out Madeline in London from the library, and in that there is reference to the Gypsies and the Bad Hat, neither of which I'd ever read before. Since Maddy is a must read at our house, I figured I'd better track down these other two that I had not experienced as a child. First off, I love how Bemelsmans always harks back to the original book on the first page of all his subsequent books.
In an old house in Paris that was
covered with vines
Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.
The original book holds one of my favorite children's book end lines ever.
That's all there is
There isn't anymore.
But that aside, this book is freaky. I mean, Madeline and her friend Pepito essentially get kidnapped by gypsies and in order for the gypsy momma to hide them from Miss Clavel, she sews them into a lion hide... and the roam the countryside (as a lion) looking for someone who can help them out of their dilemma.
The Gypsy Mama said, "How would you like to try on
This lovely costume of a lion?"
With a curved needle and some string
She sewed both the children in
And nobody knew what was inside
The tough old lion's leathery hide.
Freaky. It's like another of my son's faves, The Terrible Tiger, where this tiger marauds the countryside eating people until finally he swallows a tailor who uses his scissors to cut a hole in the tiger's side so they can all escape. I mean, how do you even explain that to a kid? I love it!
A Very Special House
by Ruth Krauss with pictures by Maurice Sendak/ published 1953 by Harper & Row
Recently given to my son as a favorite by a friend, this is one in a little series of book written by this team. They are all very imaginative and a little off from the norm, but they encapsulate the wonder of childhood perfectly. We all know Sendak, but apparently Ms. Krauss was married to Crockett Johnson, the famed author of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
I'm bringing home a turtle
and a rabbit and a giant
and a little dead mouse
– I take it everywheres –
I love how in the illustrations in this one, the boy is in black, white and blue and the imaginary things are all line drawings. Not to mention the giggling, snickering and smiling all illustrate what I like to describe in my own son as the "rascal."
Happy Egg
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Moon Jumpers
What Do You Say, Dear?
Pierre: A Cautionary Tale
Some Swell Pup
Let's Be Enemies
Lullabies and Night Songs
Outside Over There
I'll Be You and You Be Me
The Juniper Tree
Seven Little Monsters
The Giant Story
A Giraffe and a Half
by Shel Silverstein/ published 1964 by HarperCollins
Who didn't idolize this guy as a kid? The Giving Tree and Missing Piece and The Lion Who Shot Back and Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book were all staples at my house. Sadly, I don't ever remember reading this one as a child, but my kid has it memorized. And what a joy to read out loud. It's so good, you almost don't have to think about reading it... the lyrical phrasing practically reads itself. The funny tale of a boy and a giraffe and all the little things that happen to them in rhyme.
If he fell in a hole that was dug by a mole...
you would have a giraffe and a half
with a rat in his hat
looking cute in a suit
with a rose on his nose
and a bee on his knee
and some glue on his shoe
playing toot on a flute
with a chair in his hair
and a snake eating cake
and a skunk in a trunk
and a dragon in a wagon
and a spike on his bike
and a whale on his tail
in a hole with a mole.
I've always admired this guy for being so cynical and real while still speaking to kids. I was even more in love when I found out he wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue". And even though his giant author photo always gave me the heeby geebies, I'd still have married him.
Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back
Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book
A House is a House For Me
by Mary Ann Hoberman illustrated by Betty Fraser/ published 1978 by The Viking Press
Again pushing the bounds of what is vintage, I discovered this little number at the library and can't get over how much fun it is... both in the smart, lyrical story and the super cool illustrations. Really, this title couldn't be more enjoyable. If I had a third thumb, I'd be giving it extra digit kudos!
A box is a house for a teabag.
A teapot's a house for some tea.
If you pour me a cup and I drink it all up,
Then the teahouse will turn into me!
The basic premise is that everything is a house for something if you ponder on it long enough. Since this one is truly of my era, I do feel a kinship with the style and voice, but all the same, this is a wonderful book to read aloud and look at for hours. You'll always find something new tucked into one of the pictures or read a line one way that you thought was meant to be read another. I am secretly tucking this in as one of my current favorites even if it is almost an 80s book!
All My Shoes Come in Twos
Prehistoric Monsters Did the Strangest Things
Leonora & Arthur Hornblow ~ Michael K. Frith ~ Random House, 1974
I love this book because a) the title... come on... AWESOME, b) the Frith drawings remind me of his Sesame Street story books of the 1970s, and c) it was the first book I discovered from the fabulous Random House Step-Up Books series, of which we now have about a dozen.
Definitely not one for the creationism set, this book is all about the boiling fire that the earth is born from, leading up to the first dinosaurs crawling out of the muck of the sea and then to the modern dinosaurish creatures of today...
Life began in the water. The water then was warm and salty. The air was hot and damp. Little plants began to grow. Soon, small creatures started to crawl on the bottom of the sea.
A great way to introduce dinosaurs and evolution and all that cool prehistoric awesome stuff to your kid. I can already see the mystery and wonder beginning to brim in my son's eyes when I read him this book. (Who knew that the brachiosaurus had a nose in that big hump on his head so that he could hide his mammoth body under water and still be able to breathe?)
Birds Do the Strangest Things
Some of Us Walk Some Fly Some Swim
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How the Animals Get to the Zoo
Mary Elting with pictures by Stefan Martin
published 1964 by Wonder Books
Again, I shutter to think of the complete unPCness of this book, but it is hugely fascinating none-the-less. For any fan of the awesome John Wayne flick, Hatari!, this book takes the story one step further. When my husband was wee, Hatari! was his favorite movie, partly because those guys who used to trap exotic animals old school-style were like African cowboys. Looking at it now, the capture and caging techniques were pretty horrific...
How do wild animals get to the zoo?
Men from the zoo go out to look for them.
Men from the zoo catch them and bring them back.
I am definitely a memoir girl in my own reading, and one of my all time favorite books EVER is West with the Night by Beryl Markham. Though she was much more of an animal observer and a conservationist, this story still takes you back to that time when Africa and its wildlife were still so exotic to the Western world. I know, I know... there are so many things wrong with that too... but my son's favorite animals are African, his favorite movie is Africa Imax on DVD and the place he talks about going someday all the time is Africa, so any book that brings him that much closer to the experience is OK with me. My husband and I went on safari in Tanzania a few years back, and already are saving money so that when the little guy turns 11ish, we can take him.
Includes techniques for wrestling crocs, trapping monkeys in trees and digging holes to capture rhinos... a title definitely not for the squeamish animal lover, but still an interesting picture of how all these generations of zoo animals made it stateside in the first place.
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Ruth Heller
Grosset & Dunlap, 1981
I know 1981 isn't exactly vintage... or is it!?! OH MY GOD, I'M OLD! Anyway, even though this isn't vintage in the traditional sense of the word, I still think it is an old(ish) book that is awesome, and my son loves the vivid pictures of all the various oviparous animals.
Chickens aren't the only ones. There's no more to discuss. Everyone who lays an egg is oviparous.
The colors are all so bright and vibrant, and the one page with all the different bird eggs is a Kodak dream. So yea, this book is about anything and everything that lays eggs from dinosaur to hummingbird to platypus to fish to bug. A very cool idea with a great execution. Two thumbs up.
Hare and the Tortoise
Paul Galdone
McGraw-Hill, 1962
The prologue to this book reads only this...
