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2nd Forum – "Urban_Trans_Formation"
Welcome reception at Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (SUPEC)
For the opening ceremony of the Holcim Forum one could hardly imagine a more fitting venue than the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center on People's Square. In this impressive building is a huge, three-dimensional model that shows how Shanghai might develop.
Welcome addresses
Welcome addresses were conferred by Xiong Yang, Vice Mayor, Municipal Government of Shanghai; Dante Martinelli, Swiss Ambassador to China, Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation and of Holcim Ltd; and Zhiqiang Wu, Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, Chief Planner of Workd Expo 2010 and Member of the Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation.
Welcome to Tongji University
Gang Wan, President Tongji University welcomed the more than 250 professionals from over 40 countries - architects, engineers, city planners, scientists, and representatives from business and government - to the 2nd Holcim Forum at Tongji University.
Introduction to Holcim Foundation
Rolf Soiron, Chairman Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation briefly introduced the Holcim Foundation its activities and initiatives to the plenum.
Introduction to Forum "Urban_Trans_Formation"
How can cities fulfill their diverse functions as sustainably as possible - today, and also in the future? What are the challenges they face with respect to urban transformation? An introduction into the topic of the 2nd Holcim Forum "Urban_Trans_Formation" was given by Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Head Technical Competence Center, Member Management Board, Holcim Foundation.
Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), New York, USA
"The Shanghai case"
In her keynote speech, Saskia Sassen argues that the consolidation of knowledge in urban centers has the potential to spur the political action that will be required to attain a more sustainable world.
Introduction to Mobile Workshop themes (3rd day program)
Zhiqiang Wu, Dean, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University introduced the topics and sites of the 3 mobile workshop excursions which concluded the 2nd Holcim Forum.
Director, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, Paris, France
"Upgrading the city, grafting the existing"
With their PLUS project, Jean-Philippe Vassal and Anne Lacaton, in collaboration with Frédéric Druot, are transforming drab apartment buildings into liveable structures that enable interaction and improve quality of life. They believe every building has its own unique history, and advocate a strategy of adding chapters instead of starting a new book.
Former, Mayor of Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
"A more socially- and environmentally-sustainable city"
As mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa demonstrated that it is possible to make cities livable for everyone. Pedestrians and cyclists must be given priority over cars, he believes. "Good public spaces also help to reduce crime and enhance the quality of life."
Overview of working group topic (A) Normative Urbanism
Contemporary urbanism is marked by convention, where the user is assumed to be a generic subject. What ensues from this condition is a tension between the norm and that, which is considered to be outside the norm.
Moderator: Mark Lee
Overview of working group topic (B) Informal Urbanism
Contemporary cities are comprised of parallel forms of social alliance, some legal and established, others outside the sway of official purview. While often held apart, these competing orders share at times the same urban stage.
Moderator: Rahul Mehrotra
Overview of working group topic (C) Green Urbanism
Contemporary urban agglomerations manifest generally unsustainable ecologies. The depletion of material resources, the accumulation of waste, the over-expenditure of non-renewable energy are direct consequences of the predatory expansion of urbanization.
Moderator: Fernando Diez
Overview of working group topic (D) Touristic Urbanism
Tourism accounts for one of the largest industries, promoting a commodification of place across the world. Clean, safe, and attractive self-contained environments are created that by definition are generally segregated from local conditions.
Moderator: Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah
Overview of working group topic (E) Temporary Urbanism
Where contemporary culture has increasingly become nomadic, place has become transitive. This condition stands in contradiction to the time-honored notion of the city as a sedentary entity.
Moderator: Eyal Weizmann
Working groups: Professional view on topics A-E (concurrent sessions)
In the context of a thre-day conference, the broad theme of urban transformation had to be narrowed so as not to become lost in generalities. The focus of the pgroram was the five working groups in which contemporary urban challenges were handled in depth over a two-day period.
Introduction to Research Grant program
The Holcim Foundation supports many types of research pertaining to sustainable construction. At the Forum, Research Grants for doctoral projects were presented. Introduction to Research Grant program - Marc Angélil, Member Technical Competence Center, Member Management Board, Holcim Foundation.
Hand-over of certificates
The subject of sustainability always involves tomorrow. What we do today should not compromise the opportunities of future generations. For the Holcim Foundation it is therefore natural to include in its activities the forthcoming generation of architects, urban planners and engineers. for the first time, the Foundation also provided funding for Ph.D. research projects involving sustainable construction. At the Forum five such grants were presented - totaling USD 200,000.
The grants went to:
Odair Barbosa de Moraes, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Lei Pang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Rozana Montiel and Arturo Ortiz, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
Deane Simpson, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Jörg Spangenberg, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Kees Christiaanse
Chair of Architecture and Urbanism, Institute for Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
"Sustainable architecture"
Hierarchical, or tree-like urban patterns are an indication that cities are losing their openness, observed Kees Christiaanse. He fears that the typical city is becoming a patchwork of disjointed, sterile, and partially inaccessible sectors, and argued for an understanding of the city as an open system.
Working groups: Academic views on topics A-E (concurrent sessions)
Presentation of working group results (A) Normative Urbanism
Moderator: Andreas Ruby
Presentation of working group results (B) Informal Ubansim
Moderator: Yung Ho Chang
Presentation of working group results (C) Green Urbanism
Moderator: Kaarin Taipale
Presentation of working group results (D) Touristic Urbanism
Moderator: Amer Moustafa
Presentation of working group results (E) Temporary Urbanism
Moderator: Reed Kroloff
Concluding panel "Drivers, barriers and policy frameworks for Urban_Trans_Formation"
A panel of four experts discussed the potential of politics to shape the fate of cities. Acknowledging the enormity of the task of making cities around the world more sustainable, they unanimously called for action, not only on the part politicians, but also on the part of industry and private individuals.
Peter Head
Director Planning and Sustainability, Arup UK, London, United Kingdom
"Urban transformation in the policy context"
For Peter head, cities are "large and complicated entities full of conflict and contradiction." In order to negotiate differences, urban design requires collaboration among professionals, balancing the needs and interests of both the public domain and the private sector.
Student poster competition: Result of participants' voting and prize hand-over
Posters by students from sixn of the world's leading technical universities were displayed at the 2nd International Holcim Forum 2007. The posters encouraged stimulating discussions on approaches to urban transformation.
All Forum participants were eligible to vote in the Student Poster Competition. The prizes were handed over by Rolf Soiron, Holcim Foundation and Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Academic Committee, Holcim Forum.
Farewell Dinner at Shanghai Grand Theater
The farewell dinner took place at the famous Shanghai Grand Theater, where the participants had time to recap their experiences and exchange conclusions from the past three days.
Mobile Workshop 1: Conceptual Tour - Chongmin Island "Eco Island"
North of the densely popolated center of Shanghai, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, lies Chongming - the world's largest alluvial island. Over the next dozen years, it will be developed into a laboratory for sustainable urban, agricultural, and ecological practices.
Mobile Workshop 2: Architectural tour - Qingpu district "Venice of China"
Often called "Venice of the Orient," Zhujiajiao lies in the midst of the completely modernized Qingpu district of Shanghai. Here, old and new complement one another, together forming a surprisingly coherent urban entity.
Mobile Workshop 3: Infrastructural Tour - Pudong new city and Yangshan deepwater port
One can almost feel the rapid growth occurring in Shanghai's Pudong district. Skyscrapers seem to pop up overnight. In the tradition of infrastructural projects on the scale of the Great Wall, China's economic boom has spurred the development of a new deepwater prot located some 30 miles out to sea.
"Urban_Trans_Formation"
Forum 2007 – Urban_Trans_Formation – Shanghai (Ruby Press)
Forum 2007 – Urban_Trans_Formation – Shanghai
Support for research, learning and innovation in sustainable construction
The Holcim Foundation recognizes the critical role of the next generation in promoting innovative approaches to sustainable construction in…
Urban trans-formation: Many scales, one goal
What kind of cities do we want? And how do we get them? The Swiss Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction recently offered 250…

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With work its the same repetitive task and you can just zone out and daydream about slaying while you flip burgers and chit, but is there anything more brutal than studycelling, where you have to put all your focus and brain power into subjects and understanding formulas derived by aspie incel physicists (Tesla died a kiseless virgin) and on top of that the constant stress of failing.
(02-14-2019, 03:20 AM)Life_ends_At_Sub6 Wrote: With work its the same repetitive task and you can just zone out and daydream about slaying while you flip burgers and chit, but is there anything more brutal than studycelling, where you have to put all your focus and brain power into subjects and understanding formulas derived by aspie incel physicists (Tesla died a kiseless virgin) and on top of that the constant stress of failing.
Work is worse than school.
Another comscicel larping about how hard their major is. Jfl what's new.
Rotting in prison sounds a lot worse. Especially since studyceling is voluntary.


