It's basically an Instagram filter in a bottle.
Yes, you need a face serum, no it's not a gimmick, and yes, they really do work. Did we answer all of your questions? Basically, serums are the result of blending the world's best skin-care ingredients together and compressing them into tiny drops of liquid gold, giving you the power to tighten wrinkles, soften lines, lighten dark spots, and basically give you the skin you want, all at once.
And though some formulas can get a little pricey, you don't actually need to shell out a hundred bucks to reap the benefits, as long as you know where to look (hint: right here). And to help you out, we broke down the ten very best drugstore serums, ahead, to start adding to your routine today.
What it does: The vegan formula (which is also USDA-certified organic) uses a mix of ultra-hydrating argan oil and anti-inflammatory borage oil to sooth irritated, acne-prone skin, while the added antioxidant-rich cranberry helps brighten dark spots and discoloration.
When to use it: Morning and/or night, after your other essences, serums, and lightweight moisturizers.
What it does: This silky serum is filled with retinol—AKA the big kahuna of anti-aging ingredients—and glycerin to rev up collagen production and smooth out wrinkles, all without feeling drying out your skin.
When to use it: On clean, dry skin, at night only. Make sure to follow with a rich moisturizer, if you have dry or sensitive skin.
What it does: Repeat after us: hydrolyzed soy protein and hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine. Okay, fine, don't repeat after us, but those two tongue-twisters are the major players in this skin-strengthening and moisturizing serum, giving it the ability to truly amp up your skin's elasticity, tone, and brightness over time.
When to use it: On clean, dry skin, morning or night, before your moisturizer.
What it does: You've definitely heard a trillion times before that you're "supposed" to be using vitamin C on your skin, and it's for good reason: The all-star ingredient is a powerful antioxidant that neutralizes skin-damaging free radicals (yes, those are real, scientific things) and brightens dark spots and discoloration.
When to use it: In the morning (it acts as an all-day shield against free radicals) before your moisturizer.
What it does: Everything it's supposed to, and nothing more. And we mean that in the best of ways, because unlike many cheap-thrills skin potions, which are filled with 70-percent trendy, blah ingredients, this airtight pump contains all of the collagen-building peptides and skin-protecting antioxidants you want in an anti-aging serum.
When to use it: Morning or night, on clean, dry skin. Layer on a moisturizer if you have ultra-dry skin.
What it does: This product has three promises: softening lines/wrinkles, firming skin, and evening out skin tone, and nails all three with its ingredients, including Matrixyl 3000 Plus, No7's most effective anti-wrinkle peptide technology as well as Hyaluronic Acid & Hibiscus.
When to use it: Morning and night, before your moisturizer.
What it does: This serum is meant for those of us whose skin dying of thirst. Its main ingredient is purified hyaluronic acid, a hydrating compound that is naturally found in skin and can absorb up to 1000 times its weight in water.
When to use it: Morning or night, on clean, dry skin.
What it does: This anti-aging serum has retinol (a fancy Vitamin A that also fights wrinkles), and skin-renewing minerals like magnesium, zinc, and copper to stimulate collagen production in the skin and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
When to use it: This is the rare retinol that you can use during the day, and was designed to be worn under makeup. So morning or night, once or twice a day.
What it does: This serum does all the work while you're sleeping —using 10% glycolic acid & arginine, this serum works hard at reducing fine lines and aging while also brightening the skin to make sure you wake up looking gorgeous.
When to use it: In the evening, followed up with a sunscreen in the morning.
What it does: This product will make you glow like you just came back from a tropical vacation. Ingredients like soy and kiwi complex enhance skin's natural radiance, and you'll have that "lit from within" look you thought only came from expensive products.
When to use it: Use as final step in your face care routine or primer before applying makeup.


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Q: print([[i+j for i in "abc"] for j in "def"]) I'm new to Python.
I stumped upon with one of this comprehension
print([[i+j for i in "abc"] for j in "def"])

Could you please help me convert the comprehension in for loop?
I'm not getting the desired result by for loop:
list = []
list2 = []

for j in 'def':
    for i in 'abc':
        list.append(i+j)
    list2 = list
print (list)

the above is my try with for loop. I' missing something. Below should be the desired result in for loop that i want.
([['ad', 'bd', 'cd'], ['ae', 'be', 'ce'], ['af', 'bf', 'cf']])
which I believe is a matrice.
Thanks in advance.

A: The easiest thing to unravel a comprehension like this is to take it one comprehension at a time and write that as a loop.  So:
[[i+j for i in "abc"] for j in "def"]

becomes:
outer_list = []
for j in "def":
    outer_list.append([i + j for i in "abc"])

Alright, cool.  Now we've gotten rid of the outer comprehension so we can unravel the inner comprehension next:
outer_list = []
for j in "def":
    inner_list = []
    for i in "abc":
        inner_list.append(i + j)
    outer_list.append(inner_list)

A: For loop for this comprehension will look like this
result = []
for j in "def":
    r = []
    for i in "abc":
        r.append(i+j)
    result.append(r)

A: a = 'abc'
b = 'def'

>>> [[x+y for x in a]for y in b]
[['ad', 'bd', 'cd'], ['ae', 'be', 'ce'], ['af', 'bf', 'cf']]

Loop
>>> for y in b:
...     for x in a:
...         print x+y,
...
ad bd cd ae be ce af bf cf

