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How Well do Classical Credit Risk Pricing Models Fit Swap Transaction Data?
Cossin, Didier and Hugues Pirotte, "How Well do Classical Credit Risk Pricing Models Fit Swap Transaction Data?", European Financial Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, (March 1998), pp. 65-77.
Abstract: Currency and interest rate swaps are subject to a complex, two-sided default risk. Several theoretical papers have recently addressed the problem of pricing this swap credit risk. We implement a recent credit risk pricing model in an attempt to evaluate one of the main lines of research in theoretical credit risk analysis. We compare the model's analytical results to actual transaction data thanks to a unique academic database on swap transaction data.
JEL Classification: G13, G15, G33.
Keywords: derivatives, swaps, credit risk, transaction data, model calibration.
Cossin, Didier and Hugues Pirotte, "Swap Credit Risk: An empirical investigation on transaction data", Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 21, No. 10, (October 1997), pp. 1351-1373.
Abstract: Currency and interest rate swaps are subject to a complex, two-sided default risk. Although several theoretical papers have recently addressed the problem of pricing swap credit risk, the empirical literature is almost non-existent. This is the only study we know which uses actual transaction data to document the effect of credit risk on swap spreads. We provide results for both interest rate and currency swaps.
Keywords: Derivatives, Swaps, Credit risk, Empirical study.


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RED BANK: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 29 to September 19, 2016. This information is unedited.
Theft: On 8-31-16 the victim reported the theft of items from her residence on W. Sunset Ave. The victim reported that Jewelry valued at approximately $150.00 and $100.00 worth of currency was removed by subjects visiting the residence. Ptl. Stanley Balmer.
Theft: The victim reported on 9-6-16 approximately 13 checks totaling $1,021.00 was taken from his unsecured Broad St. apartment by an unknown subject(s). Ptl. David Smith.
Theft: On 9-15-16, the victim reported that she left her purse while shopping at a business located on Broad St. The purse was taken by an unidentified female subject. The purse contained approximately $10.00 in currency. Sgt. Joey Fields.
Theft: On 9-16-16, the victim reported the theft of his bicycle. The bicycle had been chained to a pole located in front of a business located on Monmouth St. The bicycle was valued at approximately $1,000.00. Ptl. Milton Gray IV.
Criminal Mischief: On 8-29-16 the victim reported that someone had shattered her vehicle windshield which had been parked on Chestnut St. causing damages to be in excess of $300.00. Ptl. Kristin Altimari.
Criminal Mischief: On 9-4-16 the victim reported damages to her vehicle which was parked on Drummond Ave. The vehicle in question had been scratched with a sharp object by a male subject known to the victim. Ptl. Nicholas Maletto.
Criminal Mischief: On 9-15-16, the victim reported that damage had been caused to several windows of a residence located on East Bergen Pl. The residence was vacant and no entry appeared to have been gained. Ptl.Sean Hauschlidt.
Lauren E. Foley, age 28 of Red Bank was arrested on 8-29-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl. Tanner Shea.
Keith H. Brooks, age 34 of Red Bank was arrested on 8-31-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl. Sean Hauschlidt.
Aaron W. Card, age 38 of Atlantic Highlands was arrested on 9-1-16 in the area of Broad St, for disorderly Conduct and Contempt Of Court by Ptl. Milton Gray IV.
Bianca Tomasulo, age 32 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-1-16 in the area of W. Bergen Pl, for Contempt Of Court by Officer Darren McConnell.
John Underwood, age 51 of Aberdeen was arrested on 9-1-16 in the area of Rector Pl, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl. Sean Hauschlidt.
Daniella A. Vigorito, age 23 of Staten Island NY. Was arrested on 9-2-16 in the area of Reckless Pl, for Possession of CDS (Marijuana less than 50 grams) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia by Ptl. Kristin Altimari.
Jordan Cesaro, age 22 of Staten Island NY. Was arrested on 9-2-16 in the area of Broad St, for Possession of CDS (Marijuana less than 50 grams) by Ptl. Stanley Balmer.
Allison T. Slick, age 37 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-3-16 in the area of Bridge Ave, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl. Tanner Shea.
Silviano Pena-Sanchez, age 22 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-3-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Possession of CDS(Marijuana Less Than 50 Grams) by Ptl. Garrett Falco Jr.
Donna M. Brown, age 34 of Neptune was arrested on 9-3-16 in the area of Bridge Ave, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl.Nicholas Maletto.
Jose Angel Hernandez-Hernandez, age 30 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-4-16 in the area of Shrewsbury Ave, for Hindering Apprehension and Contempt Of Court by Ptl, Jhonatan Quispe.
Jonathan Hernandez, age 27 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-6-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Simple Assault by Sgt. David Hicks.
Miguel Martinez-Ruben, age 28 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-6-16 in the area of Herbert St, for Simple Assault by Ptl. George Travostino.
Jessica Barabatko, age 22 of Englishtown was arrested on 9-6-16 in the area of Newman Springs Rd, for Possession of CDS (Marijuana Less than 50 Grams) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia by Officer Michael Baron.
Omar Moses Santamaria, age 22 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-6-16 in the area of Riverview plaza for Burglary and Criminal Mischief by Ptl. Sean Hauschlidt.
Tiffanyan D. Wojcik, age 28 of Matawan was arrested on 9-6-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Contempt Of Court by Sgt. David Hicks.
Glenn Bloodgood, age 49 of Atlantic Highlands was arrested on 9-10-16 in the area of River Road for DWI by Officer Darren McConnell.
Andrew J. Markoff, age 26 of Middletown was arrested on 9-10-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Disorderly Conduct by Ptl. Kristin Altimari.
Byron James Carroll, age 32 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-11-16 in the area of Shrewsbury Ave, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia by Ptl. Cevin Albert.
Robert James Frost, age 45 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-11-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Disorderly Conduct and Contempt Of Court by Ptl, Jhonatan Quispe.
Liam J. Fulton, age 21 of Hazlet was arrested on 9-12-16 in the area of River Rd, for DWI by Ptl. Kristin Altimari.
Terry N. Haupt, age 32 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-13-16 in the area of Locust Ave, for Simple Assault by Ptl. Garrett Falco Jr.
Christopher, Ferraco, age 39 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-14-16 in the area of N. Bridge Ave, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia by Ptl. Garrett Falco Jr.
Lindsay J. Mazursky, Age 32 of Middletown was arrested on 9-16-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl, Matthew Ehrenreich.
Jefferson A. Vargas-Tutiven, age 23 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-15-16 in the area of White St, for Contempt Of Court by Ptl. Sean Hauschlidt.
Jordan E. Bishop, age 27 of Middletown was arrested on 9-16-16 in the area of Wharf Ave, for Contempt Of Court, by Ptl. Stanley Balmer.
Anthony Trojanowski, age 31 of Atlantic Highlands was arrested on 9-17-16 in the area of Wharf Ave, for Disorderly Conduct by Ptl. Thomas Doremus.
Angel G. Rivera, age 27 of Perth Amboy was arrested on 9-17-16 in the area of Broad St, for Contempt Of Court, by Officer Darren McConnell.
Luis Vazques-Herrera, age 29 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-17-16 in the area of Bank St, for DWI by Ptl. Stanley Balmer.
Gerardo J. Flores-Ramirez, age 27 of Leonardo was arrested on 9-18-16 in the area of Monmouth St, for Possession of CDS (Marijuana Less than Fifty Grams) by Ptl. Garrett Falco Jr.
Humberto Pineda, age 18 of Red Bank was arrested on 9-18-16 In the area of Broad St, for Defiant Trespassing by Ptl. Dawn Shields.
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The St. Louis Blues announced that the club has acquired forward Nikita Soshnikov from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for the Blues' fourth-round draft pick in 2019.
Soshnikov, 24, has posted seven goals and 10 assists for 17 points in 19 AHL games with the Toronto Marlies this season, and has also appeared in three NHL games with the Maple Leafs.
