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The Lighthouse Presents Alfred Hitchcock
Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Alien, Anthony Dawson, Anthony Perkins, Arnold Schoenberg, Barbara Bel Geddes, Bernard Herrmann, Cape Fear, Citizen Kane, Daphne Du Maurier, David O Selznick, Dial M for Murder, Dial M for Murder 3-D, Edmund Gwenn, Ernest Lehman, Eva-Marie Saint, Farley Granger, Frederick Knott, Friedrich Nietzsche, Grace Kelly, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Jaws, Jimmy Stewart, John Dall, John Williams, Kim Novak, Leo G Carroll, Leopold and Loeb, Les Diaboliques, Mad Men, Marnie, Martin Landau, Martin Scorsese, Miklos Rozsa, Norman Bates, North by Northwest, Patricia Highsmith, Pyscho, Ray Milland, Robert Walker, Rod Taylor, Roger O Thornhill, Rope, Salvador Dali, Sean Connery, Sean O'Casey, Shirley MacLaine, Sight & Sound, Spellbound, Steven Spielberg, Strangers on a Train, The Birds, The Lighthouse, Theremin, Tippi Hedren, To Catch a Thief, Torn Curtain, Veronica Cartwright, Vertigo, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers
The Lighthouse is putting the Master of Suspense back on the big screen in September and October with a major retrospective comprising ten films from nearly two decades of work. A new restoration of Strangers on a Train is a highlight of a season showcasing icy blondes, blackly comic moments, pure cinema suspense sequences, and the greatest of director cameos.
From 13th September
People who've never seen the film know what is meant by uttering the title. Robert Walker's psychotic socialite Bruno propounds to Farley Granger's pro tennis star Guy, who he's just met on a train, a very plausible theory on how two complete strangers could both get away with murder. By swapping murders the complete absence of motive would stump detection. And Bruno means to prove it… Patricia Highsmith's first novel epitomised her creeping unease and smiling sociopaths, and Hitchcock embellished it with visual flourishes (reflections of murder in a glass, one sports spectator remaining aloof) and nail-biting suspense.
Farley Granger and John Dall are the two young men, clearly modelled on the infamous real-life killers Leopold and Loeb, who strangle a classmate they have decided is inferior in their Nietzschean scheme of things. Displaying a sadistic sense of humour they hide his body in their apartment, invite his friends and family to a dinner party, and serve the food over his dead body. Can their mentor Jimmy Stewart rumble the perfect crime? This was shot by Hitchcock in ostentatiously long 10 minute takes that cut together by means of 'jacket-wipes' to give the impression of one unbroken real-time visualisation.
Tippi Hedren's second film for Hitchcock cast her as the titular compulsive thief, troubled by the colour red, and the touch of any man, even Sean Connery at the height of Bond fame. Bernard Herrmann's final Hitchcock score (though his rejected Torn Curtain music appeared in Scorsese's Cape Fear) buoys some dime store pop psychology as Hitchcock displays a less than sure touch in navigating the line between twisted romance and twisted obsession. There is an infamous scene between Connery and Hedren that is arguably the beginning of the decline towards ever more showy cinematic conceits housed in increasingly mediocre films.
Hitchcock's 1958 magnum opus recently toppled Citizen Kane from its perch as the 'greatest film ever made.' Hitchcock burned money perfecting the dolly-in zoom-out effect so crucial for depicting Jimmy Stewart's titular condition; and Spielberg cheekily appropriated it for one show-off shot in Jaws. The twisted plot from the French novelists behind Les Diaboliques is played brilliantly by the increasingly unhinged Stewart, Kim Novak as the anguished blonde he becomes obsessed with, and a young Barbara Bel Geddes as the friend who tries to keep him grounded. Visually gorgeous, lushly scored, and dripping pure cinema sequences without any dialogue – see this.
From 22nd September
Ingrid Bergman's psychiatrist protects her new boss (Gregory Peck) who turns out to be an amnesia victim accused of murder. On the run she attempts to recover his memory, while her old boss Leo G Carroll insists that Peck is a dangerous killer. Salvador Dali famously designed the dream sequence to explain Peck's trauma, but producer David O Selznick cut it to ribbons. He had insisted Hitchcock make this picture anyway to fulfil his contract because Selznick had had a wonderful time in therapy. Hitchcock had a less wonderful time, even Miklos Rozsa's score introducing the brand new theremin irked him.
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
From 23rd September
The trouble with Harry is a bit of a curate's egg. Foreign Correspondent's hit-man Edmund Gwenn returns to the Hitchcock fold, and Shirley MacLaine makes her very winning film debut, but this is a black comedy that ends up more of a droll half-romantic drama. Four people in a Vermont village, led by his estranged wife, spend a Fall day running around with Harry's dead body; one step ahead of the authorities, and each convinced twas they that did him in. After from MacLaine's debut one must point out that from this unremarkable beginning grew the Hitchcock/Herrmann partnership.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Hitchcock and screenwriter Ernest Lehman abandoned a fruitless novel adaptation for a scenario dazzlingly showcasing scenes Hitchcock had always longed to film; a murder at the United Nations, a man attacked by a crop-duster in an empty landscape. Cary Grant's MadMan (cough) Roger O Thornhill; a man as hollow as his affected middle initial; blunders into spymaster Leo G Carroll's elaborate ruse and is ruthlessly and lethally pursued across America by the sinister James Mason and his clinging henchman Martin Landau, all the while dallying with their dangerous associate Eva Marie Saint. Hitchcock's preoccupations were never explored more enjoyably…
Hitchcock spun out Daphne Du Maurier's short story which had been inspired by her simple thought when watching a flock wheel towards her over a field, "What if they attacked?," into an unsettling and bloody film. Socialite Tippi Hedren's pursuit of the judgemental lawyer Rod Taylor to his idyllic small town on the bay seems to cause the local birds to turn homicidal, but don't look for explanations – just enjoy the slow-burn to the bravura attacks. Watch out for Alien's Veronica Cartwright as Taylor's young sister, and a bar stool philosophiser allegedly modelled on Hitchcock's bruising encounters with Sean O'Casey…
DIAL M FOR MURDER 3-D
From 3rd October
Warner Bros. insisted that Hitchcock join the 3-D craze, so he perversely adapted a play without changing it much, something that had bedevilled cinema during the transition to sound. Hitchcock has immense fun layering the furniture of Grace Kelly's flat, but after the interval (sic) largely loses interest in 3-D and focuses on Frederick Knott's, ahem, knotty plot in which tennis pro Ray Milland blackmails Anthony Dawson into bumping off rich wife Grace Kelly. John Williams, who also appears in To Catch a Thief, is in fine form as the detective trying to puzzle out the crime.
From 10th October
Hitchcock's low budget 1960 classic boasted one of the drollest trailers imaginable and his direction is equally parodic in the first act, with its sinister traffic-cop pursuit and endless misdirection, because Hitchcock relished investing the audience in a shaggy-dog story which sets up a number of prolonged blackly comic sequences as well as some chilling suspense. Anthony Perkins's Norman Bates emerges as a terrific resonant villain, especially in the chilling final scene scored by Bernard Herrmann with full-on Schoenbergian atonal serialism. The shower scene with Janet Leigh being slashed to Herrmann's bravura stabbing strings orchestration remains an iconic 'pure cinema' scare.
Tickets can be booked at the Lighthouse's website (www.lighthousecinema.ie).
Les Femmes d'Inception
Tags: Archie Panjabi, Cate Blanchett, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, Eva-Marie Saint, Inception, JGL, Jodie Whitaker, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Les Femmes d'Inception, Li Gong, Lizzy Caplan, Lukas Haas, Mads Mikkelsen, Margo Martindale, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Ocean's 8, Pete Postlethwaite, Tina Majorino, Tom Berenger, Tom Hardy, Vanessa Redgrave
The box-office failure of Ocean's 8 made me think of a conceit from the summer of 2014 when in an argument I recast Inception with all the male roles played by women and vice versa.
Look, I didn't have anything to do with you not making it into the recasting. And stop asking me questions while I'm trying to handle the plastic explosives.
It wasn't always possible to cast the same nationality or exact age but I quite liked my recasting then, and think it still stands up now. Try in particular to think about the scene in limbo near the very end where Cobb, Mal and Ariadne are at the table chez Cobb arguing over whether Cobb should stay with Mal in limbo forever.
Replacing Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb – Cate Blanchett
Replacing Joseph Gordon-Levit as Arthur – Lizzy Caplan
Replacing Tom Hardy as Eames – Emily Blunt
Replacing Ellen Page as Ariadne – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Replacing Ken Watanabe as Saito – Li Gong
Replacing Dileep Rao as the Chemist – Archie Panjabi
Replacing Marion Cotillard as Mal – Mads Mikkelsen
Replacing Cillian Murphy as Fisher – Jodie Whitaker
Replacing Tom Berenger as Uncle Peter – Margo Martindale
Replacing Pete Postlethwaite as Fisher Sr – Eva-Marie Saint
Replacing Lukas Haas as the 1st Architect – Tina Majorino
Replacing Michael Caine as Miles – Vanessa Redgrave


