"Like l'Amoreuse, La Fiancée is a combination of dry saison and the freshly-squeezed juice of local grapes, blended and fermented together. The result is a relatively dry beer with a light, fruity, vinous nose. In this case, Pinot Noir grapes are used.
Tallgrass Brewing Company turns it up to 11 with Ginger Peach Saison, the opening riff in a medley of Saisons. Sessionable and refreshing with a strong balance of its namesake flavors, Ginger Peach Saison is perfect to rock out at the pool or on a patio. Effervescent and fruity with a light to medium body. It will make you sing.
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THIS PERFECT TEN IS A HOP HEAD TURNERA luscious beauty, Hop Head Red® exudes resinous hoppy qualities from Amarillo, Warrior and Nugget to overtake the full-bodied depths of a caramel malt base. Captivating and seductive floral aromas and alluring hop flavors are the result of dry hopping with mountains of Amarillo. The blissful union of Double India Pale and Red Ale make Hop Head Red an unforgettable obsession. Experience love at first sip. Every time.
Le Freak™ is the first-ever hybrid ale of its kind: the convergence of a Belgian-Style Trippel with an American Imperial IPA. Spawned over barstool pontifications between Publican and Brewmaster, this zesty Amarillo dry-hopped, bottle-conditioned marvel entices with fruity Belgian yeast aromatics and a firm, dry finish. Experience a legendary beer phenomenon.
The wine that will be known as 2008 Desjourneys is none other than Duperray's 2008 Fleurie – combining Chapelle des Bois and Les Moriers – that was refused appellation and so is officially, merely, "vin de France." Believe me, this is "vin de France" in the same sense that Debussy signed many of his late masterpieces "musicien francais." The high-toned floral, herbal, and fruit distillate esters that memorably marked the Chapelle des Bois from cask as well as the black tea-tinged and more bittersweetly herbal and concentrated dark berries of the original Les Moriers, have been preserved in this marriage – in fact, after recovering from my chagrin at this wine's having been denied its rightful appellation, I am now entirely reconciled to the two sites having been blended, inasmuch as the whole seems, remarkably, even greater than the sum of its already profoundly delicious parts! This finishes with mouthwatering salinity and a tenacious, almost Gewurztraminer-like meld of brown spices concentrated floral and herbal essences. I would anticipate it being worth following for half a dozen years, but on no account should it be missed earlier-on.
Pure blackberry and red raspberry in Desjourneys's 2008 Moulin-a-Vent are garlanded in rose and violet, then mingled on a polished palate with roasted game pan scrapings and lobster shell reduction and tinged with iodine and iron filings, for a saliva-inducing and vibratory finishing impression. It's easy to see why this wine's author – at least when referring to fruit from his subsequently acquired Les Michelons and Chassignol parcels – compares the perfume of Moulin-a-Vent to that of a Chambertin or Clos des Beze. It's also plain now – lest you accuse Duperray of arrogance – just how unjustly he slighted this wine by referring to it as "(merely) honorable". And the same could almost be said for my review from barrel in issue 190, because the wine has taken on so much more richness of fruit and animal savor to complement its minerality and vibrancy. It will be profoundly worth following for 6-8 years.
An even stronger black tea smokiness than accrued (from cask) to its 2008 counterpart caps the concentrated black fruits in Desjourneys's 2009 Fleurie, which I tasted in its final assemblage comprised principally of Les Moriers, along with fruit from younger vines in La Chapelle and a touch of La Madone. Rich and polished, with its fine tannins sublimated, this wine's strong salinity – allied to fruit pit, chalk dust, and iodine – render its entrancingly long finish irresistibly mouthwatering and invigorating. I expect it to be worthy of six or more years' rapt attention.
Ripe dark cherry and cassis are strikingly capped with high-toned herbal and floral distillates in Duperray's 2009 Fleurie La Chapelle Des Bois Tres Vieilles Vignes (tasted in its final assemblage), rendering it highly reminiscent of its 2008 counterpart. Wisteria and elder flower further waft across this wine's polished, deeply-fruited palate, while nut oils add rich depth, and saline savor of crustacean shell reduction helps render it irresistibly mouthwatering and invigorating. This finishes with sensational persistence, along with buoyancy such as few wines of this vintage can equal. I suspect this will perform memorably for at least another half dozen years.
While the corresponding La Chapelle des Bois appeared from cask to have had an edge on Duperray's 2010 Fleurie Les Moriers Tres Vieilles Vignes, from bottle this dramatically different wine – which he describes as "the nose of Fleurie with the palate of Moulin-a-Vent" – is no less impressive than its immediate sibling. Deeply concentrated plum and cherry fruit are allied to iodine-tinged saline, sweet shrimp shell reduction intimated already in the nose and serving for saliva gland-milking in an amazingly thrusting, gripping finish. White pepper and musky rose radish tweak the nostrils and re-emerge as an invigorating adjunct that encourages me to imagine that a profoundly intense Gruner Veltliner Smaragd had been blended-in. Nutmeg and toasted pecan complement the intense ripeness of fruit, which however never turns superficially sweet thanks in large part to its sheer freshness and to the aforementioned biting invigoration. I would plan on following this at least through 2020.
I hesitated before offering another long note as purple as the wine it purports to describe, but from bottle, Desjourneys's 2010 Fleurie La Chapelle des Bois Tres Vieilles Vignes has indeed well-exceeded even my exalted Issue 196 expectations, so I feel bound not just to offer an update, but one that reflects my awe. Almond extract, rowan, freesia, and dark berries and stone fruits shadowed by their distilled counterparts combine for a penetratingly high-toned and hauntingly complex aroma. The texture here has turned positively silky and this essence from centenarian vines finishes not just with the "pristine purity of fruit ... complex depth of flavor (and) vibratory intensity" on which I commented before it was bottled, but with a soaring sense of buoyancy and a kaleidoscopic interaction of floral, fruit, and mineral nuances. Although the track record for Duperray's wines is short, I feel confident that one like this will remain awesome at least through 2020.
Great 2012 Cab - 95 pointer!
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa is a stunning bottle of wine. Dense ruby/purple with terrific texture, a full-bodied mouthfeel, plenty of blackberry and cassis fruit, a nice chewiness, but not anything over-the-top or overripe, this is big, bold in-your-face style of Cabernet Sauvignon to drink over the next 10-15 years.
"Thorn and Heat. Time and Toil. No one ever said brewing was easy. Especially in Missouri where the summer heat is muggy and full of spite. Sun in the eyes. Heat pushing 105. The result? This buoyant, slightly tart wheat ale infused with strawberry that will satisfy you on even the most hellish of days.
"Fantastic Voyage is a harmonic melange of coconut and Imperial Milk Stout brought to us by brewer, Jim Leabig. Loads of coconut, lactose and black malt balance each other to provide flavors reminiscent of chocolate covered coconut with a finish smooth like silk sheets. Best enjoyed while listening to slow jams by candlelight."
We are featuring a "Classic" beer in our Friday night tasting when we can. So many people may have never had these beers because they are not the "new" or "hot" craft beer anymore. La Fin du Monde was first introduced in 1994, over 20 years ago. It was one of those beers that everyone talked back when you did not see too many "Triple" Ales on the shelf.
La Fin du Monde was developed through 18 months of research on a unique strain of yeast originating from Europe. It is brewed in honor of the intrepid European explorers who believed they had reached the "end of the world" when they discovered North America 'the new world'. This triple-style golden ale recreates the style of beer originally developed in the Middle Ages by trappist monks for special occasions and as such it was the first of its kind to be brewed in North America.
Eric's Ale, from the creative and slightly diabolical mind of brewer Eric Salazar, is all about taking chances, breaking rules and being experimental, kind of like being back in high school. The beer began when Eric won the Loose Lips competition, where co-workers are given a blend of three different beers and challenged to identify the beers and what percentage of the blend each beer represents. The winner earns the right to brew a beer of his or her choice.
Eric's Ale was the first Loose Lips beer to be used as a full-scale release.
Eric's Ale weighs in at 7% ABV and is best enjoyed while listening to the dulcet guitar work of Buckethead.
In spring 2011, Stone bought the farm, literally, taking over 19 acres of fertile Southern California soil where we now grow pristine fruits, vegetables, herbs and more for our Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens restaurants. A taste of our homespun farm-to-tableism is provided in this farmhouse ale stoked with lemon zest, plus lemon thyme and lavender straight from Stone Farms. This spring-to-summer saison is citric and herbal on the palate with a dry, peppery finish. Thanks to the infusion of fresh West Coast ingredients, this isn't your everyday saison. It's our saison—100% Stone. Celebrate the sunny season with an authentic taste of our farm and, with it, our commitment to quality.
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Maharaja is derived from the sanskrit words mahat, - "great" and rajan - "king". Much like its namesake, this imperial IPA is regal, intense and mighty. With hops and malts as his servants, he rules both with a heavy hand. The Maharaja flaunts his authority over a deranged amount of hops: tangy, vibrant and pungent along with an insane amount of malted barley - fashioning a dark amber hue and exquisite malt essence.
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98 Point Clos Erasmus - very limited!
After not making their top wine in 2011, because of the unusual heat of the vintage, Clos Erasmus is back with an incredible effort. Sadly yields were tiny, but the quality is amazing.
After no 2011 was produced, the 2012 Clos Erasmus comes with renewed energy, a much fresher approach and a more transparent wine while keeping the slate typicity of Gratallops even in a tiny-yielding vintage. Part of the wine aged in 700-liter clay amphorae and the rest in Burgundy barrels that added a spicy patina to the nose, yet very much respected the wet slate character of the vintage. Contrary to previous vintages, the core of fruit is red rather than black; the 2013 that I tasted (not in bottle) followed pretty much this same direction. The palate shows power, elegance and a special mineral savoriness akin to licking stones. There is more Garnacha in the blend (there's only 15% Syrah) which gives a Mediterranean juiciness. A new life for Erasmus, very much recognizable as Priorat, Gratallops and Erasmus, but with a more elegant haircut. Only 2,000 bottles produced.
Three Philosophers is a remarkable limited edition strong ale brewed by Brewery Ommegang in response to a home brewer's description of his dream beer. Realbeer.com, the internet's largest beer website, hosted a contest called "Create a Great Beer." Brewery Ommegang was chosen by Realbeer.com to brew the Belgian-style ale for the winning essayist. Noel Blake, a home brewer from Portland wrote the winning description for what his "dream beer" would be like.


