Shooting Brake is a term used to describe a vehicle with two doors, one on each side and a squared off rear. The back of the car would have an opening in the form of a hatch which is the popular alternative. Other rear door alternatives are split doors horizontally or vertically.
This bobystyle is basically a two door hatchback. Modern usage of the shooting brake concept seperates itself from the concept of a hatchback. While the bodystyling fits perfectly with is a hatchback it differs with what is expected from a hatchback.
You see when you think of a hatchback you may think of a small vehicle with a small engine usually offering features short of the sedan or coupe.
There are luxury and performance hatacbacks such as the Audi A3/RS3 or the BMW 1 Series/M but these cars still dont measure up to the sedans such as the A4/RS4 or the 3 Series/M3.
The Shooting brake usually refers to a hatchback with performance figures and features to match other larger bodystyles.
The size of a shooting brake may also larger than most hatchbacks. The two door Ferrari FF has a wheelbase of 117.7 inches and a total length of 193.2 inches while the four door high performance 2011 Audi RS3 has a wheelbase of 101.5 inches and a total length of 169.4 inches.
The name shooting brake goes back to the horse and carriage days in the 19th century where a brake was a large carriage like frame which was used for breaking in young horses.
Later in that same century the brake now slightly altered and called shooting brake was used by hunters. It accomodated the driver (ie the person controlling the horse/s), another person both of whom would be facing forward and behind them there was room for more men, dogs, hunting guns and game.
In more modern times specifically in the 1960s the term shooting brake became popular again in Great Britain as it was used to describe a vehicle with modern luxury and seating accomodations similar to a coupe but had greater storage space than the average car trunk.
Many automotive marques have made shooting brake recent recent times. Some of these companies are Aston Martin, Bentley and Volvo.


Below is a list of resources we have found helpful in shaping our perspectives on living together as followers of Jesus in and for our city. Check them out!
One of the resources we are currently using both in our worship services as well as in our community groups is the New City Catechism. It's a great tool both for learning and teaching foundational truths of the Christian faith. Click here for a short video clip dealing with the different topics. You can also download the notes used in our community groups.


