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Yada, yada, yada. TBS will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Seinfeld - considered by many television critics to be the funniest sitcom ever created - with an entire week featuring the 25 most popular and acclaimed episodes. The celebration will take place Monday, June 30 - Saturday, July 5, with four episodes each weeknight, beginning at 6pm (ET/PT). TBS's Seinfeld anniversary celebration will climax on July 5, the 25th anniversary of Seinfeld's first telecast, with five episodes widely considered to be the most memorable, including "The Contest," "The Outing," "The Junior Mint," "The Puffy Shirt" and "The Yada Yada." The Saturday lineup is set to begin at 5:30pm (ET/PT).
TBS's weeklong Seinfeld collection includes such episodes as "Shower Head" on Monday; "The Chinese Restaurant" and "The Serenity Now" on Tuesday; "The Bubble Boy" on Wednesday; "The Strike," "The Soup Nazi" and "The Merv Griffin Show" on Thursday; and the two-part episode "The Boyfriend" on Friday. Throughout the week, TBS encourages Seinfeld fans to chat about their favorite Seinfeld moments and episodes on social media using #Seinfeld25.
Showtime has given a pilot order to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a half-hour comedy with musical elements co-created, executive produced and written by feature writer Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Annie) and writer/actress/comedian Rachel Bloom (Robot Chicken). The project centers around Rebecca (Bloom), a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything - her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan - in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: West Covina, Calif. Produced by CBS Television Studios, the pilot will be directed and executive produced by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man films) and will be shot in California this fall. As of now, it is just a pilot order. Should Showtime move forward with this project, we will let you know. Stay with us.


Early morning walks make for lots of early morning noises, early morning smells, early morning critters out doing early morning things. Massey has to stalk, calculate, then decide which of these early morning stimulants she's going to take. And then, its game on in the form of a full-out sprint. In the moments before her eruption of energy, she's quite photogenic, despite the fact that she's always patrolling ahead of me and, therefore, never looking at me.


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How you know Facebook and MySpace are over
When today's New York Times "Ideas & Trends" feature in its "Week in Review" section offers an essay entitled, "Friending, Ancient or Otherwise," and today's Washington Post Op-Ed page has one entitled "Getting to Not Know You" — both pieces purporting to explain aspects of these semi-historical websites — you know the smart money has left the building.
Long ago I realized that when something makes the cover of Time (which Bob Dylan, back in the day, referred to as "a comic book") or Fortune or the front page of major dailies and their ilk, that person or subject is more an icon (in the historical sense) than an avatar of what's happening now.
Elvis isn't on Facebook or MySpace because, like myriad people I don't know but admire nonetheless, he departed a long time ago to surf the bleeding edge.
Better wear Kevlar briefs, would be my advice.
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Radio Marca Spreads Its Wings Across the Sports Terrain
Using the latest digital technology, Radio Marca is able to give its listeners a more entertaining and interactive experience. The station is also spreading its wings across the Spanish sports terrain. It is the only national Spanish radio station devoted exclusively to sports. There are over fifty stations spread across the country. The best part is that the station can be listened to via its own website, mobile apps, and social media platforms.
The station is a spinoff of Unidad Editorial, which has been in the business of providing content to the Spanish public since 1992. The aforementioned tidbits come on the heels of the launch of its newest member, MARCA TV, a TV channel dedicated to the latest in Spanish football. Besides the television, the station is a multimedia platform in the truest sense, with the most recent addition being the website m.morris. There is also a dedicated Twitter page for fans and players. The station is a good place to rekindle the passion for the beautiful game.
The station's main draw is its coverage of the Spanish football league, the Marca. This includes a variety of games, including the most popular, the Champions League. The station's website is packed with content, including news, analysis, and interviews with all the leading names in the sport. The station's podcasting division has a whopping 1.6 million unique monthly users. There are also numerous news and sport blogs, as well as a thriving community of fans.


