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Photo-microdensitometric method of investigating the oxygenation of blood in the disc vessels
BS Goel
Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
B S Goel
Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh 202 001
Goel B S. Photo-microdensitometric method of investigating the oxygenation of blood in the disc vessels. Indian J Ophthalmol 1979;27:119-22
Goel B S. Photo-microdensitometric method of investigating the oxygenation of blood in the disc vessels. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 1979 [cited 2021 Jan 17];27:119-22. Available from: https://www.ijo.in/text.asp?1979/27/4/119/32597
Hickam and Frayer[4] described a photographic method of determining retinal venous oxygen saturation by measuring the difference in optical density between the images of the vein and of the surronding optic disc. Photographs were taken simultaneously at two wave lenghts on two films by means of a split beam device and using a different colour filter for each film. The same principle has later been used by Laying et al[6].
In a photograph of the optic disc image of a retinal vessel, especially an artery, often shows a light central stripe along its length, this being produced by specular reflection from the convexity of the vessel. It would seem that this effect could well introduce an error into any densitometric procedure on the image of the vessel. This difficulty could perhaps be overcome by arranging the illumination of the optic disc by the fundus camera in such a way that no light fell directly upon the vessel. It is known that the tissues of the optic nerve head are capable of diffusing light strongly Gloster[1] and that it is possible to photograph the whole of the optic disc by illuminating only part or it Gloster[3]. This paper deals particularly with this problem and associated difficulties.
(a) Fundus photography-The following types of photographs were obtained on volunteers with a Zeiss fundus camera with a Nikon motor drive. i) "Plain" photographs with introduction of an orange filter (llford 201 or 607), or an interference filter with a peak transmission at 598 mm) in front of the film. [Figure - 1].
(ii) Photographs with above filters, out with the [Figure - 3] in the illuminating pathway of the fundus camera as described by Gloster .
Calibration of differences in optical density was done by placing a step wedge containing neutral density filters from 0.2 to 0.8 log units, in steps of 0.2 in the illuminating pathway, and taking a photograph of a plain background on the same strip of film at the end of the fundus photography.
Various photographic films were used including Kodak (400 A.S.A.) processed in acuspeed for 6 minutes, and Kodak plus Xpan (125 A. S.A.) processed in acutol for 8 minutes.
(b) Microdensitometric procedure-All measurements were made on a Wooster scanning microdensitometer. The measurements were made with a circular aperture smaller than the vessel under observation. The tracing was obtained at right angles to the vessel recording the dens ty of the disc tissue surrounding the vessel and the vessel itself. Pairs of vessels, artery and vein, were selected, lying near to each other but sufficiently far away so as not to interfere with the density measurements on each other. The density difference between the artery and the vein was then measured on the chart. The density differences between adjoining steps of neutral density wedge were also measured on the film and an average was obtained for a density difference of 0.2, this calibration was used to find out the difference in the density of the artery and the vein in question.
The observations were made on the plain photographs at various levels of intensity of the camera flash, and on photographs with either a slit or a bar in the illuminating pathway. In some instances the subject was breathing air while in others he was breathing pure oxygen.
Plain photographs consistently showed bright linear reflexes along the vessels especially the arteries [Figure - 1]. The tracing on the densitometer had small notches corresponding to these light reflexes [Figure - 2], and the depth of the notches varied with different aperture sizes of the densitometer. This was thus expected to introduce a small error in the densitometer measurements, Attempts were then made to obtain photographs of the vessels chosen for densitometric measurement by intro ) ducing a slit in the illuminating pathway so as to illuminate only a strip of the disc, the rest of the vessels being photographed from light transmitted through the disc. The reflexes on the vessels were obliterated to a large extent [Figure - 3] and the densitometric trace did not show notches [Figure - 4].
A difference in the heights of the densitometric tracings for the artery and vein was always seen and it was fairly constant in one individual from frame to frame. The densities of the images of the vein and the artery were determined from the densitometric tracing by comparing them with the standard neutral density wedge photographed in the same strip of film with similar conditions of exposure and developing.
[Table - 1] shows the densitometric differences between the veins and arteries in log units. In the photographs, which gave better quality images by eliminating the reflex, the greatest density differences was obtained with Ilford spectrum orange filter (607). The quality of the photographs suffered when an interference filter was used together with a slit and thus the density difference could not be accurately determined. Subsequent observations with regard to air and oxygen breathing were made with Ilford (607) filter together with a slit.
Oxygen breathing
[Table - 2] shows the density difference between the vein and the artery in log units on slit photographs while breathing air, pure oxygen for 6-8 minutes and later air. The difference between breathing air and oxygen was highly significant (P 0.005), while the difference between breathing air and later air after oxygen was not significant.
The density of the veins and arteries was also measured while breathing air or oxygen [Table - 3]. It was observed that the mean density of the vein during air breathing was 0.18+0 . 03 which changed to 0.13±0.03 on breathing oxygen. This difference was statistically significant (P 0.005). The density of the arteries was the same during air and oxygen breathing. This shows that there was essentially a change of about 27% in the density of the veins during oxygen breathing as compared with air breathing.
By using the principle described by Gloster[1],[2],[3] the quality of the disc photographs could be improved by introduction of a slit in the illuminating pathway. In this way, photographing the vessels with light transmitted from the adjacent disc tissue completely eliminated light reflexes consistently noted with plain photographs. The density difference between the vein and the artery was best discernible in photographs with Ilford (607) filter, which gave the optimum results. Thus the method can be said to detect differences in oxygen saturation at the disc between the vein and the artery and by further elaboration of the method it would be possible to study this arteriovenous difference in diseases like glaucoma, hypertension, diabetes, etc. where a slowing of the retinal vasicular circulation may be expected.
A photographic and densitometric procedure is described for estimating the difference in the oxygen concentration of the disc vein and artery. The quality of photographs has been improved by introduction of a slit in the illuminating pathway of the fundus camera. An orange filter (Ilford 607) with peak transmission in the range of 598 mm has been used to differentiate the oxygen concentration in the vein and the artery. There was 27% change in density of veins and 5% change in density of the arteries by breathing pure oxygen for 6-8 minutes, and these differences were statistically significant.
Gloster, J., 1971 `a' Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 64, 938.
Gloster, J., Second William Mackenzie centenrary Symposium on the Optic herve in Health and disease. Glasgow 1971 `b' Ed. J.S. Cant., Kimpton, pp. 298-303.
Gloster J., 1973, Trans. Ophthal. Soc. U.K, 93. 243.
Hickam, J.B. and Frayer, R. Studies of Retinal Circulation in man. Observations on vessel diameter, arteriovenouse oxygen difference and mean circulation time, Circulation 33, 302, 1966.
Hickam, J.B., Sicker, H.O. and Frayser, R., 1959, Man. Tr. Amer. Clin. Climotal Acad., 71, 34.
Laing. R. Cohen, J. and Friedman, E. 1975, Invest. Ophthal., 14, 606.
[Figure - 1], [Figure - 2], [Figure - 3], [Figure - 4]
[Table - 1], [Table - 2], [Table - 3]
Goel B S


Today's blog is Canada-themed. Enjoy.
Last week we reported that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) allowed salmon infected with ISA to be processed for harvesting for the first time. It appears that this move signals a change of policy. In this article Patricia Ouellette, a regional programme officer at the CFIA tells CBCNews about the change in direction.
Two aquaculture companies on the Coast have become the first farms in the world to be certified to produce organic sablefish and white sturgeon. Totem Sea Farm plans to put its first organic sablefish on the market in February, and Target Marine Hatcheries will have organic caviar and sturgeon meat ready for sale this month.
In order to produce organic fish, both companies had to meet standards laid out in the new Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standards manual, put in place in April 2012.
The fifth annual Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Scholarship for Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada has been awarded to Brandon Fitzpatrick. The scholarship is valued at $1,000 and is awarded to a student from Newfoundland and Labrador graduating high school and pursuing a post-secondary education. The scholarship was created to promote and create awareness of the province's fishing and aquaculture industries among youth.