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Tag Archives: DVATE
DVATE – 'Thirst'
Activism, Featured artists, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
Damo, DVATE, Melbourne, thirst
DVATE is a Melbourne based artist who is well-known for his graffiti art and large photo-realistic images of wildlife. His work can be seen from trackside to galleries, festivals and zoos and his unique lettering which is often integrated into his portraits of the natural world create a dynamic juxtaposition between the figurative and the abstract forms of graffiti.
credit: p1xels
His interest in conservation and climate change issues led him to be commissioned as the first artist to paint a wall for the festival, Climate+Art=Change a partnership between CLIMARTE (the not-for profit organisation aimed at creating awareness of climate change issues through art) and the City of Port Phillip in St Kilda, Melbourne.
PORNO!
Artist Profile, Featured artists, Graffiti, Interview, Ltd. Edition, Prints, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
AKUZE, Break, CASLE, CULPRIT, Damo, DVATE, FUTILE, GALOR, INDEKS, LING, Melbourne, NEW2, PORNO, PRONTO, Puzle, RELIK, sabeth, SABS, SADAM, SARTAE, Sick, sigs, TAME, TOTEM
Melbourne is known worldwide for its graffiti, and has many crews with a number of big names. One of these names is PORNO. Having recently dropped his very first print, we thought it best to catch the man from his lair at Everfresh Studio to get the low down.
photo: p1xels
Damo: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Porno: Sure. I write Porno… ISO, CDF, LED, STD, 321, ADC, INN, WS4, WSO, ID.
I've been writing graff for 22 years. I started painting in 1994. My painting was originally influenced directly through hip-hop, older friends, older brothers and the people I hung out with as a hyperactive kid.
I pretty much started DJing, B-Boying, trying to MC and was part of the start a crew called "ISO" which was a hip-hop crew. Many years later that I was only really interested in painting graff. I ended up working in signage and doing a design degree. From there on I decided I wanted to get into my own signage biz because it was the most relevant thing to painting at the time for me. I had worked for numerous signage companies, became a production manager, and became really interested in production, manufacturing and technology which changed a lot of my perception of my art and my processes.
Painting is how I first I started to intertwine with people of the culture. At one point I stepped away from painting all together for a couple of years (around 2006 or 2007). I got back into it around 2008-2009 when I decided I would set up my own signage business. I met with all the guys from 'Per Square Metre' and got back into graffiti painting with more positive people and a fresh outlook. I ended up setting up another separate studio after 'Per Square Metre' ended called 'Safe House Studio' where it was a similar sort of vein; a heap of graffiti artists and artists who ran their own businesses from there and worked together on numerous creative projects, murals etc. The studio got its title from a police raid which occurred within the first month of opening. One of the transit police officers claimed it was a graffiti safe house!
Eventually that closed down and I moved in at the Everfresh Studio, still running my signage business. Here, I'm surrounded by all these amazing paintings and people who are proactive enough to do what they want to do. It's invigorating and essentially it's really motivating.
Cecil Street Mega Wall
Artist Profile, Collaborations, Featured artists, Graffiti, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
Adnate, Cam Scale, DVATE, HEESCO, jason parker, Melbourne, Rone, Sofles
Leading Australian mural artists Rone, Adnate, Sofles, Dvate, Cam Scale, Heesco and Jason Parker have teamed up to create an epic, large-scale mural on the streets of Fitzroy.
Curated by Juddy Roller, and supported by Yarra City Council and the Department of Justice, the project showcases the talents of the seven well known, and highly respected, artists.
Each artist, all unique in style, has been given creative license to paint a dedicated section of the wall, with the only limitation being that all artworks will be portrait based.
Says artist Adnate of the upcoming project, "I'm stoked to be a part of it, I respect all of these artist so much so to have the opportunity to collaborate with them on such an awesome project is really cool. Add to that, I've always thought a mural on this wall would be great so the fact the Juddy Roller has managed to secure it for us is really impressive."
The wall is located on the Rear of Fry's Storage on Cecil Street, Fitzroy.
All images by @p1xels
'The Art of Banksy' to hit Melbourne…
Collaborations, Featured artists, Graffiti, Interview, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
23rd Key, Australia, Bailer, Be Free, Conrad Bizjak, Damo, DVATE, George Rose, HEESCO, Jack Douglas, Makatron, Melbourne, Mike Eleven, psalm, PUTOS, RUSKIDD, Sirum, the art of banksy
It's the exhibition that already has Melbourne talking, and it's still a month away. 'The Art of Banksy' exhibition opens in Melbourne on 7 October 2016. Inspired by the streets of London, this exhibition will take visitors on an artistic adventure, exploring the mind of Banksy and his satirical street art.
More than 80 works will be on display, presenting the largest collection of Banksy artwork to ever be shown in Australia, and will be the most unique art event to grace Australia's shores. 'The Art of Banksy' aims to showcase the mysterious street artist, who is now considered one of the biggest contemporary artists of our generation.
It's apt that this body of work comes to Melbourne; the cities fascination with the man beginning back in 2003 when he came to Australia for Semi-Permanent, and hung around to complete a couple of missions with Burn Crew. These missions included spraying rats in various suburbs, policemen kissing in St.Kilda and twelve pieces in Prahan's Revolver. Some of these stand to this day, and others, when destroyed, garner the outrage of the masses and receive worldwide media attention
Dean Sunshine, street art documenter, facilitator and author of 'Land of Sunshine' and 'Street Art Now' has exclaimed, "This exhibition is an opportunity for Melburnians to see a world class collection of original Banksy artworks, by the man who is known as one of the greatest street artists. It is a privilege for Melbourne to host one of the biggest Banksy retrospective collections to ever be shown, and would not be possible without the generous collectors allowing others to share their passion for the elusive man himself."
He continues, "If that's not enough, 14 local artists, BAILER, BE FREE, CONRAD BIZJAK, DVATE, HEESCO, JACK DOUGLAS, PSALM, GEORGE ROSE, MAKATRON, MIKE ELEVEN, PUTOS, RUSKIDD, SIRUM and 23rd KEY will be painting panels which will be auctioned during the event to raise money for the homeless of Melbourne, and ADNATE will be painting a huge 6m x 6m mural… it's really an unmissable exhibition."
"This exhibition is a one off – never will you be able to see this amount of work in one place again. Once the show is over, the artwork will dissipate back to the other 40 collectors around the world, and the likelihood of them being brought together again in the future is very slim," – Steve Lazarides, curator.
Melbourne (and Australia).… You have been warned.
www.theartofbanksy.com.au
@banksymelbourne
Wall to Wall 2016!!
Featured artists, Graffiti, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
23rd Key, Adnate, Benalla, BUTTONS, CHOQ, Damo, DVATE, GOODIE, Guido van Helten, Juddy Roler, Kaff-Eine, Loretta Lizzio, LUCY LUCY, Maide, Melbourne, Phibs, Sirum, smug
After the success of Wall to Wall in 2015, the event is back!! On 18 to 20 of March, the idyllic town of Benalla will once again come to life with the sounds of scissor lifts and the smell of paint as the annual Wall to Wall Festival once again transforms the face of the Victorian regional town.
Featuring an all star line up of seven male and seven female street artists, another 14 amazing murals will be created, bringing the total number of murals to 28, making Benalla a must see destinations for art enthusiasts from all over the world.
'Made in Melbourne' – Auguste Clown Gallery
Graffiti, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
ADi, Anna Scheen - Linogirl, Auguste Clown Gallery, Cat Rabbit, Christopher Hancock, Creatures of Nat, Damo, Deiter Barry Creations, DVATE, Ella Smethurst, Ellie McAlpine, Emma Hampton, Emma Leonard, Fioski, Hannakin, Jack Douglas, Jessica Charlotte, Jubly Umph, Julian Briones, Kaitlin Beckett, Lamai Anne, LUCY LUCY, Made in Melbourne, Mel Macklin, Melbourne, MELISSA GRISANCICH, MIMAW, Miss E, Mysterious Al, Nadia Turner, Ouvra, Sam Pea, Sarah Neale, Shawn Lu, Steve Cross, Stuart Amos, Tayla Broekman
Melbourne is a city that is constantly celebrating art, from the streets to the big galleries – at the core of their culture is a passionate love of art and all things creative and quirky. Some of them are born and raised there, many go for visit and never leave, others travel from far and wide to be able to call Melbourne home. This patchwork of experience weaves together a magnificent spectrum of diversity, giving the city a truly unique creative perspective.
On show at Auguste Clown Gallery this February, "Made In Melbourne" showcases outstanding work from the city's best and brightest. Featuring artwork by both established and upcoming artists across various artistic mediums, the exhibition is a brilliant collection of paintings, drawings and handmade sculptures.
Opening on Friday 19th February from 6.00pm – 8.00pm at Auguste Clown Gallery; 52 Johnston Street, Fitzroy. The exhibition is on view until 6th March.
@augusteclown
The Paterson Project
Collaborations, Graffiti, Shows & Events, Social, Street Art, VNA Magazine
23rd Key, 6SETA, ABET, Adnate, Amac, ARMED, AWES, Bailer, BURG, BUTTONS, CHEHEHE, CHOQ, CREATURE CREATURE, CRISIS, CRUEL, DEM189, DEST, DONOVAN CHRISTIE, DOSE, Duel, DUKE STYLE, DVATE, ears, EEVIEN TAN, Eleven, ELLIOT CLAYFIELD, ENDS, FACTER, FENOM, FLETCH CUTS, frame, GHETTO, GOODIE, Grizzle, GUS, haha, hancock, HEESCO, IME, INPAC, Itch, JAMES MCCULLOUGH, JORZ, JOSH SMITH, Ken Taylor, KEO, KITTY RITZ, LACHY HAMILTON, LEBOUEF, LING, Losop, LUCY LUCY, Makatron, Marian Machismo, MARINE, mayo, Mike Watt, MIT, monk, MORDES, Mysterious Al, NASTE, NICOLE TATTERSALL, OHNOES, ORDER, Otis Chamberlain, PHOENIX, PIGEON BOY, Pilfer, PLEA, POISE, PORNO, PRESTO, PUTOS, RAD, RASHE, REPEAT, RESUME, REWS, Rone, ROOK REM, RUS KIDD, sabeth, Sam Yong, scale, SEAR, SENEKT, SHEM, SHIME, Sirum, SKUBZ, slicer, SMICK, Steve Cross, STOPEM, Swerfk, TANEA, TIM ROLLINTOGGLES, TREM, UNWELL BUNNY, Will Coles, Wonderlust
The Paterson Project will be one of Melbourne's most exciting and important street art events in 2015. Elite talent from all over Australia will be painting together under one roof to raise money for The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. Housed inside the 'jewel of Smith Street', the Patersons building's top three floors will be transformed into one giant canvas for more than 100 artists. The Paterson is a heritage building that is to be demolished soon and redesigned as apartments. The history of the building spans over a century, and for the past forty years has remained a home to artists and musicians.
The project comprises of the top street artists, graffiti artists and stencil artists from around Australia. The event seeking to build a positive profile by giving back to the community, raising $20,000 for The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation through the auction of art created as part of The Paterson Project. In one week, up to 100 Artists will create vast collaborative murals and site specific installations over all three floors of the heritage listed Paterson Building.
This type of inspiring event has no precedence; never before has so many top street artists gathered and collaborated to give back to the community.
http://www.thepatersonproject.com/
@thepatersonproject
Dean Sunshine's 'Street Art Now'
Adnate, Alexis Dias, Australia, Bailer, Be Free, Dabs Myla, Damo, Dasic, Deams, Dean Sunshine, Deb, DOES, DVATE, Goma, Heide Gallery, Insa, jaz, Kaff-Eine, Li-Hill, Makatron, MCA, MEGGS, Melbourne, MONA, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, phlegm, photo, pixel pancho, Reka, roa, Rone, Seth Globepainter, sheryo, Shida, slicer, smug, Sofles, The Yok, Tristan Eaton, TwoOne, Vexta
Following the success of 'Land of Sunshine' published in 2012 comes the next book titled 'STREET ART NOW'. An updated snapshot of the Melbourne street art and graffiti scene over the last two years is once again, all shot by Dean Sunshine on his travels across Melbourne and beyond.
'STREET ART NOW' is a larger, hardback book with 206 pages highlighting over 100 local artists and international artists who have painted in Australia.
All sales from 'STREET ART NOW' will be put towards any future editions, furthering Dean's wish to provide ongoing documentation of Melbourne street art online and via printed media.
www.deansunshine.com
Black & White All In Between
Artist Profile, Collaborations, Graffiti, Shows & Events, Street Art, VNA Magazine
absolut, ALDOUS, ambush, AMUSE ONE, Anthony Lister, ASKEW, Australia, Beastman, Bei Badgirl, Ben Frost, Bennett, big dogs, black and white, BROOKLYN WHELAN, clouded thoughts, CPHO, DANIEL FARRELL, Days, DBOE, Deb, DESTA, DOES, drew funk, DVATE, EDWARD WOODLEY, ERIN FORSYTH, FLUTTER LYON, GIMIKS BORN, greyscale, HEKUPS, Ironlak, JESSE BROOKIS, JODEE KNOWLES, JOEL SAMMUT, JORZZ, JOSH ROELINK, Jumbo, KADE, Ken Taylor, KPISH, LUCA IONESCU, MARK DREW, NATHAN PICKERING, new balance, Numskull, OZER, Paris, PEQUE VRS, PERSO, PHEW, Phibs, PHIL JAMES, PIGEON BOY, PUDLER, rj williams, ROACH, roland henry, RONSTOPPABLE, ROTES, SAM SILVERSTONE, scale, SEKTOR, SET, SIMON LOVELACE, Skel, SNARL, sprinkles, sydney, TARNS, TEAZER, The Massive, Thomas Jackson, VANS THE OMEGA, Vexta, WATER, well dressed vandals, westsyde, Will Lynes, YOK
Doctor Dboe & aMBUSH Present: Black & White All In Between
The latest all-star instalment at aMBUSH involves a stripped-back selection of exclusive works from 67 international artists. Hand-picked, the artists have been chosen from a range of street, fine art, illustrative and graffiti backgrounds. Usually known for their bright, colourful work, the concept presents a new challenge; to work outside of their comfort zone and produce pieces focusing on composition, form and tone.
Show opens at aMBUSH Gallery, 4A James Street, Waterloo (Sydney) Friday, 31 August 6-9pm | Continues 1 & 2 September 12-4pm daily
For more information please visit www.ambushgallery.com

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Monotropastrum kirishimense — вид цветковых растений, входящий в род Вертляницевидка семейства Вересковые.

Ареал
Monotropastrum kirishimense встречается в Японии.

Ботаническое описание
Отличается от Monotropastrum humile розовым цветом листочков околоцветника и чашелистикам, которые обычно более многочисленны, эллиптичны и постоянно прижаты к лепесткам в течение всего периода цветения. и неясными корневыми комами, которые объединены с окружающей почвой, с едва выступающими кончиками корней.