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Wireless Energy Transfer Achieved : Scientists successfully transmit electricity wirelessly over 55 meters
Achieving the unachievable : Scientists have achieved wireless energy transfer across 55 meters (170 feet)
We have mobiles for speaking wireless and internet for surfing wireless but we are yet to have wireless energy. Energy or Electricity is the basic need of human beings and even after 300 years of its discovery we are yet to transfer it without wires. Japanese scientists have achieved something which was not achievable up to now, they have transferred energy wirelessly over a distance of 55 meters.
Scientists in Japan have succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, in a key step that could one day make solar power generation in space a possibility, an official said Thursday. It's a game-changing achievement for electricity generation that could one day allow us to place huge solar sheets in space and beam the energy back to Earth.
The researchers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced last week that they had used microwaves to deliver 1.8 kilowatts of power through the air to a receiver 55 meters (170 feet) away at pinpoint accuracy. It is to not that the 1.8 kilowatts may just be enough to power a kettle but more important fact is that wireless energy transfer can be achieved.
"This was the first time anyone has managed to send a high output of nearly two kilowatts of electric power via microwaves to a small target, using a delicate directivity control device," a spokesperson for JAXA told AFP.
The team of scientists have been working on devising Space Solar Power Systems for years, the spokesman said.
The advantages of solar power generation are huge. The scientists hope to place the huge solar sheets in space which will give permanent energy to earthlings regardless of weather conditions on earth or the time of day. The idea, said the JAXA spokesman, would be for microwave-transmitting solar satellites—which would have sunlight-gathering panels and antennae—to be set up about 36,000 kilometres (22,300 miles) from the earth.
"But it could take decades before we see practical application of the technology—maybe in the 2040s or later," he said.
While the Japanese scientists are hope to take this technology into space by 2040s, the implications this wireless energy transfer technology for earth are tremendous. We thought about such things only in science fiction but once this technology is commercially viable, it can serve electricity to the remotest place on earth.
Three cheers to the JAXA scientists.
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adriaan March 15, 2015 At 7:05 pm
Isnt this old tech? Microwaves has always been used but there is to much loss off energy. Ok then would be nice if they minimize the loss
kent March 16, 2015 At 9:14 pm
inovation my friend. computer wasn't invented like the way we are using right now. it passes through changes.
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Just twelve miles north of Plymouth and three miles east of Tavistock lies a little gem just right for lovers of prehistoric sites. 4000-year old stone rows, a standing stone, a stone circle and several burial mounds make up a ritual complex, while the remains of numerous 3500-year-old huts sit quietly alongside.
Around you is nothing but moorland. No fences, no barriers, no posters and - when we visited Merrivale - no other people. Nothing but the stones and you, free to go where you wish and look at what you please and take your time over it.
I cannot imagine a better way to explore a prehistoric site.
Maybe in the summer, when all of Devon gets busy, Merrivale will get busy too. But somehow, I doubt it because the signposting to this beautiful, extensive site is simply non- existent.
I suppose you might happen across the stones while walking on Dartmoor, pause for a time and wonder ... But if you want to come here specifically to see the stones, then I'd recommend you bring a map.
The site is on the B3357 between Tavistock and Pricetown, about a mile east of Merrivale.
Coming from Merrivale: drive through the village and up the hill. To your right you'll see a car park that has trees growing at the back of it. Stop there.
Coming from Princetown: when you see a quarry on the hillside in front of you, look for a car park with trees growing at the back of it on your left and stop there. (If you drive down the hill and into Merrivale, you've gone too far.) The car park is easy to spot, as the trees stand out in the otherwise bare landscape.
You cannot see the site from the car park but you don't have far to go.
Walk down the right-hand side of the car park for about 200 metres towards a marker stone, which you can see from the top.
When you reach that, turn right and spot the next stone. Walk towards that. You can see a third stone before you, still bearing slightly to the right.
The Merrivale site has two distinct double stone rows running east-west and when you reach this last marker stone, the first stone row is right in front of you. You can see the second one to your right, a little more towards the road.
Both stone rows start with a large, flat stone and then develop into two roughly parallel lines of stones with a small gap between them.
And as you stand and look at them, the two rows seem to be converging slightly on some now unmarked point somewhere behind you.
About half-way down the left-hand stone row, there's a burial mound. And a little to the left you can find a cist (or kist), a rectangular pit lined with granite slabs. This is covered by a large piece of granite, that was subsequently cut to provide a lintel stone for someone's doorway.
A short way beyond the end of the two stone rows you can find the remains of a stone circle.
It covers quite a bit of ground but only 11 small stones remain now and we have no idea what the circle may have looked like while in use.
On the far side, the stone circle appears to have an entrance guarded by a 10-feet tall standing stone.
Only a couple of paces away, lie broken stones by a depression in the ground. Could there have been two stones guarding the entrance to the circle?
Since symmetry always seems to play a large part in prehistoric ceremonial sites I like to think so.
Compared to other prehistoric sites - like Stonehenge or Avebury - Merrivale is deeply peaceful. Alone amongst the stones you can allow your mind to stray back into time and wonder about the site.
The complex occupies a ridge, but it is not the highest point in the landscape. Neither is the only available level ground. Were the stone circle and stone rows built and used at the same time, or do they reflect changing beliefs or methods of worship? Does worship even come into it?
I'm afraid I have none of the answers. The stone circles you find all over England may indeed keep their secrets forever, but some small part of me hopes that one day - all will be revealed.
Not content with stone rows and circles, the Merrivale site also boasts the remains of a prehistoric settlement, which is thought to be about 3500 years old.
Walk from the stone circle past the stone rows towards the road and you'll soon come across the remains of stone-built round houses. Nothing but the collapsed walls are left, but as each one appears different in size (and sometimes shape), you can picture a busy community at work alongside the monuments.
The modern B3357 runs right through the Bronze Age village and you can find hut foundations on either side of the road. The village is built on sloping ground facing towards the standing stones.
So were these the people who built the monuments? Probably not. Based on dating evidence, the stones were already standing when the village was built. But the inhabitants could have been 'servicing' the ceremonial centre. As villages grew up around medieval pilgrim sites to house and feed visitors, maybe so this village grew to accommodate those coming to the stones.
Unless an archaeological excavation of an undisturbed site can shed light on the matter, we simply won't know.
So should you visit Merrivale?
If prehistoric sites interest you I believe you should. Stone rows, stone circles, standing stones, numerous burials and a Bronze Age settlement make for an inviting mix of features, all waiting to be explored.
And the peace of the site - away from hype and traffic - lets you sit and soak up the atmosphere and maybe wonder a little about the people who raised all these stones 4000 years ago.
To explore more of England's prehistoric sites, return from Merrivale to the Prehistoric England page.
Or continue to the Devon page to explore more of this fascinating county.


It was serendipitous that Emma and Zach found Spencer-Peirce-Little-Farm on a bike ride while they were dating because it was the perfect backdrop for their vintage-inspired wedding! Chive Events combined the couple's love of vintage vibes and earthy floral arrangements to add both subtle color and texture to the historic lawns where both the ceremony and reception took place. And the couple focused on honoring the people they love and the places they came from with local foods, craft beers, live music, and an ice cream truck for their unforgettable reception. The venue was also perfectly located near the beach, which gave Emma and Zach the dreamiest private location for their first look and pre-ceremony photos with Emily Delamater Photography. Emma's vintage-inspired lace gown from Flair Boston and sweet gold and pearl accessories from Emma Katzka, along with the bridesmaids' dusty blue Jenny Yoo skirts, tied the entire vintage look together flawlessly.
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Congratulations to Emma and Zach, and a huge thanks to Junebug member Emily Delamater Photography for sharing this gorgeous Spencer-Peirce-Little-Farm wedding with us! Love the vintage feel they added to this historic space? You've got to see this charming natural North Carolina wedding at Beaver Dam Historic House!


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Side Panel, Colossus of Memnon
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A side panel from one of the two figures known as the Colossi of Memnon representing Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, 14th century BCE. Either side of the panel are figures of
Hapi and Tiy. Luxor, Egypt.
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Q: linq to sql insert when record is already present I have an object that has a property called ObjectID that maps to the primary key of a table in the DB.
What happens if you do a linq-to-sql insert and attempt to do an insert with an object with an ObjectID already present in the DB?
Thanks.

A: after test:
if the entity you trying to insert new to the datacontext even if the primarykey value already exists it will insert a new entity with new ID
if the entity you trying to insert is pulled from the same datacontext then it will throws this exception Cannot add an entity that already exists.
anyway you can try it by yourself to insure this.