The U.S. economy will not operate at its full potential unless government and employers remove impediments to full participation by women in the labor market. The failure to address structural problems in labor markets, tax, and employment policy that women face does more than hold back their careers and aspirations for a better life. In fact, barriers to participation by women also act as brakes on the national economy, stifling the economy's ability to grow. The lives and fortunes of women in the workplace affect us all.
The evidence for these arguments is strong. The evidence also speaks decisively for the proposals in this volume, backed by decades of research, which will allow labor markets to make the best use of women's skills, and permit women, families, and the broader economy to prosper as a result.
Since the turn of the century, American women's labor force participation has declined. Today, large gaps remain between men and women in the jobs they hold, the wages they earn, and their overall economic security. We don't have all the answers to explain this recent trend. But we do know some of what limits American women's labor market opportunities. It is inflexible rules at many workplaces, which require long hours and penalize the wages of women who must balance demands at home. It is the failure of the United States to adopt national policies on paid leave for mothers following the birth of their children. It is the choice women are forced to make between child care and paid employment, or between child care and educational success.
It is the majority of workers who lack access to paid sick leave in order to deal with their own or a family member's health. These and other failures to address the conflicts between work and family impel many women to leave employment entirely. These problems are compounded when they become disabled, lose their spouses, and face economic insecurity late in life.
The U.S. economy does not have to function this way.
Instead, we can adopt evidence-based public policies that will provide better outcomes for women, make work pay, and help women restore control over their lives so they can meet their obligations and contribute to the economy amidst the conflicts of work and life. Public policy can do that. Making the optimal use of women's talents and drive must become an active and urgent concern for those with a stake in America's economic success.
While women's labor force participation has increased substantially in the U.S. over the second half of the 20th century, this growth has stagnated and reversed since 2000, with women's labor force participation falling by 3.5 percentage points. This pattern persists across women of varying races and ethnicities, educational backgrounds, ages, and marital statuses, and for women with and without children alike. Interestingly, this decline seems to be moving directly against the trends observed in other major OECD economies. In order to facilitate economic growth in the United States, policies should be directed toward enabling and encouraging women to participate in the labor force.
The gap between wages of men and women has fallen over the past several decades, reflecting women's economic progress. Successive generations of women have obtained more education and received higher wages, entering a broader range of occupations that had previously been male-dominated. However, a significant gender wage gap remains. Occupational segregation, differences in academic specialization, difficulty in balancing work and household responsibilities, and wage discrimination—among many other factors—likely underlie much of the remaining gender wage gap.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that promotes work. Research has shown that it also reduces poverty and improves health and education outcomes. The maximum credit for families with two or fewer children has remained flat in inflation-adjusted terms since 1996. Over the same period, earnings prospects have stagnated or diminished for many Americans, and prime-age employment rates have fallen. This paper proposes to build on the successes of the EITC with a ten percent across-the-board increase in the federal credit. This expansion would provide a meaningful offset to stagnating real wages, encourage more people to enter employment, lift approximately 600,000 individuals out of poverty, and improve health and education outcomes for millions of children.
The current tax treatment of married couples reduces wives' labor force participation and creates other inefficiencies. I propose a new second-earner deduction, equal to 15 percent of the earnings of a lower-earning spouse. The proposed deduction would raise the after-tax return to work for many wives, encouraging an increase in married women's labor supply, and would reduce marriage penalties on average.
Disability and widowhood are major drivers of economic insecurity for women later in life. To reduce the risk of economic insecurity among older women, we propose to allow Social Security beneficiaries to forgo some benefits when claiming to finance greater benefits in the event of widowhood, disability, or both. The proposed changes would be voluntary and self-financing.
The rapid growth of the older population in the United States will dramatically increase the need for elder care, most of which will be provided at home by family members. Supporting an older person sometimes comes at the cost of leaving the labor force, particularly for caregivers in jobs with an inflexible work schedule. This paper proposes a federal earned sick leave mandate guaranteeing one hour of flexible, multi-purpose sick leave for every 30 hours worked. By helping workers periodically adjust their work schedules to accommodate intermittent and urgent caregiving activities, paid sick leave would increase both home caregiving and employment, as fewer workers would be forced to choose between these activities. This policy would benefit women and low-income workers in particular, as they are more likely to have inflexible working conditions and can less afford to stop working in order to provide care.
Prior research indicates that entitlements to paid parental leave following the birth of a child provide substantial labor market and health benefits. Despite widespread public support for paid leave, the United States is almost alone in being without a national paid leave policy, although a number of states have adopted such programs. A national paid leave program is proposed here that is designed to promote gender equity through entitlements to 12 weeks of paid time off work for both mothers and fathers. It is modest in comparison to other countries' programs in both duration and generosity; this is in recognition of the uncertainty involved in applying international experiences to the United States. Additional program elements include: job protection during the leave and broad eligibility to parents with minimal employment histories; a wage replacement rate of 75 percent for low earners and 50 percent at higher earnings, up to a maximum; financing through a stable stream of general revenues; administration through a new office established within the Social Security Administration; and careful evaluation of the program three to five years after initial implementation.
Child care is a necessity for working women with young children. Yet, the costs of high-quality center-based child care in the United States—particularly for children under age five—are prohibitively high for many families. In this proposal, I describe a multifaceted approach to child-care policy that reduces the financial burden of child care, encourages maternal employment, and supports child development. I propose to replace existing federal childcare tax policies with a single refundable federal child-care tax credit that is more generous to lower-income families and families with children under the age of five. To address child care quality, I propose investments in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems and in expansion of universal preschool for four-year-olds. State and local governments could pursue these investments on their own or with federal assistance.
Women have surpassed men in college enrollment. This trend is particularly pronounced among nontraditional students, including part-time and older students—two groups that face significant challenges in higher education. For the 4.8 million college students who are parents, high-quality, reliable, and affordable child care is essential. I propose building on the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program to structure an institutional grant program that better supports the availability of high-quality child care for parents pursuing postsecondary credentials (student-parents). Compared with the existing federal program, the proposed program would be larger and better targeted to address the substantial needs of low-income student-parents. Moreover, by focusing on the role of postsecondary institutions, the proposal is designed to ensure that student-parents have access to high-quality child care options that will have long-term benefits for both the student-parent and their child. The program would encourage enrollment practices and educational investments that benefit the individual as well as the overall economy.


