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Since most of the learning happens in the classroom, we at Little Angels School consider it our utmost priority to provide the kind of classroom environment that facilitates productive learning.
The classrooms are spacious and well-ventilated, having furniture that is ergonomically designed to give students a healthy seating posture. Productive learning atmosphere is constantly maintained by both teachers and students.


I use python in ArcGIS 10.1 in order to define the routes between couples of origin/destination points. I read a large dataset with a lot of pairs of origin and destination points and by moving the curson I calculate the different routes in arrow. However, after about 45 iterations the program stops and gives me an error message (Runtime error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 42, in <module> IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor). Note that I use the command arcpy.Delete_management so as to free some memory. I wonder if this has to do with overloaded memory and if so any suggestions?


Finally, Fujifilm has announced its another exquisite camera named as Fujifilm X-T100 in Australia just now. This is a midrange SLR-styled mirror-less camera based on an entry-level X-A5. The X-T100 is fully pronouncing touchscreen as well as borrows a great-sized OLED EVF from Fujifilm X-T20. The X-T100 comes with a 24MP CMOS sensor, a hybrid autofocus system along with 91 phase-detect points.
Furthermore, Fujifilm X-T100 is well-liked Film Simulation modes and 4K/15p video capture. The camera is capable enough to shoot around 6 frames per second and capture 4K UHD videos. The battery is pretty impressive and lets you shoot almost 430 photos in a single charge. The Fujifilm will be available with or without Fujinon CX 15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens and price will vary accordingly.
To get to know more, we come up with Fujifilm X-T100 review including its release date, price, and specifications. So, let's begin.
The Fujifilm X-T100 release date in Australia is May 24, 2018. The camera is slated to ship in June, however. The Fujifilm X-T100 will be available body only or as a part of a kit along with Fujifilm CX 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens.
The Fujifilm X-T100 Price in Australia will start from AU$790 for its body only, whereas the kit will be available for AU$920 respectively. We don't have exact Australian pricing or availability this time around, but those prices are directly converted based on UK prices.
We will let you know further, as soon as we hear more. So, check back soon.
Here is a quick rundown of Fujifilm X-T100 Specifications and features. Have a look!
1: There is super-speed imaging processor loaded with Phase Detection AF system and 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor.
2: A 3-inches HD LCD touchscreen can be tiled in 3 ways.
4: It lets you record 4K UHD videos almost 30 minutes.
Full high-definition 1920 x 108059.94p/50p/24p/23.98p – continuous recording for 30 minutes.
HD 1280 x 720 59.94p/50p/24p/23.98p – continuous recording around 30 minutes.
High-Speed Movie 1280 x 720/1.6x/2x/3.3x/4x – continuous recording almost 7 minutes.
7: Instax SHARE app lets you send images for printing with ease.
The Fujifilm is sleek and stylish new addition of Fujifilm's X-series well-equipped with 24.2 MP sensor, three-way tilting touchscreen, latest Bluetooth 1 technology, and Fujifilm's own signature colour reproductions technology.
Talking about its little design, Fujifilm X-T100 is offering a high-magnification electronic viewfinder, an extended battery life of up to 430 frames and a horizontal tilting rear LCD screen. The X-T100 weighs 448 grams and comprises an anodised-coated aluminum top cover which gives it a retro look with a premium feel.
The X-T100 uses the latest built-in Bluetooth technology and a super 24.2MP APS-C size sensor which is almost 14 times largest as compared to those sensors inside conventional smartphones – making image transfer quick and easy for sharing with your near and dear.
A new Autofocus Algorithm and a Phase Detection Autofocus system is also available offering perfect and fast focus and superb image quality and iconic colour reproduction technology (Fujifilm's own). The X-T100 will be available in three sensational colours – Dark Silver, Champagne Gold and Black. There are three control dials on the top cover as Fujifilm is following a familiar design of Fujifilm's popular X-T series.
The Fujifilm x-T100 boasts a Phase Detection pixels and a recently developed algorithm which is specifically manufactured for the flagship X Series models. As mentioned above, the Intelligent Hybrid AF system lets you capture gorgeous photographic moments instantly with a fast and precise autofocus. Also, the evolved SR+ Auto Mode combines subject and scene gratitude. These automatic functions are making a stand of out from the crowd. The camera is approachable and easy to use for all levels of enthusiasts.
The X-T100 comes with a new Bluetooth technology which lets you transfer images and videos to your smartphones and tablet devices without any hassle. The all-in-one transfer function offers relentless image transfer even in shooting mode, enabling images to be shared and uploaded at a moment's notice. Most interestingly, Fujifilm X-T100 is compatible with FUJIFILM Instax SP-3 printer so that you can enjoy the fun of sharing and printing their images.
You can adjust its setting quickly and easily with one-step operation possible thanks to exposure compensation dial, touch-and-flick function and of course the functional dial.


