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Leaving in the cool morning air, I headed out of León, ever westwards. Just before crossing the bridge over the Río Bernesga that would take me out of town, I passed an enormous establishment on the right side. I stopped in front of it to consult my map and the guidebook. I was standing before the former monastery of San Marcos. It was built on the site of a 12th century pilgrim hospice and had been taken over by the military Order of Santiago. This group was first organized in 1160, and Pope Alexander chartered it in 1175. Their purpose was to eliminate Islam and they were active in fighting the Moslems in Extremadura but do not seem to have been particularly supportive of the pilgrim traffic. The King of Spain took control of the Order in 1476 and decided to build a huge monastery but things moved pretty slowly and it took 200 years to finish it. By then, the Spanish monarchy had turned what could have been a political and military threat and turned it into an honorary organization. In 1837 it lost its function as a monastery and went through a series of incarnations: high school; Jesuit residence; cavalry barracks, veterinary college; military warehouse; hospital. In 1961 it was converted into a parador luxury hotel and a museum. As I rode by this huge building, there was no trace of this uproarious past in the morning silence.
I rode onwards through another series of small villages: Trobajo del Camino; la Virgen del Camino; Valverde del Camino; San Miguel del Camino; and San Martín del Camino. At least there was no doubt that I was on the right road! The little villages were not much to look at and I rode swiftly over the dry flatlands, arriving fairly quickly in Hospital de Órbigo.
Now, this was something interesting to look at ! The road into town took me over the Río Órbigo via a wonderful Gothic arched bridge, with no fewer than 19 arches. Since its construction in the 13th Century, floods have washed away some of the arches, while two others were destroyed by the British in the Peninsular War against Napoleon, but the reconstruction was always done in the same style so that while portions are from the 13th, 17th and 19th Century they all appear correctly medieval. I rode carefully over the cobbled bridge, enjoyed the view, if not the bumps.
As I crossed into the town, I saw a series of tents had been erected. There was going to be some jousting here, in commemoration of a great tournament held in July 1434, possibly the last true medieval tournament in Europe. It was a battle by a knight from León, Suero de Quiñones, who challenged all comers on the bridge. He was disappointed in his lady and wore an iron collar as an indication he was a prisoner of love and his challenge spread like wildfire through the European nobility as a chance to reclaim that mythical Age of Chivalry they had all been raised with. Not only was there a huge band of knights and their retinues but it was Holy Year and two weeks before St. James' Day, so the place was full of pilgrims as well. Suero claimed victory, after two weeks, as he had kept his oath to break 300 lances and he gave his iron collar to the judges and became a pilgrim himself. Great stuff–the anti-Quixote, perhaps.
I rolled through the little town and found a sign that advertised a particularly nice stamp for the credencia and made my way to a little store where I received the promised stamp and bought something to drink as well.
The scenery was quite lovely as I continued on my way although I could see that there was going to be work ahead. At this point I could see in the distance two mountain chains, one to the north and one directly in my path to the west. I was coming to the end of the great plain of Castile and ahead were the Montes de León. The soil looked pretty barren to me, but apparently there are trace elements of gold in it and the Romans had actually operated some mines in the region. After 17 kms of easy riding, I reached Astorga and I could see the clouds forming ahead in the distance.
Astorga was originally a significant Roman city, gateway to the mines in the mountains beyond, and eventually, as the pilgrimage assumed greater importance, the city's location ensured its prosperity. Not only was it a staging post on the road west from France, but a second road from the south joined here. Pilgrims prepared themselves for the difficult passage of the mountains as they headed towards Santiago de Compostela, or they recovered in Astorga on their return journey. At the height of the pilgrimage, Astorga boasted no fewer than 21 hospices, many of them devoted to particular professions or nationalities.
The city is rather compact and I rode into a park, where the Visitor Information Office was located, where there were traces of the original Roman walls and a map that I used to orient myself. I rode a bit further along, turned left past an adobe structure that was once a water reservoir, and climbed a hill past another section of Roman wall before turning into the city proper and locking up the bicycle near the very impressive cathedral. I then went by foot all over Astorga.
First stop was the cathedral itself. This was begun in the mid-15th Century, with most of the work being completed in the 16th. The impressive Baroque west facade is somewhat later and is extremely ornate and detailed.
Nearby stands the Bishops' Palace and Museum, which looked vaguely like the Casa de Botines in León. It turned out that in fact it was also designed by Antonio Gaudí, with construction beginning in 1889, but the death of the sponsoring Archbishop and various other issues meant that it was not completed until 1913. It is a charming building and now houses a large museum devoted to the pilgrimage.
The Ayuntamiento is the Baroque city hall of Astorga, standing on its own square and very horizontal in appearance. There were many visitors the day I was there, including what appeared to be a local marching band wandering around the square. The whole city was very striking in appearance and in spite of its small size one of the highlights of the Camino. I would leave the main road, following quiet LE 142, as the Camino moved away from the A6 highway at Astorga.
I also could see that the weather was not improving, so I went back to the bicycle, rode downhill and off to new adventures. The first of these was riding into the village of Castrillo de los Polvazares, which seemed almost entirely deserted. The buildings were unlike any I had seen so far, being of light brown stone. There are small windows to shelter from the heat–which was already tiring me–and overhanging balconies. It looked like some sort of Wild West town, except for the stone corrals that you could see everywhere.
Following the quiet road, I passed pilgrims walking along the original dirt Camino. It was starting to rain, but extremely lightly, and it was a relief from the oppressive heat. Everything smelled fresh and there were wildflowers to be seen. I passed through the village of El Ganso, which had a little church with a one-dimensional steeple, and there was only a sole donkey to greet me. The road was climbing gently now, and the landscape had become scrubby, with heather and wild thyme in abundance. Soon there would only be brush to be seen.
The rain was a gentle mist and as it was approaching 6 pm I thought that I would stop in the next town of substance. This was Rabanal del Camino, which had been founded by the Knights Templar in the 12th Century to protect pilgrims and the red cross of the Knights was still in evidence as a sign of local pride. There is a hostal here administered by the Confraternity of Saint James, who had issued my credencia, but instead I pulled into a small stone hotel and found a room for the night. I began to sort out my gear in my little room when I heard an amazing sound: the sky opened up and the rain was hammering down on the roof as if it was a hurricane outside. I looked outside and saw what must have been the heaviest rainstorm I have seen outside of Asia when the typhoons come.
The rain showed no sign of letting up and the hotel was obviously prepared as huge plastic garbage cans had been set up in various spots, including the dining room, to deal with the leaks. I had a simple dinner, but it was like sitting near a waterfall with all of the drumming noise of the water. I was glad not to be out on the road!
Eventually the rain passed and after dinner I walked around the village. Everywhere under the eaves were swallows, flying to and fro and fiercely concentrating on their nest-building. It looked as if hundreds of generations of swallows had come to Rabanal.
Sound like quite a trip - great photos. I too am fascinated with medieval history (fav bike tour was through the French Dordogne - full of castles from the 100 years war).
Believe it otrnot, One minor arm of the St Jacques de Compestella pilgrim trail actually touches my back garden. Starting from Geneva.
Everyday, "pilgrims" with huge backpacks pass by - not sure if trying to get all the way to Spain.
In addition to the pilgrim signs, the back path is also a "black" rated mountain bike route.
I am not surprised that you could walk on a marked trail from your backyard to Santiago. It was the first example of mass tourism and many routes snaked across Europe, joining up in St. Jean Pied de Port where the route became like a pilgrim's superhighway. I have seen signs for Santiago from the most obscure places in Germany and Switzerland, and people actually do walk it. Glad you like the photos!