In 77 career AHL contests, Soshnikov has totaled 26 goals and 22 assists for 48 points with a plus-40 rating. He has seven goals and seven assists for 14 points in 70 career games in the NHL.


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I didn't read a lot of novels this year – in fact I kind of stopped reading entirely for a few months. Here's what I did get through.
It's been so long since I read most of these that I look at this list and think "Wait, that was this year?"
Winterglass – Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Tales from Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Wind – Ursula K. Le Guin
The Refrigerator Monologues – Catherynne M. Valente
Provenance – Ann Leckie
Binti: The Night Masquerade – Nnedi Okorafor
The Stone in the Skull – Elizabeth Bear
The Only Harmless Great Thing – Brooke Bolander
Strange the Dreamer – Laini Taylor
I'm no longer walking to work every morning so my regular audibook listening has come to an end for now.
Fool's Assassin – Robin Hobb
Fool's Quest – Robin Hobb
Assassin's Fate – Robin Hobb
Tigana – Guy Gavriel Kay
Goldenhand – Garth Nix
House of Shattered Wings – Aliette de Bodard
House of Binding Thorns – Aliette de Bodard
How To Survive the End of the World – Aaron Gillies
The Calculating Stars – Mary Robinette Kowal
The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers
The Fated Sky – Mary Robinette Kowal
Children of Time – Adrian Tchaikovsky
I have fallen behind a little on comics this year.
Once again I will apologise for not crediting everyone below – some of these collected volumes have 20+ people contributing and there just isn't the space or energy for that.
The Wicked + The Divine vol 6-7 – Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, & Clayton Cowles
The Wild Storm vol 1-2 – Warren Ellis, Jon Davis-Hunt, Steve Buccellato, Ivan Plascencia, John Kalisz, Simon Bowland
Giant Days vol 6-7 – John Allison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Whitney Cogar, & Jim Campbell
Batwoman: Rebirth vol 1 – Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Steve Epting, Stephanie Hans, Renato Arlem, Jeromy Cox, Adriano Lucas, & Deron Bennett
Injection vol 3 – Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Belaire
Rocket Girl vol 2 – Brendan Montclare & Amy Reeder
Black Bolt vol 1-2 – Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward, Clayton Cowles
Planetary Omnibus – Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, & many more
Saga vol 8 – Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Bitch Planet: Triple Feature vol 1 – Various (sorry I am lazy)
Lady Killer 2 – Joelle Jones & Michelle Madsen
Ms. Marvel vol 8 – G. Willow Wilson, Marco Failla, Diego Olortegui, Ian Herring, Joe Caramagna & Travis Lanham
Porcelain: Ivory Tower – Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose
She-Hulk vol 2 – Mariko Tamaki, Julian Lopez, Sebastian Carrillo, Georges Duarte, & Pierfrancesco Gaston
Kill or Be Killed vol 3 – Ed Brubaker, Shaun Philips & Elizabeth Breitweiser
The Mighty Thor vol 4-5 – Jason Aaron, Russel Dauterman, Matthew Wilson, Valerio Schiti, Joe Sabino, and many more
Bingo Love – Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, & Joy San
Shade, The Changing Girl vol 2 – Cecil Castelucci, Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks, Marguerite Sauvage, Kelly Fitzpatrick, & Saida Temofonte
Crosswind vol 1 – Gail Simone, Cat Staggs, & Simon Bowland
X-Men: Grand Design 1 – Ed Piskor
Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Mr Wormwood Goes to Washington – Ben Templesmith
Head Lopper vol 2 – Andrew MacLean & Jordie Belaire
Paper Girls vol 4 – Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson, Jared K. Fletcher
Lazarus X+66 – Greg Rucka, Eric Trautman, & many more
Motor Crush vol 2 – Babs Tarr, Brenden Feltcher, Cameron Stewart, & Aditya Bidikar
Strong Female Protagonist book 2 – Brennan Lee Mulligan & Molly Ostertag
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol 7 – Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi, & Travis Lanham
Giant Days: Extra Credit vol 1 – John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Caanan Grall, Jenn St-Onge, Sarah Stern, Jeremy Lawson, & Jim Campbell
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Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin
I originally wrote this post in 2013, and then shelved it after some feedback led me to conclude it was fundamentally flawed. Its presence in my drafts folder has been nagging me for years. Following the recent death of Ms. Le Guin, I decided to finally revisit and complete it. It's not exactly what I would have written today, but it completes the thoughts I wanted to share five years ago.
Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Quartet, as it was known at the time, was one of the first fantasy series I read, after things like the Chronicles of Narnia (which always feels to me like something everyone must have read as a child, though I know that's not true). I must have been only about 10 years old the first time. I read the four novels several times, and The Tombs of Atuan, for some reason, was always my favourite. I never quite got into Tehanu to the same extent; I think it bored me, in fact.
It was with those childhood impressions in mind that I decided to revisit the series for the first time in at least a decade. And I was a little surprised. You see, Le Guin stands as almost a mythic figure herself – one of the greats of science fiction and fantasy literature, known for works like The Left Hand of Darkness, which explores the idea of gender through a world where the binary does not exist. In that context, then, A Wizard of Earthsea struck me for one big reason: Where were the women?
That first Earthsea novel was surprisingly conventional, at least from the perspective of an adult reader in 2013. It deals with some interesting themes, particularly that of facing the darkness that exists within one's own self, but these days the story of a young man learning to become a wizard is nothing exceptional. And the story is all about men. Ged, the apprentice wizard; Ogion, his first master; the Masters and Archmage of Roke; Ged's rival, Jasper, and his friend, Vetch. There are, as far as I recall, five female characters in A Wizard of Earthsea. All are small parts, there for a chapter or so – some not even that – and then gone.
The second book, The Tombs of Atuan, goes some way to redress the imbalance. The main character is Tenar, known as Arha, Priestess of the Nameless Ones. She lives in an enclave of priestesses and eunuchs, where men are not allowed. Tenar is, technically, one of the highest authorities in Kargad, but she comes to realise she has no actual power, and the other two high priestesses only have power so long as the God-King chooses to keep to the old traditions. It is only when a man, Ged, arrives that Tenar is able to break out of the restrictions placed upon her. When Tenar, through Ged's aid, ultimately departs from the Tombs, they are destroyed – along with what are seemingly the only positions of authority, however limited, for women in all of Earthsea.
The Farthest Shore once again gives Ged's story, this time as an old man, as Archmage, as he sets out with the young nobleman Arren. They journey to investigate a dark power that is causing Mages to forget their True Speech, and to place a king on Earthsea's vacant throne. The Farthest Shore is a story about confronting and accepting death, and it, too, is a story about men.
In those three books, what Le Guin created was a world in which men held all of the power; in which women could have some magic ability, but only as witches who were shunned, or sorceresses in service to dark powers. "Weak as women's magic; wicked as women's magic" is the saying on Gont. And she created a world where these things were seemingly unquestioned.
How did someone who is known as a feminist writer end up creating such a sexist world? As it turns out, this is something Le Guin herself was very aware of. This was a male dominated genre, one in which it was often felt that writers must centre male characters in order to sell books. She spoke a number of times in interviews about the slow process of learning how to shed this preconception, such as in this interview from 1994:
All my early fiction tends to be rather male-centred. A couple of the Earthsea books have no women in them at all or only marginal women figures. That's how hero stories worked; they were about men. With the exception of just a few feminists like Joanna Russ, science fiction was pretty much male-dominated up to the 1960s. Women who wrote in that field often used pen names.
None of this bothered me. It was my tradition, and I worked in it happily. But I began coming up against certain discomforts. […]
I gradually realised that my own fiction was telling me that I could no longer ignore the feminine. While I was writing The Eye of the Heron in 1977, the hero insisted on destroying himself before the middle of the book. "Hey," I said, "you can't do that, you're the hero. Where's my book?" I stopped writing. The book had a woman in it, but I didn't know how to write about women. I blundered around awhile and then found some guidance in feminist theory. […] It taught me that I didn't have to write like an honorary man anymore, that I could write like a woman and feel liberated in doing so.