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Here is a flash back to last year's very hot summer and Raquel and Sam's beautiful wedding on the HQS Wellington – a historic ship moored on the Thames right in the centre of London. After tying the knot in this unique and picturesque venue (with the best views!), Raquel and Sam celebrated with an elegant wedding reception at the RAC.
When Raquel and Sam planned the logistics for their wedding, they didn't factor in the Prudential bike ride – an annual festival of biking, which means the whole city turns into a huge network of cycle paths with many roads being shut. Including the roads leading from the HQS Welllington to the RAC.
To solve this problem, Raquel and Sam planned a route from Embankment to Pall Mall with various unconventional means of transport. This was very exciting to be a part of – and to photograph (it made me feel a little like James Bond).
After the wedding ceremony, we hopped on a water taxi. It was a windy day with big waves making it a bumpy and fun ride on the Thames. A cycle rickshaw picked us up from the pier and we, along with lots of other wedding guests joined the giant bike ride for a little while.
And to top it all of, Sam's aunt arrived in an old Rolls Royce – a family heirloom – and gave the couple a spin around Pall Mall.
Raquel and Sam – congratulations you two! It was a real pleasure to be a part of your wedding day. And it just goes to show that a glitch in the plan can lead to great adventures!
If you are planning a wedding on the HQS Wellington, why not get in touch to check my availability?


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Bruce Power CNSC hearing up Thursday
TIVERTON - Bruce Power will appear at a public hearing before Canada's nuclear regulator on Thursday, as part of its five-year relicensing process. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing will be webcast and then archived for 90 days at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca.
The second part of the hearings will be April 14-16 at the Kincardine Legion. The public is encouraged to participate in the three-day hearing, whether through a written or oral submission to the panel.
"Public support and engagement has always been a key component to Bruce Power's success and one we never take for granted," said James Scongack, Vice President, Corporate Affairs. "We encourage people to get involved in the process and have their say."
Members of the public who have an interest or expertise in this matter, or information that may be useful to the Commission, are invited to comment on Bruce Power's application during Part 2 of the hearing in Kincardine. Requests to intervene must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission by March 16, either online at nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/the-commission/intervention, via mail c/o Louise Levert, Secretariat, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 280 Slater St., Box 1046, Ottawa, Ont., K1P 5S9 or email at [email protected].
The request must include a written submission of the comments to be presented to the Commission, a statement setting out whether the requester wishes to intervene by way of written submission only or by way of written submission and oral presentation, and name, address and telephone number of the requester.
Agendas, hearing transcripts and information on the hearing process are available at the CNSC website, www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca. More information, including a relicensing briefing document, is available at www.brucepower.com/licence-renewal-2015.
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Genethon, a pioneering laboratory in gene therapy
Founded in 1990 at the initiative of a patient association, Genethon was first a pioneer in genetics, before becoming a leader in the field of gene therapy.
Genethon, a pioneer in genetics
In 1987, the first Telethon provided the French muscular dystrophy association with the resources to launch large-scale research. In 1990 it created the Genethon laboratory. Its aim was to decode the human genome, establish its first maps, track the genes responsible for genetic diseases and use this knowledge to produce innovative therapies.
In less than two years, Genethon produced the first mapping of the human genome (in 1992), and went on to publish successive versions of it up until 1996, outpacing US teams and boosting global decoding of the human genome.
This worldwide first established the reputation of this exceptional laboratory and put France at the front of the pack in world genetics. Since then Genethon has been involved in the discovery of hundreds of genes responsible for genetic diseases.
Genethon, a pioneer and leader in gene therapy
In 1997, Genethon made a transition and turned to gene therapy. The laboratory produced its first batch of gene therapy vectors for research. One year later, the Gene Vector Production Network (GVPN), bringing together Genethon and the gene therapy laboratories from Nantes and from the Institute Paoli-Calmettes in Marseille, was created to provide the scientific community with innovative, quality vectors standardized for preclinical trials. Then in 1999, a laboratory shared with Harvard Medical School was also created. Between 1998 and 2002, the GVPN issued over 2,500 batches of vectors to 370 French and foreign teams.
2002: Genethon's first therapeutic projects
In 2002, Genethon launched its first therapeutic projects for diseases of the immune system and the muscle. Three years later, in 2005, the laboratory acquired a "gene and cellular therapy unit" and obtained approval to produce clinical vector batches for trials in humans. In 2006, the laboratory kicked off the first gene therapy trial in humans for a rare muscle disease in Europe, gamma-sarcoglycanopathy.
Gene therapy: first successes for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and infant spinal muscular atrophy
In 2010, Genethon launched the first international gene therapy clinical trial involving a severe immune deficiency: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS). In 2015, the laboratory demonstrated its effectiveness in six children treated, who saw their immune system restored and their clinical state improved.
Since 2010, Genethon stepped up trials in humans and scored its first victories against the disease.
A first gene therapy medication using technologies derived from pioneering research conducted by a team from Genethon obtained marketing approval from 2019 in the United States, then in Europe and Japan, for infant spinal muscular atrophy (type 1).
Twelve other products, developed by Genethon alone or in collaboration with partners, are now in clinical trials throughout the world for rare diseases in vision, liver, blood, the immune system and muscle. Seven others are in preparation for clinical trials for the next three years.
In 30 years, Genethon's efforts have paid off: gene therapy has been proving its worth. A medical revolution – involving all of us – is underway.
>> Understanding gene therapy
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The Democrats on the Erie County Legislature picked one map. Chris Collins doesn't like it. He liked another map. The Democrats don't like it. So Collins vetoed the Democrats' map, and the veto override vote is likely to take place sometime today in the legislature.
Of course, what should have happened is we should have had not a bipartisan – but a nonpartisan – commission made up of academics and professionals to help draw new district lines. What we had was political appointees who had marching orders and acted as proxies for larger interests.
Assuming the veto cannot be overridden (there aren't enough votes, regardless of whether any Democrats align themselves with the Republican minority), the legislature has a big problem. The thing is going to go to court regardless of what happens, but don't forget that the voters overwhelmingly voted to reduce the legislature from 15 to 11. Now what happens with that?
It's my hope that the legislature is dissolved by default and we can go back to the drawing board and create something less horrible to serve the people. After all, 90% of their work is rubber-stamping and 10% seems to involve temper-tantrums.
I guess we'll find out this afternoon.


The Bible's resurrection story can be a metaphor for our life experience - teaching us lessons! After we are crucified in life, we can rise again anew with greater understanding and strength. This can qualify us to support others in relationship and service. Our learning the hard way can bless others when we live from the new-found perspective.
If you are serving in some way and are not in contact with a Team Coordinator, pleases let me know on Sunday or by email. We want to make sure we have a record of all that is going on in service to our spiritual and local communities.
I'm Mark, the new Outreach Coordinator here at Unity.
Do you love to volumteer? Do you have a special talent or ability that you would to like to share with others?
Join me and other like-minded people in bringing Unity more into the community at large. We already have programs in place and we are looking to add more.