The armamentarium of gastroesophageal cancers is starting to expand, explains expert Daniel H. Ahn, D.O., with a variety of agents being explored at a rapid pace.
For example, the double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 INTEGRATE 2 trial will investigate the potential of Stivarga (regorafenib) for patients with refractory advanced gastroesophageal cancer (NCT02773524). In the study, which is not yet recruiting, researchers will determine whether the oral multikinase inhibitor improves overall survival (OS).
Additionally, there is the stemness inhibitor napabucasin (BBI-608), which was granted an orphan drug designation by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2016 as a treatment for patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer. The designation was based on early-phase data from the BRIGHTER trial. Here, the agent showed an objective response rate (ORR) of 15 percent and a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 13 weeks. In patients who did not receive a taxane in the metastatic setting, the ORR was 31 percent and the median PFS was 20.6 weeks. The ORR was 50 percent in patients who received just one prior therapy that was not a taxane.
Immunotherapies are also demonstrating early potential in gastroesophageal cancers, Ahn adds, specifically PD-1 antibodies alone and in combination with chemotherapy.
Ahn, an assistant professor at Mayo Clinic, shared these updates in the gastric cancer landscape during the 2017 OncLive® State of the Science Summit on Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies. In an interview during the meeting, he spoke on biomarker developments, agents emerging in the pipeline and exciting data out of the 2017 GI Cancers Symposium.
Can you provide a summary of your presentation?
Ahn: We discussed the recent updates in esophageal and gastric cancer. We mainly focused on gastroesophageal junction cancer in the lower esophagus as well as gastric cancer — so mainly the adenocarcinomas.
Essentially, there were discussions on biomarkers with potential targeted therapies in gastroesophageal cancer, followed by neoadjuvant approaches and, lastly, what the future direction is in treating these malignancies.
What biomarkers are now in development?
Mainly, there are several relevant targets that are active treatment options in gastroesophageal cancer. The main one is VEGFR-2. While the AVAGAST study was negative with Avastin (bevacizumab) in the first-line setting, we see in the second-line setting that VEGFR-2 is a relevant target. We have seen that over and over again with multiple different agents, including apatinib and, most recently, Cyramza (ramucirumab).
Based on this, there are ongoing trials. It is mainly the INTEGRATE 2 trial, which Mayo Clinic is going to be a part of. In this study, we're looking at the role of Stivarga in the refractory setting as a targeted agent. What we've seen in earlier studies, in the phase 2 INTEGRATE 1 study, is that this is a relevant target improving not only PFS, but there might be also be an OS benefit for patients with refractory gastric cancer.
What are the challenges with biomarker development in this field?
There is still a lot of area of uncertainty and a lot of unknowns in this area. The main thing that seems to be a hot area — not just in gastric cancer, but in all GI malignancies — is PD-1/PD-L1. What we saw from a recent phase 3 study presented at the 2017 GI Cancers Symposium is that this is a relevant target.
What we are going to try to do is to stratify and identify which patients are going to benefit the most. Even some of those who were weak PD-1 expressers, based on early phase 1 data, still had some benefit. We are trying to extrapolate who may benefit and who may benefit even further.
What updates are occurring in the neoadjuvant setting?
There have been a lot of interesting developments in the neoadjuvant setting, mainly with the combination of PD-1 inhibitors plus chemotherapy. Currently, the treatment strategy is chemotherapy, usually with carboplatin/paclitaxel, in combination with concurrent chemoradiation. This is based off of the CROSS trial.
However, there appears to be some interesting data that the combination of PD-1 inhibitors with chemotherapy may not only have a benefit locally, but there may potentially be an abscopal effect where it not only controls the local disease, but also prevents any disseminated or metastatic disease in the future.
We are currently running a phase 1b study led by Dr. Harry Yoon in Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and Mayo Clinic in Arizona will also be participating. Here, we are studying the combination of carboplatin/paclitaxel with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with radiation therapy.
The other area that seems to have a lot of interest in the neoadjuvant setting is PET-CT as a way to identify patients who are actually responders to chemotherapy and radiation.
The initial results of the CALGB 80803 (Alliance) trial were also presented at the 2017 GI Cancers Symposium. The results were very preliminary, but it showed that in patients who do not have a PET-CT response — which they identified as a less than 30 percent response in FDG avidity — was switched to a different type of chemotherapy. Patients were initially randomized to FOLFOX or carboplatin/paclitaxel and, based on the PET-CT response, they would either continue current therapy or switch to alternate therapy.
It showed that this would be a viable way to treat gastroesophageal cancer. However, the results were preliminary and, as the data matures, we'll be able to identify whether or not this is a viable treatment strategy in this disease.
Can you hone in on the synergy behind those types of combinations?
That's a good question. Some of the data suggest that when you treat with chemotherapy and radiation, we increase tumor-specific antigens or epitopes by combining with PD-1/PD-L1. This will allow the immune system to recognize these antigens as being formed. It could have not only a local control, but also have a systemic control, act as a guardian and stop the cancer from spreading.
What are the future directions of this field?
With immunotherapy, one area of interest is the combination of multiple different agents. There has already been some early data in the phase 1b setting with the combination of multiple different immunotherapy agents. The data look very promising and this is an area that will continue to be developed. While it's a small sample, it looks like the response rates are greater than 30 percent in this patient population with the combination of different immunotherapy agents.
Another area that seems to be a very hot topic across all GI malignancies is the JAK/STAT pathway.
There is a lot of interest in an agent called BBI-608, which is currently under investigation in multiple phase 3 studies in other GI malignancies, which is looking at attacking the stem cells of cancer cells — which tend to be the most indolent and treatment resistant of all cancer cells.
In terms of gastric cancer, the BRIGHTER study looked at the combination of paclitaxel with BBI-608 so, hopefully as data matures, that will give us some further insight as to whether or not this is a relevant treatment strategy in this disease.
Can you explain the mechanism of action of BBI-608?
Mainly, it attacks the STAT pathway and inhibits the pathway from where the underlying root of these cancer stem cells that tends to be resistant to chemotherapy. It looks like there might be some synergistic effects when you combine it with chemotherapy. The early phase 1b data showed that, in patients who never received any prior taxol therapy, the response rate was up to 31 percent. It looks like a viable treatment strategy — not only attacking the stem cells, but also the other cancer cells.
What other data out of the 2017 GI Cancers Symposium were practice changing?
The main thing was in immunotherapy. When we saw the initial phase 1b data from the KEYNOTE-012 study [of Keytruda in advanced gastric cancer], that looked like it was really promising. While this phase 3 data was mainly in East Asia, it kind of validated all of the information that we knew about PD-1 being a relevant treatment strategy across all patients with gastric cancer.


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Analyzing your competition is one of the most crucial steps in starting your own business as well as establishing it to make profits. As it seems, nearly almost every niche has being occupied and coming up with something new is quite challenging, not to mention, the competition for every industry is getting bigger than ever. Analyzing carefully what your competition is doing and finding a loophole that gives you an opportunity to earn your market share is done through careful research, crucial observation and good knowledge.
Mistakes Companies Make While Judging Their Competition!
Doing a competition analysis gives your business multiple benefits, provided that you know how to use it properly. If executed incorrectly, doing a competition analysis would take away too much of time and resource, which may lead to wrong business decision.
What happens when you want to examine your rivals a few years from now?
Of course, everybody who has read some information about competition analysis knows that they need to go through the SWOT analysis of their own business. Doing a SWOT analysis helps you to understand the strength and weakness of your own business and figure out the best way to beat your competition.
Unfortunately, the Internet is filled with so many information on the subject, that it becomes quite overwhelming for a new entrepreneur to figure out the right way to beat their competition.
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Q: LINQ to SQL - When do I need to Select and when can I omit the Select? I've been playing around with LINQ to SQL and I just have a couple of simple questions:

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*When do I need Select on the end of my query?

*When can I omit the Select?

Here are my example queries:
Dim pageRoute = From r In db.PageRoutes Where r.PageId = pageId Order By r.Id Descending

Dim pageRoute = From r In db.PageRoutes Where r.PageId = pageId Order By r.Id Descending

Dim dp = From r In db.DownloadPageOnlineOnlies Where r.PageId = pageId Order By r.Weight Descending, r.Id Ascending

Dim download = (From r In db.Downloads Where r.Id = id).First

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*Are any of them technically wrong?

*Could they be improved with a Select or something else?

In a nutshell, I don't understand when I would need either:
Select r
Select r.AColumnINeed, r.BColumnINeed (does this improve performance?)

Thanks.
P.S. I like to write my LINQ queries on one line unless they are really big.