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Lexicon Urthus, Michael Andre-Druissi
Lexicon Urthus, second edition, Michael Andre-Druissi
(2008, Sirius Fiction, $19.95, 419pp)
Lexicon Urthus – a compendium and dictionary of words and concepts from Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun – The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun, and ancillary and additional short fiction and essays. Lexicon Urthus contains definitions/explanations, a note on origin, and often a commentary, on all the unfamiliar words and terms, the characters and places, in the five books, from ABACINATION to ZOETIC.
History: A "lexicon" is "the vocabulary used by or known to an individual" (Wiktionary); "Urthus" is a bogus Latin genitive form derived from "Urth" – which is actually a Norse word, and the name of the eldest of the Norns (see Skuld and Verthandi), and not a corruption of "Earth".
Commentary: the reputation of The Book of the New Sun rests in part on the word-games – the obscure and obscuring vocabulary – used by Wolfe in telling his story. Hidden beneath and within these unfamiliar terms are additional elements of the story. They also add to the flavour of Wolfe's world-building. Using invented or unfamiliar terms is not a unique achievement, but Wolfe does not provide a glossary – unlike, say, Frank Herbert in Dune. Lexicon Urthus in part fills that role – it is subtitled "A dictionary for the Urth Cycle" – but it is also much more. Words are not simply glossed, but characters' names are also explained – their origins and any connection between a historical person bearing that name and the character in the book, and a further commentary on each term. There is also a synopsis of all five books, and several maps of varying usefulness.
Some of the terms glossed are not so obscure:
dhow – a native vessel used on the Arabian Sea, generally with a single mast, and of 150 to 200 tons burden; a kind of lateen-rigged trading boat (I chap. 12, 114).
Others certainly are:
Murene – the name of the village on the shore of Lake Diuturna (III, chap. 32, 258).
History: (variant of "muraena") in early use applied vaguely as the name of a kind of eel mentioned by ancient writers.
Lexicon Urthus's usefulness is specific. As is its appeal. It is for those interested in learning more about, and understanding more of, The Book of the New Sun. It is not an analysis of the story – as is, say, Robert Borski's Solar Labyrinth – but it is a tool to aid in solving the Urth Cycle's riddles. Its scholarship is impressive – as, one must assume, was Wolfe's when he wrote The Book of the New Sun. This second edition corrects many of the errors and omissions discovered in the first edition and subsequently published in Errata & Corrigenda chapbooks.
This review originally appeared in Interzone, #219 December 2008.
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The Best Science Fiction Series
The gauntlet has been laid down, and I'm up for the challenge.
What do I think are the best science fiction series?
For this list, I've defined a series as more than a trilogy, or a series of standalone novels set in the same universe and sharing a linked chronology. I actually put together a list of twenty series I like a great deal – not all of which I will happily admit are good – so choosing a top ten was harder than I'd expected. But after much soul-searching, I managed to pick ten I not only like a great deal, but also have a high regard for. And which, I believe, show a reasonable spread across the many different types and styles of heartland science fiction.
So, in time-honoured reverse order:-
10 Dumarest Saga, EC Tubb
Over the course of thirty-three novels, Earl Dumarest travelled the galaxy, trying to find his home world, the mythical planet Earth. In each novel in this series, he landed on a new planet, had an adventure of some sort – which usually involved a) a beautiful woman, and b) a fight to the death – and discovered some clue which moved him one step closer to his home. He eventually reached it in book 32: The Return, which was originally published in French and later republished in English by a small press. The Dumarest saga was never intended as great literature – Tubb himself has said he was happy to churn them out as long as Donald Wollheim was happy to buy them for DAW – but that doesn't mean they're badly-written. There are no hamsters in wheels in this series. The Dumarest novels were formative books for me, and helped shape my view of science fiction. See here for the full list of books in the series.
9 Alliance-Union, CJ Cherryh
These books aren't so much a series as a tapestry. In around thirty books, Cherryh has created a huge future history, stretching across thousands of years. Not every book is especially good, and Cherryh's brusque prose can be an acquired taste. But there's no denying the achievement such a future history represents, nor the rigorous internal consistency Cherryh has maintained throughout the books. This is truly immersive stuff, peopled by characters who aren't cardboard cut-outs, and comprising stories which are not afraid to explore a variety of weighty topics. See here for the full list of books in the series.
8 Jurisdiction universe, Susan R Matthews
Andrej Kosciusko is a torturer for the Bench, a totalitarian interstellar regime. The first of these books, An Exchange of Hostages, appeared in 1997, but sadly all but the last book seem to be out of print now. Matthews created an interesting universe, peopled it with a well-drawn cast, and wasn't afraid to tackle thorny moral dilemmas in her stories. I thought them very good; it's a shame so few other people did. Books in the series: An Exchange of Hostages, Prisoner of Conscience, Hour of Judgment, Angel of Destruction, The Devil and Deep Space, Warring States.
7 The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
I reread this last year, and wasn't as impressed with it as I'd expected to be. But it belongs on this list because it shows that science fiction can be clever and cleverly-written, without having to pretend not to be genre. The five books of this series are not easy reads – you need your wits about you – and there has probably been more words written about it than the Book of the New Sun itself contains. But this is a work likely to remain a classic for a long time. Books in the series: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch (my review of these four here), The Urth of the New Sun.
6 Eight Worlds, John Varley
The Invaders came and destroyed human civilisation to save the whales. The only survivors were those living off-planet at the time – on the Moon, Mars, the Saturnian and Jovian systems… Over the course of a number of stories and three novels, Varley fleshed out a future history in which humanity struggles to survive – using gifted alien technology – on the various inhospitable worlds of the Solar system. Most of the novels and short stories set in the Eight Worlds were written during the 1970s and 1980s, but they've held up pretty well. They were always, first and foremost, about people – yet Varley still managed to build a mostly convincing universe in which to place his characters. Books in the series: The Ophiuchi Hotline (my review here), Steel Beach, The Golden Globe, plus many of the stories collected in The Persistence of Vision, The Barbie Murders and Blue Champagne.
5 Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds
Last year, Gollancz paid Reynolds £1,000,000, and with good reason. Few writers have managed the consistently high level of invention Reynolds has so far in his nine novels (five in the Revelation Space universe) and many short stories. He is, perhaps, the poster boy for New Space Opera, although his works are actually not all that much like New Space Opera as it's now commonly understood. But the mix of Big Ideas and hard sf – something Stephen Baxter also does very well – is certainly representative of twenty-first science fiction. It's the sort of sf which shows what the genre is capable of. Books in the series: Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark, Absolution Gap, The Prefect, plus the novellas Diamond Dogs and Turquoise Days, and the stories collected in Galactic North.
4 Dune, Frank Herbert
Well, you knew it was going to appear on this list somewhere… Of the six books – we won't mention the execrable seventh and eighth books by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert – I actually think Dune contains the poorest writing. It has the most immediately-immersive story, but I consider the last two that Frank Herbert wrote the better books. God-Emperor of Dune is a bit of an obstacle, a massive tome plonked in the middle of the series, which seems to lecture more than it entertains, but it's definitely worth reading. Herbert wasn't the best sf writer of his generation, but he was certainly the most thoughtful. Books on the series: Dune (my review here), Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God-Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse Dune, and some of the stories collected in Eye and The Road to Dune.
3 Hainish Cycle, Ursula K Le Guin
Some of the genre's best novels belong to this informal series but, even so, together they form something that is greater than the sum of its parts. The early novels might be a little wobbly, but the later ones more than make up for it. Few sf writers can document cultures as convincingly as Le Guin, and she does it to great effect in each of these novels. These books, and those at #1 and #2 in this list, are very political books – and that's proper politics: not good interstellar empire battling nasty evil aliens. Sf is as much about the real world as it is the invented world of the story. The best sf writers know this. Books in the series: Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions, The Left Hand of Darkness (my review here), The Dispossessed, The Word for World is Forest, Four Ways to Forgiveness, The Telling, plus a number of short stories.
2 RGB Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
This one is only a little bit of a cheat. Yes, it's a trilogy… but there's also the coda volume, The Martians. Besides, it's simply the best series of books ever written about colonising Mars. But it's not all hardware and the Right Stuff – the story expands to include the early centuries of the colony, discusses politics, utopianism, history and the future, among many other topics. Few sf novels can make you feel like you've been to the real Red Planet – Red Mars does that, and then continues on from there. Books in the series: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, The Martians.
1 The Culture, Iain M Banks
If Banks' Culture novels occasionally disappoint, it's only because he has set so high a standard he sometimes fails to meet it himself. But as a body of work the seven Culture novels know no equal. They are the space operas of space operas. They re-invigorated both space opera and sf, and they continue to show how it should be done. They have invention, wit, giant spaceships, shit that gets blown up, and excellent writing. Happily, Banks has not yet finished playing in his Culture universe – a new Culture novel will apparently be published next year. I can't wait. Books in the series: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, Excession, Inversions, Look to Windward, Matter (my review here).
Now, let's see you argue about this list…
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New Sun – Old SF?
Over the past couple of weeks, I've been rereading Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun as part of a group read on LibraryThing. I first (and last) read the tetrology back in the mid-1980s.
It's been an interesting experience.
The Book of the New Sun comprises four novels – The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor and The Citadel of the Autarch – all published between 1981 and 1983; and a later sequel, The Urth of the New Sun, published in 1988. The Shadow of the Torturer won the World Fantasy Award in 1981, and The Claw of the Conciliator won the Nebula Award in 1981. All five books were nominated for the Nebula, and The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor and The Urth of the New Sun were all shortlisted for the Hugo Award. There are also at least three critical analyses of The Book of the New Sun: Lexicon Urthus, Solar Labyrinth and Shadows of the New Sun. The first four books have also been published as two omnibus editions in the Fantasy Masterworks series.
In other words, this is a very highly regarded series of sf novels.
When I first read The Book of the New Sun, I think I was vaguely aware of its reputation. I didn't, however, know that the story contained a large number of riddles and puzzles – such as the identity of protagonist Severian's mother. I do now. In fact, I also own copies of Michael Andre-Druissi's Lexicon Urthus and Robert Borski's Solar Labyrinth. The first is a dictionary and compendium of characters, places, and unfamiliar terms from The Book of the New Sun; the second is an analysis of the story's various puzzles. Neither are necessary to enjoy the five books – they're for those interested in learning more about them.
Even though it had been a couple of decades since I'd last read The Book of the New Sun, I'd not forgotten its plot. I had forgotten many of the details, however. Severian is a torturer, a member of the Seekers for Truth and Penitence guild, and lives in the Citadel in the city of Nessus. When a noble lady from the Autarch's palace, the House Absolute, is sent to the guild for "excruciation", Severian is tasked with looking after her. He falls in love with her and, expressly against his training and the wishes of his guild, provides her with a knife which she uses to kill herself. The guild masters decide not to expel him from the guild, but instead send him to the northern city of Thrax to become that city's lictor (i.e., prison warden and executioner). En route, he has several adventures and meets many people. In Thrax, he once again fails his guild – the archon asks him to kill a woman whose serial adultery has become an embarrassment to her husband, a prosperous noble; but Severian instead aids her escape. So he flees further north, experiencing further adventures… before becoming the Autarch himself. The Book of the New Sun is phrased as his memoirs, written years afterwards from his eidetic memory while he is Autarch.
The above is only a very brief outline of the plot. I've glossed over much of it – the "adventures", his meetings with the rebellious Volidarus, his time with the Autarch's army fighting the invading Ascians – all of which are important to Severian's growth, his eventual assumption of the autarchy, and the many riddles in the story.
Regular readers of this blog will remember my recent post on "classic" science fiction, Don't Look Back in Awe. While The Book of the New Sun is only twenty-seven years old, it's still considered a classic of the genre. Some even consider it one of the best science fiction novels ever written. I was surprised, on this reread, to actually find that, well, to find that I didn't like it very much. Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised, since I've always been conflicted about Wolfe – I have a high regard for his novels, but at the same time I hate his short fiction. And yes, that includes this year's Hugo Award nominated novella, 'Memorare'.
I should add that I didn't like The Book of the New Sun because it's a classic. I still think it's a very good book. But. One of its defining characteristics is its use of archaic, obsolete and arcane words for various objects and concepts, the conceit being that Wolfe is "translating" the manuscript and uses such words because Severian does. So there are no swords mentioned in The Book of the New Sun, there are hangers and falchions and spadroons (among others). The fauna includes merychip, hesperorn and arctother. Ships are caiques or feluccas or xebecs. While this does give a feeling of exoticism and great antiquity to the story, it also felt in many places intrusive. But perhaps that was because some of the vocabulary was not obscure to me. I know what a dhow is (well, I did live in the Middle East). I know what cuir boli is (I spent my teen years playing Dungeons & Dragons). The words felt obfuscatory rather than clever.
There's also an uncomfortable thread of misogyny running throughout the four books. Severian is a torturer, which immediately calls his morality into question. But almost all of his victims are women. When he eventually arrives at Baldander's laboratory, he writes,
"… I saw what remained of a young woman who might have been a sister of Pia's lying beneath a shimmering bell jat. Her abdomen had been opened with a sharp blade and certain of her viscera removed and positioned around her body… Her eyes opened as I passed…"
Later, he adds,
"I was acutely conscious, as I spoke, of the eviscerated woman mumbling beneath her glass somewhere behind me, a thing that would not have bothered the torturer Severian in the least."
This, we are meant to realise, means Severian has grown, become a more moral person. Yes, Severian is a product of his (invented) world, and must be true to it if the fiction is to have any rigour. But that shouldn't prevent a reader questioning the writer's artistic decisions when creating that world.
The Book of the New Sun is a very clever book. It can't, however, be read as an example of a less convoluted high fantasy narrative, which its outward appearance might initially suggest. This is not A Song of Ice and Fire or The Malazan Book of the Fallen by another name. It's a book which requires full engagement by the reader – it's all, or nothing. It's not a book to be read lightly.
All of which is not, to me, a bad thing. But I came away from this reread not liking The Book of the New Sun for several reasons. The intrusive vocabulary. The misogyny. The seemingly random leaps in internal chronology. The fact that some of the plot elements seemed to exist only in order to present a puzzle.
Do I think The Book of the New Sun is a classic? Yes. But I suspect decades from now that Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus is the one that will still be seen as a classic, but The Book of the New Sun won't.
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While doing some testing with NI VeriStand 2017, I've added a model to my system definition that is about 96 MB. When I go to deploy the system definition, it times out in about 60 seconds trying to download this file to the PXI. If I check the PXI via FTP (ftp://192.168.0.x/ni-rt/NIVeriStand/Models/), I can see that the model file is 70 MB.
The VeriStand Gateway encountered an error while deploying the System Definition file.
LabVIEW:  The network operation exceeded the user-specified or system time limit.
We successfully use this model with our other systems that are running 2013 SP1, I've never seen a timeout while transferring models to the RT. Other than the version, the hardware is different. In our 2013 SP1 setups we use the NI RMC-3854 and in our new system we are using an NI PXIe-8880.
Are you on the same network in both cases (with the RMC and 8880)? What happens when you remove the model from the system definition file, can you deploy it?
The network configuration is the same on both the RMC setup and the PXI setup but they do not exist simultaneously in the same system. They are on a secondary subnet (192.168.0.0/24).
If I remove the model, everything works. If I add other models from the RMC setup, they work just fine on the PXI setup (the other models are quite small relative to the large one (less than 6 MB).
One big difference is that 2013 SP1 uses FTP and 2017 uses WebDAV so I was wondering if something about WebDAV could affect the files transfers. I found a registry entry that claims to be a WebDAV limit but increasing that didn't help.
WebDAV does have a 50 MB file size limit, so that could definitely be what you are running into. When you said you tried changing a limit, were you changing the registry based on this KB article?
That is the registry entry that I changed. However, I wasn't really all that convinced that that was the issue because the size of the model on the real-time controller is ~70 MB (~77%). So, it was already able to transfer more than the supposed 50 MB limit.
Right-click on your project in the project tree (.nivsproj item) and select Properties.
Change the timeout value to wait indefinitely.
Also, do you have any antivirus software on this PC? I've heard of another case where a large file-transfer over webdav was being blocked by AV software such as Simantec Endpoint.
The timeout listed in the project properties was 120,000 ms (120 s). When I changed it to indefinitely, the behavior was still the same. Also, the transfer times out in 60 seconds (not 120). So, it looks like this isn't the case.
The company I'm working with requires AnitVirus software on all of it's PCs. I may have to contact IT to see what I can do to test this theory and what they can do if it turns out to be this (i.e. if it's in the protocol to allow such an exception).
FYI, while working with NI via support ticket, they found the bug that was causing this and it's an issue internal to NI VeriStand (the WebDAV transfer has a hard coded timeout of 60 seconds).