This jerk toe-tally went off the rails.
An unhinged teen beat-up a straphanger who confronted him when he stepped on his foot aboard a Brooklyn train, cops said.
The 30-year-old victim, Anthony Hamoui, was riding a southbound R train around 3:45 p.m. on Friday when the teen stepped on his tootsie, according to police.
When Hamoui confronted the passenger, the teen punched the man in the face, knocking him to the ground, cops said.
As Hamoui lay helpless on the train floor, his attacker continued kicking and punching him in the face, according to police.
Once the train pulled in to the 36th Street station, the assailant got off the train and boarded a southbound D across the platform, cops said.
Hamoui was taken to NYU Lutheran Medical Center, where he remains in critical but stable condition Saturday afternoon, cops said.
The attacker, who cops believe is between 17 and 19 years old, around 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds, was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black jeans and white sneakers, and a carrying black book bag.
Martha Charles from Staten Island said that Hamoui had been napping on her shoulder yesterday afternoon on the R train when an attack started for no reason.
Charles said the perp was standing in front of the pole in front of them and stepped on her boyfriend's sneakers.
"My boyfriend said 'Can you please keep away from me.' Then the kid just started swinging. So my boyfriend tried to get up but when he got up, the kid just started to kick him," she said.
Charles said that she began to kick the kid also. Once the door opened the kid ran, dropping his phone, she said. So she picked up the phone and gave it to the detectives.
"I want the police to catch him and press charges and lock the key on him. Look at what this kid did," she said, as Hamoui lay in his hospital bed, breathing through a ventilator.
"There wasn't no point over that, over some sneakers?


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Otto Basil (* 24. Dezember 1901 in Wien; † 19. Februar 1983 ebenda; gesetzlicher Name bis Oktober 1935 Otto Adam Franz Bazil; Pseudonyme Markus Hörmann, Camill Schmall) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller, Publizist und Journalist.

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Nach seiner Schulausbildung an der Handelsakademie Wien begann Basil ein Studium der Germanistik und Paläontologie in Wien und München. Danach war er in verschiedenen Berufen tätig; er arbeitete als Journalist und Verlagslektor, Barpianist und Industrieangestellter (ab 1927 bei den Böhler-Werken). Er wirkte außerdem als Dramaturg und als Publizist in Kultur-Zeitschriften. Anfang der 1920er Jahre war er einer der Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Das Wort. Weiterhin schrieb er Mitte der 1920er Jahre Artikel für das Prager Abendblatt.

Nach dem Anschluss Österreichs an Deutschland im Jahr 1938 erhielt er Schreibverbot. Als Basil 1938 wegen "Verspottung des Führers" von der Gestapo verhaftet wurde, setzte sich Josef Weinheber erfolgreich für seine Freilassung ein.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg arbeitete Basil als Pressereferent und Dramaturg am Wiener Volkstheater unter der Direktion von Günther Haenel (bis 1947) und veranstaltete mit Haenel und Gustav Manker in den Wandelgängen des Volkstheaters Ausstellungen von zeitgenössischen Künstlern wie dem Surrealisten Edgar Jené. Günther Haenel führte das Theater als anspruchsvolles Zeittheater und zeigte viele Stücke, die dem Publikum während der faschistischen Systeme vorenthalten worden waren. Otto Basil schrieb: "Es gab einen Elan am Haus, der an die wildesten Tage des Expressionismus erinnerte."

Basil gab auch wieder die avantgardistische Literatur- und Kunstzeitschrift PLAN heraus (eingestellt 1948), in der Beiträge vieler zeitgenössischer österreichischer Schriftsteller, Musiker und Wissenschaftler veröffentlicht wurden. Zum Teil auf der Grundlage von bereits 1937 vorbereiteten Artikeln setzte er in der Folgezeit Maßstäbe für eine neue österreichische Nachkriegsliteratur und lenkte mit Namen wie Bertolt Brecht, Albert Camus, T. S. Eliot, Hermann Broch, Heimito von Doderer, Paul Celan, Erich Fried, Theodor Kramer, Joseph Kalmer und Ernst Waldinger, Ilse Aichinger und Friederike Mayröcker den literarischen Blick auf die europäische Vor- wie Nachkriegsliteratur. Der PLAN war der gesellschaftspolitische Gegenpol zur christlich-konservativen Zeitschrift Turm, die, aus Parteimitteln der ÖVP finanziert wurde. Basils Zeitschrift war parteiunabhängig (obwohl Basil kurzzeitig Mitglied der KPÖ war) und verstand sich in der Nachfolge der Fackel von Karl Kraus. Der PLAN stand Schriftstellern unterschiedlicher Couleurs offen und war damit "die einzige Zeitschrift, die mit einer bestimmten politischen und ästhetischen Linie einen Liberalismus vereinte, der es erlaubte, dass sie gleichzeitig Hugo Huppert und Hans Weigel, Johann Gunert und Paul Celan offen stand" (Hans Heinz Hahnl). In ihr erschienen erstmals Hupperts eigene Gedichte und seine Nachdichtungen sowjetischer Dichter Wladimir Majakowski und Boris Pasternak. Durch sein Engagement in der bildenden Kunst wurde der PLAN auch zur publizistischen Keimzelle des Phantastischen Realismus.

Von 1948 bis 1964 war Basil Leiter des Ressorts Kultur der Tageszeitung Neues Österreich, wo er von einer "Zeit der Ausgrabungen" schrieb – mit Blick auf die Spielpläne der Wiener Theater, aber, so sein kritisches Urteil, "die bösen und unbequemen Zeitgenossen: die Bruckner, Brecht, Zuckmayer, Horváth, Csokor, Hochwälder betten wir einstweilen in die kühle Gruft."

1966 erschien Basils Roman Wenn das der Führer wüßte, eine Satire auf das "Dritte Reich", in der er den Irrsinn des Nationalsozialismus zeigt. Ein siegreiches Deutsches Reich triumphiert und setzt seine wahnsinnigen ideologischen Verirrungen langfristig in die Tat um. Das Reich ist dabei, sich selbst zugrunde zu richten, in einem Land, in dem Brutalität und Menschenverachtung auf schauerliche Weise zur Alltags(un)kultur geworden sind, wo Geist und Wissenschaften "rassisch" ausgerichtet werden und Menschen ausgestopft im Museum stehen. 20 Jahre sind bei Basil seit dem ersten Atombomben-Abwurf vergangen, die Atombombe fiel aber nicht auf Hiroshima, sondern auf London, und die Nazis haben den Krieg gewonnen. Zum Reich gehören auch Afrika und die USA. Die Welt ist geteilt in Ost und West. West, das ist das deutsche Reich, mit seinen Vasallen und eroberten Territorien in Amerika. Ost, das ist Japan. Das Reich selbst ist nach dem glorreichen Sieg immer weiter versunken in Mythen, Aberglauben und Deutschtümelei und wer nicht gerade das Glück hat, dem nordischen Menschenbild zu entsprechen, der ist Leibeigener, Sklave der Herrenmenschen. Der Papst und der Dalai Lama werden in einer Kölner neurochirurgischen Klinik gefangen gehalten, von Irland bis zum Ural erheben sich die SS-Ordensburgen, wie z. B. die Wewelsburg, die Zuchtmutterklöster, die Walhallen der Ariosophen, die Napolas und Untermenschenlager. Der Ich-Erzähler ist "Pendler" und Aufspürer von Erdstrahlen, seriöse Wissenschaft wie Psychologie muss im Untergrund stattfinden. Diese Nazi-Esoterik war bis zur Entstehungszeit des Romans sonst kaum je thematisiert worden. Der Roman enthält Anspielungen auf die damalige reale Gegenwart wie den Kalten Krieg (im Lauf des Romans kommt es zu einem Atomkrieg zwischen Deutschland und Japan) und enthält auch parodistische Elemente (es kommen etwa Figuren vor, die Verfremdungen von Heidegger und Doderer darstellen).

Basil war bis zu seinem Tod 1983 freier Schriftsteller und P.E.N.-Mitglied in Wien sowie von 1959 bis 1963 Mitglied der Loge Gleichheit. Basil ruht in einem ehrenhalber gewidmeten Grab auf dem Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Gruppe 40, Nummer 153).

Auszeichnungen
 1965: Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik
 1981: Österreichischer Staatspreis für Kulturpublizistik

Werk
Sein literarisches Schaffen umfasst hauptsächlich Gedichte und Erzählungen, einen Roman sowie zwei grundlegende Monographien über Georg Trakl (1965) und Johann Nestroy (1967). Eine Auswahl aus seinen profunden Theaterkritiken des Zeitraums 1947–1966 sind in dem von Paul Wimmer 1981 herausgegebenen Band Lob und Tadel versammelt.

In seinen Gedichten spiegeln sich Einflüsse von Rainer Maria Rilke, der französischen Moderne sowie des Expressionismus wider. Sein literarisches Vorbild war Karl Kraus.