Scintillations 2019, the E-Summit of IIEST Shibpur and this is the first edition of its kind after college has been named an Institute of National Importance (INI). They say Well Begun is Half Done and hence were starting off with this being the largest E-Summit of Kolkata.
Now you have a chance to become a part of this journey. With Campus Ambassador program, all you have to do is to lead the participants of your college who are taking part in Scintillations 2019.
Authenticating your work as CA.
Opportunity to win exciting prizes like bike, ipads, laptops, mobile phones, headphones and so much more.
College Students with a valid college student identity card.


PSCU's Fraud Risk Management protects transactions and reduces fraud. In fact, our multi-layered approach, using advanced technology to monitor, analyze and authenticate transactions, while leveraging Teradata® warehouse and strong linked-analysis, has led to the lowest fraud-to-sales ratio in the industry.
Learn how PSCU's fraud solutions helped Mazuma Credit Union decrease their fraud claims and losses almost immediately after they went live.


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Q: How to customize the round off in flutter? How to customize round off in flutter when the decimal is 0.1 it will automatically round up but when the decimal is below 0.1 it will automatically round down
For example:
double roundUp = 0.1;
double roundedUp = roundUp.round() // it will become roundedUp = 1
double roundUp = 0.09;
double roundedDown = roundDown.round() // it will become roundedDown = 0

A: The information you provide in your question is incorrect. As per the docs:
int round ()
Returns the integer closest to this.

Rounds away from zero when there is no closest integer: (3.5).round() == 4 and (-3.5).round() == -4.

Also your code snippet, as it is, won't even run. Try running:
void main() {
  print(0.1.round()); //prints 0
  print(0.09.round()); //prints 0
}

The output is in accordance with the docs: Returns the integer closest to this.
However your question is asking something different, if you want to have a custom round function, you could define your own round function or create an extension:
int roundDouble(double x) {
  return x.toInt();
}

extension Rounding on double {
  int myRound() {
    return this.toInt();
  }
}

void main() {
  print(roundDouble(5.2));
  print(5.2.myRound());
}

Check https://api.dart.dev/stable/2.3.0/dart-core/num/round.html and https://api.dart.dev/stable/2.17.1/dart-core/dart-core-library.html for more information.


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Gautamiputra Satakarni- A cinematic celebration of an epic
Posted on January 15, 2017 by paupakiwis
The screen opens to the kid's conversation with his mother. He's puzzled about the need for so many kingdoms and so many rulers to rule them.He swears on her to bring a day where there would just be one kingdom and one king to rule, in the place of so many. The proud mother laughs at her son's simplistic solution of governance. We don't see them having this dialogue, we get to hear them. What we instead get are visuals of sculptures from the era, that just about gain enough movement to come alive briefly, over the banter. It's a poetic way to bring to life, an untold story of a legend whose life has hitherto been chronicled through sculptures mostly. These are grace notes of cinematic liberty and we get a glimpse of them, even before the first sequence begins to roll in.
We've had quite a few movies- effective ones – set in the times of emperors; Jodha Akbar, Bajirao Mastani to name a few. Gautami Putra Satakarni, set in the similar space does all that these movies did to service the legend and a little more. Akbar and Bajirao from the movies were well waxed fitness models, who could audition for Step-Up movies, who spoke and strode with English theatre precision. They could've been Hamlet or Caesar- albeit, in a different milieu – still made sense. Their enunciation was punctuated by exaggerated breathing, a pointy chin position and some times even fervent quivering. I'm not saying they were ineffective; that would be sacrilegious. Just that they spun a sensibility to their interpretation of these kings from thousands of year ago, to make them palatable to the hoi polloi of today. This is where Balakrishna's Satakarni is a different creature. The character draws heavily from his impulsive offscreen persona as much as he draws from its towering stature. The result of this leverage is pure bliss onscreen. Satakarni is no fitness icon with a well waxed chest; in fact far from it. But his deft wielding of swords, the ferocity with which he acquaints to the battlefield, the glint in his eyes in his wife's company and the authoritative gait that cuts him distinctly through a gathering more than make up for the thick waist and unruly grooming abilities. If anything it brings an air of authenticity to the proceedings. Why does every king played on the big-screen, need to possess boulder shoulders, well curated facial hair like men of these days. We know these men through scriptures and sculptures, at least whatever is left and authentic. Safely speaking, weren't statements and faux-pas supposed to look way different, a few thousand years before Gold's Gym, Naturals and Manish Malhotra happened?
The women in the movie are the only ones without a weapon, but are as strong as their male counterparts. Take for instance Vasishti(Satakarni's wife), she's no timid doll content on deriving warmth from the laurels of her luminous husband. Her ideologies don't meet with his and she doesn't shy away from the resultant friction as well. And once realisation dawns, she's the one to forgive him and not the other way around. Not a big thing, one might say. But given the ecosystem in which the film is set and also the chauvinistic oeuvre of its lead, this is no mean feat. Shriya who plays Vashisti lends dignity, grace and seductive appeal to the character.
Epics are things of mythology; makings of fantasy. If actors bring them to vision, dialogues bring them to life. And the lines in the movie do exactly that. Every time as a king reads Satakarni's letter of truce, the voice over echoes, "Sharanama? Ranama?"(Surrender or War?). Balakrishna might be a loud actor, but his prowess with the lines is a sheer love affair between phonetic beauty of the Telugu language and unbridled conviction. See him in that sequence, where he corners a traitor. Like a possessed man he flares up,"I defeated you, you didn't change. I befriended you, you didn't. I'll now end your life, you needn't at all."
What's a movie about an ambitious ruler, without his conquests in the battlefield. The war sequences have a hand made quality about them, the strategies and the tactics are industriously staged. As a result, we consistently see the war through him and sometimes around him, with a sense of vicarious participation. It's infectiously delightful to watch him plot his battle moves in his camp, like a game of chess. A project this ambitious needs to be helmed from the thin space between heart and mind. Krish, director does this with fervent dexterity. His love for cinema; love for aesthetics, love for Telugu all of it comes to life in a picturesque Amaravathi, with extras who feel like citizens.
An intimate moment between the king and the queen segues from the royal bedroom to a group of courtesans performing for the ministers, set to the tune of an enticing track. A film that finds the necessity to augment even its duets with narrative imagination is a special one, to which I doff my hat.
Balakrishna Balayya GautamiputraSatakarni Telugu
A million reasons why Khaidi No.150 doesn't match up to Kaththi
Dangal- of wars,ringside and beyond
Prakash Hegade · January 15, 2017
That looks like a celebration. A very neat description put out. 🙂
paupakiwis · January 15, 2017
Thanks Prakash, for the consistent support. I'm kind of guilt tripping.
Oh, take all the time! 🙂
Looks like I've found another good friend in this space.