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE is one of the most famous of AESOP'S fables. Very little is known about AESOP except that he was born about 620 B.C. and died about 564 B.C. He was a Greek slave of Samos whose master set him free.
I've always loved the fact that Aesop used animals to tell tales of the human condition. His stories are kinda like Bible stories... just told through animals instead of prophets. And Paul Galdone. I am still up in the air about this guy. Some of his pictures are mildly creepy. My son still won't go near Three Little Pigs, and I remember being more than a little freaked out reading his Rumpelstiltskin and Puss in Boots as a child. This one, however, is a big winner at our house, mainly because of the medley of animals that appear, but a favorite none-the-less.
Then said the Tortoise, "Slow and steedy often wins the race."
Anatole
Three Fox Fables
Favorite Just So Stories
illustrated by H.B. Vestal
Was a big fan of If in high school and always loved the Just So Stories, so I snapped up this copy as soon as I saw the handsome animal illustrations on the end pages. From what little I can piece together from searches on the internet, it seems Mr. Vestal was a military illustrator during WWII, and the books he went on to illustrate from their reflect that.... Moby Dick, Kipling, etc. I particularly like the illustrations for the "How the Whale Got His Tiny Throat" story.
Then the whale opened his mouth back and back and back till it nearly touched his tail and he swallowed the shipwrecked mariner, and the raft he was sitting on, and his blue canvas breeches, and the suspenders (which you must not forget), and the jackknife -- he swallowed them all down into his warm, dark inside cupboards, and then he smacked his lips -- so, and turned around three times on his tail.
The Just So Stories were first published in 1902, and Kipling has a long history of being labeled as creating racist characters and the like... (Who remembered that's how the leopard got its spots?) All the same, these books are old for a reason, the tales they spin are universal and everlasting. The face might be a little dated, but the soul still holds true.
Look Out For Pirates!
Tell Me Some More...
Tell Me Some More
Crosby Newell Bonsall
pictures by Fritz Siebel
Harper & Row, 1961
Illustrated by the same man who did my son's early fave A Fly Went By, these pictures are not his best, but the story is really like no other I have seen. It is about a little boy who tells his friend that he knows a place where he can do all this unbelievably amazing things.
"I know a place," said Andrew, "where I can hold an elephant under my arm."
"The trunk and all?" Tim said.
"The trunk and all," said Andrew.
The little boy is of course speaking of the library, and by the end, the two are taking home not just an elephant, but a rocket ship, a steam shovel and a giraffe. It is really the cutest story ever about the tall tales kids weave as well as the magic of that unsinkable institution. Any kid who loves books will enjoy the kindred spirits in these pages. The author also wrote another funny little book about two boys fighting over whose blow-up beach toy is the best (hysterical), but that is for another day!
The Land of Peek-A-Boo
Amos & Boris
by William Steig/ published 1971 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
You know, I've had a knee jerk aversion to Steig since Shrek became such a monster hit, but this little title may have reignited my interest. The story of a adventurous mouse who finds himself strained in the open sea, friendship is solidified when a amiable whale offers to float him home.
"What sort of fish are you? the whale asked.
"You must be one of a kind!"
"I'm not a fish," said Amos.
"I'm a mouse, which is a mammal, the highest form of life.
I live on land."
"Holy clam and cuttlefish!" said the whale.
"I'm a mammal myself, though I live in the sea.
Call me Boris," he added.
Friendship knows no bounds be it size of berth or size of heart or whether you sport skin or fur. When you believe in each other, anything is possible. Steig is a master at highlighting genuine human emotions in a way that is accessible to kids. The guy has been illustrating for The New Yorker for three decades, so there is no denying that his wit is universal. This is a wonderful story, and according to our local librarian, one of her favorites.
The Amazing Bone
Rotten Island
Yellow & Pink
The Zabajaba Jungle
Gorky Rises
Tiffky Doofky
Father Palmer's Wagon Ride
Solomon the Rusty Nail
The Story About Ping
Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
The Viking Press, 1933
A wildly popular book, it has somewhat of a colored past with controversy surrounding its seemingly racist portrayal of the Chinese as well as some undertones of animal cruelty. If you can get past all that, it is really a delightful book with wonderful illustrations -- the sentiment being that there's no place like home (even if home means getting whacked on the butt with a rod and an eventual death by slaughter.)
SPLASH! There in the water was a Boy! A little boy with a barrel on his back which was tied to a rope from the boat just as all boat boys on the Yangtze river are tied to their boats.
Wikipedia says that Ms. Flack was married for a while to the artist Karl Larsson who was one of my favorites as a girl. And according to the Michener Museum Web site, Mr. Wiese was German born and did the drawings for the original Bambi book. He spent some time in China selling merchandise as a young man, thus accounting for any dated visual opinions about the Chinese.
Pretty much anything old nowadays tends to offend, so on some level you have to be able to explain outdated concepts to your kids so hopefully they can begin to learn and understand the world around them better than our grandparents did.
The Five Chinese Brothers
The Country Bunny
Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog
Angus and the Cat
The Wonderful Story of Ting Ling
Red Tag Comes Back
Fred Phleger ~ pictures by Arnold Lobel
Other books that bore by Mr. Phelger (including the utterly actionless but much-loved by my son The Whales Go By), first turned me off of this writer, but I have since become a convert. This story is especially cool because it follows a tagged salmon on his trip downriver and then return to spawn. Totally cool for teaching a kid about nature and such things. Plus, Arnold Lobel almost never disappoints. I mean, geez, the guy illustrated everything. Including writing Frog and Toad for god's sake!
A little digging online shows Fred Phelger to be an utterly fascinating human being.
This from the Online Archive of California...
Phleger received three degrees in geology, an A.B. degree from the University of Southern California in 1931, an M.S. from the California Institute of Technology in 1932 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1936. Phleger's early work in paleontology concerned Ordovician fossils, Lichadian trilobites, and Pleistocene cats.
And Phleger received the 1980 Joseph A. Cushman Award which recognized Phleger as a pioneer of modern marine geology whose work "had considerable impact on the development of paleoecology and paleoceanography, both in deep-sea research and in the study of shallow marine deposits.
And then perhaps the most unlikely turn in his life...
Phleger had a literary career as well as a scientific career. His wife, Marjorie Temple Phleger, taught drama at the Bishop School when they first arrived in La Jolla. She later became public relations head at the La Valencia Hotel, which was owned at the time by oceanographer Gifford Ewing. While there she met many actors and writers, including Clark Gable and Tennessee Williams. She was a columnist for the San Diego Union and the La Jolla Light. She was a founder of the original La Jolla Playhouse. The Phlegers became acquainted with Ted Geisel and his wife Helen in the early 1950's. Geisel encouraged the Phlegers to write children's books and introduced them to the editors of Beginner Books at Random House. Marjorie Temple Phleger first wrote a survival book, Pilot Down, Presumed Dead. In 1959, Fred Phleger published The Whales Go By and Ann Can Fly and in 1960 Red Tag Comes Back. He and his wife published You will Live Under the Sea and Off to the Races in 1966.
I am thoroughly captivated by the fact that someone with such a renowned scientific pedigree would go on to meet Dr. Seuss and have a legacy such as this. Very cool. I love how incestuous children's books in the 60s were.
The Terrible Tiger
The Ice-Cream Cone Coot
Oscar Otter
The Star Thief
Mouse Tales
Prince Bertram the Bad
The Secret Three
Benny's Animals
Miss Suzy
Martha the Movie Mouse
Terry and the Caterpillars
The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck