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San Andreas Is Terrible, and Very Entertaining
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is unfailingly solid in this preposterously silly but fun catastrophe movie.
Sophie Gilbert
Just to clarify before we begin, San Andreas is not the kind of movie one should see if one requires such elements as "realism" or "dialogue" or "originality" or "plot." It cares not at all for scientific accuracy, or logic, or narrative cogency, and its most pressing structural concern seems to be the maximum amount of tension its characters' physical attributes can impose on Lycra without their clothes giving up the good fight.
All this acknowledged, it's enormously entertaining, thanks to the undeniable charisma of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and the wanton CGI destruction of all of the West Coast's greatest landmarks (in 3-D, no less). Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a burly Afghanistan veteran who spends his days as a rescue-helicopter pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department. His soon-to-be-ex-wife (Carla Gugino) has found new love with a gazillionaire architect (Ioan Gruffudd), his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) is heading off to college, and the now-separated spouses are trying to move on from the death of another daughter, Mallory. All is calm, until an earthquake of unprecedented proportions forces Ray to go AWOL with a helicopter and rescue his family.
Ray's plot is juxtaposed with that of Lawrence (Paul Giamatti), a seismologist at Caltech who coincidentally happens upon a new method of predicting earthquakes approximately five seconds before one comes along that happens to be 50 times more intense than any mankind has ever experienced. As far as timing goes, it's pretty rough. Still, Lawrence joins forces with a local-news reporter (Archie Panjabi) to try and find ways to warn the state of California that the ground is about to fall out from underneath it, presumably under the impression that way too late is better than never. If nothing else, it adds him to a lengthy list of scientists in disaster movies who predict that Very Bad Things are about to happen (The Day After Tomorrow, Dante's Peak, 2012, Deep Impact, etc).
San Andreas, for all its lumbering attempts at understanding and explaining something as complex as seismology, is nevertheless breathtaking in its simplicity. Ray, when told that his ex-wife is currently atop a skyscraper in the middle of an earthquake, turns the helicopter around and tells her that he'll be right there to save her (if not the thousands of other doomed people in the building, one of whom, bizarrely, is the Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue). Blake is somehow guileless, sweet-natured, innocent, and yet enormously practical in an emergency, looting an electrical store, a fire truck, and a number of empty buildings while trying to get to high ground—with the bizarrely confident knowledge that her father will find her. The obvious bad guy, who pretends to be a good guy quite convincingly for his first few scenes, turns out to be a real heel after all. And when Ray needs a helicopter (or a truck, or a plane, or a boat, or a parachute), lo and behold, he finds one.
The screenplay by Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Bates Motel) is perhaps the biggest disappointment, only because it seems like such a clunker coming from an accomplished writer. The film's extreme succinctness when it comes to dialogue is remarkable, even for a dumb action flick: "Let's go get our daughter." "I'm gonna get you out." "People need to know that the shaking is not over." And yet, somehow, the whole thing is kind of a blast. The movie takes a sanitized approach to the theoretical greatest mass disaster in American history—there are no shots of bodies floating in the water, or even so much as a lone kitten stranded in a tree. There's no ethical complexity, or nuanced storytelling, and very few surprises. When Ray finds out Blake is stranded in San Francisco, he deprives earthquake-leveled Los Angeles of one of its few rescue helicopters with nary a moment's thought. He's a man on a mission to save his daughter, and God help the walls or steel gables or 100-feet tsunamis that get in his way.
As Ray, Johnson is intensely committed to his hero's journey while making the case that he's as stolid and dependable a national treasure as Mount Rushmore. Gugino and Daddario are consistent, if unexceptional, but San Andreas finds more charm in two brothers with plummy British accents: Ben (Hugo Johnstone-Burt), a wannabe architect and a love interest for Blake, and Ollie (Art Parkinson), his younger sibling, who provides much-needed comic relief. But the primary thrill of the movie, indubitably, is watching various terrifying acts of nature pit themselves against a 6 foot 5, 260-lb leviathan of a human being and then promptly wither in their unworthiness.
The secondary thrills are in director Brad Peyton's gorgeous sequences of live-action ruin porn. Spoiler: It all falls down. But in 3-D, seeing the Hoover Dam crumble into obsolescence, the Golden Gate Bridge shatter, and downtown Los Angeles topple to the ground like a particularly unwieldy Jenga tower is eminently satisfying. Knowing that The Rock is going to do his best to add to the ongoing mayhem and destruction—when was the last time you wrenched a car door off to free a girl while dangling from a helicopter in a narrow precipice, after all?—is just the icing on the cake.
Sophie Gilbert is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture.


As the General Manager of Custer Public Power District, a public power system in Nebraska, I sometimes catch myself thinking that everyone knows as much as they ought to about Nebraska's strong public power advantages and heritage; since public power is such a big part of my life.
Once in a while, someone says something or asks a question that reminds me to not take for granted the public knowledge about public power.
What does the term "public power" mean? It means electric utilities that are owned by the public, by the customers in the areas they serve, not by out of state or foreign investors who are in it strictly for profit.
Public Power Districts (PPDs) operate on a not-for-profit basis, at cost, as opposed to profit-making utility companies whose first loyalty is to shareholders who primarily live elsewhere.
There are public power districts, which cover all or part of a county or several counties, and are much like a school district in that the enterprise they operate is owned by the public and governed by a board of directors elected by the citizens in the area served during each general election.
Municipal utility systems are similar, except that they are creatures of city government and their operations are pretty much confined to city limits. Their boards of directors are either elected officials or appointed by the city council or mayor.
We also have a few cooperatives, primarily along western and northern edges of Nebraska. They, too, are not-for-profit but rather than being a quasi-governmental district, they are private corporations that use the cooperative business model. They are 100 percent owned by the customers who elect the board at their annual meetings.
In the early days of bringing electricity to Nebraska, private, shareholder-owned, for-profit electric companies served mainly towns and urban areas. The Nebraska Legislature — and more specifically George Norris — realized that the private companies were not going to service rural customers because they could not make a profit.
Norris developed state laws that gave people the ability to form public power districts and rural electric cooperatives. They also gave public power the right of eminent domain to ensure that Nebraska would be a completely public power state without private electric companies making a profit on electricity, since electricity had become a necessity for modern life rather than a luxury item.
Nebraska became and still is the only state in which 100 percent of the customers are served by electric utilities that they own. Not one penny of dividends is tacked onto electric bills and sent to out of state or foreign investors.
Where do Public Power Districts like Custer get their electricity? For the most part, the answer is this: from a larger PPD, the Nebraska Public Power District. NPPD was formed to provide wholesale electricity to municipal utilities and public power districts as well as some cooperatives.
How does electricity get from those power plants to the substations at Custer PPD? A sister PPD known as the Nebraska Generation and Transmission (NEG&T) Cooperative fills that role. It purchases wholesale power from NPPD and delivers it us.
So, there are three Public Power Districts in the chain (NPPD, NEG&T, and Custer) that generate electricity, distribute it across the state, and bring it to your home. That's pretty much the model for the entire state, but there are some exceptions.
A few public power districts and cooperatives in western Nebraska receive their wholesale power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Cooperative, a not-for-profit cooperative located in Colorado that performs essentially the same functions as NPPD and NEG&T. Tri-State is a separate entity that is 100 percent owned by the local systems that buy power from it, and it is those local systems who elect directors to the Tri-State board.
Custer PPD was formed in 1943 to serve the rural customers in central Nebraska, which later included all or part of 13 counties. Custer PPD was formed by the customers that we serve. We are governed by seven local directors who are elected locally. Every one of them receives their power from Custer PPD. They pay the same electric rates as every other consumer. They are customers who represent their fellow customers.
This unique distinction of being the only state which is 100 percent public power is one of the major reasons why Nebraska is ranked seventh in the nation for having the lowest electric rates. For the most part states whose rates are lower are the lucky few whose geographic good fortune put them near huge hydro-electric resources or coal fields.
There's one thing that I particularly like about all of this. It's a story that proves once again that here in rural Nebraska, we know how to take care of ourselves, take care of each other, and take care of business.
It's a story worth passing on to the next generation.


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Groton, CT – Groton Utilities has started a limited time, pilot rebate program for the acquisition of plug in electric cars (EVPI). How does it work, you may ask?
The program also provides an additional rebate up to $600 for an approved Level 2 charging station.
Provide a copy of the most current Groton Utilities electric bill paid in full, i.e. showing a zero balance.
Provide proof of a dedicated 240V circuit installed by a Connecticut licensed electrician and signed off electrical permit from the governing building inspector.
The customer must also pass a Groton Utilities post installation inspection.
For more information, contact Energy Engineer Hollis McKee at 860-440-9932. Customers can also always go to the Groton Utilities web site at grotonutilities.com to review the program highlights and requirements.
Groton Utilities is, as always, at your service.