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Цветковые
Верескоцветные
Вересковые
Флора Евразии
Флора Азии

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Thomas University Magnolia Campus
(West Campus)
Built in 1958, the Magnolia campus was originally a Kindergarten through grade 12 school for Thomas County African American children during the era of segregation in South Georgia. From 1958 – 1970, the high school was under the leadership of Johnnie Jones a well respected principal in the Thomasville community. In 1969, the Gladys Chappelle building (currently the Student Life Building) was constructed around the same time that Thomas County integrated its school system. The Magnolia/Chappelle School went through several iterations, two of which included the first integrated middle school in Thomas County and then as the Hand-in-Hand primary school. In 1986, additional space was added to the Chappelle building. The middle school and Hand and Hand were eventually moved to new locations in Thomasville. The Magnolia campus remained vacated from 2002 until 2010 when it was purchased by Thomas University.
The Thomas University Magnolia Campus (formally known as West Campus) is an extension of the academic programs of the Forbes Campus (formally known as Main Campus) on Millpond Road in Thomasville. The Magnolia Campus is located one mile west of the Forbes Campus. The Magnolia Campus has two residence halls, which house 80 students and the Thomas University Gymnasium, home court for the men's and women's Night Hawk basketball teams. The Department of Student Life and the Offices for the Athletic Director and TU coaching staff are located in the Student Life Building (SLB) adjacent to the gymnasium. Also located in the SLB are classrooms an art gallery, a media room, a music room, a training room and a fitness center.


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Cash for new affordable rural homes
Seven new affordable homes look set to be created in the Dales with the help of District Council cash.
Two schemes – in Askrigg and Arkengarthdale – are bidding to receive a total of £295,000 from the authority's Community Led Housing Fund (CLHF).
Members of Corporate Board will next week (April 9) be asked to approve grants of £150,000 for the Askrigg scheme and £145,000 for Arkengarthdale. It will bring the number of new affordable homes built using the CLHF to eleven – the other four being in Hudswell.
The Fund was launched by central government in 2016 when 148 local authorities across the UK received money to deliver community led affordable housing schemes - Richmondshire got £493,730 and set up its own fund in February 2017.
"We were the first district in North Yorkshire to deliver on this initiative when four homes in Husdwell were opened," said Corporate Director, Callum McKeon.
"Since then we have helped with cash for legal work, project set up and management costs but these new projects will deliver much needed affordable new homes in rural areas of our district."
The Askrigg Foundation will turn two market place properties into three affordable homes in a £335,000 scheme; while four homes will be built on land next to the Methodist Chapel in Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale in a £785,000 development by the Upper Dales Community Land Trust.


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Tag Archives: Levada Center
Kremlin Declares War on Levada
In the very same week that the Kremlin declared all-out war on Levada, the last remaining pollster operating in Russia with an independent voice, the Kremlin's own publication, Russia Beyond the Headlines, featured Levada data prominently in its color insert distributed with the New York Times. It was yet another bizarre act in the tragicomedy known as Russia.
The May 22nd issue of RBTH had its entire second page plastered with information obtained from Levada regarding Vladimir Putin's latest purported initiative against corruption. First a news story by Olga Doronina entitled "Russians see Official's Money as the Root of All Evil" featured a huge color graphic reporting Levada's poll results concerning the question of whether Putin's measure to ban foreign ownership of assets by government officials was serious or a sham (the data favored the Kremlin, indicating 58% of Russians thought it was serious, although nearly half that group saw it as merely a way to gain control over wayward officials as opposed to actually purifying them). Then an op-ed from Georgy Bovt made repeated reference to Levada polling concerning Russian support for the measure.
How is it possible that at one and the same time the Kremlin can be attacking Levada as an unreliable "foreign agent" with the clear possibility that its operations would be shut down and also quoting from Levada as if it were the most reliable source of public opinion information in the country?
Because we're talking about Russia, that's why. Obviously, RBTH was slightly behind the curve and didn't get wind of the Kremlin's plans for Levada until its issue had already gone to print.
Oops. Good luck finding the news story from the NYT insert on the RBTH website. Now that Levada is under attack it seems to have been purged. Good luck, for that matter, finding reports by RBTH about Putin's crackdown on Levada. None of it is anywhere to be found, the whole thing seems to have been swept under the carpet by this neo-Soviet publication. Weirdly, the Bovt piece was more than a month old, having been sitting on the RBTH website all that time and been published long before RBTH learned Levada was persona no grata, and that's why it can still be found on the website, apparently.
But surely, RBTH must have known that Levada was a foreign agent all along, didn't it? Apparently not, because RBTH found lots and lots of data published by Levada to be helpful to the Kremlin's cause. Seven RBTH items in May alone quote Levada.
It's so typical of Russia for the right hand not to know what the left hand is doing. RBTH thinks it's free to use helpful data it finds in Levada reports, hardly suspecting that the data was being produced by a "foreign agent" committed to Russia's overthrow. Then it finds itself with egg on its face as the news is suddenly announced.
filed under Journalism
tagged as Levada Center, Russia, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Vladimir Putin
Is Vladimir Putin in Trouble?
In polling data it published on April 11, 2013, the Levada Center asked Russians whether they'd like to see Vladimir Putin continue in power in 2018 when his third term expires, or be replaced.
Only 22% of Russian respondents said they'd like to see Putin retain power. 47% said they'd like to see somebody other than Putin or Dmitri Medvedev take power, while 8% said they'd like to see power returned to Medvedev's hands. In other words, a clear majority — 55% — of Russians do not want Putin to seize a fourth term as president.
This is the third time in the past year that Levada polling has shown a majority of Russians rejecting a fourth term for Putin. In August 2012 57% opposed this outcome, and in December 2012 51% did so. One year ago, in March 2012, 49% were opposed to a fourth term for Putin.
Another result was still more interesting. For the first time since Levada began asking the question (in March 2004), less than a majority of Russians said it was a good thing for the country that Putin had virtually unlimited power. The first time the question was asked 68% of Russians said it was a good thing; in March 2013, only 49% said so.
Dissatisfaction with Putin is hardly surprising given that economic growth is plummeting while inflation is soaring, the horrific one-two punch that economists refer to as "stagflation." It is also known as the disease that killed the USSR.
But this hardly means that Putin will actually be replaced. A Levada poll from February 2013 shows that a whopping 65% of Russians think Putin has brought the country more good than bad. Another February 2013 Levada survey shows that Putin would get three times more votes than any named rival if an election were held today, and shows his job approval rating at a heady 65%. It has never been less than 60% at any time in the past two years. As we reported recently, Russians blame their bureaucracy and their legislature for their troubles, not Putin.
Russians could have turned Putin out of office in 2012, of course, but instead they reelected him in a landslide, not even calling for a second round to select between the two best candidates. They instinctively seem to know it's not a good idea for Putin to remain in power forever, especially not with unlimited power, but they appear unwilling to actually place power in the hands of any other specific person.
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tagged as Levada Center, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Teflon Putin, by the Numbers
Levada Center polling data (Russian-language link) shows that for quite some time now Russians have been deeply ambivalent about their country's future.
According to Levada, Russia's most respected polling agency, more Russians have felt the country was on the "wrong track" than the right one in seven of the past 26 months, or roughly 25% of the time — this includes the most recent polled month, February 2013, where 42% of Russians felt the county was on the wrong track compared to 41% who believed it was on the right one. A fact that ought to disturb the Putin regime is that three of those seven months occurred in the past half year. Only once in the past 26 months did more than half of the respondents believe Russia was on the right track. In other words, even when Russians think the country is on the right track, they're not too sure of it (it's worth mentioning that a consistent fifth of the Russian population has no idea what track the country is on, they're clueless).
It's not surprising that Russians think so, given that for instance GDP growth has fallen precipitously in each of the last two years and in each of the last two quarters of the current year, with recession on Russia's horizon.
But Putin is a Teflon president, and doesn't receive much blame for Russia's wrong direction. That one month when a majority of Russians felt the country was on the right track was March 2012, when Putin was reelected to a third term as president in a landslide.
filed under Polling
As the Internet Goes, so Goes Russia?
An interesting new poll from Levada (Russian-language link) reports that 63% of Russian citizens trust the news they hear on Kremlin-controlled broadcast television, while just 28% distrust it.
That figure, 63%, is exactly the share of the vote gathered by Vladimir Putin in the 2012 presidential elections.
Just 55% of Russians ever use the Internet, and only 43% of Russians trust the news they get from the Internet, according to Levada. An even smaller number than that, a puny 24%, actually use the Internet to get the news.
So one could reasonably suggest that the more Russians use the Internet, the less they trust their government and the less likely they are to vote for Putin. Little wonder, then, that Putin expresses so much animosity and suspicion for the Internet, saying he never uses it himself and thinks it mostly pornography.
One can also suggest plausibly that of the 55% of Russians who ever use the Internet, many use it very rarely due to its expense and the challenges of Russian technology. One can also suppose that a disproportionate number of Russians using the Internet to get the news, and for other political purposes, are located in the more wealthy areas of the country, particularly Moscow. That would explain why opposition politicians were able to generate much bigger crowds in Moscow than anyplace else.
These statistics show the increasing divide between wealthy Moscow and the impoverished remainder of Russia. They imply that nothing will really change in Russia until rich Muscovites decide to share their wealth with the nation. Will they be willing to do so, or will class warfare again rise in Russia just as it did in pre-Soviet times, leading to radical upheaval and national collapse?
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And that is why we don't have a dog or keep bees. But I am prone to the occasional bout of sadness. Thankfully those episodes do not last long and I do have a few favorite things to comfort me. Wearing pajamas all weekend and watching silly movies helps. Meditating with Katie and writing gratitude lists can lift my spirits. Reverting to my girlhood and playing with my Barbies in my room is a therapy unto its own. And I am sure it will come as no surprise to you that I have some special comfort foods that sooth me in my time of need.
Next time you have the morning blues, I highly suggest these Blueberry Pancakes. This has been a rough emotional week for Katie and me and I really wanted blueberry pancakes for breakfast this morning. Alas, we had no blueberries, fresh nor frozen. My brilliant spouse suggested I go next door and bribe Snowie with some butternut squash spice cake, a butternut squash from our garden and a bag of fabulous fresh dates. It worked. I returned with a quart of frozen blueberries from our wonderful neighbors garden!
Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. In another bowl or measuring cup, combine liquids. Pour liquids into the center of the dry ingredients and stir well to combine. Heat griddle until a few drops of water dances across the surface. Oil the surface and ladle the batter onto the griddle. At this point, sprinkle a few berries over the cakes.
When the edges are slightly dry and little bubbles are popping, flip 'em.
Ok, that takes care of the morning blahs. But what if I'm just not feelin' it later in the day? Well, a big bowl of Katie's spicy popcorn and that silly movie I mentioned is good for starters. A good veggie BLT or Reuben sandwich also works wonders when the blues hit. But what if you are a major sugar junkie, like me? I love candy, cake and pie, but nothing makes me happier than a freshly baked cookie. Or 3 or 4 cookies…….
Grab a cup of coffee, tea or a cold glass of (soy) milk!
When people discover that I bake for a living, the question that is put to me most often is "What's your favorite thing to bake?" That's always a stumper. But if they were to query "what's your favorite cookie?"; that's a snap! Ginger Molasses cookies are my absolute favorite. Not as hard as a ginger snap, but certainly spicy and flavourful. They also make a great gifts as they are easy to stack and hold up well to travel.
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat together the oil and sugar for 2 – 3 minutes. Add the egg and molasses, and beat well. Add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Put a small amount of sugar in a small bowl. Using a small disher or teaspoon, scoop dough and drop into the sugar bowl. Roll into a ball and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. I always use a Silpat, but the instructions in the book call for an ungreased sheet. It's your call. Leave several inches between cookies to allow for expansion. Bake for 10 minutes. Once again, the recipe in the book says 12 minutes, but you know your own oven. 12 minutes will yield a crispier cookie. I prefer crisp edges and chewy center.
I don't know about you, but I am feeling much better now. That's not to say that I won't be stealing back to the kitchen later for a few more of those cookies, just to make sure I'm good and happy for the rest of the evening. Life is good!