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The Boy Who Sneaks in my Bedroom Window has a new cover! Check it out!
And if you haven't read the book yet, you definitely should! We loved it.
In 2005, I was gifted with the birth of my son. He is, and always will be, the best thing I have ever done in my life. As you can probably tell, I'm a very proud mummy. I have always been interested in writing, but after the birth of my son I accidentally came across an amateur writing site. After a couple of months of just reading on there, I finally plucked up the courage and posted one of my stories. I was shocked and overwhelmed by the support of readers on there and they gave me the confidence to get where I am today. In April 2012, I self-published my first novel 'The Boy Who Sneaks in my Bedroom Window'. And in October 2012 I took the plunge again, publishing my second novel, 'Always You.' Lastly, if I had to sum myself up in one word, it would probably be 'daydreamer' – but unlike most of my school teachers, I don't necessarily view that as a bad thing. After all, I read somewhere once that books are like waking dreams….


Scarlatti: BnF lists Allessandro Scarlatti as the "Compositeur présumé" of both these cantatas, but Grove Music does not list either of these works in Alessandro Scarlatti's work list.
Il Ratto: Roles are Proserpina (C1 clef), Diana (C1 clef), Pluto quiesce dal inferno (F4 clef).
Fede, idolatria: Roles are Idolatria (C1 clef), Fede (C1 clef), Furore (F4 clef).
Bononcini: Clori dà te sol chiedo: the manuscript is unmarked, but RISM lists the instrumentation as "S (2), A, vl 1, vl 2, bc".
Bononcini: L'Euleo festeggiante nell'ritorno d'Alessandro magno nell'Indie: Grove Music lists this as having 10 voices. The orchestral instrumentation is 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, strings, continuo. Martin Luther University Halle (p.7) lists the tenth voice as "Nearco", a role that is not in this score. Tagged for both for now.


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Q: fgets not reading complete line in C I have a file data.csv which contains float type data:

0.22,0.33,0.44
0.222,0.333,0.444

I need to read this file into a two dimensional dynamic array. But I am not able to read the full line with fgets. Not sure why?
Here is my C code which I used on Ubuntu:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    FILE *fp;
    float **data;
    int i,j,rows=2,cols=3;
    char * token;
    fp=fopen("data.csv","r");
    if(fp==NULL) {
            fprintf(stderr,"Can't open input file");
            exit(1);
    }

    data= malloc(rows * sizeof(float*));
    char *rowbuffer=malloc( cols * ( sizeof(float)+sizeof(char) ) );
    i=0;
    while(fgets(rowbuffer,sizeof(rowbuffer),fp) !=NULL) {
        data[i] = malloc(cols * sizeof(float));
        j=0;
        printf("\n %s",rowbuffer);
        for (token = strtok(rowbuffer,","); token != NULL; token = strtok(NULL, ",")) {
             data[i][j++] = atof(token);
             /*printf("%s",token);*/
        }
        i++;
    }
    free(rowbuffer);
    for(i = 0; i < rows; i++)
        free(data[i]);
    free(data);
    fclose(fp);
}

The output is like:

0.22,0.
33,0.44
0.222,0
��
444
Error in `./test': double free or corruption (out): 0x0000000000adf270
Aborted (core dumped)

Can anyone tell why is this error? :(
Or is there a better way to read this kind of data file?

A: One issue is here:
char *rowbuffer=malloc( cols * ( sizeof(float)+sizeof(char) ) );

sizeof(float) is the size that a float uses in memory, not in its text representation. When reading from files, you should allocate a buffer to contain a whole line in text format. In your case a good bet could be the following:
int bufsize = cols * (3 + DBL_MANT_DIG - DBL_MIN_EXP + 1) + 1;

(See this for why that value and what you need to #include: What is the maximum length in chars needed to represent any double value?. The trailing + 1 is to account for the newline character, which fgets() does read and include in the buffer.)
But that assumes that there are no formatting errors in the input file, so you might want to add some extra slack to that value.
Once you have that value, use it in both the malloc() and fgets():
char *rowbuffer=malloc(bufsize);
i=0;
while(fgets(rowbuffer,bufsize,fp) !=NULL) {
...

On a side note, your input file looks like it could be better read using scanf().

A: Your coding problem is in :
fgets(rowbuffer,sizeof(rowbuffer),fp)

sizeof(rowbuffer) will give you only the size of the pointer, not the size of the memory allocated to the pointer.
To resolve the issue, you need to supply the proper size of the allocated memory [cols * ( sizeof(float)+sizeof(char)] to fgets().
Your logical problem is in :
You assumed that a printed represntation of a float value will take the same amount of memory as it takes for that of a float variable. No, that's not true. In the printed representation, each digit (including the decimal point and any leading or trailing 0 after the decimal) will consume one byte of memory each. You should keep that in mind while allocating memory for the destination buffer.

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What is the difference between a BPO and appraisal?
First of all, what the heck is a BPO? A BPO is a "broker's price opinion". You might also see BOV (broker's opinion of value) CMA (comparative market analysis) or other forms of the same basic meaning. The broker is usually simply considered a real estate professional with expertise in the area. What is an appraisal then? An appraisal is an appraiser's opinion of value. (no, I don't think they usually abbreviate) since we know what a broker is usually defined as, a real estate appraiser is usually defined as a professional who develops an opinion of value on a specific type of property. Sound like the same person? Yes, but it is not.
So, back to the question at hand, what is the difference?
While any old real estate agent can compare recent sales (often called comps or comparables) and develop an opinion of value for someone, it usually cannot be used by a bank or lender to verify a property is worth or what someone is willing to pay for it. In fact, most real estate agents are not even allowed to be compensated for a BPO, usually only the responsible broker of an office can be compensated. However, most good brokerages will provide market analysis and opinions of value for free. (ahem).
On the other hand, a real estate appraiser is obligated by federal law to be state licensed or certified. That involves acting as a trainee for a certain number of hours, (yes, appraisers must train their own future competition) becoming a licensed appraiser, and becoming certified for specific applications. Just like a real estate agent, appraisers are required to complete many hours of education and continuing education for their profession. An appraiser is an unrelated party to a real estate loan, usually in place to protect the lender.
So, can a real estate agent performance appraisal? No! Unless that real estate agent is a licensed appraiser. Can a real estate agent give you an opinion of value for your property? Sure! But it cannot be considered an appraisal.
I have been trying to find someone to owner finance or lease to own, why is it so difficult around here?
-Owner finance is possession upon closing, usually in the form of a deed of trust. This works the same as getting a loan and buying a home, except the owner collects the payments. Usually the owner will collect payments through a third party such as a title company and a long term escrow. This way, your insurance and taxes are typically included in the mortgage payment to protect the seller from a disaster or tax foreclosure.
-A lease to own is not considered possession upon closing, but exactly how it reads, leasing until either obtaining finance by the bank, the owner, or cash at the end of the lease term. typically a portion of the lease payments would apply to the purchase price in this event.
Now, why aren't they very popular? I think the best way to understand this is pros and cons of each. Not only that, but there are pros and cons for each the seller and the buyer, which are sometimes conflicting. In the owner finance situation, the buyer has an opportunity to recover poor credit, and purchase a home today at (presumably) a lower price. On the conflicting inside, the seller is (presumably) selling the home for a lower price today to a buyer with potential credit problems and not receiving a full cash payment to invest elsewhere. Of course in return for this, the seller will be making a return on the interest rate. That interest rate must be sufficient to cover a higher return than the seller would make investing the full cash investment elsewhere today. This might sound weighted towards disadvantages for the seller only, but there are other disadvantages for the buyer. The biggest disadvantage to the buyer in my opinion is the lack of inventory. We are already in short supply, and even shorter, approaching nonexistent supply for owner finance. That means the buyer has very little to choose from, and may be stuck with a home they really don't want, or can't afford just to make the terms of the owner finance work. The buyer must determine if this is the only route, even after credit recovery, the buyer can take.
With regards to the lease to own situation, this is very similar. However, the buyer may not have credit issues, but simply wants to learn about the area before moving into a purchase. Though the risk might be minimized on the credit aspect for the seller, the other terms remain the same. Even worse, they don't have the initial cash deposit they would with the owner finance, which would come usually in full payment after the end of the lease term. Moreover, the same inventory and choice issues remain the same for the buyer. The buyer is looking for a home they will enjoy leasing, and living in, all in one. Where neither opportunities are common, this drastically reduces the availability in the number of homes to choose from, both for rent and for sale. In this circumstance I would advise the buyer to find a more affordable rental option, and keep their options wide open for a purchase after their lease is up and they have determined they want to live in the area.
On a final note, market conditions can drastically change the amount of inventory. With the two real estate markets in recent history though, it has not. In the wake of the downturn, a number of sellers had mortgages that far exceeded market value. They did not have the option to owner finance because even the initial or final payment would not recover their initial investment. Remember, in most cases an owner can only owner finance if they own the real estate out right. In today's recovering real estate market with low inventory and supply, it simply does not make sense for a seller who can easily sell their home at market rates today, without the hassle of going through the owner finance situation. Since other markets are also doing reasonably well, the cash they would receive on a full purchase sale could be reinvested at a substantial return.
There are circumstances I did not touch on in this article. If you find yourself in this situation as a buyer or seller, and would like any free advice, don't hesitate. Also remember to keep your eye on the Teton Valley Realty blog for other information on the topics above!


