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The workshop was set up to provide an open, informal and intimate space for PhD research students in urban-related disciplines to collaborate and discuss progress amongst peers with regard to topical, theoretical, practical or methodological concerns. We therefore welcomed contributions from students at all stages of the dissertation process. The workshop is unique in that all participants agree to both present their work and support others in doing so in small group sessions. Organisers generated lively roundtable discussions on diverse urban questions across various academic disciplines including Geography, Architecture, History, Anthropology, Literature, Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Arts, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, Planning, Engineering and beyond.
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When Is the Best Time
Nazare, Praia do Norte became famous for the biggest waves ever surfed at the Big Wave Awards Contest with world records between 80-100 feet/ 24-30 meters. The "Big Wave" season starts in October and lasts until March. The best time with the highest chance of watching these waves occurs between November to February. The surf contest date is published just two days in advance. Nazare Praia do Norte Webcam
There is luck needed to surf the perfect big wave.
The waves can be seen from Praia do Norte close to the cliff-top ford and lighthouse. On December 22, 2019, were the highest waves ever forecasted with up to 37 meters. Continue reading how to get the most out of your stay at Praia do Norte!
Update January 10, 2022: Bigger waves were expected for Saturday, January 8 and almost 20 m/ 65 feet high waves were built up by the underwater canyon. All famous surfers like Scooby who I met once, Cotty, Rodrigo Koxa, Nic Von Rupp, Maya, Chumbo and many more were there at Nazare waiting to catch on of the XXL-Waves. It was crazy out there in the waves full of power although there wasn't any wind and again it was a day with wipeouts. Three wipeouts one dangerous happened but thanks god no one got seriously injured. It was another epic day although not a day for new records but the season continues.
My breath was taken away during the contest.
Update December 9, 2021: 20 feet/ 6 m high waves were expected for Wednesday, December 8. Due to the unique canyon, these waves could grow to those peaks of +15 m, but the strong wind may blow the waves down, and the wind did. But the sea was rough and wild, and Alemao, one of the jet ski drivers, got whipped out. At the same time, Andrew Cotton "Cotty" was on the sled. He climbed from the sled to the driving seat and got washed away with the next massive wave into the "dead zone" the worst spot possible. Alemao could get to the beach while Cotty was trapped between the rocks until he escaped and got rescued. Again such a thriller with a happy end. I hope it will always end like that.
It's busy when one of this rare contests take part.
It's a unique experience to see surfers among these massive waves. It's one of the most difficult places to predict the conditions. The annual surf event with the best surfers from all over the world takes part between mid-October to late February. If "Giant Waves" are predicted, and the surfers arrive at Praia do Norte, it's an exciting spectacle to watch the surfers getting towed with the jet ski into the next monster wave.
High-speed jet skies are essential.
The exact date for the surf contest is published just two days in advance. Monitor the wave forecast here: Big Waves Surf Forecast - scroll down and look for the wave height in feet. It is interesting with 10 m = 33 feet which can grow much bigger due to the underwater canyon. It starts to become exciting with at least 15 m = 50 feet and can become thrilling. This is something you never know days in advance.
Watching these monster waves is a once in a lifetime experience.
The tuned jet skis have 300 hp for this kind of sport "Tow Surfing". These waves are so powerful and fast that paddling is impossible. To figure out how to increase the chance to catch a day where surfers riding those massive waves continue reading for details. You'd like to know the real story about the world record in January 2018 and the 100 million times clicked video?
Big Wave Award Winner 29. October 2020
The last surf contest in Nazare took part on 29. October in 2020. The winner of the Big Wave Award, probably with a new world record, is my favourite surfer:
Sebastian Steudtner from Germany living in Nazare. It is his third Award already. He also won in 2010 and 2015. The exact height is not clear yet. Pictures and videos are analyzed for it. In an interview, Sebastian mentioned it might be a new world record. He never ever was that fast on his board.
Update late November 2021: The Big Wave Season started but is currently without Sebastian. He has an injury to his left foot, calf. He is training hard but can't take part right now. Hopefully, the big waves will appear not before January 2022. Get well soon!
Accident Surf Contest in February 2020
There are always several jet skies for safety reasons.
On February 11th, 2020, during the tow surfing challenge in Nazare, a severe accident happened to the Portuguese surfer Alex Botelho. After a wipeout, he got rescued with a jet ski, but the next massive wave let him and Hugo Vau fly off the jet ski. Crisscross waves occurred, crashed together, and pushed both high up into the air. He got rescued unconscious. Alex was without breathing for 10 minutes and survived without any brain damage. Luckily, he is fully recovered now.
There is a big team in the water in case of an emergency.
No one died so far during this surf competition, and hopefully, it continues without any fatalities.
When Do These Waves Occur?
This contest makes you stunned.
The Big and Giant Waves appear between October and March but are most likely to happen from November to February. These waves are not predictable far in advance on short notice only with the current technology for forecasting conditions. Predictions are accurate for three days only. To experience the big waves, you must monitor the forecast. Either you are flexible, or you spend your vacation in Portugal as we did.
It is incredible to spot such massive waves.
We spent some time in Porto and north of Spain in Galicia to visit the popular Cathedral Beach. We monitored the waves forecast each day, and when we figured out there is a high chance for giant waves, we drove the entire way from Galicia to Nazare back. Such a big event does not often happen, so we took the chance. When we arrived in the Zulla Nazaré`s Surf Village (Highly recommended, as it's outside the crowded area! IMPORTANT: Book in advance!) popular among surfers within walking distance to Praia do Norte, we got told that several surfers from Brazil arrived the day before.
At this moment we'd known it was the right decision to come here. Another opportunity; spend your vacation in Lisbon, Sintra and the surroundings and monitor the forecast. Visit the new longest footbridge in the world Arouca 516 which is less busy in the winter. Follow the link to figure out the estimated wave height and daytime: Big Waves Surf Forecast It's just 1.5 hours drive north of Lisbon. Even if all accommodations are fully booked, it doesn't take so long to come to Nazare from the Lisbon surroundings.
What Causes and Indicates These Huge Waves
Don't miss out on the exhibition in the lighthouse.
The north, deep water canyon of Nazare reaches a depth of 5000 m and is 230 km long. This canyon generates and amplifies such waves up to 100 feet / 30 meters in height. There are 4 key factors in particular that indicate these enormous waves:
Wave size > 3 meters
Wave period > 13 seconds
North Atlantic storms during autumn and winter bring swells to the canyon
Incoming tide makes the conditions even better
My Personal Guesthouse Tips
Portugal is my second home country due to my family living around Lisbon and Estoril. If you've never been to Portugal before here are our recommendations on how to get the most out of your stay. First of all, traveling in Portugal is more convenient by car. Rental cars are much cheaper in the winter season.
Choose one of our favourite casas "guesthouses" located in a uniquely beautiful landscape close to Nazare but Lisbon and Sintra as well. Stay here the entire vacation to explore the fantastic country. Monitor the forecast for giant waves and in the meantime visit Praia da Ursa, Montserrat Palace, and Torre de Belem to mention just a view of the many outstanding locations nearby.
Casa Artelena the guesthouse is peacefully located in the countryside. It's just half an hour drive to Nazare. Your host Artur is looking after you with a warm delicate touch. He prepares a delicious breakfast each morning. It is spotless clean here and very nicely furnished. You couldn't wish for better.
Azen Cool House This guesthouse has an excellent location in proximity to Lisbon, Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Praia da Ursa, and Praia da Adraga. It's a stunning place with a great view of the ocean. Your fresh and tasty prepared breakfast is included. It's a huge guesthouse with a winter garden, game room, and even a tennis and padel court. Have you ever played padel? It's a mixture of tennis and squash. An excellent restaurant and the beach is just a short stroll from Azen. Sam and Tiago are fantastic hosts.
Best Months to Visit
Location and Tips
Lisbon, Nazare
You always wanted to watch those massive waves, the biggest waves in the world? I show you how you can make it happen. There is no guarantee, but we were successful during our wonderful vacation in Portugal in the winter. Escape the cold, enjoy the mild climate in Portugal and monitor the wave forecast.
Praia do Norte on a sunny day in winter.
Nazare is a fishing town with 10.000 residents. It's the most popular place in Europe to watch Big Waves. The first big surfing event and the competition was held in 2016, then twice in 2018. Surfers may be present in town like Sebastian, who is living in Nazare but usually, you can watch them surfing only when big waves are forecasted.
People watching the Giant Wave Competition from the lighthouse area
Who Surfed the Biggest Wave Ever?
The exhibition in the lighthouse.
Garrett Mc Namara put Nazare on the map when he surfed 78 feet / 23.78 meters high wave. The mayor of Nazare sent e-mails with pictures and videos to several famous Big Wave Surfers in 2009. Garrett was the one who came to Nazare and made it famous. The first surf competition took place in 2016 and continues.
It is as impressive as it looks in my pictures.
In 2018 it was said that Rodrigo Koxa got the world record with 80 feet/ 24.38 meters high wave, but it was the ride of Sebastian Steudtner which went viral with a hundred million clicks on social media. It's hard to say who exactly surfed the biggest wave because it's impossible to measure the height exactly. Pictures are used to determine the exact wave height. There can be a difference of up to 3 meters. However, one thing is for sure; the Nazare Canyon creates the highest and most spectacular "Freak Waves" due to the unique topographic.
A surfer is never alone when riding a wave.
It's tough intensive training for the surfers; they need to be mentally fit and having the right sponsor in place. Their safety equipment is their insurance to survive. Sebastian moved from Hawaii to Nazare in 2012. I think he knows the waves of Nazare best, and one day he will break the record or perhaps he already did in October 2020. That's for sure. He was nominated again for surfing the biggest wave in 2019 and won in October 2020.
The massive wave which was ridden by Sebastian Steudtner in January 2018
It's a hellman job to conquer the biggest waves with speed up to 80 km/h, risking their life but this is what many surfers make alive. Serious injuries are part of surfing giant waves. Luckily, no one died in Nazare yet. The British big wave surfer Andrew Cotton had a horrific wipeout in 2017 and broke his back. Luckily, he recovered completely. Needless to say, he'd been back to Nazare already.
Scooby; Pedro Vianna wearing lots of protection.
In February 2017, the professional surfer Pedro Vianna called "Scooby" from Brazil came to Nazare for the biggest predicted swell instead of celebrating carnival in Rio. But the swell was not perfect due to onshore winds dangerous choppy whitewater was created. NatGeo called the large but hazardous waves "Big Ugly". What happened Scooby lost control and fell from the board in the dangerous zone.
It's dangerous for both of them.
He got picked up by his friend Lucas, but the jet ski capsized in the choppy water when the next monster wave built up. They were captured in the white sea waves. It was a dramatic rescue in the death zone close to the rocks in front of the lighthouse. It's truly epic here in Nazare, and coming so close to the most experienced surfers during an event is just unforgettable.
Where to Stay for a Perfect View
You can't get closer than on the lighthouse to watch this unique contest.
Stay either below the lighthouse or behind the north beach in the dunes to be on a higher elevation. A dirt road leads down to the beach and dunes but be careful during high tide and massive waves. If a contest takes place, a platform is built in front of the dunes.
Patience is necessary until the surfers start the contest.
Nazare's Beach is separated by a massive rock formation where the lighthouse is situated. The most dramatic-looking pictures are taking from far away with a zoom camera. If you see the lighthouse in front of the waves, it's taking from far above. To watch this spectacle, you need to be much closer. The southern part is a calm beach though the north impacted by the deep canyon in the Atlantic.
Nazare south beach is packed with tourists and locals in summer
At the south beach, you can swim in the summer, and the beach is packed with tourists. The north beach has high waves during winter that the surfers have to be towed in by jet ski. It's incredibly tough when bodyboarders encounter giant waves without any support.
Nazare Lighthouse and Museum
The boards from the most famous surfers. The black one in the back is from Sebastian.
You pay one Euro entrance fee for a closer look into the clifftop ford and its museum. The exhibition explains the topographic exception of the Nazare canyon and how these monster waves get amplified. Lots of boards of the most famous big wave surfers can be seen as well.
These waves are unpredictable. Do you see the surfer struck by the wave?
You have a spectacular view from the top of the lighthouse to the north and south beach. Well-made shirts of Nazare; Praia do Norte are sold at the entrance. We couldn't resist and bought one for a friend and us as well. It's a fantastic memory for this breathtaking place.
A warm jacket and a beanie are essential.
You may spend hours waiting plus watching the big wave surfers; you need to be prepared. There is a strong and chilly wind.
water and a snack, there isn't anything available
wind- and rainproof jacket, you may wait for hours
zoom camera, it is more in the distance than it looks in pictures
patience, you may wait for hours until they start surfing
My Restaurant Tip
Monkfish skewer - delicious and needed after hours in the cold.
Afterwards, we were starving and went to A Celeste for fresh seafood. We couldn't believe who also had lunch there; the three Brazilian surfers and their families.
All pictures were taken by my husband Markus and me during the contest and a week before.
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Catherine Chidgey (born 8 April 1970) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer and university lecturer. Her honours include the inaugural Prize in Modern Letters; the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship to Menton, France; Best First Book at both the New Zealand Book Awards and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific Region); the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards; and the Janet Frame Fiction Prize.