That's the problem when you come upon the work of an established author long after they began their career – it's easy to forget that decades of work was involved, and that their own understanding of their work may have changed in the process.
For the Earthsea saga, that's where Tehanu comes in. Published eighteen years after The Farthest Shore, this is a very different book, and in many ways serves as a feminist response to the world that Le Guin had created.
In this slower, darker, and more domestic novel, we once again have the point of view of Tenar – older, and living on the island of Gont; a mother whose children have left, and a wife whose husband has died. Since she was last seen in The Tombs of Atuan, she's lived an entire life.
At the opening of the book, a young girl is found beaten and burned, and is nursed back to health by Tenar and the witch Ivy. Tenar takes the child in as her own, and gives her the name Therru. Tehanu takes place at the time The Farthest Shore ended: In that book, we were told of how Earthsea still did not have peace because there was no king on the throne; now, a king has been found, but his influence is yet to be felt. Gont is no longer safe for travellers, as vagrants and thieves are on the roads. It was vagrants such as these – the girl's own parents and one other man – who had beaten Therru and left her for dead.
Part of what makes this one book remarkable out of the four is Tenar's position in the story: as a woman and mother with no special power of her own, threatened by men who wish harm on her and her child. When she travels, she is wary of every person she passes on the road. Her fears are not fantastic in nature – they are those of an ordinary woman faced with the abuses of evil men. The dangers she faces are mundane, and very real.
Much the same is true for Ged, when he returns to Gont. Having lost all of his magic at the end of The Farthest Shore, he is no longer a mage, but an ordinary old man, one who has never lived as an ordinary man before in his entire life. Accustomed to facing down dragons, now he is as helpless as Tenar. His loss of purpose serves another theme of the novel – that of what people do when what they believed was their role in life has ended. Tenar has been a priestess, a celebrated hero, a mage's apprentice, a wife, and a mother; Ged has spent his entire life a mage. For both, these roles are behind them at the novel's opening, and they must try to make a new life for themselves.
Most of all, though, the book talks about power. The men in this story almost universally hold power over Tenar and Therru. Some are friendly – the sorcerer of Valmouth is helpful; the King and Master Windkey from Roke offer her every courtesy thanks to her fame and her friendship with Ged. Ogion the Silent, mage of Re Albi, sees her like a daughter. The wizards who visit Re Albi at Ogion's death, however, do not trust Tenar's account of his last words; the Lord of Re Albi's sorcerer, Aspen, in particular proves to be an evil and hateful man. The man who injured Therru may only be a vagabond, but he nevertheless holds power over them, through memory of the pain he caused, and the threat he poses later, when he gathers friends to attack Tenar at her home.
Along with sharing a position of power over Tenar, most are in some way dismissive of her, simply because of her womanhood. The Master Windkey is searching for clues as to who will be the next Archmage, following a prophecy that said only "A woman on Gont". But neither he, nor any other Master of Roke, has considered that the woman in question might in fact be the Archmage. They believe the woman will guide them to the man they seek. While she talks with him, Tenar realises that the Master Windkey will never grasp what she tries to say. "How could he, who had never listened to a woman since his mother sang him his last cradle song, hear her?"
Ogion had told Tenar to teach Therru magic: "Teach her all. Not Roke." Beech, the wizard of Valmouth hears this, and decides immediately what was meant. "'He meant that the learning of Roke – the High Arts – wouldn't be suitable for a girl,' he explained. 'Let alone one so handicapped.'" What Ogion must have meant, he says, was the same thing he had suggested: that Therru become a witch. "He pondered again, having got the weight of Ogion's opinion on his side."
It's one of the book's many examples of men mindlessly following what they know to be the way of things. "His kindness was, Tenar thought, innocent." Even Tenar's own son, Spark, when he returns from years at sea, immediately expects his mother to wait on him and defer to him as head of the household. "His father had always been waited on by his mother, wife, daughter. Was he less a man than his father? Was she to prove it to him?"
But women, too, have power. A story early in the book tells of Ogion's meeting with an old woman who he first mistook for a dragon. This woman told him a story of a time in Earthsea's beginning when humans and dragons were one and the same, and how they came to choose different paths and become separate beings. In this, and in the culmination of Therru's story, it is women who hold a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the world. So too with the subtle implication that it may be Therru who is destined to be Archmage, the one who leads the wizards, the Masters of Roke – and her accession would be sign of a fundamental change in Earthsea.
There is a hint of gender essentialism regarding magic in the novel – particularly in a conversation between Tenar and the witch Moss, about the difference between men's and women's power.
'Ours is only a little power, seems like, next to theirs,' Moss said. 'But it goes down deep. It's all roots. It's like an old blackberry thicket. And a wizard's power is like a fir tree, maybe, great and tall and grand, but it'll blow right down in a storm.'
On a certain level, such discussions of the difference in power seems to lend legitimacy to the model that has put wizards alone into the School on Roke, and confined women with power to petty witchcraft. But beside the rest of the novel, and coming from a character that has had to live within that structure as a witch herself, it's easy to forgive.
Ultimately, Tehanu calls into question all of the patriarchal structures of Earthsea's culture as established in the original trilogy, simply through its use of the perspective of an ordinary woman attempting to live an ordinary life. Tenar sees through the obstinacy and foolishness of the men around her, but it is only Ged, who has lost his former self and has to learn from nothing how to be a man, who is able to hear her.
In 2018, I finally completed the Earthsea saga by reading Tales of Earthsea and The Other Wind. With the short stories in particular, Le Guin expanded on these discussions of men and women's power, of the exclusion of women from magic in Roke, and how the segregation of men and women in magic came about. The series concludes with events that turn the entire system of magic in Earthsea on its head, leaving the future unknown and open to all kinds of change. And it is women, and the men who are willing to listen to them, who are instrumental in bringing this about.
Tehanu no longer bores me. It is powerful, moving book, and my favourite of the entire Earthsea series. I'll end this with a passage from late in the novel, a conversation between Ged and Tenar which I think exemplifies well what Tehanu has to say about men and women. I almost wish I could quote the whole few pages.
'Haven't there been queens? Weren't they women of power?'
'A queen's only a she-king,' said Ged.
She snorted.
'I mean, men give her power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it.'
She nodded. She stretched, sitting back from the spinning wheel. 'What is a woman's power, then?'
'I don't think we know.'
'When has a woman power because she's a woman? With her children, I suppose. For a while…'
'In her house, maybe.'
She looked around the kitchen. 'But the doors are shut,' she said, 'The doors are locked.'
'Because you're valuable.'
'Oh, yes. We're precious. So long as we're powerless… I remember when I first learned that! Kossil threatened me – me, the One Priestess of the Tombs. And I realised that I was helpless. I had the honour; but she had the power, from the God-King, the man. Oh, it made me angry! And frightened me… Lark and I talked about this once. She said, "Why are men afraid of women?"'
'If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear,' Ged said.
'Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves.'
'Are they ever taught to trust themselves?' Ged asked, and as he spoke Therru came in on her work again. His eyes and Tenar's met.
'No,' she said. 'Trust is not what we're taught.'
With thanks to ussussimiel and LuciMay for their input; it took me 5 years to act on it, but I did listen.
Posted on 23 March, 2018 23 March, 2018 by AlanPosted in BooksTagged Earthsea, Feminism, Read List, Review, Ursula Le Guin. Leave a comment
Read in 2017 – Comics
My comics reading kind of ground to a halt toward the end of the year, and I now have a sizeable pile of books that are waiting to be read. I've been thinking about cutting back, to be honest; I've already mostly stopped buying DC, and I'm figuring out which Marvel titles I want to keep up with. While I do enjoy these comics, I sometimes feel like I'm reading them simply out of continued habit.