 Sternbild der Waage. Gedichte aus zwei Zyklen. Müller Verlag, Wien 1945.
 Johann Nestroy. Mit Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten dargestellt. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-499-50132-5 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Reinbek 1967).
 Apokalyptischer Vers. Müller Verlag, Wien 1947.
 Georg Trakl. Mit Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten dargestellt. 18. Aufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-50106-6 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Reinbek 1965).
 Ein wilder Garten ist dein Leib. Die Frau um die Jahrhundertwende, Forum Verlag, Wien 1968.
 mit Herbert Eisenreich und Ivar Ivask: Das große Erbe. Aufsätze zur österreichischen Literatur; Panorama vom Untergang Kakaniens. Verlag Stiasny, Graz/Wien 1962 (Stiasny-Bücherei, Bd. 100).
 Wenn das der Führer wüßte. Milena-Verlag, Wien 2011, ISBN 978-3-85286-197-5 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Wien 1966).
 Schon sind wir Mund und Urne. Ausgewählte Gedichte. Rimbaud Presse, Aachen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89086-565-2.

Nachlass
Basils literarischer Nachlass wird im Literaturarchiv der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek aufbewahrt.

Literatur
 Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn: Reclams Science-fiction-Führer. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6, S. 32 f.
 Volker Kaukoreit, Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (Hrsg.): Otto Basil und die Literatur um 1945. Tradition – Kontinuität – Neubeginn. Zsolnay, Wien 1998 (Profile 1 (1998), Heft 2), ISBN 3-552-04894-4.
 Franz Rottensteiner: Basil, Otto. In: Lexikon der Science Fiction-Literatur seit 1900. Mit einem Blick auf Osteuropa, herausgegeben von Christoph F. Lorenz, Peter Lang, Frankfurt/Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-63167-236-5, S. 204–210

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 Otto Basil, Lebenslauf und Foto beim Milena-Verlag

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These cookie right here? These are unbelievable. So soft and chewy and full of melty chocolate and rich flavor. I just had to go back to this recipe and make them again, which never happens. I'm always rotating recipes, constantly trying new things, mixing new flavors and textures. These cookies, however, are a staple!
I recommend these fresh out of the oven. They're even better warm! Bobby likes to pop them into the microwave for 10 seconds to get that melt-in-your-mouth effect. If any cookies make it long enough to cool, try this to make them even better!
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Gli Asolani sono un trattato in 3 libri sotto forma di dialogo, scritto tra il 1497 e il 1502 da Pietro Bembo, e costituiscono la sua prima opera importante.
Si tratta di un dialogo sull'amore, ambientato nella Asolo del XV secolo, presso la corte di Caterina Corner (o Cornaro). La prima edizione fu pubblicata nel 1505 da Aldo Manuzio, la seconda edizione uscì, dopo vari rimaneggiamenti, nel 1530, mentre il primissimo esemplare è la redazione manoscritta, detta "queriniana".

Struttura e personaggi
Si tratta di un trattato sulla natura di Amore in forma di dialogo, ispirato ai dialoghi classici latini, in forma di prosimetro (ovvero con una commistione di prosa e versi) e dotato di una cornice narrativa (per la quale certamente modello è il Decameron di Boccaccio).

Della redazione "queriniana" non possediamo alcun autografo, ma è comunque considerata fedele. Il princeps del 1505 contiene la dedica a Lucrezia Borgia, che verrà invece tolta nell'edizione del 1530, che inoltre subisce una revisione linguistica alla luce delle Prose della Volgar Lingua (1525).

È diviso in tre libri, tenuti insieme da una cornice narrativa che prevede 3 giornate di festeggiamenti nei giardini della regina di Cipro Caterina Cornaro, ad Asolo.
 Libro I - Perottino: l'amante infelice, parla del dolore e del malessere che nasce dall'amore.
Libro II - Gismondo: l'amante felice che confuta le tesi di Perottino teorizzando la positività dell'amore.
 Libro III - Lavinello: confuta le tesi precedenti, sostiene la teoria dell'amore platonico, inteso quindi come contemplazione della bellezza ideale presente nelle cose terrene.
 Fine del Libro III - Lavinello racconta di un savio eremita, che espone una dottrina dell'amore ispirata all'ascetismo cristiano, cioè come il protendersi verso un Dio trascendente, che comporta il totale disinteresse per la bellezza terrena e l'esclusivo desiderio di contemplazione di quella divina.

A queste parti fondamentali si aggiunge una cornice di dialoghi e descrizioni non finalizzati al tema dell'amore, ma che rappresenta la vita di corte e la villa di Caterina Corner. Sono anche presenti diversi componimenti poetici, solo in parte connessi con l'argomento del testo.

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Ubisoft Forums > For Honor > General Discussion > So who thinks we will see the "new" FH at the start of s2?
View Full Version : So who thinks we will see the "new" FH at the start of s2?
Incase anyone doesn't know a couple weeks ago some top players went to Ubisoft to give feedback on upcoming changes.
Allegedly they played an alpha version of the game that was offence based and extremely fun. Apparently zerker was godlike.
So do you guys think it will make it out for s2?
Do you think it will breath some life back into the game?
I REALLY hope that's true. The defense meta is so awful, I'd love a properly offensive mode.
What difference would it make for you? You're still going to run on here and cry every time you lose to something you have 0 understanding of lol.
For a lot of people losing is not a problem , including myself.
The important is having fun. Something in for honor, is not always possible to have.
I hope this version never, ever, ever sees the light. Not because i don't want offense to be more powerful, but because i don't want a million berserkers running around jumpin on the bandwagon. He's the only character I've ever used and i like that he's still kind of an under dog. Used to be i liked seeing more because people talked s*** on berserker and there weren't a lot of us. Post patch there's gettin to be too many. Where were you guys when berserker was trash, huh? I was swingin axes when you still played warlord. Get out of my house. Get the f*** out.
Defense meta... Even if you remove it, peoples will play defensive. This is a fighting game ffs. You can't expect peoples blindrush and start the fight with top heavy. Stop trying it put into standart gameplay molds. I fight alot of defensive peoples, and always found a way to open them. Feints, dodges, changing places... Just find a good opening moves. Stope exaggeration of mechanics. Defenese, it's a mechanic get over with it, Parry is also a mechanic, get over with it too. Dodges, side attacks, feints,GB's.... There are alot of way to start a fight.
Of course they won't...or don't care. Most people tends to force their view so the game be like they want.
Aren't you one of these guys that telling people to "stfup, git gut and game is balanced bs" when they were complaning about an obvious unbalance/mechanical flaw like oni charge exploit? You sure look like them.
I for one would welcome the change. A more offensive game sounds a lot more like what the beta and other early tests were like, and those were fun as sh*t.
It does come with the caveat that the defensive classes (Conq, WL, LB, Valk) are not ruined in the process. Except for Valk I believe that these three will be the ultimate losers in a more offensive version of this game.
However, if this is done well. If there is enough reward for players to start throwing out attacks rather than turtle up and go for the parry-GB-heavy over and over again, and at the same time the defensive classes are allowed the ability to block until the cows come home I think this could be a big step in the right direction for the game.
Ah yes, I can see it now...maybe three hours after this version is released, people will be straight on these forums moaning about how the Zerker is OP and needs an immediate nerf.
I don't think Ubi will ever win no matter what they try and do, some people just can't take losing.
Any sources/vids to back your claims up with a shred of truth? - otherwise i smell BS.
Why would Ubisoft release "For Honor" as it is and defend their defensive-approach all the time, just to release an all offensive-version with godlike chars, mere months after? - i smell a (not so) well written fairy-tale here, by either you or that so called topplaying-streamer.
Just in case a more offence oriented gameplay favors the zerker in the beginning: just nerf him. I mean we all might still win and if for example infinite combos become too strong - just adjust or remove.
Anyway, i doubt such an exteme change is going to happen anytime soon. but we'll see.
Nope, not at all. This game is broken as **** in many ways. But the guy I quoted I have seen in multiple threads and starting multiple threads. Every single one he spreads huge misinformation and proves he has little to no knowledge of the game he is playing. Then continues to whine and insult anyone who corrected him or who tells him he needs to do such and such and get better. By such and such I mean legitimate tips and information that are considered basics among many.
But he never listens and continues to yell and scream his BS as if it were the absolute truth when it is not even anywhere near.
But after looking back at your post count I wouldn't be surprised if you were just an alt account of his so not sure why i bothered replying lol.
They did say in one of their livestreams that they were working on a fix for the defensive meta. They also said in the same stream that they had invited community contributors to Ubi montreal for some testing.
They did say in one of their livestreams that they were working on a fix for the defensive meta. They also said in the same stream that they had invited community contributors to Ubi montreal for some testing.But "working on the defensive meta" and "some testing" for sure doesn't mean let's just flip the coin and go all-in on offense now, that's like going to a hockey game where only one goal would be placed on the rink. From one extreme, right into another.
I don't think anyone said "All in offence" Only a more offence based version.
You're a childish little boy aren't you.
Someone else points out what a loser you are and you just carry on screaming and crying like a baby.
Other dude was right, you are a git gud kid.
I think this rumour could have logical basis.
The defensive meta is way too good, but most people are children who abuse this and think their good.
Ubisoft don't want to upset them, because that's the majority of players.
So, alternate offense based mode would keep us (the adult side) happy.
Dramatically reduce turtle capabilities, stop the defensive meta being so powerful, add more openers. I'd love to see a mode like this, as I said before I hope OP is right.
T think its a pretty good idea to make a new meta at the beginning of this new season. That will make turtle meta players needs to adap to this new gameplay. I am looking forward to it.