Early life and family
Chidgey was born in Auckland and grew up in the Hutt Valley. At Victoria University of Wellington she completed a BSc in Psychology, and a BA in German Language and Literature. In 1993 she was awarded a German Academic Exchange Service scholarship to study at the Freie Universität Berlin. She returned to Victoria University in 1997 to complete an MA in Creative Writing under Bill Manhire.

 she lives in Hamilton with her husband and daughter. Chidgey has explained that the 13-year gap between her third and fourth novels was due to infertility issues keeping her from writing; she and her husband finally had their daughter in 2015.

Career

Early novels
Her debut novel, In a Fishbone Church, was published in 1998 and was widely praised in New Zealand and overseas, winning the Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards in 1998. The writer Nick Hornby said "Catherine Chidgey is a wonderful new talent, and In a Fishbone Church marks the beginning of what promises to be a glorious literary career". Louis de Bernières called the novel "warm, subtle and evocative. You will be thinking about it long after you have finished reading". In 1999 In a Fishbone Church won Best First Book at the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific Region). It also won a Betty Trask Award for a first book (UK), and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction (UK).

Her second novel, Golden Deeds, was published in 2000, and was runner-up for the Deutz Medal for Fiction at the 2000 New Zealand Book Awards. It was published by Picador in the UK and by Henry Holt in the US (under the title The Strength of the Sun), where it was a 2002 Notable Book of the Year in The New York Times Book Review, and a 2002 Best Book in the LA Times Book Review. The Times Literary Supplement called it "magnanimous and merciless, a work reminiscent at times of darkest Atwood ... A witty and melancholy alchemy of heat and chill, a work of craft and fluency, which revitalizes the book in all its guises ... for those who love books, Catherine Chidgey is a find". The Sunday Express called it "a wonderful, gripping read. Human relations and needs are explored in all their complexity. Chidgey proves herself to be among that elite group of authors who possess a true grasp of the patterns of life". The Independent on Sunday said the novel "ensnares you, creeps up and snaffles you with its small, tense concerns. I could not stop thinking about it. I could not put it down ... I finished Golden Deeds with that delicious and rare feeling: that I was in the presence of a proper, grown-up storyteller who cared not a toss for gimmicks or manifestoes, but dared instead to put her case with real authorial power and verve".

The Transformation, Chidgey's third novel, was published in 2003, and that year she was named New Zealand's best novelist under forty by The New Zealand Listener.<ref>Carolyn Bain, George Dunford, Lonely Planet New Zealand, pp. 48, Lonely Planet, 2006, , .</ref> The book tells the story of a shadowy Parisian wig-maker who flees to Tampa, Florida in the 1890s. The Sunday Times said that "Chidgey spins a horror story which, miraculously avoiding easy sensationalism, is both troubling and haunting", and the New Zealand Herald said it was "her third and best so far ... Chidgey could tackle any subject and produce something wonderful from it. She has that gift of the imagination that finds metaphor, contiguity and paradox wherever she looks, and a seemingly innate feel for structuring events, times and historical detail to make one whole, satisfying narrative out of a myriad unexpected parts". The Sunday Express remarked, "This really is a novel to get lost in ...  A highly original read, as beautiful as it is terrifying, which manages to be riotously chilling without ever going over the top".