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canedytp@potsdam.edu
I am originally from Southern California where I received a B. F. A. in Communications, Emphasis in Technical Theatre from Chapman University and an M. F. A. in Set Design from California State University, Fullerton. I have worked all over the country, in and around the theatre industry in many facets. Although, my main focus is Set Design and Technical Direction, it is not limited to these areas; I have a solid portfolio in scenic art, lighting and costume design.
Prior to working at SUNY, Potsdam, my teaching career is as follows:
Bowling Green State University and the Huron Playhouse, Instructor/Technical Director Bowling Green, OH
Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor of Design /Technical Director, Weatherford, OK
Lawrence Academy, Technical Director of Theatre, Groton, MA
As a mentor, be it in the theatre or in life, I educate people with the skill set to succeed, give them the goal and then watch them rise to responsibilities placed upon them. The students must be given the scaffolding to create a compelling portfolio to begin their theatrical career.
canedytp@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2548
Robin L. Collen
Professor, Theatre & Dance / Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences
Theatre and Dance, School of Arts & Sciences
Dunn Hall 103
collenrl@potsdam.edu
TEL: (315) 267-2234 / 2230 FAX: (315) 267-3140
Education: BA/MS, Dance, University of Oregon PhD, Dance, Texas Woman's University CMA (Certification in Laban Movement Analysis), Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies. Dr. Collen began teaching at SUNY Potsdam in 1998. She teaches courses in Laban Movement Analysis, Modern Dance, Ballet, Dance History/Appreciation, Pilates, Improvisation, Pedagogy, and Composition. At SUNY Potsdam her choreography has included contemporary works, musical theatre--including Cabaret and Ragtime--and operas--The Sailor-Boy and the Falcon, Orpheus in the Underworld, Venus and Adonis, and Dido and Aeneas. Dr. Collen is affiliated with National Dance Education Association, Congress on Research in Dance, Society of Dance History Scholars, Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, and Motus Humanus. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Dance Education. She is also a member of the New York State DanceForce, a consortium of dance activists committed to increasing the quantity and quality of dance activity throughout New York State. Dr. Collen is the recipient of the 2011 SUNY Potsdam President's Award for Excellence in College Service.
collenrl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2234 / 2230 FAX: (315) 267-3140
Cynthia - DuFault
dufaulc@potsdam.edu
dufaulc@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3141
Alexis L Foster
Instructional Support Technician
Performing Arts Center P244
fosteral@potsdam.edu
During the school year, Alexis Foster works as costume shop manager at SUNY Potsdam. She has taught a variety of courses including: Make-up Design & Costume Construction along with workshops for LOKO Festi- val and Kennedy Center American Theater Festival. Professionally, she has worked with the award winning Saint Michaels Playhouse as costume shop manager and as costume designer for Woody Guthrie American Song. A myriad of additional professional experiences include: National Dance Institute, Premiere Stages and NC Shakespeare Festival. Alexis has also had the honor of working with Jacque dAmboise, Terrence Mann and Heather Henson among many others. Her most recent educational costume design was the international opera premier of The Fox and Pomegranate and Letter to East 11th Street. Alexis holds an MFA in Drama with a concentration in Costume Design from the University of Arkansas and a BFA in Costume Design and Technology from Kean University. She is a member of USITT.
fosteral@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-4842
Kristie L Fuller
fullerkl@potsdam.edu
Teaching Certifications: Elementary Education (N-6) Provisional
Performing Arts- Drama (9-12) Permanent
Theatre Certification (K-12) Professional
Speech/Drama Certification (K-12) Permanent
Membership in Professional Organizations:
New York State Theatre Education Association
The Educational Theatre Association/Thespian Honor Society
Phi Delta Kappa: Educational Honor Society
International Alliance for Invitational Education
Kappa Delta Pi, Educational Honor Society
Alpha Psi Omega, Drama Honor Society
Awards and Honors:
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award in Direction for "And a Child Shall Lead" (2011)
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award in Direction for "Little Women" (2010)
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award in Direction and Production Concept for "Doors" (2010)
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award in Direction for "The Women of Lockerbie" (2009)
Michael J. Harms Excellence in Theatre Award for "The Women of Lockerbie" (2009)
Theatre Association of NYS Award Outstanding Direction for "You Can't Take it with You" 2008)
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award for On-going Educational and Artistic Endeavors with Indian River High School students. ("Almost, Maine" 2008)
Educational Theatre Association's Outstanding School Award in Theatre 2007
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award in Direction for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2007)
Theatre Association of NYS Excellence Award in Direction/Overall Concept for "The Laramie Project" (2007)
Michael J. Harms Excellence in Theatre Award for "The Laramie Project" (2007)
TV 50's Educator of the Week (January 2005)
Sam's Club Jefferson County "Teacher of the Year 2004"
Michael J. Harms Excellence in Theatre Award for "The Crucible" (2004)
Jefferson/Lewis County BOCES Excellent Teacher Award (1999)
Michael J. Harms Excellence in Theatre Award for "The Diary of Anne Frank" (2000)
Outstanding Elementary Student Teacher: Phi Delta Kappa (1996)
AIDS Community Resources Recognition Award for HIV/AIDS Education (1997, 2008)
Research Interests: Docu-Drama
Drama Strategies Across the Curriculum, New York State Theatre Education Association, State Theatre Education Conference.
The State Theatre Curriculum and Assessment, New York State Theatre Education Association, State Theatre Education Conference.
The Effectiveness of Drama Techniques in Peer Education, New York State Theatre Education Association, State Theatre Education Conference.
Portfolio Use in the Theatre Classroom, New York State Theatre Education Association, State Theatre Education Conference.
Committee Chair for the Development of the Theatre Resource Guide: The New York State Education Department
Committee Member, Item Reviewer, Scorer for the ASSETS Theatre Arts Assessment, The New York State Education Department.
Content Advisory Committee for the Theatre Content Specialty Exam including Item Review, Marker Response Review, Passing Score Review, NES
Curriculum Chair/State Education Liaison, New York State Theatre Education Association
Troupe Leader, The Educational Theatre Association/Thespian Honor Society
Kristie L. Fuller Theatre Teacher/Theatre Manager
Indian River Theatre of the Performing Arts
32925 US RT 11
Philadelphia, NY 13673 (315) 642-5521
"Theatre Transforms Students' Lives!"
fullerkl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2671
Thomas E Grabowski
Performing Arts Center Facilities Manager
grabowte@potsdam.edu
Tom Grabowski graduated from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois receiving a BA in Theatre and Physics. He received his MFA in Design from The University of Illinois. He began at then Pan American University (later the University of Texas-Pan American) in 1981 as a staff member with responsibilities for set and lighting design for the University Theatre within the Department of Communication and after a year became a lecturer. In the fall of 2000 he was appointed to an Assistant Professor position and in 2006 was promoted to Associate Professor. He became Interim Chair of the Department of Communication in 2011 and became Chair in Fall 2012. As the University became The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2015, he became the chair of the new Department of Theatre/Television/Film.
In his 35 years with the University he has designed sets and lights for over 300 productions for the University Theatre, the Music department, the Dance Ensemble and the Folkloric Dance Company. He was a member of the design team that planned the construction of the Communication Arts and Science Building that houses the Jeffers Theatre (297 seat thrust) and the Studio theatre in 1984, the Academic Performing Arts Center that opened in 2014 and was a consultant to the design of the Student Union in 1999 that includes the Union Theatre (500 seat proscenium). He is active with USITT and USITT-Upstate NY. He served as vice president for membership from 2002-2016 for USITT-SW. In 2016 he retired from UTRGV and accepted a position on Visiting Associate professor at the department of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Potsdam. He enjoys sunsets and sharing rainbows.
grabowte@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2536
Jay W Pecora
Chair/Associate Professor
pecorajw@potsdam.edu
Director of Program in Theatre Education
BFA in Acting, The Theatre School at DePaul University
Teacher Certification at Hunter College, CUNY
MA in Urban Education from the Graduate Center, CUNY
PhD in Theatre Education from New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
Dissertation: DRAMA AND THE HOLOCAUST: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF STUDENT AND TEACHER EXPERIENCE IN A HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
Research interests: Devised theatre, applied theatre, drama for underserved populations, African American theatre, urban education.
Classes taught: Intro to Performance Studies, History of Theatre I & II, Field Experience I, Applied Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, History of African American Theatre, Voice and Speech I.
Memberships: NYSTEA, TYA-US, AATE, ATHE, NIDT.
NYS Teacher Certification in Social Studies 9-12, Theatre K-12.
pecorajw@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2547
Mary Beth Robinson
robinsm@potsdam.edu
robinsm@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2845
Rivka Rocchio
rocchisr@potsdam.edu
Rivka Rocchio is a community cultural development theatre-maker interested in the arts as a means of cross-cultural communication. Rocchio studied Theatre Education and Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College, and earned her MFA in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State University. Rocchio has taught Theatre and English in prisons, high schools, and middle schools and worked with the Peace Corps in Samoa and Liberia. In her current position in the Theatre and Dance Department at SUNY Potsdam, Rocchio teaches Applied Theatre, Directing, Acting/Scene Study, and Play Interpretation and Analysis.
rocchisr@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2355
Janet M. Sussman
sussmajm@potsdam.edu
Janet Sussman is currently Associate Professor of Costume Design and History at the SUNY Potsdam where she is the Resident Costume Designer. She received her MFA in design from The University of Texas at Austin. Off and Off-off Broadway designs include Five Women Waiting at the Open Door Theatre and The Refreshment of the Spirits at the Provincetown Playhouse. She was the Resident Costume Designer for the Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU TISCH for eight years. She has designed costumes for numerous plays at Stageworks in Hudson NY including Brutal Imagination, Play by Play, Dog Stories, I Am My Own Wife and Falling A Wake. Janet is proud of her work for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in the area of Design. She earned the Kennedy Center gold medallion for her work as the Chair of Design in Region II.
sussmajm@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2265
Joshua B Vink
vinkjb@potsdam.edu
Joshua is a new faculty member in The Department of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Potsdam. He teaches courses in Arts Management and Theatre, the former of which he is helping to spearhead a new program for at the college. He moves to the North Country from Maine where he taught at Bates College and worked as Executive Director of a local arts agency there.
He began his career in New York City where he worked for fifteen years as an arts administrator, educator and artist. As founding director of education at Peoples Theatre Project in Washington Heights, NYC, he brought project based initiatives in multiple artistic disciplines to schools, community centers, and the public, serving predominantly low income and immigrant communities. As a teaching artist and professional development facilitator for Lincoln Center Institute and The Dreamyard Project, he trained teachers and taught students at a diverse array of colleges and public schools.
As a theatre artist, he has worked Off-Broadway, regionally and in independent film. He is a founding member of Connecticut Free Shakespeare, where he worked for five seasons, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. As a playwright, his first full length play, The Lords of Wye (based on the narrative autobiographies of Frederick Douglass) piece underwent a workshop and public reading with Peoples Theatre Project in the Audubon Ballroom at the Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Cultural Center in New York City in May 2011 and read as part The Classical Theatre of Harlems Playwrights Playground in 2016.
He holds an MFA in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre Companys Academy for Classical Acting, and bachelors degrees in English and Theatre from The State University of New York at Buffalo.
vinkjb@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2625