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In case you don't know, Ragnarok is an apocalypse in Norse mythology with multiple Gods dying. The game itself reveals that there's a lot more to be added to the story. God of War 5, safe to say,
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Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister, Bihar, India has won the Bihar Assembly election 2010. Nitish Kumar led JD(U) - BJP alliance is leading in Bihar Assembly poll in more than 200 seats. Bihar assembly has 243 seats altogether.
Nitish Kumar is likely to be elected as Chief Minister of Bihar this time.
Are the results already out? - last time I heard the NDA was leading on more than two-thirds of seats.
The most heartening news was that Rabri Devi was trailing in both the seats that she is contesting!
Anyway, victory is assured for NDA, under leadership of Nitish Kumar. Let us hope that he will keep up the good work - I am sure he will!
Rabdi has lost from both of her seats. Nitish Kumar is the hope for Bihar.
This as yet, seems to be nicest thing to have happened to Bihar, with clear mandate, Nitish will not be swimming with hands tied behind on account of coalition politics as the central government and should be able to deliver results better, if the intentions are truly what people who voted for him expect to be.
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Burnley's U23 Development team picked up a hard earned point against 10-man Sunderland in their latest group game.
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The hosts had more purpose about them in the second half, and it looked like they had equalised when Carl Lawson exchanged passes with Andrew Nelson before being denied by Mitchell.
The Clarets stopper then brilliantly stopped Clarke's deflection from a Molnyeux cross sneaking into his own goal.
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Le roi Ai de Zhou, ou Zhou Ai wang () de son nom personnel Ji Qubing (姬去病). Il ne régna que pendant deux mois en -441 à Luoyi.

Intrigues et assassinat

À la cour du roi Ai, les partisans de la seconde branche de la famille royale, commencèrent aussitôt à intriguer pour assassiner le roi et mettre son frère le prince Shuxi sur le trône. Le roi Ai fut alors assassiné et ce fut le prince Shuxi, qui  commandita l'assassinat de son frère. Peu après, le régicide s'institua lui-même roi et devint le roi Si.

Empereur chinois assassiné
Roi de la dynastie Zhou
Roi de la dynastie Zhou de l'Est
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require 'wsdl/soap/classDefCreatorSupport'
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module WSDL
module SOAP

class ServantSkeltonCreator
  include ClassDefCreatorSupport
  include XSD::CodeGen::GenSupport

  attr_reader :definitions

  def initialize(definitions)
    @definitions = definitions
  end

  def dump(porttype = nil)
    if porttype.nil?
      result = ""
      @definitions.porttypes.each do |type|
	result << dump_porttype(type.name)
	result << "\n"
      end
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    result
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    class_name = create_class_name(name)
    c = XSD::CodeGen::ClassDef.new(class_name)
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Q: Why does the Hadamard act as $H^{\otimes n}|x\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2^n}}\sum_{y\ \in\{0,1\}^n}(-1)^{x_1y_1+···+x_ny_n}|y\rangle $? In quantum-information, we have been told that the Hadamard gate over $n$-qubits can be defined as:
$$H^{\otimes n}|x\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2^n}}\sum_{y\ \in\{0,1\}^n}(-1)^{x_1y_1+···+x_ny_n}|y\rangle
\\= \mathbb C^2 \otimes ... \otimes \ \mathbb C^2 = \mathbb C^{2^n}, \text{ where
}|x\rangle = |x_1,x_2,...,x_n\rangle $$
However, I do not have any intuition about how this is constructed from the single qubit Hadamard:
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\begin{bmatrix}\begin{array}{rrrrrrrr} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1  \end{array}\end{bmatrix}.$$
I am trying to figure out, and it thought of an induction over $n$, but do not know how to do it. Could anyone provide any help of proof?

A: You can use an argument by way of induction as has been linked in the comments; or you can see it intuitively:
$$H^{\otimes n} | x \rangle= H^{\otimes n} | x_1, x_2,...,x_n \rangle$$
$$=\big(H|x_1 \rangle\big) \otimes \big(H|x_2 \rangle\big) \otimes...\otimes \big(H|x_n \rangle\big)$$
$$=\big(\frac{1}{\sqrt2}\big)^n \big(|0 \rangle+(-1)^{x_1}|1 \rangle\big)...\big(|0 \rangle+(-1)^{x_n}|1 \rangle\big)$$
$$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2^n}} \prod_i|0 \rangle+(-1)^{x_i}|1 \rangle$$
$$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2^n}} \sum_{y \in\{0,1\}^n}f(y,x) |y \rangle$$
Now lets find $f(x,y)$. Notice that in the product line, if we expand we only get one term for each basis element in the Hilbert Space $H^n$, and each term in the expanded sum has either a coefficient of $+1$ or $-1$, based on the term itself and the $x$ which is undergoing the Hadamard Transform. Also notice that every $|0 \rangle$ has a $+1$ coefficient, so only the $|1 \rangle$ terms can contribute to negativity. So for each term with an odd number of $|1 \rangle$ that have a negative coefficient, the expanded term will also have a negative coefficient.
Finally notice that if $y_i=1$ then the term is a $|1 \rangle$ and if $x_i=1$ then the coefficient of that $|1 \rangle$ is negative. So iff $x_iy_i=1$ then we have a negative factor contributing to the $|y \rangle$, and of course if there is an odd number of those negative factors; the end result is a negative factor. This can be mathematically shown as:
$$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2^n}} \sum_{y \in\{0,1\}^n} (-1)^{\sum_i^n x_iy_i} |y \rangle$$
$$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2^n}} \sum_{y \in\{0,1\}^n} (-1)^{x \cdot y} |y \rangle$$