Later novels
Her fourth novel, The Wish Child, set in Nazi Germany, was published in New Zealand in 2016 and was an instant bestseller, winning the 2017 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards—the country's richest literary prize. Radio New Zealand called it "a brilliant, brilliant novel ... a masterpiece". The New Zealand Herald found it "meticulously crafted and superbly written ... provocative, haunting, intelligent and lyrical ... breath-taking... It will stay with you long after you finish the final page". The Sunday Star-Times commented "Right from the first sentences I was caught up in the exquisite lure of the writing: musical, clear, lovingly tended. Nothing seems forced ... I loved this book with its subterranean mysteries and spiky issues. I love the way, at this critical point in the world, when fundamental human values are violated, The Wish Child reminds us with grace and understated wisdom of a need to strive for universal good. I ached as I read. This novel is unmissable". It was published in the UK in July 2017 by Chatto & Windus, with The Times calling it "a remarkable book with a stunningly original twist". In October 2018 Counterpoint published it in the US as a lead Fall title.

Her fifth book was released in November 2017. A 'found' novel, The Beat of the Pendulum was written during 2016, with Chidgey drawing on newspaper articles, Facebook posts, emails, radio broadcasts, books, street signs and conversations to create an entry for every day of the year. Radio New Zealand selected it as a Best Book of 2017, calling it "Important in terms of its form as much as its content ... sensationally clever writing ... an enormously skilled writer who totally gets the craft". It was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and was published in the UK by Lightning Books in 2019.

Chidgey's sixth book, Remote Sympathy, was published in 2020, and like The Wish Child is set in Nazi Germany. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Month, and was described by The Guardian as "immersive, profound and beautifully plotted". Publishers Weekly praised Chidgey's exploration of the intersecting stories of former Nazis and Holocaust survivors, concluding: "With its multiple registers and complex view of humanity, this marks a vital turn in Holocaust literature". It was one of New Zealand's top ten best-selling novels in 2021, was shortlisted for the 2022 International Dublin Literary Award, and was longlisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction. In 2022 it was named by The Guardian as one of the best books of the year.

In October 2022, her seventh novel, The Axeman's Carnival, was published. Set in Central Otago, the novel tells the story of the relationship of a farming couple and is narrated by a magpie called Tama. Chidgey drew from her husband's family's farming experiences in writing the novel. Rachael King, reviewing the book for Newsroom, described it as "remarkable, brilliant, a classic in the making", with Tama's voice providing "dark poetry, dramatic irony, startling wisdom and trickster delights". The book featured eighth on the list of New Zealand fiction bestsellers of 2022.

Other works
, Chidgey is a senior lecturer of creative writing at the University of Waikato and has also taught at the Manukau Institute of Technology. In her role at Waikato she founded the Sargeson Prize, New Zealand's richest short story competition.

Chidgey has translated more than a dozen children's picture books from the German for Gecko Press. In November 2019, OneTree House published her first original picture book, Jiffy, Cat Detective, illustrated by Astrid Matijasevich. A follow-up, Jiffy's Greatest Hits, was published in 2022.

 Awards and honours
 1997 Adam Foundation Prize for In a Fishbone Church 1998 Todd New Writer's Bursary
 1998 Sargeson Fellowship
 1999 Betty Trask Award for In a Fishbone Church 1999 Best First Book, Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific Region) for In a Fishbone Church 2001 Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship to Menton, France
 2002 Prize in Modern Letters
 2003 Writer in Residence, University of Canterbury
 2005-6 Robert Burns Fellow, University of Otago
 2008 Rathcoola Residency, County Cork, Ireland
 2009 Writer in Residence, University of Waikato
 2010  University of Otago Wallace Residency, The Pah Homestead, Auckland
 2012  New Zealand Society of Authors Beatson Fellowship
 2013 Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award for 'Reverse Living'
 2017 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for The Wish Child 2017 Janet Frame Fiction Prize
 2018 International Dublin Literary Award (longlisted) for The Wish Child 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction (longlisted) for Remote Sympathy 2022 International Dublin Literary Award (shortlisted) for Remote Sympathy 2023 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction (shortlisted), Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for The Axeman's Carnival''

See also

 New Zealand literature

References

External links
 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura profile
 University of Waikato profile

1970 births
Living people
New Zealand women novelists
Victoria University of Wellington alumni
20th-century New Zealand novelists
21st-century New Zealand novelists
20th-century New Zealand women writers
21st-century New Zealand women writers
People from Auckland
People educated at Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt

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A: This is the sort of question you will get asked in job interviews and it can cost you the job so don't put a function call in the template.
The best answer would be to use a pipe
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This will only trigger change detection to rerun the logic if productsSelected changes.
If you go for a lot of Angular tech interviews you are likely to encounter this kind of scenario.

A: With the way you have written it, there is not going to be any noticible performance difference between the non-function version and the function version.  Both pieces of code will be executed the same number of times, any time change detection needs to re-evaluate.
What is of concern though is that the component method approach not only gives you a little more separation of concerns with the view logic and the controller logic, but it also increases the readibility of the code and introduces a chance for self documentation with the function name.

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    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(CarouselSlide, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.bind(cb_state=self.set_cb_state)

    def set_cb_state(self, carouselslide, cb_state_value):
        self.ids.cb.state = cb_state_value

class RV(RecycleView):
    data = ListProperty('[]')

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(RV, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.get_slide_data()

    def get_slide_data(self):
        text="Ooh, a storm is threatening. My very life today. If I don't get some shelter. Ooh yeah I'm gonna fade away. War, children. It's just a shot away. It's just a shot away. War, children. It's just a shot away. It's just a shot away."
        self.data = [{'tile': 'The Rolling Stones', 'text': text, "index": i, "cb_state": 'normal'} for i in range(41)]

class ThisApp(App):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)

    def build(self):
        self.sm = ScreenManager()
        self.sm.add_widget(CarouselScreen(name="carousel_screen"))
        return self.sm

    def on_checkbox_press(self, checkbox, active, state, root_ref):
        if active:
            print(active, state, root_ref)
        else:
            print(active, state, root_ref)

        new_state = checkbox.state
        checkbox.state = 'normal'

        rv = self.root.get_screen('carousel_screen').ids.rv
        rv.data[root_ref]['cb_state'] = new_state
        rv.refresh_from_data()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ThisApp().run()

A: I believe the problem is that you are defining the CheckBox as a child of AsyncImage. The AsyncImage is not intended to be a container. Try un-indenting the CheckBox in your kv, and adding size/position attributes:
<CarouselSlide>:
    BoxLayout:
        orientation: 'vertical'
        size_hint_y: 1
        AsyncImage:
            source: root.tile
            size_hint_y: 0.5
        CheckBox:
            id: cb
            size_hint: None, None
            size: 48, 48
            pos_hint: {'center_x':0.5}
            root_ref: root.index
            on_press: app.on_checkbox_press(self, self.active, self.state, self.root_ref)
        TextInput:
            text: root.text
            size_hint_y: 0.5
            multiline: True