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Player-manager Kevin Nicholson showed his disappointment the team's performance when he spoke to the press after the final whistle.
"The result speaks for itself," said Nicholson.
"I think I have to take some responsibility. We're come here and planned for them. We've picked a formation and picked a team and maybe that's my fault.
"I expect my players to look in the mirror and evaluate themselves and I've got to do the same. [We] didn't start well. What it looked like to me is a very new team who were passing it more in hope than expectation. I can't give them belief, they have got to go out there on the pitch. They have got to make things happen.
"This will be a very good team. We will win a lot of games. We will do well this season but they look like a group that – they needs something to happen for them, and football isn't like that. Things don't just happen, you have to go and make them happen. I told them in there that I thought when they came in at half-time, I thought they had lost the game. I tried to get them going, I tried to lift them but at 1-0 down there were too many in there with their shoulders slumped, looking at the floor. I was never like that as a player. I am never going to be like that as a manager and I don't expect my team to be ever like that.
"They are valuable lessons to learn now early in the season. It's unfortunate that we have lost another player with 'Reidy' [Jamie Reid] breaking his wrist, I think. Hopefully we're getting that kind of misfortune out of the way early on. Because we have other injuries that are well documented that are freakish in nature.
"When we get a full squad, we'll be absolutely fine. In the meantime, the lads that are fit need to make sure they produce for themselves, produce for me, and they produce for our fans. Sorry that our fans had to come such a long way for very, very little to cheer about. We'll make sure that these boys react on Tuesday.
"I don't want to stand here and make excuses. I picked the team and we have enough good players in there to have won this game today.
On the debut of non-contract signing, Andy Haworth:
"Andy obviously not match fit. It was probably a bit early for him to go on, but with Jordan Lee being away as well, I didn't have much options for wide men. I thought he showed some decent glimpses. Then obviously faded when it got a bit too much. I've got no issue with that, he's new in. He literally turned up at 10 o'clock last night."
On the season so far:
"We obviously knew that the start to the season was going to be difficult, with the travelling and with the teams that we were playing. We can only send eleven men out. We got here ok. We had the hotel. We stayed over. I've got no excuses whatsoever. That just wasn't good enough as a whole today. "
On bouncing back against Boreham Wood:
"Luckily there is a game on Tuesday. We'll have the long trip back now which I imagine will be subdued. Then we'll make sure that there is a positive reaction and make sure that this feel-good factor that there had been at the start of the season – we get it going again. I think this is going to be a good season for us. I know I have got the right people on the bus. I know I have got the right group. We've just got to get them firing and believing in how good they can be."
On fixing the mistakes of today's performance:
"I can take away certain things that I saw that I need to make sure don't happen again.
"We passed the ball ok, but again, it was hope it wasn't zipping about like they do in training and like they did in pre-season.
"What I want is a team that goes out and expresses themselves like they have done over the last six weeks. We'll get there – it was always going to be a work-in-progress. It was always going to be because there were so many new players. I'm not particularly worried but I am determined that they go out on Tuesday and show what they're about."
On what is needed to put things right:
"That is going to come. A little bit of chemistry that they are going to build-up as they go along. One or two of them to grab the game by the scruff of the neck and go and produce. Go and do what they are good at. We're a little bit robotic at the moment but we worked and worked and worked in pre-season. We gave them a lot of information. At the moment it looks like we're thinking too much."