First introduced as a sailing shoe for the 1972 Munich Summer Games, the Kiel is coming out of the archives and venturing back into the world. And it just so happens that the vulcanized rubber outsole and grippy zigzag tread that made it a natural on slippery boat surfaces also give this men's shoe grip on a skate deck. The look is clean, crisp and timeless, with a canvas upper and contrast serrated 3-Stripes.


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Wanda and Vision prepare a magic skit for the town's Talent Show to better fit in at Westview. She befriends neighbor Geraldine (Teyonah Parris) and tries to win the approval of queen bee of suburbia, Dottie Jones (Emma Caulfield Ford), but a freak accident with a radio calling out her name and asking who is doing "this" to her ends up with bloody hands. Earlier that day, Wanda finds a toy helicopter in the front yard, its red/yellow motif sticking out like a sore thumb in the predominantly black and white environment. Vision tries some chewing gum at the boys' neighborhood watch meeting, causing his inner mechanism to malfunction. Seemingly drunk, he unwittingly reveals his abilities at the talent show, but is deflected and hidden by Wanda's own powers. As they get home, Wanda grows a baby bump out of nowhere. The two hear a noise outside and find a beekeeper in white emerging from a manhole. Wanda says NO and rewinds to the baby bump moment, as they start to transition from black and white to full color.
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Newlyweds Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) move to a nice suburban home. He now works for a computational company, touted by his colleagues as responsible for 300% increase in productivity. They liken him to a machine that gets the job done quickly. He vehemently disagrees instead of taking it as a compliment. The two prepare for an event marked with a heart on their calendar, not really knowing what it is. She thinks it's their anniversary, but he later discovers that it's a dinner date at their home with his boss and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Hart. With the help of nosy neighbor Agnes (Kathryn Hahn), Wanda prepares a dinner in vain but manages to pull through. As the dinner small talk begins, the couple is grilled with probing questions about their marriage, to which neither of them has any answers. As the duo celebrate the success of their first house party, the screen zooms out, revealing that the two are literally starring in a television sitcom being watched by an unknown individual holding a remote in a control room.
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Newlyweds Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) are expecting their first child together, a daughter they plan to name Yvette. He hails from Seattle and works in construction, his current project being a bridge he plans to complete with his team just in time for his daughter's birth. She comes from a family of three women from Massachusetts and always seems to be in loggerheads with her mother Elizabeth (Ellen Burstyn), who does not really approve of her husband. Excited to be a grandmother, she buys the couple a minivan, much to his chagrin. As Martha goes into labor, Sean calls the midwife assigned to them to assist in the birth, except that she has an emergency and is not available that night. Enter Eva (Molly Parker), another midwife they barely know yet have no choice but to trust. As what is supposed to be the happiest moment of their lives becomes their worst nightmare, the pair tries to piece together what remains of their broken family.
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I am a dedicated yogini living in the beautiful lac leman region of Switzerland. I hope that by visiting my site you will feel inspired to start or continue your yoga practice with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you might have.
Yoga has been very much part of my life since 2004 when a friend encouraged me to join her at yoga class telling me she thought I'd love it; I did. I left the class uplifted and joyful with a feeling of freedom both on a physical and mental level; yoga became something I wanted to recreate and explore. I am so fortunate that I have been able to do so.
My yoga journey since then has taught me about what we should be truly seeking and offering from our place on the mat and I have had the privilege to be inspired by many great teachers along the way, whose wise words still impact and influence me. I have discovered yoga is not about achieving perfection, battling or winning but listening to the body in the present moment, moving with kindness, awareness and gratitude, honoring our bodies and spiritual selves. However I am feeling yoga enables me to transcend my mind, helping, healing and offering joy and lightness to take with me off the mat into my day. Inspired by the way yoga has enhanced my life my passion is to enable others to discover yoga and to continue to learn from others with an open heart. Originally from Grayshott, a small village in England, I am currently based in Eysins, near Nyon in Switzerland and look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on the mat!
I am a Registered Yoga Teacher (200hrs) with Yoga Alliance in Ashtanga Vinyasa and Vinyasa Flow having completed my teacher training with Samyak Yoga in India. I have since become a certified Healing Space Yoga for Cancer teacher offering holistic yoga to people living with cancer both during and after treatment and am also qualified in pre-natal yoga for mums to be. My most recent training has been in scaravelli-inspired yoga and I am inspired to be moving my practice and teaching in different directions.
I offer my intense gratitude and thanks to all my teachers who have inspired me to pass the gift of yoga on to others.
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Katharina Wagner, Director of the Bayreuth Festival, extends her contract
It has been announced that Katharina Wagner has renewed her contract as general manager of the Bayreuth Festival for five years.
First coming to the position with her step-sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier in 2008, Wagner became the sole head in 2015 and is set to continue her service until 2025.
The great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, Katharina Wagner made her directorial debut in 2007, with the Bayreuth production of "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg." Wagner was also named Honorary Professor of Directing at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin.
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We're all familiar, by now, with the publicity that celebrities get when they come out, and some of us, despite our best efforts, still scroll down to see what the peanut gallery has to say about it, at the end of such an announcement. From the safety of their own homes, of course, their responses are often mean-spirited and downright ignorant. Recently, after reading an article about a celebrity's sexual orientation, I read a response that, with a chillingly matter of fact tone, claimed that "homos" are victims of a birth defect and that perhaps, one day, rather than celebrating their coming out, we will discover a way to genetically prevent them from even coming into existence.
After I read that comment, I felt profoundly sad for the next couple of weeks. I could not get his tone out of my head. The coldness of it made me afraid; I felt very low. One day, when his words were ringing in my mind, I thought of my friend, Robin, who died of illness related to kidney failure during the summer before eighth grade. I didn't even know it had happened. My friend told me in history class. I thought that I had heard her wrong, but when she told me again, I burst into tears. My teacher gave the class an assignment and called me outside. I was relieved when he didn't ask me what was wrong but instead, told me to go get a drink of water.
Robin had had such a lovely heart and could send any of us into uncontrollable laughter with her self-deprecating humor. I would seek out her and her friends at lunchtime, and they'd invite me to join in their fun. I remember that year was particularly difficult for me. My mother had developed a drug problem. She was always rather cold and lacking in empathy, but once the drugs started, she terrorized us every moment that she wasn't passed out. Since I was the oldest, I took the worse of it, but when I saw Robin, all of that disappeared. I never thought of Robin's illness when I looked at her, although I know now how much she must have suffered because of it. I loved her so much, and I loved the way I felt around her: like a kid.
Who knows what Robin could have become if we had been able to cure her disease? But we couldn't, and I have always been the better for her existence. I don't even know how many other people she healed, if only for a lunch period per day, with her funny stories and easy-going manner. All I know is that she turned my attention away from the sorrow and fear of watching my mother hurt us—and herself—and toward lighthearted conversation about regular kid stuff. I felt how I imagined my mom did, when she popped another pain pill.
To be clear, I don't think of different sexual orientations as defective, but the man's comment online reminded me of the kids who were sometimes intolerant of Robin because of her illness, which affected her physical appearance. I remember that they baffled me.
I did dream of Robin after she died. I bumped into her when I was looking through my locker. I looked down and saw her cleaning out her locker. I said, "Robin! I thought you had died." She told me that she had died but that she had to clean out her locker first. I told her that I had never gotten to say goodbye and that I had really liked having lunch with her. I still believe that Robin came to me that night to make me feel better, again.