While digital cameras have made it easier to take self-portraits thanks to the inclusion of self-timers, face, smile and motion detection, and the positioning of displays on the front of the camera - as seen with Samsung's DualView camera - changing the framing or altering settings still requires the user to run back to the camera itself to get things right. Now researchers at the University of Tsukuba's Department of Computer Science in Japan have developed technology that lets shutterbugs put themselves in the picture and snap a pic using Kinect-like hand gestures.
The initial system devised by Shaowei Chu and Jiro Tanaka requires a camera either with a front-facing viewfinder, or one that can be flipped around to face the front. Using a computer vision algorithm created by the researchers, the viewfinder - preferably of a decent size - displays an augmented live video view that can control various camera functions from a distance by tracking and recognizing the subject's hand gestures in real time.
The algorithm is able to detect the contour of the hand and the fingertips of the user, highlighting the detected hand in green and the detected fingertips in red. In the version of the system detailed in the researcher's study, users are able to pan and tilt the camera and trigger the shutter.
To pan and tilt the user motions over four direction arrows located in the middle-lower part of the display, while triggering the shutter requires the user to hold a finger over a camera icon on the center-right of the display. The user needs to hold a finger steady over the camera icon for one second, after which a countdown from three to one will be displayed before the shutter is activated.
For the study, the researchers used a Logitech Orbit AF Camera capturing video at 640 x 480 pixel resolution at 30 fps, 1024 x 768 at 15 fps, and 1600 x 1200 at 5 fps. The camera had a 189-degree field of pan and 102-degree field of tilt, while the display measured 30-inches diagonally.
This is obviously too large for inclusion on a portable digital camera but the researchers say their preliminary experiments show such an interface is promising for remotely manipulating digital cameras for taking self-portraits and they plan to examine new interaction techniques for use with small or screen-less live view cameras.
They also plan to add new functions and improve the accuracy of the system's pan and tilt and say the interface could also be adapted to recognize head movements, such as a shake or a nod.


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What can craft brewers and food trucks teach us about economics, government policy and freedom?
When the dot.com explosion hit, fueled by the rapid growth of the Internet, few would have thought it would be a boon for the low-tech world of delivery. Yet FedEx, UPS, and even the good ol' post office saw incredible delivery growth as all those on-line purchases had to be delivered by somebody.
Did anyone plan this? Nope. It just happened. No government-driven genius, just the marketplace responding to a new world of on-line purchasing.
These tap rooms are incredibly popular. In fact if I were to start a craft brewer today, this is where I'd spend my efforts, not trying to be the next New Belgium. $6 per beer that has no transportation costs… few if any packaging costs… no sharing of the margin with those greedy distributors or retailers… just one heck of a lot of profit for the folks brewing the stuff. That's where I'd stake my claim. As long as I can fill the place with people, I'm going to make a lot of money.
But in many places around the country these tap rooms are legally required to be just that, places where the craft brewer can sell their product. Nothing more. No kitchens providing food… just tap rooms providing beer.
Free people freely interacting with other free people.
So how did the marketplace respond? With the genius of food trucks. Although the tap rooms might not have a kitchen, they probably have a food truck parked outside that can provide some yumminess whenever your heart desires. This wasn't anyone's grand plan… no government expert required… just the marketplace responding to a need/opportunity. A true win-win-win for all involved – the craft brewer, the food truck operator, and the customer.
The craft brewer doesn't have the expense of running a kitchen (something which they probably have little, if any expertise in) and better yet, they in effect become 7 restaurants in one (in many cases even more). The tap room has this type of food on Monday, another on Tuesday, another on Wednesday, etc. Some are actually multiple restaurants in the same day… afternoon we're this type of restaurant, in the evening we're this type.
Most craft brewer's web sites "sell" the various food trucks that will be at their place. They can be a strong marketing draw. It isn't just the beer that is driving folks to some of these places. In many cases the lack of a kitchen has actually been turned into a strong positive!
Sure the craft brewer doesn't get any of these food sale dollars, but they don't have the headaches and expenses of providing the eating opportunity.
This in turn has driven the food truck industry to new heights. The quality and variety of food being offered has increased by orders of magnitude. These ain't no roach coaches of old.
The food truck operators and the craft brewers act as symbiotic organisms… one's success/improvement flows to the other and vice versa. Better food brings more people… the food truck wins and so does the craft brewer.
Better beer/marketing of the tap room brings more people… the craft brewer wins and so does the food truck.
Craft brewers fight to get the best food trucks… the food trucks win and the craft brewer wins.
And throughout this beautiful dance, the customer wins every single time. Win-win-win.
Just a thought this holiday season and one to keep in mind as you fine-tune your political philosophy and think about who to vote for.
This is needed today, perhaps more than at any time in this country's history. Please, grab some matches and go set some brushfires of freedom yourself!
From this black-hearted, mercenary… Happy holidays to all! Now get back to work.


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using System;
using System.Collections;
using Jsonics;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace JsonicsTests.FromJsonTests
{
    public class NullableDateTimeTestCaseData
    {
        public static IEnumerable TestCases
        {
            get
            {
                yield return new TestCaseData("\"2017-07-25\"", new DateTime(2017,7,25), DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
                yield return new TestCaseData("\"2017-07-25T23:59:58\"", new DateTime(2017,7,25,23,59,58), DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
                var dateTime = new DateTime(2017,7,25,23,59,58).AddMilliseconds(196.329);
                yield return new TestCaseData("\"2017-07-25T23:59:58.196329\"", dateTime, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
                dateTime = new DateTime(2017,7,25,23,59,58).AddMilliseconds(123.45678);
                yield return new TestCaseData("\"2017-07-25T23:59:58.12345678\"", dateTime, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
                dateTime = new DateTime(2017,7,25,23,59,58, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddMilliseconds(123.45678);

                //utc
                yield return new TestCaseData("\"2017-07-25T23:59:58.12345678Z\"", dateTime, DateTimeKind.Utc);

                //with offset
                var utc = new DateTime(2017,7,25,23,59,58, DateTimeKind.Utc).AddMilliseconds(123.45678).Subtract(new TimeSpan(3,15,0));
                var local = utc.ToLocalTime();
                yield return new TestCaseData("\"2017-07-25T23:59:58.12345678+03:15\"", local, DateTimeKind.Local);

                //whitespace at start
                yield return new TestCaseData(" \"2017-07-25\"", new DateTime(2017,7,25), DateTimeKind.Unspecified);

                //lazy doesn't start at beginning
                yield return new TestCaseData(" \"2017-07-25\"", new DateTime(2017,7,25), DateTimeKind.Unspecified);

                yield return new TestCaseData("null", null, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
                yield return new TestCaseData(" null", null, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
            }
        }
    }

    [TestFixture]
    public class NullableDateTimeTests
    {
        IJsonConverter<NullableDateTimeClass> _propertyFactory;
        IJsonConverter<DateTime?> _valueFactory;

        public class NullableDateTimeClass
        {
            public DateTime? Property
            {
                get;
                set;
            }
        }

        [OneTimeSetUp]
        public void FixtureSetup()
        {
            _propertyFactory = JsonFactory.Compile<NullableDateTimeClass>();
            _valueFactory = JsonFactory.Compile<DateTime?>();
        }

        [Test, TestCaseSource(typeof(DateTimeTestCaseData), "TestCases")]
        public void NullableDateTimeProperty_CorrectlyDeserialized(string value, DateTime? expectedDateTime, DateTimeKind expectedKind)
        {
            //arrange
            //act
            var result = _propertyFactory.FromJson($"{{\"Property\":{value}}}");

            //assert
            Assert.That(result.Property, Is.EqualTo(expectedDateTime));
            if(expectedDateTime != null)
            {
                Assert.That(result.Property.Value.Kind, Is.EqualTo(expectedKind));
            }
        }

        [Test, TestCaseSource(typeof(DateTimeTestCaseData), "TestCases")]
        public void NullableDateTimeValue_CorrectlyDeserialized(string value, DateTime? expectedDateTime, DateTimeKind expectedKind)
        {
            //arrange
            //act
            DateTime? result = _valueFactory.FromJson($"{value}");

            //assert
            Assert.That(result, Is.EqualTo(expectedDateTime));
            if(expectedDateTime != null)
            {
                Assert.That(result.Value.Kind, Is.EqualTo(expectedKind));
            }
        }
    }
}