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Q: Can you run Active Directory 2008r2 on Windows Server 2012? We are upgrading all domain controllers to Windows Server 2012. But we have some legacy systems which won't work with Active Directory past 2008r2.
Is it possible to run AD 2008r2 without any 2008r2 domain controllers? (All 2012 instead.)
Thanks.

A: Yes, you can run AD all the way back to Windows Server 2003 functional level with all-Win2k12 R2 servers.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/understanding-active-directory-functional-levels(v=ws.10).aspx
Whether your application requires the AD be at a functional level, or actually requires the DCs be no newer than 2008 R2, is for you to clarify.

A: Wouldn't you just leave AD at the 2008R2 functional level?

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Let's Grow Together: Interview with Matthias Luckwaldt
Matthias Luckwaldt is a 35-year-old freelance journalist from Germany. A practicing Buddhist for the past few years, he became interested in Quakerism while researching Pennsylvania online, stumbling upon William Penn and his Holy Experiment. As a German, Matthias particularly enjoyed learning about the ship Concord, which in 1683, brought 13 Quaker and Mennonite families from Krefeld, Germany, to the New World, where they founded Germantown. "It was our Mayflower after all!" he says. Around this same time, he and his husband were planning a road trip on the East Coast of the United States. He decided to visit the "famous Quaker places in Philadelphia," and maybe even have a "real worship experience." Upon returning from their trip in August, he began attending Hamburg Meeting in Germany, a country where there are about 150 total members of the Religious Society of Friends.
What were your early experiences of faith, and what are your more recent experiences?
I grew up in Germany in the state of Thuringia, which is, together with Saxony, the heartland of the German Reformation under Martin Luther and also other radical reformers like Thomas Müntzer. I was raised in a tradition which combined Lutheran with Calvinist traits. So I was baptized as a kid—as it is a custom there—but my parents weren't very religious. As a teenage member of the church, I visited the service from time to time, but I had to do the inner work for myself without any spiritual guidance from my family. I tried to be a good Christian until my early 20s. I always made attempts to do more, to read more scripture, to pray more, to go more to church. However there was some moment later when I discovered that Lutheranism didn't work for me anymore. There's this quote from George Fox: It didn't "speak to my condition." It's very perfect for the situation I was in. For some years then I was not religious at all. I think I had other problems to face because I also discovered that I am a gay man, and so religion was something that didn't match for me at the time.
Three years ago, I read in a magazine about a Buddhist retreat center in Frankfurt, Germany. I was in a time of change and thought, "Oh, maybe this is good." I didn't know much about the religion, but I decided to go there for a 12-day retreat and I liked it very much. In the months after, I did a lot of research on Buddhism and learned about the Tibetan tradition. So I began to visit a Tibetan Buddhist center in Munich where I was living at this time. I didn't became a Buddhist immediately, but I felt this might be something that I can work with in the future. I was at a retreat in April of this year where I met a Buddhist monk from Newport, Washington. Her name is Thubten Chodron. She's also an author, and she's somehow my teacher now because I was excited to meet her there and again here in Germany.
How did you learn more about Quakerism when you first became interested?
I first read about Quakers a couple years ago when I was living in Munich and looking for a spiritual group there. I read on their webpage: "We are a small group, and we meet at the home of one of our members." And I was like, "Oh, no, that doesn't work for me [chuckles]." At least it didn't work for me at this time, to worship in a private space. So it was a very short encounter. I came across Quakerism again when I read about the history of Pennsylvania and about William Penn. When we visited Philadelphia this year, I went to Arch Street Meeting House and took a tour, and this was the first time I learned about the testimonies. Then I went to the Free Quaker Meetinghouse and also to Friends Center on Cherry Street, and browsed through the library there, so I could read some books. Soon afterward I started to buy books about Quakerism.
I wasn't able to go to a worship meeting in Philadelphia, but when we went on to Washington, D.C., on the last Sunday of our trip, we attended a meeting for worship [at Friends Meeting of Washington]. During the following weeks, I read six more books on Quaker practice and virtues and subscribed to Friends Journal. One of the first books I read was by Philip Gulley; it was also about the testimonies: Living the Quaker Way. Actually I'm not much of a bookworm. However, reading the stories of Robert Lawrence Smith, Rex Ambler, Margaret Fell, and others, I often felt like, "This is me talking." I read all about the testimonies, and everything spoke for me. Simplicity is very important for me, and also equality, and I thought to myself, "Oh, I was always thinking like this without thinking about being a Quaker."
What aspects about the Quaker way resonated with you in your readings?
At first, the book on all the testimonies was very important for me. At the moment, I enjoy reading The Journal of John Woolman and his early feelings for justice and equality. I think it was an extremely revolutionary view for his time. In Buddhism I kind of miss something like the testimonies. We always have the focus on mindfulness and on compassion. Those are great teachings. But sometimes I have the feeling that it's just a concept, or it's just a training for a single person. Many practitioners I have met just try to dwell in meditation and equanimity. For me, it's not enough. Even the Dalai Lama has criticized that Buddhists could learn from the Christian emphasis on public welfare. There are some good examples, of course, but German Buddhist are rather stuck. So I think I was missing something that was written down like the testimonies. It is a great part of Quakerism, and has inspired a new leading for service.
But beyond just the outside service, I'm also drawn to the faith or spiritual part of Quakerism, particularly the belief in the Inner Light. It reminds me of Buddha Nature in Buddhism. I know it's not the same if you compare the traditional Quaker view and Buddhist scriptures, however both concepts give us strength and reassure that every person has the possibility to be free from suffering. I do believe that all beings have the Inner Light—whether it's the light of Christ or some other divine source. I came to realize that Quakerism offered everything I didn't like about growing up in the Lutheran tradition. I asked myself, "Would I have ever studied Buddhism if I had met the Quakers earlier?" I can't give an answer to that. However, I'm sure I could not appreciate Quakerism as much as I can without the experiences I gained from the Dharma. So it's interfering; it's not just one way.
What is your experience of meeting for worship like in Germany?