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While not as wide-ranging and varied as the masterpiece that was Carved In Stone, Tyranny is indeed another great Shadow Gallery album. They seem to have matured a bit, but this maturity is something of a double-edged sword in this case. On the one-hand the end product is very professional and polished, but on the other hand they have also streamlined their sound somewhat and evened out some of the dramatic twists and turns that made Carved In Stone such an exhilarating musical journey. Don't get me wrong though, Tyranny is a very solid album. The material is powerful and melodic.
The album is conceptual and split into two "acts". The first act is the best one and runs very smoothly. The lead vocals again remind of Geoff Tate of Queensryche but the musical influences are more towards Queen, Kansas and Dream Theater (especially Images And Words). The harmony vocals are gorgeous and blend very well with the riffs and solos. James LaBrie from Dream Theater makes a brief guest appearance towards the end of the album and there are some other guests as well including some female vocals that were a bit misplaced for me. Overall, I think that the album loses steam towards the end and it could have been shortened somewhat for a stronger impact. Still, this is a highly enjoyable album.
SouthSideoftheSky | 3/5 | 2011-12-2
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Storyline: Eddie, the grave digger, is haunted by the ghosts appearing on the walls in his home. the ghosts want revenge. Eddie didn't bury them well. So they tease, follow and scare him to death. The animated music film is a coproduction between Tim Bürge (animation artist) and the band Deathrope (they delivered the music track).


This project is open-source and available on Github.
The bloodtools image processing tool. The test image shown here is a 2D slice accross a warming bath filled with vials of blood.
In spring 2016 I was working with Sharon Portnoy on the final experiments of her PHD in the experimental medicine department at SickKids Hospital. Her PHD involved the development of a method for measuring the oxygen saturation and hematocrit of fetal blood using MRI. This new measurement technique was useful, because it allowed radiologists the opportunity to diagnose congenital heart defects before birth that would otherwise be impossible to detect so early.
Measurement of blood oxygen saturation and hematocrit in MRI is accomplished using a technique called MR relaxometry. In relaxometry, the MRI scanner is used to measure the material's longitudinal and transverse magnetization recovery times, which are called T1 and T2 respectively.
Imaging the fetal heart using a specialized MRI acquisition sequence designed to capture a series of images of the blood vessel under study. These image series were specially calibrated such that they could be used to determine the T1 and T2 times of the blood in that vessel.
Opening each calibrated image series of the blood vessel in question and drawing regions of interest (ROIs) around the blood contained there.
Running a script that extracted the intensity value of each pixel in region of interest, and used a fitting algorithm to determine the T1 or T2 decay curve of the blood in the vessel.
Solving a system of equations to determine the blood oxygen saturation and hematocrit values that corresponded to the T1 and T2 recovery times of the tissue.
Once the measurement protocol for blood oxygen saturation and hematocrit had been established and verified by Portnoy, a clinical research group at the hospital wanted to begin using it for experimental imaging. Their plan was to image women with high risk pregnancies, and use the measurements to estimate whether the fetuses exhibited a range of conditions including fetal anemia, hypoxia, and congenital heart defects.
While the clinical researchers were highly skilled at identifying anatomy in MRI, they did not have the software acumen to carry out the measurement protocol using the scripts that the researchers were using. It was necessary to create a commercialized version of the measurement procedure that made it as simple as possible to carry out the measurements and do the analysis while keeping up with the demanding pace of the clinical setting.
To design the analysis tool, I spent a day shadowing the clinical researchers while they were scanning a pregnant volunteer. I observed the way they went about locating the fetal blood vessels, and took notes on how they organized and saved the image files. During these sessions, I discovered that fetal blood vessels are difficult to spot, and that the researchers often make use of image windowing and artificial color to locate the smaller vessels. Artificial color is useful, because it makes flowing blood stand out against the background more.
Based on these observations, I built a tool that allowed the researchers to pan through the images. To make the process as efficient as possible, the image was displayed in both greyscale and artificial color side by side. They could zoom into or pan around either image, or change the windowing to enhance the contrast.
The researchers task was to draw a region of interest on each slice of the image series. The ROI had to encompass the blood, but not the vessel wall or the surrounding tissues. Each image in the T1 or T2 measurement series was captured with a delay of 20-100ms, which meant that in some series fetal motion would cause the blood vessel location to differ slightly in each slice.
To handle image series with fetal motion, I made it possible for the clinical researchers to draw separate ROIs on each individual slice if necessary. They could also exclude slices if 1-2 slices of the acquisition were invalid. This was sometimes necessary if the fetus rolled out of frame towards the end of the acquisition.
The ROIs could be circular, elliptical or freeform. The circular and elliptical options were useful for drawing ROIs in blood vessels, while the freeform option was ideal for measuring pools of blood in the ventricles of the heart.
After drawing an ROI on either the grayscale or colorized image, it would automatically be mirrored over to the other display. If the image series was not affected by fetal motion, the ROI could be mirrored to all of the slices in the image series by selecting ALL SLICES.
The T1 and T2 fitting engine has two modes of operation. It can either run a simple least squares fit using the average intensity of each ROI, or it can perform statistical bootstrap fitting to give a more accurate fit and an uncertainty measure.
To make it easier for the clinical researchers to solve the system of cubic equations required to compute blood oxygen saturation and hematocrit. Given a measurement of T1, T2, blood oxygen saturation, or hematocrit, the calculator can take any two measurements and output the other two using Portnoy's model of fetal blood properties.
A full description of the calculator and how to interpret its results is available in the user manual.