Hard bed mattress are too firm, they lack bounce and convenience, there is nothing mild about the surface area and there is no comfort. Some individuals like the firmness but wind up with chronic pain. Shoulder pain, neck and back pain and different other musculoskeletal pains are typical when you sleep on a tough mattress. Soft mattress is not a much better option if it fails to equally disperse the weight and doesn't offer appropriate spinal or back support. Many soft mattresses have the tendency to lose their firmness, regardless of how firm they were at first. There is no pressure relief at tactical points of the body. In a short span of time, the soft bed mattress completely gives in. Medium quality bed mattresses do not use any respite as they combine the imperfections of difficult and soft mattresses. They are just as bad for persistent pain like difficult bed mattress as they can facilitate arthritis like soft mattresses.
Purple has as numerous as fifteen patents going into just one mattress. Some of the patents address push launching comfort while some address the support, some take care of sturdiness while some attend to no feel movement transfer. Purple bed mattress will not cave in, it will not establish any indentation or impression of the body, it will not lose its firmness or softness, the upper layer or the base layer will not lose their primary attributes, the bed mattress will be flexible sufficient to withstand pressure hence providing relief at tactical points whenever needed. It is better to be like yard than a tree. Lawn can endure a storm whereas a tree gets uprooted. Buckling of the surface is not a bad thing when one requires even distribution of weight or pressure. Purple mattress is nontoxic and allergen resistant or hypoallergenic. It is made from recyclable products. The mattress is CertiPUR-US ® licensed.
You may or may not have actually watched the advertisement video called the Purple bed mattress egg test. In the video, a sleep specialist utilizes 4 eggs at four different locations, pasted onto a glass frame that she drops from a height on numerous mattresses. The easy objective is to see if the eggs break or they stay intact. The expectation is that if a mattress can evenly distribute weight and can take in the weight of a person or any load then there will be no particular force applied onto any part of the item or individual sleeping on the mattress. All particular pressure points will have equal relief as the weight gets dispersed uniformly throughout the bed mattress. For this reason, if a mattress is best then the eggs will not break. As one would anticipate, the eggs do break when they are enabled to fall from a height being pasted to a glass frame onto most mattresses with the exception of Purple bed mattress.
Now, there has been criticism of the ad because Purple bed mattress has a grid life formation on its upper layer so the eggs can suit those grids or box like structures without getting blasted due to the pressure of the glass frame onto the upper surface area of the mattress. To be fair to Purple, it can show its product's superiority. It also has videos showing a side sleeper test, back sleeper test and pressure mapping test. You can view them on the official website.
You can purchase Purple bed mattress on Amazon or on the official site. You can use a Purple bed mattress discount coupon to get a discount rate. However you would maybe think about Purple Mattress Vs Casper or Purple Mattress Vs GhostBed before you make a final decision. You ought to also think about Nectar bed mattress, which transcends to Purple, Casper and GhostBed to name a few. Let us quickly explore why.
Casper has 4 foam layers, GhostBed has 3 and Purple has three. Nectar has 4. Casper and Purple are thinner than Nectar. Casper, GhostBed and Purple have firmness score of six to seven, 6 and a half to seven and six to 6 and a half from 10 respectively. Nectar has a lower firmness rating, hence using more comfort without compromising on stability and assistance. Nectar has the least motion transfer amongst the four. It is likewise the most inexpensive. Queen Casper costs $950, Queen GhostBed costs $795 and Queen Purple costs $999. Queen Nectar bed mattress is tagged at $795 however you would get a $125 discount rate so you pay $670. Nectar has lifetime guarantee. Casper and Purple have ten years. GhostBed has twenty years. Casper and Purple have a hundred nights trial while GhostBed has a hundred and one nights. Nectar has 3 hundred and sixty 5 nights of danger totally free trial.


Kate Middleton can be seen gently holding her baby's arm - so was this because Prince Louis was being naughty?
ROYAL fans were delighted to see some adorable photos of newborn Prince Louis this month.
In the snaps, released to celebrate the 70th birthday of Prince Charles, the youngest member of the royal family appears to be doing something VERY cheeky indeed.
One image shows Prince Louis looking like a picture of pure mischief, beaming and stretching out his hands.
In the other image released, Kate Middleton can be seen gently holding her baby's arm – and a Twitter user has claimed this was down to Prince Louis being naughty.
Could Kate have held his arm to stop him from pulling his grandad's hair?
The second pic seems like the one when Louis pulled Prince Charles' hair! That about explains Kate holding his hand in the other photo.
If Prince Louis is anything like his cheeky older brother, Kate is set to have her hands full with the pair.
Prince George recently showed off his playful side when he was seen picking his nose and giggling with the bridesmaids as he arrived at Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's Royal wedding.
Before walking up the aisle with seven-year-old Savannah Philips and his sister, Princess Charlotte, five-year-old George was spotted messing about as Savannah pretended to play the trumpet.
Dressed in a white top and powder blue shorts in the Prince Charles birthday photos, little Louis is a dead ringer for Wills, with the same adorable chubby cheeks and button nose as he had as a baby.
But with his short dark hair and brown eyes, some could argue Louis - who was born on April 23 - looks more like mum Kate.
The rare portraits were taken in the gardens of Clarence House to mark Prince Charles' 70th birthday.
Over the last year, Prince Charles has been gradually taking on some of his mother's responsibilities, including laying the Queen's wreath at the Cenotaph memorial both in 2017 and last week on Remembrance Sunday.
Prince Louis gives cheeky smile in first official photo since christening – and he looks just like Wills and Kate!
Earlier this year, the proud royal family unveiled official photos of Prince Louis christening showing off the five-strong Cambridge clan for the first time.
The Queen and Prince Philip weren't in Prince Charles' 70th birthday photographs so he could be 'most senior royal' in the shots.