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Q: c# concurrent ordered dictionary For Dictionary there is ConcurrentDictionary which is thread safe and can be accessed by multiple threads concurrently. But for OrderedDictionary I found there is no ConcurrentOrderedDictionary type in c#.
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Turn Me On, Dammit! (Få meg på, for faen) | Review
By Caitlyn Collins | April 26, 2012
Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Writers: Janncike Systad Jacobsen, Olaug Nilssen (novel)
Starring: Helene Bergsholm, Matias Myren, Henriette Steenstrup, Malin Bjørhovde, Beate Støfring
When it comes to the topic of sex and teenagers, teenage girls seem to be left completely out of the conversation; unless, of course, they are the object of someone's desire, usually horny teenage males. Female teenagers range from voluptuous and sultry to standoffish and bitchy. There rarely seems to be a persona in between or even completely different from either of these options. And while it's perfectly fine for young men to discuss a whole range of sexual topics — sex, masturbation, objects of their desire — young women never seem to talk about them on screen. But why is that? Teenagers are full of raging hormones, period. Finally, a director has come along to portray teenage women as they really are…horny. Of course, it comes as no surprise that Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, director of Turn Me On, Dammit!, is a lady.
Turn Me On, Dammit! is a film about sexual frustration, more so than sex; but that doesn't stop Jacobsen from shying away from anything else sexual — boobs, a penis and masturbation. The film opens with 15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) lying on the kitchen floor listening to a telephone sex operator while eagerly alleviating her sexual frustration. The conversation, if you can call it that, abruptly ends when Alma's mother (Henriette Steenstrup) comes home. Alma is quickly able to pull up and button her pants without her mother suspecting a thing. Shortly after, Alma takes a walk with her dog and runs into Artur (Matias Myren) the person of her desires and affections. Throughout the film, such encounters with Artur (and really just about everyone) trigger sexual daydreams. At times, it is difficult to tell when she is dreaming; some scenes are clearly distinguished with a few frames of black and white while others are not. As a result, the dream sequences are often more confusing than they should be, but they still manage to get the point across nevertheless.
Alma is friends with Sara (Malin Bjørhovde) and her sister Ingrid (Beate Støfring) who are complete polar opposites. Sara is a rare Norwegian brunette, wears heavy eyeliner, and has aspirations to move to Texas to end capital punishment. Ingrid is in the choir; she is blonde, voluptuous, and used to getting her way with her pulchritude. These stereotypes are ubiquitous in film, as I've already mentioned. While all three girls talk about boys, Alma does not confide in the sisters about her sexual appetite. Alma makes the tragic mistake of revealing to Sara and Ingrid an encounter she had with Artur at a party. Rather than side with her, Ingrid goes out of her way to shun Alma giving her the nickname "Dick-Alma".
Her home life isn't much better than her time at school once her mother discovers Alma has been calling a sex hotline. Her mother is convinced something is wrong with Alma and tells her she must get a job to help pay for the phone bill. The job isn't any better though. Living in a small town does not lend itself to heavy food traffic at the super market. It does, however, give Alma time to "ride a roll of coins" and browse through porn magazines. Ultimately, Alma just wants to be a normal teenager. Stig (Per Kjerstad), Alma's regular telephone companion, convinces her to tell Artur how she really feels about him. Here the film becomes a bit formulaic as Alma and Artur try to resolve their feeling for one another, but it's still endearing nevertheless.
Turn Me On, Dammit! has the look of many Norwegian films I've seen — slightly dreary with muted colors. Yet the story is fresh and to the point at a mere 76 minutes. It's fun, funny, and not the typical romantic comedy. Bergsholm delivers a great performance as Alma, able to capture her pleasure, pain, and general teenage angst. Jacobsen's film is one many young women can relate to on some level because guess what? Girls are horny too!
(Also check on Don Simpson's 8 out of 10 review of Turn Me On, Dammit! from Tribeca 2011.)
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In a world where third graders have cell phones and middle school students are striving to be "Insta-famous," it's no wonder teachers, and parents are noticing that students lack basic interpersonal skills needed to be successful in the real world. This is why more and more adults are actively looking for ways for young people in their lives to connect with others and improve their communication skills. Camp Starlight is a great option for students not only to spend the summer having fun and trying new things but also provides a safe space for them to work on their interpersonal skills, meet new people and build relationships organically.
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Post your comments here for the Backgrounds and Specialties supplement.
Most Dwarven Thieves are "Scouts" (see the "Scout"
up with is as valid as the 'rules'.
It seems to me that Weapon Master is the strongest option for Fighters. The bonus seems more dependable than similar specialties, and the extra attack is earlier than the Demihuman Warrior specialties. It's also the least imaginative option (IMHO), making its strength doubly damning in my eyes.
Is there any other way to gain extra attacks?
First of all, I love this supplement. It gives depth to the characters without adding too many extra rules or complications. Terrific!
The specialties that give an extra attack seem unbalanced. An extra attack is a huge thing in a game that doesn't grant them in the core rulebook. This is particular problematic when you compare the "extra attack" specialties with the dual wielding specialty. The poor dual wielder has to get three "levels" of their specialty before they get their big pay-off: one extra attack with a smaller weapon at no penalty. Meanwhile, any of the "extra attack" specialties (archer, dwarven warrior, elven warrior, halfling warrior and weapon master) not only get an extra attack, but they get it with their main weapon AND they get two other "levels" worth of benefits.
To balance that out, rather than give an extra attack to these classes, I'd go with either the AD&D solution of 3 attacks every two rounds or the 3.5 solution of a second attack at -5.
House Rules: These are less balance and more personal preference.
It's still a pretty big boost, but I like it feels (to me) a little more balanced with the other specialties.
The other little house rule is for the dual-wielder. Dex helps negate that dual-wield penalty, and I was thinking that, even with this specialty, I still wanted that to play some roll. Also, at some point, someone was going to want to dual-wield longswords or scimitars or battle axes. It's inevitable, it's not a huge balance issue, so I thought I'd throw that in there.
If the fighter has even a +1 Dex, that last penalty disappears. If they don't, that's still a nice big bonus.
Final comment here and it's about Thief Specialties.
The Lightly Armored specialty seems a bit over-powered for a thief, since light armor is really the only option anyway. For my game, I would either drop the armor bonus to +1/+2/+3 or give the +2/+3/+4 bonus only if the thief is otherwise unarmored. That second one seems particularly in keeping with the idea. A fighter gets the bonus if he wears only light armor, so a thief gets the same bonus if he wears none.
The multipliers on the Thug seemed a little too powerful. That x4 can be a game changer, even at 9th level. It also feels a little bit more assassin than thug to me. If someone wanted to pick up this specialty, I was thinking of going with a +1 to hit with one weapon and then a +2 damage with that same weapon later (mirroring the weapon master), but even that doesn't seem quite right to me. I'd like to come up with something more thug-ish at some point.
That's my last comment. Again, I think this is a great supplement and, with the exception of a few pencilled in notes, I definitely plan to use it with my next game. Thanks!
I agree, specialties are a nice and simple way to add some flavor to the core classes. I also agree that they may not all be balanced, but as with Kits in 2E and Prestige Classes in 3E, some are always going to be better than others.
One thing I would be careful of is combining the Specialties with some of the other optional rules. I wouldn't allow weapon specialization nor would I allow the thief to allot his skill points (an option from the back of the core rules).
I don't know how many folks here are following D&D Next(5E), but I see a lot of similarity in their Backgrounds and Specialties (was Themes) and the BFRPG Backgrounds and Specialties supplement. There is a difference (not huge) in mechanics but the ideas are pretty much the same.
I knew there was a reason it sounded brilliant!
Maliki wrote: I don't know how many folks here are following D&D Next(5E), but I see a lot of similarity in their Backgrounds and Specialties (was Themes) and the BFRPG Backgrounds and Specialties supplement. There is a difference (not huge) in mechanics but the ideas are pretty much the same.
Look to this post from Steveman!
Anyway, I saw this post and I busted up laughing, because it is kind of true.


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WE HAD PLANS
Director: Christina Raia
United States, 2015, 4min
Format: Digital (screening) - Canon C500 (shooting)
Cast: Lauren A. Kennedy, Gwen Albers
Crew: Producers: Christina Raia, Kelsey Rauber - Screenwriters: Kelsey Rauber
Email: craia9 yahoo.com
web: www.congestedcat.com/we-had-plans
Diana and Liz are two adult sisters who love and respect each other more than anyone else in the world. However, when Liz decides she needs to break a promise she made for the benefit of her own future, Diana has to decide whether or not she can accept Liz's decision.
Christina Raia is a New York City based Writer/Director and the Founder of CongestedCat Productions. She focuses on character-driven narrative projects that explore social issues through horror and humor. Her work, consisting of over a dozen short films, a web series, and two feature films, has screened at film festivals around the world and gained a large online following through multiple crowdfunding campaigns and coverage on press outlets such as Indiewire and BuzzFeed. Through a desire to support other filmmakers, she works for Seed&Spark as the Head of Education, teaching and empowering creators to build their audience and crowdfund their work. She also runs IndieWorks, a monthly screening and community-building series showcasing short films by other New York filmmakers. At the 2019 Queens World Film Festival, she won the Lois Weber Pioneer Award for her leadership in film.
filmmaker's note
With this film, I wanted to tell a story in a limited space, with limited time, with limited distraction from the core of the story; just two women having an intimate & heated discussion, the magnitude of which is bigger than the film it exists within. The idea of choice, or lack thereof, is something so key to being a contemporary woman, but something so rarely explored in film, especially in this unique, subversive context. I hope the film feels both authentic and specific, while also open to interpretation.


