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Círculo do Livro foi uma editora brasileira estabelecida em março de 1973 através de um acordo firmado entre o Grupo Abril e a editora alemã Bertelsmann. Vendia livros por um "sistema de clube", onde a pessoa era indicada por algum sócio e, a partir disso, recebia uma revista quinzenal com dezenas de títulos a serem escolhidos. O novo sócio teria então a obrigação de comprar ao menos um livro no período.

O empreendimento funcionou seus primeiros cinco anos com prejuízo, o que não representou problema para a Bertelsmann, dona de 49% da empresa e a segunda maior organização editorial do mundo na época. Não obstante, foram reunidos até 1975 duzentos e cinquenta mil sócios, número que dobrou em 1978. Em 1982, as vendas alcançaram cinco milhões de exemplares, totalizando dezessete milhões nos primeiros dez anos de existência da Círculo. Em 1983 a editora anunciou um quadro de oitocentos mil sócios espalhados por 2,850 municípios brasileiros, atendidos por uma cadeia de mais de dois mil vendedores e da distribuição através dos correios.

O declínio nos lucros fez com que a Bertelsmann vendesse sua parte no negócio, levando a Círculo a encerrar suas atividades editoriais no final da década de 1990. A empresa, no entanto, continuou a funcionar como gráfica sob o comando do grupo CLC, até ser vendida em 2000 à multinacional RR Donnelley.

Catálogo
O catálogo da Círculo do Livro era divulgado quinzenalmente aos sócios através da distribuição gratuita da Revista do Livro, e entre os inúmeros títulos disponíveis encontravam-se inclusive alguns cedidos por meio de acordos com outras grandes editoras, como por exemplo as obras de Luis Fernando Veríssimo, bem como a coleção Primeiros Passos, versão capa dura, publicada originalmente pela Editora Brasiliense.

Os livros, cuja impressão e acabamento eram realizados na própria gráfica da editora, eram conhecidos pelo bom encadernamento, capa dura e preços competitivos. A título de exemplo, em 1988, enquanto a versão brochura da obra Fogueira de Vaidades, de Tom Wolfe (então publicada pela editora Rocco) custava cerca de Cz$ 12 mil, livros de arte, com capa dura, eram lançados pela Círculo do Livro por apenas Cz$ 2.900,00. Isto devia-se principalmente ao mercado garantido, e também uma economia de escala, com tiragens que oscilavam entre seis e cinquenta mil, sendo vendidos em média dez mil exemplares por título.

Parque gráfico
Com a consolidação do negócio em 1976, a unidade gráfica da Editora Abril na rua do Curtume, em São Paulo, foi incorporada à Círculo do Livro, e no ano seguinte deixou de trabalhar exclusivamente para o grupo, passando a atender outros clientes. Em 1989, a CLC – Comunicações, Lazer e Cultura (uma divisão da Abril controlada por Richard Civita), comprou a parte pertencente aos sócios alemães, tornando-se 100% proprietária da empresa e realizando uma ampliação em seu parque gráfico, com vistas em manter ali o foco do negócio.

Em 2000, o parque gráfico foi vendido à Donnelley Cochrane Gráfica Editora do Brasil, subsidiária da Editorial Lord Cochrane S.A., sediada no Chile e controlada pela RR Donnelley, uma das maiores gráficas editoriais dos Estados Unidos. No ano seguinte, a Círculo teve sua estrutura de comercialização, planejamento e produção fundida à da Gráfica Editora Hamburg de São Paulo, como parte de um plano de unificação da clientela e administração das duas gráficas brasileiras adquiridas pela Donnelley.

Ex-subsidiárias do Grupo Abril
Editoras de São Paulo (estado)
Editoras extintas do Brasil
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Barrett P. Wilson-Murphy
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Barrett Wilson-Murphy advises clients on legal matters relating to middle market domestic and international financings and restructuring transactions. He represents financial institutions, funds, finance companies and other providers of capital in various commercial loan transactions and in acquisition and private equity transactions. Barrett has experience working with clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters. He is a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group.
Barrett counsels clients on a range of business transactions, including private equity, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters. He advises his clients in debt finance transactions throughout the capital structure. Barrett advises lower to mid-market private equity funds and family offices in connection with their investments, the management of portfolio companies and leveraged transactions. He also represents lenders in complex finance transactions, including senior, second lien, venture debt financings and mezzanine financings, on an asset-based, recurring revenue or cash–flow basis.
Prior to joining the firm, Barrett was an Associate in the corporate group of an international law firm.
Volunteer Activities
Barrett volunteers with the Achilles International Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans and has helped guide disabled Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans during the course of 20 marathons.
Barrett has a strong commitment to pro bono work. He represents immigrant children in deportation proceedings through the organization Kids In Need of Defense (KIND).
St. Thomas More Society President
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Barrett Wilson-Murphy Joins Business Transactions Group
The Business Transactions Group welcomes Barrett P. Wilson-Murphy as an associate in the firm's Boston office. Mr. Wilson-Murphy advises clients on legal matters relating to middle market domestic and international financings and restructuring transactions. Read more in the press release.
Legal Updates/Newsletters
"PPP Update: New Round with Some New Rules" co-authored with Michael F. Maglio, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV and Taylor A. Shea (1/27/2021)
"PPP Update: Loan Necessity Questionnaires" co-authored with Michael F. Maglio, Taylor A. Shea, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV and Samuel C. Maduabueke (11/9/2020)
"PPP Update: SBA Procedural Notice - Paycheck Protection Program Loans and Changes of Ownership" co-authored with Taylor A. Shea, Eric M. Kogan, Michael F. Maglio, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta and Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV (10/9/20)
"PPP Update: Treatment of Owners and Forgiveness of Certain Nonpayroll Costs" co-authored with Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV, Taylor A. Shea and Michael F. Maglio (8/31/20)
"Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act" co-authored with Michael F. Maglio, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta, Taylor A. Shea and Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV
"PPP Update: Loan Forgiveness Application" co-authored with Jeffrey L. Volpintesta, Taylor A. Shea, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV and Michael F. Maglio, which examines key aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application and related instructions. (5/19/2020)
PPP Update: Loan Forgiveness Application
"PPP Update: Loan Forgiveness Application" co-authored by Barrett P. Wilson-Murphy, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta, Taylor A. Shea, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV and Michael F. Maglio, which examines key aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application and related instructions. (5/19/2020)
Business Transaction Group members Mike Maglio, Kit Peabody, Taylor Shea, Jeffrey Volpintesta and Barrett Wilson-Murphy authored "PPP Update: Loan Forgiveness Application," which was published as a Legal Update on May 19, 2020. On May 15, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application and related instructions (collectively, the Forgiveness Application). This Legal Update examines key aspects of the Forgiveness Application, which provides some long-awaited clarity with regard to loan forgiveness eligibility and the application process, but still leaves unanswered questions that some borrowers will have as they prepare their applications. To read the full article, click here.
"PPP Loans: Further Guidance on the "Necessity Certification"" co-authored with Taylor A. Shea, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV and Michael F. Maglio, presented by the Hartford Business Journal and New Haven Biz
"The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act" co-authored with Taylor A. Shea, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta and Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV (4/24/2020)
"COVID-19 Relief: Understanding The Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program" co-authored with Eric M. Kogan, Michael F. Maglio, Taylor A. Shea and Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV (4/13/2020)
"U.S. Small Business Administration Affiliation Rules and Their Application to the Payroll Protection Program" co-authored with Eric M. Kogan, Jeffrey L. Volpintesta and Taylor A. Shea (4/7/2020)
"COVID-19 Relief: Understanding SBA Loan Opportunities Under the CARES Act" co-authored with Taylor A. Shea, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV, Frank W. Eucalitto and Jeffrey L. Volpintesta (4/1/2020)
"COVID-19 SBA FAQs: Economic Injury Disaster Loans" co-authored with Taylor A. Shea, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV, Frank W. Eucalitto and Jeffrey L. Volpintesta (3/31/2020)
"COVID-19 SBA FAQs: Paycheck Protection Program" co-authored with Taylor A. Shea, Frank W. Eucalitto, Endicott (Kit) Peabody IV and Jeffrey L. Volpintesta (3/30/20)
"COVID-19: Governor Baker Issues Order Closing All "Non-Essential" Businesses Until April 7, 2020" co-authored with William M. Daley and Kathleen M. Porter (3/25/20)