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The manager of Stoke City, Tony Pulis, has denied the fact that a few clubs have approached him to buy the Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
There have been some reports recently that Arsenal and Manchester United are interested in Begovic and both the clubs have approached Pulis for that.
Stoke City bought the young English goalie Jack Butland during the mid season transfer window and that led to the speculations that the club might put Begovic on sale in the upcoming summer, but, Pulis has denied that.
When asked if Arsenal and Manchester United have approached him for Begovic, Pulis said, "No, I haven't got a call from anyone regarding Begovic. If anyone wants to buy him, well, they must be ready to spend a huge amount of money. We are not going to let a world class goalie go at a small amount."
"We have bought Jack Butland, this doesn't mean that we are in a mood to put Asmir on sale. We want him to stay at the club. He is a high class goalie and he is getting better and better with every season. Even in this season, he has been superb for us."
Stoke City's performance in the ongoing Premier League hasn't been that good. They were in danger of finishing in the relegation zone a couple of weeks back.
At the moment, Stoke City is at no. 11 in the points table with 41 points in 37 matches. They have won 9 games, have lost 14 and the rest 14 games have been draws.
Pulis has been criticized for team's dismal performance in the ongoing Premier League. Some experts have even said that he should be sacked.
When asked about that, Pulis said, "People who are criticizing me should have a look at my record. The team has performed wonderfully in the last few years. We earned promotion to the Premier League; we reached the finals of FA Cup and round of 32 in Europa League. People must look at these achievements before having a go at me."
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A person may establish a trust that becomes effective during his or her lifetime or a testamentary trust, which becomes effective following his or her death. A living trust is a trust that becomes effective during the lifetime of the person who creates the trust.
A wide variety of trusts are used for estate planning purposes. Trusts utilized in estate planning include many kinds of testamentary trusts and numerous types of living trusts. A living trust may take the form of a revocable trust, which may be revoked by the person creating the trust, or an irrevocable trust, which may not be revoked.
Trusts play a useful role in planning to minimize or avoid income and estate taxes. An individual may reduce his family's income tax liability in certain situations by creating a trust that shifts taxable income to a child. Estate planning tools for married persons include a credit shelter or bypass trust, which allows a married couple to protect the maximum amount of their assets from exposure to estate tax. Irrevocable life insurance trusts facilitate reduction or avoidance of estate tax for persons with life insurance coverage because insurance held in the trust is not subject to estate tax. In many cases, charitable remainder trusts are useful in assisting individuals to minimize income and estate tax liability.
Trusts may also be used to achieve a number of estate planning objectives unrelated to reducing tax liability. A trust may be a suitable arrangement for providing effective management of assets when the trust beneficiary is a minor, is disabled or is considered incapable of making wise decisions in regard to managing or investing assets. An individual may also transfer assets to a trust as a means of avoiding probate, i.e., avoiding the application of estate administration procedures to those assets on the individual's death.
The transfer of property to a trust causes a change in the legal characteristics of ownership rights in the property. Before the settlor transfers property to the trust, he or she owns all of the rights, and has all of the obligations, associated with the property. When the property is transferred into trust, the rights of ownership in the property are divided into 2 different interests: the legal interest, held by the trustee, and the equitable interest, held by the beneficiary.
The trustee has the power and authority to control the management and disposition of the property. The trustee normally has the power to sell trust assets, the power to purchase investment assets with trust funds and the power to distribute trust assets to the beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the trust. The trustee is obligated to exercise his or her powers for the benefit of the beneficiary.
The beneficiary has rights relating to the use, possession and enjoyment of the trust property. Trust provisions require or permit the trustee to distribute trust funds directly to the beneficiary or make payments of trust funds in a way that benefits the beneficiary. A beneficiary is generally entitled to sue a trustee who acts improperly and take other action that may be necessary to protect trust assets.


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Q: Visible buttons with transparent navigation bar I've seen several apps that have completely transparent navigation bars but with visible buttons, I cant seem to find anything that wont make the button invisible as well. I'm sure they were using UINavigationController for the navbar because it had the same animations with fade and what not.
Im currently using this code in ViewDidLoad and ViewDidAppear to either hide or show the nav bar because it's not supposed to be on the first page-
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:YES];

and this code for its transparency:
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setAlpha:0.0];

A: Create a subclass of UINavigationBar containing no methods except drawRect:. Put custom drawing code there if you need to, otherwise leave it empty (but implement it).
Next, set the UINavigationController's navigation bar to this subclass. Use initWithNavigationBarClass:toolBarClass: in code, or just change it in the Interface Builder if you're using storyboards/nibs (it's a subclass of your UINavigationController in the hierarchy at the side).
Finally, get a reference to your navigation bar so we can configure it using self.navigationController.navigationBar in the loadView of the contained view controller. Set the navigation bar's translucent to YES and backgroundColor to [UIColor clearColor]. Example below.
//CustomNavigationBar.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface CustomNavigationBar : UINavigationBar
@end

//CustomNavigationBar.m
#import "CustomNavigationBar.h"

@implementation CustomNavigationBar

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {}

@end

//Put this in the implementation of the view controller displayed by the navigation controller
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = YES;
    [self navigationController].navigationBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
}

Here's a screen shot of the result, mimicking Plague.

The blue border was drawn in drawRect: to show you that a UINavigationBar is there and not just a button and a label. I implemented sizeThatFits: in the subclass to make the bar taller. Both the button and label are UIView's containing the correct UI element that were placed in the bar as UIBarButtonItems. I embedded them in views first so that I could change their vertical alignment (otherwise they "stuck" to the bottom when I implemented sizeThatFits:).