It's completely different from Philadelphia or Washington because it's much, much smaller. At Hamburg Meeting, there are in general about eight people at meeting for worship. In Germany, Friends have only one meetinghouse, which is in a city called Bad Pyrmont. But in all other cities, they have to rent spaces from other churches. And we're in a space from a Lutheran church. It's more intimate with just a few people.
To go to Hamburg Meeting, I have about a 45-minute ride on the train. During this time, I already try to center down a little bit: I don't look at my smartphone, I don't read, although I have all these great Quaker books. I've read that lots of newcomers have a problem to sit in the silence and to stay calm for an hour or so. For me, it is not so hard because I already did meditation before in Buddhism. It's okay to be silent for an hour. When I'm there in worship, I start by first concentrating on my breath, breathing in and out. However I try not to mistake it for Buddhist breathing meditation. I just start to breathe, to concentrate, and then try to wait patiently—and this is something you don't find in Buddhism—for the still, small voice within. I didn't know this idea before but it really resonates with me.
You mentioned a new leading for service. Where has that taken you?
I had this leading already many months before, but reading about the testimony of service has confirmed my feeling and gave me more strength to do something. I just started a penpalship with a prisoner on death row. And I just learned about Elizabeth Fry so I'm excited to read about her because she was a great reformer of the prison system. We have exchanged two letters now. I try to avoid writing too much about faith, because I think a lot of prisoners get letters from people who want to only talk exactly about that. But in the last letter, I said something like, "I believe that there's a light in everybody." And he's included in this. I didn't mention that, but it was what I was thinking. Although he might have done something bad in the past, I didn't ask about it and I don't intend to do so. It's okay if he'd like to share it, but I don't feel a need to know why he's on death row. Because everybody, me included, has done something bad in the past. But I think everyone should have the chance to be treated well, even if he is in prison.
I've also served with Buddhist groups. Last year we had monks from Tibet visiting, and I helped with the communications. We also had some exhibits from Tibet, and I was a sort of press coordinator for the events. I try to do what I can beyond my job.
Where would you like to see Quakerism in the coming years?
Next year we are celebrating 500 years of Reformation in Germany. I'm currently studying religion at the University of Hamburg, and we had a lecture where the professor mentioned that, actually, the smaller reformations, first the Mennonites, later the Quakers, have done much more for social liberation than Luther. Friends can be a beacon and force for equality and tolerance still today. I wonder: Are they keen to keep their reputation to be the most progressive part of the Reformation?
In the United States Quakerism is already a great movement, and I would like to see it be a bigger movement in Germany as well. I think we're in a time now where people—especially in Germany—are leaving the churches because they don't like all the doctrines and old traditions. So that's why, for example, Buddhism is flourishing in Germany. I think Quakerism has something to offer for seekers who don't like to be part of a church with many doctrines and creeds but who are still looking for a place of tolerance and openness and spiritual companionship. Quakers can offer all of that. We just need to get the message out and say, "We are here, and we have a great tradition."
This interview was conducted by associate editor Gail Whiffen. Our Let's Grow Together series profiles those who are newer to Friends. Do you know someone we should interview? Reach us at [email protected].
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"I think outsiders interest me because I ask myself: why, how come? I feel there is also the opportunity to grow a bit as a person. Hope as a last resort, so to speak. It makes art utopian, and that makes me feel better."
Whether with his celebrated Wozzeck at La Scala or his interpretations of the Bach cantatas with Luca Pianca, Georg Nigl consistently inspires audiences and press with his passionate, authentic performances. His profound, comprehensive engagement with the musical work, his close connection with spoken theater with its accompanying emphasis on text and rhetoric, and his expressive stage acting have made Georg Nigl into one of the most celebrated baritones worldwide.
Georg Nigl's close connection to music began in childhood when he performed on important stages as a soprano soloist with the Wiener Sängerknaben. His studies with Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek gave him further important inspiration for his forthcoming career.
Due to his talent for giving roles individual character through his voice and expression, he has performed at all the important opera houses. He has appeared at the Bolshoi Theater Moscow, the Staatsoper Berlin, the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, and the Théatre de La Monnaie in Brussels as well as at festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Ruhrtriennale and the Wiener Festwochen. He has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Teodor Currentzis, Valery Gergiev, Daniel Harding, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Jacobs, Kent Nagano, and Kirill Petrenko, and with directors such as Andrea Breth, Romeo Castellucci, Frank Castorf, Hans Neuenfels, Johan Simons, Dmitri Tcherniakov, and Sasha Waltz.
Georg Nigl has won special recognition not only by performing numerous world premieres, but also by serving as an inspiration for or taking part in initiating the creation of compositions and publications by artists such as Friedrich Cerha, Pascal Dusapin, Georg Friedrich Haas, Wolfgang Mitterer, Olga Neuwirth and Wolfgang Rihm.
Georg Nigl's chamber music repertoire covers a broad spectrum from baroque to Viennese classicism to contemporary music. He frequently performs with Alexander Melnikov, Andreas Staier and Gérard Wyss. His newest recording "Bach privat" has been awarded a Diapason d'or in November 2017.
Highlights of season 2018/19 include Papageno at the Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the title part in Monteverdi's "Orfeo" and the world premire of Beat Furrer's "Violetter Schnee" at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, the title role in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Hamburgische Staatsoper as well as Don Alfonso in "Cosi fan tutte" at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Numerous recitals and concerts bring him to cities including Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Amsterdam.
For his interpretation of Wolfgang Rihm's Lenz Georg Nigl has been awarded the "Singer of the Year 2015" award by the magazine Opernwelt.
This programme connects songs from the Schemelli collection and from the notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach with instrumental pieces and selected cantatas to a coherent narrative. These settings by Bach can be seen as links between the Baroque monody and German art song.
The corresponding album was released by Alpha in 2016.
"Vergiss mein nicht" BWV 504 from "Schemellis Gesangbuch"
"Komm süsser Tod" BWV 478 from "Schemellis Gesangbuch"
"Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille" BWV 460 from "Schemellis Gesangbuch"
1. O Mensch! Gib Acht!