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Dockett Signs Extension
Pro Bowl defensive tackle commits through 2015; wants to retire a Cardinal
Darren Urban
azcardinals.com
Defensive tackle Darnell Dockett signed a contract extension through the 2015 season.
In some ways, it was almost too easy of a jab for Ken Whisenhunt to let pass.
The Cardinals' coach sat in Wednesday afternoon's press conference to announce the new contract of Pro Bowl defensive tackle Darnell Dockett. Whisenhunt flanked Dockett on one side, with general manager Rod Graves on the other.
"To be honest, I am a little shocked," Whisenhunt said, grin crawling over his face, "because Darnell hasn't said much about wanting an extension."
Even Dockett cracked up over that one.
Dockett, who signed his last contract extension in 2006 and was already asking for another one before the 2008 season, had mentioned a time or two – or 200 – over the past two years his desire for a new deal. Now he finally has it, a contract that will keep him in Arizona through the 2015 season. Dockett will get about $30 million in guarantees, with the contract's worth about $48 million (Dockett's old contract, which ran through 2011, was to pay him $3.75 million in salary this season and $4 million next season).
Dockett had hinted right before and at the beginning of training camp a new contract might be coming sooner rather than later. Turns out Dockett was just being his normal, brutally honest self.
The Cards believe he was doing the same again Wednesday.
"I do want to retire an Arizona Cardinal," Dockett said. "I do believe in the organization and the people around us.
"I believe for a winning program, you have to keep your guys around, the ones you can count on through thick and thin. I believed them they would work it out. I just focused on football. I knew they were working behind the scenes."
It was a far cry from the offseason of 2008, when Dockett showed up for the mandatory minicamp but none of the voluntary work. Or the offseason of 2009, when Dockett – along with receiver Anquan Boldin – insisted he had sore hamstrings and couldn't practice during minicamp, and again skipped voluntary work.
Dockett showed up to the voluntary work this offseason. The Cards had told him he needed to show that commitment if he expected a new deal. Dockett said he felt obligated to come when he had worked so hard to get others -- notably free-agent linebacker Joey Porter – to sign with the team to skip out on them when they showed up for voluntary work.
"We feel like Darnell has always been vested in this program, even though he may have stated his frustrations from time to time," Graves said. "We always felt he wanted to be here.
"He has always been intricately involved in wanting to see our team improve. I think in the long run we will look back and say he was a good model for our young players in the way he approached the game."
No one would have thought that was the way Dockett would have been described, at least once upon a time.
"The thing that has made is so apparent that we wanted to get this done was his growth as a player and as a person," Whisenhunt said. "Where he sits now, after a couple of Pro Bowls and how he works, it's a little different than four years ago."
Dockett had hinted in training camp he had considered not showing up in protest of no new deal. But he did come to Flagstaff and had arguably the best showing of any player. He also insisted Wednesday that once he showed up, he wasn't thinking about his contract – only football.
And while he had in camp expressed dismay in lost teammates like Boldin, Karlos Dansby and Antrel Rolle, he sounded like a man committed to the Cards going forward.
"Granted we can't keep everybody," Dockett said. "We wish we had those guys, but we tried to get those guys. That's what a lot of people have to understand, we tried to keep people, it wasn't like we ignored them and let them go. I have talked to Coach about those things. I wanted to make sure I am here and will do whatever I can to keep other guys around with a winning attitude."
That starts will his play. Dockett said he knows he will be watched closely now given his deal, but that's OK with him.
His first goal? "Outplay this contract."
"We'll be having this press conference again," he added with a smile.
At the very least, Dockett will make sure everyone knows he would need a new deal.
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Cardinals safety already named to third Pro Bowl
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Venue has already served as blood drive center, COVID testing spot
Breaking Down The Cardinals' Roster After 2020
Cap crunch, 28 UFAs will make for a interesting offseason for GM Steve Keim
Cardinals Sign Five More Players To 'Futures' Deals
Three former NFL draft picks are included in group
Cardinals Sign 15 Players To 'Futures' Contracts
Draft picks Evan Weaver, Michael Dogbe among those sticking around
You've Got Mail: The Season Has Ended
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Kingsbury, Murray will head into third season with significant expectations


The context for contemporary healthcare chaplaincy is one of rapid change. Growing secularisation, religious plurality, and the increasing delivery of healthcare in community settings, to name just a few, mean inherited models may no longer be fit for purpose. The 2018 CHCC Study Conference will explore how healthcare chaplaincy might respond and offer a vision of the knowledge and skills that chaplaincy will need not only to survive, but to thrive in the future.