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Something about the rat in the roof
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It began as a mild but manky aroma. I put it down to the pre-pubescent body of a friend that Molly had over for the day. In hindsight, that was a little harsh.
By evening the mild but manky had developed into a full-blown stench with its owned cordoned off hazmat zone and a strong need for protective headgear (or those masks that I spot overly-concerned people wearing now and then).
Thankfully, the lower level of the house was spared olfactory carnage, but a slow climb up the stairs made Rotorua seem like your preferred blend of essential oils. A mouse (an ever-so-slightly more palatable version of reality) had died in the ceiling. It'd probably happened days earlier, but it had saved its strongest farewell lap for now. Its decomposing remains were the strongest testament to the rat's (sorry, mouse's) defeated will.
We did what we could to quell the problem as the rat was not going gently into the good night with a pleasant bouquet. Every upstairs window was opened as we did our best to trump the festering fella with the most potent blend of Doterra we could concoct. It was futile.
My wife, Fiona, suggested the only way forward was to ride it out. Grit our teeth, bury our head in our hands, and breath selectively. The other remedy that brought some relief was to have the air conditioner on. All the time. To some degree, the air conditioner lived up to its name. It reconditioned the air. It didn't remove the source of the odour, but it helped to address the large plume of evil that had descended on the second story. A little. It didn't make it more palatable – no one should ingest a decomposing rat – but it made the upper reaches of the home habitable. Very nearly.
Molly, now with a couple of friends over for a sleepover, opted to stay up late downstairs rather than in Ratland. Sometimes it's better to stay away from the problem altogether.
Sure enough, several days later the malodour became a foul memory. I don't doubt for a moment that I have a dead rodent in my roof, though its nasal assault has abated. Praise be.
Sin leaves a stench. Depending on the particular strain, it can stain a life. Sometimes diversionary tactics mask its stain, but the mark of sin lingers. Time does heal some but, like my rat in the roof, it's not gone, it's just not quite as apparent as it once was.
Micah writes of the compassion God has on our seemingly helpless sin condition. He writes that God will cast all our stenches into the depths of the sea. Isaiah says something even more transformational when he proclaims that though our sins be as red as scarlet, God will make us as white as snow. Psalm 103 grasps at the preparedness of God to no longer identify us with or by our sin. "As far as the east is from the west," the Psalmist writes, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
There's something beautifully compelling about the potency of a loving Father so capable of forgiveness that the stain of our sin no longer identifies us. Sins stain, but sin's sting and stain are rendered impotent by the aggressive forgiveness called grace. And in place of the sin-stain is not merely an un-sin-stain, or a cover over patch to mask reality, but a reconditioned heart. A new creation. A clean house.
Paul goes full circle in describing the new creation as 'the pleasing aroma of Jesus' for those being saved.
The end game for the rat was not so joyous. The greatest gift it's given us is to stop smelling by entirely and utterly dying. There's something in that for us, too, but the greater and living hope for those whose identity is hidden in Christ and are now the fragrance of Christ: a gift of forgiven life that will never end.
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I've skipped the many (many, many) weather apps and the fun stuff like Google Sky, which is amazing once and then you'll only ever run it again to show off your phone. I'm going to save the games for another day too. These apps are less glamorous, but they're must-haves and they're all free!
Cleans up all the unwanted apps your phone is running in the background to speed it up and save battery. You choose the apps it's not allowed to kill.
Fantastic alarm scheduler that wakes you up with music, says hello and then reads you the weather forecast. Multiple alarms and only on the days you choose.
Want to know about all the best apps as they come out? You need this. The Google Market just recommends the same apps forever.
A file manager and a good one. Does what it's supposed to.
Box.net online storage on your phone. I like box.net and I like my phone so it's a winner.
Whatever internet browser your phone came with, this is better.
You know what this is already. It's very, very nearly as good on your phone.
Photos you take on your phone get geotagged with the location where you took them, so of course you'll need them nicely plotted on a map! Why are there so few gallery apps on Android? The HTC standard gallery is functional but not very pretty.
Send anybody you like (via phone or email) a link to a web page with a live updating map of exactly where you are. Works only for as long as you specify and then stops.
Turns your wireless on and off depending on where you are, to save battery. If you're out and about away from your broadband, the app turns it off.
Dowloads the Guardian newspaper every morning for you to read later. Or you could pay Rupert Murdoch for The Daily.
Fantastic public transport journey planner. You should get Google Maps and Navigation too, but you knew that.
A mapping tool that lets you flick between different providers' maps (Google, Microsoft etc.) and makes waypoints really nice and easy to store and share.
I kind of assumed Android would interface on its own with Google's photo storage. This fixes it.
Puts your phone on silent at times you specify. No text message wake up calls at 4am.
Best footie scores and league tables app I've found.
Notes , to-do lists and much more. If they add handwriting recognition for uploads then it will be perfect.
You need it for the in-car mode speech recognition. It's genius.
Why is it so complicated to put an Android phone on silent? Now it isn't.
There you go, now you can save loads of searching time, install those apps and spend the rest of the evening playing Angry Birds.
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No doubt those of you who follow the music media business have heard that Steve Jobs is supposedly working on a program with the major labels to sell fully-loaded, "all you can eat" iPods with virtually everything ever recorded.
Well, if you have you may not be getting the real story.
My contacts at the record labels confirm that discussions have been going on for sometime -- for Europe.
No deal can happen in the U.S. very easily because of publishing issues.


Construction of the first phase of the Thetford North Strategic Urban Extension (SUE) scheme, known as KingsFleet, is set to begin later this month. Pigeon obtained planning permission in 2016 for up to 5,000 homes, three primary schools, open space, significant employment areas, community and healthcare facilities. The development will lie alongside the A11 dual carriage way, midway between Cambridge and Norwich. Phase one has been sold by the Crown Estate and Kilverstone Estate to housebuilder Hopkins Homes, and new homes will be on sale in Spring 2019.


The 2012 ICF World Cup Jr Prelims kicked off at the Pigeon River. Big air was in abundance as the guys and girls rocked this great feature.
In the jr men's, Brendon Orton scored huge with a combined total of 2254 with Hunter Katich ending up in second with 1131.
In the jr women's, Nuria Fontane of Spain continued to paddle strong for a total of 333. She has been consistently good during the championship and shows no signs of letting up.


Just one week to go until the 4th annual NZ Enduro. New Zealand's wildest multi day enduro adventure. Held on natural single track in the native forests of the magical Marlborough Sounds with a helicopter shuttle to keep it Kiwi as. The sold out NZ Enduro draws riders from all over the world each year, riders from ten countries will be racing in this years edition. The relaxed format and fun atmosphere, taking in some of New Zealand's finest iconic native trails has drawn the cream of the international enduro pros and multiple World Champions in past as well as riders from all over NZ and Australia.
A condition for all partners and sponsors was contributing to the trail advocacy raffles that they run. They are two fold, on site during the race and then after the race online in conjunction with www.trailfund.org. So far together they have raised over $7500 and with this final raffle of the Santa Cruz frame (any frame of winners choice) they should see their target of $10 000 surpassed. "Its a win-win situation." says Anka, "You try your luck in winning a cool frame from Santa Cruz or Juliana but even if you are unlucky you have still contributed positively to New Zealand trails." 100% of the proceeds go straight back to the trails.
Fraser Brown of the Marlborough MTB club adds, "Last year our good friends, Sven and Anka Martin - NZ Enduro and Trail fund very generously donated a significant amount of money to MMBC. This became a catalyst for our latest project, restoring, upgrading and potentially developing new trails around the Whites Bay Recreation reserve.
This support from NZ Enduro and the team at Trail Fund ensures our plans for our region to become a MTB destination will come to fruition. Exciting times!!
The NZ Enduro's focus on trail stewardship goes beyond just the raffles though. Its trophies in all the categories are super cool personalised engraved Silky Saws, Silky also sponsor the organisation with a variety of saws for trail work all year long. "Working with local NZ businesses, suppliers and companies is what this race is about. An international world class event that promotes and celebrates everything local and kiwi from the Moa Beer to the Pics Peanut butter and pounamu prizes. Follow the racing here and on @NZenduro next weekend.
Santa Cruz, Bontrager, Sram, RockShox, Mons Royale, Silky, Moa, Marsh Guard, Awaken, SDG, Oakley, Camelback, Crankbrothers, YUM, Squirt and ground Effect and Juliana.
We are a not-for-profit organisation, run solely by volunteers, supporting the development and maintenance of publicly available, environmentally sensitive and sustainable mountain bike-accessible trails in New Zealand.
Founded in 2012, we have so far funded over 80 applications all around New Zealand, helping mountain bike clubs and community groups be successful with the projects that are close to their heart and their homes. We have funding rounds that close on the first of April, July and November and always welcome applications.