A: The select portion of the linq statement is completely optional if and only if you want to get a full object out of the collection that matches your where clause. If you want individual value(s) from an object in the collection being LINQ'd through then you need to use a select clause.
I personally always put the select r clause on the end just out of pure habit but I have come across a few issues with other peoples code when I have option strict on and they did not when they wrote the LINQ. Leaving the select clause off yields multiple late binding errors if you decide to turn option strict on in the future for whatever reason.
so in short you don't need the select clause but you are only helping yourself later on down the line if you decide to turn option strict on. And it does make your code much more readable in my opinion.

A: Let's have a table with 20 columns. Take a query WITH select (2 columns) and one WITHOUT. The execution plan of the two can be different and there's much less data to transfer from the database server in the former case.

A: it a good practice to use select plus if you have a query that requests a more precise result and like you only want a or a and b from you query you might use select and it saves the memory allocation for your query since it know exact number of variables you are going to return.

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It's almost here! The beauty world has been buzzing about the MAC Simpsons collection for months and I don't blame anyone for getting excited. It's a really fun collection! There's bold glosses, sassy palettes and more. If Artificially Wild was a little too tame for you then you'll probably love this whimsical collection!
The MAC Simpsons collection will be available online at MAC on August 28th and in stores and counters on September 4th.
I want the trillion dollar look quad.


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package com.microsoft.bingads.api.test.entities.campaign_product_scope.write;

import com.microsoft.bingads.api.test.entities.campaign_product_scope.BulkCampaignProductScopeTest;
import com.microsoft.bingads.bulk.entities.BulkCampaignProductScope;
import com.microsoft.bingads.campaignmanagement.ArrayOfProductCondition;
import com.microsoft.bingads.campaignmanagement.ProductScope;
import com.microsoft.bingads.internal.functionalinterfaces.BiConsumer;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameter;
import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
public class WriteConditionsTest extends BulkCampaignProductScopeTest {

    @Parameter(value = 1)
    public ArrayOfProductCondition expectedResult;

    @Parameter(value = 2)
    public String[] conditions;

    @Parameter(value = 3)
    public String[] values;

    @Parameters
    public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
        return Arrays.asList(
                generateTestData(0, 0, 0),
                generateTestData(1, 1, 1),
                generateTestData(8, 8, 8)
        );
    }

    @Test
    public void testRead() {
        Map<String, String> rowValues = new HashMap<String, String>();

        for (int i = 1; i <= conditions.length; i++) {
            rowValues.put("Product Condition " + i, conditions[i - 1]);
        }

        for (int i = 1; i <= values.length; i++) {
            rowValues.put("Product Value " + i, values[i - 1]);
        }

        for (Entry<String, String> entry : rowValues.entrySet()) {
            testWriteProperty(
                    entry.getKey(),
                    entry.getValue(),
                    expectedResult,
                    new BiConsumer<BulkCampaignProductScope, ArrayOfProductCondition>() {
                        @Override
                        public void accept(BulkCampaignProductScope c, ArrayOfProductCondition v) {
                            ((ProductScope) c.getCampaignCriterion().getCriterion()).setConditions(v);
                        }
                    }
            );
        }
    }
}

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Most people know about advantage of starting online business: You don't need to hire any shops, pay for rent a restaurant… However, it's not easy at the first time. You need to be serious with successful internet business.
Someone blames that "Oh, I don't have thousands of dollars, how can I start my online business? Don't worry as long as you're responsible and do not blame on, everything will be fine.
Here are some smart tips help you start your online marketing right now, even you have only $100.
#1 Invest in yourself first. You need to learn all about internet business strategy and tactics. I recommend you join some free online business virtual seminars. Just sign up, enter your name and email address from top internet marketers in the world. You will learn from it. You can also open YouTube to learn case study.
b. You should use Google trends and enter the keywords to understand what people need and what the high-demand is.
c. See advertising from your competitors on Google. Logically, if someone spends money to promote his/her products, it means that's the market people are ready to pay and you can join these niches.
#3 Register a master/visa card (international payment) and a free international payment tool. You can send money to buy something or receive money from another company when you successfully sell for them.
#4 Selling something with at least $5: If you have any skills: sing a song, translation from English into your language, driving traffic to someone's websites, create a banner ads, write a useful articles, graphics designs,teaching Japanese online,… you can sell.
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DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) – Worthy Sequel to THE SHINING
Posted on November 11, 2019 by marruda3
One of the reasons I enjoyed Stephen King's novel Doctor Sleep so much was it told a really good story.
As the sequel to The Shining, it told a tale which was far removed from the one told in King's iconic novel, yet it retained elements from the first novel to satisfy King's faithful readers. Better yet, its attempt to tell what happened next in the life of young Danny Torrence, seen in Doctor Sleep as an adult, was spot on.
On the strength of its story, I felt pretty confident that the film version of DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) would be a success, especially since it was being directed by the talented Mike Flanagan.
The good news is I was correct. Not only is DOCTOR SLEEP a really good horror movie, it's also a worthy sequel to Kubrick's THE SHINING (1980).
Let's start with that story.
Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) is now an adult, and he's been spending his life bottoming out, an alcoholic, who has turned to booze to block out the awful events of his childhood at the infamous Overlook Hotel. But when he meets Billy Freeman (Cliff Curtis) his life turns around as Freeman helps Danny get a job and more importantly get sober as he invites Danny to AA meetings.
His mind now clear, Danny is contacted by a young girl Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran) who shares his gift for "shining" and the two become psychic "pen pals," as Abra wants to know more about her gift. All is well, except it isn't, because there is a group on the prowl known as the True Knot that go around killing people who possess the shining power. They do so because they live off the "steam" or breaths released when their victims are tortured and killed. The True Knot are led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) and they are always on the lookout for shining victims to consume.
When Abra psychically witnesses the True Knot kill a young boy, she tries to stop them, but in doing so, makes her presence known to Rose, who feels the young girl's strength and decides the True Knot has to have her. Abra reaches out to Danny for help, and it's at this moment that he realizes his purpose in life: he has to be the one to step up and not only save Abra but put down the True Knot.
It's a battle that eventually returns Danny to the place of his childhood trauma, the Overlook Hotel.
As I said at the outset, I really like the story told in DOCTOR SLEEP, and the film takes this solid tale and has no trouble putting it on the big screen. The account of what happens next to Danny Torrance makes perfect sense, and the chemistry he shares with new character Abra Stone is genuine and moving. In fact, another strength of both King's novel and this movie is the characters are fleshed out and compelling.
The only issue I have with these characters, and it's one I had with the novel as well, is that ultimately, the True Knot are not as omnipotent and deadly as first thought. It's a case where the duo of Danny and Abra pretty much have the upper hand. I wish their struggle to defeat the True Knot had been a bit more challenging.
The acting is great. Ewan McGregor is perfect as Danny Torrance. It's interesting that for the role, McGregor said he tried to capture how the voice of Jack Nicholson's son (Nicholson, of course, played Danny's father Jack in THE SHINING) would sound, and he didn't want to completely mimic Nicholson. I'd say McGregor was successful here.
Kyliegh Curran is excellent as Abra Stone. She's completely convincing as the powerful young teen. Rebecca Ferguson is enticing as the True Knot leader Rose the Hat, but I was disappointed there wasn't a stronger sensual element to the character. Cliff Curtis adds fine support as Danny's friend Billy Freeman.
Of course, the question on everyone's mind is how does this compare to THE SHINING? And the reason this is such a burning question is that the movie THE SHINING was directed by Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest film directors of all time, who put his own visionary stamp on the tale, which is why it is so unlike other movie versions of Stephen King's works.
Conventional wisdom is that since the late great Stanley Kubrick is not at the helm here, there's no way DOCTOR SLEEP will measure up. Maybe not, but DOCTOR SLEEP was written and directed by Mike Flanagan who is an exceedingly talented guy. Flanagan is the man behind the superior Netflix show THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) which was based on the Shirley Jackson novel. It's one of the scariest TV shows I've seen in a while.
Flanagan has also written and directed some really good horror movies, including GERALD'S GAME (2017), another Stephen King adaptation, and HUSH (2016). Now, I'm not arguing that Flanagan is Stanley Kubrick, but you can add DOCTOR SLEEP to the list of high quality horror movies by Mike Flanagan.
The film is strong throughout, and it saves the best for last, when for the film's climactic battle between Danny and Abra and the True Knot, the characters return to the Overlook Hotel. Flanagan and his crew painstakingly recreated the interiors of the hotel to look exactly like the original in THE SHINING. The result is both chilling and nostalgic.
Incidentally, the name Doctor Sleep comes from the part of the story where Danny works as an orderly at a hospital, and he uses his gift to help dying patients navigate their final moments in this life to the next, and so he earns the nickname "Doctor Sleep" as he helps these folks relax as they enter their final "sleep."
I really liked DOCTOR SLEEP. Not only is it a worthy sequel to THE SHINING, but it's also a superior horror movie in its own right.
It's that rarity among sequels in that it's more than just a follow-up to the first story. It stands on its own.
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It is so rare that a director keeps that "secret ingredient" of King's books… Kubrick's Shining managed that magic, so I am glad that the sequel will follow suit…I have had the impression that reviewers who did not like this sequel were more likely to be fans of "canned" Horror — the very approach that dooms so many Stephen King movies in the eyes of his fans…