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News of the Week: Tom Hanks Types, Bette and Joan Fight, and Everyone's Confused about Johnny Appleseed
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks loves his typewriters (he owns over 100 of them), and now he has a book coming out about the machines. Well, sort of. His collection of short stories, titled Uncommon Type: Some Stories, will feature 17 tales that somehow involve typewriters. It hits bookstore shelves (and virtual bookstore shelves) in October.
The book came about after Hanks wrote a short story, "Alan Bean Plus Four," for The New Yorker in 2014.
In other Tom Hanks news this week, he sent an espresso machine to the White House press corps.
Feud: Bette vs. Joan
This looks like a fun series. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary rivalry between Hollywood stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and the filming of their classic horror drama Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? It stars Susan Sarandon as Davis and Jessica Lange as Crawford, along with Judy Davis, Stanley Tucci, and Alfred Molina. It premieres this Sunday night on FX. Here's the trailer.
Feud, by the way, is going to be an anthology series. The second season will be called Feud: Charles and Diana and will focus on the royal couple.
RIP Bill Paxton, Judge Joseph Wapner, Howard Leeds, and John Gay
One name missing from the "In Memoriam" segment at The Oscars last Sunday was Bill Paxton, who died the day before and couldn't be included in the montage (Jennifer Aniston did mention him in her introduction, however). It's amazing how many classic films this solid, dependable actor appeared in: Titanic, Aliens, Apollo 13, Twister, True Lies, Frailty, Tombstone, The Terminator, and Predator 2. He also starred in the Showtime series Big Love and appeared on shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hatfields & McCoys. He's currently starring in the CBS drama Training Day and later this year can be seen in the Tom Hanks movie The Circle.
Paxton died from complications after heart surgery. He was 61. Here's a young Paxton on a helpful stranger's shoulders, waiting to see President Kennedy in Texas in November 1963.
Actor & Fort Worth native Bill Paxton atop his father's shoulders at a speech J. F. Kennedy made in Fort Worth the day he was assassinated. pic.twitter.com/zkioMu9sWe
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 27, 2017
Judge Joseph Wapner really started this whole "judge show" craze back in 1981, when he presided over The People's Court. He stayed with the show until 1993. Before that, he was a judge for many years in the L.A. Superior Court and a municipal judge. Wapner passed away Sunday at the age of 97.
Howard Leeds was a veteran producer on such shows as The Brady Bunch, My Living Doll, The Bill Dana Show, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Diff'rent Strokes, and The Facts of Life, and a writer for those shows and others, including Meet Millie, The Red Skelton Hour, Bewitched, My Three Sons, Barney Miller, and Silver Spoons. He died at the age of 97 on February 11, though his death was first announced this week.
John Gay wrote the screenplay for the films The Courtship of Eddie's Father, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Power, Separate Tables, and Run Silent, Run Deep, along with TV-movie remakes of Dial M For Murder, Captains Courageous, Shadow of a Doubt, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also wrote for shows like General Electric Theater, Playhouse 90, Kraft Theater, and the mini-series Fatal Vision.
Like Leeds, Gay passed away earlier this month but it wasn't announced until this week. He was 92.
Newspaper Owner Can't Give It Away
What do you do if you own a newspaper and want to retire but you can't even give the newspaper away to someone? You sell it.
That's what happened with the owner of the New Hardwick Gazette in Connecticut. Last year Ross Connelly held an essay contest. For only a $175 entry fee, you could enter the contest, with the winner getting ownership of the paper. But not enough people entered the contest to make it a success (he wanted 700 entries but only received 140). But one couple, Ray and Kim Small, saved the day (and the paper) by buying it outright. They took over the reins two weeks ago and promise to serve the community and keep the paper's focus on local news.
By the way, Ray Small was actually one of the people who entered the contest.
"Buffalo Bill" Cody Born (February 26, 1846)
William Cody has often been called "America's First Superstar" because of his long-running Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World shows.
Charles Lindbergh's Baby Kidnapped (March 1, 1932)
The body of the famed aviator's infant son, Charles Jr., was found on May 12. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted of the kidnapping and murder after one of the most sensational trials in history. Saturday Evening Post Archives Director Jeff Nilsson has a fascinating look at the man who helped solve the case by examining the ladder Hauptmann used.
This Week in Saturday Evening Post History: Rockwell's "The Rookie" Cover (March 2, 1957)
March 2,1957
It's March, and that means we're very close to baseball's opening day. This March 2, 1957, cover by Norman Rockwell takes a look inside the Boston Red Sox locker room. The rookie in the suit is Massachusetts baseball star Sherman Stanford. The guys in the uniforms were real Red Sox team members, including the guy standing in the middle. That's Ted Williams, even though Rockwell had to use a stand-in because Williams couldn't make it to the studio that day.
National Pound Cake Day
Some things just go great together: peanut butter and jelly, cookies and milk, Norman Rockwell and The Saturday Evening Post. When I was a kid, I had another combo that I loved: pound cake and Pepsi.
I used to eat that all the time. I'd get a package of Sara Lee All-Butter Pound Cake (the one in the rectangular silver carton) and a bottle of Pepsi and pretty much eat the entire thing in one sitting while watching television. I don't know how this combo came about (maybe my mom didn't buy milk that week?), but it was delicious. I should try it again some time.
Tomorrow is National Pound Cake Day. Here's a recipe for Lemon Pound Cake with Raspberry Sauce, and here's one for Zion Canyon Lavender Pound Cake. You could make this classic Mama's Pound Cake from Paula Deen or this Million Dollar Pound Cake. Note: The recipe is actually free.
Or you could just buy some from the fine people at Sara Lee. Nobody doesn't like them! (And don't forget the Pepsi.)
Next Week's Holidays and Events
International Women's Day (March 8)
This annual event "celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievement of women." And of course this year's theme has a hashtag: #BeBoldForChange
Johnny Appleseed Day (March 11)
I bet you didn't know there was a controversy involving Johnny Appleseed Day (if confusion over these holidays can be classified as a "controversy"). Some people celebrate it on September 26 because that was the birth date of John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman, an American settler born in 1774. Others celebrate it on March 11 because he died on that day in 1845 (though even that is in dispute — some say March 18 and some say it was even a different year, 1847). But hey, why can't we celebrate his life twice a year?


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@author: mikolajbinkowski
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import mmd as MMD

from model_mmd2 import DCGAN, tf, np
from utils import variable_summaries
from cholesky import me_loss
from ops import batch_norm, conv2d, deconv2d, linear, lrelu
from glob import glob
import os
import time

class me_DCGAN(DCGAN):
    def __init__(self, sess, config, is_crop=True,
                 batch_size=64, output_size=64,
                 z_dim=100,
                 gfc_dim=1024, dfc_dim=1024, c_dim=3, dataset_name='default',
                 checkpoint_dir=None, sample_dir=None, log_dir=None, data_dir=None):
        """
        Args:
            sess: TensorFlow session
            batch_size: The size of batch. Should be specified before training.
            output_size: (optional) The resolution in pixels of the images. [64]
            z_dim: (optional) Dimension of dim for Z. [100]
            gf_dim: (optional) Dimension of gen filters in first conv layer. [64]
            df_dim: (optional) Dimension of discrim filters in first conv layer. [64]
            gfc_dim: (optional) Dimension of gen units for for fully connected layer. [1024]
            dfc_dim: (optional) Dimension of discrim units for fully connected layer. [1024]
            c_dim: (optional) Dimension of image color. For grayscale input, set to 1. [3]
        """
        self.asi = [np.zeros([batch_size, output_size, output_size, c_dim])]
        super(me_DCGAN, self).__init__(sess=sess, config=config, is_crop=is_crop,
             batch_size=batch_size, output_size=output_size, z_dim=z_dim,
             gfc_dim=gfc_dim, dfc_dim=dfc_dim,
             c_dim=c_dim, dataset_name=dataset_name, checkpoint_dir=checkpoint_dir,
             sample_dir=sample_dir, log_dir=log_dir, data_dir=data_dir)

#    def test_location_initializer(self):
#        if 'lsun' in self.config.dataset:
##            generator = self.gen_train_samples_from_lmdb()
#            data_X = self.additional_sample_images
#        if self.config.dataset == 'mnist':
#            data_X, data_y = self.load_mnist()
#        elif self.config.dataset == 'cifar10':
#            data_X, data_y = self.load_cifar10()
#        elif (self.config.dataset == 'GaussianMix'):
#            data_X, _, __ = self.load_GaussianMix()
#        else:
#            data_X = glob(os.path.join("./data", self.config.dataset, "*.jpg"))
#        real = np.asarray(data_X[:self.batch_size], dtype=np.float32)
#        return real
##        sample_z = np.random.uniform(-1, 1, size=(self.sample_size , self.z_dim))
##        fake = self.sess.run(self.sampler, feed_dict={self.z: sample_z})
##        p = np.random.binomial(1, .5, size=(self.batch_size, 1, 1, 1))
##        return p * real + (1 - p) * fake