A: To make the Navigation Bar transparent, use the below code:
self.navigationController.navigationBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = YES;

After this set the background image of the Navigation Bar the same as the view behind it using the below property:
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"SAMPLE.jpg"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

A: self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = YES; // Setting this slides the view up, underneath the nav bar (otherwise it'll appear black)
const float colorMask[6] = {222, 255, 222, 255, 222, 255};
UIImage *img = [[UIImage alloc] init];
UIImage *maskedImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage: CGImageCreateWithMaskingColors(img.CGImage, colorMask)];

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:maskedImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
//remove shadow
    [[UINavigationBar appearance] setShadowImage: [[UIImage alloc] init]];

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Hertha's dream of their first team playing a DFB Pokal final at home at the Olympiastadion is still alive. Hertha, of course, have reached the final on one previous occasion. But that was Hertha's reserve side Hertha Amateure in 1993.
That year Hertha's professional team were eliminated in the round of 16 of the competition by Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer then also met Hertha's Amateurs in the final winning that game 1-0. It was the only time Hertha reached a cup final. It is also from that year that Hertha's famous song "Nur nach Hause gehn wir nicht (we will not go home)" was first introduced at home games.
Hertha's amateurs might have made the final as did Bundesliga 2 side Union Berlin — Union also won the FDGB Pokal in Germany in 1968. But no club in Germany's first division located in Berlin has ever reached the final since it has found its permanent home in Berlin in 1985.
"The cup final has been in Berlin since 1985 – in our city in our stadium. It is our dream [to reach the final]. Every player coming to our club carries that dream and can feel upon arrival. We desire to play that final," Hertha sporting director Michael Preetz told kicker on Monday. "I didn't even watch the last few finals. It is a fantastic event. But it would be even better if we would take part," he added.
Hertha are, in fact, a sleeping giant. Berlin is not only Germany's capital but also the biggest city by population. But while the Olympiastadion is a fantastic facility the stadium is a bit too big for regular Bundesliga football. Furthermore, Hertha needs regular European football to grow. Currently, in ninth place winning the cup would be the fastest way to the Europa League group stage — especially after the 0-1 defeat to Wolfsburg on Saturday.
"I have to analyse the game [against Wolfsburg] with my staff," head coach Pal Dardai said on Saturday. "Thankfully, football isn't the Olympics. We don't have to wait four years to correct our mistakes. We have always looked good against Bayern in the past," Dardai added.
The Hungarian head coach is not wrong. Hertha are unbeaten in four games against Bayern and took all three points at the Olympiastadion in the Hinrunde. In order to take the game to Bayern Dardai is expected to change his formation from a 3-4-3 to a 4-2-3-1 to allow his side to press high against the Bavarians.
High pace and transition through midfield is the key to success against Bayern. Leverkusen showed exactly those kind of attributes on Saturday in their 3-1 victory over the Bavarians. As a result, Bayern are seven points behind Dortmund and in need for a positive result against Hertha.
The German magazine kicker asked whether Bayern, in fact, still have the mentality to win important games. This season Bayern dropped points in the top games against Borussia Dortmund, Gladbach and in the Champions League against Ajax. Hence, the Pokal matchup against Hertha is also going to be a test of wills for a Bayern side that is very much in transition between two generations.
Those two generations are going to be very much on display as Frank Ribéry is expected to make his return to the side. On the other wing, Kingsley Coman will represent the new generation. Head coach, Niko Kovač's job, is going to be to unify the two generations for the rest of the season before Bayern will have to undergo a hard break in the current squad.
Until then Bayern are riding a fine line between integrating new players and also having to win games in order to keep the lid on further controversy. Not an easy task against a Hertha side that in many regards will test this Bayern side and could take this game all the way to penalty kicks where Manuel Neuer replacement Sven Ulreich will have to make the difference.
Marko Grujić has been Hertha's key player this season. Going into matchday 20 Hertha did not lose a single game when the Serbian midfielder, who is on loan from Liverpool, was on the pitch. That run of nine games without a defeat ended for Grujić on Saturday, however. Regardless the central midfielder is an important player in Hertha's midfield. "He is important for our game, without question. But we managed to defeat Bayern without Grujić in our side. That should not be forgotten," Preetz told kicker. Grujić, however, should feature for Hertha on Wednesday, which, in turn, means that this Hertha side should be even better than the one that took all three points from the Bavarians in the fall.
Manuel Neuer missed the game against Leverkusen and remains doubtful for the game against Hertha. The national team keeper trained as a field player on Sunday after he was diagnosed with a ligament injury in his thumb. "I cannot say exactly (when he will return). He would have played if he could but he was in pain. I'm not a doctor. If he was an outfield player, maybe he would have played, but he is a goalkeeper and his hand and fingers are very important," Niko Kovač said about Neuer. That means that Sven Ulreich will be at the centre of attention on Wednesday against Hertha. The Bayern backup keeper played his first game of the season on Saturday and had to take some of the blame for Leon Bailey's free-kick equaliser.
Hertha are undefeated against Bayern in the last four games (W1 D3).
This is only the fourth meeting between the two clubs in the DFB Pokal. Hertha's record in the cup competition against Bayern: W1 L2.
All previous matches in the DFB Pokal have taken place in Berlin.
Bayern lost their last away game in Berlin 2-0.


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Luxury Tree Lodge enhances the Lake Manyara safari experience
Experiential travel company andBeyond's Lake Manyara Lodge enhances the guest experience in this ecologically extraordinary pocket of Tanzania.
The recently launched sleeping experience at andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.
and beyond
Spanning land recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1981, Lake Manyara National Park encompasses a diverse environment of grassy floodplains, riverine habitats, acacia forests and the lake itself in Rift Valley depression in East Africa, northern Tanzania.
The rift wall rises above a rapidly changing habitat that thrives with abundant wildlife. Hot springs bubble up at the edge of the lake and giant baobab trees, which the park's leopards are prone to climb, stand amid the bush and forest.
Exploring Lake Manyara National Park on a game drive.
Lions are known to rest in the branches of forest trees and hippos bathe in the shallow water before emerging to graze after dark. Significant numbers of elephants and giraffes, as well as large flocks of baboons, are among the country's trademarks.
Over 400 species of birds have been recorded in this environment, from bee-eaters, storks and hornbills to flamingos that inhabit the lake during the Southern Hemisphere summer months.
Sunset in Lake Manyara National Park.
andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge is in a secluded corner of this unique environment. Individual treehouse suites, a swimming pool, and indoor-outdoor living space for guests to gather are nestled in the mahogany forest of this secluded enclave where bush babies hang out at night.
Each rustic luxury treehouse suite, set on stilts amidst the treetops, combines a wood and palm leaf structure with romantic interiors that combine handcrafted design details with luxury amenities including a soaking tub freestanding and an outdoor shower. A terrace runs along one side of the forest refuge.
Inside one of the suites at andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.
The central guest then stands out with its high-ceilinged and panoramic wooden structure housing an elevated seating area and an open dining space overlooking the forest boma designed for dining under the stars. Local artwork features in this spectacular space providing a setting for gourmet meals and pre-dinner cocktails.
Twice-daily game drives introduce you to the national park's diverse habitat and resident wildlife, with night drives bringing a whole different range of sightings and nature walks around the lodge. Aperitifs are set up in spectacular settings, including by the lake, of this landscape.
The outdoor boma of andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.
More recently, the lodge introduced its brand new experience offering guests an even greater immersion in the wilderness. Two to four guests at a time can now spend a night under the starry sky in a sleeping experience in which mesh beds are set up by a campfire in a secluded glade protected from wandering wildlife by your night guard. Maasai.
Community walks and bike rides outside the national park then give you the chance to interact with locals around the park while seeing firsthand the Africa Foundation projects that are making a difference in this part of Tanzania.
Sleep under the stars with andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.
Last year saw the opening of the new Tara Getty Secondary School, which now provides education for students who previously would have had to travel seven to 12 kilometers each way, crossing impassable rivers during the rainy season, to reach a secondary school. Further developments, including student accommodation, are now being added to the new site.
This is an example of the impact projects undertaken and supported by andBeyond as part of its overall philosophy of protecting land, wildlife and people.
Get to know Lake Manyara National Park with andBeyond.
andBeyond introduces guests to the environment, wildlife and culture of Lake Manyara through its lodges and these Impact projects all year round, closing only one month each year in April. In 2023, lodge guests will be able to experience this unique pocket of Tanzania thanks to the latest enhancements added to each guest's stay as well as andBeyond's ongoing conservation and community programs.
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Q: Scala type classes "view as" - cannot access method in companion object I am using the scala Enumeration type in combination with Play Framework's Reads and Writes. I would like to have a trait like:
trait EnumerationWrites[T <: Enumeration] {
  def reads(jsonValue: JsValue): JsResult[T] = jsonScope match {
    case JsString(s) => JsSuccess(T.withName(s)) <-- ERROR!
    case _ => JsError("String value expected")
  }
}