Lip & Co Newly Launched Water Tint and Limited Edition Brow Filler Review!
Both the Water Tint and Brow Filler are said to be a long wear product so my focus was more on the how long do these products stay on my face. What shook me was the design of the products!
First, let's explore the Water Tint.
I tried two types of Water Tint. One is Red Siren #04 and another is Amazonian #03. To my amaze, both were in a marker pen shape. I have used lipstick which comes in pen form so it wasn't so weird.
Till I opened the tube. The lid was exactly like a marker pen. You would not have any idea how happy I felt. It felt like my childhood dream came true.
Remember the time we pretend marker pens are our lip tint and we will pretend to colour our lips using it? This time I tried it for real on my lips!
The application was rather easy. You do not need a lip liner when you apply Water Tint. Remember I told you that it looked like a marker pen? It worked like it too.
There are sharp edges where you can use to line your lip. The first application worked as a great sheer tint and the second application are the best for intense luscious effect.
Since it is a water-based so right after it dried it wasn't sticky and I felt like I am wearing nothing at all on my lips. It is light-weight and matte which suits my current obsession.
What I liked the most about this Water Tint is the scent after I applied it. It was fruity scent and I really liked it.
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In his novels, Kurt Vonnegut (1922 – 2007) coaxes the reader toward greater sympathy for humanity and deeper understanding of the human condition. His genre is satire—sometimes biting, sometimes tender, always funny. His arena is as expansive as the whole universe… Read More ›
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Most contributions to the debate on postmodernism agree that whatever else it is or might be, postmodernism has something to do with the development of popular culture in the late twentieth century in the advanced capitalist democracies of the West…. Read More ›
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Wilton voters approve up to $500,000 for firetruck
With a vote of 32 to 27, residents approved purchasing the truck and making up to $60,000 in annual payments on the purchase.
By Kaitlin SchroederStaff Writer
Jack Mills casts his secret ballot during a special town meeting on the purchase of a new firetruck at Academy Hill School in Wilton on Tuesday. Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans
WILTON — Voters narrowly approved spending up to $500,000 to buy a used aerial firetruck for the town to replace their former 40-year-old ladder truck.
With a vote of 32-27, the residents approved buying the new truck, which will be paid for by a mix of traditional property tax money and tax-increment financing district money from the Comfort Inn & Suites district.
About 60 residents, with heavy representation from the Fire Department, attended the special town meeting Tuesday night at the Academy Hill School cafeteria. After 40 minutes of discussion, they approved the money for the replacement truck.
Town Manager Rhonda Irish said the town will pay up to $60,000 annually on the truck with $25,000 per year coming from the TIF district and $35,000 coming from regular taxes.
The town previously held a public hearing on alternatives such as leasing a truck from the neighboring towns of Jay and Farmington or buying a new truck for possibly $1.2 million to $1.4 million.
Selectwoman Tiffany Maiuri said she was skeptical at first of the need for buying an expensive aerial truck, but over months of research she learned that the major businesses in town said they would not expand their business if the town didn't buy a new truck.
Maiuri said when residents looked at alternatives, there were concerns about whether sharing devices with Jay and Farmington would provide enough coverage, when the two towns would get priority on the ladder truck and Wilton would come second if they ever needed both at the same time.
Fire Chief Sonny Dunham said he and other fire offiicals have looked over the past 16 months at "hundreds and hundreds of trucks."
"We've done a lot of homework on this," he said.
The last ladder truck was 40 years old and was salvaged for $5,000, Dunham said.
Dunham said major businesses have come to size up the town, first visiting the Fire Department to see what kind of coverage they would get if they chose to build in Wilton.
"Their insurance rate would go skyrocketing if we did not have an aerial device," Dunham said, noting that fire insurance rates are based on fire coverage availability.
Some residents debated whether the town was being hasty in purchasing a used truck, when the Franklin County fire departments had been meeting over the past six months about whether they could regionalize some of the county's fire services to save money and consolidate manpower.
Resident Nick Hall said the town should wait and see if the regionalizing will mean consolidating fire apparatus.
"Why does Wilton need to jump into this before this consolidation mess is solved?" Hall said.
Dunham said he has been to the county fire meetings, and consolidation is happening through buying equipment together and training together.
"It could be, but in the meetings that we've been, it's not in the near future," he said.
The town owes one more payment on a firetruck they share with the East Dixfield Fire Department, a subset of the Wilton Fire Department.
Selectman Paul Berkey reiterated the concern that major businesses are going to want coverage and will not want to share with Jay and Farmington.
"What happens if Barclay's decides to pull out now because we're not giving them the things that they need? What if Jarden's wants to pull out? They want coverage," said Berkey, referring to companies considering weighing the effectiveness of the town's fire protection coverage.
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Woman with freezer full of overripe bananas dies never having made banana bread
June 28, 2017 by Ghazal Baradari-Ghiami
UXBRIDGE, ON – Maureen Gibson, passed away at the age of 87 this Monday surrounded by loved ones and a freezer full of bananas she had been meaning to make into banana bread.
"I've lived a beautiful life of love and adventure," Gibson wrote in a final letter, "If only I had more time to spend with my family, I could have finally made that banana bread I kept promising. Not doing so might be my biggest regret."
Gibson was an esteemed elementary teacher and active member of her community. She loved friendly tennis matches, embroidered pillows, and bookmarking banana bread recipes she would never come to use.
Gibson had devised an ingenious system wherein she'd buy a bunch of bananas and eat only one or two. A few days later she'd notice that all her bananas had gone black. Instead of panicking at the sight of her rotting produce, Gibson would instead chuck the remaining bunch into her freezer.
She repeated this cycle once a month for the past 63 years.
"It saves you money!" Gibson would often repeat when anyone questioned her about her refusal to simply throw away her bananas, "Why do that when I can and eventually will just make it into banana bread? The sturdiest of the loaves!"
Over her 87 years, Gibson had reportedly devoted most of her savings to the utilities company responsible for powering the electricity to her 24 chest deep freezers.
"This is a burden, I mean gift that I hope to bestow on all my grandchildren. They will become the rightful heirs to my 3,402 over-ripe bananas," she dedicated in her will. "There might be a few bags of walnuts in the freezer too, now that I think of it."
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Kroger and Ocado Name Cincinnati as the Site of America's First High-Tech Customer Fulfillment Center
Monday, Nov. 19th, 2018
CINCINNATI, OH - There's no place like home! Kroger isn't venturing far from its home roost to set up what it's calling "America's first customer fulfillment center" (CFC). Just last month, Kroger and Ocado announced plans to set up 20 distribution centers throughout the U.S. before the end of 2018, and this week, the two announced that Cincinnati, OH, aka Kroger's home base, was selected to house the first of the 20.
"Kroger is committed to helping position Cincinnati and Ohio as a destination for digital and technology talent. We are proud to choose our HQ state of Ohio as the first location for this first-of-its-kind customer fulfillment center in the U.S.," said Kroger's Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen. "Kroger is joining with the best partners in the world to co-innovate and leverage technology to redefine the customer experience. We are incredibly excited to partner with Ocado to transform the industry and deliver on our Restock Kroger vision to serve America through food inspiration and uplift. This Kroger shed, powered by Ocado, will accelerate our ability to provide customers with anything, anytime, and anywhere."
Kroger's first CFC, also known as a "shed," will be constructed in Monroe, OH, a suburb north of Cincinnati—subject to securing state and local incentives—according to a press release. The retailer plans to invest $55 million into building the 335,000-square-foot shed that will create up to 410 new jobs.
"We are delighted to be supporting Kroger in its efforts to transform the service and value it brings to U.S. customers," said Luke Jensen, CEO of Ocado Solutions. "Today's announcement of the first CFC is an important first step to making that happen. It's all the more exciting that this CFC will serve Kroger's hometown of Cincinnati."
With its first CFC—an automated warehouse facility with digital and robotic capabilities—both Ocado and Kroger are hoping to introduce innovative robotics technology to the masses and allow for next-generation automated storage and retrieval to become ingrained in the grocery supply chain.
"Ocado is a UK-based company with global ties and advanced digital and robotic capabilities. Working together, we will develop the strongest possible supply network to support a seamless customer experience that can serve every person in America," said Alex Tosolini, Kroger's Senior Vice President of New Business Development. "It's all about building a seamless supply chain to provide our customers with an amazing shopping experience."
Where will Kroger and Ocado land next? AndNowUKnow will keep you updated on the latest innovations altering the grocery retail landscape.
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Hugolin Sattner (* 29. November 1851 in Novo mesto, Krain; † 20. April 1934 in Ljubljana) war ein slowenischer Franziskanerpater und Komponist.