    def set_loss(self, G, images):
        if self.config.kernel == '':
            me = lambda gg, ii: me_loss(
                gg, ii, self.df_dim, self.batch_size,
                with_inv=(self.config.gradient_penalty == 0)
            )
            self.optim_name = 'me loss'
            with tf.variable_scope('loss'):
                self.optim_loss, Z = me(G, images)
        else:
            im_id = tf.constant(np.random.choice(np.arange(self.batch_size), self.config.test_locations))
            if 'optme' in self.config.model:
                with tf.variable_scope('discriminator'):
                    self.me_test_images = tf.get_variable(
                        'd_me_test_images',
#                        [self.batch_size, self.output_size, self.output_size, self.c_dim],
                        initializer=self.additional_sample_images
                    )
                p = tf.cast(tf.reshape(tf.multinomial([[.5, .5]], self.batch_size),
                                       [self.batch_size, 1, 1, 1]), tf.float32)
                self.me_test_images = p * self.me_test_images + (1 - p) * self.sampler
                meti = tf.clip_by_value(tf.gather(self.me_test_images, im_id), 0, 1)
                bloc = int(np.floor(np.sqrt(self.config.test_locations)))
                tf.summary.image("train/me test image", self.imageRearrange(meti, bloc))
            else:
                self.me_test_images = tf.constant(
                    initializer=self.additional_sample_images,
                    dtype=tf.float32,
                    name='d_me_test_images'
                )
            if self.config.dc_discriminator:
                metl = self.discriminator(self.me_test_images, reuse=True)
            else:
                metl = tf.reshape(self.me_test_images, [self.batch_size, -1])
            self.me_test_locations = tf.gather(metl, im_id)

            assert self.config.kernel in ['dot', 'mix_rq', 'mix_rbf'], \
                "Kernel '%s' not supported" % self.config.kernel
            kernel = getattr(MMD, '_%s_kernel' % self.config.kernel)
            k_test = lambda gg: kernel(gg, self.me_test_locations, K_XY_only=True)
            self.optim_name = self.config.kernel + ' kernel mean embedding loss'
            with tf.variable_scope('loss'):
                self.optim_loss, Z = me_loss(
                    k_test(G), k_test(images),
                    self.df_dim, self.batch_size,
                    with_inv=('vn' in self.config.suffix),
                    with_Z=True
                )
                if 'full_gp' in self.config.suffix:
                    print('fullf gp case model_me2.py')
                    super(me_DCGAN, self).add_gradient_penalty(kernel, G, images)
                else:
                    self.add_gradient_penalty(k_test, G, images, Z)

    def add_gradient_penalty(self, k_test, fake_data, real_data, Z):
        alpha = tf.random_uniform(shape=[self.batch_size, 1], minval=0., maxval=1.)
        if 'mid' in self.config.suffix:
            alpha = .4 + .2 * alpha
        elif 'edges' in self.config.suffix:
            qq = tf.cast(tf.reshape(tf.multinomial([[.5, .5]], self.batch_size),
                                    [self.batch_size, 1]), tf.float32)
            alpha = .1 * alpha * qq + (1. - .1 * alpha) * (1. - qq)
        elif 'edge' in self.config.suffix:
            alpha = .99 + .01 * alpha
        x_hat = (1. - alpha) * real_data + alpha * fake_data
        witness = tf.matmul(k_test(x_hat), Z)
        gradients = tf.gradients(witness, [x_hat])[0]
        penalty = tf.reduce_mean(tf.square(tf.norm(gradients, axis=1) - 1.0))

        if self.config.gradient_penalty > 0:
            self.gp = tf.get_variable('gradient_penalty', dtype=tf.float32,
                                      initializer=self.config.gradient_penalty)
            self.g_loss = self.optim_loss
            self.d_loss = -self.optim_loss + penalty * self.gp
            self.optim_name += ' gp %.1f' % self.config.gradient_penalty
        else:
            self.g_loss = self.optim_loss
            self.d_loss = -self.optim_loss
        variable_summaries([(gradients, 'dx_gradients')])
        tf.summary.scalar(self.optim_name + ' G', self.g_loss)
        tf.summary.scalar(self.optim_name + ' D', self.d_loss)
        tf.summary.scalar('dx_penalty', penalty)

    def train_step(self):
        step = self.sess.run(self.global_step)
        write_summary = ((np.mod(step, 50) == 0) and (step < 1000)) \
                    or (np.mod(step, 1000) == 0) or (self.err_counter > 0)
#        write_summary = True
        if self.config.use_kernel:
            eval_ops = [self.global_step, self.g_loss, self.d_loss]
            if self.config.is_demo:
                summary_str, step, g_loss, d_loss = self.sess.run(
                    [self.TrainSummary] + eval_ops
                )
            else:
                if self.d_counter == 0:
                    if write_summary:
                        _, summary_str, step, g_loss, d_loss = self.sess.run(
                            [self.g_grads, self.TrainSummary] + eval_ops
                        )
                        print('ts 2')
                    else:
                        _, step, g_loss, d_loss = self.sess.run(
                            [self.g_grads] + eval_ops
                        )
                        print('ts 3')
                    print('G step' , step)
                else:
                    print('ts 4')
                    _, step, g_loss, d_loss = self.sess.run(
                        [self.d_grads] + eval_ops
                    )
                    print('D step', step)
            et = "[%2d] time: %4.4f" % (step, time.time() - self.start_time)
            assert ~np.isnan(g_loss), "NaN g_loss, epoch: " + et
            assert ~np.isnan(d_loss), "NaN d_loss, epoch: " + et
        if self.d_counter == 0:
            if write_summary:
                try:
                    self.writer.add_summary(summary_str, step)
                    self.err_counter = 0
                except Exception as e:
                    print('Step %d summary exception. ' % step, e)
                    self.err_counter += 1

                print("Epoch: [%2d] time: %4.4f, %s, G: %.8f, D: %.8f"
                    % (step, time.time() - self.start_time,
                       self.optim_name, g_loss, d_loss))
            if (np.mod(step, self.config.max_iteration//5) == 0):
                self.lr *= self.config.decay_rate
                print('current learning rate: %f' % self.sess.run(self.lr))
                if ('decay_gp' in self.config.suffix) and (self.config.gradient_penalty > 0):
                    self.gp *= self.config.decay_rate
                    print('current gradeint penalty: %f' % self.sess.run(self.gp))

        if (step == 1) and (self.d_counter == 0):
            print('current learning rate: %f' % self.sess.run(self.lr))
        if self.d_grads is not None:
            d_steps = self.config.dsteps
            if ((step % 100 == 0) or (step < 20)):
                d_steps = self.config.start_dsteps
            self.d_counter = (self.d_counter + 1) % (d_steps + 1)
        step += (self.d_counter == 0)

        return g_loss, d_loss

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Q: GitHub Actions Deployment building with errors My GitHub Actions completes successfully, but when I go to my website all I see is a blank white page. From the chrome dev tools I check the console and I see this error:
react-dom.production.min.js:216 Error: accountId is required
    at Z (brightcove-react-player-loader.es.js:950)
    at Q (brightcove-react-player-loader.es.js:1061)
    at X (brightcove-react-player-loader.es.js:1126)
    at r.o.loadPlayer (brightcove-react-player-loader.es.js:1350)
    at r.o.componentDidMount (brightcove-react-player-loader.es.js:1519)
    at hu (react-dom.production.min.js:219)
    at As (react-dom.production.min.js:259)
    at t.unstable_runWithPriority (scheduler.production.min.js:18)
    at Ha (react-dom.production.min.js:122)
    at Ts (react-dom.production.min.js:252)
uu @ react-dom.production.min.js:216

The following is my yaml file which creates a .env file including the BrightCove ID but it isn't getting the ID from the .env for some reason...
# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: Deploy React Dev

# Controls when the workflow will run
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
  push:
    branches: [ development ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ development ]

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  REACT_APP_BRIGHTCOVE_ID: ${{ secrets.REACT_APP_BRIGHTCOVE_ID }}