Ms Marvel vols 6 & 7 – G Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, Mirka Andolfo, Francesco Gaston, Ian Herring & Joe Caramagna
Clean Room vols 2 & 3 – Gail Simone, Jon Davis-Hunt, Walter Geovani, Sanya Anwar, Quinton Winter & Todd Klein
Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat! vols 2 & 3 – Kate Leth, Brittney L. Williams, Megan Wilson, Rachelle Rosenberg, & Clayton Cowles
Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur vols 2 & 3 – Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos, Marco Failla, Tamra Bonvillain, & Travis Lanham
Secret Six vol 2 – Gail Simone, Dale Eaglesham, Tom Derenick, Jason Wright, Rex Lokus, & Travis Lanham
Paper Girls vols 2 & 3 – Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, & Jared K. Fletcher
Vision vol 2 – Tom King, Michael Walsh, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire, & Clayton Cowles
The Mighty Thor vols 1-3 – Jason Aaron, Russel Dauterman, Steve Epting, Valerio Schiti, Matthew Wilson, Mat Lopes, Rafa Garres, Fraser Irving, & Joe Sabino
The Unworthy Thor – Jason Aaron, Olivier Coipel, Kim Jacinto, Russel Dauterman, Esad Ribic, Frazer Irving, Matt Wilson, & Joe Sabino
Batgirl Rebirth vol 1 – Hope Larson, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave McCaig, & Deron Bennett
Black Panther vol 3 – Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brian Stelfreeze, Laura Martin, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Goran Sudzuka, Walden Wong, Roberto Poggi, Scott Hanna, Matt Milla, Larry Molinar, Rachelle Rosenberg, Paul Mounts, & Joe Sabino
Welcome Back vol 2 – Christopher Sebela, Claire Roe, Jeremy Lawson, & Jim Campbell
Jessica Jones vol 1 – Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Matt Hollingsworth, & Cory Petit
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vols 5 & 6 – Ryan North, Erika Henderson, Will Murray, Rico Renzi, Zac Gorman, Clayton Cowles, & Travis Lanham
Mockingbird vol 2 – Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk, Sean Parsons, Rachelle Rosenberg, & Joe Caramagna
Kim & Kim: This Glamorous, High-Flying Rock Star Life – Magdalene Visaggio, Eva Cabrera, Claudia Aguirre, & Zakk Saam
Lazarus vol 5 – Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Tyler Boss, Santi Arcas, & Jodi Wynne
Bitch Planet vol 2 – Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine de Landro, Taki Soma, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Clayton Cowles, & Rian Hughes
The Wicked + The Divine vol 5 – Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, Clayton Cowles, & Kevin Wada
Skim – Mariko Tamaki
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness – Nagata Kobi
Delilah Dirk & The Turkish Lieutenant – Tony Cliff
Delilah Dirk & The King's Shilling – Tony Cliff
Motor Crush vol 1 – Brendan Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr, Heather Danforth, Aditya Bidikar
Giant Days vol 5 – John Allison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Whitney Cogar, & Jim Campbell
Monstress vol 2 – Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, & Rus Wooton
Shade the Changing Girl vol 1 – Cecil Castelucci, Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks, Ryan Kelly, Kelly Fitzpatrick, & Saida Temofonte
She-Hulk vol 1 – Mariko Tamaki, Nico Leon, Dalibor Talajic, Matt Milla, Andrew Crossley, & Cory Petit
Kill or Be Killed vol 2 – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, & Elizabeth Breitweiser
The Multiversity – Grant Morrison & so many more people than I could list here
Sex Criminals vol 4 – Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, & Elizabeth Breitweiser
Posted on 7 January, 2018 6 March, 2018 by AlanPosted in BooksTagged Books, comics, Read List, Reading. Leave a comment
Read in 2017 – Books & Audiobooks
Every (physical) book I read this year was published in 2016 or 2017, which is a little unusual for me – usually there's at least one or two from the older side. This does mean that my to-read pile hasn't really gotten any smaller this year. I've also been reading more novellas, a format that's been getting more attention from publishers in the last few years – most of the ones I read came from Tor.com's novella imprint.
An Accident of Stars – Foz Meadows
Ghost Talkers – Mary Robinette Kowal
Everything Belongs to the Future – Laurie Penny
Borderline – Mishell Baker
The Wall of Storms – Ken Liu
A Taste of Honey – Kai Ashante Wilson
Ninefox Gambit – Yoon Ha Lee
Certain Dark Things – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Binti: Home – Nnedi Okorafor
Forest of Memory – Mary Robinette Kowal
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) – Martha Wells
River of Teeth – Sarah Gailey
The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe – Kij Johnson
The Stars Are Legion – Kameron Hurley
A Tyranny of Queens – Foz Meadows
The Collapsing Empire – John Scalzi
Borne – Jeff VanderMeer
City of Miracles – Robert Jackson Bennett
Six Wakes – Mur Lafferty
The Stone Sky – N K Jemisin
Phasma – Delilah S. Dawson
Raven Stratagem – Yoon Ha Lee
On the other hand, my audiobook listening has been entirely older work, as I've singularly focused on the work of Robin Hobb, catching up on her lengthy Realm of the Elderlings series-of-series. Over the year I listened to:
Royal Assassin
Assassin's Quest
Ship of Magic
The Mad Ship
Ship of Destiny
Fool's Errand
The Golden Fool
Fool's Fate
Dragon Haven
City of Dragons
Blood of Dragons
I've now started the final trilogy, but that's for 2018's list.
Posted on 3 January, 2018 by AlanPosted in BooksTagged audiobook, Books, Read List, Reading. Leave a comment
Here are all the comics I read in 2016. I should probably organise this list better than "roughly in the order I read them", but here it is for now. I've tried to do better about crediting people here – particularly colourists and letterers – but it's not easy on some books and there's often not enough space to list everyone.
Alias omnibus – Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Matt Hollingsworth, and others
The Sandman: Overture – Neil Gaiman, J. H. Williams III, Dave Stewart & Todd Klein
Kaptara vol 1 – Chip Zdarsky & Kagan McLeod
The Wrenchies – Farel Dalrymple
Red Sonja vol 3 – Gail Simone, Walter Geovani, Simon Bowland and others
The Private Eye – Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin & Muntsa Vicente
The Wicked + The Divine vols 3 & 4 – Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles, and many others
The Wicked + The Divine 1831 special – Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
Prophet vol 4 – Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Ron Wimberly, Giannis Milonogiannis, Joseph Bergin III, Dave Taylor, Ed Brisson, and many others
Catwoman vol 7 – Genevieve Valentine, David Messina, Gaetano Carlucci, Lee Loughridge & Travis Lanham
The Fade Out vols 2 & 3 – Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips & Elizabeth Breitweiser
Lazarus vol 4 – Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Tyler Boss, Santi Arcas & Jodi Wynne
Batgirl vols 1-3 – Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr, Bengal, Maris Wicks, Serge Lapointe, Jared K. Fletcher, Steve Wands, and many others
Black Canary vols 1 & 2 – Brenden Fletcher, Annie Wu, Sandy Jarrell, Pia Guerra, Moritat & Lee Loughridge
Welcome Back vol 1 – Christopher Sebela, Jonathan Brandon Sawyer, Claire Roe, Carlos Zamudio, Juan Manuel Tumburus & Shawn Aldridge
Secret Six vol 4 – Gail Simone, J. Calafiore, and many others
Secret Six (New 52) vol 1 – Gail Simone, Ken Lashley, Dale Eaglesham, Tom Derenick, Drew Geraci, Jason Wright, Carlos M. Mangual, Travis Lanham & Wes Abbott
Thors – Jason Aaron, Chris Sprouse, Goran Sudzuka, Karl Story, Dexter Vines, Marte Gracia, Israel Silva & Joe Sabino
Injection vol 1 & 2 – Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire
Giant Days vol 2 & 3 – John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar & Jim Campbell
Gotham Academy vol 1 – Becky Cloonan, Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl, Mingjue Helen Chen, Steve Wands, and others
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vols 3 & 4 – Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi, and others
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe – Ryan North & Erica Henderson
Sex Criminals vol 3 – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
Rat Queens vol 3 – Kurtis J. Wiebe, Tess Fowler, Tamra Bonvillain & Ed Brisson
Saga vol 6 – Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Paper Girls vol 1 – Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson & Jared K. Fletcher
ODY-C vol 2 – Matt Fraction Christian Ward, Chris Eliopoulos & Dee Cunniffe
Ms. Marvel vol 5 – G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, Nico Leon, Adrian Alphona, Ian Herring & VC's Joe Caramagna
Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat vol 1 – Kate Leth, Brittney L. Williams, Natasha Allegri, Megan Wilson, VC's Clayton Cowles & Joe Sabino
The Vision vol 1 – Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Jordie Bellaire & VC's Clayton Cowles
Monstress vol 1 – Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Clean Room vol 1 – Gail Simone, Jon Davis-Hunt, Quinton Winter & Todd Klein
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl – Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson & Clayton Cowles
Velvet vol 3 – Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Breitweiser & Chris Eliopoulos
Black Panther vol 1 – Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brian Stelfreeze, Laura Martin & VC's Joe Sabino
Pretty Deadly vol 2 – Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire & Clayton Cowles
Losing Sleep – Joe Latham & Luke Hyde
Egg – Amy & Oliver Murrell
Deeds Not Words – Howard Hardiman & Sarah Gordon
Mockingbird vol 1 – Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk, Ibrahim Moustafa, Joelle Jones, Rachelle Rosenberg & VC's Joe Caramagna
How to Be Happy – Eleanor Davis
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur vol 1 – Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, Natacha Bustos, Tamra Bonvillain & VC's Travis Lanham
Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special – Various
Trees vol 2 – Warren Ellis & Jason Howard
Posted on 2 January, 2017 by AlanPosted in BooksTagged comics, Read List, Reading. Leave a comment
A slow-ish year this time, with my usual rush in January-March (more than half of the list) followed by a big ebb around mid-year. In the last few months all I've managed is starting a few chapters of one novel – at least my consistent audiobook progress keeps things moving a little. I blame my starting to play World of Warcraft again in August. I think I'm over it now.