The buzz word on the internet over the last few years has been SEO. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing your website to gain high rankings in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). Whilst this sounds like the key to success, many web design companies have been keen to point out that getting visitors to your website is only half the challenge and that even if your website is doing fantasticly well in the SERPs, if the web design is not up to scratch, visitors will soon go elsewhere.
The key to unlocking the power of SEO is Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), the process of improving the success rate of customers performing a desired action. This could be filling in a contact form, requesting a quote, registering for an event or even purchasing something in your online store.
This is done by improving your web design and the user experience on your website to help guide visitors towards a conversion. The web design term for this is a 'conversion funnel'.
Most good web design companies should be able to tell you how long an average visitor stays on your website and how many pages they view before they leave. They should also be able to tell you what pages they enter your website on and the pages when they leave. This can help you identify what your visitors are doing and why, and to identify weak pages which require improvements.
Your website fails to establish credibility. The web design lacks professionalism.
Your message is confusing. The website is leaving visitors disappointed or frustrated.
Your website fails to make visitors act. The website misses a vital call to action.
Your website is hard to navigate. The website is not user friendly.
Keeping visitors interested in your website involves a number of factors. Firstly you must ensure your web design is up to scratch. Working with a professional web design company will ensure your site is in optimum condition.
Secondly you should be sure the message you are pushing is clear and concise. Make sure that you only have one subject matter per page. If you offer three services however similar have three pages. That's one for each service, rather than one covering three.
Finally you should make it possible for your customers to interact. If you run a loans company, provide calculator to help visitors calculate their repayments. A consultant may offer a free report download for signing up to an e-newsletter.
Implemented properly these ideas will help improve your visitor retention and bring in happier, well informed, qualified customers to your business.


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Q: Reducing speed of light Can someone explain in lay terms how the research done by Lene Hau about Light speed reduction is actually possible? Isn't the speed of light a constant?

A: Speed of light in a vacuum is constant but the speed of light going through different medias is not constant.  The speed of light in other medias is very dependent on the index of refraction.


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Guangzhou's bus rapid transit system wins city international transport award
The world's second largest city, and fastest growing city in Asia, has implemented a massive new bus rapid transit system that is now carrying 800,000 passengers each day. The system was also integrated with Guangzhou's existing metro system and the city's new bike share network.
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Streetfilms, in partnership with the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP), produced a new video highlighting Guangzhou's bus rapid transit (BRT) system. The BRT system won the city the 2011 International Sustainable Transportation Award from ITDP, and currently serves 800,000 passengers each day.
The system is by far the largest BRT system in Asia, but comes in behind Bogota's Transmilenio system which serves 1.2 million riders daily. The similarities are striking though. Both Guangzhou and Bogota include robust stations and heavily dedicate right-of-way. The systems are also being built in combination with other forms of transport instead of lieu of them.
"You must also think about multi modal integration," says Xiaomei Duan, Chief Engineer, Guangzhou BRT Project. "For example, on this corridor we have three metro stations integrated with our BRT station, and around the BRT stations we have our bike stations."
Guangzhou is the second largest city in the world with approximately 25 million people, and it is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The implementation of the new BRT system was done, in part, to cut carbon emissions, reclaim space for people and reduce traffic congestion.
The Guangzhou BRT system opened in February 2010 and was designed to now be completely integrated with the city's new bike share network and metro system.
Tags bicycles, Bogota, bus, bus rapid transit, Guangzhou, public policy, Transportation, urban design
By Randy A. Simes
Randy is an award-winning urban planner who founded UrbanCincy in May 2007. He grew up on Cincinnati's west side in Covedale, and graduated from the University of Cincinnati's nationally acclaimed School of Planning in June 2009. In addition to maintaining ownership and serving as the managing editor for UrbanCincy, Randy has worked professionally as a planning consultant throughout the United States, Korea and the Middle East. After brief stints in Atlanta and Chicago, he currently lives in the Daechi neighborhood of Seoul's Gangnam district.
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My name is [redacted]. I am a 4th Grader at [redacted] (an elementary school in Lovejoy ISD).
Although I am in the Gifted and Talented program, I am being kept away from something I need to learn . . . books! Because of this, I, and those who read better than listen, are harmed deeply by lacking this form of knowledge and information.
The use of no Math Books was also the method of my Regular Class before I started GT. To find out if other students had books, I surveyed around the playground.
While doing these surveys, earlier in the year, I noted at least THREE kids that had no idea what a math textbook is!
The few kids who said that they had a book said they only had touched it for the glossary!
Guess what else! Our science book is older than me! My science teacher actually said it was too old to cover modern science.
Please help me find out what they have done with the money for the books and help me get books.


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Kerry foods are the 4th division of the corporate structure of Kerry Group plc. The section has been defined in their website www.kerrygroup.com . In looking at this section in detail, we're including the companies overview of this sector but we'll also be commenting using research on their progress in the previous year 2006.
Kerry Foods is a leading supplier of added-value food brands and customer branded products to major supermarket chains, convenience stores and independent retailers across the UK and Ireland, and selected European markets.
The division has eight business units under which the company's food products and services are marketed:
* Kerry Foods Ireland * Cooked Meats & Speciality Poultry * GB Brands * Frozen Meals & Snacks * Direct to Store (UK) * Foodservice * Ready Meals & Convenience Products
Kerry Foods has some 30 manufacturing facilities throughout Ireland and the UK, with an extensive distribution network in both regions. Its consumer and customer branded foods include sausage, sliced bacon, sliced meats, pastry products, ready meals, ready-to-cook products, savoury snacks, specialty poultry, cheese, cheese snacks, dairy spreads, low-fat spreads, desserts, UHT products, home-baking products, salads, sandwiches, mineral water, flavoured waters and fruit juices.
Included in it's portfolio of consumer branded products are over 20 high profile brands, many of which are category leaders in the chilled cabinet. The portfolio comprises – in Ireland; Denny, Dawn, Ballyfree, Golden Vale, Low-Low, Move over Butter, Kerrymaid, Easigold, Golden Olive, Golden Vale Churn, Easipail, Golden Cow, Kerry Spring, Charleville Cheese, Cheestrings, Attack-a-Snak, Brunchettas, Coleraine, EasiSingles, Platter Foods and Freshways – in the UK; Richmond, Wall's, Mattessons, Porkinsons, Bowyers, Lawsons, Cheestrings, Golden Bridge, Green's Homepride. Brands
© copyright 2007 Kerry Group
Kerry Foods has achieved this position by responding creatively to the needs and requirements of a wide range of customers by matching ever-changing consumer demands, as a result of evolving lifestyle, leisure and demographic requirements.
Kerry's primary consumer food categories for example – chilled ready meals, cheese, spreads, pre-packed cooked meats, and sausage showed a vast improvement in 2006. Nevertheless difficulties in areas such as poultry and frozen foods had an impact on performance and trading profits on the Kerry foods sector of the company. From reading the interim reports we can see that sales revenue increased by 5.4% to €1.82 billion but however trading profits fell by 4.5% to €118m.
As expected with the ever improving UK food markets, fresh sausage sales improved with the expense of frozen. Richmond and Wall's brands (leading brands of fresh sausages) benefited highly from the 4.6% increase of fresh sausage sales in the UK. It should be noted that cleverly designed advertisements broadcasted on TV also benefited the increase in sales. As there is an improvement in Wall's sales they have designed to expand there brand development and distribution of pre-pack rashers.
During the year, Mattessons a subsidiary of Kerry Group in UK began a huge brand investment programme. This investment is expected to achieve a high return to the company. One of their products, smoked pork sausage has already shown a dramatic improvement in sales due to the advertising programme.
There was a disappointing performance noted in the home- baking category, leading brand Green showed a poor performing year due to the low sales of the 'kids' sector. However there classic desserts and time savers mixers showed an improvement.
Following the TV series Jamie's school dinners, UK changed its attitude dramatically in relation to healthy eating. As Kerry group is forever changing, to meet their customer's needs they introduced 'The Food Doctor' range of food. It uses a combination of raw and cooked ingredients that can be quickly steam cooked in the microwave. Another health conscious brand was launched this year the 'Champneys' wellbeing brand of multi-cuisine meals.
The Hartlepool processing facility was closed to maximize operational efficiencies, due to poor profitability in the poultry sector Kerry Foods sold it Redgrave operation in the UK and its Smithboro operation in Ireland. The chilled patisserie business in Birmingham was also sold this year as was St. Brendan's Irish Cream Liqueur in Derry.
As for the cheese industry, Kerry had an excellent year with good growth across the board. The addition of the Low Low brand into cheese was the market's star performer with 40% increase in growth. The ever popular product Cheestrings continued to maintain its market share and reinforced its beneficial health attributes with a strong advertising campaign emphasizing it 100% natural cheese value.
In keeping with Kerry's healthy eating campaign, they introduced premium lower cholesterol spread under the Low Low brand, which again achieved high market performance. Also in 2006, Freshways continued its growth on being one of the best prepack food to go brands. Freshways launched their 'Healthy Ways' range of sandwiches. Double digit growth was achieved by this very successful food to go range in the markets. Another healthy aspect was their new line of juices Dawn Benefits – Orange juice with Omega 3, Orange juice with Probiotic and Orange juice with Multivitamins.
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A massive expansion is under way at a Timaru orchard as part of a concerted effort to ease a growing demand for honeycrisp apples in the United States.
M A Orchards is in the process of planting 20ha of the variety near Levels which adds to another 15ha planted in 2014, 15ha in 2013, and 30ha in 2012. Operations manager Red Martin said the aim was to have 100ha planted ''and go from there''.
Mr Martin said the operation had the backing of Kiwi and American investors while taking advantage of cutting› edge technology in terms of production. Approximately 2900 – 3920 trees had been planted per hectare in the new paddock near Levels.
Mr Martin said there was a huge demand for the apples in the US. The variety of apple was popular in the US and grew well in South Canterbury as it was a specific variety that required a cooler temperature, he said.
Mr Martin said a long-term goal for the business was to use harvest platforms, not ladders, for picking the apples — saving time and being more convenient for the pickers. Another plan was to build a packing factory in 2017, allowing the apples to be packed on›site instead of being transported to Nelson for packaging.