Leben
Hugolin Sattner war der Sohn des Postbeamten Franz Sattner und dessen aus Trebnje stammender Ehefrau Alojzija Jutras. Er wurde in Kandija geboren, das heute ein Stadtteil von Novo mesto in Slowenien ist. Ersten Musikunterricht erhielt er bei seinem Vater. Später lernte er Klavier und Violine bei P. Inocencij Gnidovec. Er war Sänger und Orchestermitglied in der Franziskanerkirche sowie am Gymnasium.

Nach der sechsten Klasse des Gymnasiums trat er in den Franziskanerorden ein und studierte Theologie in Ljubljana. Am 21. Juli 1874 wurde er zum Priester geweiht. Zunächst wirkte er in Novo mesto als Organist, Volksschullehrer und Gesangslehrer am Gymnasium. 1890 wurde er nach Ljubljana versetzt. Neben seiner Tätigkeit als Pfarrer und Guardian begann er noch ein fünfjähriges Kompositionsstudium bei Matej Hubad. Weiteren musikalischen Unterricht erhielt er bei Peter Griesbacher in Innsbruck sowie in Instrumentation bei Emil Hochreiter. Sattner starb am 20. April 1934 in seiner Klosterzelle des Franziskanerklosters zu Ljubljana.

Messen
 Missa seraphica
 Te Deum

Kantaten
 Jefteva prisega/Jiftachs Eid
 Oljki/An den Ölbaum, 1914 (Symphonische Kantate)
 Soci/An die Soca, 1916 (Symphonische Kantate)
 V pepelnicni noci/In der Aschermittwichnacht, 1921

Oratorien
 Assumptio Beatae Mariae Virginis, 1911
 V kripti sv. Cecilije, 1931

Opern
 Tajda/Thais, 1922. Libretto Ivan Pregelj.

Lieder
 Pesmi za skupščine, 3. Auflage, Ljubljana 1926
 K polnočnici (Geistliches Lied), ed. Ljubljana 1950

Literatur

 Barbo, Matjaž: "Sattners weltliche Kompositionen", in: Sattners Sammelband, Druzina Verlag, Ljubljana 1995.
 Tomanic, Angela: "Sattners Lebensweg", in: Sattners Sammelband, Druzina Verlag, Ljubljana 1995.