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The next big advancement in 4D attraction technology is almost here, and for once it isn't arriving in Orlando. California's Great America theme park is scheduled to open a new Mass Effect 4D attraction on May 18, and it features new stereoscopic LED technology developed by 3D Live. [Read more…]
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open at Universal Studios Hollywood next spring with a few differences from the Orlando version. Most of which is the land's signature attraction, "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey", will be in hyper-realistic 3D-HD.
More than five years in the making, and inspired by J. K. Rowling's compelling stories and characters and the Warner Bros. films, "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" at Universal Studios Hollywood will bring guests the same authenticity and storytelling found at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan.
"The momentum behind J.K. Rowling's wizarding world is as strong as ever and we are incredibly excited to bring Hogwarts to Hollywood," said Brad Globe, president, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "Fans around the world have experienced the magic at 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' in Orlando and Osaka and we look forward to continued success with our partners at Universal Studios Hollywood as we offer more fans a chance to step into this immersive environment."
Like its counterparts, Hogwarts castle will sit at the heart of "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" where the land's signature ride, "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" will take guests on a journey into many memorable scenes alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione. Traveling by Floo powder, guests will soar high above Hogwarts, partake in a Quidditch match, narrowly escape a dragon attack and have a close encounter with the Whomping Willow. Sporting Quidditch-inspired 3D goggles, guests will venture through journeys experienced by Harry and his friends, spiraling and pivoting 360-degrees along an elevated ride track.
When asked at a press conference if Orlando's Forbidden Journey ride would be getting a 3D upgrade, Tom Williams, CEO of Universal Parks and Resorts, said they are concentrating on the Universal Hollywood ride right now but to stay tuned.
Also within "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter," the enchanting family coaster, "Flight of the Hippogriff" will debut as Universal Studios Hollywood's first outdoor coaster.
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As excitement builds for the Spring 2016 arrival of "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter," in-park guests at Universal Studios Hollywood are able to experience and purchase authentic merchandise, including wands, robes and other collectibles from "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter," available within the Features Presentation shop, located just inside Universal Studios Hollywood's main entry.
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Closeness is about the other person, the other person is 'close'. The manner in which the other person is close determines whether there is a question of closeness. The manner is related to intimacy and says something about the other person, about the relationship between the other person and myself. Closeness implies intimacy, hominess and confidentiality (Van Dale, 1992). Closeness can be described as a long-lasting connection in which the other person is available for the child.
If a relationally disturbed youth returns to the children's home after a failed foster home placement, the reason for the return is often intimacy. He cannot cope with this closeness. Because of this atmosphere of intimacy, hominess and confidentiality he becomes depressed and feels lonely, excluded and abandoned.
He has no experience with intimacy, hominess or confidentiality. The foster home placement offers the youngsters an environment in which they can experience closeness, but there has been no development of experiencing closeness. No resonance forms, the sense of security does not resonate within the youngster himself, he cannot make use of this offer. What does come alive is the feeling of being rootless; the youngster feels lonely and abandoned. At that moment he does not understand why, he only knows that he wants to leave. It makes no difference where he goes, as long as he can leave. I see that as wanting to leave the atmosphere of intimacy which only elicits feelings of abandonment.
Gabriel Marcel (1959 uses the word presence and connects that with the availability of the other person. In this way closeness is given a form and a concrete content. The description of availability as being there for the other person indicates a direction for the manner of living with the other person.
This description, being available, does not mean that the other person sacrifices himself or can be reached day and night. Marcel emphasizes the importance of respect for the other as a person together with freedom. Being there for someone means that the other person can count on you, that he can trust you, that you can be trusted. For Marcel, presence and availability are aspects of love. Nota paraphrases Marcel's thoughts (Nota, 1965): And through love, by being committed to one another, you can become yourself.
It is this availability of the other person that is unknown to relationally disturbed youngsters. They are not familiar with the commitment in which they can become themselves. Summarizing, we can describe 'closeness' as a long-lasting commitment in which the other person is available to the child and in this way guarantees his sense of security.
Availability is an attachment factor, availability is also being oriented towards the other person. In the parent-child relationship this means that the parents are oriented towards what this child needs. That is expressed in seeing the child's needs in a variety of areas and in being sensitive in the relationship with the child. In this relationship, mirroring can have a positive place and the mentalization process can begin.
the realistic self-image: how a person experiences himself.
the ideal self-image: how a person would like to be.
self-esteem: the positive or negative evaluation of oneself (Van der Meulen, 1993, p. 116).
Realistic: they experience themselves as stupid, not worth much, not able to do much.
Ideal: there is always someone they emulate: I'd like to be like him.
The image others have: others generally think more positively about these youngsters, but they themselves think that others are negative about them.
'Ought' self: this is related to the function of their conscience, which is often strongly developed in relationally disturbed youngsters, but not in a positive way; the conscience is often a whip. They believe they have to satisfy all sorts of demands and it is never enough and never good.
Self-esteem: how they are and how they were is experienced as negative.
The descriptions of the self-image assume a development, the beginning of a self-image is seen as a process: 'An individual's self-concept is the product of a process of self-conceiving' )Van der Werff, 1990).
From differentiation therapy and phase therapy, we have worked out how adults with similar backgrounds could be helped. This has led to a method of treatment which is called basis therapy.