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The five Manchester United players whose values have increased most since signing - with one rising by £96.5m
Jose Mourinho has a talented batch of young stars at his disposal - and they all cost a fortune
Jake Polden
Manchester United have a long and proud history of turning young players into world-class superstars; think David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Jose Mourinho has a new batch of young stars at his disposal, and according to the CIES Football Observatory, a number of them are worth a pretty penny.
It's not just the former academy players however whose values are currently at an all-time high, Red Devils fans will be pleased to learn.
While the likes of Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard's current values were always going to be more than the £0 in transfer fees they set United back, having progressed through the academy, splashing £89million and £75million on Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku respectively was always going to be a bit of a gamble.
A gamble that paid off however, it would seem.
The young players at Manchester United are worth an absolute fortune (Image: Manchester United)
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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.segment.file;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Random;

import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Blob;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.segment.SegmentNodeStore;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.CommitInfo;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStore;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;

public class CompactionEstimatorTest {

    @Rule
    public TemporaryFolder folder = new TemporaryFolder(new File("target"));

    private File getFileStoreFolder() {
        return folder.getRoot();
    }

    @Test
    public void testGainEstimator() throws Exception {
        final int MB = 1024 * 1024;
        final int blobSize = 2 * MB;

        FileStore fileStore = FileStore.builder(getFileStoreFolder()).withMaxFileSize(2).withMemoryMapping(false).build();
        SegmentNodeStore nodeStore = SegmentNodeStore.builder(fileStore).build();

        // 1. Create some blob properties
        NodeBuilder builder = nodeStore.getRoot().builder();

        NodeBuilder c1 = builder.child("c1");
        c1.setProperty("a", createBlob(nodeStore, blobSize));
        c1.setProperty("b", "foo");

        NodeBuilder c2 = builder.child("c2");
        c2.setProperty("a", createBlob(nodeStore, blobSize));
        c2.setProperty("b", "foo");

        NodeBuilder c3 = builder.child("c3");
        c3.setProperty("a", createBlob(nodeStore, blobSize));
        c3.setProperty("b", "foo");
        nodeStore.merge(builder, EmptyHook.INSTANCE, CommitInfo.EMPTY);

        // 2. Now remove the property
        builder = nodeStore.getRoot().builder();
        builder.child("c1").remove();
        builder.child("c2").remove();
        nodeStore.merge(builder, EmptyHook.INSTANCE, CommitInfo.EMPTY);

        fileStore.flush();
        try {
            // should be at 66%
            assertTrue(fileStore.estimateCompactionGain(Suppliers.ofInstance(false))
                    .estimateCompactionGain(0) > 60);
        } finally {
            fileStore.close();
        }
    }

    private static Blob createBlob(NodeStore nodeStore, int size) throws IOException {
        byte[] data = new byte[size];
        new Random().nextBytes(data);
        return nodeStore.createBlob(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
    }

}

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Q: Why is Pandas DataFrame Function 'isin()' taking so much time? The 'ratings' DataFrame has two columns of interest: User-ID and Book-Rating.
I'm trying to make a histogram showing the amount of books read per user in this dataset. In other words, I'm looking to count Book-Ratings per User-ID. I'll include the dataset in case anyone wants to check it out.
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

!wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/porterjenkins/cs180-intro-data-science/master/data/ratings_train.csv
ratings = pd.read_csv('ratings_train.csv')

# Remove Values where Ratings are Zero
ratings2 = ratings.loc[(ratings != 0).all(axis=1)]
# Sort by User
ratings2 = ratings2.sort_values(by=['User-ID'])
usersList = []
booksRead = []

for i in range(2000):
  numBooksRead = ratings2.isin([i]).sum()['User-ID']
  if numBooksRead != 0:
    usersList.append(i)
    booksRead.append(numBooksRead)

new_dict = {'User_ID':usersList,'booksRated':booksRead}
usersBooks = pd.DataFrame(new_dict)

usersBooks

The code works as is, but it took almost 5 minutes to complete. And this is the problem: the dataset has 823,000 values. So if it took me 5 minutes to sort through only the first 2000 numbers, I don't think it's feasible to go through all of the data.
I also should admit, I'm sure there's a better way to make a DataFrame than creating two lists, turning them into a dict, and then making that a DataFrame.
Mostly I just want to know how to go through all this data in a way that won't take all day.
Thanks in advance!!

A: It seems you want a list of user IDs, with the count how often an ID appears in the dataframe. Use value_counts() for that:
ratings = pd.read_csv('ratings_train.csv')

# Remove Values where Ratings are Zero
ratings2 = ratings.loc[(ratings != 0).all(axis=1)]

In [74]: ratings2['User-ID'].value_counts()
Out[74]:
11676     6836
98391     4650
153662    1630
189835    1524
23902     1123
          ...
258717       1
242214       1
55947        1
256110       1
252621       1
Name: User-ID, Length: 21553, dtype: int64

The result is a Series, with the User-ID as index, and the value is number of books read (or rather, number of books rated by that user).