Komponist klassischer Musik (20. Jahrhundert)
Komponist (Oper)
Komponist (Kirchenmusik)
Komponist (Slowenien)
Komponist (Jugoslawien)
Franziskaner
Römisch-katholischer Geistlicher (19. Jahrhundert)
Person (Ljubljana)
Person (Cisleithanien)
Jugoslawe
Geboren 1851
Gestorben 1934
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06.22.16 June 22, 2016
The videogame that dared to question the War on Terror
by Ed Smith
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If we can associate genres and aesthetics with film-makers (John Woo and action movies; Stanley Kubrick and deep focus) IO Interactive, especially in its prime between 2002 and 2007, was a game-maker defined by concerns about player agency. By constantly placing her in restrictive and alien environments, the Hitman series challenged the player's typical experience of casual and unbridled progression. Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (2007), starring two legitimately unpleasant characters, undercut the prototypical videogame hero narrative—rather than saving the world, cast as a selfish villain, the player committed selfish acts and with selfish purpose.
"My name's John Ford and I make Westerns," once stated the director whose movies Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956) helped define a genre. It would have been less eloquent, and much less concise, but at the end of the 2000s, IO could have made a similar affirmation: "We're IO Interactive and we want players to doubt themselves." Of that intent, there is no better statement than Freedom Fighters (2003).
Rather than subvert the typical experiences of progression and control wholesale, Freedom Fighters hones in on videogames' favorite tool, the one with which players most commonly exercise their agency: the gun. In a shooting game, the act of aiming and firing a weapon, usually, is made as simple and as clean as possible. One button to aim. One button to fire. One button to reload. If game-makers are concerned that violence in games has become, or always has been, blasé, they could do worse than re-evaluating their representation of firearms. That weapons can be operated and discharged so thoughtlessly in videogames is a root cause of their casual, indifferent treatment of violence.
In Freedom Fighters, however, at least in its console form, aiming is perennially difficult. Rather than one of the controller's shoulder buttons—L1 or L2, for example—the aim function is mapped to the right analogue stick, the same stick used to move the character. On paper, it sounds like a minor, perhaps undetectable difference. In practice, aiming in Freedom Fighters is always inconvenient. When the aim function is attached to the same stick used to move the character, aiming and moving at the same time, something which players are accustomed to doing almost unconsciously, becomes slow and arduous. The aiming reticule itself is unreliable. One may place it on an enemy soldier's head, and fire, only to see the bullets hit the wall behind him. Put simply, guns in Freedom Fighters do not fire straight—a string of clean, successful kills is almost impossible to perform, and enemies don't die from well-placed shots but a rain of abortive, inaccurate fire.
The Player's own tools are not totally at her command.
It's a tiny conceit, making the player aim with this button rather than that one, but with shooting in videogames so uniformly refined, even the slightest change can create a sense of unease. In Freedom Fighters, for once, the player is not a master of her weapon. It does not always do what she expects. She cannot kill with it, efficiently, 100 percent of the time. And suitably, she is playing not as a professional soldier but the freedom fighter. Christopher Stone, the lead character, is a plumber from New York City—his experience with AK-47s, one can presume, is limited, and so the weapon, for both him and the player, is unwieldy. This is still a game where generic enemies are killed, en masse, but where shooters typically permit players to feel wholly capable, and as if they are controlling similarly capable characters, Freedom Fighters subtly implies that even the player's own tools are not totally at her command. Shooting is less predictable. As a result, it is performed less apathetically. Without any blood effects or hamstrung moralizing, a la Spec Ops: The Line (2012), Freedom Fighters encourages players to feel ill at ease during gunfights. Mapping aim to R3 is a simple flourish, deftly undercutting the player's expected sense of absolute power.
As for Stone, he's very much the stereotypical videogame hero. In its tackiest moments, Freedom Fighters sends Stone on a one-man mission to avenge his dead brother, and channels Mel Gibson's Braveheart (1995) to lend him babyfaced charisma. But in other moments, he's damaged—or at least physically affected—in a way that's rare for videogame men. As Freedom Fighters progresses (the game is set in three acts: summer, autumn, and winter) Stone's appearance grows more ragged. At the game's beginning, he has short, cropped hair and tidy clean clothes. By the end, he's unshaven, long-haired, and dressed in rags.
I've written before about the importance of depicting physical wounds on videogame characters—again, if violence in games is passé, it's because games neglect to depict the consequences, be they big or small, of violence. Game heroes, regardless of their ordeals, tend to emerge unscathed. Nathan Drake's hair remains perfect. Evie Frye's dress stays unruffled. Master Chief remains safely encased inside his armor. Dirt and blood effects have changed this a little—I enjoy how Max bleeds and sweats in Max Payne 3 (2012)—but largely, today, and especially in 2003 when Freedom Fighters launched, the game hero was an impervious, implacable statue, an idol, in the pejorative sense. Where Kane and Lynch undermined the player's sense of being a videogame hero by casting her as overtly unpleasant characters, Freedom Fighters does it by implying Stone's vulnerability. As his battle against the Russian occupying forces becomes more brutal, his appearance grows more tired, more worn. Like switching the aim button to R3, it's a minor device, but when compared to the men and women we're used to playing in games, any suggestion of physical deterioration—any implication that fighting and killing is changing a character somehow—is a stark contrast. Stone is a hero, but unlike his videogame contemporaries, he inhabits that role at a personal cost.
But unlike his videogame contemporaries, he inhabits that role at a personal cost
Freedom Fighters doesn't stop at challenging players' sense of agency in videogames—it asks them to question their opinions on, what was at the time and in a broader sense remains today, an urgent real-world issue. It was released in September, 2003, six months after the bombing of al-Dora, which signaled the beginning of America's ground invasion of Iraq. The day after the bombing, on March 20th, 2003, Gallup reported that 76 percent of interviewed Americans were in favor of the war in Iraq. Eight years later, as the final US troops left Iraq—and after more than 120,000 people had been killed—CNN reported that 68 percent of Americans opposed the war. 78 percent agreed that all troops should be removed, and the same amount believed that the US, if it remained in Iraq any longer, would not be able to achieve any more of its objectives. 22 percent believed America had succeeded at "most" of its goals.
Freedom Fighters didn't predict a drop off of public support for the invasion of Iraq, but it certainly invited its players to doubt the war's legitimacy—to empathize, perhaps more than the political rhetoric of the time would have encouraged, with Iraq's people. Essentially, the game flipped reality on its head. In Freedom Fighters, it is Russia not America that is the world's dominant superpower; America, not Iraq, that is under occupation. In the game's opening level, Stone is forced to flee a cosy apartment by an attacking helicopter—he is literally driven from his home, and then forced to fight. The destroyed architecture you explore does not belong to the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, or any of New York's most famous landmarks. The levels are called "school," "movie theater," "hotel." The destruction, rather than played for spectacle or cheap, sentimental appeal, is focused on more intimate locations, places familiar to people's' daily lives. As the US occupation hit full stride, Freedom Fighters asked its players "how would you feel is this were happening to you?" Its undermining of player agency in regards to mechanics and its player character is tied to this question.
Letting videogame players constantly be in control—to always hold the power—helps them to feel safe, comfortable, validated. Similarly, when George Bush asserted that "you can't distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam [Hussein] when you talk about the war on terror," it assured the public that their suspicions were correct, their support for war justifiable. Videogames, typically, convince the player of her own agency, her own rightness. The arguments for the war on Iraq, as presented in 2003, had the same effect on America. Freedom Fighters challenges both of these compacts, inviting the player to feel vulnerable and uncertain of herself and the American public to doubt its convictions about entering war. Where IO Interactive had previously subverted players' mechanical agency in Hitman and would go on to overtly question their heroic state in Kane and Lynch, in Freedom Fighters the studio combined both and in doing so questioned a sense of self-assuredness its players would have likely had in real life.
Ed Smith
Ed Smith is a writer from Derbyshire, UK. His favourite games include Freedom Fighters, Actual Sunlight and Far Cry 2.
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Q: Is a Pokémon's weight and height relevant? Does a Pokémon's weight and height influence their CP?
Or are the differences between Pokémon weight/height purely cosmetic, i.e. "just for fun"?

A: Update: It appears that the conclusion below is false, and as of now we are unsure of the correlation between Weight/Height and any other of the Pokémon's stats. I have seen several counter-examples to the trend I observed, both from personal experience and from other people and so I am no longer confident that there is a relationship. Once more information, incorporating moveset and other variables (such as - "was it caught at this CP level or did you raise it to this CP level?"), comes to light, hopefully we will have a more definitive explanation for the variability of HP vs CP.

The tests I conducted showed that yes, weight (and possibly height) are relevant to a Pokémon's stats. From what I saw, for two Pokémon of the same CP, the one with higher weight will have higher HP. This means that it is more important to hold on to Heavier (XL) Pokémon and place less emphasis on raising XS Pokémon. I did not focus on height when I pulled my sample together, but there is no clear trend across the two examples I used, its effects will need to be looked into further.
The two separate cases I used to come to this conclusion are as follows-
First Case:
I captured two Pidgeys of the same CP level (93) in a very short time. Comparing their weights, I found that one had higher HP, and realized that this was positively correlated with weight. Interestingly, in this case the Pidgey with the larger height value was the one with less HP, which I thought may thought might indicate a negative correlation, but this was not consistent with the next case.

Second Case:
I had one sparrow of CP level 77 and another at a lower CP level, but with an (XL) tag for it's weight. I upgraded the lower one to CP 75, and discovered that the (XL) Pokémon had more health than its smaller cousin (who was two CP levels higher). This certainly offers more support in favor of weight factoring into a Pokémon's HP. Interestingly in this example the height increased along with the HP/weight, arguing against a negative correlation.

The amounts shown for HP differences may seem small, but keep in mind that this is at very low CP levels, so I expect the effect to be more noticeable at higher levels.
Obviously this is only two cases, so drawing conclusions based off of such a small sample size isn't ideal, and I will try to find more examples that can help shed light on this relationship. If anyone has any contradictory examples please post them, as it would definitely help clear this up.
Edit: I'll post the additional cases tomorrow, but I have found four more examples where a higher weight Pokémon of equal or lesser CP has a higher HP than its smaller cousin.

A: Counter argument to turner:

As you can see, the higher weight, height, and CP has fewer hitpoints.