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Q: Quasi isomorphisms are weak equivalences for the category of chain complexes I am having a bit of difficulty proving  that quasi isomorphisms are indeed weak equivalences for $\textbf{Ch(A)}$ (category of chain complexes) where A is any abelian category. The problem is in the gluing axiom.
The axiom states in this below mentioned diagram if $f$ and $f'$ are cofibrations (here in this case they are degree wise monomorpphism) and all the downward vertical arrows are weak equivalences (here quasi isomorphism).
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
C @<{g}<< A @>{f}>> B\\
@V{\sim}VV @V{\sim}VV @V{\sim}VV\\
C' @<{g'}<< A'@>{f'}>>B'
\end{CD}
Then the induced map $B\cup_{A}C \longrightarrow B'\cup_{A'}C'$ is also a weak equivalence Meaning we have to show the map is a quasi isomorphism.
My attempt
I have to prove that $H_{n}(B.\cup_{A.}C.) \cong H_{n}(B.'\cup_{A.'}C.') $
Now if I follow the diagram then I have two exact sequences
$$ 0 \longrightarrow C \longrightarrow B.\cup_{A.}C. \longrightarrow B/A \longrightarrow 0$$
and
$$ 0 \longrightarrow C.' \longrightarrow B'.\cup_{A'.}C'. \longrightarrow B'/A' \longrightarrow 0$$
So I was trying to use long exact sequence property of the homology, but it seems that I am stuck. Since pushout of objects might not be pushout of homology I also think I can not write $H_{n}(B.\cup_{A.}C.) \cong H_{n}(B.)\cup_{H_{n}(A.)}H_{n}(C.)$
It seems I am missing something very obviuos any hint or help is really appreciated. thanks in advance.

A: Your short exact sequences are related by maps that fit into a beautiful commutative diagram :
$$\require{AMScd}\begin{CD} 0@>>> C @>>> B\cup_A C @>>> B/A @>>> 0 \\
@VVV @VVV @VVV @VVV @VVV \\
0@>>> C' @>>> B'\cup_{A'}C' @>>> B'/A' @>>> 0\end{CD}$$
therefore there is also a map of long exact sequences :
$$\require{AMScd}\begin{CD} H_{n+1}(B/A)@>>> H_n(C) @>>> H_n(B\cup_A C) @>>> H_n(B/A) @>>> H_{n-1}(C) \\
@VVV @VVV @VVV @VVV @VVV \\
H_{n+1}(B'/A')@>>> H_n(C') @>>> H_n(B'\cup_{A'} C') @>>> H_n(B'/A') @>>> H_{n-1}(C') \end{CD}$$
By the $5$-lemma, as $H_*(C)\to H_*(C')$ is an isomorphism, it suffices to show that the same holds for $H_*(B/A)\to H_*(B'/A')$ (and in fact, still by the $5$-lemma, it's equivaent to that requirement)
This is where the cofibration hypothesis will be useful (Note : the hypothesis essentially says that $0\to A \to B \to B/A \to 0$ is a short exact sequence).Is that enough for you to conclude ?

A: To conclude on Max's wonderful answer the below mentioned exact sequences forms a commutative diagram so now we use the long exact sequence of homology and five lemma to conclude $H_n(B/A) \cong H_n(B'/A')$
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
A @>>> B @>>> B/A\\
@V{\sim}VV @V{\sim}VV @VVV\\
A' @>>> B'@>>>B'/A'
\end{CD}
So I will have a long exact sequence of homology
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
H_{n}(A) @>>> H_{n}(B) @>>> H_n(B/A) @>>> H_{n-1}(A)@>>>H_{n-1}(B)\\
@V{\cong}VV @V{\cong}VV @VVV @V{\cong}VV @V{\cong}VV\\
H_{n}(A') @>>> H_{n}(B') @>>> H_n(B'/A') @>>> H_{n-1}(A')@>>>H_{n-1}(B')
\end{CD}
So by 5 lemma middle one is isomorphism and we can do it for each n thus the required isomorphism.


Went to weston-super-mare to document certain themes provided to us. Can't say I find Weston the most amazing place on earth, certainly not the most happening especially out of season. Seems sad that sea side towns need to be in season.
I've only edited and bothered to filter out some photos that involve people – which is significantly less than photos of the place itself. I'm having huge trouble trying to organize them all.
That dog narrative I posted earlier has now turned into a 'left items narrative'. I documented the items that were intriguing that were left on the street. There were a lot, so I did have to cut it down to 10. After doing so I realised that I almost had a series of items left that correlates with humans growing up. Baby things being left behind as well as adult things.
Here are some of the images. The whole collection on my Flickr.
Had a field trip to Weston-super-mare on Friday, I will post photos when I get around to looking at and processing 325 photos that I took. I'm shutter-greedy. Was a pretty fantastical day though.
Maybe I should be more melancholy on this blog as many people seem to be.
One of our inter-semester break projects was to take 10 photographs depicting some sort of visual narrative. The images should have some sense of connection and sense of time. I had quite a bit of trouble with this one, deciding on a good simple narrative which isn't too complicated. Another hurdle is that it has to be photographed in an outside environment. I thought this would be a good practice of Street photography to a point, as it is a serious challenge for me.
These are some of the pictures I've managed to find – they have to be in B&W. I still have 3-4 more photos to go.


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from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
from bot.models import GitHubPullRequest
from bot.marvin import Marvin
from pprint import pprint
import logging

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Starts Marvin on GitHubPullRequests in the database.'

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
        logging.getLogger('sh').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
        logging.getLogger('requests').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
        logging.getLogger('github3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
        logging.info(self.style.SUCCESS('Command "run_marvin" started!'))

        pr = GitHubPullRequest.objects.get(id=8)
        repo_storage_dir = '/home/christoph/git/reviewer-recommender-bot/repos'
        marvin = Marvin(repo_dir=repo_storage_dir)
        summary = marvin.handle_pr(pr.pull_request_json)
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Old Hats is playing at the Signature Theatre located at 480 West 42nd Street. It runs two hours with one intermission. The show closes on March 6, 2016.
Old hats premiered at the Signature Theatre in 2013.
Bill Irwin won a Tony Award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 2005.
Clown One (Bill Irwin) and Clown Two (David Shiner) are moving from the elements that are appearing from behind them. Lighting and other forces of nature are there. All of a sudden it stops. Each one has a remote control with antennas on them and each one is trying to turn it back on and of course it shuts off. They end up having a fight with the remote control. While they are fighting Shaina Taub is walking across the aisle talking on her phone, the others behind her to each other. They sit on the left side of the stage in front of the instruments they will play. Shaina sits down in front of the piano. She tells clown one she will start playing when she is finished talking on her cell phone.
The show alternates between the clowns and Shaina. The songs she sings are different. You think she is going to say one thing but she says something else.
For each act there is a billboard to the right of the stage that tells the name of the act.
This is a hilarious show. It's is not a play but a vaudeville acts. No words are said. They do hat tricks, magic act and other silly things.
Bill Irwin and David Shiner movements are amazing. They make it look so graceful. Both are so flexible, as if they were made of rubber.
This is an entertaining show. Don't miss it.
To read a candid interview with the cast, scroll down to the left for recent photos. Click on recent photos for this and other shows.
Broadway and The Bard is playing at the Lion Theatre located at 410 West 42nd Street. It runs eighty minutes with no intermission. The show closes on March 6, 2016.
The show stars Len Cariou. He won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award in 1979 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barbour of Fleet Street. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Applause in 1976 and A Little Night's Music in 1973.
Len is now appearing in the television series Blue Bloods. He also was in the television series Murder She Wrote. In 2004 he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
The show opens with Orsino from"Twelfth Night" Act I scene I. Which follows with "Love, I Hear" by Stephen Sonheim /"Falling in Love" by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart.
There are ten more scenes from Shakespeare followed by songs that are related to the scene. At the end of each skit Len tells you who wrote the song and if it is from a musical, which one it is.
The pianist is Mark Janas. Occasionally he will sing a line or two from the song Len is singing.
This is a delightful show. A little of the Bard and variety of wonderful songs.
Who knew Shakespeare could be so grand!
Len Cariou did an incredible job. Mark Janas played the ivories with such rapture.
To read an interview with the cast, scroll down to the left for recent photos. Click on recent photos for this and other shows.