TGW Travel Group started out as an idea between two MBA students in 2004. After a brutal mid-term, they were discussing their travel experiences over a couple of beers. Both were avid travelers in their mid 20s and saw an opportunity to create a company that provides the traveler with a no-hassle, fun, local experience. It is very easy to book a flight and hotel online, but once you get to a certain destination, you are either lost, have to rely on an outdated travel book or are taken to tourist traps by locals working on commission. The TGW Concept is to provide travelers with a "local" experience as if you were visiting a friend in that destination. TGW not only makes sure you visit the destination's must-see daily attractions, but also takes care of you at night and provides you with a local contact you can call for any emergency or question. With this idea, the duo entered a Global Business Plan Competition with over a 100 participants from around the world and won!
TGW does not offer anything that the owners have not personally experienced and only partner up with the best, most reliable suppliers in each destination. TGW is committed to providing a top-notch, no hassle vacation at a great value with impeccable service from the time you first contact us, all the way until you return home from your vacation. Our travel consultants are experts in each destination and will fully prepare you before your trip. Our staff around the world is highly professional and absolutely committed to welcoming each of our guests and showing them the best possible time on their vacations.
For more information about the company or media inquiries, please contact us directly at (786) 522-3667.


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Football Kickstart Day at Linton Village College on Sunday 23rd February 2014  The aim of the day is to engage with as many children and young people with cerebral palsy with FA Qualified coaches delivering fun football activity.


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Q: Git hook when a new branch is created and/or pushed I want to hook into the creation of a new branch. Either when the branch is created or when the first push is done. Is one or both possible?

A: The accepted answer says to use the update hook.  I'm not sure that helps everyone, as that is a server-side hook.  It will work if you push your new branch, but what about keeping it purely local?
I'm creating local branches that are never pushed, so I'm using post-checkout instead.  After creating your branch, aren't you typically going to check it out before doing anything else with it?  When I detect a new branch, I modify it and add a commit automatically. After that, I'm able to determine if this is a new branch on a checkout by virtue of whether it has a commit history.
Here's how I do it (my hooks are in bash):

    true=1
    false=0

    isNewBranch()
    {
        local logQuery=$(git log --all --not $(git rev-list --no-walk --exclude=refs/heads/$(getBranchName) --exclude=HEAD --all))
        if [ -z $logQuery ]; then
            echo $true
        else
            echo $false
        fi
    }

    getBranchName()
    {
        echo $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
    }

A: It's the update hook, it gets a zero sha for new refs, branches will say heads not tags

A: Add pre-commit hook.
In the hook, check the num of commits in the new branch,
as follow:
new_branch_name="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"

num_of_commits="$(git rev-list --count HEAD ^${new_branch_name})"

if [[ $num_of_commits = 0 ]]
then
    echo "This is a new branch"
fi


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#include <aws/glue/model/DevEndpoint.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace Glue
{
namespace Model
{

DevEndpoint::DevEndpoint() :
    m_endpointNameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_roleArnHasBeenSet(false),
    m_securityGroupIdsHasBeenSet(false),
    m_subnetIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_yarnEndpointAddressHasBeenSet(false),
    m_privateAddressHasBeenSet(false),
    m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort(0),
    m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPortHasBeenSet(false),
    m_publicAddressHasBeenSet(false),
    m_statusHasBeenSet(false),
    m_workerType(WorkerType::NOT_SET),
    m_workerTypeHasBeenSet(false),
    m_glueVersionHasBeenSet(false),
    m_numberOfWorkers(0),
    m_numberOfWorkersHasBeenSet(false),
    m_numberOfNodes(0),
    m_numberOfNodesHasBeenSet(false),
    m_availabilityZoneHasBeenSet(false),
    m_vpcIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_extraPythonLibsS3PathHasBeenSet(false),
    m_extraJarsS3PathHasBeenSet(false),
    m_failureReasonHasBeenSet(false),
    m_lastUpdateStatusHasBeenSet(false),
    m_createdTimestampHasBeenSet(false),
    m_lastModifiedTimestampHasBeenSet(false),
    m_publicKeyHasBeenSet(false),
    m_publicKeysHasBeenSet(false),
    m_securityConfigurationHasBeenSet(false),
    m_argumentsHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

DevEndpoint::DevEndpoint(JsonView jsonValue) :
    m_endpointNameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_roleArnHasBeenSet(false),
    m_securityGroupIdsHasBeenSet(false),
    m_subnetIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_yarnEndpointAddressHasBeenSet(false),
    m_privateAddressHasBeenSet(false),
    m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort(0),
    m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPortHasBeenSet(false),
    m_publicAddressHasBeenSet(false),
    m_statusHasBeenSet(false),
    m_workerType(WorkerType::NOT_SET),
    m_workerTypeHasBeenSet(false),
    m_glueVersionHasBeenSet(false),
    m_numberOfWorkers(0),
    m_numberOfWorkersHasBeenSet(false),
    m_numberOfNodes(0),
    m_numberOfNodesHasBeenSet(false),
    m_availabilityZoneHasBeenSet(false),
    m_vpcIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_extraPythonLibsS3PathHasBeenSet(false),
    m_extraJarsS3PathHasBeenSet(false),
    m_failureReasonHasBeenSet(false),
    m_lastUpdateStatusHasBeenSet(false),
    m_createdTimestampHasBeenSet(false),
    m_lastModifiedTimestampHasBeenSet(false),
    m_publicKeyHasBeenSet(false),
    m_publicKeysHasBeenSet(false),
    m_securityConfigurationHasBeenSet(false),
    m_argumentsHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = jsonValue;
}