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Peter Harlos
With heavy hearts, the family of Peter Harlos announce his passing on Friday, January 7, 2022. Dad was born on December 13, 1933 at home on the farm near Spring Valley and growing up in the 1930's and 40's was not easy but it gave Dad the inner strength, determination & work ethic that guided him through his lifetime. Observing him live these principles, instilled the same values in his daughters…he was beyond proud of all our accomplishments.
Over Dad's lifetime he had many jobs, from oil field worker in southeast Saskatchewan to heavy equipment operator during the building of Gardiner Dam/Lake Diefenbaker and the Mackenzie Highway to project supervisor during construction of the Heavy Oil Upgrader in Regina. Dad also supervised numerous road construction projects in southern Saskatchewan including twinning sections of the Trans-Canada Highway. But these were just jobs…..he was a farmer in his heart and being a farmer was never a job to him it was who & what he was; Dad loved the land and all the animals on it, tame & wild. One of Dad's greatest attributes (& faults!) was leaving his own work unfinished to go help anyone who needed it, most times without being asked.
Dad and Mom were married on June 29, 1956 in Bengough and spent 65 years together, 45 of them on the farm site they built from the ground up. Due to declining health, the difficult decision was made to move off the farm and into Mulberry Estates in Moose Jaw. Dad's final year was spent in long term care in Weyburn & Moose Jaw and we cannot express our appreciation enough to ALL the staff at Tatagwa View and Providence Place for the incredible care he received.
Dad was predeceased by his father & mother John & Elsie, brother Rudi, brother Ted & sister-in-law Dena, sister Matilda, numerous extended family, and too many furry companions to name them all.
Peter is lovingly remembered by his wife Ilene, daughters & sons-in-law Cindy & Jake Wiebe, Wendy & Jerry Breton, Lorena & Dwayne Raczynski, Liana & Cory Turner; grandchildren Jeff (Stacey), Jody, Lisa, Marcel (Becky), AJ (Ashton); great-grandchildren Jacob, Conor, Brynlee, Piper, Kieran, Dominic, Avery, Emersyn; and sister Elsie. Dad is also remembered by many more family and friends; he thought the world of each and every one of you.
There will be no funeral service at this time; a private family event will take place at a later date. Although the thoughtfulness of flowers is greatly appreciated, please consider a donation in Dad's name to the Moose Jaw Humane Society, PO Box 1658, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 7K7 or the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, #301 – 2550 – 12th Avenue, Regina, SK, S4P 3X1.
Ann Brown	on January 10, 2022 at 10:15 pm
Dear Ilene!
My deepest sympathy in the passing of Peter. May your many good memories of your life together, help to keep you strong in the coming days. My prayers are with you and your family.
Leonard Daniel, Key West Real Estate Ltd.	on January 11, 2022 at 8:16 am
Farewell to Peter. Truly a gentleman in every respect.
KANDY DENNE	on January 11, 2022 at 9:29 am
Cindy, Jake and Family, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your father. Please accept my heartfelt sympathies for you all at this time. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Hugs Cindy
Merv and Wilda Soper	on January 11, 2022 at 10:07 am
So sorry to hear of Peter's passing. He was such a kind and thoughtful man. Peter was a calming individual….always reassuring me that we would could get our old combines going again. And sure enough Peter would always find a way!!! We were so fortunate to have Peter share harvest time with us many times, teaching us many valuable life lessons and entertaining us with his stories and recollections. We were so lucky to have known this sweet man.
Martin and Barbara Morhart Spring Valley Sk.	on January 11, 2022 at 10:10 am
Our thoughts are with you at this sad time.May all the happy memories help ease your pain.May Peter Rest In Peace.
Shannon	on January 11, 2022 at 10:43 am
Great big hugs for you all. I hope each of the comments are like hugs for your heart. Moment by moment we breathe, we cling, we live. We are here for you.❤
Marianne Mann	on January 11, 2022 at 11:23 am
Mrs Harlos and family. I am so saddened to hear of Mr Harols s passing. So many fond childhood memories and later meeting in super store and he always had great stories to tell, then out to your car for a visit with you.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Darla and Lloyd Spicer	on January 11, 2022 at 1:38 pm
Ilene and Family; We were sorry to hear of your loss of Peter. We hope the many happy memories you cherish will ease your sorrows in the days ahead. We send our deepest condolences to each of you.
Art and Joyce Schick	on January 11, 2022 at 4:30 pm
Our condolences to the Harlos family at this difficult time.
Sandra & Tim Corbin	on January 12, 2022 at 8:29 am
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. May you find comfort in each other and in your memories.
Linda	on January 12, 2022 at 8:02 pm
Dear Ilene and family, (Lorena and Dwayne),
Gary and I wish to extend our condolences for your loss. Big hugs to you and your family.
Brian Erickson	on January 13, 2022 at 4:53 pm
To the Harlos Family. Mom and I are so sorry to hear about the passing of Peter. I myself spent little time with him, but it was the friendship of his daughter Liana and husband Cory that I got to meet him and got to know the rest of the family. Hope you find strength and comfort in each other and friends. RIP Peter.
Bob Nelson & Rhonda Hill	on January 13, 2022 at 5:22 pm
Dear Ilene and Family
We are so very sorry to know of Pete's passing.
He dealt at our shop in town over many years and we were one of those he helped when we moved just north of the farm.
We so enjoyed chatting with him and he had so much knowledge of many things.
Bob has been very ill himself for the last 3 1/2 years and I was unable to stop in at the farm for a visit but knew that you and Pete must have moved.
Please look after yourself Ilene.
Pete was a good man who will be very missed.
Rest in peace Pete.
Donald Henry Kern	on January 14, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Thinking of you and your family Lorena
Dona and Bette-Anne Kern


相关背景内容: Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. All animals must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance (see Heterotroph).
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a heterotroph that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked). Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation almost always results in the death of the prey. The other main category of consumption is detritivory, the consumption of dead organic matter. It can at times be difficult to separate the two feeding behaviours, for example, where parasitic species prey on a host organism and then lay their eggs on it for their offspring to feed on its decaying corpse. Selective pressures imposed on one another has led to an evolutionary arms race between prey and predator, resulting in various antipredator adaptations.
Most animals indirectly use the energy of sunlight by eating plants or plant-eating animals. Most plants use light to convert inorganic molecules in their environment into carbohydrates, fats, proteins and other biomolecules, characteristically containing reduced carbon in the form of carbon-hydrogen bonds. Starting with carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O), photosynthesis converts the energy of sunlight into chemical energy in the form of simple sugars (e.g., glucose), with the release of molecular oxygen. These sugars are then used as the building blocks for plant growth, including the production of other biomolecules. When an animal eats plants (or eats other animals which have eaten plants), the reduced carbon compounds in the food become a source of energy and building materials for the animal. They are either used directly to help the animal grow, or broken down, releasing stored solar energy, and giving the animal the energy required for motion.
Animals living close to hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor are not dependent on the energy of sunlight. Instead chemosynthetic archaea and bacteria form the base of the food chain.
相关背景内容: Grains are small, hard, dry seeds, with or without attached hulls or fruit layers, harvested for human or animal consumption. Agronomists also call the plants producing such seeds "grain crops". The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals such as wheat and rye, and legumes such as beans and soybeans.
After being harvested, dry grains are more durable than other staple foods such as starchy fruits like plantains and breadfruit and tubers like sweet potatoes and cassava. This durability has made grains well suited to industrial agriculture, since they can be mechanically harvested, transported by rail or ship, stored for long periods in silos, and milled for flour or pressed for oil. Thus, major global commodity markets exist for canola, maize, rice, soybeans, wheat, and other grains but not for tubers, vegetables, or other crops.
In botany, grains and cereals are synonymous with caryopses, the fruits of the grass family. In agronomy and commerce, seeds or fruits from other plant families are called grains if they resemble caryopses. For example, amaranth is sold as "grain amaranth", and amaranth products may be described as "whole grains". The pre-Hispanic civilizations of the Andes had grain-based food systems but, at the higher elevations, none of the grains was a cereal. All three grains native to the Andes are broad-leafed plants rather than grasses such as corn, rice, and wheat.
相关背景内容: Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles are reptiles of the order of Testudines. There are seven species of sea turtles. They are the leatherback sea turtle, green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle. Four of the species have been identified as "endangered" or "critically endangered" with another two being classed as "vulnerable".
Sea turtles, along with other turtles and tortoises, are part of the order Testudines.
The seven living species of sea turtles are: leatherback sea turtle, green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle. All species except the leatherback are in the family Cheloniidae. The leatherback belongs to the family Dermochelyidae and is its only member.
Sea turtles constitute a single radiation that became distinct from all other turtles at least 110 million years ago.
Sea turtles feed on a wide range of animals and plants. They are mostly omnivorous in their adult life, except the green sea turtle which is herbivorous, changing from a carnivorous diet when young. This diet shift has an effect on the green turtle's morphology. The turtles switch from an omnivorous diet of planktonic material as juveniles to an herbivorous diet of algae and seagrass material as adults, and there is a concurrent transformation of skull morphology. This reflects how the morphological characteristics of turtles are correlated with the foods they consume. Some species specialise on certain prey; sea sponges are the principal food of hawksbill sea turtles, constituting 70–95% of their diets in the Caribbean. Leatherback turtles feed almost exclusively on jellyfish and help control jellyfish populations.
Aside from sponges, hawksbills also feed on algae and cnidarians (including the Portuguese man o' war), comb jellies and other jellyfish and sea anemones. Green sea turtles are commonly found in seagrass meadows closer inshore as herbivorous grazers. The leatherback turtle eats a variety of organisms such as seagrass, marine invertebrates including molluscs, jellyfish and shrimp and also fishes. It also consumes of soft coral, sea cucumbers and other soft-bodied creatures. The loggerhead sea turtle is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates, such as gastropods, bivalves, and decapods. The loggerhead has a greater list of known prey than any other sea turtle. Other food items include sponges, corals, sea pens, polychaete worms, sea anemones, cephalopods, barnacles, brachiopods, isopods, insects, bryozoans, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, starfish, fish (eggs, juveniles, and adults), hatchling turtles (including members of its own species), algae, and vascular plants. During migration through the open sea, loggerheads eat jellyfish, floating molluscs, floating egg clusters, squid, and flying fish. The Kemp's ridley turtle feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, jellyfish, algae or seaweed, and sea urchins. The olive ridley turtle is predominantly carnivorous, especially in immature stages of the life cycle. Animal prey consists of protochordates or invertebrates, which can be caught in shallow marine waters or estuarine habitats. Common prey items include jellyfish, tunicates, sea urchins, bryozoans, bivalves, snails, shrimp, crabs, rock lobsters, and sipunculid worms. Aside from jellyfish, leatherbacks also feed on other soft-bodied organisms, such as tunicates and cephalopods.