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During the congressional hearings on Facebook management responsibilities concerning data, one of the questions to CEO Mark Zuckerberg was "What is hate speech?" Zuckerberg hesitated for a moment and the congressmen interjected, "I can tell you what it isn't, hate speech is not something you disagree with."
[Amendment I.] Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The congressman wanted to drill down on the accusation that Facebook selectively let liberal political viewpoints get through their algorithms designed to block hate speech and bullying type posts and but also block conservative slanted articles. .
Who knows how their code is written and what type of firewall configurations they use? The more interesting part of the exchange was "What is the clear definition of hate speech?" Do you know it when you see it and is it actual hate speech?
The representative had a point but he wasn't completely right because most people also disagree with certain forms of hate speech. Hate speech can have a general definition but the details concisely and clearly defined. As Mark Zuckerberg testified at his hearing, "Details matter."
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
The Supreme Court defined it this way in 1942. In the case of Beauharnais v. Illinois , Justice Frank Murphy explained where free speech can be judged as outside the accepted normal speech. These instances include, "lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous and the insulting or 'fighting' words — those which by their very utterances inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace."
All hate speech and free speech does not fall into the verbal or written bucket. Hate speech can also be an act or symbol such as a burning cross on a yard. It is noteworthy the Supreme Court has sided with the defendants or refused to hear the cases over such hateful acts as Nazi marches and a cross burning on yard.
Adolf Hitler's escalation of the subtle hatred to the blatant gave him time to build his military and economy before waging war with Europe, Eastern Europe, Britain and its commonwealth, Africa and the Soviet Union.
From Adolf Hitler's speech in 1937, given on January 30th, the anniversary of the Nazi takeover of power in 1933, nuried deep within the pages of the text comes this, ".…the failure to recognize the importance of conserving the blood and the race free from inter-mixture and thereby the racial aspect and character which are God's gift and God's handiwork. It is not for men to discuss the question of why Providence created different races, but rather to recognize the fact that it punishes those who disregard its work of creation.
And further along this, "…so the blood-and-race doctrine of the National Socialist Movement will bring about a revolutionary change in our knowledge and therewith a radical reconstruction of the picture which human history gives us of the past and will also change the course of that history in the future."
He was talking about the Jewish communities and culture and also was warning everyone who paid attention that his words would be followed by action.
This passage is notable because of his words after 1940 when giving speeches. These words were spoken later during World War II, speaking to a crowd at the Sports Palace in Berlin, January 30 1942, "And we say that the war will not end as the Jews imagine it will, namely with the uprooting of the Aryans, but the result of this war will be the complete annihilation of the Jews."
Hitler's party and propaganda ministry later published a pamphlet with the offensive title, "The Jew as a World Parasite" in 1944 for "educational" purposes.
Hate speech in America could be just as vile when referring to races, gender and sexual orientation from groups like the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations. Hate speech can be and often is protected by the First Amendment.
Freedom of speech ceases to be protected when it incites violence against people resulting in injury or death. The crossing of the line should be recognized when it initially occurs.
Recognizing hate turning into violence several years later as in the case of Germany and the holocaust, or in the case of way the United States treated the Indian Nations in the 1800s can be disastrous for a whole section of society. Issues remain concerning the Trail of Tears episode and President Andrew Jackson's decision. Many countries have their records that force their citizens to hang their heads in shame when reading the pages of history. The British have theirs, and so do the Russians, Australians and the Japanese.
What is important is that leaders and citizens learn from it so the world will be a better place. It's a constant struggle as we all can see when turning toward the Middle East or more recently when looking back at the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
Facebook is confronting tough questions about what is permitted on their social network as well as what they do with their data metrics. Discerning real hate speech from different viewpoints is an issue that must be resolved so bad actors don't have a platform for recruitment. These are questions that should answers by getting all of the right people in a room.
Some people talk or post and then go back to their cave. Some people talk and then they turn it into action. These are the people we all have to guard against and prevent them from carrying out a plan that could maim or kill innocent people.
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Q: .NET RSA Sign/Verify Data Licensing Keys Guys i was given a project (server-side c# sn generator) for whom i have to implement basic licensing system (its more of a test than actual project), however there are requirements:

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*It must use RSA 2048

*It must product human-friendly 16 chars (0-F), separated by 3 dashes (19 symbols in total)

Also the client part is verifying the serial number like this:
VerifyMyKey(p1, p2, p3);

Where:

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*p1 is the xml-encoded public/exponent values

*p2 is hashed unique user id (in my case the project is using sha1)

*bp3 is the pretty serial number

Are there any examples for SignData producing number like:
1111-1111-1111-1111

or something like that, because all i get now is base64 encoded string that is working, but its not human-friendly.
Does anyone have any ideas?

A: You mean the signature should be exactly 16 bytes long? That's not possible with 2048 bit RSA. By definition, the length of one cyphertext block (including a digital signature) is the same as the key size, which is 2048 bits = 256 bytes. RSA works with blocks, it's not a stream cypher. Anything less won't decrypt/verify correctly.
If you want your output be of arbitrary length but consist of 16 hex digits, that's another matter. RSA outputs data as byte arrays, feel free to represent them as hex digits - two digits per byte. A 2048 bit binary data block would be 512 hex digits long.

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WITH GRACE AND GRATITUDE
The first time I spotted the alligator in the murky waters of a man-made lake framing luxurious condos on one side and a city park on the other, I worried aloud for the safety of the mallards, Muscovy, and white, waddling ducks, the snapping turtles, giant goldfish, flock of pristine egrets, and wading blue heron, making their homes in the marshes there.
"And, the kids who play in this park," my sweetheart added.
I didn't respond. Not that I would ever want a person of any age to be harmed by an alligator, but there was no imminent danger in that. Only the nature-preying-nature lurked.
The lake is more for show and tell by realtors looking to justify pricey units with a view. There's no swimming allowed, and since it's illegal to feed wildlife in Florida outside of a reserve, observing nature in this park is mostly done from a deck built 15 feet above, and stretching 20 feet out over the water, where picnic tables are placed for brown baggers wondering what so many thieving sea gulls are doing there, some sixty miles inland.
At first, all I saw were the mammoth marble shaped alligator eyes, trolling the lake's surface, leaving innocent ripples of water in his wake.
"Or," she said when I pointed out the marauding eyeballs, "it's a submarine."
"No, hon, I'm pretty certain it's an alligator."
"But, I'm thinking…"
"It's a gator, okay?"
"I'm just saying what it could be," she persists, as the tire-like tracks on it's back emerges. "Or, maybe one in camouflage to look like an alligator, so no one would suspect."
Really, who am I to say otherwise? I thought.
We only visit this particular park once a year, in September or October, depending on what date the High Holy Days fall.
I won't expound on the significance of these 10 days for those of you who aren't Jewish, but I will share the custom of casting bread upon the water (tashlikh) as a symbol of one's transgressions being disposed of. Unlike other religions, Jews don't believe in original sin. Instead, we're born pure, acquiring our indiscretions with age, intent, or ignorance along the way.
But, if we're sincere in saying "I'm sorry" to those we've wronged, and have done good without expectation in return, and made an earnest effort to mend fences, the sin slate gets wiped clean on Yom Kippur, giving each of us another chance to get life right, and do it better.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ENCOURAGED
"Who needs your old opinion anyway!"
My mother encouraged me to become an actress because it's what she first wanted to be. She encouraged me to marry and have children because she wanted more of them. She encouraged me to be an artist because I worked as a specialist in black-and-white 19th century illustration adaptation application and she delighted in coloring the pictures.
But she never encouraged me to be a writer.
Perhaps that's why becoming a novelist came later to me than most.
Even though I was steadily employed as an editor, columnist, and essayist for newspapers and trade journals most of my life, I never ventured beyond being a designer and freelancer until after my mother passed away in 2006.
Only then did I begin writing, Imogene's Eloise;.
Wanting approval from unwilling parents might be the first obstacle every writer endures.
It quiets confidence.
But if you're blessed with the talent, or possessed by the desire, or are willing to perfect the skill, you'll eventually begin writing to an audience of strangers and delight in their kernels of encouragement.
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Exotic Garden Of Eze : A garden in the sky, perched at 249m above sea level, the Jardin d'Eze is the ideal place to soak up the atmosphere of the French Riviera. Linger at one of the peaceful viewpoints overlooking one of the world's most beautiful panoramas, or discover Eze's history and traditions s you stroll through the gardens.
January / February / March / October / November / December: 9 am. to 4.30 p.m.
April / May and June: from 9 am. to 6.30 pm.
July / August / September: from 9 am. to 7.30 pm.
The tourist information centre proposes guided tours including the medieval village and the Jardin d'Eze Last 1h15, minimum 2 people, Tariff by person : 10 euros. Guided tours in French, English or Italian.
Guided visits with previous booking	, Duration of a guided visit : 1h15, Minimal number of persons for a guided visit : 2	.
Entrance : 6 euros. Reduced entrance : 2,50 euros ( student, groups from 12 people). Children : 1 euros (child of school age).
Concerts, Marriage photos, Shooting of films, Deckchairs, Dog admitted if kept on a lead.
- National 6007, Medium Corniche, towards Eze Village.
- Buses 83 and 82 go to Eze'village : N°82 from Nice. N°83 from SNCF railway station Eze.