DevEndpoint& DevEndpoint::operator =(JsonView jsonValue)
{
  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("EndpointName"))
  {
    m_endpointName = jsonValue.GetString("EndpointName");

    m_endpointNameHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("RoleArn"))
  {
    m_roleArn = jsonValue.GetString("RoleArn");

    m_roleArnHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("SecurityGroupIds"))
  {
    Aws::Utils::Array<JsonView> securityGroupIdsJsonList = jsonValue.GetArray("SecurityGroupIds");
    for(unsigned securityGroupIdsIndex = 0; securityGroupIdsIndex < securityGroupIdsJsonList.GetLength(); ++securityGroupIdsIndex)
    {
      m_securityGroupIds.push_back(securityGroupIdsJsonList[securityGroupIdsIndex].AsString());
    }
    m_securityGroupIdsHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("SubnetId"))
  {
    m_subnetId = jsonValue.GetString("SubnetId");

    m_subnetIdHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("YarnEndpointAddress"))
  {
    m_yarnEndpointAddress = jsonValue.GetString("YarnEndpointAddress");

    m_yarnEndpointAddressHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("PrivateAddress"))
  {
    m_privateAddress = jsonValue.GetString("PrivateAddress");

    m_privateAddressHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("ZeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort"))
  {
    m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort = jsonValue.GetInteger("ZeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort");

    m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPortHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("PublicAddress"))
  {
    m_publicAddress = jsonValue.GetString("PublicAddress");

    m_publicAddressHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("Status"))
  {
    m_status = jsonValue.GetString("Status");

    m_statusHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("WorkerType"))
  {
    m_workerType = WorkerTypeMapper::GetWorkerTypeForName(jsonValue.GetString("WorkerType"));

    m_workerTypeHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("GlueVersion"))
  {
    m_glueVersion = jsonValue.GetString("GlueVersion");

    m_glueVersionHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("NumberOfWorkers"))
  {
    m_numberOfWorkers = jsonValue.GetInteger("NumberOfWorkers");

    m_numberOfWorkersHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("NumberOfNodes"))
  {
    m_numberOfNodes = jsonValue.GetInteger("NumberOfNodes");

    m_numberOfNodesHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("AvailabilityZone"))
  {
    m_availabilityZone = jsonValue.GetString("AvailabilityZone");

    m_availabilityZoneHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("VpcId"))
  {
    m_vpcId = jsonValue.GetString("VpcId");

    m_vpcIdHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("ExtraPythonLibsS3Path"))
  {
    m_extraPythonLibsS3Path = jsonValue.GetString("ExtraPythonLibsS3Path");

    m_extraPythonLibsS3PathHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("ExtraJarsS3Path"))
  {
    m_extraJarsS3Path = jsonValue.GetString("ExtraJarsS3Path");

    m_extraJarsS3PathHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("FailureReason"))
  {
    m_failureReason = jsonValue.GetString("FailureReason");

    m_failureReasonHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("LastUpdateStatus"))
  {
    m_lastUpdateStatus = jsonValue.GetString("LastUpdateStatus");

    m_lastUpdateStatusHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("CreatedTimestamp"))
  {
    m_createdTimestamp = jsonValue.GetDouble("CreatedTimestamp");

    m_createdTimestampHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("LastModifiedTimestamp"))
  {
    m_lastModifiedTimestamp = jsonValue.GetDouble("LastModifiedTimestamp");

    m_lastModifiedTimestampHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("PublicKey"))
  {
    m_publicKey = jsonValue.GetString("PublicKey");

    m_publicKeyHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("PublicKeys"))
  {
    Aws::Utils::Array<JsonView> publicKeysJsonList = jsonValue.GetArray("PublicKeys");
    for(unsigned publicKeysIndex = 0; publicKeysIndex < publicKeysJsonList.GetLength(); ++publicKeysIndex)
    {
      m_publicKeys.push_back(publicKeysJsonList[publicKeysIndex].AsString());
    }
    m_publicKeysHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("SecurityConfiguration"))
  {
    m_securityConfiguration = jsonValue.GetString("SecurityConfiguration");

    m_securityConfigurationHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("Arguments"))
  {
    Aws::Map<Aws::String, JsonView> argumentsJsonMap = jsonValue.GetObject("Arguments").GetAllObjects();
    for(auto& argumentsItem : argumentsJsonMap)
    {
      m_arguments[argumentsItem.first] = argumentsItem.second.AsString();
    }
    m_argumentsHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  return *this;
}

JsonValue DevEndpoint::Jsonize() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_endpointNameHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("EndpointName", m_endpointName);

  }

  if(m_roleArnHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("RoleArn", m_roleArn);

  }

  if(m_securityGroupIdsHasBeenSet)
  {
   Aws::Utils::Array<JsonValue> securityGroupIdsJsonList(m_securityGroupIds.size());
   for(unsigned securityGroupIdsIndex = 0; securityGroupIdsIndex < securityGroupIdsJsonList.GetLength(); ++securityGroupIdsIndex)
   {
     securityGroupIdsJsonList[securityGroupIdsIndex].AsString(m_securityGroupIds[securityGroupIdsIndex]);
   }
   payload.WithArray("SecurityGroupIds", std::move(securityGroupIdsJsonList));

  }

  if(m_subnetIdHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("SubnetId", m_subnetId);

  }

  if(m_yarnEndpointAddressHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("YarnEndpointAddress", m_yarnEndpointAddress);

  }

  if(m_privateAddressHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("PrivateAddress", m_privateAddress);

  }

  if(m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPortHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithInteger("ZeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort", m_zeppelinRemoteSparkInterpreterPort);

  }

  if(m_publicAddressHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("PublicAddress", m_publicAddress);

  }

  if(m_statusHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("Status", m_status);

  }

  if(m_workerTypeHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("WorkerType", WorkerTypeMapper::GetNameForWorkerType(m_workerType));
  }

  if(m_glueVersionHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("GlueVersion", m_glueVersion);

  }

  if(m_numberOfWorkersHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithInteger("NumberOfWorkers", m_numberOfWorkers);

  }

  if(m_numberOfNodesHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithInteger("NumberOfNodes", m_numberOfNodes);

  }

  if(m_availabilityZoneHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("AvailabilityZone", m_availabilityZone);

  }

  if(m_vpcIdHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("VpcId", m_vpcId);

  }

  if(m_extraPythonLibsS3PathHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ExtraPythonLibsS3Path", m_extraPythonLibsS3Path);

  }

  if(m_extraJarsS3PathHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ExtraJarsS3Path", m_extraJarsS3Path);

  }

  if(m_failureReasonHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("FailureReason", m_failureReason);

  }

  if(m_lastUpdateStatusHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("LastUpdateStatus", m_lastUpdateStatus);

  }

  if(m_createdTimestampHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithDouble("CreatedTimestamp", m_createdTimestamp.SecondsWithMSPrecision());
  }

  if(m_lastModifiedTimestampHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithDouble("LastModifiedTimestamp", m_lastModifiedTimestamp.SecondsWithMSPrecision());
  }

  if(m_publicKeyHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("PublicKey", m_publicKey);