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Q: Use async await function with mongoose query in nodejs I tried to make async and await function in mongoose. but in one case it simply didn't work while in another case it shows syntax error.
here is my code
exports.updateDiscount= async (_id,discount) =>
{
    try
    {
        console.log(_id,discount);
        Discount.findOne({_id},(err,user) =>
        {
            if(user)
            {
              user.discountRate=parseFloat(discount);
              let saveUser= await user.save();
              if(saveUser)
              {
                  console.log("Discount saved");
                  return true
              }
            }
        })
    } catch(err)
    {
        console.log(err);
    }
}

I am using the thing function in another module

if( updateDiscount(item.userid,discount) === true)
   {
   }

A: Solution ::
exports.updateDiscount= async (_id,discount) =>
{
    try
    {
        console.log(_id,discount);
        let user = await Discount.findOne({_id});

            if(!!user)
            {
              user.discountRate=parseFloat(discount);
              let saveUser= await user.save();
              if(!!saveUser)
              {
                  console.log("Discount saved");
                  return true
              }
            }
    } catch(err)
    {
        console.log(err);
    }
}

A: you need to await the function
const answer = await updateDiscount(item.userid,discount);
if(answer) {
}


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hmmlearn Changelog
==================

Here you can see the full list of changes between each hmmlearn release.

Version 0.2.1
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- Fixed underflow when dealing with logs. Thanks to @aubreyli. See
  PR #105 on GitHub.
- Reduced worst-case memory consumption of the M-step from O(S^2 T)
  to O(S T). See issue #313 on GitHub.
- Dropped support for Python 2.6. It is no longer supported by
  scikit-learn.

Version 0.2.0
-------------

Released on March 1st, 2016

The release contains a known bug: fitting ``GMMHMM`` with covariance
types other than ``"diag"`` does not work. This is going to be fixed
in the following version. See issue #78 on GitHub for details.

- Removed deprecated re-exports from ``hmmlean.hmm``.
- Speed up forward-backward algorithms and Viterbi decoding by using Cython
  typed memoryviews. Thanks to @cfarrow. See PR#82 on GitHub.
- Changed the API to accept multiple sequences via a single feature matrix
  ``X`` and an array of sequence ``lengths``. This allowed to use the HMMs
  as part of scikit-learn ``Pipeline``. The idea was shamelessly plugged
  from ``seqlearn`` package by @larsmans. See issue #29 on GitHub.
- Removed ``params`` and ``init_params`` from internal methods. Accepting
  these as arguments was redundant and confusing, because both available
  as instance attributes.
- Implemented ``ConvergenceMonitor``, a class for convergence diagnostics.
  The idea is due to @mvictor212.
- Added support for non-fully connected architectures, e.g. left-right HMMs.
  Thanks to @matthiasplappert. See issue #33 and PR #38 on GitHub.
- Fixed normalization of emission probabilities in ``MultinomialHMM``, see
  issue #19 on GitHub.
- ``GaussianHMM`` is now initialized from all observations, see issue #1 on GitHub.
- Changed the models to do input validation lazily as suggested by the
  scikit-learn guidelines.
- Added ``min_covar`` parameter for controlling overfitting of ``GaussianHMM``,
  see issue #2 on GitHub.
- Accelerated M-step fro `GaussianHMM` with full and tied covariances. See
  PR #97 on GitHub. Thanks to @anntzer.
- Fixed M-step for ``GMMHMM``, which incorrectly expected ``GMM.score_samples``
  to return log-probabilities. See PR #4 on GitHub for discussion. Thanks to
  @mvictor212 and @michcio1234.

Version 0.1.1
-------------

Initial release, released on February 9th 2015

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Saving up to £100 per couple.
From Bangkok to Chiang Mai, this is a fascinating tour of Thailand. Visit stunning temples and take an elephant safari through the jungle as you explore this intriguing and beautiful land.
After arrival, transfer to the Rembrandt Hotel to spend the rest of the day at your leisure. On Day 2, visit the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Visit Ayuthaya, the capital of old Siam, with its impressive palaces and temples. See former Hindu shrine Phra Prang Sam Yot and continue to Lopburi. Stop to visit Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahathat, a mid-14th century temple in Phitsanuloke. Check in to Legendha Sukhothai Hotel.
See the temples of Sukhothai Historical Park, a World Heritage Site. Visit Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, Wat Sa Sri and Wat Sri Choom. Continue to Sri Satchanalai-Chaliang Historical Park, with its beautiful Chedi, and stop at Wat Nang Phaya. In Lampang, ride a horse drawn carriage from the market to Baan Sao Nak, a 100-year-old teak house, stopping at Wat Don Tao. Overnight stay at Lampang River Lodge.
Visit Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, one of northern Thailand's most important temples. Stop at lakeside temple Wat Sri Khom Kham on the way to Chiang Rai. Cruise the Mae Kok River and visit a tribal village, before retiring to Wiang Inn Hotel.
Visit Chiang Saen's 13th century temple, Wat Phra That Chedi Luang and the House of Opium museum. Continue to the Golden Triangle, where the Mekong and Ruak Rivers meet and the borders of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand come together. Browse the shops and markets of Mae Sai, the northernmost Thai town. Arrive in Chiang Mai and check in to the Empress Hotel. In the evening, enjoy the Khantoke dinner and classical dance performance.
Mae Tang River. See beautiful blooms and eat lunch at an orchid farm. On Day 8, visit a Meo hill tribe, before transferring to Chiang Mai Airport for your flight home.
Guide price is per person. Based on 2 people sharing for 6 nights. Flights available from regional airports. Year round departures. All overseas transfers included.


One of [o,o]'s specialities is designing «chromo-gustative» events linked to design, gastronomy and the table arts, for Veuve Clicquot, and more recently for the exhibition «Tableaux-Tables», travelling exhibition for the Institut Français and the Ministry of Culture, Communication and Foreign Affairs.
In 2009, it worked in partnership with Toraya to mount Blue Experience at Sèvres-Cité de la céramique. The success of that event prompted Yokan Collection to ask Olivier Guillemin and Olivier Védrine to design the Paris exhibition in 2016.