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: ./app
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
      # Create .env
      - name: Create env file
        run: |
          touch .env
          echo REACT_APP_AUTH0_DOMAIN=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_AUTH0_DOMAIN }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_AUTH0_AUDIENCE=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_AUTH0_AUDIENCE }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_VIDEO_URL=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_VIDEO_URL }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_STORE_NAME=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_STORE_NAME }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT }} >> .env
          echo REACT_APP_BRIGHTCOVE_ID=${{ secrets.REACT_APP_BRIGHTCOVE_ID }} >> .env
          echo HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET=${{ secrets.HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET }} >> .env
      # Set up Node JS
      - uses: actions/setup-node@master
        with:
          node-version: '16.x'
          cache: 'yarn'
          cache-dependency-path: app/yarn.lock
      # Use cached node_modules directory
      - uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: '**/node_modules'
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-modules-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
      # Install & build
      - run: yarn install
      - run: yarn build
      # Upload artifact
      - name: Upload artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: webapp
          path: app/build
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: Orange Develop
    needs: build
    steps:
      - name: Download artifact
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: webapp
      # Deploy webapp to Orange server
      - name: SCP deployment to Orange
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.FTP_HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.FTP_USER }}
          key: ${{ secrets.FTP_KEY }}
          source: '.'
          target: '/opt/media-exchange/app/build'
          rm: true`

A: Found the answer on this stackoverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66929604/14502018
I needed to set the environment that my secrets are stored in.
Inside the build job I added this line:
build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: Orange Develop #MISSING LINE

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Gowon Blows Hot, Says Nigerians Must Thank The Igbos, Else Nigeria Would Have Been Poorer Without Them
October 4, 2020 October 4, 2020 Tonnison	0 Comments	Else Nigeria Would Have Been Poorer Without Them, Gowon Blows Hot, Says Nigerians Must Thank The Igbos
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), yesterday stated that Nigeria would not be complete without Ndigbo, adding that the absence of Igbo's intelligentsia and hard work would have made the nation poorer.
Addressing a debate on "National Unity: Federal Character, Restructuring and Rotation of Presidential Power in Nigeria" organised by Igbo Leadership Development Foundation in Abuja, Gowon, who spoke through Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, maintained that God did not make a mistake in putting the ethnic group in Nigeria.
The ex-military leader noted that in a democracy, there must be fairness, justice and transparency in the leadership and governance of a country, adding that "restructuring has to be done in an atmosphere of tolerance and love for one another."
He asserted: "I am not a friend of hate speech and bitterness but a friend of patriotism because Nigeria is dear to my heart and I believe in the bright future of Nigeria and Igbo and that together, we can make our country great."
Expressing own view, Mailafia, who was deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), decried the alleged injustices being meted to the ethnic nationality in the country
He stressed that the most populous black nation was big enough to accommodate everyone irrespective of tribe, pointing out that the ongoing discussions on restructuring must address all imbalances for the sake of equity.
His words: "I believe that a lot of injustices have been done to the Igbo and the constitutional debate on restructuring must address all imbalances.
"Nigeria is big enough for all of us and I believe that the Ndigbo, Middle Belt and the Yoruba are the true Nigerians because if you look round our borders, people came from abroad and are still coming, but the Ndigbo and the Middle Belt have always been there, even the Yoruba have always been there."
He went on: "People who came in yesterday and have a duty of respect are now the ones talking.
"Going forward, we must create a federal democracy that would respond positively to all the aspirations of our people, not about East-West but all about working together inequality, bringing in the youths and the women together to build a new Nigeria."
In his keynote address, founder of Gregory University, Uturu, Prof. Gregory Ibe, who submitted that Nigeria's unitary and federal system was only in name, contended that the current model was "a clear departure from the federal system bequeathed to the country by its founding fathers and colonial Britain."
He said: "Most of the powers that will engender real growth and development are tied in the exclusive list. Solid minerals, electricity, railway, ports, security etc. are all tied to the federal exclusive list to be executed only by the Federal Government, which has not been able to live up to the expectation of Nigerians.
"In summary, restructuring, consequentially, is returning to the states the powers taken away by the military from the regions."
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Surveyors' Field Notes and Plats of Wisconsin is a collection of thousands of maps and written observations recorded between 1833 and 1866, when Wisconsin land was sub-divided into parcels for purchase and settlement.
The Society owns 21 bound volumes containing hand-drawn plat maps for townships that cover approximately two-thirds of the state. Photostatic reversals of the maps are available for townships to the north. The University of Wisconsin-Madison owns the field notes. As surveyor's walked the landscape, they noted specific details about the environment in pocket notebooks.
The U.S. General Land Office Surveyors' Field Notes and Plat Maps are available for viewing online at University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Collections.
The Society's Archives has microfilm of the complete sets of both the surveyors' field notes and manuscripts of the survey plat maps for every section in each township in Wisconsin.
Interior and exterior survey notes are organized by township and range.
Interior survey notes fill 56 reels of microfilm.
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To identify the appropriate reels, researchers will need to know the township and range survey coordinates of the township they are interested in researching. With that information, reference archivists can find the applicable notes.
The field notes and survey plats are also available by appointment at any of our Area Research Centers (ARCs). They may also be ordered through interlibrary loan.
Between 1833 and 1866, the federal government surveyed the land that is now Wisconsin. It conducted the survey to divide the vast public domain into suitable-sized lots to sell or otherwise divest, to raise funds for the federal government, and to encourage settlement.
The land was divided into 6-mile-squares called towns. Then the towns were subdivided into 36-mile-square sections. As surveyors traveled, they took field notes, which became the official record of the surveys. They recorded vegetation, especially tree cover; land features such as soils, streams and rock outcroppings; and evidence of human habitation including villages, cabins, trails and roads.
Mapmakers at the U.S. General Land Office used these surveyors' notes to create official plat maps. The plat maps were used to sell or grant land to settlers, railroads, speculators and other interested parties.
These plats represent some of the earliest attempts at mapping Wisconsin land at a local level. Each map allows significant detail and many maps note the locations of individual cabins, springs, millsites and landings as well as trails, rivers, streams and villages. They are a unique resource for recreating Wisconsin's pre-settlement landscape, identifying Native American cultural sites, and tracing the earliest signs of settlement. When used in conjunction with the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Maps, developed between 1929 and 1949, you can compare the Wisconsin landscape before it was settled and approximately 100 years later.
Most maps and atlases do not circulate and must be used at the Society's Library or Archives. Also, some may be sent to any of our 13 Area Research Centers around the state for viewing.
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Texas, the second-largest state by population, has a highly robust and diversified economy. Despite plummeting oil prices in recent years, Texas continues to have one of the fastest-growing economies in the nation with the tenth highest ten-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate.
Texas issues state debt to fund a variety of purposes, including transportation, water projects, public housing and construction at state colleges and universities. According to recent Census data, Texas has the fourth lowest state debt per capita among the 10 largest states by population.
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Some of this debt may be self-supporting, that is, paid in whole or part with dedicated non-tax revenue, even when backed by a pledge of general revenue.
Authorized but unissued debt for the state is debt that the legislature has approved but has yet to be issued and may be issued any time in the future.
GENERAL OBLIGATION (GO) Debt is legally secured by a constitutional pledge of the first monies coming into the State Treasury that are not constitutionally dedicated for another purpose. GO debt must be approved by a 2/3 vote of both houses of the legislature and a majority of Texas voters.
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In 1997 the 75th Legislature passed and the voters approved a constitutional debt limit (CDL) that restricts the amount of GR-supported debt the legislature may authorize. GR-supported debt may not be authorized if the annual debt service on all outstanding GR-supported debt, including authorized but unissued debt, exceeds 5 percent of the average annual unrestricted General Revenue Fund revenues for the previous three fiscal years.
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Al-Manar (the favorite Lebanese network of Mr. Netanyahu) reports that Ban Ki-Moon (Moony of the UN) has asked the Caliphate of ISIS (ISIL, DAESH, WTF) to treat the downed Jordanian pilot humanely. The pilot, from humorless Jordan, was downed while bombing or trying to bomb the hell out of the humorless ISIS terrorists. So, even if the terrorists have enough sense of humor to appreciate this very 'Christian' request, it is highly unlikely they will comply. What was odd was the Obama administration condemning ISIS for the capture of the pilot. I am not happy about his capture either, but what were they supposed to do? Give him a medal of the First Class Order of Caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi?
Moony asks them to treat the pilot humanely. He might as well ask them to give up their captured slave girls (all non-Wahhabis) and become monogamists and maybe convert and join a meg-buck church in the USA. Or maybe migrate en masse to some ashram in Auroville, India. Besides, it is not clear if the pilot had clearance from the Syrians to bomb the terrorists in their country, or if he was freelancing like the Israeli IAF often does at will.
Unfortunately, and unless the cutthroats are hard-up for ransom cash in these days of low oil prices, the only humanitarian gesture they will likely offer will be a sharp sword. Unless the pilot can convince them that he is a true Wahhabi.
If you have seen the old Ten Commandments films of Cecil B. DeMille, either one of them, you'd recognize something here. That was when Charlton Heston rebelled on behalf of the Jewish slaves who were building the Pharaoh's (Yul Brenner) tomb. The slaves were ancient Jews, including Edward G. Robinson who probably looked ancient at birth, instead of Nepalese, Bengalis, and other South Asians. Many of them died on the job, at least in the Hollywood version of the story. Ditto for the most recent version featuring Big Moses and Little Yahweh.
Now back to earth and our current age. If the figure of one dead every two days is accurate that is suspiciously excessive, to grossly understate the tragedy. And it is only for one nationality of migrant workers, one of several. A crime either by negligence or callousness toward the value of certain lives. With temperatures in the forties Centigrade and in the 120's Fahrenheit, labor should be curtailed, especially at daytime. Not that the evenings are that much cooler in summer on My Gulf (I bet you didn't know it is mine and not some king's or potentate's).
FYI: there is no Moses on the Persian Gulf, nor is there likely to be one anytime soon. These are not captive forced labor, not until they land in the host country. Besides, if there were a Moses, some Pharaoh would buy him off. If they can buy off governments of big democratic world powers like Britain and France, they can buy off almost anyone.
Gulf GCC Opposition Hampered by Tribal and Sectarian Walls……..
Everybody who rises or publicly or privately criticizes the Saudi regime is either a terrorist or a foreign agent. It doesn't matter if they are Shi'a or Sunni or Wahhabi. Other GCC media tend to go along with that or just ignore it. Of course, those who resist police attacks or fire on them are also called so.
Regardless of whether those killed are armed or not, the Saudi princes are in an unusually good position for a regime that is the most repressive in the Middle East and one of the most repressive in the world. Its opposition is severely divided. There is a Shi'a opposition, a Sunni opposition, and an extremist Wahhabi opposition. But like almost all opposition groups in the Persian Gulf GCC countries they are plagued by tribal and sectarian divisions.
The tribe and the sect create demarcation lines that these opposition groups rarely cross, if ever. These different groups work on separate planes, and do not cooperate with each other. Once I likened them to little children who play around each other but not with each other. The main Saudi Wahhabi opposition even accuses the ultra-sectarian regime of being 'too soft' on Shi'as.
Advantage, the rulers. At least for the time being.
Russia: an Economic Barbarossa? Une Grande Armee économique?……….
"Russia Reels" screams the headline in the Huffington Post. With similar headlines in other media. An old headline that goes back to another world…….
Or perhaps a financial version of La Grande Armee of Napoleon, an economic assault. Which might have better luck, better results this time around, given the interdependence of the world economies.
Saudi Justice: Chopping Hands for a Small Theft While Ignoring Billions Stolen……….
This sounds fair and square. You rob a few Rials, get your hand chopped, especially if you are a poor Yemeni or another foreigner. The princes and princelings steal and embezzle and expropriate billions of public property, and it is okay. It goes with the job of being a prince and a potentate.