Enver Creek Secondary's senior robotics team (4549B) has been ranked first in the world for its programming skills.
The team's skills topped the 25-team field at the VEX Robotics Competition at Port Moody's Heritage Woods Secondary Feb. 1, where they were also named tournament finalists and won the Inspire Award.
Coached by teacher Reuben Heredia, Enver Creek's 4549A team was fourth overall at "skills" and were named tournament semi-finalists, while team 4549D was a quarter-finalist at its second tournament ever.
Enver Creek has a robotics program which consists of five teams of between three to five students.
Anyone who would like to support the Enver Creek robotics team can attend the Enver Competition "and/or they can donate to the Enver Creek Robotics program using surrey schools' online donation: surreyschools.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Index. The fund destination would be "Enver Creek" and they should mention "Enver Creek Robotics" in the message," said Heredia.


Description: Welcome to the brand new free fighting game called World Boxing Tournament. In this fun game you have the opportunity to fight against your opponent and to win the World Boxing Tournament. Fight against your opponent and try to beat him down. This entertaining online game is very easy to play. You can choose to play player vs player or you can play player vs PC. If you choose to play player vs player the instructions are: player 1 use the A, S, D and W keys to walk, the B key for attack 1, the N key for attack 2, the M key for attack 3 and the space bar for defense. Player 2 use the arrow keys to walk, the number 1 key for attack 1, the number 2 key for attack 2, the number 3 key for attack 3 and the number 0 key for defense. If you choose to play player vs PC then you can choose a difficulty mode: easy, normal or hard. Are you ready to fight?
Instructions: Player 1 use the A, S, D and W keys to walk, the B key for attack 1, the N key for attack 2, the M key for attack 3 and the space bar for defense. Player 2 use the arrow keys to walk, the number 1 key for attack 1, the number 2 key for attack 2, the number 3 key for attack 3 and the number 0 key for defense.


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Home Auto Two-wheelers 2022 KTM 250 Adventure launches in India, available in two different colours
2022 KTM 250 Adventure launches in India, available in two different colours
The 2022 KTM 250 Adventure motorcycle gets a 248-cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine that churns out 30 PS power and 24 Nm of torque.
| Updated on: 12 Jan 2022, 01:45 PM
The 2022 KTM 250 Adventure is available in two different colour options.
KTM India on Wednesday has announced the launch of the 2022 KTM 250 Adventure motorcycle. Priced at ₹2.35 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), the quarter-litre premium adventure motorcycle is available in two different colour options - KTM Electronic Orange and KTM Factory Racing Blue.
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The motorcycle is available at all KTM dealerships across the country. The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer claims that the motorcycle is available with an easy financing option of ₹6,300 per month.
Adventure motorcycles have been witnessing a surge in demand and sales in India, especially from the young generation of riders who seek the thrill of riding and high performance. The 2022 KTM 250 Adventure comes competing with the rivals such as Royal Enfield Himalayan, Hero XPulse 200 and BMW G310 GS.
The motorcycle manufacturer claims that the 2022 KTM comes promising ergonomic design that ensures comfortable long-range riding. The motorcycle shares its lightweight platform with the bigger sibling KTM 390 Adventure. The motorcycle is claimed to have been designed with the brand's rally experience. KTM claims that this adventure motorcycle is inspired by KTM 450 Rally that has competed in Dakar Rally.
It gets a sharp-looking LED headlamp with integrated LED daytime running lights. The high-riding motorcycle gets a sculpted looking 14.5-litre capacity fuel tank, a digital display, split seats, skid plate, LED taillight integrated to the tip of the narrow tail. It runs on black alloy wheels.
The quarter-litre motorcycle draws power from a 248 cc DOHC four-valve single-cylinder liquid-cooled engine that is capable of churning out 30 PS of maximum power and 24 Nm of peak torque.
The motorcycle gets 200 mm ground clearance ensuring the machine can take any terrain easily. It runs on 19-inch front and 17-inch rear wheels wrapped with tubeless tyres. The bike gets a 320 mm front disc and 230 mm rear disc for braking, sourced from Bybre. These are combined with dual-channel Bosh ABS. It gets 170 mm front USD forks and 177 mm rear suspension.
Commenting on the launch of the bike, Sumeet Narang, President (Probiking), Bajaj Auto Ltd. said that the 2022 KTM 250 Adventure is a travel-enduro motorcycle that appeals to a wide spectrum of bikers across the country. "The KTM 250 Adventure is an accessible motorcycle that offers an enjoyable riding experience for daily tarmac commutes and weekend off-road escapes. Combining top-spec components with the latest technology, the KTM 250 Adventure had set a benchmark in the rapidly growing Adventure segment in India," he said.
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Q: Check widget entry and proceed with no click nor button GUI I am creating QR Code scanner, which slices the scanned code right after scanning it into the widget entry - in a way that no click button or keyboard press is needed to proceed in the operation. All the user has available is a barcode scanner gun.
The scanned code example input looks like this and is always structured similarly(6 substrings in 39 characters):
AAAAA-BBBBB-CCC-DDDDDD-EEEEEE-FFFFFFFFFF
I want my code to:
1) Create GUI Tkinter interface with entry for scanned code and six additional entry boxes (see picture, link below)
2) Set cursor focus in "Scanned code" entry
3) Check if the widget entry for "Scanned code" is empty
4) If false, then slice the scanned string in substrings divided by symbol '-',i.e. once it reaches '-'. Thus, I'd like to it automatically sorted into:
AAAAA
BBBBB
CCC
and so on appearing in corresponding box.
So far, I have achieved to proceed with step 1) and 2) - see the picture and the code attached.
from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
root.title('Scanner')