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Structure and Meetings
The editorial board should meet twice a year. Meetings will be online as well as face-to-face.
The function is to hold the editorial board together; see to policy; and general functioning of the journal. This will also include screening of manuscripts where necessary, thus to support the managing editor. The position should be held on a three-year period.
The functions include initial screening, allocation of articles to editorial members to send out for review; copy-editing; managing social media.
Book Reviews Editor
The book reviews editor solicits reviews, obtains books for review and screens the reviews, which are not sent out for blind review.
Reflections and Short-Reports Editor
The reflections and short-reports editor solicits reviews, obtains books for review and screens the reviews, which are not sent out for blind review
Associate Editors (effectively 'the editorial board')
The functions include: looking after, for example, one issue per year; soliciting articles; publicising the journal; contributing to the policy.


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APN Outdoor to operate all advertising managed by Perth Airport
• APN Outdoor currently holds the rights to all external advertising at the Airport
APN Outdoor, now part of JCDecaux, has announced it has signed an important new agreement with Perth Airport, rounding out its existing contract covering internal advertising in all four terminals, as well as external billboards approaching and within the Perth Airport precinct.
APN Outdoor currently holds the rights to all external advertising at the Airport, along with internal advertising in T1 International, T1 Domestic, T2 and T3 terminals. The expansion of APN Outdoor's agreement with Perth Airport follows the landmark five-and-a-half year agreement with Sydney Airport, which extended its advertising assets across all domestic and international terminals, plus external billboards.
APN Outdoor will take on the rights to advertise in T4, where Qantas Group operates its domestic services, on 31 January 2019, marking the first time Perth Airport has worked with one advertising provider across all its terminals. As part of the new agreement, existing advertising assets will be refreshed throughout the terminal.
JCDecaux chief operating officer Andrew Hines said: "We are very excited to extend our partnership with Australia's western hub, providing a fantastic opportunity for marketers and agencies to connect with the growing number of passengers travelling through the airport each year. It is the fastest growing airport, with passenger numbers tripling in the past 10 years and is part of our commitment to further invest in the Perth market."
Perth Airport chief corporate services officer Debra Blaskett said: "Currently we see 13.6 million people travel through our airport each year, which is predicted to grow to 20 million by 2026. We have recently completed an extensive $1 billion redevelopment program that has transformed the customer experience at Perth Airport. We look forward to working with JCDecaux on developing the customer journey even further."
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The annual Shop with a Cop event took place this morning (Dec. 5) with the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department. Kicker 102.5 was part of a huge convoy of police cars and firetrucks with sirens blaring and lights flashing make their way from in front of the Bi-State Justice Center, down State Line Ave., to the Arkansas side Walmart.
After arriving to a line of children in the store, each officer was handed a $100 bill to take a child on a shopping spree. Many of the kids took photos with Santa while waiting for an officer to take them shopping. I had a chance to talk with Cpl. Kristi Bennett prior to the event about what the Shop with a Cop program is about.
With so many negative comments made about police officers these days, it makes it really special and worth recognition, when our local police and firefighters join forces to help kids in our community have a very Merry Christmas.
On Tuesday, December 12th, 2017 at 6PM, the annual Cops and Kids meal has been scheduled at the Four States Fairgrounds. Police Officers of the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department will meet at the station at 5PM and form two convoys, one parade formation will travel to The Texarkana Baptist Orphanage and the other to The Watersprings Ranch. The children will ride with a Police Officer in a Patrol Car, with lights and sirens, to the Fairgrounds.
The Annual Shop with a Cop program and Cops and Kids program is a spirit of fellowship that takes place during the holiday season and reinforces the positive aspects of community and Police relationships.


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Q: Multiple inheritance: second base class constructor requirements leak to first base class constructor I am trying to inherit from 2 base classes.
The first base class (Base1) constructor takes no arguments:
class Base1(object):
    def __init__(self):
        ...

The second base class (Base2)  constructor takes one argument, id:
class Base2(object):
    def __init__(self, id):
        ...

In my derived class I attempt to call each base class constructor in turn:
class Deriv(Base1, Base2):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Base1, self).__init__()
        super(Base2, self).__init__("hello world")

This fails with the following error:
    super(Base1, self).__init__()
TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'id'

How can I correctly call each base-class constructor with its correct list of arguments?
Here is an exemplar app which reproduces the error I am experiencing:
#!/usr/bin/env python3

class Base1(object):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

class Base2(object):
    def __init__(self, id):
        self.id = id

class Deriv(Base1, Base2):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Base1, self).__init__()
        super(Base2, self).__init__("hello world")

def main():
    Deriv()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Here is the traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 20, in <module>
    main()
  File "./test.py", line 17, in main
    Deriv()
  File "./test.py", line 13, in __init__
    super(Base1, self).__init__()
TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'id'

A: You are using the wrong first arguments to super:
def __init__(self):
    super(Deriv, self).__init__()
    super(Base1, self).__init__("Hello world")

Note, though, that this only works because Base1.__init__ itself does not use super, because if it did, it would attempt to call Base2.__init__, as that is the next method in the MRO of the original object.
The first argument to super tells you after which class in the MRO to start looking for the desired attribute.

A: You have misunderstood what super() does. super() takes the __mro__ method resolution order attribute (a sequence) from type of self, then finds the position of the first argument in that sequence, then starts searching past that point.
For your case Deriv.__mro__ is:
(<class '__main__.Deriv'>, <class '__main__.Base1'>, <class '__main__.Base2'>, <class 'object'>)

and super(Base1, self) will start searching for the __init__ method on the next object, here Base2, and super(Base2, self) would find object. The error is raised because Base2.__init__ must take an id argument, but super(Base1, self).__init__() doesn't provide that argument.
You want to use cooperative inheritance instead, and pass arguments the call chain:
class Base1(object):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

class Base2(object):
    def __init__(self, id, *args, **kwargs):
        self.id = id
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

class Deriv(Base1, Base2):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__("hello world")

If you must address base classes directly, then don't use super(), and call the unbound methods directly instead:
class Base1(object):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

class Base2(object):
    def __init__(self, id):
        self.id = id

class Deriv(Base1, Base2):
    def __init__(self):
        Base1.__init__(self)
        Base2.__init__(self, "hello world")


Sean Basinski is the founder and director of the Street Vendor Project, a member-based advocacy group for vendors' rights at the Urban Justice Center. In 1998, before law school, Sean sold burritos from the corner of 52nd Street and Park Avenue. In 2009, he spent seven months researching and writing about the informal economy as a Fulbright scholar in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Street Vendor Project, with a thousand active members, seeks to increase justice and respect for everyone who sells food and merchandise on the streets and sidewalks of New York City. We believe that vendors bring life to our streets and safety to our communities. We want more licenses, more public space for vending, and less harassment.


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Ne nous oubliez pas est une mélodie d'Augusta Holmès composée en 1892.