Note: be aware that the result is heavily skewed: there are a few very active readers, but most will have rated very few books. As a result, your histogram will likely just show one bin.
Taking the log (or plotting with the x-axis on a log scale) may show a clearer histogram:
np.log(s).hist()

A: First filter by column Book-Rating for remove 0 values and then count values by Series.value_counts with convert to DataFrame, loop here is not necessary:
ratings = pd.read_csv('ratings_train.csv')

ratings2 = ratings[ratings['Book-Rating'] != 0]

usersBooks = (ratings2['User-ID'].value_counts()
                                 .sort_index()
                                 .rename_axis('User_ID')
                                 .reset_index(name='booksRated'))

print (usersBooks)
       User_ID  booksRated
0            8           6
1           17           4
2           44           1
3           53           3
4           69           2
       ...         ...
21548   278773           3
21549   278782           2
21550   278843          17
21551   278851          10
21552   278854           4

[21553 rows x 2 columns]

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Highly-qualified businesswoman, Gail Smith, celebrated her one year 'currently looking for work' anniversary with a LinkedIn rant after being rejected for over 30 jobs. She took voluntary redundancy in June 2017, with the idea that she could cherry pick her next job.
Despite applying for around 30 jobs, Gail is still unemployed a year later and believes that it could be because the 'younger generation feel threatened' by her decades of senior management experience.
Smith aired her frustrations on job website LinkedIn and said in her search for a new job she has been told she is both 'too old' and 'overskilled'. This has even led to her playing down her experience after interviewers told her it may be a negative for potential roles.
Her husband has even suggested she 'apply for a job at a supermarket' – but she believes she wouldn't get it due to her experience, which includes managing teams of 250 staff.
According to her LinkedIn profile Gail has previously been employed with computer firm Hewlett Packard and at the Automobile Association (AA).
Gail, who lives in Newcastle, wrote in her rant: 'So many people have work anniversaries – well here is a new one: Currently looking anniversary.
'-Too old, yet our government thinks I have at least 15+ years left in me.
'-Over skilled, that comes with maturity and I would hope employers would look at that as a benefit.
While many commenters were shocked and called her situation 'outrageous', others were not surprised and she play down her wealth of experience and not disclose her age, advice she has now taken.
Gail said: 'I don't put these posts on [LinkedIn] lightly but I was particularly frustrated [on this occasion].
'I had been in an interview for a role I could have done easily and it was a role that interested me.
'But the interviewer said 'oh when I first saw your CV, I did think that you might be too old for this role'.
'I was like 'ahhh' and I looked at her and she said 'I know I shouldn't say it'. I thought too right you shouldn't say that. But I thought 'just leave it'.
Having previously been open about her age on job application forms, Gail has now started refusing to disclose her age when applying for jobs and is now going to down play her work experience.
When Gail was involved in recruiting people, she says she would never have looked over someone for a position due to their age.
The job search continues and hopefully there won't be a second-year anniversary to celebrate.
Your experience is very common – whether you were in a high flying job or at the lower end. Society does not take kindly to getting older even though we constantly look for ways to prolong life and insist people need to work longer before collecting a pension. Nobody says where the extra jobs required are to come from.
You can never hide your age – either you leave off your past experience or lie about what you have done. Experience and maturity count for nothing. I am in the same position as you and am horrified by the blatant age discrimination and like you when you ask for feedback none is forthcoming – the best was "you just need to move on". The number of adverts I have seen which talk about the need for accuracy and professionalism but yet have grammar and spelling mistakes which not even an eight year old should be making is truly scary – and the people behind those adverts are the very same that make sure you never get an interview.
I know exactly what you mean. ..the younger generation has no respect and no people skills and yet they get the job. I too am a year away from 50 and it is so difficult to adjust with the younger generation.


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Jackson Barracks, originally known as New Orleans Barracks, was built after the War of 1812. The first militia, consisting of four infantry companies, were housed there in 1837. Built on the river, the original facility had a storehouse, four three-story guard towers, and a prison. It had its own levee, road, railroad, and trolley car tracks. Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan, Robert E. Lee, P. G. T. Beauregard and J.E.B. Stuart, were all in these Barracks before the Civil War, although not all at once. After the Mexican-American War, it became the earliest Public Service Hospital for soldiers in the nation in 1849.
New Orleans Barracks was renamed in 1866, Jackson Barracks, honoring Battle of New Orleans hero Andrew Jackson. Federal troops regained it from Confederate forces in 1862. Later, the famous Buffalo Soldiers, the first African-American regiments in the Civil War, were housed there.
Jackson Barracks was a federal muster station during World War I, but thereafter became the home of the Louisiana National Guard. It was flooded in 1912 when the Mississippi River topped the levees, and parts were lost .
During the Depression, Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long managed to get WPA funding to renovate Jackson Barracks. The federal government again took it over during World War II, when it became a port of embarkation for men preparing to ship overseas . After World War II, it went back to the state of Louisiana for the use of the Louisiana National Guard.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the subsequent levee break of the Industrial Canal inundated the facility with 20 feet of water, totally destroying it . The National Guard helicopter pilots helped rescue stranded residents , who were first evacuated by boat to the Mississippi River levee. The federal government recognized the need to rebuild this national historic treasure, and funded 100% of the necessary rebuilding, at a cost of $325 million. Today, the historic buildings have been brought back to their original designs, but everything is state-of-the-art. It's an important piece of American history, and it's special to New Orleanian's. Memorial Day is never far from our minds.
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Trial of Socrates, Ancient Greek Philosopher, 399 BC (19th Century).
The Euthyphro is one of Plato's most interesting and important early dialogues. Its focus is on the question: What is piety? Euthyphro, a priest of sorts, claims to know the answer, but Socrates shoots down each definition he proposes. After five failed attempts to define piety Euthyphro hurries off leaving the question unanswered.
It is 399 BCE. Socrates and Euthyphro meet by chance outside the court in Athens where Socrates is about to be tried on charges of corrupting the youth and impiety (or more specifically, not believing in the city's gods and introducing false gods). At his trial, as all of Plato's readers would know, Socrates was found guilty and condemned to death. This circumstance casts a shadow over the discussion. For as Socrates says, the question he's asking on this occasion is hardly a trivial, abstract issue that doesn't concern him. As it will turn it will turn out, his life is on the line.
Euthyphro is there because he is prosecuting his father for murder. One of their servants had killed a slave, and Euthyphro's father had tied the servant up and left him in a ditch while he sought advice about what to do. When he returned, the servant had died. Most people would consider it impious for a son to bring charges against his father, but Euthyphro claims to know better. He was probably a kind of priest in a somewhat unorthodox religious sect. His purpose in prosecuting his father is not to get him punished but to cleanse the household of blood guilt. This is the kind of thing he understands, and the ordinary Athenian does not.
A narrow sense: knowing and doing what is correct in religious rituals. For example, knowing what prayers should be said on any specific occasion, or knowing how to perform a sacrifice.
A broad sense: righteousness; being a good person.
Socrates says, tongue in cheek, as usual, that he's delighted to find someone who's an expert on piety. Just what he needs in his present situation. So he asks Euthyphro to explain to him what piety is. Euthyphro tries to do this five times, and each time Socrates argues that the definition is inadequate.
1st Definition: Piety is what is Euthyphro is doing now, namely prosecuting wrongdoers. Impiety is failing to do this.
Socrates' Objection: That's just an example of piety, not a general definition of the concept.
2nd Definition: Piety is what is loved by the gods ("dear to the gods" in some translations). Impiety is what is hated by the gods.
Socrates' Objection: According to Euthyphro, the gods sometimes disagree among themselves about questions of justice. So some things are loved by some gods and hated by others. On this definition, these things will be both pious and impious, which makes no sense.
3rd Definition: Piety is what is loved by all the gods. Impiety is what all the gods hate.
Socrates' Objection: The argument Socrates uses to criticize this definition is the heart of the dialogue. His criticism is subtle but powerful. He poses this question: Do the gods love piety because it is pious, or is it pious because the gods love it? To grasp the point of the question, consider this analogous question: Is a film funny because people laugh at it, do people laugh at it because it's funny? If we say it's funny because people laugh at it, we're saying something rather strange. We're saying that the film only has the property of being funny because certain people have a certain attitude towards it. But Socrates argues that this gets things the wrong way round. People laugh at a film because it has a certain intrinsic property, the property of being funny. This is what makes them laugh.
Similarly, things aren't pious because the gods view them in a certain way. Rather, the gods love pious actions such as helping a stranger in need, because such actions have a certain intrinsic property, the property of being pious.
4th definition: Piety is that part of justice concerned with caring for the gods.
Socrates' Objection: The notion of care involved here is unclear. It can't be the sort of care a dog owner gives to its dog since that aims at improving the dog, but we can't improve the gods. If it's like the care a slave gives his master, it must aim at some definite shared goal. But Euthyphro can't say what that goal is.
5th Definition: Piety is saying and doing what is pleasing to the gods at prayer and sacrifice.
Socrates' Objection: When pressed, this definition turns out to be just the third definition in disguise. After Socrates shows how this is so, Euthyphro says in effect, "Oh dear, is that the time? Sorry, Socrates, I have to go."
The Euthyphro is typical of Plato's early dialogues: short; concerned with defining an ethical concept; ending without a definition being agreed upon.
Are works of art in museums because they are works of art, or do we call them 'works of art' because they are in museums?
Essentialists assert the first position, conventionalists the second.
Although Socrates generally gets the better of Euthyphro, some of what Euthyphro says makes a certain amount of sense. For instance, when asked what human beings can give the gods, he replies that we give them honor, reverence, and gratitude. The British philosopher Peter Geach has argued that this is a pretty good answer.