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The problem is, when i'm using git branch -a command, the result is current branch only.
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Q: why soft limit in /proc/{pid}/limits is different with ulimit -Sn I found hard limit value in /proc/{pid}/limits match the output of ulimit -Hn while soft limit value doesn't
my example output:
tomcat@myLinux:/home/azhang$ ulimit -Sn
1024
tomcat@myLinux:/home/azhang$ ulimit -Hn
1048576
tomcat@myLinux:/home/azhang$ ulimit -n
1024

So soft limit is 1024
I have a tomcat running as tomcat user and i checked the limit of that process,
tomcat@myLinux:/home/azhang$ cat /proc/12257/limits
Limit                     Soft Limit           Hard Limit           Units
....
Max processes             31854                31854                processes
Max open files            1048576              1048576              files
Max locked memory         65536                65536                bytes
....

The soft limit of process 12257(tomcat) is 1048576, same as hard limit and not 1024
Is it a bug of /proc/{pid}/limits?


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Category: Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
Press Release: Inaugural Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit to be Held at Thoroughbred Makeover
September 6, 2019 louisianathoroughbred
On October 1, 2019, the Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), Thoroughbred Incentive Program and Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) will join together to present the inaugural Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit, a conference focused on education and networking among those with a professional interest in the retraining and rehoming of Thoroughbreds after racing. The conference will be held the day before the start of preliminary competition at the Retired Racehorse Project's annual Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit will focus on topics such as finance, business management, board governance and grant and sponsorship-seeking best-practices. There will also be a roundtable session for individuals and organizations to discuss and idea-share on challenges affecting them.
"The Thoroughbred Makeover is the perfect opportunity to convene aftercare advocates for a couple hours to learn, discuss and share some best business practices," said Erin Crady, executive director of TCA. "The session may be particularly helpful for grant-seeking nonprofit aftercare organizations, however most topics will be generalizable to for-profit retraining and rehoming operations as well."
Featured speakers will include Mike Meuser, TAA president and a Lexington-based attorney with the law firm of Miller, Griffin & Marks whose specialty includes equine law and civil litigation and Jen Shah, TAA treasurer and a CPA who serves as the head of equine services for Dean Dorton, a Lexington-based financial consulting firm, as well as representatives from grant-funding organizations, including the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Thoroughbred Charities of America, ASPCA and The Right Horse Initiative.
"We at the TAA are thankful for Mike Meuser and Jen Shah's leadership and knowledge about both the nonprofit sector and the equine industry, and we think this will be a great experience for TAA-accredited organizations and those wanting to become accredited to learn from these experts," said TAA operations consultant Stacie Clark.
The conference is a collaboration of the four presenting organizations in an effort to bring together the Thoroughbred aftercare community.
"Whether we work in the for-profit sector, for a non-profit organization or work to rehome or otherwise advocate for Thoroughbreds after racing as private individuals, we all often face similar challenges as both horse people and as professionals," said Jen Roytz, executive director of the Retired Racehorse Project. "We worked hard to curate a collection of topics and speakers for this inaugural Summit that will offer valuable insight to those in all sectors of Thoroughbred aftercare, and we look forward to expanding the subjects broached in future years."
Tickets for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit are free, however limited seating is available, so those planning to attend are asked to register. Parking at the Kentucky Horse Park is $5 per car without a Kentucky Horse Park or Thoroughbred Makeover parking pass.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit will be held in the Covered Arena Lounge at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky on October 1 from 3:00 to 5:00. It is held in conjunction with the $100,000 Thoroughbred Makeover, a training competition for horses in their first year of retraining after retirement from racing. This year's Makeover will feature approximately 450 Thoroughbreds coming from 40 states and 4 provinces to compete across ten disciplines, including barrel racing, competitive trail, dressage, eventing, field hunters, freestyle, polo, ranch work, show hunter and show jumping. The full schedule of events can be found at tbmakeover.org.
For more information on the Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit, go to the designated webpage at TBMakeover.org.
Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization working to increase demand for off-track Thoroughbreds and build the bridges to second careers. It publishes Off-Track Thoroughbred Magazine, hosts the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, maintains the Retired Racehorse Resource Directory, manages the online Thoroughbred Sport Tracker, and presents programs at major horse expos across the country. Visit RRP online at RetiredRacehorseProject.org.
Harrah's Announces Aftercare Fundraising Program At Louisiana Downs, Philly, Indiana, Hoosier
May 23, 2019 louisianathoroughbred
Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR), announced May 22, the launch of Empire of Hope, a new program designed to help raise awareness and funding for the care of horses after their racing careers are over. Developed with support from accredited racehorse aftercare programs, Empire of Hope will directly assist efforts to relocate, rehabilitate and repurpose retired horses.
"Empire of Hope is a direct reflection of the appreciation and pride we have for the horses that participate in Caesars' racing program," said Rick Moore, Vice President and General Manager of Racing at Harrah's Hoosier Park. "Our equine athletes are the stars of our sport and we want to ensure that when they retire, they are placed in productive and loving environments to live out a long and healthy life."
Horses that compete at Caesars' racing properties range in age from two through 14; they retire on their 15th birthday. It is estimated that more than 15,000 horses annually are placed in existing aftercare programs after their racing careers are complete. Funding to relocate, rehabilitate and repurpose these equine athletes can cost several thousand dollars per horse. Through Empire of Hope, Caesars will provide funding and support to accredited non-profit racehorse aftercare organizations, including Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and Standardbred Transition Alliance.
"Thanks to the support of our industry stakeholders, the TAA and our accredited organizations are making a difference in the lives of thousands of retired Thoroughbreds," said TAA president Mike Meuser. "With the launch of the Empire of Hope program, Caesars is helping us make sure that these horses receive the specialized and dedicated care they need to live healthy, happy lives after they retire from racing."
During their tenure at Caesars' racing properties, the horses are cared for by multiple staff members on behalf of individual trainers and owners, who provide the utmost care through feeding programs, veterinary care, horseshoeing needs and other essential requirements for their overall physical condition. Individual trainers and owners make the decision on the next step for their horses after their racing careers are over, and often reach out to aftercare programs as the best option for a second career.
"The Standardbred Transition Alliance (STA) is so pleased that Caesars has embraced this initiative of recognizing and bringing awareness to horses that are now moving into different careers after racing," said David Reid, president of STA. "We are hopeful this will ignite more racing and casino companies like Caesars to see this example and follow suit in our joint effort as an industry to assist our equine athletes as they proceed into new careers after racing."
Empire of Hope will be launched at four of Caesars' racing properties: Harrah's Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, LA; Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, IN; Harrah's Hoosier Park in Anderson, IN; and Harrah's Philadelphia. With a goal to raise $30,000, Empire of Hope activities will range from food and drink specials to entertainment and promotional activities. Each property has designed numerous ways to accept donations and raise funds during the weekend of Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2019.
Visit the following property websites to learn more about Empire of Hope: www.caesars.com/indianagrand;www.caesars.com/harrahs-hoosier-park; www.caesars.com/harrahs-louisiana-downs; and www.caesars.com/harrahs-philly.
TAA LAUNCHES AFTERCARE SURVEY FOR INDUSTRY
April 11, 2019 louisianathoroughbred
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance launched an online survey April 10 to gauge Thoroughbred industry participants' views on Thoroughbred aftercare.
The survey is now live and can be accessed by clicking here.
The TAA encourages all Thoroughbred industry participants, from owners and trainers to breeders, horseplayers, and fans, to take the survey and share their feedback.
"Understanding the Thoroughbred industry's views on current aftercare initiatives is a priority for the TAA as we plan for the future," TAA president Mike Meuser said. "Equine welfare and aftercare is of the utmost importance for the future of our sport, and knowing where we currently stand will help us best serve the industry going forward."
Click here to take the survey.