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Broadway In Chicago Announces Daniel Breaker joining HAMILTON Chicago Company as Aaron Burr
Producer Jeffrey Seller is thrilled to announce Tony Award® nominee DANIEL BREAKER will join the Chicago company of HAMILTON as Aaron Burr. He will begin performances on Tuesday, April 11at The PrivateBank Theatre in Chicago.
Mr. Breaker received a Tony Award® nomination for his role as "Youth" inPassing Strange and was most recently seen on Broadway as "Mafala Hatimbi" in The Book of Mormon.
Mr. Breaker will join ARI AFSAR as Eliza Hamilton; MIGUEL CERVANTES as Alexander Hamilton; ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI as King George III,JONATHAN KIRKLAND as George Washington, CHRIS DE'SEAN LEE as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson; JOSEPH MORALES as Mr. Cervantes' alternate; KAREN OLIVO as Angelica Schuyler, JOSÉ RAMOS as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton; WALLACE SMITH as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and SAMANTHA MARIE WARE as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds.
The Chicago company also includes SAM ABERMAN, JOSÈ AMOR, AMBER ARDOLINO, REMMIE BOURGEOIS, CHLOË CAMPBELL, YOSSI CHAIKIN, CARL CLEMONS-HOPKINS, JOHN MICHAEL FIUMARA, JEAN GODSEND FLORADIN, AARON GORDON, JIN HA, HOLLY JAMES, MALIK SHABAZZ KITCHEN, COLBY LEWIS, DASHÌ MITCHELL, JUSTICE MOORE, SAMANTHA POLLINO, CANDACE QUARRELS, GABRIELLA SORRENTINO, ROBERT WALTERS and AUBIN WISE.
Daniel Breaker's Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, The Performers, Shrek: The Musical (Drama Desk Nomination), Passing Strange(Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Nomination, Theatre World Award, Audelco Award) Cymbeline and Well. His Off-Broadway credits include Loves Labour's Lost, (Shakespeare in the Park) By The Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage), Passing Strange (The Public Theater), Fabulation (Playwrights Horizons) and Pericles (Red Bull, Culture Project). London credits include How to Act Around Cops (SoHo Theatre). Film & TV credits include "Sisters" (with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler), "Limitless" (with Bradley Cooper & Robert De Niro), "He's Way More Famous Than You," "Redhook Summer" (dir. Spike Lee), "Passing Strange" (Spike Lee), "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Mozart in the Jungle," "Unforgettable" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON is the story of America then, as told by America now.
With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
HAMILTON's creative team previously collaborated on the 2008 Tony Award ® Winning Best Musical IN THE HEIGHTS.
HAMILTON features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, and casting by Telsey + Company, Bethany Knox, CSA.
The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.
The HAMILTON Original Broadway Cast Recording – recipient of the 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album and a regular on numerous Billboard top 10 lists – is available everywhere nationwide.
HAMILTON: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter's book about the making of the musical, is on sale and has been a selection on The New York Times Best Seller List.
For information on HAMILTON, visit www.HamiltonOnBroadway.com, www.Facebook.com/HamiltonMusical, www.Instagram.com/HamiltonMusical and www.Twitter.com/HamiltonMusical.
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Christian Siriano Is Launching a Fragrance!
Fragrance is about to reach whole new level of fierce: Christian Siriano is branching out into perfume!
We figured something was up when we spotted the designer at the Fragrance Foundation Awards in New York City last night, and our beliefs were confirmed moments later when he spilled what details he could over the much-anticipated scent. "Fragrance has become so iconic and signature for a brand, and my fragrance is launching this fall, so that's really exciting!" he told InStyle.com. "We've been working on it for the past year. We wanted it to be for every woman, and we wanted it to feel like luxury while still being attainable—that was important."
Siriano's upcoming scent will be available exclusively at Neiman Marcus, and while there's no word yet on the exact notes he'll be incorporating, we already know it will be a hit. After all, he knows a thing or two about fine fragrances, thanks to his mother and sister. "I remember my sister and mother both wore Chanel, so it's a little more iconic in that way to me since I grew up around it," he added. "Sometimes I'd even wear Chanel, which was really cool!" Stay tuned for more sneak peeks at Siriano's fragrance as the launch date approaches.
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Join our FIRST FREE POLISH LANGUAGE CHALLENGE!
FOR WHOM IS THE CHALLENGE?
For Upper Beginners and Intermediate students. The Challenge has two levels.
📚Record a simple, spontanous video to set your starting point (It can like ours or simpler but in Polish ofc. (Link below)) .
📚 For 60 days you are going to get e-mails with exercises and tasks. Short ones. Max 30 minutes a day of work. The exercises will cover 8 interesting topics.
How well do you know Polish prepositions? Complete the exercise and find out!
If you still struggle with it, you may read about Polish prepositions and their usage here.
Po obiedzie pójdziemy na spacer. – After the dinner we will go for a walk.
Kot chodzi po stole. – The cat is walking on the table.
Jadę na dworzec po moją siostrę. – I'm going to the station to pick up my sister.
If the exercise doesn't work, you may find it here.
Look at the sentence in the post's title. Do you understand it? It contains two interesting forms called rzeczownik odczasownikowy (prasowanie, a noun discribing action of ironing) and imiesłów (sprzątając, which can be translate as 'while cleaning').
How to create and use both of the forms?
It's an equivalent of English gerund form. Although it might resemble a verb, it's a noun – is used and declied like all nouns.
Gotowanie jest relaksujące. – Cooking is relaxing.
Nie lubię pływania – I don't like swimming.
Pamiętaj o zrobieniu zakupów. – Remember about shopping.
Wracając do pracy spotkałem starego kolegę. – Coming back from work I met an old friend.
Gotując lubię słuchać muzyki. – While cooking I like listen to music.
Będąc w Krakowie, odwiedzi koleżankę. – While being in Kraków, she will visit her friend.
Imiesłów is created simply by adding -c to the 3rd person plural form (present tense) e.g czytają : czytając, pracują : pracując, idą : idąc. The exeption is the verb być which uses the future stem – będą : będąc.
Two forms are quite often confused by Polish learners, as they look very similar – adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives (e.g. długi, stary, ładny, dobry) refer to nouns, describing them and are inflected for cases, numbers and genders – exactly like nouns. What are adverbs and what is their place in a sentence?
Adverbs (długo, staro, ładnie, dobrze) are used to modify adjectives or verbs and they never change their forms.
Dobrze wyglądasz. – You look well.
On mówi bardzo wolno. – He speaks very slowly.
Jak długo czekasz na mnie? – How long have you been waiting for me?
Learning the language you probably got used to answering questions, but what about asking? In Polish it's very easy! Questions are formed by adding the special question words at the beginning of an affirmative sentence. What question words do we use? Below you may find few the most important.
Gdzie jest moja książka? – Where is my book?
Dokąd idziesz? – Where are you going to?; most people however would say Gdzie idziesz?