# create the top container
top_frame = Frame(root)
top_frame.pack( side = TOP )

scan_pcb=Label(top_frame,text='SCANNED CODE: ')
scan_pcb.grid(row=0,column=0)

pcb_entry=Entry(top_frame,background='white')
pcb_entry.grid(row=0,column=1)
pcb_entry.focus_set()

# create the left container
left_frame = Frame(root)
left_frame.pack( side = LEFT )

A_label=Label(left_frame,text='A')
A_label.grid(row=0,column=0)
A_entry=Entry(left_frame,background='white')
A_entry.grid(row=0,column=1)

B_label=Label(left_frame,text='B')
B_label.grid(row=1,column=0)
B_entry=Entry(left_frame,background='white')
B_entry.grid(row=1,column=1)

C_label=Label(left_frame,text='C')
C_label.grid(row=2,column=0)
C_entry=Entry(left_frame,background='white')
C_entry.grid(row=2,column=1)

# create the right container
right_frame = Frame(root)
right_frame.pack( side = RIGHT )

D_label=Label(right_frame,text='D')
D_label.grid(row=0,column=2)
D_entry=Entry(right_frame,background='white')
D_entry.grid(row=0,column=3)

E_label=Label(right_frame,text='E')
E_label.grid(row=1,column=2)
E_entry=Entry(right_frame,background='white')
E_entry.grid(row=1,column=3)

E_label=Label(right_frame,text='F')
E_label.grid(row=2,column=2)
E_entry=Entry(right_frame,background='white')
E_entry.grid(row=2,column=3)

root.mainloop()

Picture of the GUI I have made so far

However, I am struggling with step 3) and 4). I have done some research and
I was thinking using
if len(entry_object.get()) from this topic somehow, maybe like:
if len(pcb_entry.get()) != 0
     #do something

The #do something part is what I am fighting with. I was also thinking maybe to make it textvariable so I could store it and work with the scanned code later on. (?)
All in all, I just cannot make it work properly and I was wondering whether there is someone willing to help me?
FYI, I am still a total novice in both python programming so huge sorry if I am duplicating the question again.
Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

A: The usual way of doing this is to associate the entry with a textvariable:
scantext = StringVar()
pcb_entry=Entry(top_frame,background='white', textvariable=scantext)

Then, to split a string use split()
scan_list = scantext.get().split('-')

which will split the text in the entry at the "-" characters and store the results in a list.

A: To build a function that will check ever one second for a scan code you need to use the after() method to manage a loop that calls the function every second.
Next it would be best to place all your entry fields inside of a list. This will let us use the index of the string split to place the data in each section of the reader.
In the below example it will take a pasted string and split it at the -. It will then delete the string as to not cause problems later and append all the sections to the other entry fields.
I tested with this example: # AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEE-FFFF:
import Tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()
root.title('Scanner')
entry_list = []

top_frame = tk.Frame(root)
top_frame.pack(side="top")
tk.Label(top_frame, text='SCANNED CODE: ').grid(row=0, column=0)
pcb_entry=tk.Entry(top_frame, background='white')
pcb_entry.grid(row=0, column=1)

left_frame = tk.Frame(root)
left_frame.pack(side="left")
right_frame = tk.Frame(root)
right_frame.pack(side="right")
tk.Label(left_frame, text='A').grid(row=0, column=0)
tk.Label(left_frame, text='B').grid(row=1, column=0)
tk.Label(left_frame, text='C').grid(row=2, column=0)
tk.Label(right_frame,text='D').grid(row=0, column=2)
tk.Label(right_frame,text='E').grid(row=1, column=2)
tk.Label(right_frame,text='F').grid(row=2, column=2)

for i in range(6):
    if i <= 2:
        entry_list.append(tk.Entry(left_frame, background='white'))
        entry_list[i].grid(row=i, column=1)
    else:
        entry_list.append(tk.Entry(right_frame, background='white'))
        entry_list[i].grid(row=i-3, column=3)

def check_entry():
    x = pcb_entry.get()
    section_list = []
    if x.strip() != "":
        pcb_entry.delete(0, "end")
        section_list = x.split("-")
    for ndex, section in enumerate(section_list):
        if ndex <= 5:
            entry_list[ndex].delete(0, "end")
            entry_list[ndex].insert(0, section)
    root.after(1000, check_entry)

check_entry()
pcb_entry.focus_set()
root.mainloop()

Results:

Keep in mind this code is assuming you will always have 6 segments to your bar-code. If you do not always have 6 segments you will need to add in a loop that deletes all the entry fields data in the list before appending new data.

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The 1957 Liga Española de Baloncesto season was the first season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The season ended with Real Madrid winning their first championship.

Teams

The league was composed by 6 teams and played with a double round-robin format. The league was played in 50 days (March 31–May 19) at only two venues: Fiesta Alegre in Madrid and Palacio de los Deportes in Barcelona.