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Excommunicated Catholic priest denies giving Communion to a dog
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Fr Greg Reynolds (60) has been excommunicated by Pope Francisclericalwhispers.blogspot
An excommunicated Catholic priest has rejected claims he gave Communion to a dog, an assertion backed by the Melbourne Archbishop.
Former priest Greg Reynolds, 60, was removed from the clerical state and excommunicated on September 18, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
The decision to remove Reynolds from the clerical state and excommunicate him came "because of his public teaching on the ordination of women contrary to the teaching of the church and his public celebration of the Eucharist when he did not hold faculties to act publicly as a priest," a letter to priests in the Melbourne Archdiocese read.
He is also accused of giving the holy sacrament to a dog during Mass.
When asked by Fr John Salvano if he gave Communion to a dog, he told the canon lawyer that he did not.
"I did not give a consecrated host to any dog or any animal and never would," Reynolds told NCR in a Sept. 24 email.
In an email to NCR, Archbishop Denis Hart seems to confirm Reynolds account of what transpired.
"From media reports, the archdiocese is aware of the presence of Reynolds where the sacred species were given by another person to an animal. That anyone would feed the Eucharist to an animal is an abomination," Hart said.
Reynolds resigned from active ministry in August 2011 and founded a community called inclusive Catholics. The aim of the organization was to create a safe space for Catholics feeling disenfranchised by the Church to celebrate the Eucharist. A story published in an Australian newspaper in August 2012 about Reynolds and the community claimed a dog had received Communion at one of their liturgies.
The story, published in The Age claimed that a first time visitor to the groups mass arrived late with his German shepherd. During Communion the man reportedly broke off a piece of his host and gave it to his dog.
Reynolds told NCR he found out about the incident after the mass.
"Only a few people observed it, including the journalist," he said.
In a letter to the editor, Harte responded to the report in which he said giving an animal holy Communion is "an abomination."
Reynolds told NCR he had no contact with church officials until "the bombshell last week" when he was excommunicated.
"All they had to do was ask; there are witnesses [to the dog incident]," he said.
"Something seems to have got lost in transit and translation. I would dearly love to know what was Pope Francis told."


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Anthrax with Robert De Niro on "Late Night with Seth Meyers"/Pittsburgh date 9/15 @StageAE
By Alan D. Welding on August 25, 2016
LOS ANGELES, CA – August 25, 2016 — Last night, Anthrax not only made its "Late Night with Seth Meyers" debut, but hung out with the iconic Robert De Niro. Check out the band's live performance of their new single, "Monster At The End," here: http://bit.ly/2bIYbEm
To support the band's critically-acclaimed new album For All Kings and in celebration of their 35th anniversary, Anthrax hits the road this fall with Slayer starting September 9 in Cleveland; dates are below.
9 Jacob's Pavilion, Cleveland, OH
10 Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Detroit, MI
11 Ground Zero, Travers City, MI*
12 Sound Academy, Toronto, ON
13 Metropolis, Montreal, PQ
15 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
16 Anthology, Rochester, NY*
17 Revolution Rock Fest., Mashantucket, CT
18 Rock Allegiance Festival, Chester, PA
20 Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN
21 Concord Music Hall, Chicago, IL*
22 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
24 Houston Open Air Festival, Houston
25 Knotfest, Devore, CA
27 Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
28 Fillmore, Miami, FL
29 Club L.A., Destin, FL*
30 Horseshoe Casino Tunica, Tunica, MS
1 Louder Than Life Festival, Louisville, KY
3 Norva, Norfolk, VA
4 Orange Peel, Ashveille, NC*
5 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
6 Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA*
7 Gas Monkey Live, Dallas, TX
8 ACL at the Moody Theatre, Austin, TX
10 Fillmore, Denver, CO
11 The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
12 Rev Hall, Boise, ID*
13 The Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT
14 The Hill event Center, Idaho Falls, ID*
15 Revolution Concert House, Garden City, ID
16 Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA* (offer)
17 ENMAX Centre, Lethbridge, AB
19 S. Okanagan Cvents Centre, Penticton, BC
20 Abbotsford Centre, Abbotsford, BC
21 Hawthorn Theatre, Portland, OR*
22 Discovery Park, Elverta, CA (w/Aftershock)
23 Reno Events Center, Reno, NV
22 Aftershock Festival, Sacramento, CA
25 Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, AZ*
26 Top Deck, Famington, NM* (offer)
27 El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX**
* Anthrax & Death Angel
L-R: Anthrax's Charlie Benante, Scott Ian; Robert De Niro;
Anthrax's Joey Belladonna, Frank Bello and Jon Donais
Photo courtesy of Charlie Benante
Anthrax Official Website
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Olivia Palermo swears by this $39 toner.
Korean beauty products are becoming more trendy, and not due to a lack of celebrity support.
Kate Hudson's face glowed after using the A.H.C. Premium Hydra Gold Foil Masks.
For several years, actress Drew Barrymore has been a vocal fan of the JAYJUN 3 Steps Intensive Shining Mask.
If you're a skin-care junkie like us, you're aware of Korean beauty. The natural, skin-care-first movement — which has been popularly nicknamed K-beauty — has been around in Korean for decades, but it has only recently become popular in America, with celebrities such as Chrissy Teigen, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Hudson touting its benefits for glowing, glasslike skin.
To suggest which Korean beauty products to try next, we're rounding up the BB creams, lip products, and, of course, sheet masks that American celebrities swear by. It's no secret that K-beauty is sweeping the world, and Hollywood is proof that in a matter of time, everyone will have crystal-clear skin. Kick-start your K-beauty journey with these products.
Emma Stone used these for the Golden Globes.
To prepare for the 2017 Golden Globes, Emma Stone used KNC's All Natural Collagen Infused Lip Mask. The patches, which contain skin-enhancing ingredients glycerin and rose oil, leave your skin feeling butter-soft after to 10 to 15 minutes, allowing your lipstick to stay put all day long — like Stone's did for the Golden Globes.
Jessica Alba uses this to plump her lips.
To plump her lips in 20 minutes, Jessica Alba used Tony Moly's Kiss Kiss Lovely Lip Patch. The mask contains hydrating ingredients such as vitamin C; witch hazel; collagen; and strawberry, blueberry, and blackberry extract to lock in your pout's moisture and leave your lips looking smooth and full.
The brand claims to let the color stay longer.
For her neon-pink pout, "Teen Wolf" actress Arden Cho used Too Cool for School's Hot Girl Lipsticker, a velvety, creamy lipstick with high pigment and jojoba oil to leave your lips hydrated. The brand claims that its "Color Fixing Complex" creates a thin membrane on the lips to allow the color to stay on longer.
Barrymore has sworn by this product for years.
For years, Drew Barrymore has praised JAYJUN's 3 steps Intensive Shining Mask as a game-changer in her skin-care routine. The mask, which Barrymore found on a trip to Asia in 2017 and is the middle step in a three-step skin-care routine, touts benefits such as brightening, moisturizing, and anti-aging.
The mask left Kate Hudson's face glowing.
Thanks to their shiny, highly Instagrammable appearance, A.H.C. Premium Hydra Gold Foil Masks have been a favorite of celebrities such as Kate Hudson. Hudson used the mask, which contains hyaluronic acid and 24-carat gold, before the 2017 Met Gala to plump her tired skin, leaving her with a dewy glow.
Kim likes the cream because of its high SPF.
To protect her skin from the sun and cold when she's snowboarding, Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim swears by Laneige's BB Cushion Cream. The gold medalist told StyleCaster that she has been a fan of the cream for its high SPF and ability to keep her skin moisturized even in the coldest climates. Kim also likes Laneige's Water Bank Serum, which she uses as a night serum.
"I use the BB Cushion every day because it has an SPF 50. It's also super moisturizing and gives a killer glow," she told StyleCaster.
Palermo described it as a "game-changer."
In a post on her website detailing her seven-step Korean skin-care routine, Olivia Palermo spoke highly of Whamisa's Organic Flower Deep Rich Essence Toner, calling it her "glow game-changer." "I've been personally using this beautiful blend of botanical extracts with cushiony and bouncy texture for the 7 Skin method," she wrote. "It's not only great for applying with your hands to pat into the skin but can also be used with cotton pads to wipe away. This formula goes beyond balancing skin's pH level and replenishes the moisture loss that takes place immediately after cleansing."
Teigen has spoken highly of the mask.
Chrissy Teigen has no shame when it comes to in-flight masking. But one sheet mask that caught the attention of K-beauty lovers was Regen Cos's V Fill-Up Mask, which Teigen spoke highly of for its anti-aging properties (largely due to its hyaluric-acid-infused essence) and comfortable ear hooks.
Hale used it to clear her pores.
Lucy Hale excited fans when she tried one of K-beauty's newest obsessions, a bubble mask. The product — which is Elizavecca Milky Piggy Carbonated Bubble Clay Mask — left Hale with clean pores (thanks to the masks's charcoal powder, green tea, and pomegranate extracts) to look back on.
Lady Gaga is a fan of this one.
To keep her lips moisturized on stage, Lady Gaga uses Etude House's Honey Jelly Lips Patch, which contains ingredients such as royal jelly, propolis, and, of course, honey, to ensure that her pout is elastic and nourished from the inside out.