Przepraszam, którędy na Rynek Główny? – Excuse me, which way to the Main Square?
Kiedy jedziesz na wakacje? – When are you going for a holiday?
O której godzinie zaczyna się film? – At what time does the film start?
Jak długo mieszkasz w Polsce? – How long have you been living in Poland?
Od kiedy uczysz się polskiego? – Since when are you learning Polish?
Do kiedy zostajesz w Krakowie? – Until when are you staying in Kraków?
Jaki film lubisz? – What film do you like?
Jaka jest twoja siostra? – What is your sister like?
Jakie auto masz? – What car do you have?
Który sok wolisz, pomarańczowy czy jabłkowy? – Which juice do you prefer orange or apple?
Która książka jest twoja? – Which book is yours?
Które wino wolisz, białe czy czerwone? – Which wine do you prefer white or red?
Asking about things and people by using the words KTO and CO is a bit more complex as both pronouns change their forms depends on the case. You may read about it here.
Ile kosztuje ten sweter? – How much does the sweater cost?
Dlaczego nie jesteś w pracy? – Why aren't you at work?
Po co to kupiłeś? – Why did you buy it? What did you buy it for?
Jak długo trwa ten film? – How long is the film? How long does the film last?
Z jakiego powodu nie możesz pojechać na konferencję? – For what reason can't you go to the conference?
Polish motion verbs: iść, chodzić, jechać i jeździć confuse many students. Do you know how to use them correctly?
The verb iść means 'to go' in general (e.g. Idę do kina – I'm going to cinema) or 'to go on foot' (e.g. Idę na spacer – I'm going for a walk) and expresses one time action. The same meaning has the verb chodzić but expresses rutine e.g. Chodzę do kina co tydzień – I go to cinema every week; Chodzę na spacer codziennie – I go for a walk every day.
The verb jechać means 'to go by vehicle' and expresses one time action e.g. Jedziemy do Polski – We're going (traveling) to Poland whereas jeździć expresses rutine e.g. Jeździmy do Polski co rok – We go (travel) to Poland every year.
Modal verbs are used to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. They are always combine with other verbs. Below you may find the most useful Polish modals and their most common meanings.
In Polish we tend to use the verb musieć when in English you would rather use the verbs should or need.
Mój komputer ledwie działa, muszę kupić nowy. – My computer barely works, I need to (I should) buy a new one.
umieć (conjugation -m/-sz): (ja) umiem, (ty) umiesz, (on/ona) umie etc.
woleć (conjugation -ę/-isz): (ja) wolę, (ty) wolisz, (on/ona) woli etc.
chcieć (conjugation -ę/-esz): (ja) chcę, (ty) chcesz, (on/ona) chce etc.
Chciałem pojechać do Hiszpani, ale nie mogłem, bo musiałem pracować. – I wanted to go to Spain but I couldn't because I had to work.
Rok temu nie umiałam mówić po polsku. – A year ago I couldn't (didn't know how to) speak Polish.
In modern Polish those forms are used regardless of whether the present, past or future is referred to. The tense is understood from the context of the conversation.
Powinienem skończyć projekt. – I should finish the project.
Powinienem skończyć projekt wczoraj. – I should have finished the project yesterday.
Aspect as a grammar category shows how actions are extended in time and whether they were completed or not. Ways the aspect can be expressed in languages are various. English for example uses complex tense system. In Polish aspect is expressed by different form of the same verb.
Wczoraj gotowałem obiad. – Yesterday I was cooking a dinner.
Wczoraj ugotowałem obiad. – Yesterday I cooked a dinner.
Oglądałam telewizję, kiedy zadzwonił telefon. – I was watching TV, when the phone rang.
As you may see in the exemples Polish imperfective verbs (gotować, oglądać) corespond with English Past Continuous tense. In most cases that rule works but there are some exeptions. The picture below showes the usage of the aspect in Polish.
There are few ways of creating aspectual pairs but predicting which one should be used with which verbs is almost imposible. Thus the best options is to learn aspectual pairs by heart. Here you can download a list of most commonly used verbs.
Play 'Who wants to be a millionaire' to practice aspectual pairs.
Check if you understand when perfective and imperfective forms should be used.
The term 'impersonal construction' refers to a sentence with no grammatical subject. This is quite a foreign concept to English speaking learners, however there are some structures in Englishwhich play similar role. Take the sentences with 'one' (One shouldn't smoke here.), 'you' (You should keep the quiet here.) or 'they' (They say it's going to be sunny tomorrow.) – the pronouns don't refer to anyone in particular. Such sentenses in Polish can take numbers of forms. Let's have a look at two the most popular constructions.
Tu się nie pali – One cannot smoke here.
Tę zupę gotuje się bardzo szybko! – You can cook this soup quickly. This soup is easy to cook.
Dawniej pisało się listy a nie maile – In the past one/we wrote letters not emails.
W przyszłości będzie się robić zakupy tylko online. – In the future one will shop only online.
There are some sentences – expressed by the same structure- which translate in English diferently.
Przyjemnie się spaceruje, kiedy jest ładna pogoda. – It is nice to walk when the weather is good.
Another way to create impersonal forms is by adding to a verb the ending -no or -to instead of the personal endings.
The ending -to is used when the stem ends in -ą or -u, with one syllable verbs and some of the perfective forms of the verbs.
The forms with -no and -to translate in English to passive voice and can be used only in the past tense.
Szkołę zbudowano trzy lata temu – The school was built 3 years ago.
Pytano mnie o to wczoraj. – I was asked about it yesterday.
Uczono go, żeby traktować kobiety z szacunkiem. – He was taught to treat women with respect.
In the title of this post you may see the sentence: Mówi się, że widziano ich razem. Do you understand now what it means?
Reading the previous post you learned how to build conditional verbs. Let's have a look now how to form conditional sentences to say or speculate about what will happen, would happen or what could have happened.
Gdybym miała więcej pieniędzy, kupiłabym te buty.
If I had more money I would buy those shoes.
Widziałam wczoraj piękne buty! Gdybym miała więcej pieniędzy, kupiłabym je.
Yesterday I saw beautiful shoes. If I had had more money I would have bought them.
Note that in Polish the same sentence can refer to the past or the present, it depends on the context.
How to form conditional sentences?
Gdyby była ładna pogoda, poszlibyśmy do parku.
Note that the ending with particle -by- is used twice, which means that literal translation of this sentence is: If the weather would be nice, we would go to the park.
Few more examples. Can you tell which sentences refer to the past and which to the present?
Gdybyś wstał wcześniej, nie spóźniłbyś się na samolot.
Gdybyśmy mieli więcej pieniędzy, pojechalibyśmy do Japonii.
Gdybym nie zapomniał o jej urodzinach, nie byłaby teraz taka smutna.
Na pewno moglibyście zdać ten egzamin, gdybyście tylko uczyli się więcej.
Nie musiałbym teraz iść pieszo, gdybym nie spóźnił się na autobus.
Previous sentences refer to the past and the present. The future conditional is formed by using the particule jeśli and the future tense (perfective or imperfective) and is used to talk about things which might happen in the future.
Jeśli będzie ładna pogoda, pójdziemy do parku. – If the weather is nice, we will go to the park.
Jeśli zrobisz obiad, ja pozmywam. – If you cook today, I will do the dishes.