  }

  if(m_publicKeysHasBeenSet)
  {
   Aws::Utils::Array<JsonValue> publicKeysJsonList(m_publicKeys.size());
   for(unsigned publicKeysIndex = 0; publicKeysIndex < publicKeysJsonList.GetLength(); ++publicKeysIndex)
   {
     publicKeysJsonList[publicKeysIndex].AsString(m_publicKeys[publicKeysIndex]);
   }
   payload.WithArray("PublicKeys", std::move(publicKeysJsonList));

  }

  if(m_securityConfigurationHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("SecurityConfiguration", m_securityConfiguration);

  }

  if(m_argumentsHasBeenSet)
  {
   JsonValue argumentsJsonMap;
   for(auto& argumentsItem : m_arguments)
   {
     argumentsJsonMap.WithString(argumentsItem.first, argumentsItem.second);
   }
   payload.WithObject("Arguments", std::move(argumentsJsonMap));

  }

  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace Glue
} // namespace Aws

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Aerobic or cardiovascular exercises are described by moving your body in a repetitive activity without or with little resistance. Several muscle groups normally get worked and it helps in improving your aerobic activity and burning calories. Running is one of the high-impact cardio exercise and can either be done outdoors or on a treadmill. The best cardio is that which you can do all day consistently. According to the American Department of Health you will gain significant benefits from at least two hours weekly of moderate intensity cardio exercises or one hour of high impact cardio exercise.
A lot of people don't want to engage in running and wonder what other cardiovascular exercises they can participate in. This article will show you how to cardio without running.
This is a low impact cardiovascular exercise where by handheld poles and foot platforms are commonly moved back and forward in a soft, gliding motion. It is comparable to cross country skiing in that your lower and upper muscles work in cycle you to get enough exercise in a very short period of time. Elliptical training basically targets the chest, triceps, back, hamstrings, quads and the glutes muscles. According to experts a 30- minute elliptical training can burn approximately 380 calories for a person weighing 180-lb. It is an ideal exercise that helps you build endurance.
Stair climbing is another low impact form of cardiovascular exercise that can be performed n a stair machine that resembles a small staircase. It is simple because you just need to start the machine and walk the staircase continually as it revolves around. Your glutes muscles will get a very good exercise on this machine. However, it is not mandatory that you use this machine you can still work out on the normal staircase. All you need to do is simply running up and down your staircase or find a place that has several set of steps.
This cardio just like the elliptical training exercises your lower and upper body. You perform this cardio on a rower or a rowing machine. To train you just need to seat on the device and place your feet on the slanting platform and grasp the handle with your two hands. Gradually push off the raised area, pull the handle towards your chest and repeat that procedure. By doing so you stimulate the same activity you would experience if you were in a boat on water. The hamstrings, biceps, glutes and back muscles are mainly involved in the rowing.
This is performed by simply holding a two handled ends of your rope and circling it around your body in a repeated motion. You are supposed to jump the rope each time it moves down to the ground. Using a rope that has weighted handles will help in increasing the resistance of your muscles. It is indeed one of the simplest cardio that you can perform that is most effective in cardio endurance and boosting your performance in different sports. It is ideal for your eye and hand coordination, foot and hand motion and lateral movements.
This also a low impact type of cardio that can either be done outdoors or on a treadmill. Walking up hills or changing your speed from low to high will help increase your intensity. Walking is less intense than running but it is very effective in burning calories. Experts state that a person weighing 200-lb can burn approximately 340 calories while walking at 3.5 mile per hour for around sixty minutes.
It is a high intensity interval training HIIT that you perform to music stimulating a challenging bike riding with valleys and hills at alternating speeds. An instructor should dictate the varying speed if you want to get the desired results.
Just like the elliptical training it is an ideal cardiovascular exercise because it involves your entire body. It is an excellent cross-training for all cardio exercises. It is argued that doing the breast stroke style can help burn over 400 calories in a half an hour time.
This is also an ideal cardiovascular exercise that can either be done indoors or outdoors. Depending on your speed and resistance you can burn at least 250 to 500 calories in half an hour.


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NASA Successfully Launches the Next-Generation Spacecraft Orion on Historic First Flight
by Glen Tickle on December 5, 2014
After delays and mechanical problems that cancelled the December 4, 2014 launch attempt, NASA has successfully launched the next-generation Orion spacecraft into orbit at 7:05 AM ET on December 5, 2014. Video of the launch shows the spacecraft lifting off on board a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Orion is expected to splashdown somewhere in the Pacific Ocean after a four-and-a-half-hour flight.
NASA's Orion spacecraft launched successfully atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket Dec. 5 at 7:05 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Orion's Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), is the first flight test for NASA's new deep space capsule and is a critical step on NASA's journey to Mars. The 4.5 hour flight is scheduled to conclude with the splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean.
#Orion's test is a critical step on our #JourneyToMars. Learn more about how we'll get there: http://t.co/uBW9mDoTss pic.twitter.com/bsZi0MQnEj
— NASA (@NASA) December 5, 2014
Orion is designed to be a long-range spacecraft that could take astronauts to destinations farther from Earth than ever before to destinations like asteroids and eventually Mars. It is also a return to human spaceflight originating from the United States, which has not been a part of NASA operations since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. Since that time, NASA has relied on the Russian Soyuz program to get American astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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Q: Вычислить общую длительность активности пользователя Дан датасет, где представлены имена пользователей и время, в которое они начали отвечать на вопрос. Нужно узнать, сколько всего минут каждый участник затратил на обдумывание. Логика такая: как только один человек ответил на вопрос, начинается отсчет времени для другого участника. Так Max, затратил 6 секунд на обдумывание, после этого начался отсчет для Alex.

Я пробовала сделать это через df.groupby('name').sum(), но в этом случае расчеты неверны. Считается не общее время, затраченное пользователем на обдумывание, а суммируются значения начала отсчета времени.

Например, для Мax правильное значение должно выглядеть так: 00:01:31

A: df = pd.DataFrame({'time': ['0 days 00:00:01', '0 days 00:00:07', '0 days 00:02:03', '0 days 00:05:23',
                            '0 days 00:06:34', '0 days 00:08:09', '0 days 00:10:53', '0 days 00:11:36',
                            '0 days 00:14:04', '0 days 00:15:48', '0 days 00:17:12', '0 days 00:19:29',
                            '0 days 00:21:45'],
                   'name': ['Max', 'Alex', 'Maria', 'Sam', 'Max', 'Maria', 'Sam', 'Alex', 'John', 'Maria', 'John',
                            'Sam', 'Alex']})
df.time = df.time.apply(pd.Timedelta)
# конец подготовки данных
df = df.assign(time=lambda x: x.time.diff().shift(-1, fill_value=pd.Timedelta('0'))).groupby('name', as_index=False).sum()
print(df)

    name            time
0   Alex 0 days 00:04:24
1   John 0 days 00:04:01
2  Maria 0 days 00:07:28
3    Max 0 days 00:01:41
4    Sam 0 days 00:04:10

Для Мax правильное значение получается не 00:01:31, а 00:01:41, поскольку первое вхождение 00:06 (00:07-00:01), второе 01:35 (08:09-06:34).
И остается непонятным, сколько времени потратил Alex в последней строке.