Why let your child dance?
Dance classes are not just about the kicks, turns, and routines. They have so many more benefits for your child than just the obvious "be a better dancer". I recently read the book 'Partnering Dance and Education' by Judith Lynne Hanna. Though written in 1999 – it still has some important points that are relevant today.
Dance aids the development of "kinesthetic intelligence" – what is that you may ask. Basically it is the capacity to manipulate or handle objects well, and use a variety of physical skills. Being able to move better and with more freedom and skill is a benefit we all should welcome.
It creates opportunities for self-expression and communication – it helps with their emotional development, and gives them an outlet for emotions when words cannot.
It teaches creativity, problem solving, risk taking, making judgements outside of "normal life" and higher order thinking. It's thinking outside the box, being open to new ideas and thought – from problem solving as a pre-schooler to helping with exam essays in key stage 3.
It fosters an individual's ability to better interpret interpersonal nonverbal communication. To read peoples body language, to understand emotions without being told – developing their empathy.
It enhances their quality of life – mental, physical and emotionally, not just when they are dancing, but the health and enjoyment it has provided long term.
Its good physical exercise – it gets them moving from a young age, it teaches them to appreciate their health and their bodies, a good school will instill the values of not just rehearsal but nutrition and rest.
We'd love to welcome your children to our classes (or you to our adult dance fitness classes with www.projectfitablous.co.uk) so why not get in touch to see if we are a right fit for you?
Or simply chat with us 07969125975 and see if we can direct you to some helpful resources.


When pasting a list of items from notepad/textedit in the bbcode editor line breaks are not preserved, this seems to be a chrome specific issue. Can be recreated in the demo section.
To recreate: 1.) Make a list of a few items in notepad/textedit "one two three"
3.) Click source, see there are no line breaks "onetwothree", on some versions of chrome no text will be seen until hitting source.
It looks like this editor did not preserve my formatting, the list should be on a new line for each item "one\ntwo\nthree\n"
This works fine on Windows. List items from Notepad paste nicely with br between them.
This works fine on Linux. List items from text editor paste nicely with br between them.
This doesn't work on Mac. List items from Notes are pasted as paragraphs which after switching modes results in one line. This is probably because Notes doesn't contain plain text but styled HTML.
Problem can be reproduced from CKE 3.6 rev.  (when BBCode was introduced) on Webkit browsers.
Please also note that problem can be reproduced in latest CKEditor 4.x (v4).
@p3r3 this is waht I was able to reproduce. Could you tell me what problem you had exactly? What OS you are talking about (Mac/Win), which bowsers and what text editor.
on some versions of chrome no text will be seen until hitting source.
Please note that CKEditor supports only latest version of Webkit.
This bug still exists in the latest released version (4.4.4) and appears to affect several systems / browsers.
Open http://ckeditor.com/demo#bbcode and paste (Ctrl/Cmd-V) the content into the instance of CKEditor.
@Cato don't change version number as it is used to indicate when problem started occurring!!!


sheesh.. I didn't even look at the dates when I posted on it. Why did it pop back up to the head of the list?
All it takes is a single comment, to resurrect it.
Any comments from men and/or women as to whether giving or receiving a BJ with a condom in place is worth the effort?
Also, is ANYONE out there actually using or requiring the use of dental dams for muff diving?


What is the difference between Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding?
Briefly, knowledge should lead to understanding. A mature understanding leads to a person with wisdom.
"The knowledge of good and evil" was what Adam and Eve gained by eating the forbidden fruit. That knowledge was harmful to them.
Exodus 31:2-5 (KJV) 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Psalm 119:66 (KJV) Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Proverbs 1:28-30 (KJV) Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
2 Peter 3:18 (KJV) But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Understanding is good. It should lead to behaviour that pleases God.
Colossians 3:16 (KJV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
In the Biblical sense, wisdom is the "ability to judge correctly and to follow the best course of action, based on knowledge and understanding" (Lockyer p. 1103). The Wisdom teachings of the Bible follow from the two great themes of the Ten Commandments and the Greatest Commandments of Jesus : reverence to God, our Creator, and respect for all persons, everywhere.
Biblical-era life for the Jews and early Christians was harsh (Ward, pp. 37-118). Slavery was commonplace. Tyrannical rule by outside powers was the norm. Women's status in society was distinctly second class. Children were disciplined with beatings.
These conditions were often accepted in the Bible as customary for society during those times, but they were not taught as being virtuous or wise. True wisdom is always consistent with the two great wisdom themes of the Bible: reverence to God, our Creator, and respect for all persons, everywhere.
Matthew 23:23 (KJV) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Wisdom means always acting according to the spirit of the Commandments and not looking for an ambiguity or omission which we can use to evade their true intent. Wisdom means understanding the consequences of our actions and words before we act or speak. Wisdom means having the knowledge and understanding to recognize the right course of action and having the will and courage to follow it.


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There are other ways available to improve your business that's affordable and can be utilized in various ways. The management program and distance learning courses are considered the perfect approach to learn leadership and management skills demanded by a manager that was winning. These classes are affordable and are easily available. These courses can be used from any business faculty who provides the best internet management classes. The various management courses provide you with a skill set practically demanded by every industry in the world. Irrespective of what the type of business is, also it would help business administrators in making and understanding useful management strategies and may use it to handle the business. Distance learning helps managers to manage the company in addition to individuals by enhancing their leadership skills in an very reasonable price.
One of the benefits of online or distance education is that anybody can enroll inside and learn new skills. You can take care of your studies according to the period available for your requirements and never have to get jump with class timings. The overhead costs can be low, and such savings are passed on to you. There are not any transportation or travel costs entailed, helping you save further on such expenses as well as overnight stays that prove to be costly. There are so many schools who offer online leadership and management classes at very inexpensive prices. It's advisable to select the option that is best according to your finances and above all your learning requirements. These classes would educate and train you on the various aspects of the management skills for a business, and also the strategies and policies that empower the functioning of the organization.