The largest cash prize that Starfruit has been awarded from a single tournament was $4,500.00 from HCT 2018/19 - Season 3 - Americas on January 20, 2019. He placed 8th, making up 81.82% of his total prize money won.
Starfruit has won $4,500.00 in prize money from a single tournament within the last 90 days, none of which came in the last month.


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Queenslander Jay McCarthy Of Bora-Hansgrohe To Make His Tour de France Debut
By Nat Bromhead | 22 June 2017
Jay McCarthy, from the sleepy little town of Maryborough in Queensland, has long-dreamt of competing in the world's biggest bike race, the Tour de France. Those dreams came true overnight with the 25yo Bora-Hansgrohe rider named in the team's all-star lineup for the race which starts in a little over a week.
McCarthy has enjoyed a stellar cycling career and impressive 2017, having finished 3rd overall - in the esteemed company of Esteban Chaves & Richie Porte - at this year's Tour Down Under. He's also made the podium of a Grand Tour, 3rd on Stage 3 of the 2014 Giro d'Italia, and finished 3rd overall at the 2015 Tour of Turkey.
UCI World Champion Peter Sagan and Rafal Majka lead Bora - Hansgrohe's team at this year's Tour, with Emanuel Buchmann, Marcus Burghardt and Rüdiger Selig, also three German riders will be at the start on July 1st in Düsseldorf.
"We have a strong team going into this year's Tour de France," said Enrico Poitschke, team sports director.
"The last weeks and strong results gave us confidence, and we are eager to also fulfil our goals at the Tour. To fulfil our goals, was also the main aspect in selecting the riders. We have to support two leaders and need a balance between guys for the flat, sprints, and climbers. I am confident we found that mix, and now we are ready and looking forward to the Grand Départ in Düsseldorf."
Bora - Hansgrohe Tour de France Team
Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Emanuel Buchmann (Ger)
Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
Rafal Majka (Pol)
Jay McCarthy (Aus)
Pawel Poljanski (Pol)
Peter Sagan (Svk)
Juraj Sagan (Svk)
Rüdiger Selig (Ger)
Young Aussie Cyclist Jay McCarthy on Oleg Tinkov, Riding Grand Tours, Supporting Alberto and His Future As A Pro
Richie Porte Wins Tour Down Under As Caleb Ewan Enjoys Fourth Stage Victory
Faster In Four Weeks Using The Home Trainer & Zwift
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Riders Pay Respects To TransAm Competitor Eric Fishbein Who Was Killed When Hit By A Car
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The report further states that Foxconn in India could manufacture the Apple iPhone XE. For the mass market, it introduced the iPhone XR, which is larger than the iPhone XS (but smaller than the iPhone XS Max) and uses an LCD instead of an OLED screen.
Apple, in collaboration with HDFC Bank, has dropped the prices of iPhone XR, 64 GB variant, by ₹17,000. The price cut comes on the heels of a similar move by the Cupertino firm in China. Apple just slashed prices on its cheaper flagship phone, the iPhone XR, which is available in the USA at $749, by around 25%, as initially reported by the Economic Times. Apple is known for surprising us every time it launches new phones, so let's be open to new developments that would occur before the company makes the iPhone SE successor official. The iPhone XR (128GB) which was launched at Rs 81,900 will be available for Rs 64,900. Thankfully, for those who were longing for the offer to come online and spare them a visit to a retail store, the limited period price cut on the iPhone XR is now live on Amazon.in as well. Earlier there were mostly cashback offers, no-cost financing and exchange programmes.
Apple Inc has cut prices of one of its latest iPhones in India by around one-fourth, sources said, as the US tech giant looks to boost sales in the world's second-biggest smartphone market following a similar move in China.
Accoding to the report, Wistron, which past year announced plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore in the Narasupra industrial sector in Karnataka's Kolar district, started Apple operations with assembling low-end iPhone SE and later iPhone 6S. The change in pricing of the iPhone XR is a short-term promotional offer.
But with a share of just 1 percent of India's entire smartphone market, Apple responded past year by revamping its sales and distribution strategy. However, according to analysts, Indian market is the most expensive to buy the iPhone range.
With flagship iPhones being manufactured in India, it is expected to bring the skyrocketing prices of Apple devices a little lower as it would avoid 20 percent import duties, and 30 percent of local sourcing.