GPG usage has grown steadily while the tooling that supports it remains stagnant despite staggering hardware advancement. 32bit key ids were reasonable 15 years ago but are obsolete now. Using modern GPUs, we have found collisions for every 32bit key id in the WOT's (Web of Trust) strong set. Although this does not break GPG's encryption, it further erodes the usability of GPG and increases the chance of human error.
It takes 4 seconds to generate a colliding 32bit key id on a GPU (using scallion). Key servers do little verification of uploaded keys and allow keys with colliding 32bit ids. Further, GPG uses 32bit key ids throughout its interface and does not warn you when an operation might apply to multiple keys.
Key servers do not use transport encryption (e.g. SSL) and GPG does not verify keys received when using --recv-keys leaving communicaiton with key servers vulnerable to MITM (man in the middle) or DNS attacks. GPG assumes you have manually checked your keys with --fingerprint.
Patched in new versions of GPG!
In the example below, a key is requested with its 32bit key id. The key server has two keys with the specified key id and GPG imports both keys. It is easy to generate and publish a key that looks identical if you only use 32 bits when specifying a key.
GPG simply imports whatever the key server sends. No verfication of the response is done before importing. GPG assumes users will manually verify keys received with --recv-keys. In the example below, a key is requested and GPG blindly imports a different key.
Where is the source code for the tool you used to duplicate the strong set?
The tool is called Scallion and the source can be found at https://github.com/lachesis/scallion.
Is your clone of the strong set publicly available?
Yes. You can download an 89MiB tar.gz file which contains all generated keys.
I saw that your clone of the strong set is revoked?
Someone downloaded our copy of the strong set and uploaded all of the keys to the SKS keyserver network. :( While we took on this project to help prompt GPG to build a more secure ecosystem, this mass clone made the keyservers harder for everyone to use. Of course anyone could use our tools to regenerate their own strong set clone and do this again, but we'd rather our keys not be used that way.
How could GPG be fixed?
Key exchange is hard and there are no perfect solutions. That being said, there are some changes that could be made to GPG to make things better.
When it's ambiguous what key an operation should act on (because of key id collisions or uuid collisions) GPG should refuse to perform the operation automatically. This would fix the issue of receiving keys.
If you specify a key id or fingerprint when using --recv-keys GPG should verify that the key/keys returned by the key server actually have the key id or fingerprint you requested.
Aren't you suppose to use the Web of Trust to verify the authenticity of keys?
Absolutely! The web of trust is a great mechanism by which to verify keys but it's complicated. As a result, it is often not used. There are examples of GPG being used without the Web of Trust all over the web.
I know about the problems with 32bit key ids, am I safe now?
That depends. Many tools use GPG behind-the-scenes and have the same problems, but never directly show you fingerprints or prompt you. Check that maintainers of software you use are aware of these problems as well.
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Page posted 2014-07-03 15:49 UTC.
Updated to reflect GPG patch 2014-12-01 02:01 UTC.


Make a snowman out of old plastic pop bottles, an easy project for kids!
Sand the surface of the bottle, spray can lid and tub lid. This will allow the acrylic paint to adhere to the surface.
Paint the spray can lid and tub lid black. Paint the bottle white. Allow to dry.
Cover the top and sides of the spray can lid and the top of the tub lid with black felt. Since you've painted them black, you don't need to be too precise with the felt. Center, and glue the spray can lid to the tub lid. You now have your snowman's hat. When the glue has dried, turn the hat over and cut a small hole in the bottom with an exacto knife. Make the hole a little smaller than the circumference of the top of the hat.
Fill the bottle about halfway with pebbles, sand or dirt. This will help keep your snowman from falling over.
Cut a strip of red felt about 2 feet long and 1" - 1 1/2" wide. (If your felt came in 12" squares, just cut two strips and glue the ends together. Tie this around the bottle, about 3-4" down from the top. Secure with a dab of glue.
Make earmuffs using 3 pipe cleaners. Two of them will be coiled to make the actual "muffs". The third will be the band attaching them. (Attach the pipe cleaners by twisting the ends together.) Drape the earmuffs across the back/top of the bottle. Secure with craft glue.
Attach the hat to the bottle by running a bit of glue around the inside of the hole and then place the hat over the top of the lid. Decorate the hat with a pipe cleaner.
Draw a face using a black marking pen or black paint. Draw buttons under the scarf, or glue on black felt circles.
Remove the lid from the bottle and squidgy the styrofoam ball down onto it. If you need to, you can carve out the hole, using scissors or a sharp knife.
Tie a long piece of ribbon around the snowman's neck.
Tie a shorter piece of the same ribbon around the top hat.
Attach the hat to the head as above.
Glue buttons to the styrofoam to make the snowman's face.
Cut small circles of black felt and glue them onto the snowman's belly.


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Milbradt ist der Familienname von

 Georg Milbradt (* 1945), deutscher Politiker und Ökonom
 Jens Milbradt (* 1969), deutscher Turner und Turntrainer
 Klaus Milbradt (1940–2007), deutscher Turner und Turntrainer