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(titlu original: Bad Times at the El Royale) este un film american din 2018 co-produs și regizat de Drew Goddard. Este creat în genurile neo-noir thriller. Rolurile principale au fost interpretate de actorii Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman și Chris Hemsworth. Scenariul este scris de Goddard.

A avut premiera la Fantastic Fest la 27 septembrie 2018.

Prezentare

Are loc în anul 1969 și prezintă șapte străini și secretele lor întunecate, în timp ce petrec o noapte la un hotel dubios împărțit în două de granița dintre statele americane California și Nevada.

Distribuție
 Jeff Bridges - Donald "Dock" O'Kelly / Daniel Flynn, un tâlhar care se îmbracă ca preot.
 Cynthia Erivo- Darlene Sweet, o cântăreață care se zbate pentru afirmare.
 Dakota Johnson - Emily Summerspring, o femeie care încearcă să-și salveze sora din cultul lui Billy.
 Hannah Zirke - tânăra Emily
 Jon Hamm - Dwight Broadbeck / Seymour 'Laramie' Sullivan, un agent sub acoperire al FBI, care se prezintă ca vânzător de bunuri de uz casnic.
 Cailee Spaeny - Rose Summerspring, sora Emiliei și complicele lui Billy Lee.
 Charlotte Mosby - tânăra Rose
 Lewis Pullman - Miles Miller,  fost lunetist în războiul din Vietnam și acum este unicul angajat lăsat la hotelul El Royale.
 Austin Abell - tânărul Miles
 Chris Hemsworth - Billy Lee, liderul carismatic al unui cult
 Nick Offerman - Felix O'Kelly,  fratele lui Dock și partenerul lui de infracțiuni.
 Xavier Dolan - s Buddy Sunday,  un producător de muzică care o concediază pe Darlene din cauza reducerilor bugetare.
 Shea Whigham - Dr. Woodbury Laurence, medicul închisorii care îl diagnostichează pe Dock O'Kelly.
 Mark O'Brien - Larsen Rogers, complicele lui Dock și Felix.
 Charles Halford - Sammy Wilds, colegul lui Dock din celula de la închisoare.
 Jim O'Heir - Milton Wyrick, prezentatorul la spectacolul lui Darlene din Reno.
 Manny Jacinto - Waring "Wade" Espiritu, membru al cultului lui Billy Lee.
 Alvina August - Vesta Shears, o cântăreață care o înlocuiește pe Darlene.
 Gerry Nairn - Paul Kraemer, un reporter.
William B. Davis -  judecătorul Gordon Hoffman, cel care îl condamnă pe Dock.

Producție
Filmările au început la 29 ianuarie 2018 în Vancouver, British Columbia. În februarie s-a filmat în Burnaby.
Hotelul El Royale din film este asemănător cu fostul hotel denumit Cal Neva Lodge & Casino. Cheltuielile de producție s-au ridicat la 32 milioane $.

Lansare și primire
A avut încasări de 31,6 milioane $. Bad Times at the El Royale a avut premiera la Fantastic Fest la 27 septembrie 2018 și în cinematografele SUA la 12 octombrie 2018. Încasările au fost puțin mai mici decât bugetul filmului, a fost lădudat de criticii de film pentru jocul actorilor și pentru scenariul și regia lui Goddard, însă unii critici au fost nemulțumiți de durata prea mare a filmului, de 142 de minute.

Note

Legături externe

Vezi și

Filme din 2018
Filme americane
Filme în limba engleză
Filme regizate de Drew Goddard
Filme noirFilme de mister
Filme neo-noirFilme 20th Century Fox
Filme dramatice americaneFilme despre moarte
Filme thriller din anii 2010

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Q: Explain why white space disappears in this inline element? http://jsbin.com/sedisuhigo/edit?output
notice that there is white space after "l" in first instance while its not there in the second instance.
It will be great if someone can point to some specification explaining this behaviour? I couldnt find any explaination?

A: Each 'a' element is independent by itself. For each element you declared underline but you have also defined a margin between them so there is a space.
To reach your goal you should wrap them with a container and declare underline over there.
Here is an option for that:

      expol

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and for the css:
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Community Information & Newsletters
Dudley Avenue
New Forest District Council Local Plan Review
Hordle Parish Council
Serving The Communities of Tiptoe, Hordle and Everton
Welcome to the Hordle Parish Council Web Site
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NFDC Local Plan Review
There is a chance to comment on the Local Plan Review on the NFDC website. The plan has largely been accepted by the external inspectors subject to some modifications. There is now a consultation on these modifications with a chance to comment by 31 December 2020. For further information see the NFDC website. Hordle sites are SS8 and SS9. The Parish Council will be discussing their response at the Parish Council meeting of 21 January 2020 . All welcome.
Further information at www.newforest.gov.uk/localplanexamination
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Golden Hill Woodland
The Parish Council are currently looking at a project to improve Golden Hill Woodland both for public access and for nature conservation. This is an important area which could be enhanced to improve a better habitat for animals and plants. Would you like to join the group of volunteers working here ?
Please contact Councillor James at 01425- 611638 or valerie.james@hordleparishcouncil.gov.uk
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The Parish Council have agreed to introduce a dog charter for dog walking on public land with terms and conditions for commercial users. This will be discussed at the Parish Council meeting of Tuesday 17 December and further information will be available on the website under background papers a week in advance.
Grants have been awarded 2019-20 as follows
Grants 2019-20
Date Organisation Grant awarded Y/ N Amount
June Hordle Scouts Yes £200
June Hordle School Yes £200
June Tiptoe Green Trust Yes £150
June Victim Support No 0
November New Forest Disability Information Service Yes £100
November Everton Sports and Community Pavilion Yes £300
Total £1000
The Parish Council award grants twice a year in June and November from a budget of £1000. If you are a local community group you could apply for funding. Please see the grants policy and procedure. Further information available from the Parish Office.
Looking for grants for your organisation See Community information tab
Would you like to bring anything to the attention of the Parish Council. Please contact us by
email admin@hordleparishcouncil.gov.uk
in person - pop into the office between 10 and 12 Monday to Thursday.
The Parish Council usually meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. All welcome.
© Hordle - Parish Council


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Bouansa är en småstad () i Kongo-Brazzaville. Den ligger i departementet Bouenza, i den sydvästra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Brazzaville. Bouansa ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

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Explosion On Outskirts Of Kabul
File photo of a bomb blast in Kabul.
Afghan police said a truck has exploded on the outskirts of Kabul and the country's acting interior minister said at least two people were wounded in the blast.
The head of Kabul police criminal investigation division Farid Afzeli said on January 25 that the truck was trying to enter Kabul "but was identified by police who prevented it from coming into the city."
Farid said the truck exploded near a gas station but he did not know about any casualties.
Acting Interior Minister General Mohammad Ayub Salangi said on his Twitter account that two people were wounded in the explosion and added that the blast occurred near the Kabul military airport.
NATO confirmed the explosion took place just before 6 a.m. local time.
Based on reporting by AP and Interfax


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My true love & passion is for all things geek chic, so that's the direction the site is taking. From now on, this is the place to find round-ups, crafts, ideas and fashion advice for our inner geek. The site is still a fashion blog… but instead of general fashion items, we're transition to cool, geek chic fashion and posts: Game of Thrones fashion, cool Star Wars items, and pies in the shape of Pi!
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Noun 1. comparative degree - the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
better - (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better"
more, more than - (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon"
worse - (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"
closer, nearer, nigher - (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"
It's the greatest and grandest verse in the Bible--or in any literature--and the TRUEST, if there are comparative degrees of trueness.
The amount of dimensional change indicates the comparative degree of orientation in that area or direction.
In the same vein, we were taught to use "most" in referring to one of three or more things, "more" to describe one of two, and simply the adjective per se (sans the superlative or comparative degree of comparison) to describe only a single itemsuch that, in the last case, we are told of only one Nazarene and only one Trinity in our faith.
We hold that when two or more parties have contributed by their fault to cause property damage in a maritime collision or stranding, liability for such damages is to be allocated among the parties proportionately to the comparative degree of their fault, and that liability for such damages is to be allocated equally only when the parties are equally at fault or when it is not possible fairly to measure the comparative degree of their fault.
The Comparative Degree: The comparative degree is indicated by a suffix <-aang> affixed to the nominal head to be compared.