New year's resolutions: Read regularly, and update this blog more often.
The Fifth Season – N. K. Jemisin
Radiance – Catherynne M. Valente
Binti – Nnedi Okorafor
Persona – Genevieve Valentine
Black Wolves – Kate Elliott
Sorcerer to the Crown – Zen Cho
Archivist Wasp – Nicole Kornher-Stace
Testament – Hal Duncan
Signal to Noise – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Zoe's Tale – John Scalzi
Furiously Happy – Jenny Lawson
The Sundial – Shirley Jackson
All the Birds in the Sky – Charlie Jane Anders
City of Blades – Robert Jackson Bennett
The Obelisk Gate – N. K. Jemisin
Raising Steam – Terry Pratchett
The Shepherd's Crown – Terry Pratchett
Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
High Rise – J G Ballard
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
The Geek Feminist Revolution – Kameron Hurley
Sabriel – Garth Nix
Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr – Garth Nix
Abhorsen – Garth Nix
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen – Garth Nix
Assassin's Apprentice – Robin Hobb
Posted on 1 January, 2017 by AlanPosted in BooksTagged audiobook, Books, fantasy, Read List, Reading, roundup, Sci Fi, science fiction, SF, SFF. 1 Comment
What I've Been Reading Lately: Short Fiction Edition
I don't read a huge amount of short fiction, but I read a lot more than I used to, usually stories I see linked on Twitter and save to the Pocket app. For the last couple of years I've taken to sharing each story I read on Twitter myself, but today I felt like collecting some of my recent favourites into a post.
Before I get to the links, though, I had a thought to share. I found myself thinking this morning that most of the really great short fiction I read, while it's SFF genre, centres not the genre concepts or the plot, but the relationships between characters, romantic and otherwise. And it occurred to me that this is, in part, what the Sad Puppies were reacting against, way back in the early years of that kerfuffle.
Larry Correia's stated purpose in starting Sad Puppies was to get award nominations for "unabashed pulp action that isn't heavy handed message fic[tion]". The second half of that has gotten plenty of attention (there is indeed a large part of this which is a reactionary response to the increase in inclusive and diverse works being recognised for awards, for which see Foz Meadows' excellent breakdown of where they're getting it wrong), but it's more to the first part my thoughts went today. In addition to the diversity backlash, the Puppies often set up a conflict between this "unabashed pulp action" and the supposedly more 'literary' work which was appearing on award ballots. And it seems to me that this part of it was about exactly what I observed above: the stories they object to are the ones that do not place action or cool SFnal ideas at their centre, but the interpersonal relationships of characters; where character and relationships are the main throughline and focus.
It does feel like there has been a popular shift toward that kind of fiction in recent years (in novels also – look for example at the popularity of The Goblin Emperor and Ancillary Justice), but it's hard for me to make a solid claim on that. The short fiction market has changed dramatically with the growth of online publishers, and many people – myself included – just did not read much short fiction before that change. I also can't say what short fiction the Sad Puppy supporters have been reading now or in the past, but having been exposed to their complaints on and off for the last few years, it certainly seems like part of the trigger for their lashing out was seeing award-nominated stories which had their focus in a different place from what they were used to.
Personally, I'm one of the apparent majority who is very much enjoying these stories. Even the weirdest of weird SF is about people in some sense, and human relationships and emotions are a familiar point for readers to hold on to while experiencing the utterly unfamiliar. In addition, SFF concepts are and always have been a great tool for exploring ordinary human issues, whether large-scale social concepts, or just the way two people relate to one another. The small stuff is just as important as the large, and (IMO) can be a vehicle for more emotionally poignant stories.
I guess I'm just not in it for the action.
Anyway, that (long) tangent aside, let's get to the story recommendations. I can't say all of these will fit the type I've referred to above, but I can say that I greatly enjoyed every one. These have all been read in the last month or so, mostly while I was on holiday (when I did a lot of reading in airports and on planes). Listed in alphabetical order.
Android Whores Can't Cry, by Natalia Theodoridou, in which a reporter visits the Massacre Market, where people engage in illicit trading of evidence of the government's atrocities (and then things get much weirder).
Candidate 45, Pensri Suesat, by Pear Nuallak, in which an agender art student struggles with their place at a demanding school.
Infinite Skeins, by Naru Dames Sundar, in which a parent searches through infinite alternate worlds for their missing child.
Meshed, by Rich Larson, in which a talent scout has to convince a young athlete to have a "nerve mesh" installed, but his father objects.
Morrigan in Shadow, by Seth Dickinson, in which the question is posed of whether achieving victory is worth making monsters of ourselves.
The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley, in which a darker and weirder take on Star Trek transporter tech is used for war.
When Your Child Strays From God, by Sam J Miller, in which a mother sets out to find her son, who has taken a strange new drug.
Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy, by Saladin Ahmed, in which three brothers are trapped in another man's story, robbed of their own name and nature.
Posted on 10 June, 2016 by AlanPosted in Books, LinksTagged fantasy, fiction, links, Read List, Reading, recommendations, Sad Puppies, Sci Fi, science fiction, SF, SFF, Short Fiction. Leave a comment


The photographer herself, Ann Skinner, working on the film's set.
The local mechanic is better known to his Tatooine pals as "Fixer." Scenes showing the group in Luke's favorite hangout, Tosche Station, were cut from the film, but can be see in the latest Blu-ray edition of the first 'Star Wars' trilogy.
The actress played Camie, one of Luke's friends and Fixer's wife, who was also in the deleted scene at Tosche Station.
The character who Luke wants to follow to the "Academy" can be seen later in the film — they're reunited on the rebel base at Yavin. Unfortunately, Biggs ends up as another casualty in the war against the Empire.
This page from a 1976 draft of the script shows an early version of the movie's opening crawl. Director Brian De Palma reportedly helped his friend George Lucas trim it down.
Note in the scene that introduces Luke to audiences, his last name is Starkiller. Also interesting: the scene with Threepio (C-3PO) "entangled in the mass of dangling wires" and berating Artoo (R2-D2), was moved to middle of the movie, during the TIE fighter attack on the Millennium Falcon.