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Good Hearted Woman (1979)
Good Hearted Woman contains previously unreleased tracks from the Tina Turns The Country On recording session, released for the first time in 1979 on this album. The cover picture was taken from the Acid Queen photo session. After Tina's comeback, it was reissued in 1985 under the title "Tina Turner Goes Country" and the same tracks were also issued on several different titled low budget albums like "Sings Country" or "Country In My Soul" on vinyl, cassette and compact disc - some of them with two additional medleys. In 2017, the album was reissued again under the simple title "More" from Cuv Music on a limited edition vinyl album. In the meantime, all songs are available also digitally and in remixed versions.
Producer: Bob Scherl
Design: Linda Rozelle
Release: 1979 / 1985 (reissue) / Various / 2017
Label: Wagner / Playback (reissue) / Various / Cuv Music
Format: Vinyl / Cassette / CD / Digital
Lay It Down 3:37
Written by G. Thomas
Lovin' Him Was Easier 4:17
Written by K. Kristofferson
Good Hearted Woman 3:20
Written by W. Jennings, W. Nelson
If This Is Our Last Time 3:26
Written by D. Frazier / Promo release in 1979
Stand By Your Man 2:37
Written by B. Sherrill, T. Wynette / Promo release in 1985
Freedom To Stay 2.54
Written by W. Hoover
We Had It All 3:20
Written by D. Fritts, T. Seals
Soul Deep 2:34
Written by W. Carson
If It's Alright With You 2:50
Written by K. O'Dell, L. Henley
You Ain't No Women Enough To Take My Man 2:49
Written by L. Lynn
Medley 3:14
Lay It Down, Lovin' Him Was Easier
Stand By Your Man, We Had It All, Soul Deep, You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man
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Most people don't think of Tina Turner as a country artist, which is understandable because she isn't. However, on this album she records a collection of country songs in her own unique style and the result is an album many country programmers and listeners will enjoy. Best cuts include "If This ls Our Last Time," "We Had lt All," "Soul Deep" and "Freedom To Stay."
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Playback Records, a North Miami Beach direct marketing label, begins this week cable promotion of its album Tina Turner Goes Country. The collection of country songs has not been previously released, according to Jack Gale, president of Music Unlimited Inc., of which Playback is a subsidiary. Priced at $9.95, the Turner album will not be sold in stores, according to Gale. Initial promotion will be on the Nashville Network and the Satellite Program Network. The history of this album is not elucidated in the liner notes, but whenever and however it was recorded, it links Turner with classics like "Lovin' Him Was Easier," "Good Hearted Woman" and "Stand By Your Man". Her cornered, yowling style renders complete justice to them all.
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Existing Home Sales Rise, Foreclosures Trickle Down
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released the July edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard—a comprehensive report on the nation's housing market. The latest data show progress among key indicators, including rebound in the sale of existing homes and the continuing downward trend of foreclosure starts and completions.
This month's Housing Scorecard also features a spotlight on the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area (Philadelphia MSA). While this scorecard notes positive overall trends in the housing market, officials caution that more work needs to be done as the economy recovers from the Great Recession. The full Housing Scorecard is available online.
"The market indicators for the housing market recovery were mixed in July as foreclosure filings continue to improve, but home sales, particularly for new homes, showed unexpected weakness," says HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Katherine O'Regan. "Home prices, while still increasing, are doing so at slower rates. Indications are that continued improvements in the economy, such as the July employment report which marked the sixth straight month that more than 200,000 jobs have been added, along with slowly easing mortgage credit, will keep the U.S. housing market on the path to recovery."
The July Housing Scorecard features key data on the health of the housing market and the impact of the Administration's foreclosure prevention programs, including:
Sales of previously owned (existing) homes rose for the third consecutive month in June after a lackluster performance in the previous two quarters.The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reported that existing homes—including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and cooperatives—sold at a pace of 5.04 million (SAAR) in June, up 2.6 percent from May but remain 2.3 percent below the 5.16 million pace a year earlier. Sales are at their highest pace since October 2013 (5.13 million).
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House prices appreciate in May while year-over-year gains continue to slow. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index showed home values appreciated by 0.4 percent over the prior month and 5.5-percent over the previous year, marking the fifth straight month of more modest annual growth in home prices. The FHFA index shows that U.S. home values are on par with prices in mid-2005.The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Home Price Index (not seasonally adjusted) posted month-over-month returns for May of 1.1 percent and gains of 9.3 percent over the past 12 months. The Case-Shiller index shows annual rates of gain in home prices slowing over the last six months; home values are at September-2004 levels. (The Case-Shiller and FHFA price indices are released with a two-month lag.)
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Rediff.com » Business » Will the rupee remain steady?
Will the rupee remain steady?
By Somasroy Chakraborty
Some say the rupee has already started to trade with a weaker undertone, recognising the sharp rise in the US dollar index, which touched a 52-month high of 86.746 on October 3 after the data indicated a drop in their jobless rate, notes Somasroy Chakraborty.
The volatility in the exchange rate of the rupee appears to be in the past.
The dollar has continued to climb against major currencies but the rupee has been unusually stable against the greenback for the better part of this financial year.
The formation of a stable government at the Centre, reinforcing hope of economic recovery, has led to strong inflow of foreign capital.
The rupee, thus, has mostly remained in the range of 58-61 to the dollar between May and September. In contrast, the US dollar index -- which measures its performance against a basket of six major currencies -- has strengthened from 79 to nearly 86 during this period, about nine per cent.
"The real story of the rupee so far has been its relative outperformance over other major currencies," said Rohit Bhasin, head of fixed income and currency at Deutsche Bank in India. He believes this will sustain, as the Reserve Bank of India's focus on inflation is providing a lot of confidence to offshore investors.
Not all agree.
They feel the scope for further debt money (40 per cent of the $34 billion year-to-date portfolio flows into India) coming here is limited, with most of the open $25 billion quota for government bonds already taken up.
The recent rally in the equity market has also moderated return expectations.
Unless the debt quota is raised or the government unleashes major reforms that further boost investors' confidence, the inflow of dollars might get limited. In fact, the possibility of a reversal is real, say many.
The euphoria surrounding India's reforms is somewhat ebbing, while the US Federal Reserve is expected to increase rates sooner than later. "Our export growth is not strong and macro fundamentals remain weak.
The rupee's relative outperformance might not last once capital flows start reversing," said an economist.
Although declining crude oil and benign gold prices are a positive and mean lesser outflow of forex from India, the government has also maintained restrictions and duties on gold imports, which artificially support the rupee.
Some say the rupee has already started to trade with a weaker undertone, recognising the sharp rise in the US dollar index, which touched a 52-month high of 86.746 on October 3 after the data indicated a drop in their jobless rate.
There is also a school of thought that the rupee is becoming overvalued. One economist notes the 36-currency basket REER (real effective exchange rate) for the rupee at end-September was at 109.70, compared to its long-term average of 104.90.
Overvaluation can create a false sense of stability and encourages companies to leave their foreign currency exposures unhedged, a risk RBI has already sensed.
If the stability in the US fixed income market is disturbed, the rupee's outperformance will be threatened.
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Golf: Whaley wins third CT Women's Amateur
Joe Morelli | August 20, 2014
Photo by Joe Morelli.
Farmington's Kelly Whaley with the championship hardware for winning her third Connecticut Women's Amateur golf title.
WALLINGFORD >> The Connecticut Women's Amateur golf tournament had virtually been decided before Kelly Whaley teed it up in Wednesday's final round.
Her lead stood at 13 shots after two rounds. The only thing left to be determined was whether Whaley would top her 16-stroke victory from a year ago.
Whaley "only" ended up winning by 14 shots this time around at The Farms Country Club, shooting a final-round 75. But at age 17, Whaley already owns three Women's Amateur titles.
"I love representing Connecticut. I love this tournament," Whaley said. "Three is a great number. It means a lot because it says something about you having that big a lead. Everyone was like 'Have fun with it,' but you want to have more. You want to go after it."
In 2011, Whaley won her first Amateur championship by a stroke at Timberlin GC. She was just weeks away from beginning her freshman year at Farmington High.
Now she is set to begin her third year at the International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA) in Hilton Head, South Carolina. It's a regimented schedule at the academy: school for five hours in the morning, golf in the afternoon, fitness work three times per week after golf and then homework from 7 p.m. until bedtime.
"You always get a little tired of it. Sometimes it's like. 'I don't want to be here. It's too much,'" Whaley said. "But overall, it's been able to play every single day. So it's been great. When I was younger, I liked it, but had no interest in trying to play on the (LPGA) Tour. And now after the years of improving, look at it as an option for the future."
Had she not had to report to the IJGA before the 2012 Women's Amateur was played, we could be talking about a four-peat. But the three titles puts her in the some select company. Lida Tingley, Liz Janangelo and Natalie Sheary have all won at least that many championships.
And of course, three years has allowed her game to mature. Her dad Bill, the former general manager at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell and now the TPC National Director of PGA Tour Golf Course Properties, had a front row seat this week, caddying all three rounds.
"She's fitter, she's taller, she's stronger, she's hitting maybe 40 yards further (than 2011)," Bill Whaley said. "Most importantly, she is mentally stronger. The ups and downs don't affect her as much as when she was 14. She's a much more complete player."
Whaley will sign a national letter of intent this fall to play women's golf at North Carolina. Her mom, Suzy, also went to school there before spending some time on the LPGA Tour and winning the 2002 Connecticut PGA Championship to earn a spot in the 2003 Greater Hartford Open.
Kelly's older sister, Jenn, plays for the Quinnipiac women's golf team.
About Joe Morelli
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Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 9 (La salvació ens ha arribat), és una cantata religiosa de Johann Sebastian Bach, escrita per al sisè diumenge després de la Trinitat.