Venues and locations

League table

Results
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Individual statistics

Points

References

External links
ACB.com
60th anniversary dossier at FEB.es
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Spain
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Prescription Glasses for Dogs
By DR. MARTY BECKER
Oct. 29, 2004 -- -- Now dogs may face the backyard taunt of being called "four-eyes." Or you may see a blind dog walking down the street wearing stereotypical dark glasses. No, I'm not kidding.
Doggles, a manufacturer of protective eyewear for dogs, is trying out a line of canine corrective lenses for dogs that can't see far beyond the end of their noses.
First of all, dogs don't see as well as you might think. A dog's visual acuity is considerably less than that of a normal human according to Dr. Stanley Coren, author of "How Dogs Think: Understanding the Canine Mind."
The overall effect for normal dogs is something like viewing the world through a fine mesh gauze or a piece of cellophane that has been smeared with a light coat of petroleum jelly.
"If dogs drove cars, they'd have about 20/50 vision and their driver's license would say corrective vision required," Coren said.
Well, dogs don't drive cars, but they do need to see cars coming down the road. Or squirrels running around the back yard, a set of stairs or Mom holding a treat in her hand.
For mature mutts that begin to lose their eyesight or for dogs that have lost their vision due to cataracts or unsuccessful cataract surgery, doggie glasses may be just what the doctor ordered.
Historically, there has been nothing to help dogs that were becoming blind as bats. We just let them get by as best as they could with their other senses. But now veterinary-approved canine corrective lenses can give many dogs the gift of sight again.
Dr. Michael Brinkman, a veterinary ophthalmologist in Las Vegas, said the Doggles company has worked with him to produce the corrective eyewear for dogs, which he is currently testing on some of his patients.
In particular, he said, the lenses can be used to correct the farsightedness that occurs in dogs that have had cataract surgery but could not have lens implants. A dog that has undergone cataract surgery without receiving a lens implant will be able to spot a cat across the street but perhaps not see a piece of kibble in front of its food dish. Typically, dogs without lenses are about twice as farsighted as humans without lenses.
Brinkman notes that these dogs -- from Great Dane to tiny Chihuahua -- all have a fairly similar refractive prescription so you wouldn't need hundreds of types of glasses to fit dogs. Specially trained veterinarians are able to determine a dog's prescription by performing a retinoscopy, similar to how a human ophthalmologist determines the prescription for a very small child who is too young to read the eye chart.
Roni DiLullo, president of the Doggles company, says the glasses are made to order with any prescription obtained from a veterinary ophthalmologist. The prescription dog glasses cost less than $100.
Help for Blind Dogs
To determine if the prescription lenses really help the dog see better requires a combination of subjective observation by the owner along with asking the dog to identify familiar things like a favorite toy.
Doggles, which even makes prescription sunglasses for dogs, is also offering solid black lenses for dogs that are blind.
The opaque lenses aren't for vanity or cosmetics, but they serve a number of important services.
The black lenses comfort dogs with failing eyesight who are super-sensitive to light and they protect eyes from damage when blind dogs bump into things. The lenses also serve as a protective patch after eye surgery and they help to alert people who may interact with the dog that it is unable to see.
Doggles also makes dog goggles, which are typically used to protect the eyes of dogs who ride in cars and trucks and are in danger of having their eyes damaged by flying debris, or for certain breeds of dogs, like German shepherds who have a dry eye condition called Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca or a condition called Chronic Superficial Keratitis, or Pannus, where the eye becomes covered with a brown covering. With KCS and Pannus, environment can be a contributing factor. Pannus is caused by exposure to ultraviolet light, and a reduction in the exposure to UV rays is recommended for the long-term care and treatment of the condition.
Doggles are also used to protect military dogs in the Middle East from blowing sand, shield the eyes of search and rescue dogs like the ones who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, and protect police dogs from environmental hazards. Many dogs wear Doggles while riding in cars, trucks or on motorcycles, whereas others, like my wife Teresa's little papillon/poodle/Yorkie cross, Quixote, wear them for fashion and fun.
If you require more information about healthy eyes, eye disease, treatments and correction in pets, visit the Web site of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology at www.acvo.org.
Dr. Marty Becker is a veterinarian, author, educator and a regular guest on ABC News' Good Morning America


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Personalized Stamps for Weddings + a Giveaway!
What's the easiest way to add a personalized touch to your wedding paper goods (i.e. menus, programs, save the dates, invitations, thank you cards, etc.)? Just add personalized stamps! We spotted these charming stamp sets over at Felicette and couldn't wait to share them with you. See our handpicked finds for weddings PLUS enter for a chance to win a set of your very own!
Here are a few of our favorites including a tandem bicycle (perfect for a bicycle themed wedding), heart, heart and arrow, laurel wreath, and more. Which one do you like best?
A perfect avant-garde handwritten font for weddings – decorate programs, menus and thank you notes with the bride and groom's initials. The Art Deco feeling will bring your projects a retro and familiar look. Fits perfectly inside the wreath stamp that will add a natural element to wedding stationery or everyday occasions.
These are traditional handcrafted rubber stamps mounted on American hard maple, proudly manufactured completely in-house. Made with high quality laser engraved rubber and arrives in a cotton drawstring bag. Initials stamp design is approximately 1″ wide by 5/8″ tall and the wreath is approximately 2″ wide by 1 1/2″ tall.
I love the bicycle soooo much… So so cute…and I love the initials!
So cute. Love the little kitty.
I love the stamp that they used on the small bag! Super cute idea for a guest favor!!
My favorite is Heart & Initials Solid Stamp I would love to use it for making wedding favors. It would give a great personal touch. Thanks for such a great options!
I love the street car return stamp! Totally retro and fun!
The personalized arrow stamp is sweet and sophisticated. I love the teacher stamps that can be used over and over again on different stationaries and book covers – so ecofriendly, especially in comparison to the millions of stickers that are available for the same purpose.
The pizza return address stamp is hilarious!
I love these! The heart with initials is so perfect.
I love the happy teacup and the hedgehog, too cute.
I love the bicycle stamp!
I love the personalized arrow stamp.
The bicycle stamp is super cute!!! I can't ride one but I would totally stamp one on!!
Love the heart and arrow stamp!!
OK, the PIZZA RETURN ADDRESS STAMP????? So cute and original.
I like the heart and arrow name stamp. So perfect for upcoming invitations to be sent!
I really adore the arrow stamp, as well. Simple, elegant, lovely!
I am n love with the hearts and arrow name stamp.
The heart with the arrow is just adorable!
Love the initial and wax seal monogram stamps and initial stamps!
Love the personalized ring stamp!
I love the personalised library book stamp. Such a lovely stamp. I am a teacher and it would be perfect for end of year book awards. Thank you!!
Love the personalized heart with arrow! So cute!!
The bunting stamp is adorable!
The Pizza Return Address stamp is everything!
I love the To and From Christmas Sweater Stamp (it would save lots on those tags!) and the Kindly Send To Stamp. So adorable and great for those "Just Because" notes!
I love the heart and arrow stamp!
I've always loved "handmade by" labels and that Pie stamp is adorable!!
I love these stamps, I think a personal stamp is such a great touch to a classy invitation!
I would love to have these to add more personalization to our wedding thank yous!
I love the cat stamp!
I love the heart and arrow names stamp. It is so amazing! It is classic enough to be used forever, not just for a wedding.
I really like the "thank you" stamp – you can turn any blank card into a thank you card that way!
The Heart & Arrow Names Stamp are great and I can see myself using it on our welcome letter we are creating to give to guests when they arrive at the hotel.
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Q: Как удалить куки? Пробовал так, но браузер выдает ошибку. Ставлю в head.

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Может, кто подскажет, как их правильно поставить, чтобы они работали?