A scene that shows Luke and his friends rushing out of Tosche Station to witness a space battle taking place high above them — in fact, the Princess Leia's blockade runner being overtaken and boarded by the Star Destroyer carrying Darth Vader.
Hamill lying prone during the Tusken Raider (a.k.a the sand people) attack scene. Notice Skinner's notes about the position of Hamill's legs to make sure they maintained consistency across the takes.
Another view of the Tusken Raiders with Luke's speeder in the background.
Cushing, who played the grim Imperial governor, breaks into a smile for the camera. Hopefully Darth Vader didn't notice.
Fisher is perched on the massive garbage pile during filming of the trash compactor scene.
Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo in the compactor.
Princess Leia and Han Solo as the trash compactor starts closing in on them. Skinner's note "Brace it with this" referred to Leia's eventual dialgoue in the scene.
Luke gets attacked by the dianoga. Skinner's ominous note: "Tentacle"
Prowse, who played the fearsome Darth Vader, removes his black helmet for awhile.
Skinner had to make sure that the Leia's bracelet stayed on the correct arm for the medal ceremony at the end of the movie.


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The Tempo (BPM) of the House Music Genres
Every electronic dance music genre and other genres have a range in which the tempo of their music can vary, which is also the case for house music. We can express the tempo of a song in beats per minute (BPM). Furthermore, most people mean with house music, the genre, the subgenres of it, or they mean the genre with its subgenres.
What is the tempo (BPM) of house music? The music of the house music genre has a tempo that varies from 110 to 130 BPM, and the most common tempo for this music is 128 BPM. Furthermore, the music of the house music subgenres have a similar tempo range, and also for these genres is the most common tempo for it is music 128 BPM.
This post first explains briefly what house music and a tempo is, and then there follow some example tempos of some house genres. After that, there follows information about genres with an unknown tempo, and that tempo of music can change. At last, there follows information about why to play music on a different tempo, why 128 BPM is popular, and the originate of the house tempo.
Explaining Briefly House Music and Tempo
Beats per minute (bpm) is the tempo of a track determined by how many beats per minute the track plays. The more beats per minute, the faster the track is.
Here is an extremely short explanation about the history of house music. Around 1979 the popularity in disco music started to decrease a lot, and around the early 1980s in Chicago, disco music evolved into house music. Furthermore, the first house track ever is Jesse Saunders – On and On.
The house music genre expanded as time passed, and it probably always keeps expanding.
The Tempo of Some House Music Genres
Most of the house music subgenres all have a slightly different range in which the tempo of their tracks can vary. There are many of those subgenres, and to my opinion, way too many to list here. Knowing from some of those subgenres their tempo range can help to form a better understanding of the tempo of house music and it's subgenres.
Here in the table here below are some (not all) well-known house music subgenres with their tempo range in BPM. As we can see in this table, the slowest tempo is 110 BPM, and the fastest is 135 BPM. However, this does not mean that there is not a house music subgenre with a slower or faster tempo.
A tempo in BPM that varies
House music from 110 to 130 BPM
Big room house from 126 to 132 BPM
Deep house from 100 to 130 BPM
Electro house from 125 to 135 BPM
Progressive house from 120 to 135 BPM
Tech house from 121 to 128 BPM
House Subgenres with an Unknown Tempo
As mentioned above in the previous section, the house genre has many subgenres with some rare ones. Also, when time passes, this genre will probably always get some new subgenres in its collection.
With all those house subgenres, there might be or arise a problem that we have a subgenre by which we cannot find the tempo range of its music. However, by looking at the tempo range of the house genre, we can tell more about the tempo range of the house subgenre. All of such subgenres are related to the house genre, and also its tempo range.
Using the House Genre for Determining the Tempo of the House Subgenre
If we don't have any tracks from a house subgenre by which we want to know it's tempo range, then we can only assume what it would be. We can assume that the tempo range of the house genre is the same or almost the same as the tempo range of its subgenre.
When we have some tracks that are part of a house subgenre by which we want to know it's tempo range, then we have at least the tempo of these tacks. We can see the tempo of these tracks as boundaries of a tempo range. For example, we have a track on 118 BPM and another track on 132 BPM, then the tempo range of these two tracks is from 118 BPM to 132 BPM.
We can combine the tempo range of some tracks of a house subgenre with the tempo range of the house genre. We can do such combining by taking the slowest and the fastest tempo of both tempo ranges. These two tempos become the two boundaries of the combined tempo range.
For example, we have determined a tempo range of some tracks, which is 118 from to 132 BPM, and the tempo range from house music is from 110 to 130 BPM. From these to two ranges, we take the slowest tempo, which is 110, and the fastest tempo, which is 132. These two tempos are the boundaries of the combined tempo range, which is a range from 110 to 132 BPM.
As a side note, using the tempo range of the house genre never gives assurance in determining the tempo range of a house subgenre, it's more a guideline.
Finding the Tempo of a Track
There are some (not all) methods by which we can try to find to the tempo of a track, which are:
Search on Google. A method to search on Google is to type the track name with "BPM" or "tempo" behind it, which probably always gives many search results. For example, Mr. Fingers – Mystery Of Love BPM.
Search in a store. Some stores, such as Beatport, shows the BPM of the tracks they sell. If the store has the track by which we want to find the BPM of it, then such a store shows will show it.
DJ software can show the tempo. The DJ software Rekordbox shows in my experience always the correct BPM of tracks, see image directly below. Most other DJ software probably also tries to show the correct BPM of tracks.
These methods don't always work, but will probably most of the time.
House Music on a Different Tempo, Can Go Outside Its Range
We can play and listen to a house music track (song) on a different tempo than its original tempo. For example, we have a track with a tempo of 118 BPM, and we play this track on a tempo of 98 BPM.
By playing a house music track slower or faster than its original tempo, we can go outside the house music tempo range. This range is a tempo that varies from 110 to 130 BPM.
A side note, playing a track faster or slower than its original tempo doesn't mean it sounds better or something like that.
There are many possibilities by which we can play a track on a different tempo, such as playing the track at a slower speed in a media player. Furthermore, a common method to play a track on a different tempo is with DJ gear, such as a DJ controller.
Most (or all) of the DJ controllers have a function to change the tempo of a playing track. The next section explains some reasons why someone would change the tempo of a playing track.
Reasons to Play House Music on a Different Tempo
Here follow some (not all) reason why someone would play a house track on a different tempo:
Matching the tempo of another track. Someone who is DJing can change the tempo of the current playing track to match the tempo of an upcoming track. Without matching the tempo of an upcoming track, the mixing from the current track to the upcoming track sounds bad.
Mimic or create a different genre. When we play a track slower or faster than the tempo range of its genre, then it doesn't sound anymore like its part its genre. There is a post on this site, about how Dave Nada discovered the genre moombahton by playing an electro house track slower than its original tempo.
Creativity. The possibilities are probably endless with changing the tempo of a track. An example is changing it many times in extreme amount while playing the track.
Reasons Why the 128 BPM Tempo Is Popular
The reasons why the 128 BPM tempo is popular is a big topic, and in my opinion, too big for this post. However, here are a few reasons, which are not complete and briefly explained, which gives hopefully an impression why the tempo is popular:
Many people can dance on a 128 BPM tempo.
It is easier for a DJ to mix from track to another track if they both have the same tempo. The more tracks there are 128 BPM, the more possibilities for such easy mixing.
When a part of a track is 16 bars long, and the tempo of the track is 128 BPM, then those 16 bars are 30 seconds long. As a side note, one bar is four beats, which is one house music (in the active parts), a bass drum (kick) on every beat. Such calculations of 30 seconds can help some producers, DJs, and can help syncing music with videos.
There are many EDM production tutorials (and similar), which is also the case for house music with its subgenres. Many of these tutorials explain that 128 BPM is fine and a common tempo to use.
Originate of the House Tempo
The tempo of house music came directly with the first house music tracks ever. So, when the house genre came, it directly also had its tempo range, and there is no information about if that range became broader as time passed.