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By Jean Claude Lamy. 1988
Biography, Literature biography, Women biography
Biographie de Françoise Sagan. En 1954, une jeune fille timide devient brusquement célèbre avec la parution de "Bonjeur Tristesse." Pendant…
plus de trente ans, Francoise Sagan n'a cessé d'être un mythe, une légende vivante, sans jamais oublier son métier d'écrivain. 1988.
Rosemary, l'enfant que l'on cachait
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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Rosemary est la fille de Joe Kennedy et la petite soeur du futur président John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Joe Kennedy est…
le patriarche d'une famille qui incarne le rêve américain. D'origine irlandaise il connaît une fulgurante ascension dans l'industrie et dans la finance. Obsédé par la réussite, la sienne et celle de sa famille, il est sans état d'âme pour ses enfants qu'il dédie à de grandes ambitions politiques. Née en 1918, Rosemary est différente des autres membres de la fratrie. Très vite, on lui décèle un léger retard mental associé plus tard à des troubles de l'humeur. Un peu rebelle, elle affectionne les fêtes, pratique la voile et le tennis. En 1939, elle obtient un diplôme d'enseignante. Mais sa santé mentale se dégrade. Elle séjourne régulièrement dans des établissements spécialisés. Son père craint que Rosemary soit à l'origine d'un éventuel scandale. Il décide alors d'employer les grands moyens et accepte que sa fille soit lobotomisée. L'opération tourne mal. Rosemary en sort lourdement handicapée, à la fois physiquement et mentalement. Elle est alors internée, cachée, effacée. Pendant longtemps, ses propres frères et soeurs ignorent ce qu'est devenue Rosemary. Seule l'attaque cérébrale de Joe en 1961 permet à la famille de la revoir. 2016.
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Rosina, the midwife
By Jessica Kluthe, Linda Goyette. 2013
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Between 1870 and 1970, millions of Italians left their homeland and traveled to places like Canada, Australia and the United…
States, in search of work. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina Russo. She was the only member of the Russo family to remain in Italy after the mass migration of the 1950s. Rosina had to say farewell, one by one, to the persons she loved the most. c2013.
Ruth Benedict, patterns of a life
By Judith Schachter Modell. 1983
Biography, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Science and technology
The author, herself an anthropologist, depicts Benedict's life as a pattern of personal searching. A student of Franz Boaz and…
the teacher of Margaret Mead, anthropologist Benedict is known especially for two classics, "Patterns of Culture" and "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword." 1983.
Ruth Montgomery, herald of the new age: Herald Of The New Age
By Ruth Shick Montgomery, Joanne Garland. 1986
Biography, Religious biography, Women biography, Paranormal
The author describes her journeys into the world of spiritualism, reincarnation and communication with those on the "other side of the veil." 1986.
Runaway: diary of a street kid
By Evelyn Lau. 1989
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In 1986, at the age of 14, Evelyn Lau ran away from her strict and traditional parents who refused to…
accept her passion for writing. This book is based on the journal she kept during her two years on the streets of Vancouver. She explores the physical and emotional struggles of a young girl coping in a world of drugs, prostitution and attempted suicide. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1989.
Run, hide, repeat: a memoir of a fugitive childhood
By Pauline Dakin. 2017
Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Pauline Dakin, a CBC journalist, spent her childhood on the run. Without warning or goodbyes, her mother twice uprooted her…
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The girl with nine wigs: a memoir
By Sophie Van der Stap. 2015
Biography, Science and medicine biography, Women biography
Sophie is twenty-one when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, her world…
is reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. But within these walls Sophie discovers a whole new world of white coats, gossiping nurses, and sexy doctors; of shared rooms, hair loss, and eyebrow pencils. As wigs become a crucial part of Sophie's new life, she reclaims a sense of self-expression. Each of Sophie's nine wigs makes her feel stronger and gives her a distinct personality, and that is why each has its own name: Stella, Sue, Daisy, Blondie, Platina, Uma, Pam, Lydia, and Bebé. There's a bit of Sophie in all of them, and they reveal as much as they hide. Sophie is determined to be much more than a cancer patient. 2015.
The futilitarians: our year of thinking, drinking, grieving, and reading
By Anne Gisleson. 2017
Biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography
The Futilitarians is a guide to living curiously and fully and ultimately asks us, "How do we keep moving forward…
amid all this loss and threat?" Anne tells us: "One answer is, we do it together." 2017.
The glitter girls: charity & vanity : chronicles of an era of excess
By Rosemary Sexton. 1993
Biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Portrayal of Toronto's wealthy women who organize lavish charity balls. Sexton, who was the society columnist for the "Globe and…
Mail" from 1988 to 1993, describes the women's organizational skills for the balls and their talent for gossip and backbiting. 1993.
The girl from Leam Lane: the life and writing of Catherine Cookson
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The girl in the painted caravan: memories of a Romany childhood
By Eva Petulengro. 2011
Biography, Family biography, Women biography
Born into a Romany gypsy family in 1939, Eva Petulengro's childhood seemed to her to be idyllic in every way.…
She would travel the country with her family in their painted caravan and spend evenings by the fire as they sang and told stories of their past. She didn't go to school or visit a doctor when she was unwell. Instead her family would gather wild herbs to make traditional remedies, hunt game and rabbits, and while the men tended horses to make a living, the young girls would join the women in reading palms. But Eva's perfect world would be turned upside down as the countryside became increasingly hostile to all travellers. 2011.
The girl in the green sweater: a life in Holocaust's shadow
By Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger. 2008
Biography, Historical biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography, Lifestyle, World War II
In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of…
Polish Jews sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, provides a first-person account of those fourteen months with her family. Also describes Leopold Socha, a Polish Catholic and former thief, who risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food and supplies. 2009, c2008.
The girl in Saskatoon: a meditation on friendship, memory and murder
By Sharon Butala. 2008
Law and crime biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, True crime
In 1962, Alexandra Wiwcharuk was found murdered on the banks of the Saskatchewan River. Nearly 50 years later, her murder…
still haunts Saskatoon residents, especially those who, like Butala, were Alexandra's friends. Compelled by her memories of Alex, Butala returns to that still-unsolved murder, writing an in-depth investigation of the tragic death, a nostalgic coming-of-age story, and an exploration of the nature of good and evil. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2008.
The genius and the goddess: Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe
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Dual biographies of playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) and actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). Traces the couple's disparate family backgrounds and 1956…
marriage. Describes Monroe's role as Miller's muse but posits that her psychological problems and feelings of inadequacy led to their divorce after five years. Some descriptions of sex. 2009.
The firebrand and the First Lady: portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice
By Patricia Bell-Scott. 2016
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Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and…
a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did for justice and freedom. 2016.
The first Stampede of Flores LaDue: based on the true love story of Florence and Guy Wedick in celebration of the centenary of the Calgary Stampede, 1912-2012
By Wendy Bryden. 2011
The love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue began among the rough-and-tumble vaudevillians who preserved…
the frontier way of life in the first Wild West shows. Their love endured through North American performances in the small-time and big-time circuits, to the audiences of Europe, and culminated in 1912 with the most spectacular of accomplishments - the establishment of the greatest outdoor show on earth, the Calgary Stampede. c2011.
The flying carpet of small miracles: a woman's fight to save two orphans
By Hala Jaber. 2009
Biography, Literature biography, Women biography, War
Jaber, a Lebanese-British foreign correspondent, describes covering the Gulf War and her personal engagement with an Iraqi family caught in…
the crossfire. Reporting on the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, Jaber took up the cause of hospitalized children wounded in the bombing, and helped start a fund to provide them with better medical attention and supplies. In particular, she learned the extraordinary story of two orphans and decided to adopt them. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.
The flock: The Autobiography Of A Multiple Personality
By Joan Frances Casey, Lynn I Wilson. 1991
Biography, Women biography, Psychology, Social issues
In 1981, therapist Lynn Wilson diagnosed Joan Casey as having a multiple personality disorder. Joan's story, interspersed with the therapist's…
notes, describes the abuse she suffered as a child as well as Lynn Wilson's unorthodox 4-year treatment of the disorder. Violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c1991.
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Hi all Ive just got back into ham radio, my interest has been 4 metre band using anytone 588 nice little chinese rig problem is after doing some tests i found alot stations hearing me but im not hearing them, unless they were local or strong signals..ok thought anytone was deaf so borrowed an ascom 550 from a mate on same antenna exactly the same...im confused really good tx poor rx the antenna is a 5/8 end fed vertical now on top my chimney ..
some hams think i have a phasing problem? any ideas guys or is it a 70 megs problem?
Not being facetious, but how do you know that they can hear you when you can't hear them? Or were you on a net?
I'd have thought if your antenna was a problem it would affect your tx signal far more.
Do you have a high level of local noise that may mask weaker signals?
hi thanks for replys, yep we were on a net and i dont seem to have any real noise on 4 metre, im gonna try a home brew antenna weekend, cos i find it very strange..
Looks like whoever is approving your posts is too lazy to turn you 'blue'.
mastercare wrote: Hi all Ive just got back into ham radio, my interest has been 4 metre band using anytone 588 nice little chinese rig problem is after doing some tests i found alot stations hearing me but im not hearing them, unless they were local or strong signals..ok thought anytone was deaf so borrowed an ascom 550 from a mate on same antenna exactly the same...im confused really good tx poor rx the antenna is a 5/8 end fed vertical now on top my chimney ..
I have no idea how the Anytone performs, having never owned one, but can speak for the Ascom 550.
Its a radio that's converted from PMR, and re eepromed, and depending on who set it up, can be sensitive or seemingly deaf as a post.
Couple of reasons for that, often they are fitted with a new eeprom, and very little else is done, bit of a VCO tweek to get them to lock, and into service they go.
They benefit from a full front end re-tune/peak, and also careful setting of the less than sensitive squelch system, which comprises of a menu settable squelch "level", and onboard minimum/maximum sensitivity pot.
If incorrectly set, they can end up seeming a bit deaf, thanks to the less than forgiving squelch sensitivity.
I acquired one years ago, supposedly "all converted ready to go!", PA4DEN Mk3 eeprom and tune up etc. from the RATS amateur radio guys, who converted and sold lot's of these units.
It was deaf as a post on all but strong or local stuff, a front end and IF stages re-tune, and careful setting of squelch threshold, and it was a different radio!
On the antenna, not sure what model it is you are using, I use a simple homebrew half wave end fed for vertical, and never had a problem with it.
Not sure what they mean by a phasing problem, but not unlike 2 metres, just shoving it up in the air can be hit and miss, sometimes just a seemingly small move of location, whilst still at same height, and stations can appear that were initially not heard!
No 70 Mhz isn't persay a problem band, in fact in certain terrains it can and will outperform 2 meters, and as you seem lucky enough to have a low noise floor on it, some find themselves not so lucky, I am sure with a bit more experimentation you can get it up and running with success!
I still have the Ascom, but these days I use a homebrew transverter and an FT817 to drive it, so I can get on SSB as well.
For SSB just using an inverted V dipole, and still have good success with reasonable DX when conditions are favorable.
I too have no idea what on earth they mean by 'phasing problem'? The only time phase is an issue is with multiple aerials, with harnesses and matching, but it impacts reception and transmit. I'd guess the receiver may just be a little insensitive?
well just to let u know, the anytone 558 is not faulty, i changed the coax from antenna and results now alot better, prob overkill but used some h100 i had laying around, since used the rig in car and results have been good, here in s/w uk 70 megs is getting very active.
That's weird, as before it died off as frequency went up. Still - best not to knock it if the H100 was laying around. I've still got some on one of my aerials here, and apart from being stupidly stiff, it's decent stuff.
A friend of mine had a similar problem but his was caused by a high local noise level. Unless your rig has an S meter you can't tell on FM.
Last edited by Andy on 21 Mar 2016, 11:40, edited 1 time in total.
yep its strange changing coax has made it better, i still get heard more than i receive, but it could be my location, as i say in car out and around no problems rx tx roughly equal. prob never get to bottom of it, but take your point andy.
what is your receive bandwidth?