Origen i context
La seva datació és conflictiva, per un costat el text i l'estructura són típiques del segon cicle de les cantates corals dels anys 1724 i 1725, però la major part d'especialistes la situen entre 1732 i 1735, ja que els manuscrits trobats pertanyen a aquest període més modern i, per altra banda, el sisè diumenge després de la Trinitat de l'any 1724, Bach, acompanyat d'Anna Magdalena, es trobava a Köthen dirigint un concert. El text és d'autor anònim, que s'ha inspirat en l'himne del mateix títol de Paul Speratus de l'any 1523 i que, de fet, era un Pare Nostre en catorze estrofes, de les que el llibretista n'elimina les dues últimes i transforma les altres en els set números de la cantata, conservant literalment les estrofes primera i dotzena com les parts inicial i final, i de les estrofes intermèdies en fa les àries i els recitatius de la cantata. Tracta un dels problemes cabdals de la Reforma protestant, la justificació i la salvació només per la fe, independentment de qualsevol formalitat; la idea està relaciona amb la de l'evangeli del dia (Mateu 5, 20-26), en què es condemna la hipocresia farisaica.

Anàlisi
Escrita per a soprano, contralt, tenor, baix i cor; flauta travessera, oboè d'amor, corda i baix continu. Consta de set moviments:
 Cor:  Es ist das Heil uns kommen her  (La salvació ens ha arribat)
 Recitatiu (baix):  Gott gab uns ein Gesetz, doch waren wir zu schwach  (Déu ens donà una llei)
 Ària (tenor):  Wir waren schon zu tief gesunken  (Vam caure prou baix)
 Recitatiu (baix):  Doch musste das Gesetz erfüllet werden  (Però calia que la llei s'acomplís)
 Ària (duet de soprano i contralt):  Herr, du siehst statt guter Werke  (Senyor, no són pas les bones accions)
 Recitatiu (baix):  Wenn wir die Sünd aus dem Gesetz erkennen  (Quan la llei ens mostra la gravetat de les faltes)
 Coral:  Ob sichs anließ, als wollt er nicht  (Si semblés que no et vol ajudar)

En el cor inicial la melodia la porten les veus de soprano, subratllades pel moviment imitatiu de les veus més baixes; la part instrumental hi contribueix amb un dibuix temàtic diferent, on la flauta i l'oboè tenen funcions concertants. Cal destacar que els tres recitatius són per a baix, fet no gaire habitual; atès el caràcter doctrinal i catequètic del text, Bach ho presenta com un sermó resumit, els punts principals del qual són comentats a les àries, destacant-ne així, la seva unitat argumental. L'ària per a tenor, el número 3, és un bon exemple d'una representació quasi pictòrica del text, un conjunt de girs descendents del violí i un seguit de ritmes sincopats simbolitzen el missatge: vam caure prou baix, com a metàfora de l'abisme que representa el pecat. El número 5, un duet per a soprano i contralt amb la flauta, l'oboè i el continu, és d'una complexitat notable, ja que es desenvolupa en un doble cànon. Un coral, més aviat lleuger, clou la cantata. Té una durada aproximada d'uns vint minuts.

Discografia seleccionada
 J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk. Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1. Gustav Leonhardt, King's College Choir Cambridge, David Wilcocks (director del cor), Leonhardt-Consort, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond. (Teldec), 1994.
 J.S. Bach: The complete live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. CD 32: St Gumbertus, Ansbach; 30 de juliol de 2000. John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Joanne Lunn, Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe. (Soli Deo Gloria), 2013.
 J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 20 . Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Sandrine Piau, Bogna Bartosz, James Gilchrist, Klaus Mertens. (Challenge Classics), 2007.
 J.S. Bach: Church Cantatas Vol. 3. Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart,Württembergisches Kammerorchester Helibron, Ulrike Sonntag, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Adalbert Kraus, Wolfgang Schöne. (Hänssler), 1999.
 J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 18. Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Gerlinde Sämann, Petra Noskaiová, Christoph Genz, Jan van der Crabben. (Accent), 2014.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Edmon Lemaître. "Guide de La Musique Sacrée et chorale profane. L'âge baroque 1600-1750". Fayard, París, 1992.
 Enrique Martínez Miura. "Bach. Guías Scherzo". Ediciones Península, Barcelona, 2001.
 Daniel S. Vega Cernuda. "Bach. Repertorio completo de la música vocal". Cátedra, Barcelona, 2004.
 Alfred Dürr. "The Cantatas of J. S. Bach". Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.

Enllaços externs
 La pàgina en català de J. S. Bach
 La Ruta Bach de Catalunya Ràdio ,
 Bach Cantatas Website
 J.S. Bach Home Page

Cantates de Johann Sebastian Bach