Over at SB Nation I have a piece up on Jalen Hurts and his fit within the Oklahoma offense in 2019. Overall I think this was a nice addition by Lincoln Riley and further evidence that they are establishing Norman as a destination for top skill talent and QBs. There's definitely going to be some negative recruiting against Riley by other schools concerning whether he honors the QBs on his roster or whether he can develop HS kids.
These things are always tenuous. It appeared as though Texas had QB figured out better than anyone with an amazing line of succession from Vince Young to Colt McCoy to…Garrett Gilbert. Things don't always hang together, but OU has a better chance of making this work if they can be a destination for transfers then if they were totally dependent on nailing their HS evals and recruiting battles in the years where there's enough distance between the star QB and the successor.
If Rattler gets on campus and he's not the answer (nor Tanner Mordecai), but Hurts has a strong year then Oklahoma will be in great position to go get the next big transfer QB. Then Rattler can go transfer to Northwestern or Michigan or something.
1. Zone-read run game. The GT counter scheme is great but you won't want to be a one play run game. Their tackle lead play is also a great complement to inside zone, which I think is technically the base scheme of the Sooner run game even though in effect it's really GT counter. Anyways, they'll want to flesh out their zone-read game because it's comfortable for Hurts and will undoubtedly be effective for them. Additionally, if they don't make QB draw a big part of the deal next year then I don't know what Riley is thinking.
The LB kinda slow plays this a little but he's turning to the RB and is there when the pass is, he just misses the open field tackle and the SS can't get off the block by the flexed out TE to help restrict the space.
I think it's just a reps thing. Give him enough reps in these and he should be okay, but their usage of those schemes was way more restrained with Hurts than when Tua Tagovailoa was in there. There's something about how Hurts approached them that they didn't seem all that comfortable with, I think he just doesn't have a good knack for making quick decisions throwing the ball. Running it on the other hand, he's very comfortable making option reads there.
3. They need to get him up to speed in all of Riley's tricks for creating one-read throws and easy pitch and catch situations. They could probably even afford to sacrifice some potency on RPOs to get this right because increasing the danger of the run game with pass options is much less important for OU's chances next year then getting as much value as possible out of their loaded WR corps.
Soon I'll have some new thoughts on Oklahoma's hire of Alex Grinch and what he's facing in building a good defense.


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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy review: The best driver in the business
August 25, 2017 August 26, 2017 Matthew Codd 0 Comments Naughty Dog, PlayStation 4, Review, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Uncharted
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a game I've been wanting for a long time. Chloe Frazer has been the star of the series in my eyes ever since she was introduced in the Uncharted 2, so a Chloe-led game seemed obvious. Instead, Naughty Dog seemed to forget about her, pushing her to the sidelines in Uncharted 3 and then erasing her completely in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. Given that history, last year's announcement of The Lost Legacy was a pleasant surprise for me. At the same time, I had my doubts. I didn't like the way A Thief's End traded the series' trademark humour and characterisation for a shallow attempted at a more "grounded" story. What if the same happened to Chloe?
As it turns out, those fears were misplaced. Even though it's a spin-off, The Lost Legacy is the best game since the iconic Uncharted 2, and it doesn't just do justice to Chloe Frazer – it exceeds every expectation. This is one of the series' best.
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Like every Uncharted game, it starts with a McGuffin: the Tusk of Ganesh, a cherished artifact of the Hoysala Empire, said to have been cut from the face of Ganesh himself. For Chloe, and her new partner Nadine, the tusk is little more than a payday – something like that would be worth millions. They also have the advantage of Chloe's expertise on the matter, inherited from a father who made chasing the tusk his life's mission, giving them a one up on the violent competition.
At least, that's the case at the beginning. But over the course of the adventure, it takes on a much more personal direction for Chloe, as an opportunity for her to reconnect with her Indian heritage. She's someone who knows a lot about the Tusk of Ganesh, the Hoysala Empire, and the Hindu pantheon, and early on she shares this knowledge with a bitter edge – it's a reminder of everything that her father put before her. But in coming face to face with the iconography of a side of her identity that she's never really engaged with before, that disdain shifts towards appreciation. It becomes less about Chloe's father, and more about Chloe herself finding a connection to her land and her people that she's been missing her whole life.
I'll admit that it's an uneasy start. The whole "daddy issues" thing is an overplayed trope for women in fiction, and one that's rarely done well, and in The Lost Legacy it really only serves as a convenient backstory. The whole idea of women from Commonwealth nations – Chloe from Australia, Nadine from South Africa – riding in to violently steal Indian artifacts is particularly troublesome, given the history there and the unintended message that kind of setup sends. I get the feeling that Chloe's Indian heritage was retconned to serve a desire to set a game in India – I can't remember any previous work suggesting that she's anything but Australian, and I personally always thought of her as someone with an Indigenous background that she was estranged from. For her to "suddenly" be Indian for the sake of the setting struck me as odd, at least initially.
But once the story finds its footing after the first couple of hours, these issues mostly give way to a genuine, heartwarming tale of a woman without a country finding place to call home. It's wonderful to see her grow from a "selfish dickhead" (as she's described by more than one character) who's interested only in the profit to be gained from the Tusk of Ganesh to someone with a spiritual connection to the land and its history, that it's that connection that allows her to ultimately complete her mission. I don't want to say too much for fear of giving things away, but the ending really drives this home – and it does so in a fairly low-key way, too, which is the perfect conclusion to the story.
Just as moving is the friendship that develops between Chloe and Nadine. The Lost Legacy is Chloe's story first and foremost, so Nadine doesn't get nearly as much character development, but this is still a huge improvement on how she was handled in Uncharted 4. She's a stone-cold military type who rarely laughs, let alone shares her feelings, and she comes across as abrasive and rude. This was the full extent of her character in the previous adventure, but this time around she gets enough screen-time to open up and start to show some personality. She's never going to be as sassy as Chloe or expressive as Elena, but she has her own warmth and charm that really shows through in her dialogue and behaviour over the course of the game. She had me laughing out loud – literally, not in a LOL text chat sense – on more than one occasion, which is something I never thought I'd say about Nadine Ross.
That said, I would have liked to see more of an effort to flesh out her story. The game touches a little bit on her feelings of inadequacy after losing Shoreline at the end of Uncharted 4, and her own "daddy issues" in relation to that, but these things don't really get explored. Nadine, delightful as she is, exists to be a companion and a foil for Chloe. She plays that role well, but given how the game's marketing focused on the partnership and gave the women equal time under the spotlight, it does feel a little bit like Nadine's been left behind once again.
All of this makes for a more personal, intimate story than Uncharted usually delivers, but without the heavy-handedness of A Thief's End. The game managed to make me care about Chloe and what she's going through in a way that none of the other games to date have, as well as loading up all the humour, excitement, and adventure that the series is known for.
One thing I really like is that The Lost Legacy tones down a lot of the wanton destruction of history that the series so often relies on for its entertainment. With a few exceptions, Chloe and Nadine leave only footprints and take only photos (and the Tusk of Ganesh). When there is the inevitable "escape from a collapsing ruin" set-piece, it's never the result of the treasure hunters' negligence; the closest they get is setting off a sort of self-destruct mechanism set in place by the people who first built the temple in question. Every other case comes courtesy of the villains, who'd be getting their explosion regardless of Chloe and Nadine. This is no coincidence, either – one particularly memorable scene really drives home the impact of the mindless destruction that Nathaniel Drake trades in. I don't want to spoil it, but anyone who's played the game will know exactly which part I'm talking about, even with that vague description.
However, that all makes the series' approach to collectibles quite dissonant. As always, there's a collection of treasures hidden across the game that you can collect. That's fine in itself, but in a game that spends so much time pointing out why stealing ancient artifacts for your own profit is kind of a shitty thing to do, to then do exactly that in side quests is more than a little uncomfortable. Worse still, some of these can be found only by literally blowing up the walls of ancient temples with grenades.
On the other hand, The Lost Legacy introduces a new collectible in the form of photo opportunities. At certain locations with particularly impressive views, you'll find a button prompt with a camera icon; press the button, and Chloe whips out her phone to take a photo. These scratch that collector's itch, but do so in a much more narratively cohesive way than the treasures.
Aside from all that, this is pretty much the Uncharted you know and love: adventure, excitement, a wisecracking hero, plenty of humour, beautiful sights, and technical excellence. It experiments a bit with semi open world design in one area – think Rise of the Tomb Raider's hub maps – which introduces a sense of player-directed adventure, to great effect; aside from that, it's the same combination of gunplay, light platforming, and puzzle-solving that we've come to know and love.
That it manages to be a familiar Uncharted experience, while still pushing the boundaries of the type of stories the series can tell is among The Lost Legacy's greatest achievements.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It's available now for PlayStation 4.
A press copy was supplied by the publisher for this review.
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Matthew is a writer based in Wellington. He loves all things pop culture, and is fascinated by its place in history and the wider social context.
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Stephen Barry and Sinead Hewson, both currently enrolled for a PhD programme at DIT, are to present their research findings at the Postgraduate Study Day organised by the National Gallery of Ireland.
From post-colonialism to environmental activism, via art history and zoology, this interdisciplinary study day will present research in progress from postgraduate students. Admission is free but booking is essential. Further information on the event can be found here.