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Reduce entry points by caulking or otherwise sealing cracks or holes along the foundation and around windows.
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The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the National Turfgrass Federation (NTF) recently signed an agreement to launch a long-term research program aimed at improving the nation's turfgrass. ARS is the chief scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
New research will be done as part of a national turfgrass initiative, a cooperative effort between the turfgrass industry, universities and ARS. "This is the first attempt to provide the type of long-term research that has been key to the success of all other major crops," said ARS Acting Administrator Edward B. Knipling.
The initiative will involve ARS scientists across the nation, according to Knipling.
Turfgrass is a major agricultural crop that covers 50 million acres nationally — almost as many acres as wheat — and supports a $40 billion-a-year business. In Maryland alone, it is the No. 1 crop, bringing in $1 billion a year.
USDA has had a long association with turfgrass research. The U.S. Golf Association funded work at the USDA research farm when it was on the pre-Pentagon site in Arlington, Va., in 1920. The association continued working with USDA when the research center swapped the current Pentagon site for federal land in Beltsville, Md., in the 1940s. Today, ARS has a national turfgrass program with a dozen ARS locations doing turfgrass research across the country, from Maryland to California.
According to Kevin Morris, with the NTF in Beltsville, the NTF also works with university researchers to evaluate turfgrass in 40 states. The new initiative will support research in six priority areas identified by the industry as their top research needs: improvement of water management, germplasm collection and enhancement, pest management, improving turfgrass' role in the environment, soil enhancement and integrated turf management systems.


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package models

import play.api.db.slick.Config.driver.simple._

import scala.slick.lifted.Tag

case class Resource(id: Option[Long],
  title: Option[String],
  description: Option[String],
  category: Option[String],
  creator: Option[Long],
  createdOn: Option[Long])

case class ResourceWithQuestion(id: Option[Long],
  title: Option[String],
  description: Option[String],
  category: Option[String],
  creator: Option[Long],
  createdOn: Option[Long],
  question: Option[Question],
  picture: Option[Upload])

class Resources(tag: Tag) extends Table[Resource](tag, "resources") {
  def id = column[Long]("id", O.PrimaryKey, O.AutoInc)
  def title = column[Option[String]]("title")
  def description = column[Option[String]]("description", O.DBType("Text"))
  def category = column[Option[String]]("type")
  def creator = column[Option[Long]]("creator")
  def createdOn = column[Option[Long]]("created_on")

  def * = (id.?, title, description, category, creator, createdOn) <> (Resource.tupled, Resource.unapply _)

  def person = foreignKey("resources_person_fk", creator, People.people)(_.id)

}

object Resources {
  lazy val resources = TableQuery[Resources]
  lazy val questions = Questions.questions

  def create(r: Resource)(implicit s: Session): Resource =
    (resources returning resources.map(_.id) into ((resource, id) => resource.copy(Some(id)))) += r

  def update(r: Resource)(implicit s: Session) =
    resources.filter(_.id === r.id.get).update(r)

  def delete(r: Long)(implicit s: Session) =
    resources.filter(_.id === r).delete

  def all(implicit s: Session) =
    resources.list

  def find(rId: Long)(implicit s: Session) =
    resources.filter(_.id === rId).firstOption

  def findWithQuestion(rId: Long)(implicit s: Session) = {
    val query = for {
      ques <- questions if ques.resourceId === rId
    } yield ques
    find(rId) match {
      case Some(resource) => {
        Some(ResourceWithQuestion(resource.id,
          resource.title,
          resource.description,
          resource.category,
          resource.creator,
          resource.createdOn,
          query.firstOption, None))
      }
      case None => None
    }
  }

  def allQuestions(implicit s: Session) = {
    val query = for {
      res <- resources if res.category === "question"
      ques <- questions if ques.resourceId === res.id
    } yield (res, ques)

    query.list map { tup =>
      ResourceWithQuestion(tup._1.id,
        tup._1.title,
        tup._1.description,
        tup._1.category,
        tup._1.creator,
        tup._1.createdOn,
        Some(tup._2),
        None
      )
    }

  }

}


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