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By James Southall Thursday June 16, 2016
Composed by Steve Jablonsky
Paramount Music / 2016 / 69m
Jonathan Liebesman's 2014 reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may not have found much love from critics, but it clearly did from audiences, as its half-billion-dollar box office take confirms; no surprise therefore that a sequel was quickly put into production. Liebesman wasn't attached to it for very long (if indeed he ever was at all), with Paramount turning instead to Earth to Echo director Dave Green. Ironically, while reviews have mostly suggested the film is an improvement on its predecessor, it doesn't look like it's going to generate nearly as many ticket sales, so the third film for which most of the cast has already signed might not make it.
Brian Tyler's score for the first film was one of his best – a spectacular collection of his trademark packed-to-the-rafters action music bolstered by a stirring, memorable theme. It reminded me really what a Brian Tyler score for Transformers might have sounded like – firmer and fuller than what it actually got, a lot more interesting, still entirely appropriate for that kind of film. And, yes, rather similar to his music from the television Transformers Prime, which I guess had already given the game away. Steve Jablonsky is the man assuming scoring duties on the sequel, so now we can all find out what a Jablonsky-scored Transformers would have sounded like. Oh, wait…
Steve Jablonsky
It opens, and you'd expect nothing less, with a stirring anthem which goes on to serve as the main theme, in "Squirrel Formation". It's good: bold, ballsy, heroic. It's more disposable, less memorable than Tyler's, not quite packing the same punch – but the composer gets so much mileage out of it during the lengthy album it does get inside your head, its enthusiasm really rather infectious. A parade of action tracks are built on it and it continues something established in Henry Jackman's recent Captain America: Civil War – this is Remote Control music where the orchestra sounds like an orchestra. I never understood why it was thought that processing it so much and doubling it with samples was seen as a good idea and I hope this becomes the norm and isn't just a blip, because it makes things sound so much better.
The second track, "Shredder", introduces the bad guy's theme – a simple, menacing idea heard usually on the low strings or brass. It's a bit generic but does the job. In the lengthy "Shredder Escape" it really goes through its paces and finds itself pitted against a very cheerful new theme which is a nice one built very much on the musical DNA of the original tv series theme (I don't think it is actually from the tv show, but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). It gets a great extended arrangement in "Turtle Power". The "Heroes in a Half Shell" phrase from the tv theme does make an appearance in it, and "Half Shell" which closes the album will satisfy all fans of the show. In "Krang" there's a different sound introduced, much more heavily electronic – I like the retro keyboard which drives the piece forward, but not as fully convinced by some of the noises accompanying it.
It's enjoyable music, providing the kind of in-the-moment highs you get from fast food. What draws it back is that 70 minutes is too long for fast food – a large number of the album's 22 tracks are essentially constructed the same way, a few bars of ominous doom before action music (either light or dark) bursts forth, one of the anthemic themes plays, it climaxes a couple of minutes later and then starts again in the next track. That makes it have the feel of one of those curious trailer music albums – a classier version, but not exactly music for the ages. It's fun, just not lasting fun, the themes are good but not developed, just repeated and the 1990s Varèse Sarabande album release of this which would have been half an hour long would have been a lot more satisfying.
Rating: ***
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Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises $125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir
Informal retail is king in Africa, with hundreds of billions of dollars of consumer goods are sold through its channels yearly. Yet its industry remains highly fragmented as shop owners and kiosks still have issues around access to capital and getting goods regularly and on time from suppliers and distributors.
B2B retail and e-commerce platforms have primarily tried to fix these inefficient supply chains over the last couple of years and have received substantial investor backing since the pandemic.
It has been a hot sector for investors, and today's news shows they aren't slowing down in backing these startups just yet as Sokowatch, one of the major players in the space, announced that it has raised $125 million in Series B funding. The investment — which values the company at $625 million, — coincides with its rebrand to Wasoko.
In 2015, founder and CEO Daniel Yu launched Sokowatch in Kenya as an asset-light platform and a marketplace for distributing fast-moving consumer goods from suppliers to retailers. He said that this model wasn't efficient because Sokowatch couldn't guarantee that the goods were delivered to the customer when they made orders.
"We realized that to deliver the quality of service these shops deserved, we needed to get more involved," said the CEO. "In managing the operations directly ourselves … we went from an asset-light backend distribution software platform to this market-facing platform that was out there delivering goods directly to shops themselves."
At this point, Sokowatch was full-scale, asset-heavy, owning and leasing facilities in its distribution chain from warehousing to logistics. And what started in Kenya soon scaled into neighboring East African markets Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda in 2018. While the company was due for a rebrand, Yu said it was still figuring out operations in this new integrated model.
However, its recent entry into Ivory Coast and Senegal somewhat forced the company's hand. Yu believes Sokowatch is now ready for a rebrand as it enters its next phase of growth — moving from an East African player to a pan-African one.
"Sokowatch started as this kind of backend brand. We wanted a brand that could be more front and center for the African retailer and easily pronounced across all markets while reflecting our East African roots. So that's why we've rebranded now to Wasoko, meaning 'people of the market,'" he said. Click to Tweet
Wasoko allows retailers from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Senegal to order products from suppliers via SMS or its mobile app for same-day delivery to their stores and shops via a network of logistics drivers. The company also offers a buy now, pay later option for retailers who need working capital to order more goods. Click to Tweet
Buy now, pay later offerings are the latest trend for B2B retail and e-commerce companies. They see it as a sticky option in an otherwise volatile space where retailers aren't committed to one player, given non-differential offerings. To provide working capital to these retailers, the likes of TradeDepot and MarketForce raised impressive rounds with a significant debt component. But Wasoko chose not to go down that route; instead, it is financing its BNPL option from its balance sheet.
"We do buy now, pay later to our merchants and it's a significant part of our business. But we've been able to do that on our own without raising any kind of separate debt facilities. But we're looking at debt financing options," Yu said.
In terms of competition, MarketForce, an asset-light platform, is also present in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. TradeDepot, on the other hand, operates an asset-heavy model across Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. What they have in common is a presence in Nigeria, arguably the largest market for informal retail in Africa.
"Our choice to expand to the Francophone West African markets, I think, reflects the strong growth that those countries have exhibited in the region overall. If you look at the past 10 years, both Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire have experienced solid year-on-year GDP growth," said Yu when asked why Sokowatch hasn't expanded into West African countries other than Nigeria.
"Whereas you look at a market like Nigeria, the reality is that growth has been volatile and in some years, in fact, negative. And on top of that, you have a lot of challenges in Nigeria's macro-environment when it comes to the economy, currency and regulations."
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What do infrared imaging cameras see?
Infrared imaging cameras see the Infrared (IR) energy transfer from an object to its environment and produce a real-time image in a color palette where hotter objects appear brighter and cooler objects appear darker.
Yes. Thermal cameras are a useful plumbing leak locator. Most cameras have a temperature difference sensitivity of .10 degree Centigrade or better. It doesn't take a big temperature difference for the camera to see the leak. The issue is allowing that thermal energy difference enough time to transfer through the flooring to the surface.