P.S. Раньше я их не устанавливал, но если куки с браузера не удалить, то обновленная версия сайта будет грузиться некорректно у пользователя. Помогите, пожалуйста.
A: Чтобы удалить куки, нужно их установить с отрицательным значением и, как уже сказали ранее, перед отправкой заголовка.
Попробуй установить куку и сделать редирект на ту же самую страницу, примерно так:
setcookie ("de", "", time() - 3600);
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
exit();

Обновление
До первого <html> либо до первого echo, для проверки можете вставить в самый верх файла, только не забудьте добавить проверку на существования куки или другие условия, при которых будет срабатывать данный код, иначе у вас зациклится страница. )
if (isset($_COOKIE['de'])) { /* код выше */  }

Как вариант, то бишь проверяем, если стоит кука de, то удаляем ее и делает редирект.
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я это прочитал. но у меня выдает
ошибку. пишет что данные уже пошли. а
как устранить не знаю

Вся работа с куками должна проходить до отправки заголовков, или в тривиальновм случае до первого echo


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Not Your Valentine
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Helen Tsang is tired of the pitying looks. From her parents, her friends, and even the bubble tea shop guy, who recognized her from the video. Almost one year ago, some loser couldn't mind their own damn business and filmed an unsuspecting Helen's very public break-up during what was supposed to be a romantic Valentine's Day dinner. A video of her ex-boyfriend saying, "It's not me, it's you. You're holding me back" went viral.
Desperate to give everyone something else to talk about and with Valentine's Day approaching once again, she asks her long-time friend Taylor Li to be her fake boyfriend, just to prove that she's moved on and hasn't sworn off love. (Spoiler alert: She's totally sworn off love.) Taylor is the perfect option—single for once, and for some godforsaken reason, he loves Valentine's Day.
But Helen didn't expect was how easy it would be to get Taylor on board, fitting right into the boyfriend-shaped hole in her life. All she wanted was a couple sickeningly sweet dates to fill her social feeds, not corny text messages of silly heart-shaped cakes, and bouquets of flowers that harbor hidden meanings. Wanting to be around his sunshine attitude and delicious forearms all the time? That definitely wasn't expected.
With February 14 quickly approaching, it's getting increasingly difficult to ignore her feelings, especially when she starts wishing it wasn't all an act.
Oh God. What has she done?
Release date; January 24, 2023
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The Gaither Vocal Band Says Farewell to Two Members
By Kim Jones Nov 05, 2013 09:57 PM EST
(Photo : Gaither Music)
Gaither Vocal Band
A few years ago, Southern Gospel legend Bill Gaither created all "all-star version" of the Gaither Vocal Band. The returning members were managing solo careers and GVB dates. For two of the artists, the extra tour dates, video tapings and recordings got to be too much and so after much thought and prayer, will be stepping away from Gaither Vocal Band as regular members.
Mark Lowry will fulfill his Gaither Vocal Band concert commitments through the end of 2013. He has also been confirmed for the 2014 Caribbean Cruise and Family Fest 2014.
Michael English has already concluded his last regular Gaither Vocal Band concert as the lead singer but will be at Gaither Fest in Myrtle Beach and other future events as his schedule permits.
Mark talked about the decision, saying, "When I rejoined the Gaither Vocal Band in 2009, I figured it wouldn't be a long-term commitment since Bill was over 70 years old. That was nearly five years ago and Bill's bucket list is wearing me out! But the Vocal Band is a family. We come and we go, but we never REALLY leave. I could pop up anywhere at any time!"
Bill thanked the two talented men for the time they spent with GVB, saying, "I am grateful that we have had five bonus years with these incredibly talented artists. Thank you, thank you to Michael and Mark. For those of you who have followed the Vocal Band for the past 25 years, you know that I have worked with some of the most talented male vocalists in our field, and I promise you we are not going to let that standard down in this transition. I am sad to see Michael and Mark leaving, yet I am so excited about the new possibilities we are considering. So stay tuned for an exciting voyage in 2014! We will update you when we have made final decisions."
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This is an okay comic book-type movie, even interesting at some points, but it isn't anything new or special. Arnold revitalizes his stoic catch-phrase-rapping character with few steps lost, save for the furrowed face lines in close-up. The FBI's incompetence, and the subsequent waste of tax dollars in trying to catch an escaped convict – during our ongoing debt crisis – is laughable, and the use of firearms and the way that people die is questionable timing one month after Newtown. But hell, these type of movies don't care and neither did the preview audience in attendance, cheering each quality kill.
Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) of Sommerton Junction, Arizona, is a lawman with a past, a former Los Angeles police officer who lost his entire unit in a drug war shoot out. He's content in his sleepy town, aided by deputies Mike (Luis Guzmán), Sarah (Jamie Alexander) and Jerry (Zach Gilford). In faraway Las Vegas, a death row prisoner transfer is taking place by the FBI. The Mexican drug lord Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega) somehow is able to make his escape during the transfer, much to the consternation of gruff Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker).
There are a couple of mysterious truckers in Sommerton, and something doesn't seem right to Sheriff Ray. It turns out they are building a bridge across a canyon nearby, a bridge to the Mexican border that their boss Cortez will use to get out of America. They kill a local farmer (Harry Dean Stanton) to set up the construction camp, and this begins a series of events in which a gun battle kills Deputy Jerry. Sheriff Ray is now the law, and recruits local troublemaker Frank (Rodrigo Santoro) and gun museum owner Lewis (Johnny Knoxville) to join what is left of his officers to help fend off the usurpers.
The complex description is included just to show how many hoops the narrative had to jump through to make sure Arnold has his confrontation, and enough weaponry to get the job done. The action director of the film is the South Korean Jee-woon Kim, and he manages to juggle all the story points and action with some deft touches. He also has a bunch of original sequences, including Cortez's escape, the town square gun battle and a driving sequence through a corn field that had a strange beauty.
It's the script that skewers the atmosphere. There are a bunch of howlers in it, including an FBI that wastes more money than Halliburton on a bender. Cortez escapes in a souped-up Corvette (1000 HP, yeah baby!) and the FBI helicopter that follows him seems to function as his key light. What, no sharpshooters? Forest Whitaker is provocative even in the smallest roles, but even he can't breathe life into his FBI bureaucrat, except to stay on the sidelines and make goo-goo eyes at Sheriff Arnold near the conclusion.
The film is ultra violent, with many of the kills achieved with head shots, ala how John F. Kennedy was assassinated (is it a Jee-woon Kim trademark?). The use of guns are prolific, right in the middle of our country's gun debate. Well, how the heck are we to defend ourselves against race-car driving drug lords, if not for a World War II style Gatling gun obtained through a small town weapons museum? Debate that, Congress.
You get what you pay for at an Arnold Schwarzenegger action picture, what did you expect from the Governator, Shakespeare in the Park? It was a little disconcerting to see the 66-year-old wrestling hand to hand with a young criminal on a bridge, but at least his bronzer make-up never smeared.