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The company I work at has a solid workflow: all material (Alexa, R3D) is transcoded to an offline media (DNxHD 36) were is given to us editors. Depending on the job this can take a lot of time. I want to try the workflow AVID is pushing to the Media Composer users: editing directly with AMA files.
- The connection of the material with the computer?
(I tried both USB 3.0 and Firewire 800 externals HD. I also tried copying the footage to the mbp's SSD, but that also didn't solve the problem).
-	The hardrives / SSD?
Don't believe Avid marketing. Avid doesn't edit footage accessed via AMA all that well. Especially 4K. It'll handle some formats that are already in the MXF format...P2, C300, XDCAM. Anything that isn't in an Avid codec...best to transcode. Everyone other than Avid says this, because in real life, editing via AMA is rife with issues. Especially H.264, AVCHD or 4K files.
The things is: Since MC 6.0+ Avid keep launching great things for the AMA workflow: Dynamic Folders, Frame Flex, Color Space setting, an many other things... But it seems they can't beat the solid, fast-paced and trusty "transcode-to-avid-enviroment" workflow. Editing is much faster and render-free once you just transcode everything. That's how thing have been for me so far.
But as an editor I really want to get my hands in everything an AMA workflow has to offer. I'm tired of Resizing a transcoded 4K-image with 3D-Warp an tell the director "oh, this blow up here will be correct once we get to Post". I want to Frame Flex-it in MC, as AVID is advertising.
So far I was concerned with data rate and bandwidth issues. I guess I have run more tests to really find a good way of AMA-ing the workflow. Or, as you are saying, maybe AMA will never be as quick and solid compared to transcoding media to MC's enviroment.
[Francisco Antunes aka Chicão] "I'm tired of Resizing a transcoded 4K-image with 3D-Warp an tell the director "oh, this blow up here will be correct once we get to Post". I want to Frame Flex-it in MC, as AVID is advertising."
I expect the next release of Media Composer to address this. It' due to be released before the end of the year. It will have support for 4K and a new DNxHR codec (I believe the HR stands for High Resolution) that I'm hoping will allow us to transcode the 4K footage to a low bitrate compression, but at 4K, so we can frameflex off the entire image and not just blow up a 1080p downconvert.
Regarding AMA and editing - listen to Shane. It's Avid Media Access and should be used to access the media, select the clips you want to transcode, then transcode them. Especially with Red files. They're terrible via AMA (fighting with some in an edit right now).
PS. We follow the same general workflow you guys do - transcode to DNxHD36, edit, then uprez at the end. I've run a couple of projects as all AMA and the lag and instability wasn't worth the time saved waiting for the transcode. Especially since you can transcode in the background now.
Support for 4K and a new DNx format. That sounds great! Looks like the best of both worlds: using the brand new tools for dealing with large-than-HD frame files but keeping the solid workflow of transcoding.
Thank you guys for replying me. I'm always questioning the current workflow (I think it's a good idea to do that from time to time), so it's good to know most people keep doing the old fashion way. You are all correct, so far the AMA isn't quite good and reliable as the standard way of doing things in the MC's native enviroment. As you said, it's much better to trancode in background and keep like that. Let's wait for the MC 8.3, when it's said to be the one for the 4K-DNx-thing.
Here's a sneak peak at the 4K stuff in the next version.
a total of some 20 TBs of AMA and it runs fine...but it is mostly prores.
You unfortunately have picked one of the heaviest codecs to try it with. (R3D) Without a red rocket card, I wouldn't expect much of anything within avid...and I'm not sure Avid recognizes the Rocket.
R3d's are big beasts. They push the limits of most boxes in their raw form.
I have a Windows box running MC, DS and Resolve, with a Cubix and 3 total graphics cards. With this setup, Resolve will get real time playback on the r3d,at half good debayer, but it doesn't take much to slow that down.
Yeah... R3D is a tough one. And so ProRes is a good example of a successful AMA workflow.
I guess the key is having a workflow that best suits your work.