There are 1,868 games released for the Switch worldwide. 1,702 of them are in North America only, 1,689 in Europe, and 1,043 in Japan.
182 games have been released in 2019 so far. 2018 saw 1,298 games total.
Hamster has the most games published with 137. Most of their published games are the ACA Neo-Geo titles. Nintendo comes in second with 63 games, while Plug In Digital has 30.


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Q: How to remove rows in DataFrame on column based on another DataFrame? I'm trying to use SQLContext.subtract() in Spark 1.6.1 to remove rows from a dataframe based on a column from another dataframe. Let's use an example:
from pyspark.sql import Row

df1 = sqlContext.createDataFrame([
    Row(name='Alice', age=2),
    Row(name='Bob', age=1),
]).alias('df1')

df2 = sqlContext.createDataFrame([
    Row(name='Bob'),
])

df1_with_df2 = df1.join(df2, 'name').select('df1.*')
df1_without_df2 = df1.subtract(df1_with_df2)

Since I want all rows from df1 which don't include name='Bob' I expect Row(age=2, name='Alice'). But I also retrieve Bob:
print(df1_without_df2.collect())
# [Row(age='1', name='Bob'), Row(age='2', name='Alice')]

After various experiments to get down to this MCVE, I found out that the issue is with the age key. If I omit it:
df1_noage = sqlContext.createDataFrame([
    Row(name='Alice'),
    Row(name='Bob'),
]).alias('df1_noage')

df1_noage_with_df2 = df1_noage.join(df2, 'name').select('df1_noage.*')
df1_noage_without_df2 = df1_noage.subtract(df1_noage_with_df2)
print(df1_noage_without_df2.collect())
# [Row(name='Alice')]

Then I only get Alice as expected. The weirdest observation I made is that it's possible to add keys, as long as they're after (in the lexicographical order sense) the key I use in the join:
df1_zage = sqlContext.createDataFrame([
    Row(zage=2, name='Alice'),
    Row(zage=1, name='Bob'),
]).alias('df1_zage')

df1_zage_with_df2 = df1_zage.join(df2, 'name').select('df1_zage.*')
df1_zage_without_df2 = df1_zage.subtract(df1_zage_with_df2)
print(df1_zage_without_df2.collect())
# [Row(name='Alice', zage=2)]

I correctly get Alice (with her zage)! In my real examples, I'm interested in all columns, not only the ones that are after name.

A: Well there are some bugs here (the first issue looks like related to to the same problem as SPARK-6231) and JIRA looks like a good idea, but SUBTRACT / EXCEPT is no the right choice for partial matches.
Instead, as of Spark 2.0, you can use anti-join:
df1.join(df1_with_df2, ["name"], "leftanti").show()

In 1.6 you can do pretty much the same thing with standard outer join:
import pyspark.sql.functions as F

ref = df1_with_df2.select("name").alias("ref")

(df1
    .join(ref, ref.name == df1.name, "leftouter")
    .filter(F.isnull("ref.name"))
    .drop(F.col("ref.name")))


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Q: Hibernate Composite primary key contains foreign key which is subset of other tables primary key, how to map? The scenario is as follows
Table A has a composite PK.

Table A --------  a1 (pk) a2 (pk) a3 (pk) foo bar LastUpdateDate LastUpdateUser
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Table B has a composite PK too which is actually subset of A's PK, here is working as FK as well. There is no forced FK constraint.

Table B --------
 a1 (fk,pk)
 a2 (fk,pk)
 foo
 bar
 LastUpdateDate
 LastUpdateUser
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I tried several ways, and none of them works. Can anyone tell a working Hibernate mapping solution? better in annotation style.
Thanks a lot.
Viv

A: I can see following set up. Although it may be tricky to get to work and, based on my experience, it's unnecessary complexity.
class A implements Serializable {
   @Id
   private PK id = new PK();
   @Embeddable
    public static final class PK implements Serializable {
        @ManyToOne
        @JoinColumns ({
        @JoinColumn(name="A1_COL", referencedColumnName = "id.a1"),
        @JoinColumn(name="A2_COL", referencedColumnName = "id.a2"),

        })
         B b;
        @Basic String a3;
    }
 }

class B implements Serializable {
   @Id
   private PK id = new PK();
   @Embeddable
    public static final class PK implements Serializable {
        @Basic String a1;
        @Basic String a2;
        @Basic String a3;
    }
 }

You should be able to access be via
a.getId().getB()

Add setters/getters as necessary.
Usually this type of problems requires a lot of trial and error, so don't expect this to work right away. But that should give you a direction for digging. Once you nail down final configuration, please add it to you question so somebody can benefit from it in future.


Few if any in Indian Springs expected up to 100 Anti-War Activists to brave the heat of the desert and the wrath of Pro-War forces, to descend last week upon Creech AFB located on the eastern edge of their town.
Several activists though felt so strongly about halting the military's use of the drones, they did expect to risk arrest Monday as they attempted to meet with the base commander to dialogue about their abhorrence to the military's – and that base's in particular – use of unmanned aerial vehicles to hunt down, track, and kill human beings 7000 miles away: i.e. drones against people in Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
"Soldiers kiss their families good-bye in the morning, come to Creech, sit behind a computer console, grab their joy stick, and click the mouse to unfurl bombs on people" Leeza Vinograv, a CodePINK spokesperson, states indignantly.
Activists from various groups as CodePINK:Women for Peace, Pace e Bene, WILPF (Women's International League of Peace and Freedom), and Progressive Democrats came from around the country to Creech to partake in this second "Take 5 Days of Action Against the Drones". The first 5 Days took place the beginning of July and another 5 Days is tentatively planned for the end of November.
Activists came to Indian Springs to participate in non-violent direct actions against the drones. On Sunday over 30 activists were arrested for civil disobedience at the old nuclear test site.
On Monday, 5:00am activists donned white apparel and face paint and held a funeral march down highway 95 passed the north entrance to the AFB, through Indian Springs to end up at the southern end of the AFB.
Several were then arrested and charged with such misdemeanors as "Pedestrian on the Highway", "Obstructing the Police", and "Walking on the wrong side of the Highway".
Other protesters continued the demonstration with a wailing where women carrying small caskets and photos of war devastation, mourned the lives destroyed, especially the lives of the children.
A huge banner declaring "DRONES: Making Enemies Faster Than We Can Kill Them" was held by several demonstrators. Other signs included: "Kill Drones, Not People" and "War is NOT a Video Game".
5 other arrests were made for various charges as "Pedestrian on the Highway", "Obstructing the Police", and "Obedience to a Police Officer". In addition traffic citations were issued for honking the horn and failure to use a left-turn signal as well as driving with a crack in the windshield.
The police often outnumbered protestors, especially on the last day of protests when only 4 activists were still in town attempting to hold a large "Peace" banner and a picture of the real face of war for soldiers entering the base.
The four demonstrators that last day were met by at least 20 police officers from three different agencies, as well as 4 mounted police on horseback, and several military observers. One demonstrator was arrested for "obstructing the police" as she attempted to video the police officer 50 yards away citing another demonstrator for honking her horn in support of peace.
"I feel sorry for these soldiers who are going blindly to another country, risking their lives and limbs, killing innocent people for my right to protest – and here they have to watch me being arrested for attempting to exercise that very right" says the arrested member of CodePINK Xan Joi.