and then I would do something like
object MyObject extends EnumerationTrait[T]

This doesn't work - the compiler is not able to resolve the T type within the case matching. What is the problem?

A: Bad news: you can not call method withName of type parameter. You need an object.
Good news: this object could be implicit. Which you already know if you are familiar with realization of typeclass concept in scala.
So for general use deserializer for Enumeration you could use function like this:
implicit def enumerationReads[T <: Enumeration](implicit enum: T): Reads[enum.Value] = {
  val names: Set[String] = enum.values map (_.toString)
  Reads {
    case JsString(s) => if (names contains s) JsSuccess(enum withName s)
      else JsError(s"could not find value '$s' for $enum")
    case _ => JsError("String value expected")
  }
}

As you can see it demands enumeration to be implicitly available, so you should declare enumeration for this like
implicit case object Colors extends Enumeration {
  val Red, Blue = Value
}

Or provide some implicit value for your existing objects like
implicit val colorsEvidence = Colors


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New Faculty Friday: Q&A with Dr. Eric Zeemering
SPIA is excited to introduce Eric Zeemering.
Eric Zeemering is the MPA Director and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research investigates local governance and intergovernmental relations, including interlocal contracting for municipal service delivery and the design and performance of networks for local environmental governance. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University in 2007.
What attracted you to UGA?
EZ: The University of Georgia has an amazing international reputation in public administration and when I was given the opportunity to take on the responsibilities of MPA director here, I was ecstatic about the opportunity. I had been looking for an opportunity to take this next career step to work with MPA students and help them realize their career goals, and I just could not have found a better place to do this type of work.
EZ: I'm a Michigander, through and through. I grew up in West Michigan, in a small city called Rockford, just north of Grand Rapids.
What are you working on that you're most excited about?
EZ: Through surveys and social network analysis, I am developing a better understanding of how local elected officials' informal ties with other local officials help shape patterns of formal cooperation.
How do you like to spend your time when you're not working?
EZ: I have two little boys, so I don't really have free time. My oldest, who's seven, plays hockey. I spend my free time driving to the ice and watching him master his hockey skills. It's also great because the ice rink is one of the few places that's a great temperature in Georgia at this time of year.
EZ: A really good blueberry muffin and a cup of coffee is the greatest thing in the world.
Please tell us one fun fact about you.
EZ: I was a local elected official when I was 18. When I was in college I decided to run for city council in my hometown. I won and served a two-year term. That was a really great experience in my life because it helped me learn about local government but it also gave me a great opportunity to serve my community.
What is one goal you have for yourself for the next year?
EZ: One is to get to know UGA as well as I can. A more personal goal is to try to take a break each day and have sufficient time to appreciate what's going on around me. I'm a firm believer that we can be so busy with the tasks at hand that we can miss some of the interesting and pleasant things around us. I'm making a point to take a short walk each day to appreciate the university's design and architecture.
Who inspires you in your research or career?
EZ: I have two answers. My dad who passed away a number of years ago inspires the work that I do. He was an environmental site assessor; he was very passionate about figuring out new solutions to problems and about giving government officials feedback about what made sense in environmental law and what didn't make sense.
At Indiana University, where I went to graduate school, I had a chance to spend some time learning from Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. What I really appreciated from my time with her was this sense that we're all engaged in a conversation to better understand systems of governance. Diverse and interdisciplinary voices from around the university can contribute to a richer understanding of governance.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
EZ: I'd definitely fly. That's the greatest thing. I don't always enjoy the airline industry but I love the moment that a plane takes off because it's just this amazing moment of defying gravity and leaving the ground.
What advice do you have for SPIA students?
EZ: The question I always ask students is "What does it mean to be a professional in the field you hope to work in?" By asking that question, students can build their networks and ask themselves what it means to work toward their professional goals. It also helps them reflect on the interpersonal skills they need to develop their career. Each class is important but it's also really important to sit back and take time to think about the collective experience and how you'll take that experience forward.
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Q: javascript error with html textarea I just added a textarea to my page which is an "include" to another page...I have some script that does a counter in the textarea...heres the code for that:
function characterCounter(spanId, maxLen, inputElement)
{
  if (spanId)
  {
      // Update the counter the user sees.
      var whatIsLeft = maxLen - inputElement.value.length;

      if ( whatIsLeft < 0 ) whatIsLeft = 0;
      spanId.innerText = whatIsLeft;
  }

  // Restrict user from entering more than the maxlen.
  if ( inputElement.value.length > maxLen )
  {
      inputElement.value = inputElement.value.substring( 0, maxLen );
  }
}

The I get a javascript error here as soon as I type....any suggestions
      <textarea id="comment" name="comment" rows="2" cols="125"
                 onkeypress="characterCounter(commentsCounter,${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH']}, this)"
                 onkeydown="characterCounter(commentsCounter,${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH']}, this)"
                 onkeyup="characterCounter(commentsCounter,${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH']}, this)">
      </textarea>

        You have ${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH'] - fn:length(commentForm.comment)} characters left.

Thanx
these two lines say:  "object expected"...in the debugger
onkeydown="characterCounter(commentsCounter,250, this)"
                 onkeyup="characterCounter(commentsCounter,250, this)">

A: Replace:
onkeydown="characterCounter(commentsCounter,250, this)"
onkeyup="characterCounter(commentsCounter,250, this)">

With
onkeydown="characterCounter('commentsCounter',250, this)"
onkeyup="characterCounter('commentsCounter',250, this)">

And
function characterCounter(spanId, maxLen, inputElement)
{
   if (spanId)

With
function characterCounter(id, maxLen, inputElement)
{
    spanId = document.getElementById(id);
   if (spanId)

Your code as it stands, expects commentsCounter to be a globally accessible variable. In order to access the element with id commentsCounter, you must use document.getElementById

A: Your function looks to be expecting a DOM node for spanID and you are passing it the id of commentsCounter without quotes.  You probably want this somewhere in a

Then you don't need to modify the key event handlers for the textarea, as commentsCounter is now a proper, non-empty variable.