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WPT Capitol Report, September 11, 2017
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Last week, the Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on the 2017-2019 state budget, which will now head to the full legislature for its consideration.
All told, if the budget stays intact, this was a good budget for property taxpayers. Once the bill has been signed into law, we can get into the specifics of how much property taxes will actually be reduced as a result. But one question that came up last week was about Motion 999.
Motion 999 or the committee's "wrap up motion" is usually a pork motion where special projects receive funding, and some nonfiscal items are inserted into the budget. If you recall, earlier this year when the committee first began its work on the massive spending plan, lawmakers took the step of removing all nonfiscal policy from the state budget.
So what exactly was in Motion 999 this time?
$5 million for the La Crosse Center. $5 million for the St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care. $5 million for a science center in Green Bay. $4 million for a small airport in Wisconsin Rapids. $3.2 million for harbor in Door County. Nearly $2 million for the Appleton International Airport, and a million bucks for a campground in Iron County.
How does 999 add up to the past, however? Not very well.
999 is usually something that catches the attention of the media and there is generally public outcry regarding one or multiple items inserted into the motion. In 2015 the big story was how lawmakers allegedly wanted to make massive and sweeping changes to Wisconsin's open records laws. In 2013, the 999 motion was going to allow for the bounty hunting industry to operate in Wisconsin again.
This time, nothing like that.
In fact, the item that is receiving most criticism or attention is regarding an airport that will get $4 million in Stevens Point because of its proximity to a new golf course in the area that is owned by a wealthy donor of the state's GOP. Is that really news? I don't know.
Another story is that $14 million or so will be provided to Arcadia for floor control, which is also home to Ashley Furniture. When a region, city, or town in the state is home to one of the largest employers in the state, it's probably a good move to make sure the area is safe from natural disasters. The last thing you want is thousands of people out of work or displaced.
After everything is said and done, the transportation impasse notwithstanding, this budget was pretty low-key and noncontroversial. No major policy changes, no riots or protests on the footsteps of the Capitol- just some happy people and some unhappy people- the same as any other budget.
THE BUDGET IS OUT OF COMMITTEE- NOW WHAT?
Now that the Joint Finance Committee has wrapped up its work on the state budget, the massive $76 billion spending bill will move to both chambers of the state legislature where it will be debated, possibly amended, and then passed. Both chambers have to pass identical versions of the bill in order for it to be sent to the governor. In other words, if the Assembly passes the budget, and then the Senate amends the budget, the bill would have to be sent back to the entire Assembly for them to vote on again.
While it sounds like most of the disagreements have been worked out behind closed doors in the committee process, once the bill leaves the legislature and heads to Governor Walker's desk, the process is still not done.
The Governor of Wisconsin, whoever it may be, has some of the broadest and most powerful veto authorities in the United States, if not the single most powerful. In Wisconsin, our governor can use partial, line-item veto authority, and strike single letters and numbers from the bill and can form new words and numbers by doing so.
Nothing is certain, but Governor Walker could use his veto authority and make some significant changes to the budget as it currently sits, and then sign it into law.
Just to wrap up, last week, some of the big ticket items were:
$639 million for K-12 education in Wisconsin
Place limits on when school districts can hold referenda
Allow teachers to have lifetime teaching licenses
Partial repeal of the Personal Property Tax (Schedule C eliminated)
Lower property taxes by nearly one billion dollars
Borrow $402 million for transportation
Add registration fee to hybrid and electric vehicles
Delay north portion of Zoo Interchange
Eliminate prevailing wage entirely
PROPERTY TAX LEVY CAP HELPING TAXPAYERS
According to the nonpartisan Public Policy Forum, in a report released last week, state-imposed property tax revenue caps on local governments and school districts are helping taxpayers, but are not keeping up with rising property values.
In just the Milwaukee metro area alone, property values rose by 3.5% so far in 2017, and 3.2% in 2016. That brings those equalized property values to 96% of pre-recession levels. And the total of all property taxes levied by school, municipal, and county governments grew by 1% from 2016 to 2017.
Though some believe that this stifles the ability for any number of local taxing authorities to properly provide services, referenda processes are in place for voters to decide whether or not they would like to see their property taxes raised to support various needs or wants.
How it works is that levy increases for municipal governments and counties depend on the percentage increase in property values from new construction. Since the levy caps were put into 2005, property value growth sat at about 7-8%, while government levies were growing by 4-5%.
According to the report, since property values were on the rise in each of the last two years, tax collectors were able to increase the levies without raising the tax rates, and it will likely be the same in the upcoming December 2018 bills.
BARCA RESIGNS AS ASSEMBLY DEMOCRAT LEADER
In a surprising move last week, Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, a representative from Kenosha, said he would serve until the end of the month and then be done with his tenure in that role. Barca has been in the role since 2001, and became the face of the Assembly Democrats as they opposed Governor Walker's Act 10 legislation, which limited collective bargaining for public employees.
After a nearly four hour meeting across the street from the State Capitol, Barca announced his decision publicly, with Republicans immediately taking aim at the Assembly Democrat Caucus, accusing them of ousting their leader after he voted in favor of the contentious Foxconn legislation.
Governor Walker took to Twitter after the announcement, and said that Assembly Democrats were sending a warning by ousting Barca, that working with Walker on family-supporting jobs and Foxconn won't be tolerated.
Oshkosh Representative Gordon Hintz, who also serves as one of the only four Democrats on the Joint Finance Committee, said Friday that he would be running to fill the leadership vacancy. Hintz is the only Democrat who has formally announced, saying he believes in broad appeal, and would like to demonstrate to rural voters how Democrats can make their lives better.
The Wisconsin GOP released a statement in response to the announcement, outlining what they call Hintz's "War on Women," following the Oshkosh lawmaker's 2011 citation for sexual misconduct in connection with a massage parlor being investigated for prostitution, and Hintz telling a female GOP lawmaker that she is "f---ing dead" after taking a vote Hintz disagreed with.
WPT WEEKLY MEMBER POLL RESULTS
Partial repeal of Personal Property Tax · Foxconn lawsuits to be appealed directly to WI Supreme Court · Transportation deal reached · Massive Gordy's grocery store layoff
JFC has partially repealed the PPT. Are you happy with this outcome?
This unfair tax needs to be ended totally. Will not be happy or put any more money towards lobbying groups promising to get rid of it, they all dropped the ball on this one. That would mean you WPT also! You should have delivered on this one and you failed.
No, none of it should have been repealed. Wisconsin needs to tax revenue, and yet another special interest has stuck it to the rest of us.
New legislation says that all Foxconn lawsuit rulings will be appealed directly to the WI Supreme Court. Good idea or bad idea?
If it speeds the process along lets get it done
Why can't everyone have this type of treatment?
First they fleece us with this giant handout and now they get to circumvent our legal system. Wow
Wisconsin leaders have struck and passed a deal on transportation funding. After reading "LAST WEEK" article, are you happy with the plan?
I would gladly write up the key points of funding mechanism that's better than what they are considering.
Just pushing the can down the road. We need to step up and pay for our spending.
$400m is way too much borrowing, no long term solution, and delayed projects that impact hundreds of thousands of drivers. Nice job, Republicans!
Gordy's grocery store might be laying off 1,008 employees. DO you/have you shopped at this store?
Gordy's stores are local to us, and they are all over. Their sale items are a fair deal, but the rest is nothing special. We have stores closer that aren't as crowded, easier to get in and out of, with better service, and similar prices. ANOTHER example of Bigger is NOT better. Get more small single owner businesses again! Get rid of the big boxes!
Marketplace/Coborn's
Pick N Save, Festival
Woodmans
Only our local store. Not into the big box stores.
Sendik's is our local grocer. Never heard of Gordy's.
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The budget process is now almost over. Looking back, overall, how do you feel about the (near) final product?
We at least see how compromising works to finally bring a budget forward. Although we may not like all the results from the compromises, that is proof, the process did what it is meant to do. There will never be a budget passed by any organization that would have 100% agreement. Too bad our federal government can't figure this out, they apparently never heard the word "COMPROMISE."
So much to be unhappy with...the fleecing of Wisconsin by Foxconn, delayed road projects, education funding less than inflation, new special interests getting tax cuts. Par for the course.
The personal property tax reduction is good news if your business uses schedule C. That tax takes so much money out of our company and we have to pay year after year after year on the same piece of equipment. I wish they would focus on helping small business more but this is a good start.
SOME AGRICULTURE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET
With all the talk of school funding, transportation, taxes, and everything else, it's easy to overlook some of the items in the state budget that deal with agriculture.
While there weren't any broad or sweeping changes in this budget, the largest publicized item in the budget was certainly Governor Walker's intention to eliminate the Farm to School Program in Wisconsin. As WPT reported recently, after deliberation, the Joint Finance Committee decided to re-insert the program funding back into the budget. It's anybody's guess as to whether or not the Governor will veto the provision again from the budget before signing it into law.
Additionally, $100,000 was approved in annual spending for the livestock premises registration program. This program is administered through DATCP and is a way to locate where livestock or dead animals are kept or congregated. Premises are listed in a computerized database with information about what species of animals are kept at any location.
The budget also boosts funding to counties for their land and water conservation staffing grants, and approved a proposal to keep the producer-led watershed protection grant program at $250,000 per year. $850,000 will be added annually for the soil and water resource management grant program for nutrient management planning. Also publicized was the $400,000 given to DNR to complete their hydrologic study of the Central Sands region of the state.
DAIRY HERD DROPS BELOW 9,000
According to DATCP, Wisconsin's total number of dairy farm operations have fallen below 9,000 at 8,970 herds milking as of September 1st. That's a drop of nearly 500 herds in one year. According to Greg Bussler, a State Agriculture Statistician, Wisconsin lost an average of six herds per week in 2016, and as of this year, that number is closer to eight herds per week. Bussler told the Wisconsin Ag Connection, "It is true that we continue to lose herds, mainly due to economic reasons like low milk prices and higher production costs. But milk production and cow numbers continue to be consistent, which means our industry as a whole is very strong." Wisconsin's dairy farms produced a record 30.1 billion pounds of milk last year, and is actually on pace to exceed that number this year. Clark County has the highest number of herds in the state at 836, followed by Marathon with 593. Forest and Florence Counties each have only one herd left. When Wisconsin began tracking dairy farm numbers in 1950, the state had 143,000 dairy operations and accounted for 4% of the nation's total dairy farms.
TRACKING UW PROFESSORS' TEACHING HOURS BACK INSERTED BACK INTO BUDGET
Months after being taken out of the budget due to its nonfiscal nature, the plan to track UW professors' teaching hours was inserted back into the budget last week via the notorious Motion 999. The plan would require the UW system to come up with a way to measure the teaching hours of professors and academic staff, and to offer some type of reward to employees who teach over the "standard academic workload." The information would be published on the UW System's "accountability dashboard," and is also sent to Governor Walker and the Legislature. UW-Madison officials asked lawmakers to consider the broader role that faculty and staff play, and complained that Governor Walker has a narrow view of those in academia. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said that UW Madison teachers provide service in teaching, research, and outreach- as such, tracking should not just be included to time in the classroom.
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