A: i tried to search out the answer i found some answers related to this but i don't got the perfect one.here's all i got,
the most preferred one :
the cp and the hp is directly  proportional to each other mean if cp is higher than your hp will be higher and as of the weight it has .04% effect on hp and .03% effect on cp. for the height is has some great effect relative to weight(check the image).for proof reddit. and charts and other info image.
NOTE : this conclusion is based on data not from the official(i.e, pokemon go developers etc.)
for second one that also convinced me here,
    the weight is prefered for attack power mean higher the weight more powerful attack is.

    as of the height there is no mention to it

    NOTE : this data is based on the xl,xs,normal for weight and height

proof reddit

A: Since Niantic's official announcement that a buddy system will be included in the next version, see here, and the subsequent code-data-mining, see here, we now have another idea for the reason of including the Pokémons' sizes: it might be the actual size your buddy Pokémon will have walking next to you (i.e. an XS Pikachu will appear smaller than an XL Pikachu).
Although, according to the code analysis, your buddy's size might only alternate between the following values:
BUDDY_MEDIUM = 0;
BUDDY_SHOULDER = 1;
BUDDY_BIG = 2;
BUDDY_FLYING = 3;

Maybe those are only the base stats to which the Pokémon's actual size is added. We'll find out soon.

A: Possibly a difference in HP. I had 2 of the same pokemon the had significantly different weight and the same CP with a difference of 1HP.


tlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie will mark their 20th anniversary this week with the special release of never-before-heard audio captured at their very first live performance in their hometown of Bellingham, WA. "FIRST SHOW, ACOUSTIC AT THE PACER HOUSE, BELLINGHAM WA. 11/22/97" will be available exclusively via Bandcamp starting today, Wednesday, November 22nd; downloads begin at $4 with a portion of all proceeds benefitting Seattle's The Aurora Commons.
This is a recording of the first ever Death Cab For Cutie show. It was made by our friend Trevor Adams on his dictaphone at The Pacer House in Bellingham, Washington on November 22, 1997. Sprawled across couches and sitting cross-legged on the floor were 25 of our closest friends and fellow musicians. Everyone played acoustic or semi-acoustic with no PA. Trevor made and passed bowl after bowl of microwave popcorn because he was (and Iassume still is) a great host.
Currently featuring the core membership of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, and drummer Jason McGerr, Death Cab for Cutie's eighth studio album, "KINTSUGI" made a remarkable chart debut upon its March 2015 release, debuting at #1 on Billboard's "Top Alternative Albums" and "Top Rock Albums" charts, as well as #8 on the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200. Hailed by Magnet as perhaps "the best record of (Death Cab For Cuties's) 17-year career," the album was honored with a "Best Rock Album" nomination for the 58th Annual GRAMMY® Awards – the iconic band's eighth overall nod. Benjamin Gibbard also released his cover album of Teenage Fanclub's 1991 seminal album Bandwagonesque earlier this year via Canvasback Music/Turntable Kitchen. Gibbard's take on Bandwagonesque, hailed by Rolling Stone as "what a good covers album should be: deferential, yet personal" was recorded for release as part of Turntable Kitchen's "SOUNDS DELICIOUS" vinyl subscription club, offering exclusive full-length cover albums on limited edition vinyl. The vinyl also includes an exclusive bonus 7" vinyl including covers of Alex Chilton's "Free Again" and Beat Happenings' "Bad Seeds," both of which were covered by Teenage Fanclub on a 7" vinyl released shortly after their release of Bandwagonesque.
The Baker's Dozen saw 227,000 tickets sold for 13 one-of-a-kind shows. Phish performed 26 unique sets featuring a grand total of 237 songs with no repeats during the three-week run. Among the song selection were countless classics, innumerable rarities, myriad surprises, and many covers.


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Q: SetThreadExecutionState with ES_CONTINUOUS - what happens if app crashes before resetting flags I am going to use SetThreadExecutionState WinAPI function to keep system running during a certain job.
SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED | ES_AWAYMODE_REQUIRED);

According to MSDN, application must clear the flags set after the job is done if ES_CONTINUOUS is used.
If my application crashed during the job, I would not be able to clear the flags that were set earlier. My question is, will the system clear the flags set by the app when app terminates or will the system remain awake?

A: Yes, the system will clear (or, more accurately, discard) the flags when the thread that set them no longer exists.
It doesn't matter whether the thread exited cleanly or was terminated.
NB: I can only confirm from my own experience that the flags will be ignored once the process has exited, but the name of the function strongly implies that the flags are set per-thread rather than per-process.

A: According to the System Sleep Criteria documentation:

The system maintains a count of applications that have called SetThreadExecutionState. The system tracks each thread that calls SetThreadExecutionState and adjusts the counter accordingly. If this counter reaches zero and there has not been any user input, the system enters sleep.

So it is conceivable, even likely, that if the app crashes and the calling thread disappears, the system will know and adjust the counter accordingly, much like it does for most other thread-sensitive resources.