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11 industry leaders inducted into the 2019 Fluid Power Hall of Fame
June 19, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment
Eleven individuals, six posthumous, have been inducted into the 2019 Fluid Power Hall of Fame. The Inaugural Class of 2019 is hosted this year by the International Fluid Power Society. The honor acknowledges nominated individuals who have dedicated their careers, and have made significant contributions to Fluid Power technology.
They include (* indicates a posthumous award):
Lynn Charlson* — Lynn (Buck) Charlson was a self-educated designer and inventor who founded the Char-Lynn company in 1942 (acquired by Eaton in 1970). His discovery of the gerotor principle, as well as the earliest high torque, low speed (HTLS) hydraulic motor led to his 94 patents. Charlson was inducted into the Minnesota Inventors Hall of Fame in 1985 and has been dubbed "the man who revolutionized hydraulics". Millions of hydraulic motors – all based on Charlson's original designs, are in use today across hundreds of applications including agriculture, mining, construction and transportation.
Hank Fleischer — With an amazing 49-years as contributor and leader in the fluid power industry, Henry Fleischer interrupted his education for three years to serve with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in WWII. Fleischer is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Manufacturing Engineer. The author of Manual of Pneumatic Systems Optimization (1995), Fleischer has seen his work used as text by Purdue University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Ford Community College, among others. He holds three patents and has published dozens of technical articles for U.S. and overseas publications. Fleischer has served with distinction as a regional judge for the FIRST Robotics Competitions.
Willie Franke* — Willis (Willie) Franke was the North American Director of Training for Altec Industries, headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri. As a steadfast proponent of training and certification for both Mechanics and Technicians, Franke is responsible for hundreds of credentialed employees in the electric utility, telecommunications, and contractor industries. Franke was an adamant supporter of the International Fluid Power Society and had served as Vice President and member of the Board of Directors. He was for many years the standard-bearer for the success and growth of the IFPS' Certification Program.
John Groot, CFPPS-Emeritus — John Groot, business owner, educator and entrepreneur, has been active in fluid power for over 35 years. He has been both President and Treasurer of the International Fluid Power Society and developed and maintained the original IFPS web presence for many years. He served as President of both the Fluid Power Distributors Association and the Fluid Power Educational Foundation. Groot has been a strong supporter of FIRST Robotics, always striving to make fluid power products more attractive to student participants. He has received the IFPS Tour de Force Award as well as the FPDA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ray Hanley* CFPAI-Emeritus — A proud U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, Ray Hanley became a degreed engineer and successful business owner. He served for many years as Certification Vice President for the International Fluid Power Society and was President of its Board of Directors in 1986-87. Hanley was the prime motivator and contributor for the development and implementation of the IFPS' Certification Program and has been nicknamed the "Grandfather of Certification." He was honored with the first IFPS Emeritus Certification. Hanley authored two publications: Math for Certification (2006) and Fluid Power Essential Practices (2011).
William (Bill) Moog* — William Moog, Jr., invented a valve that revolutionized the aircraft and missile flight control systems that made the moon landing possible. His "Moog Servovalve" linked (and continues to link) the computer and mechanical parts of aircraft and missile flight control systems while isolating the electrical from the hydraulic components. Moog was ahead of his time, addressing globalization by expanding Moog's corporate presence to Germany in 1965. In the company which still bears his name, Moog's founding principle still holds sway: "Work can be a more rewarding and satisfying experience for everyone in an atmosphere of mutual trust and confidence."
Ernie Parker, CFPAI — With over 42 years writing and presenting curriculum for fluid power courses, Ernie Parker was awarded Minnesota Educator of the Year (2009) as well as the International Fluid Power Society's National Educator of the Year (1988). Parker has been active with both the national IFPS organization and the local Minnesota Chapter 5 IFPS group. He has worked tirelessly with student programs – both secondary and post-secondary – including FIRST, Project Lead the Way, Minnesota Technical Challenge, and Minnesota Skills USA. Parker has monthly published "Air Teasers" in the Fluid Power Journal for many years.
Dr. Nicholas Peppiatt, Ph.D. — Dr. Nicholas Peppiatt is a member of the British Fluid Power Association and has been Chair of its TC7 Technical Committee, "Seals and their housings" for the past 25 years. Since 1985, he has presented conference sessions and published fluid power technical articles in Europe, the U.S., and internationally. Peppiatt holds and maintains (with Hallite Seals International Ltd.) three European patents covering seals and their applications. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Bristol. Peppiatt is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Larry Shea, Sr.* — Proudly retiring from the U.S. Navy after 22 years, having served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, Larry Shea went on to a successful 20-year career as a hydraulic engineer at Bethlehem Steel where he was responsible for 2500 hydraulic machines. Shea was a founding member of the IFPS local Lehigh Valley Chapter as well as a member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. He was a noted fluid power instructor, both in the Navy and at Bethlehem Steel, and continued to teach hydraulics at Valley Hydraulics and Air until he was 82.
Bud Trinkel* — Noting that he began his fluid power professional career as a salesman of cylinders and valves, Bud Trinkel is quoted as remembering that he "never had to think about what it took to make the cylinders operate." As President of Hydra-Pneu Consulting, founded in 1984, Trinkel designed fluid power circuits, provided training, and performed troubleshooting for industrial clients. Author of several books on fluid power, including Fluid Power Basics and Fluid Power Circuits Explained, Trinkel is quoted as saying that "teachers learn more than their students".
Thomas S. Wanke, CFPE — Recipient of the first "Otto J. Maha Pioneers in Fluid Power Award" (2007), Thomas Wanke has spent over four decades leading, teaching, and developing courses and programs at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Wanke is currently the Director of the Fluid Power Industrial Consortium, a collaboration between MSOE and the NFPA. He continues with industry technical presentations while also planning, coordinating, and facilitating MSOE's annual NFPA Fluid Power Action Challenge for eighth grade students. Wanke holds two U.S. patents and serves on the ISO (International Standards Organization) TC-131 Technical Standards Committee for Fluid Power.
Learn more about these gentlemen at the Hall of Fame website.
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The justices strike a blow against civil asset forfeiture.
Michigan is in desperate need of civil asset forfeiture reform, a tool that allows government agencies to take and keep property under mere suspicion of criminal activity.


Anasuya Sanyal and Newley Purnell are two busy journalists — Anasuya is a former TV reporter turned consultant, and Newley covers tech for the Wall Street Journal with bylines also appearing in the New Yorker and the New York Times — so their workdays can become hectic, to say the least. The most recent season of their life saw them move from Singapore to the neighborhood of New Friends Colony in New Delhi, India, a transition which greatly excited the couple for two reasons. The first of which meant they could trade apartment living for a real home with a garden (and more space for their dog Ginger to roam), and the second of which planted the couple in a country that bears Anasuya's heritage, who is of Indian descent but was born and raised in the US.
"The walls of the space had been freshly painted a standard cream before they moved in, so we painted only minimally," Shivani says. "Two walls, one in the living room and the other in a bedroom were distressed and painted a dusty blue and pink to go with the old Indian mustard and white checkered floor." Much of the crockery in the dining space is by Nicobar, an Indian homeware brand.
Anasuya Sanyal, Newley Purnell and their dog, Ginger. When they're not working, Anasuya loves knitting, embroidery and cooking and Newley is a big soccer fan.
Beautiful bamboo blinds — handmade locally by Shri Bhagwan Thakedar — bring forth that traditional Indian aesthetic.
A collection of vintage works and pieces made by Anasuya and Newley.
Days can be hectic in Delhi, and it's great to have a beautiful, calm oasis to unwind from work.
The checkered flooring, detailed built-ins and sweet bay window are all character perks of living in an older home in this New Delhi neighborhood.
Newley and Anasuya's bedroom. Shivani notes, "We love the shade of pink which took us some time to achieve. It had be Indian and yet not too Indian. There's not a synthetic element in this room;" from the wrought iron bed to the wood side tables and the linen bedding, all furnishings are made of pure materials.
As the home had been painted recently, Shivani only had this wall and the dining room wall re-painted. Here, this stunning pink shade was mixed by local painter Rajinder.
WOW! So beautiful. I loved every room.
Me too, Kristin! Thanks for reading.
Simple, thoughtful, and so pleasing to the eye! What a lovely respite. Brava!
This home is gorgeous. I love the texture of the painted walls..was that purposeful or a happy accident?
I really like the mix from old and new. and look – what a beautiful car!
I really enjoy seeing how people live in different countries. This is a really charming home and I would love to know how that distressed paint effect was achieved with the pink wall in the bedroom. It's gorgeous.
Can you share the source for that beautiful printed wallpaper?
What a beautiful home! Just perfect for Delhi's summers. Loved the blend of new and old. Envy all that space you Delhi-ites have.
So beautiful and peaceful … where did they get that stunning wrought iron bed?
The floors are just so beautiful in every picture. I am so envious! I wish I had such a lovely base to build on!