Here is this week's list of blog posts, comic strips, short stories, and other links from my favourite corners of the web.
10 Sure-Fire Ways to Cope with Cabin Fever via ShallRef. #9 is my favourite.
Feeling Sick and Snotty? I shared something similar from this site about a month ago. This is another funny reminder of how to behave if you catch a cold this winter.
Is Bugs Bunny Bisexual? While I do remember some of these scenes, I now want to rewatch them again with a fresh perspective.
Why Women's Procreation Choices Are None of Your Business via thebeasley. Two weeks from now I'll be sharing another thought-provoking post from this blogger's site. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy her detailed explanation of why it's never okay to scold someone for having 0, 1, 10, or any other number of children.
Seven Science Fiction and Supernatural Books by Early Ontario Writers (Free Downloads). I haven't read any of these books yet, but they sure sound interesting.
Blanket Sea via BlanketSea. If you're living with a chronic illness, disability, or mental illness, this link is for you. Blanket Sea is a brand new literary magazine for people with these conditions that I learned about several days ago on Twitter. I'll be keeping an eye on what they come up with, and I hope you will as well.
At night, when the knacker men went home, she made creatures out of meat and bone and scraps of skin. It was an act of creation to balance out the destruction in her days.
Last week I fell out of a friend's front door as I left an excellent afternoon of food, board games and socially acceptable levels of lunacy.


So often, the pressures of life can weigh on our hearts and minds, stopping us in our tracks and leaving our spirits crying out for rescue. "LOVE IS ON THE WAY", however is not simply a statement of rescue, but a shift in our thinking that God-of-the-Angel-Armies is actually present - Emmanuel, 'with us' - in the midst of our challenges. He is ever present, before us, alongside, all sufficient and indeed our rear guard.
In this series, Bobbie brings to life some of the key messages spoken to our Sisterhood and at Colour Conference that will give you courage, perspective and strength for the journey. May you relax into the teaching as she introduces us afresh to our soft-spoken, kind, gently and yet warrior Saviour - who with love in His eyes beckons us forward.
Included in this series as a gift is a beautiful version of "Broken Vessels" from Hillsong Worship.


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It's that time of the year again! The highly anticipated TOTY cards are finally out, and EA have released some of the most powerful and rare cards to date for Madden 19. Hurry, the promo lasts from the 13th to the 23rd of January.
Buy MUT coins now and buy these super rare TOTY players! www.buymutcoins.com Use code MUT15 at checkout for 15% off your MUT coins.


This distinctive residential development sits in the heart of the Lambeth Palace Conservation Area, opposite Westminster Palace and the House of Lords.
Our design for this prominent riverside site, set amid a huge variety of building types within the conservation area, provided a high quality residential development that optimised the views across the River Thames towards the Houses of Parliament. The building responds to the diverse architectural styles of its immediate neighbours, the 14-storey IMO tower to the west and the picturesque, largely medieval 13th Century Lambeth Palace to the east.
We designed an organic, sweeping form that maximises the use of riverside frontage whilst usefully creating an enclosed, landscaped forecourt. The sloping roofline responds sympathetically to the contrasting scales of the neighbouring buildings and significantly enhances the Lambeth skyline. The scheme accommodates 190 luxury apartments with an additional 8 penthouses that step up and define the rising levels of the roof.
The sinuous plan form embraces the challenging site, optimising key views and maximising the riverside frontage. We took full advantage of the site's two-way slope by raising the ground level by two meters, making it possible to accommodate all parking needs in one basement.
The building was commended by the Royal Fine Arts Commission and English Heritage who were both complementary of the glazed elevation treatment; the reflective qualities of this gently curving, façeted elevation are constantly evolving depending on the time of day and create abstract patterns of light.


The Alternator is "a publication reflecting progressive and sustainable alternatives to our mainstream energy and technology options" (Alternator, v.10 no.1, spring 1996). "The Alternator: a generator for alternative currents in agriculture, energy, and lifestyles," was a publication from Slippery Rock University that was created by the ALTER (Alternative Living Technology and Energy Research) Project and ran from 1987-2004. Originally conceived by Robert Macoskey, for whom the Macoskey Center is named, the ALTER Project started as a means to educate students and the public about ways they can contribute to improving the condition of the environment through changes in their own lifestyles. "The Alternator" began as a means to garner more publicity for the ALTER Project and eventually also became a vehicle for the Sustainable Systems program.


Doctoral student Zhandos Orazalin won the Geotechnical Master Thesis Competition sponsored by Plaxis software and presented his work at the European Plaxis Users Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany earlier this month. Orazalin's presentation, "3D Finite Element Analysis of the Stata Center Excavation," simulated ground deformations, pore pressures and diaphragm wall deflections of the building site of MIT's Stata Center. The presentation is based on his master's thesis and research, done with Professor Andrew Whittle.