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Jersey Boys; Oh What a Night
I consider myself a young (at 70) male who loves sports, food, wine and travel. Although my musical taste is very 1950/60. Growing up in New York City I spent time at the Brill Building which was the Holy Grail for the music business. I met many of the pioneers of Rock & Roll including Dick Clark, Connie Francis, Neil Sedaka, The Supremes, and The Coasters. Pat Boone was a classmate of mine at Columbia University and I almost went into business with Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme. My father's friend was Elvis Presley's musical conductor and I got to hang out with the King in Las Vegas.
Even though I can not carry a tune that has not stopped me from memorizing hundreds of Doo Wop songs. I cried when WCBS FM dropped their Rock & Roll format. That said, I was thrilled when I was invited to the third night performance of Jersey Boys, The Story of Frankie Valli (Castelluccio) & The Four Seasons.
The audience went wild as hit after hit was performed by a superb cast. John Lloyd Young made his Broadway debut singing in the same falsetto voice as Frankie Valli. Composer Bob Gaudio has been Frankie Valli's partner all these years based solely on a handshake. He wrote his first hit "Who Wears Short Shorts" at age 15. As one of the founding members of the Four Seasons and the bands principal songwriter he, along with lyricist Bob Crew, penned such hits as "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk like a Man," "Candy Girl," and "Ronnie." For Frankie Valli as a solo act they wrote & produced "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You," the 20th Century fifth most played song. The Four Seasons sold over 175 million records worldwide before they were thirty.
Why did this show succeed when the recent Beach Boys, Elvis & John Lennon shows fail? Start with a story of the success and failures of the group growing up in blue-collar New Jersey in the 1960's. Throw in a "Sopranos" character or two; a failed marriage, gambling, jail time, a family tragedy and you have more than just hit songs to keep the audience enthralled. And, the four cast members even sound like the original Four Seasons.
The audience loved it. The Social Security and Medicare crowd swayed and sang along moving their bodies (a bit slowly) to the music. The standing ovation at the end was genuine and earned. Call your friends and beg borrow or steal tickets to Jersey Boys. It beats an hour backup at the Lincoln Tunnel.
Jersey Boys- August Wilson Theatre (formerly Virginia) - 245 West 52nd Street
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The Top 100 All Star Weekend
In the fall of 2004 the Wine Workshop (an affiliate of Acker, Merrall & Condit, America's oldest wine shop dating from 1820) presented their Top 100 Wine Weekend. Actually, it ended up as the Top 144 wines of the Century as John Kapon (my nephew) kept adding wines to the original Top 100 list. From 1900 Chateau Margaux to 1992 Screaming Eagle, 35 wine lovers (45 attendees including shared pours ) from around the world paid $25,000 each (that is not a misprint) for the weekend events (airfare & accommodations were extra ) that included a Friday night dinner at Daniel; Saturday lunch at Cru; Saturday dinner at Per Se (I attended that dinner) & Sunday lunch at Veritas.
This year John changed a few things based on last year's experience. "We hope that this year's more "focused" lineup helps keep everyone fresher and more in tune. As a result, we stuck to the basics; the wines of France. We also added two new restaurants; Le Bernardin (Friday dinner) and Bouley (Sunday lunch), to the only carryover from last year, Cru (Saturday lunch)."
Besides the reduction in the number of wines to 100 and the dropping of the Saturday dinner (the lunch lasted 5 hours), the price was also reduced to $16,500. Once again, it was sold out with 40 attendees. I was invited to attend the Sunday lunch at Bouley where David Bouley and his staff prepared my "meal of the year." Superb food, wine and service that was impeccable with out being pushy or annoying. All I can saw is WOW!
After a Champagne reception of 1959 & 1961 Krug Collection with a selection of canapés, the luncheon had 7 courses matched with 30 wines. There were two bottles (or one magnum) of each wine, marked red or blue so tasters could sample wines from a different bottle if there was a problem (except with the magnums). Rejoice there were no major problems, a testament to my nephew and his staff. For brevity I have left out some of the food course description.
Maine Day Boat Lobster paired with Ramonet Montrachet 1990 (magnum); 1989; 1986; 1985; 1983.
Steamed Homemade Tofu with DRC Romanee-Conti 1923; 1937; 1945.
Wild Whole Roasted Turbot and 1978 Dujac; Charmes-Chambertin; Echezeaux; Clos St. Denis; Clos de la Roche; Bonnes Mares.
Rack & Loin of Milk Fed Veal paired with Roumier Bonnes Mares from 1993; 1998 Vieille Vignes; 1985; 1978; 1971.
Baba Farms Organic Squab & Young Mallard Duck and 1945 Bordeaux (all from magnums) - Part One- Chateaux Gruaud-Larose; Palmer; La Mission Haut Brion; Haut Brion.
Roasted Baby Lamb and 1945 Bordeaux- Part Two- Chateaux Latour; Mouton Rothschild; Cheval Blanc (magnum); Latour a Pomerol; Petrus.
Hot Roquefort Brulee, Bartlett Pear, Black Mission Figs with 1945 Chateau d'YQuem.
David Hamburger, who runs the Wine Workshop with my nephew, and organized the pairing of all the wines, agreed that the lunch at Bouley was the highlight of the weekend.
Food, wine, service; 100 on the Ron Kapon Gastronome scale. What is the date for 2006 & how can I get a seat?
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As was discussed in the radiation theory section, the depth of penetration for a given photon energy is dependent upon the material density (atomic structure). The more subatomic particles in a material (higher Z number), the greater the likelihood that interactions will occur and the radiation will lose its energy. Therefore, the more dense a material is the smaller the depth of radiation penetration will be. Materials such as depleted uranium, tungsten and lead have high Z numbers, and are therefore very effective in shielding radiation. Concrete is not as effective in shielding radiation but it is a very common building material and so it is commonly used in the construction of radiation vaults.
Since different materials attenuate radiation to different degrees, a convenient method of comparing the shielding performance of materials was needed. The half-value layer (HVL) is commonly used for this purpose and to determine what thickness of a given material is necessary to reduce the exposure rate from a source to some level. At some point in the material, there is a level at which the radiation intensity becomes one half that at the surface of the material. This depth is known as the half-value layer for that material. Another way of looking at this is that the HVL is the amount of material necessary to the reduce the exposure rate from a source to one-half its unshielded value.
Sometimes shielding is specified as some number of HVL. For example, if a Gamma source is producing 369 R/h at one foot and a four HVL shield is placed around it, the intensity would be reduced to 23.0 R/h.
Each material has its own specific HVL thickness. Not only is the HVL material dependent, but it is also radiation energy dependent. This means that for a given material, if the radiation energy changes, the point at which the intensity decreases to half its original value will also change. Below are some HVL values for various materials commonly used in industrial radiography. As can be seen from reviewing the values, as the energy of the radiation increases the HVL value also increases.


Sort out those Monday blues by slipping into the Lacy Cut Out Heel by Daniella Michelle. Work, weekend or whatever, your looks are sorted when you've got this shoe in your wardrobe. Let the bold colour and intriguing cut out detailing be the statement elements of your ensemble when you team it with a grey bodycon dress and denim jacket.