The LQ Radio Interview series has returned! In this edition of the LQ Radio Interview Series we have Ilan, conference chair, and Orv, public relations chair, from SCALE – the Southern California Area Linux Expo. We discuss a variety of topics including the history and future of SCALE, the challenges associated with running a large conference with all volunteers, Linux and Open Source related news and more.
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You mentioned LinuxFest Northwest in your podcast… I wanted to remind you that it's coming up soon. The 2-day (used to be 1-day) conference is April 28th & 29th, in beautiful Bellingham, WA. Check out http://www.lfnw.org for more info.


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Fresnoy-le-Grand, France weather in March
Historical temperature average in March
In Fresnoy-le-Grand, France
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What is the average temperature in March
The average temperature in Fresnoy-le-Grand in March for a typical day ranges from a high of 52°F (11°C) and a low of 35°F (1°C). Some would describe it as cold and breezy.
For comparison, the hottest month in Fresnoy-le-Grand, July, has days with highs of 74°F (23°C) and lows of 54°F (12°C). The coldest month, February has days with highs of 44°F (7°C) and lows of 31°F (-0°C). This graph shows how an average day looks like in Fresnoy-le-Grand in March based on historical data.
Highs and lows in Fresnoy-le-Grand in Mar
How much does it rain in March
In Fresnoy-le-Grand in March, there's a 27% chance of rain on an average day. And on the average day it rains or snows, we get 0.00 in (0.1 mm) of precipitation. In more common terms of how much that is, some would describe it as not rainy at all.
The wettest month in Fresnoy-le-Grand is December with a 45% chance of precipitation on a typical day and gets 0.10 inches (2.5 mm) of precipitation, while the dryest month in Fresnoy-le-Grand is April with a 21.0% chance of precipitation on a typical day and gets 0.10 inches (2.5 mm) of precipitation. These graphs show the probability of it raining/snowing in March and the amount of rainfall.
Chance of rain or snow on an average Fresnoy-le-Grand day by month
How cloudy is Fresnoy-le-Grand in March
The average amount of time that the sky is clear or sunny (partly cloudy or less) in Fresnoy-le-Grand during March is 9.5 hours (40% of the day). For comparison, the day with the most clear, sunny days in Fresnoy-le-Grand is July with 12.8 hours while December has the shortest amount of cloud-free hours of only 5.6 hours. This graph shows the average amount of sunshine in Fresnoy-le-Grand in March based on historical data.
Monthly clear skies percent of time in Fresnoy-le-Grand
When is the sunrise and sunset in March
The average day in Fresnoy-le-Grand during March has 11.8 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 7:08 am and sunset at 6:57 pm.
The day with the longest amount of daylight in Fresnoy-le-Grand is June 19th with 16.4 hours while December 20th has the shortest amount of daylight of only 8.1 hours.
This graph shows the average amount of daylight in Fresnoy-le-Grand in March based on historical data.
Average hours of daylight in Fresnoy-le-Grand by month
How humid is it in March
In March, Fresnoy-le-Grand is very humid with an average amount of 82% (relative humidity), which could be described as humid but cool. December has the highest relative humidity at 98% and is the least humid in July at 72%. This graph shows the average amount of humidity in Fresnoy-le-Grand throughout March based on historical data.
Average relative humidity in Fresnoy-le-Grand by month
How windy is it in March in Fresnoy-le-Grand
Historically, the wind in Fresnoy-le-Grand during March blows at an average speed of 16.2 mph (26.1 kph). The windiest month is December with an average wind speed of 18.0 mph (29.0 kph), while the calmest month is August with an average wind speed of 12.5 mph (20.0 kph). This graph shows the average wind speed in Fresnoy-le-Grand in March based on historical data.
Average monthly wind speed in Fresnoy-le-Grand
What to wear in March
With an average high of 52°F (11°C) and a low of 35°F (1°C), it generally feels cold and breezy. There might also be a small chance of rain. With that in mind, most people would dress in something warm like a jacket.
What's the weather like in Fresnoy-le-Grand the rest of the year?
We've collected the weather data for Fresnoy-le-Grand during all other months of the year too:
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in January
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in February
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in April
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in May
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in June
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in July
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in August
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in September
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in October
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in November
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in December
Weather data for Fresnoy-le-Grand was collected from the MERRA-2 project from NASA, which used a climate model combined with historical data from weather stations around the world to estimate what the conditions were like for every point on the Earth.
For all data based on historical data, we've averaged the data from the past 11 years (2010-2020). For example, for the hourly temperature at 10am, we've looked at the temperature at 10am on every day in March (e.g., March 1, March 2, etc. in 2010, 2011, etc.) and took the arithmetic mean. We did not smooth the data, so for example, our daily temperature line will have some randomness due to the fact that weather is random in the first place.
What's the weather like in Fresnoy-le-Grand?
It depends on when you visit! We've compiled data from NASA on what the weather is like in Fresnoy-le-Grand for each month of the year: see the links below for more information.
Weather in Fresnoy-le-Grand in March


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Home Web Specials 2011 Web Specials Jeyakumar slams refugee deal
Jeyakumar slams refugee deal
"It is definitely not on for Australia to outsource their refugee problem to Malaysia – and for Malaysia to agree to it", the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) member of parliament Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj told Green Left Weekly at PSM's 13th Congress held in Sungai Siput, which is the population centre of his electorate.
"Australia is sending refugees to a country that hasn't ratified the refugee convention.
"In Malaysia there is no recognition of refugees as a separate class of immigrants. They are lumped together with other foreign workers without work permits.
"Refugees have a bad time in Malaysia. Even those who have the UNHCR card are still lumped together with foreign workers without permits. They cannot work legally but of course they have to work. When they work for companies and they get cheated they can't go to the authorities and say I got cheated because it is illegal for them to work. They can get caught for working without a permit.
"Their children can't go to schools. For health care they have to pay first-class rates.
"So if Australia wants to do this sort of thing then it has to put all this into order," Jeyakumar concluded.
The PSM and the Socialist Alliance in Australia have issued a joint statement making the following demands on the Australian and Malaysian governments:
• The governments of Malaysia and Australia must stop their exchange of asylum seekers and refugees.
• The Australian government must accept all asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat and not send them to other countries which are not parties to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.
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• The Australian government must abandon its mandatory detention of asylum seekers arriving by boat, its attempt to re-establish an offshore detention centre in Papua New Guinea and its attempt to do a deal with Thailand and other countries along the same lines as the deal with Malaysia.
• Malaysia must sign and ratify the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, and protect the rights of all asylum seekers and refugees in Malaysia.
Source: www.greenleft.org.au
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Adenike Ebunoluwa Oyagbola (nacida Akinola, 5 de mayo de 1931) es una diplomática y política nigeriana, más conocida por ser la primera ministra de Nigeria tras su nombramiento en 1979.

Vida
Nacida el 5 de mayo de 1931, Oyagbola es originaria de Igan Alade, una ciudad de Yewa North del área de gobierno local del estado de Ogun, al sudoeste de Nigeria, donde  completó su primeros estudios. Se unió al Servicio Civil Federal en 1963 después de completar sus estudios en Inglaterra, Reino Unido. En diciembre de 1979, se convirtió en la primera ministra de Nigeria tras ser nombrada Ministra  de Planificación Nacional en la administración de Shehu Shagari, una posición que mantuvo hasta octubre de 1983. Más tarde se convirtió en la embajadora de Nigeria ante México, Panamá, Costa Rica y Guatemala. Desde 2016 sirve como la presidenta del capítulo nigeriano de Attitudinal Healing International.

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