Composition
Augusta Holmès compose Ne nous oubliez pas en 1892, sur un texte qu'elle écrit elle-même. Il existe trois versions de la mélodie, une pour contralto en si majeur, une pour mezzo-soprano en ré majeur et une pour soprano en fa majeur. Elle a été publiée par Bourjault Ducoudray en 1892. L'œuvre a aussi été publiée aux éditions Maquet en 1894.

Réception

Références

Liens externes

Mélodie française
Œuvre d'Augusta Holmès

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by Dustin Beyette
physical CD + instant download of album
Comes shrink-wrapped in plastic jewel case by Kunaki, LLC. I've been using this distributor for a long time so I trust them, but if there's any issues, contact me immediately for refund/replacement. The photos are crops of the actual product I took using sunlight.
Includes unlimited streaming of E Tahe V Oletah (2014 Remaster) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Introduction 01:16
Le Tah 05:10
The Eddy Gun 03:09
Lost 03:15
H Atel Oveha Te 07:07
But... 03:12
H Atel 06:38
Undecided 03:49
Romance 02:44
Falling Down Stairs 02:42
Brothers (My Homie G12) 02:47
I Want to Know 03:04
Et Ahev 04:50
Reject 03:24
Carny Music 02:18
Memories 03:33
Evil Powers 02:33
So So Good 02:04
A Weaker Life 02:35
Simple Things 02:31
Complete 02:49
For the first time available to the general public, E Tahe V Oletah will be released on Google Play Music, Bandcamp and Kunaki on May 15th, 2014. It is the next remaster of Dustin's instrumental works after Digitally Delicious . Audio Production started late April 2014 and features a generally louder and clearer mix of all the tracks, as well as a slightly modified continuous presentation and repaired EQ (notably on "Memories"). Like the other 2014 remasters, the track lengths on this release differ from the original songs because the intro of the songs are often at the end of the track before them since they are meant to play like a movie, an entire experience from the first track to the last track. There are not many moments of silence. The tracks have been mastered gapless and all original segues between songs are now seamless unless a gap otherwise seemed appropriate. The cover image has been reproduced and edited in a much higher resolution as well.
Track Name: Introduction
(instrumental)
Track Name: Le Tah


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INDIANAPOLIS – The coach and his kid have another game together. Maybe three or four. Could be five more games. Six? It's possible. The coach and his kid, they've been waiting a lifetime for this moment, and it's here: Xavier is a No. 1 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The kid, Trevon Bluiett of Indianapolis, is Xavier's leading scorer. The coach, Reynardo Bluiett, is his father.
Together, they built the most beautiful shot in college basketball.
They built it 15 years ago on the playgrounds of Eastbrook Elementary in Pike Township, where Reynardo watched over his son as Trevon fired up shots. Farther and farther out, he shot it. Faster. Better.
Reynardo and Mariam Bluiett eventually saved the money to pour a concrete slab in their backyard on the northwest side. They installed a hoop, and pretty soon Trevon was expanding his range beyond the concrete. The right corner 3-pointer was from the grass. From the left side, the deck.
As a Park Tudor junior Bluiett averaged 27.8 ppg, and as a senior was up to 35.7 ppg. He finished his high school career sixth on the all-time Indiana scoring list with 2,568 points, was ranked the fourth-best shooter in the entire recruiting class of 2014 by ESPN.com and FOXSports.com, and went to Xavier. Where it just continued.
Four years later, Trevon Bluiett is a college senior – time just flies, right? – with 2,227 career points and a Xavier team to lead to the Final Four in San Antonio. The Musketeers open the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Nashville, where they will play Texas Southern or North Carolina Central.
The coach and his kid, they'll be there together. Reynardo doesn't go to all of his son's games anymore, and truth be told hasn't gone to many in the past few years, but he'll be in Nashville. Even with Trevon playing less than two hours down I-74 at Xavier, Reynardo decided it would be easier not to go.
Reynardo's an intense guy, so very kind but a man of discipline, a retired U.S. Marine who served at Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, N.C., in the late 1980s where he met and married another U.S. Marine – Mariam, now a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. Back home in Indianapolis, they raised a son with unbending rules. The meekest of Trevon's childhood friends tended not to return after their first visit.
"'I'm never coming over here again," they'd tell Trevon.
So he'd go to them. Or to the "boom-boom room" in the basement, where the Bluietts kept weights and dumbbells and kettle balls and cardio machines. By his high school sophomore season Bluiett was physically ferocious, a man among boys, and at 6-5 the temptation at Park Tudor was to station him near the basket while Yogi Ferrell handled the perimeter.
But that shot. My god, that beautiful shot. Trevon and Reynardo built a shot so pure, it has produced almost 5,000 points combined in high school and college. And it's a shot so quick that it is hard to grasp by the naked eye.
Bluiett's gonna need to change that shot if he wants to play in the NBA.
So I did. How could you avoid seeing Trevon Bluiett over the last four years? Every time you turn on the TV in college basketball season, he's drilling jumpers in someone's face. He has made the All-Big East first team three years in a row, and this season earned second-team All-America honors from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for averaging 19.5 ppg on 42.3-percent shooting on 3-pointers, and 86.1 percent on free throws.
Bluiett's release is so quick, I mistook it at first glance for a set shot. Remember Antawn Jamison, who had a long career as a 3-point marksman in the NBA but before that was an All-American at North Carolina? Jamison played a lot closer to the basket in college, but his shot release was so quick – he fooled defenders by releasing it on the way up, a sucker-punch of a shot – that he was almost indefensible.
That's Bluiett. His release, that sucker-punch of a jump shot, is so quick that it's almost indefensible. His shot won't always fall, but if he catches the ball he's basically open. Even if he's not.
It's a joint creation, that shot, between Trevon and Reynardo. And they have spent so much time on it, and so much time together, that Reynardo can offer coaching advice during games – from the crowd – without saying a word.
The signals go both ways. Earlier this season at Hinkle, Bluiett made his first 3-pointer of the game and tossed a smile toward the scorer's table. His dad was sitting a few rows back.
Was he right that day? Of course he was. The only one who's ever been wrong about his jumper was me, way back in 2014. Bluiett scored 26 points that day at Hinkle, going 6-for-9 on 3-pointers, including the dagger with 25 seconds as Xavier won 98-93.
Only a few more games left for the coach and his kid. Reynardo will be with Xavier in Nashville this week, and if the Musketeers win twice he'll follow them to Los Angeles for the West regional. Win two more, and it's onto San Antonio for the Final Four.
Nets on every rim, of course. No jumpers from the grass or the deck. Just the kid and the waxed hardwood and that sucker-punch jumper of his. And the coach in the crowd, his dad, the retired U.S. Marine lifting an occasional hand and wondering where the time went.