I teach a lecture on object-oriented programming in Java, and I spend a lot of time writing code in my favorite terminal editor, kakoune, in front of my class. My students asked me to find a utility that I like for displaying the keys that I press so that they can learn the commands and shortcuts that I use.
After searching for a good application for a while, I found screenkey, which is available in the default Debian repositories. It creates a nice banner across the screen that displays recently pressed keys. It like it because it shows a history (for a short time) instead of simply the keys being pressed now. This should allow students to write down patterns for their future reference.
I was thrilled with screenkey until the first time that I unlocked my machine while it was running. Once my lock screen cleared, I was greeted with my password displayed in plaintext on the screen.
I suppose that screenkey has access to the input even while the screen is locked. I don't know enough X internals to know why. In any event, I resolved that screenkey should automatically be killed if/when my screen locks.
I had to spend some time with the official spec to get all of the required keys in place, but we got there eventually. Once I moved the script above to the path referenced in the desktop file, this setup worked flawlessly.
I can now launch screenkey with the assurance that it will be dead as soon as I lock the screen. It might be better to do with this a userspace systemd service (so that it would restart itself automatically if it somehow crashed), but this setup works for now.
Many thanks to Andrew Thorp for his help with the Xorg suspension process and a tip about the .config/autostart/ directory.


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Which American national bank has the lowest interest rates?
I am currently with HSBC, but also considering M&T or Chase........................opinions care greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I live in New York, but would like a nationwide bank in case I move.


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Facebook Tweaks Its News Feed To Show More 'Authentic' Stories
Facebook has been having a fake news problem for a while now, but it was only last year that it was discovered how much trouble it could be, so much so that the social network has been actively coming up with ways to combat it. It also doesn't help that they can't really control what someone chooses to share, even if it is fake news.
However while Facebook can't stop someone from sharing fake news, they can at least try to hide if from others which is what they're doing with an updated and tweaked News Feed. In an announcement, Facebook has revealed that they will be making some changes to the News Feed in which more "authentic" stories will be more visible, while fake news and posts with clickbait-headlines will be buried.
According to Facebook, "To do this, we categorized Pages to identify whether or not they were posting spam or trying to game feed by doing things like asking for likes, comments or shares. We then used posts from these Pages to train a model that continuously identifies whether posts from other Pages are likely to be authentic. For example, if Page posts are often being hidden by people reading them, that's a signal that it might not be authentic."
In addition, they are also looking at real-time signals, such as whether or not a friend has commented on it, or if there is high engagement in which they will then determine that the post might be important to you, at least for now, and it will show higher in your feed. Hopefully with this changes, the days of fake news and clickbait articles being shared on Facebook will come to an end.
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Have any of you deployed Office 365 recently? Would you be willing to share the good, bad and ugly.  We are doing a risk assessment and would like to be able to talk to folks to see what their experience was like.  Also, if you did your own assessment and decided not to go to Office 365, that would be great information as well.  If you would like to respond off-list, contact me either by email or by phone.  Thanks in advance.


Re: Do snapshots solve all consistency problems ?
Subject: Re: Do snapshots solve all consistency problems ?
> pitfalls. They _are_ overly optimistic without doubt.
If you like to do things like this, you should know what might happen.
> >      Backups from life filesystems should be avoided.
> backups in sufficient frequency.
This is why I create backups using filesystem snapshots.
> Interesting pitfall. I'm still learning from star.
> Such an option is on my todo list meanwhile.
> Oh. You aren't as overly optimistic as i thought.
> But Joerg, it is written in your own man page.
>   "result in inconsistent file states"
>   "run blindly into a standing car".
> to be far away from a short visit at run level 0.
> But there is a downtime with connection loss and all.
> file change ... then i'm doomed.
> The journaled thingies _could_ be able to do so.
> cool for everybody who wants to do incremental backups.
> standard API for that trick.
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Digital Daily reports on apparent widespread screen flickering problems on Apple's 27" iMac models, coinciding with a slip in shipping times to two weeks for orders placed through Apple's online store. The screen flickering complaints come in addition to earlier reports of machines appearing dead on arrivals or with cracked screens right out of the box.
As I write this, there are 82 pages of complaints about the machine on Apple's support site, all from customers who claim the display of their 27-inch iMac flickers or otherwise distorts sporadically (see video below).
It is unclear at this time whether the shipping delays are due to Apple's efforts to address the issues or simply due to high demand, as Apple has not officially addressed the reasons for the delay.
Reached for comment, Apple offered little in the way of explanation: "The new iMac has been a huge hit and we are working hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible," a company spokesperson told me. "We apologize for any inconvenience or delay in delivery this may cause our customers." He did not address issues with the machine's display or reports that they might be responsible for the 2 week shipping delay.
A number of the first 27" iMac machines to begin shipping in late October also reportedly experienced Flash performance issues, although the problems were quickly addressed in Mac OS X 10.6.2.


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DHS, DOL Announce Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for First Half of Fiscal Year
By Immigration Group
This article was prepared with the assistance of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, of which Loan Huynh, Fredrikson Immigration Department Chair, is a member.
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor (DOL) announced the availability of 20,000 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2022. The visas are for "U.S. employers that are facing irreparable harm without additional workers and [are] seeking to employ additional workers on or before March 31, 2022." The additional H-2B visas became available to employers on January 28, 2022.
DHS said that this supplemental cap increase "marks the first time that DHS is making additional H-2B visas available in the first half of the fiscal year."
The supplemental H-2B visa allocation includes 13,500 visas available to returning workers who received an H-2B visa, or were otherwise granted H-2B status, during one of the last three fiscal years. The remaining 6,500 visas, which are exempt from the returning worker requirement, are reserved for nationals of Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
In support of the rule, DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) posted a new Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-5 and accompanying instructions. The temporary rule requires an employer to attest, among other things, to the fact that it is suffering irreparable harm or will suffer impending irreparable harm without the ability to employ all of the H-2B workers requested under the cap increase. The employer must submit the attestation to USCIS along with Form I-129, in support of an H-2B application subject to the H-2B cap before March 31, 2022.


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FOX: US Open champ Gary Woodland on his patriotic gear: Our troops sacrifice so much so I can play a game
Gary Woodland knows how special it is to win a major golf tournament and Tuesday he expressed his thankfulness to the U.S. men and women who serve at home and abroad to protect America's freedoms.
'The View' co-hosts push back on Biden's claim he can compromise with GOP. "View" co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin demurred at former Vice President Joe Biden's call for compromise with Republicans after his would-be victory in the 2020 presidential election. >>
Do more with less? Nurse says that's nonsense. Nurse Theresa Brown says she's tired of hearing that caregivers are being told to "do more with less." That isn't the way to fix America's broken system of health care, she argues. >>
Federal jury indicts Delaware man on 'swatting' hoaxes. A federal grand jury has indicted a Delaware accused of making hoax emergency calls to locations across the country, causing police and SWAT teams to respond >>
Frozen spinach recalled over possible listeria contamination. A Phoenix company has issued a recall for frozen spinach products over concerns that it may be contaminated with listeria, a bacteria that could cause life-threatening infections in some consumers. >>
Global Economic Growth Is Already Slowing. The U.S. Trade War Is Making It Worse.. President Trump's trade war is stirring uncertainty, weighing on manufacturing and disrupting increasingly delicate global economic growth. >>
HMS Raleigh junior sailor mum's surprise parade visit. Able Seaman Quaci Crosby's training colleagues chipped in to pay the cost of the flight. >>
Honda restored a classic Chevrolet pickup to celebrate its 60th Anniversary in the USA. Throwback truck. >>
Missing Connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos' estranged husband wants seized property back amid stall in case. Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, filed a motion in a Connecticut court on Tuesday to have evidence seized in the case of his wife's disappearance returned to him. >>
Molly O'Neill, Writer Who Explored and Celebrated Food, Is Dead at 66. She was a keen observer of what she called the "essential tension in the American appetite," a reflection of the country's cultural conflicts. >>
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space 36 years ago today. Today marks the 36th anniversary of Sally Ride's famous trip into space. >>
Teen accused of killing her friend after a man online said he'd pay her $9 million. Denali Brehmer began planning how to kill her "best friend" after a man she met online said he would pay her several million dollars for evidence of the killing, Alaska authorities say. >>
US preschoolers getting less obese, study finds. Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren't a fluke. >>
Weather woes cause American corn farmers to throw in the towel. U.S. corn planting this spring has crawled at its slowest pace in 40 years. It now may be at a standstill. >>