A: Use below:
<textarea id="comment" name="comment" rows="2" cols="125"
  onkeypress="characterCounter(\"commentsCounter\",${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH']}, this)"
  onkeydown="characterCounter(\"commentsCounter\",${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH']}, this)"
  onkeyup="characterCounter(\"commentsCounter\",${const['COMMENT_MAX_LENGTH']}, this)">
</textarea>

The parameter that is suppose to be of type string must always be quoted.  If there is quote inside quote then in java script you can use " (double quote) between ' (single quote) or vice versa, optionally use escape character if required like I used in above example.  You can simply replace \" with '
Thanks
Shailendra


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French study shows positive effects of proper mask-wearing
There is a "very limited risk" of spreading coronavirus in indoor venues such as concert halls when all attendees are wearing tight-fitting face masks, according to a new study by French software company Dassault Systèmes.
The CAD specialist is working with the Paris Philharmonic to prepare the the venue for reopening when restrictions are lifted. By creating a 3D model of the Philharmonie's main concert hall, the 2,400-seat Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Dassault Systèmes was able to simulate the flow of air around a seated concertgoer in three different scenarios: with no face covering, wearing a loose-fitting face mask, and wearing a properly fitted face mask.
As can be seen in the video above, the infected concertgoer poses the greatest risk to his neighbours sans masque, as expected. With a loose mask (masque lâche), the transmission of infected particles is reduced; with a fitted mask (masque ajusté) the spread of the virus is prevented even further.
While it should be noted that the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez has a sophisticated ventilation system that limits the lateral movement of air, directing it behind the audience and orchestra, the study is nonetheless proof that masks, when worn correctly, play a "major role in reducing the volume of particles emitted into the air, as well as in the speed of the spread", according to Dassault Systèmes.
The combination of proper mask wearing with a fresh-air supply gives the concert hall a similar profile to an outdoor space
The experiment additionally found that the combination of proper mask wearing with a fresh-air supply built in to every seat gives the concert hall a similar profile to that of an outdoor space, "with a very limited risk of spread from one side [of the venue] to the other", despite being completely enclosed.
"Our collaboration with the Philharmonie de Paris is part of our daily efforts to help companies simulate, visualise and analyse existing conditions, assess the effect of hypothetical scenarios, and identify solutions allowing to reopen and operate safely," comments Dassault Systèmes' Florence Verzelen.
"At a time when the real world is doing everything it can to get out of confinement, virtual worlds make it possible to carry out experiments that reveal many unknowns," Verzelen adds.
The study also simulated airflow at the entrance to the venue, finding that the existing preventative measures – mask wearing and social distancing – are sufficient outside the Grande Salle itself.
"The safety of the public, our artists and our staff is non-negotiable. This is why we have decided to partner with Dassault Systèmes," adds Laurent Bayle, director of the Paris Philharmonic. "Thanks to their state-of-the-art simulation technology, we are ready to reopen our concert hall under the best possible conditions."


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Anne Cutler †
Language Comprehension Department
Anne [dot] Cutler [at] mpi [dot] nl
Cutler, A. (2009). Psycholinguistics in our time. In P. Rabbitt (Ed.), Inside psychology: A science over 50 years (pp. 91-101). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Cutler, A. (1989). Auditory lexical access: Where do we start? In W. Marslen-Wilson (Ed.), Lexical representation and process (pp. 342-356). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
The lexicon, considered as a component of the process of recognizing speech, is a device that accepts a sound image as input and outputs meaning. Lexical access is the process of formulating an appropriate input and mapping it onto an entry in the lexicon's store of sound images matched with their meanings. This chapter addresses the problems of auditory lexical access from continuous speech. The central argument to be proposed is that utterance prosody plays a crucial role in the access process. Continuous listening faces problems that are not present in visual recognition (reading) or in noncontinuous recognition (understanding isolated words). Aspects of utterance prosody offer a solution to these particular problems.
Patterson, R. D., & Cutler, A. (1989). Auditory preprocessing and recognition of speech. In A. Baddeley, & N. Bernsen (Eds.), Research directions in cognitive science: A european perspective: Vol. 1. Cognitive psychology (pp. 23-60). London: Erlbaum.