If someone is interested in checking how the tempo evolved, then there is a solution, which takes an extreme amount of time. The solution is to check as good as every track ever made up to now for its tempo.
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The moment a child takes birth, the doctor hands over a list of vaccines and the dates when they must be administered. Pediatric vaccine programs are very successful when compared to the vaccines which are meant for the adults. As a healthy adult, you may hardly feel the need of taking vaccines. It is a common belief that the vaccines are meant only for the children below the age of ten but this belief no longer stands strong.
The scenario is changing at a faster pace. As a responsible person, you should understand that the way pediatric vaccines are important, vaccines for adults, especially women since the age of puberty should be given special attention. These adult vaccines, if administered on time can save you and your loved ones from many fatal diseases.
This kind of vaccine is made out of the weakened form of virus or bacteria. The weak bacteria or viruses or components of them, stimulate your immune system and gives you the ability to fight against the disease over a long period of time.
This kind of vaccines provides you temporary immunity or short-term protection. It is obtained from a pool of donors.
If you are a woman of childbearing age, you should undergo the rubella immunity test. If it is detected that there is no evidence of immunity, you must get rubella vaccine. If you are pregnant, it must be given to you after the completion of pregnancy. The greatest risk because of rubella is not the children or the adults but the unborn child. If you are suffering from rubella and you are pregnant, you are sure to get well soon, but your unborn child may suffer from deformities. So MMR vaccine, which is a combination of measles, mumps and rubella, must be taken before you conceive. Rubella vaccine can also be taken itself.
To prevent HPV, the human papillomavirus, which causes most of the cervical cancers, three vaccines of HPV should be taken. It is given to the girls of 11-12 years in 3 shots over a period of six months. If not taken at this age, you can also take it afterwards as a preventive for cervical cancer. HPV infection is common among women in early 20s and it goes away on its own, but few of them can be fatal leading to cervical cancer.
It is really important that women get the shot of the above mentioned vaccines to prevent any future complication.


As many of you know, Les Pastras is the name of our property, which produces organic fruit, olive oil and black truffles. Though we both have real jobs (his much more real than mine, as mine involves working part-time from home), our real passion is the land. Since the retirement of our dear Gerard, who worked on the property for 35 years, its upkeep has fallen to us. We are now the proud owners of a tractor, which makes us real farmers in my book, even if only hobby farmers. And in the last 3 years, we've cleared fields and planted more than 400 trees. Not bad for a boy born in Paris and an indoorsy girl from the Midwest, wouldn't you say?
As we work toward making the transition from backbreaking weekend pastime to lucrative business, it occurred to us that we needed a web site. It also occurred to us, during our conversations with truffle enthusiasts, that there is a real market for truffle-hunting tours. Truffles are a business that tourists would ordinarily never get a glimpse of, unless they were at a truffle market and had their wallets open wide. And it seems that there is a real fascination for how they're cultivated, how the dogs are trained and how to tell a real Provençal black truffle from its inferior Chinese and Italian counterparts.
So we are now officially in the tourism business and will be conducting truffle- hunting tours December through March. And for guests who want to make a day of it, a traditional Provençal lunch with all the wine you can drink is also available. The menu is based on years of research (read: throwing dinner parties) and features my friends' favorite recipes, all of which are based on originals taught to me by Johann's grandmother. If you have friends visiting Provence, I hope you'll send them our way. We'll have a bottle of Champagne chilling!
Now I'm humming "Green Acres," except that you, Lisa, would have to say "Darling I love you, but give me Maple Avenue." Which isn't the same.
But here's my question: I thought PIGS hunted for truffles! Or is that another lie foisted off on an impressionable young kid reading Ranger Rick Magazine? My GOD, that raccoon could not tell the truth if it was stuffed into his mouth.


One thing is for certain: Life is going to catch up to your meditation practice. You'll get crazy busy, and you may think you don't have time or privacy to properly meditate. That's why it's good to be ready to improvise when necessary.
If someone disturbs you, just politely go back to your meditation. Or you may have to get up and answer a door or a phone, or take the dog out, or whatever, in the middle of your meditation. That's all fine. Just adapt to your environment.
Today, step outside of your normal routine and meditate for 20 minutes somewhere weird. Go in a stairwell, or meditate in the living room around others, or do it on a road trip in the back seat. Or meditate in a bathroom. And as you're going throughout your day, ask yourself, if I had to meditate in this environment, how would I make it happen?
The idea behind this exercise is to remove all excuses for skipping meditation, in anticipation of those extra busy, super hectic days that are going to threaten your commitment. The more you're able to go guerrilla with your meditation, the more successful you'll be in your practice.
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It was Robin's idea to do a tour of waterfalls in Dupont State Forest and my idea to make birthday cake to bring along. We talked a mile a minute and ran about 4 miles an hour, it turns out fording streams takes time!
Homegrown Blueberry Birthday Cake tasted pretty good after 14 miles and a dunk in a waterfall. I made it gluten and dairy-free in honor of Robin's stomach. We enjoyed it with some Appalachian Allspice Almonds on the side for some protein. Stay posted! That recipe is coming soon!
-In a large bowl, sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
-In a medium sized bowl, whisk together oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and milk.
-Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients.
-Add the berries to the bowl.
-Using a rubber spatula or a large spoon, fold together everything until well combined.
-Pour batter evenly into the pans.
-Bake for about 15-30 minutes depending on the size of your pan. Cupcakes will bake much more quickly. A toothpick inserted in the center of the cake should come out clean when the cake is done.
-Allow to cool completely in the pans before cutting or removing from the pan.


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Q: Why is this statement within a while loop never executed? I've written some code to right justify all the bits in a char's byte.
However, the application is stuck in a loop because it never executes the line positionmask<<1;
Why is this happening?
void rjustify(char thisChar)
{
    unsigned char c = thisChar;
    unsigned char positionmask = 1;
    unsigned char insertionmask = 1;
    while(positionmask)
    {
            if(c & positionmask)
            {
                    c^=positionmask;
                    c|=insertionmask;
                    insertionmask<<=1;
            }
            positionmask<<1; //This line is never executed.
    }
    printf("%c", &c);
}

A: When the line is executed, it has no effect.  Turn up your compiler warnings and change it to:
   positionmask <<= 1;

A: You need to do this: positionmask <<= 1; instead!
The compiler never produces buggy code. unless the compiler that produced the compiler is buggy.

A: it is executed, it is a noop
positionmask <<= 1;
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The actress says the "stakes are so high" this election cycle.
America Ferrera wants Americans to do themselves and the world a huge favor and vote this November.
In an interview with The MVTO, the 32-year-old "Superstore" star explained why she feels there is nothing more important than the upcoming presidential election.
Ferrera, who is Voto Latino's Artist Coalition Co-Chair, also shared a pointed message to Latinos, explaining that when they vote, they're not just voting for federal and local leaders, they're voting for the best interest of their families, friends and communities.
"It is important to show up for yourself and know, especially inside the Latino community, that we have so much power, we have so much potential that we could exercise by using our voices in the voting booth. And I think that when we show up and we decide to represent ourselves in the voting booth is when things will change for Latin American communities in the United States, so we need to show up for ourselves and exercise that power," she said.
The "Superstore" star wrote a blog post for The Huffington Post in April explaining why Clinton has long been her “kind of badass” and the kind of woman she’d like to share a bottle of wine. “Even before the Latino vote was crucial to elections, Hillary held the first ever White House convening on Hispanic youth as first lady," she wrote. "She’s fought for early childhood education so that a kid like me, growing up in the public school system, doesn’t fall behind before she even gets the chance to begin. She’s defended school lunch programs so that a kid like me, dependent on those programs for her mid-day meal, doesn’t sit distracted by hunger pangs as she tries to focus on her math problems."


WASHINGTON, DC (5am, July 3, 2017) — A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist Poll explores trust in institutions demonstrating that Americans broadly believe their country's political tone has become less civil since Donald Trump was elected president and that fundamental rights are weakening. The poll surveyed 1,205 adults in the U.S. from June 21 – June 25, 2017 and was produced in partnership by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, NPR, and PBS NewsHour.