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Castlevania: The New Generation (1994) - Horror Video Game Review (Megadrive)
Way back in 2008 when my blog was a little baba I did a blog post about Castlevania: The New Generation (known as Castlevania: Bloodlines in America, and Vampire Killer in Japan) but now I have finally gotten around to doing an actual review. The PAL release was sadly censored quite a bit with blood effects removed and the zombies changed from pink to green among other shames. I adore the Castlevania series of games and this one is notable for a couple of reasons. First off it was the only one to ever be released on the Megadrive/Genesis, and secondly it is one of the only games in the series that doesn't take place in the one location, instead this spans the length of Europe.
The year is 1917 and you play as one of two vampire hunters - either John Morris or Eric Lecarde who are pursuing female vampire Elizabeth Bartley across Europe as she puts into motion plans to resurrect her uncle; Count Dracula. You get to choose the character you play at the start. Morris has a whip and is able to swing across chasms, while Lecarde is armed with a spear that he can use to propel himself into the air. These differences mean that at certain points there are alternate routes making for small differences. While that sounds cool in actuality there are only two different divergences in the whole game as far as I can tell.
I love the mythos of this series; how Death is Dracula's ally as he is the only person Death cannot claim, how Castlevania itself is the physical manifestation of chaos, as well as the many reoccurring monsters and locations that keep appearing in each game. The New Generation plays much like the old ones did. This is a 2D side scrolling platformer with each of the six different levels made up of a variety of short stages. Usually the whole game is your assault on Castlevania. This time the different levels all feature elements that would normally be in the castle setting. Starting off in Romania in the ruins of Dracula's castle your adventure takes you to the lost city of Atlantis (that closely resembles the usual flooded dungeon areas), the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a German munitions factory (that incorporates elements of the iconic clock tower setting), the Palace of Versailles in France, and finally to England to a fictional castle where the show down with Dracula occurs. Each level brings with it its own attractive features. Atlantis has reflective water effects for instance, while Pisa has impressive (at the time) rotating levels, while the final level has some cool effects such as one stage that has the screen split into three disjointed images making for some tricky platforming.
Aside from the simply brilliant music (by Michiru Yamane who went on to score Symphony of the Night) the biggest stand out feature is the enemies and specifically the many boss fights. All the classic monsters appear, from the watchers to bats, skeletons, zombies, and medusa heads. Some even interact with the environment such as the minotaurs who rip pillars off the background in Versailles. Most levels have both a end of level boss as well as a mid level one. These are all varied taking in a lot of different foes. The first level for instance sees the appearance of a hell hound whose roar cause glass to shatter from the windows around you, later on a magician who causes water to constantly rise up from the floor adds in a different kind of challenge. Each of the six main bosses are also inventive using some cool effects to make them stand out from traditional 2D graphics, such as the level one and level four bosses who both have elements of 3D to them. It all culminates in a thrilling boss rush of sorts when you fight Death, followed by Medusa, and then onto a fight with Dracula himself that starts traditionally enough with him teleporting around the screen, and ends with you literally whipping the flesh off of his demonic form.
Even playing now some 23 years on The New Generation still stands up as a solid entry in the series, it has great music, great level and enemy design, and more importantly it is fun to play, with some nice variations to make each of the levels feel unique. I guess any complaints I have is that there really is not much difference in the two characters you play as, but other than that it's all good. I love the ability to level up your weapons, while the sub weapons such as axe and holy water all as effective to use as ever. Plus there is a neat password system (was a pain back in the day but nowadays with easy access to a camera it's fine) and fair check pointing (even if you use a continue you will still be placed where you died rather than be made to restart the level). Castlevania might have only had one appearance on the Megadrive but it was a good one.
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The voice of the dwarf Bucino Teodoldi opens the story with characteristic energy: "My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting colour into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman emperor's army blew a hole in the wall of God's eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment." As a valued and expensive courtesan, the 23-year-old Fiammetta has been living a life of great luxury and refinement in Rome; her latest patron is a highly-placed cardinal. But the date is May 6 1527 and the Roman idyll is about to end, as Habsburg mercenaries sack the city.
At first Fiammetta employs her seductive wiles to unman the invading soldiers. These tactics keep her alive for a night but after her most prized possession, her glorious hair - "streams of white gold and sunflower mixed with honey and red chestnut" - has been hacked off by "Lutheran harpies", she and Bucino - her devoted companion, business manager and pimp - realise that the only option is flight. And so they hastily swallow mouthfuls of precious jewels and set off on a dangerous journey back to Venice, Fiammetta's home town, where she learnt her craft.
Sarah Dunant is a highly satisfying storyteller, and in her hands 16th-century Venice comes to life convincingly. Her skill is evident in the fact that the "real" characters - including the writer and "scourge of princes" Pietro Aretino, and the painter Titian - do not seem out of place among their fictional counterparts. She has awarded Fiammetta the physical features of the anonymous woman who is the subject of Titian's painting The Venus of Urbino, while mentally and spiritually she is the epitome of the golden age of the courtesan - a woman who has mastered the arts not only of the bedroom but also of the intellect, and who can pluck the strings of a lute as skilfully as she caresses her (paying) lover. Yet having survived the vicissitudes of invasion, attack and illness, Fiammetta appears on the point of casting her hard-won success to the winds by indulging in that most fatal of temptations - love.
Dunant succeeds in engaging our sympathy not only with Fiammetta but equally with the narrator, the misshapen and ugly Bucino. She imagines herself into the heart and mind of this intelligent, crafty dwarf, who lives off his wits and the proceeds of his mistress, and is determined to save both her and himself. A host of other memorable characters people the twists and turns of the narrative, which mirrors the landscape of Venice - the secret alleys and hidden passages opening into unexpected campi. There is the earnest young Jewish money-lender to whom Bucino takes the regurgitated jewels; the rich Turkish merchant who would love to buy the dwarf to take him back as a present to his patron; the mysterious Elena Crusichi, suspected by some of being a witch, who helps to restore Fiammetta to health and earning power. Another misshapen and disabled individual, she both attracts and repels Bucino.
As in this novel's predecessor, The Birth of Venus, Dunant uses a wealth of small detail to give verisimilitude and authentic colours to her portrayal of Renaissance Italy. Where The Birth of Venus abounded with powders and pigments, the materials of the artist's craft, here we find the palette of the beautiful woman: the bleaching paste for the skin which includes "bean flour, mercury, dove entrails, camphor, and egg white", the "waters made from boiled vine stock with barleystraw and crushed licorice root" to make the hair shine, the gum alum and pig's blood to create the illusion of virginity.
It is impossible for a reader in the 21st century to know how accurate this picture of 16th-century Venice is. Dunant herself points out that no amount of research can "turn a fiction writer into an historian", but it is her imaginative ability which brings that research to life, transmuting her knowledge into a vivid, believable portrait of her characters in their historical background. It feels authentic, and in a work of imaginative fiction that is what counts.


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Charlemagne | Europe and Russia
Speak loudly, carry small stick
Europeans are long on condemnation of Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, but short on concrete action
By Charlemagne | BRUSSELS
THE European Union's foreign ministers on March 3rd were long on condemnation of Russia's takeover of Ukraine, but short on tangible responses. After about five hours of emergency talks in Brussels, their communiqué declared:
The European Union strongly condemns the clear violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity by acts of aggression by the Russian armed forces as well as the authorisation given by the Federation Council of Russia on 1 March for the use of the armed forces on the territory of Ukraine.
The 28 ministers demanded the "immediate withdrawal" of Russian forces to their bases, and urged Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, to agree "without delay" to direct talks between Russia and the pro-Western transitional government in Kiev.
And if Mr Putin does not listen to their exhortations? European members and leaders of European institutions would stay away for now from the G8 summit to be hosted by Russia in Sochi, site of the recently-concluded winter Olympics. "In the absence of de-escalating steps by Russia," they added, the EU might suspend negotiations to make it easier for Russians to obtain visas to visit the EU, and talks on a new EU-Russia partnership agreement. It could take other, unspecified, "targeted measures".
The ministers also held out an olive branch, recalling their "ambitions and openness to a relationship with Russia based on mutual interest and respect". Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign-policy chief, put it thus: "We value very highly the relationship that we have with Russia. We want Russia to reach out to people in Ukraine to have the conversation the Ukrainian government wants to have."
But in effect, the ministers set a two-day deadline for Russia to reverse course before European leaders take up the issue at a summit expected to take place in Brussels on March 5th.
Nobody held out much hope that Russia would heed either the warnings or entreaties. The real question was how much worse things would get. Part of the debate was about how to characterise the Russian action: an "invasion" or merely a "violation"? In the end, they decided to pitch in one notch below an invasion, to give themselves scope to harden their language should Russia forces move beyond the Crimea.
Jean Asselborn, foreign minister of tiny Luxembourg, whose country now holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, was particularly gloomy: "I fear we are at the beginning of the process, and not at the end." He said Russia's call for an open session of Security Council to explain its position, a few hours after the foreign ministers' meeting, was ominous: when Russia did the same in 2008, he said, its forces went on the offensive in Georgia the following day. "I hope this will not be the case again," said Mr Asselborn.
David Lidington, the British minister for European affairs, said: "There is now a very narrow window of opportunity available for Russia to de-escalate the situation."
France said the next steps could be visa bans and freezing the assets of senior Russian officials, of the same sort as those being pursued against the entourage of Ukraine's departed president, Viktor Yanukovych. A proposal for an arms embargo against Russia, which could have interrupted a French contract to build two Mistral-class warships for Russia, was struck out of the text.
But Germany was unwilling to talk about further sanctions, preferring as ever to concentrate on dialogue through a proposed "Contact Group" including the EU, the UN, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) and both Russia and Ukraine. Frank-Walter Steinmeir, the German foreign minister, insisted: "Diplomacy is not a sign of weakness. It is more needed than ever."
Others were more cautious still. One Italian official said that, even though Italy had signed up to a statement saying the G7 countries would suspend preparations for the Sochi summit, the government in Rome privately disagreed with the move. He added: "What sanctions can you place on a country that can cut off your gas?" One answer to the conundrum might be to diversify energy sources away from imported fossil fuels. But Italy has abandoned nuclear power and embraced renewable energy comparatively late.
American rhetoric against Russia has been sharper. But in private US officials acknowledge they have no military option. They speak mostly of seeking ways of ensuring "de-escalation" and finding an "off-ramp" for Russia—principally the idea of sending UN or OSCE monitors to eastern Ukraine to report on the treatment of Russian-speakers. If Russia does not listen, they said, then the West would have to play a long game of political, economic and moral isolation. Russia, said one official, was acting in a 19th-century manner but in the 21st century the Russian economy was vulnerable to external pressure. "The Russians have badly miscalculated," said one US official, more out of hope than conviction.
Picture credit: AFP
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