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Read a powerful confession about mental illness from a best-selling author.
Thom Dunn
Best-selling author John Green talks about his real-life struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder fairly regularly.
In general, he's a pretty honest dude, which is why it's not surprising that he got real during a recent speech at the NerdCon: Stories convention in Minneapolis.
During the speech, the "Fault in Our Stars" writer (and popular vlogger) detailed three specific mental breakdowns he's experienced in his life. He later shared the speech on Medium, too.
Green (left) at the Nashville red carpet and fan event for "The Fault in Our Stars." Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Allied.
The whole thing is pretty powerful. But in the most moving moment, he admits to going off his medication. By choice. As recently as last year.
He described the visceral experience of going off his meds:
"For a couple months, I am a passenger in my consciousness. It's terrifying, in a horror movie kind of way, to be unable to control your thoughts . ... I feel that I am the demon, clinging to a self that is at its core no longer mine."
He also explained the reason for his self-imposed psychiatric vacation:
"I went off my medication to try to write a novel, because I bought into the dangerous romantic lie. I'm embarrassed to tell you that, but yeah. I hadn't written a book in years, and I felt desperate to write something. I blamed my medication, so I decided that to write, I would go off of it. ... Here is what I wrote during the collapse of last year: Nothing that made sense."
That's right: Green ignored his recommended mental health treatment because he wanted more creative energy.
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Allied-THA.
He's hardly the first creative person to give in to the dangerous notion that mental angst makes your work better.
But the fact that this doubt happened so much later in his career, after years of success, shows just how pervasive that myth can be. Green isn't an up-and-coming author looking for a shortcut to success — he's written five New York Times best-selling novels, two of which were made into hit films. Time magazine named him as one of the most influential people in the world.
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John with his wife, Sarah, at the Time 100 Gala. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Time.
It's the same story we've heard before, from Vincent van Gogh to Sylvia Plath to Robin Williams and beyond.
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Mental health is still all-too-often stigmatized, which is why it's so important when highly visible figures speak up about their own struggles. Green's confession was a powerful reminder that success alone can't solve these problems — and that even people who look like they're on top of the world are still receptive to that treacherous temptation.
I'm just glad he figured this out before it was too late.
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ThatGuyWhoLikesThings
Agent355 wrote:
Ugh, I just wish media would stop claiming characters have "split personality disorder." There is no such thing, and the association with Dissociative Identity Disorder reinforces negative, false stereotypes and assumptions that very real people with that disorder, who are survivors of early childhood trauma have to live with.
I don't know if the show is saying Yuka does have a split personality, Nana certainly isn't enough a medical expert to say that for certain, but the way she acts is definitely reminiscent of it. With Shinji being a dead corpse that is being reanimated entirely by her, every interaction between the two of them is essentially just her talking with herself. That plus her rather sudden changes in mood and you'd be forgiven thinking she does in fact have DID.
As for the usage of "split personality disorder" as an actual term, that might be the fault of the anime's subs. For the record, Crunchyroll's translation of the manga says "It's like she has multiple personalities." It's not really trying to name any specific illness there.
stilldemented
Without getting into the weeds with it, I wouldn't say the necromancer has DID. The most I'd be willing to throw is that she seems to be using her necromancy as something of a coping mechanism. She plays the role of her dead friend and interacts with herself as though it isn't a puppet/puppeteer relationship at times, but that's a little different from DID. DID tends to be more involuntary in nature. She's not really being possessed by a different personality so much as she's putting on a private performance. And sometimes she seems to fall for her own performance because this is the guy she liked and she can get wrapped up in her affection for him.
It's splitting a lot of hairs, and there's an argument worth making for DID, but I'd need more symptoms. DID is more specific, and right now all I get is that something is up, but I'd hesitate to throw a diagnosis at it. If that makes sense.
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Yuka does *not* have DID. I'm a mental health peer specialist, I know people with DID. And as the article I posted explained, DID and other terms associated with it, including "Split Personalities", "multiple personalities" etc, are often used in media to describe "crazy" villains and give the story an air of "real" psychology—and they are always inaccurate psychobabble based on negative stereotypes. It adds to misinformation of an already poorly understood and poorly represented mental health condition. It adds to the stigma of vulnerable people.
I would have preferred it if they had just described Yuka as somewhat delusional. stilldemented is right; Yuka is controlling her dead friend like a puppet and may be tricking herself into thinking he's still alive some of the time. It's not a separate personality from within her mind, It's not "multiple personalities" or DID.
Gem-Bug
Man, the twists in this show are weak as hell. These characters are too willing to blab the details of their powers, and the shed door trick was dumb(I doubt a door with a single hinge taped on would stay and not just fall off). They both turn out to be scumbags, but Nana uses her MC power to talk down to Yuka as if she's somehow morally superior.
Gem-Bug wrote:
These characters are too willing to blab the details of their powers
They're very arrogant, and for good reason. Not only do their abilities make them feel special, but they've also been trained and highly regarded as future "saviors of humanity". And in Yuka's case, it didn't actually matter. Nana had basically figured it out already anyway, and Yuka was also misdirecting her at the same time, she wasn't just openly telling her how to win
and the shed door trick was dumb(I doubt a door with a single hinge taped on would stay and not just fall off).
It depends on how sturdy the door is and how strong the tape is, but it's very much possible that it could stay in place. We aren't told those specifics, which is good, because the more details there are the easier it is to nitpick them (which doesn't exactly stop people from doing it anyway, but w/e). Besides, it only needed to stay in place for the brief time Yuka confronted Nana at the cottage. Once she left and Nana went out the door, she'd put the nails back in place.
They both turn out to be scumbags, but Nana uses her MC power to talk down to Yuka as if she's somehow morally superior.
She...kind of is actually lol. Nana's actions are certainly awful but she at least as the excuse of believing that what she's doing is noble and for the good of humanity, and we do see very brief but noteworthy snippets of genuine compassion here and there from her. Yuka set fire to an entire theater, killing her crush and no doubt even more people in the process, solely to possess him and satisfy her own twisted, purely selfish desires, and states flat-out that she doesn't care about anything aside from her (fake) relationship with Shinji. To say she's wretched is an understatement and probably Nana's first truly justified kill.
Cryten
About the only door that could be held up by the strongest of tapes would be a screen door. The problem is just the way it works is the worst for tape, putting all stress on the adhesive and not using the tape. Like trying to sticky tape a weight to a wall only worse because youve added rotational changes to remove contact with the surface. And the tape wouldnt be good at stopping the door from sheering off its pin holders.
Yuvelir
The tape wasn't holding the door in place, but the lock system outside. Still dubious that a piece of tape would survive the weight of an iron piece and the lock system being put in place without budging, but it isn't completely implausible. They just had one hell of a strong tape abandoned at a random shed in the mountains. Plus a screwdriver we didn't get to see? Because I doubt you could quickly unscrew a lock in a hurry just with a hammer.
Ahh I see. Well there goes that piece of imagined episode.
*edit* Why does the ANN smile face look so evil?
blahmoomoo
I think Funimation mistranslated something, because I do remember the subtitles saying she took the hinges off. Then it showed she was messing with the lock instead. So that's probably why you're confused.
Kelohmello
I think this was a pretty entertaining arc, but I'm somewhat dissatisfied by the conclusion. Making it so that Yuka was actually just a stalker feels like a weird decision on the writer's part. I dunno, having a character use their superpowers as an unhealthy coping mechanism for their grief is really sad and a way, way more compelling vice when said character isn't a creep.
Instead, because she is, it makes me ask questions I shouldn't want to ask, like why Nana shows hesitation to kill now after she's already murdered explicitly good people. She confirms that her suspicion about Yuka is right before finishing her off when she had no reason to do that, and it just doesn't make alot of sense.
If Nana had just murdered someone I could feel sympathetic for, it would have left a stronger impression on me. Instead with the way Yuka's character went I just feel apathetic and it's kind of a boring end to an arc that I think could have been the best so far.
Kelohmello wrote:
The only unambiguously good person she's killed before this point was Nanao, and that was the only kill where we never saw her inner thoughts at all. For all we know, she might have had second thoughts or at the very least lamented the fact that she felt like she had to kill him, but we don't know and probably won't know until she starts having doubts about her mission overall, if and when that happens. And we also see that she keeps putting off killing Michiru when she really doesn't have much reason to anymore. I think the fact that she's even entertaining the thought of truly sparing someone implies that her continued murders are starting to weigh on her, even if she may not realize it yet.
To be fair the time travelling dude was nothing short of helpful and she showed no hestiatation in trying to kill kyouya. She has until now shown a mentality that put success at killing everyone ahead of individual merit. She looked down on anyone as a monster.
I think its a fair question on why giving leeway now against someone who finally fits her mental image of a enemy of humanity as opposed to the innocent or the fatalistic. Personally I would say the show is trying to give her the moral high ground she was lacking before. So Im curious if the trend will continue. From the opposite point of view of the reviewer who loves how effective the cruel nana can be. I watch to see if the story will try and remove the cruelty of the character tempered to the self interest of something closer to Lelouch.
Cryten wrote:
To be fair the time travelling dude was nothing short of helpful and she showed no hestiatation in trying to kill kyouya
Shibusawa showed signs of narcissism as well as an arrogant and warped sense of justice and Kyouya was the first active threat to her mission and was also difficult for her to get a read on. Nanao wasn't perfect but there were no signs he would ever be of any danger to anyone or would be a threat to her mission, aside from the massive potential kill count on Nana's phone. He was obviously and undeniably good, and she even goes as far as to apologize for psychoanalyzing him and making him as uncomfortable as she did as he's hanging onto the cliff for dear life, even if she still viewed it as a necessary action.
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Both the show and the character are a little too pleased with themselves at this moment—none of Nana's machinations are particularly complicated, nor were they that difficult to deduce.
Yeah, this is basically what I was feeling towards this episode. These twists are supposed to wow us and they just haven't been landing for me. It's also silly that Kyouya has been shown to almost be supernaturally on Nana's tail, yet missed this whole multi-day encounter?
For all the faults this show has, every time an episode comes I'm compelled to watch it. That, at least, is a success.
This Week in Anime - Isekai Until I Die
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