I hate waiting. I hate waiting in line, I hate waiting for my food to be cooked, I hate waiting for the kids to get out of school. I just don't like sitting around with nothing to do when something else should be happening. I bring books or snacks or my phone or a crochet project on long car rides because my hands need to be doing something (or else I crash into a nap… which is a whole other story).
So, when I discovered that the real meaning of Advent was anticipatory waiting… I wasn't too keen. I don't think many of us are good at waiting. Have you noticed that radio stations are playing Christmas music already?! The stores have been in Christmas mode since the day after Halloween! The marketers out there certainly don't like waiting! They want us to be spending our dough faster and faster these days… no waiting! Order now! Direct ship! Buy online! Available 24 hours, seven days a week!
Let's step back for a minute. In case you are not familiar with the term "advent"… it is a traditional practice of the Christian church to anticipate the coming of Christ at Christmas, and then, in turn, His final return to earth. Similar to the practice of Lent before Easter, it gives us a chance to slow down, to think and ponder, and to hope for the future. It's something I have to work on… this waiting.
My first exposure to advent was those cardboard chocolate calendars.
My first exposure to advent was those cardboard chocolate calendars. The ones with the little doors you would open every day from December first until the 25th. Back then, I didn't understand what it meant… I simply enjoyed the treats everyday! Later, we began to celebrate the four Sundays of advent at our church. It was then, that I understood the symbolism, the tradition, and the true meaning of the practice. It is something I have come to cherish as an adult. It's a discipline that that reminds me to slow down, to appreciate my family, to encourage my church family, and to rejoice in the season — and not to be so caught up in the rush of the "stuff". It forces me to focus each week on learning to wait. To anticipate. To revel in the beauty of hope.
Here's what I have learned about the traditional advent symbolism: it begins with an evergreen wreath… the symbol of a circle of eternity. Our Christ is timeless. He's been around much longer than the babe in the manger. Surrounding the wreath are four candles and one central candle. Each candle is lit on the four Sundays of Advent, and culminate with the lighting of the white, central candle, which is lit on Christmas eve. This central candle is sometimes referred to as the Christ candle… and represents His purity and the sacrifice He made for us on the cross.
The first candle is purple. It represents "hope" and the prophecies that Isaiah spoke about when He described the coming of our special Christmas baby. The second purple candle represents love, and is sometimes referred to as the Bethlehem candle or the manger candle. So much love happened in that lowly stable…. I imagine my own beloveds and how the whole world fell away the moment they were born and I saw them for the first time face to face. Can you imagine Mary's first glance at her special baby? Yup, love for sure. The next candle is pink… and represents joy. It is the shepherd's candle. It embodies the joy and celebration the shepherds must have felt when they were given the good news that a Saviour had been born! The last candle is also purple and reminds us to be peaceful. This "angel" candle points us to worship, to reflection, and to remember that the season is not about gifts under a tree, but the ultimate gift given to us. The One the angels were made for… simply to worship for eternity.
So… as you prepare for your Christmas season, and you rush out here and there, be reminded of the advent tradition of waiting. Take time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas… Christ's coming. Anticipate through hope, love, joy and peace, and the pure and holy sacrifice that Christ paid for you. May you be blessed, my beloveds, as we journey towards the holidays together. Take time to rejoice in waiting. Oh… it shall be no easy task! Especially if there are Christmas cookies in the oven! But we can practice it together, shall we?
Want to learn more about Advent? Check out my Pinterest Boards for more ideas on DIY calendars, symbols, studies and more!


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package org.ovirt.engine.core.common.action;

import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.*;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

//VB & C# TO JAVA CONVERTER TODO TASK: Java annotations will not correspond to .NET attributes:
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
@XmlType(name = "UpdateVdsActionParameters")
public class UpdateVdsActionParameters extends VdsOperationActionParameters {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7467029979089285065L;

    public UpdateVdsActionParameters(VdsStatic vdsStatic, String rootPassword, boolean installVds) {
        super(vdsStatic, rootPassword);
        _installVds = installVds;
    }

    // VB & C# TO JAVA CONVERTER TODO TASK: Java annotations will not correspond
    // to .NET attributes:
    @XmlElement(name = "InstallVds")
    private boolean _installVds;

    public boolean getInstallVds() {
        return _installVds;
    }

    public void setInstallVds(boolean value) {
        _installVds = value;
    }

    // VB & C# TO JAVA CONVERTER TODO TASK: Java annotations will not correspond
    // to .NET attributes:
    @XmlElement(name = "IsReinstallOrUpgrade")
    private boolean privateIsReinstallOrUpgrade;

    public boolean getIsReinstallOrUpgrade() {
        return privateIsReinstallOrUpgrade;
    }

    public void setIsReinstallOrUpgrade(boolean value) {
        privateIsReinstallOrUpgrade = value;
    }

    // VB & C# TO JAVA CONVERTER TODO TASK: Java annotations will not correspond
    // to .NET attributes:
    @XmlElement(name = "oVirtIsoFile")
    private String privateoVirtIsoFile;

    public String getoVirtIsoFile() {
        return privateoVirtIsoFile;
    }

    public void setoVirtIsoFile(String value) {
        privateoVirtIsoFile = value;
    }

    public UpdateVdsActionParameters() {
    }
}


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package com.gluonhq.tripmobile;

import com.airhacks.afterburner.injection.Injector;
import com.gluonhq.tripmobile.views.SettingsView;
import com.gluonhq.charm.down.common.JavaFXPlatform;
import com.gluonhq.charm.down.common.PlatformFactory;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.application.MobileApplication;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.control.Avatar;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.control.NavigationDrawer;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.layout.layer.SidePopupView;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.mvc.View;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.visual.MaterialDesignIcon;
import com.gluonhq.charm.glisten.visual.Swatch;
import com.gluonhq.tripmobile.views.ControlPresenter;
import com.gluonhq.tripmobile.views.ControlView;
import com.gluonhq.tripmobile.views.GaugesView;
import com.gluonhq.tripmobile.views.HomePresenter;
import com.gluonhq.tripmobile.views.HomeView;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;

/**
 *
 * @author JosePereda
 */
public class TRIPMobile extends MobileApplication {

    public static final String GAUGES_VIEW = "Gauges";
    public static final String CONTROL_VIEW = "Control";
    public static final String SETTINGS_VIEW = "Settings";
    public static final String MENU_LAYER = "Menu";

    private ControlPresenter controlPresenter;
    private HomePresenter homePresenter;

    private final ChangeListener listener = (o, oldItem, newItem) -> {
                    hideLayer(MENU_LAYER);
                    switchView(((NavigationDrawer.Item) newItem).getTitle());
                };

    @Override
    public void init() {
        addViewFactory(HOME_VIEW, () -> {
            HomeView homeView = new HomeView();
            homePresenter = (HomePresenter) homeView.getPresenter();
            return (View) homeView.getView();
        });
        addViewFactory(GAUGES_VIEW, () -> (View) new GaugesView().getView());
        addViewFactory(SETTINGS_VIEW, () -> (View) new SettingsView().getView());
        addViewFactory(CONTROL_VIEW, () -> {
            ControlView controlView = new ControlView();
            controlPresenter = (ControlPresenter) controlView.getPresenter();
            return (View) controlView.getView();
        });

        NavigationDrawer navigationDrawer = new NavigationDrawer();
        NavigationDrawer.Header header = new NavigationDrawer.Header("TRIP",
                "Test Robotics IoT Platform",
                new Avatar(21, new Image(getClass().getResourceAsStream("views/icon_spring_cloud_services_cf@2x.png"))));
        navigationDrawer.setHeader(header);

        navigationDrawer.selectedItemProperty().addListener(listener);

        navigationDrawer.getItems().setAll(
            new NavigationDrawer.Item(HOME_VIEW, MaterialDesignIcon.HOME.graphic()),
            new NavigationDrawer.Item(GAUGES_VIEW, MaterialDesignIcon.NETWORK_CHECK.graphic()),
            new NavigationDrawer.Item(CONTROL_VIEW, MaterialDesignIcon.DIRECTIONS.graphic()),
            new NavigationDrawer.Item(SETTINGS_VIEW, MaterialDesignIcon.SETTINGS.graphic()));

        addLayerFactory(MENU_LAYER, () -> new SidePopupView(navigationDrawer));
        viewProperty().addListener((obs, ov, nv) -> {
            for (Node node : navigationDrawer.getItems()) {
                NavigationDrawer.Item item = (NavigationDrawer.Item) node;
                if (item.getTitle().equals(nv.getName())) {
                    navigationDrawer.selectedItemProperty().removeListener(listener);
                    navigationDrawer.setSelectedItem(node);
                    item.setSelected(true);
                    navigationDrawer.selectedItemProperty().addListener(listener);
                } else {
                    item.setSelected(false);
                }
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public void postInit(Scene scene) {
        Swatch.TEAL.assignTo(scene);

        if (JavaFXPlatform.isDesktop()) {
            scene.getWindow().setWidth(350);
            scene.getWindow().setHeight(650);
        }

        PlatformFactory.getPlatform().setOnLifecycleEvent(p -> {
            if (controlPresenter != null) {
                switch (p) {
                    case PAUSE:
                    case STOP: stop(); break;
                    case RESUME: controlPresenter.start(); break;
                }
            }
            return null;
        });
    }

    @Override
    public void stop() {
        Injector.forgetAll();
    }

}