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Release date of iPhone 8 leaked
Rahul Kumar 12:30:00 AM Apple, iPhone, iPhone 8
Over the past few months, countless leaks, images and rumors hinting at the alleged design and specifications of Apple's upcoming iPhone 8, iPhone 7S and iPhone 7S Plus smartphones have surfaced online. The only detail that hasn't been missing until now is the launch date. Now, a tipster has apparently spilled the beans on the same.
Separately, a leak from tipster Benjamin Geskin (@venyageskin1) reveals dates for Apple's September keynote and launch date. According to the tipster, the keynote address launch will be held on September 17 and the release date will happen on September 25. Geskin also shared an email sent by Apple to AppleCare Advisors and Leaders indicating Black Out Days from September 17 to November 4. Essentially, during Black Out Days, AppleCare advisors and leaders will not be allowed to take leaves as the call volume is expected to be the highest during that specified timeframe.
It is also seen that the iPhone 7S Plus will follow the iPhone 7 Plus' design and carry a horizontal dual rear camera setup. The iPhone 7S will sport a single rear camera like its predecessor. The iPhone 8 however, could sport a vertical dual rear camera setup. In addition, while there's a separate space for the LED flash module in the iPhone 7S Plus and the iPhone 7S, there is no LED flash enclosure seen in the iPhone 8's mould. This could also mean that the vertical camera setup itself could include the LED flash.
Must Read: Apple has downgraded iPhone 8 before the launch
The most anticipated of the three, iPhone 8, is said to sport an OLED display and Apple A11 SoC. It is also said to feature a fingerprint sensor embedded in the display.
Price of iPhone 8
If it's anything like Apple's new MacBooks, next year's iPhone will be more expensive than this year's release, and some are claiming that the highest-spec model will be the first iPhone to cost more than $1,000.
Must Read: iPhone 8 concept design which will blow your mind
Rumored specs of iPhone 8
5.8in 2.5D OLED edge-to-edge display
New design with an 'all-glass' construction
Wireless charging support
Apple A11 chip
Rear-facing Touch ID sensor
iOS 11 with 'advanced Siri functionality'
Face-scanning technology
Vertical dual cameras on rear


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At the end of March we organized an act of diffusion in Vienna, taking advantage of the invitation that JA MarketPlace had given us. Our project was awarded by Austrian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism as the most sustainable one.
At the end of March we participated in a difussion event in Vienna, taking advantage of the invitation that JA MarketPlace had given us.
The event took place at The Mall Wien Mitte, a busy place visited by hundreds of visitors. The event was attended by professors from more than 15 different European countries, such as France, Slovenia or Greece, to whom we were able to explain our project.
At the end of the event, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism awarded our project as the mos sustainable one. We were all stunned!


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Breweries K
Keith Brewery
Speyside may be best known for its whisky, but this brewery uses the best hops and Scottish malts money can buy to make distinctive beers. And its website is pretty entertaining!
Address: Isla Bank Mills, Keith AB55 5DD
Web: keithbrewery.co.uk/
Kelburn Brewery
Derek Moore established the company in 2001, having helped to set up Houston Brewery in 1997 and form the Renfrewshire branch of CAMRA in 1981. Kelburn beers have won more than 50 industry awards. (19-07-15)
Address: 10 Muriel Lane, Barehead, East Renfrewshire G78 1QB
Web: www.kelburnbrewery.com/
Kelham Island Brewery
Kelham Island Brewery was established at the Fat Cat pub in Sheffield in 1990, using plant from the Oxford Brewery and Bakehouse, and went on to become one of Britain's great microbrewing success stories. At the time it was the first new independent brewery in the city for 100 years. The brewery moved to new premises close by in 1999, to cope with the expansion of the business. The original brewery is now a visitor centre. Established by lecturer and beer enthusiast Dave Wickett, the brewery kept growing and growing with extra plant added as demand for the beers soared. Sadly, Dave died before his time in 2012, after a long illness. The family traditional continues, though, with his son, Edward, taking the reins.
Address: Kelham Island Brewery Ltd, 23 Alma Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 8SA
Web: www.kelhambrewery.co.uk
Keltek Brewery
Established in the Cornish village of Tregony, the brewery closed but sprung up again in Lostwithiel in 1998. It closed again in 2005 and returned to its original owner Stuart Heath who moved the operation to Redruth, where it continues today. The plant there includes a state-of-the-art bottling line.
Address: Candela House, Cardrew Way, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 1SS
Web: www.keltekbrewery.co.uk
Kennet and Avon Brewery
A range of ales, stouts and porters that take their names from the Kennet and Avon Canal. The beers are brewed at Wessex Brewery using spare capacity.
Address: 34 Old Broughton Road, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 8BX
Web: www.kennetandavonbrewery.co.uk/
Kent Brewery
Kent has been synonymous with hop growing for centuries. The bines still grow there, but in nowhere near the quantity they once did. Kent Brewery,established in 2010, aims to change this by showcasing the hop in its beers and using locally grown crops where possible. It is working with local producers to encourage the planting of more hops and more varieties.
Address: Birling Place Farm, Stangate Road, Birling, West Malling, Kent ME19 5JN
Web: www.kentbrewery.com
The Kernel Brewery has been at the forefront of the explosion of exciting new microbreweries in London in the past few years. Minimalist branding makes the beer stand out, and the recipes are exciting concoctions that are always fascinating. The range extends from old school porters and stouts to fresh and invigorating golden ales bursting with hop flavour. New brewery plant was installed in 2012 to help keep up with demand.
Address: Arch 11, Dockley Road Industrial Estate, London SE16 3SF
Web: www.thekernelbrewery.com
Keswick Brewery
A small brewery, established in 2006, with quality and environmentl issues at its heart.
Address: The Old Brewery, Brewery Lane, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5BY
Web: www.keswickbrewery.co.uk/
Kettlesmith Brewing
Creating "craft beers that are familiar yet new; accessible yet full of character. Beers that complement modern menus and tastes."
Web: www.kettlesmithbrewing.com/
Kew Brewery
A young brewery set up by former Weird Beard brewer David Scott and his wife Rachel. Making small-batch beers, unfiltered and unfined.
Address: 477 Upper Richmond Road West, London SW14 7PU
Web: kewbrewery.co.uk/
Keystone Brewery
This Wiltshire brewery prides itself on its eco credentials. Local and sustainable are its watchwords, with low food miles and a solar-heating system installed in the brewery.
Address: The Old Carpenters Workshop, Berwick St Leonard, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 5SN
Web: www.keystonebrewery.co.uk
Killer Cat Brewery
The brewery was established in 2013, using kit previously owned by Bath Ales, then Bristol Beer Factory. An off-shoot of the more traditional Malmesbury Brewery. (19-07-15)
Website: malmesburybrewery.com/killer-cat/
Kiln Brewery
An independent nanobrewery established in 2014, brewing just two beers at the moment. (19-07-15)
Address: 4 Alexandra Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 0EW
Web: www.thekilnbrewery.co.uk/
WJ King
The King family's involvement in brewing in Horsham dates back to the 1860s and mergers and acquisitions led to the setting up of the famous King & Barnes Brewery in 1906. Bill King was the last family member to run the business, and when it was taken over in 2000 he decided to set up his own microbrewery. Read much more about the firm and history of brewing in Horsham on the brewery website. The business was purchased by chief executive Nigel Lambe and head brewer Ian Burgess in 2010.
Address: 3-5 Jubilee Estate, Foundry Lane, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5UE
Web: kingbeer.co.uk
King's Cliffe Brewery
A five-barrel microbrewery owned by Jez O'Neill, with beer available in bottles, mini-casks, pins and firkins. Visitors are encouraged.
Address: 10 Kingsmead, Station Road, King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8 6YH
Web: www.kcbales.co.uk/
Kings Clipstone Brewery
A microbrewery in the heart of Sherwood Forest.
Address: The Keeper's Bothy, Main Road, Kings Clipstone, Nottinghamshire NG21 9BT
Web: www.kingsclipstonebrewery.co.uk/
Kirkby Lonsdale Brewing Co
A microbrewery established in 2009 by four local lads, producing a wide range of ales in different styles.
Web: www.kirkbylonsdalebrewery.com/
Kirkstall Brewing Co
An eight-barrel brewery opened in 2011, inspired by the original Kirkstall Abbey brewery set up by the Cistercian monks. This new venture is the work of brewing entrepreneur Steve Holt.
Address: Kirkstall Brewery Company, 6 Canal Wharf, Wyther Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds LS5 3BT
Web: www.kirkstallbrewerycompany.com
Kissingate Brewery
Inspired by the modern age and by historic styles, Kissingate employs the techniques of cottage brewing, from the middle ages to the 1800s. The brewery was laucnhed in 201o and has already moved once due to lack of space.
Address: Pole Barn, Church Lane Farm Estate, Church Lane, Lower Beeding, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 6LU
Web: www.kissingate.co.uk
Knockout Brewing
Modern beers from Belfast that draw on the city's rich boxing heritage.
Address: 10-11 Alanbrooke Park Industrial Estate, Belfast BT6 9HB
Web: www.knockoutbrewing.co.uk/
Knops Brewing Co
A brewery producing modern interpretations of traditional beer styles. The beers have old or alternative names for styles.
Address: Archerfield Brewery, Archerfield Walled Garden, Dirleton, East Lothian EH39 5HQ
Phone: 01620 388588 / 07949 879147
Web: www.knopsbeer.co.uk
Kraft Brewing Ltd
Founded in February 2018, the brewery focuses on German (Franconian) style beers. It imports malts from Germany and uses a water distilling technology to recreate German spring water for its lagers, pilsners, wheatbeers etc.
Address: 42 Newlington Causeway, London SE1 6DR
Web: www.germankraftbeer.com/