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GRITtv on the Gulf Roundtable: Rebuilding New Orleans
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More GRITtv by GRITtv was published on August 20th, 2008 Will progressives fight for public housing? As goes New Orleans, so goes the nation. In our week of special programming we continue to look at what post-Katrina New Orleans tells us about the nation at large. Housing would seem to be a basic human right. Food, water, shelter--right? Not so. In the last decade almost 100,000 public housing units have been demolished nationwide. Over 60 percent of these units have never been replaced. Just last month Las Vegas and Atlanta announced they were getting rid of their public housing altogether. Earlier this year, San Diego got out of the public housing business too. The trend of privatization and all out individualism continues. On GRITtv we discuss the fate of public housing in New Orleans and beyond with Judith Browne-Dianis Executive Director of Advancement Project, Rob Robinson Housing Campaign Organizer for Picture the Homeless, Dr. John Derek Norvell a Human Rights specialist with the NYS Division of Human Rights, and Sam Jackson a public housing activist and member of May Day New Orleans. Public housing units in New Orleans, already in peril, have suffered further in the aftermath of the hurricane. Thousands of public housing units in buildings that suffered only minimal damage have been destroyed. Homelessness has doubled and new development is in the form of high-end hotels and condominiums, not public housing for those who need it. Moreover, many residents who returned to their homes were denied their property and the right of return. Our guests discuss efforts to preserve public housing, what progressives can do, and why Obama hasn't said much at all about the housing crisis.
August 20, 2008 - 2:24pm — Anonymous


Snow is an at-home teeth whitening technology which doesn't require a prescription and can be FDA approved. According to Snow,"top celebrity dentists" use it and are happy with the outcomes. They also say it's an award-winning system for whitening teeth.
The Harvard science research company, Snow Labs, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, serves over 100,000 customers. They say they're constantly striving to improve the tech and consistently trying to release more helpful products. Additionally they donate some of the proceeds that will help provide dental treatments.
The Snow teeth whitening treatment is an FDA-approved, at-home tech that provides folks dentist-level whitening in a fraction of the cost. It was created by a Harvard science research firm.
The business says they deliver your purchase of charge within the United States. International orders will have a small fee.
Although they do not have a warranty, they do have a outcomes guarantee that is 100%. This means if you are not happy with the results, the whitening serum will be replaced by them. In other words, they don't accept returns or issue any money refunds — they will issue store credit.
Clients and reviewers phone Snow revolutionary and groundbreaking. It appears to perform better compared to whitening strips and trays — many actually compare it to whitening processes.
Most of the individuals who have employed Snow see results in about three days, but every person should use it till they see the outcomes they desire. It might take up to 21 days of use for 15-30 minutes each session.
Most of the user reviews have to do with customer service from early on in the business's life. The product seems to work very well, and the client support has improved over recent years.
For the most part, reviews of Snow are incredibly favorable. Not every customer will experience the same effects but it is generally considered a technology that is revolutionary.
You apply a serum by means of a brush. It's a substance that you paint onto your teeth. Next, you put the Snow device into your mouth for 10 minutes every day — it fits over your teeth like a mouth guard that is tight.
The Remineralization Gel you should use after the treatment in the event that you have sensitive teeth. This gel returns minerals and vitamins to your teeth, reduce on sensitivity, and also can greatly strengthen your tooth enamel. Should you have gums and sensitive teeth, you shouldn't do it every day but rather have a break for 1-3 days before another treatment.
Snow is FDA approved, and it is a large plus. So it's relatively safe. Throughout the treatment, you do end up swallowing a little but not sufficient that it is painful. In fact, even if you're breastfeeding, you can still use this whitening treatment.
For at least one week after starting the treatment, you should avoid drinking any fluids which may stain your teeth, such as coffee, wine, or juices that are specific.


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Q: Array of objects values to array I have an object like this :
obj = [{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}]

and I want an array like this:
array = [150,260,160,545,478,858,125,560]

How can I do ?

A: Using flatMap()

const obj = [{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}]

const res = obj.flatMap(Object.values)

console.log(res)

A: You can use Array.prototype.reduce

const obj = [{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}]

const arr = obj.reduce((acc, {x, y}) => acc.concat(x, y), [])

document.write(`arr = [${arr.join()}]`)

as suggested in the comments to make it more generic you can

const obj = [{v: 100, x:150, y:260, z: 123},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}]

const arr = obj.flatMap(Object.values)

document.write(`arr = [${arr.join()}]`)

A: Use reduce to make it in a single iteration. Otherwise, you can use map and flat or really many others, like flatMap.
Differently from map + flat or flatMap, reduce iterates the original array only once.
This likely is irrelevant in most scenarios, unless the array you're going to iterate is somewhat big.

const obj = [{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}];

const array = obj.reduce((acc, next) => {
  acc.push(...Object.values(next));
  return acc;
}, []);

console.log(array);

A: try this:
[{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}].flatMap(obj => [obj.x,obj.y])

A: iterate over the array and concatenate the values into a new common array.

const obj = [{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}];
let arr =[];

obj.forEach(function(item){
  arr = arr.concat(Object.values(item));
})

console.log(arr)

A: In ES6 you can implement the following way using reduce and object destruction and array destruction:

const collection = [{x:150, y:260},{x:160, y:545},{x:478, y:858},{x:125, y:560}]

const arr = collection.reduce((acc, {x, y}) => [...acc, x, y], [])

console.log(arr)

I'd say it is a collection not an object, so let's name it to collection not obj.


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Q: convert string date to java.sql.Date Is it possible to convert string "20110210"
to a java.sql.Date 2011-02-10?
I've tried SimpleDateFormat and I get java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "20110210"
What am I doing wrong?
i had
 new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")
instead of
 new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd")

A: This works for me without throwing an exception:
package com.sandbox;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Sandbox {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
        Date parsed = format.parse("20110210");
        java.sql.Date sql = new java.sql.Date(parsed.getTime());
    }

}

A: worked for me too:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    Date parsed = null;
    try {
        parsed = sdf.parse("02/01/2014");
    } catch (ParseException e1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }
    java.sql.Date data = new java.sql.Date(parsed.getTime());
    contato.setDataNascimento( data);

    // Contato DataNascimento era Calendar
    //contato.setDataNascimento(Calendar.getInstance());

    // grave nessa conexão!!!
    ContatoDao dao = new ContatoDao("mysql");

    // método elegante
    dao.adiciona(contato);
    System.out.println("Banco: ["+dao.getNome()+"] Gravado! Data: "+contato.getDataNascimento());


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