Civility: 7 in 10 Americans think the tone between Republicans and Democrats has gotten worse since Donald Trump was elected President. Currently, only 6 percent believe partisan dissidence has gotten better, and 20 percent think it has stayed the same.
Partisan Divides: More than half of registered Democrats have faith in the media, while just 9 percent of their Republican counterparts trust the press. When it comes to election parity, 72 percent of Republicans compared to 42 percent of Democrats believe elections to be fair. Overall, confidence in Congress is low regardless of party, with just 39 percent of Republicans and 25 percent of Democrats saying they have faith in the legislative branch.
History: 77% of respondents correctly cite Great Britain as the country from which the U.S. declared its independence. 3 in 10 Americans do not know the year in which the U.S. declared its independence.
Topline results, national tables, and nature of sample accessible here.


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Now, a word of warning here. Unless you're a masochist for baking (like me!), I won't recommend making a damson tart. Instead, use any larger plum, or even nectarines, or peaches. The amount of wedges you need to cut from the tiny damsons is ridiculous, and takes ages. However, if you're like me, and have more damsons than you can eat (and a lot of free time), why not?
You can even use the frangipane and pâte sucrée crust combination with other fruit. In the past I have used poached pears, blackberries, and blueberries. Anything will be beautiful. And I don't just mean flavour, but these tarts always look gorgeous. Especially this damson tart.
While the endless rings of tiny pieces to cut is silly to make, it looks really pretty – no?
For the pâte sucrée, sift together the flour, ground almonds, and 23g icing sugar. Add any of the almond that doesn't pass through the sieve back into the mixture.
Beat the butter and vanilla seeds until light in colour and soft, and then sift in the remaining icing sugar. Whip the sugar with the butter until light and fluffy.
Add the sifted dry ingredients to the bowl and mix until it resembles a sort of wet sand. Tip the bowl out onto your work surface, and press together.
To make sure all of the vanilla and sugar is evenly mixed, you will use a technique called 'fraiser' or 'fraisage'. Use the heel of your hand to smear the mixture together on the table, then scrape it off the table, fold it over itself, and continue smearing until it's evenly mixed (see image above).
Pat the dough into a disc, and wrap in cling film, Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
While the dough is chilling, prepare the frangipane.
In a medium sized bowl, beat the butter until very soft. Sift in the icing sugar.and beat together until light and fluffy.
Add the flour mixture in two additions, and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Add the eggs, and beat until smooth. Set aside.
Preheat your oven to 350°F (176°C), grease and line a tart pan with a circle of parchment paper.
To roll out the dough, place the disc between two sheets of parchment paper. Roll out until it is large enough to fit your tart pan and lay inside.
Fill the tart with the frangipane, either with a piping bag, or by spreading an even layer over the bottom.
Slice your fruit into wedges, about 0.5cm thick, depending on the fruit being used. I probably sliced the damsons thinner as I needed so many pieces.
Arrange your slices of fruit in concentric circles, slightly overlapping each piece with the next. When you finish the outside edge, start a new row, slightly overlapping with the first. Repeat to fill the middle of the tart.
Bake the tart in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until the crust has browned, and the filling is set.
Allow to cool before trying to remove from the tin.
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Boo! A Madea Halloween: A Review
BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN
Having already tackled Christmas, our most famous African-American female (after First Lady Michelle Obama) has tackled the spooky holiday of Halloween. As we await Madea's Hanukkah Hijinks, we get Boo! A Madea Halloween. Truth be told, I'm a bit conflicted when it comes to this latest Tyler Perry production. I did laugh, which I think was the point of a lot of this. The laughs, however, didn't come strictly because it was actually funny. It was more because it was so flat-out idiotic that it caused me to laugh. A part of me thought that Perry was spoofing horror films (and the current fixation with crazed clowns).
Another part of me was wondering whether he was trading in on old stereotypes and treating his characters as downright fools to where all that was missing was Stepin Fetchit to pop out and do a little dance.
Brian (Perry), a weak-as-toast and overprotective father, does not want his daughter Tiffany (Diamond White) to walk past the Upsilon Theta Fraternity House (better known by their Greek initials, YO). Tiffany does not care what her weak-willed father wants, since she can walk all over him and does so with impunity. Only her best friend, Preacher's Kid Aday (Liza Koshy) has any sense of doubt as to Tiffany's latest plan.
While walking down the YO house with two other tart-friends, Rain and Leah, the frat guys all invited them to their kick-ass Halloween party, the dimwitted guys unaware that they are all seventeen (and thus, underage). Encouraged to wear something sexy for their costumes, Tiffany wants desperately to go, with Aday more reluctant. Of course, there is the issue of getting past Brian.
Enter Madea (Perry again), who is with I assume her sister Bam (Cassie Davis). Bam, who is delighted to have her 'prescription' for medicinal marijuana, is sitting outside her house passing out candy, much to Madea's displeasure. Bam is actually doing a bait-and-switch on the tykes: appearing to put in candy but really reaching into the bags to grab some of THEIR candy. One of the trick-or-treaters gets wise to this, which unleashes a barrage of insults by Madea (who knows perfectly well what's going on). Brian calls Madea up to watch Tiffany and Aday for the night (Brian discovering Tiffany's schemes).
Madea goes only after promises of money, and Bam, along with Madea's brother/Brian's father Joe (Perry once again) and their friend Hattie (Cassie Davis) tagging along. Tiffany gets wise to her father's scheme and tries to scare the old people by telling them that a "Mr. Wilson" committed murders in the house on Halloween and comes back to haunt the place...except the bedrooms. While they don't bite, they aren't as attentive as they should be and Tiffany & Aday sneak off.
Madea is many things, but a fool ain't one of them. She quickly realizes they snuck off and goes to the frat house to get them back. The dimwitted frat guys at first think Madea and her friends (Joe opting to stay home and smoke some weed) are in costume, but soon realize that these old people are for real. The three women appear to start actually mixing into the remarkably dull Halloween party (even with Tyga in a cameo as himself) until Madea, irritated by their refusal to help, literally pulls the plug. The frat guys promptly throw her out, which enrages Madea. Taking the other women with her, she decides to call the po-po to tell them that underage girls are at the party.
No need, as while Dino (Mike Tornabene) is with Aday, the good girl tells him she's seventeen, horrifying someone even as stupid as him. He quickly runs to the YO President, Jonathan (Yousef Erakat), who is with Tiffany, and he too is shocked. They all realize that having underage girls at their party will get them at the very least suspended from college, but making matters worse, the po-po have arrived and shut the party down. Discovering that Madea and her group were behind this, they plot revenge. Unbeknown to them, Aday, who's been hiding, overhears their plans.
The rest of the movie involves the frat guys pulling pranks to convince the old, scared black people that ghosts and clowns and zombies are after them, and of course it works. It isn't until Madea runs to the church and 'accepts' Jesus Christ that the preacher comes out, along with the repentant Aday, who reveals all. Now it's time for MADEA to get even and give both Tiffany and the frat guys a comeuppance they won't soon forget. Tiffany also learns a valuable lesson on the importance of parental guidance and respect for her father.
It's an almost fascinating thing to see how Perry attempts to mix the broadest, silliest of comedy with a touch of moralizing. On one hand, you have these excessive caricatures of people, young and old (are frat guys really that dumb? are old people really that dumb?). On the other, you have a message that parents should not be their children's friends, but their parents.
It's amusing to see this group of seniors berate their child for not raising his own child the way they raised him. Granted, this collection had no problem being wildly abusive (Joe, for example, recounts with glee how he threw Brian off a roof), but somewhere in all this mayhem, we get what we're supposed to understand is the 'message': good parenting has no substitute.
In the mix is a very bad sense, at least for me, that Perry may be mixing mirth with stereotypes. The idea that these old black people were 'afraid of ghosts', and would be so gullible as to possibly imagine there were such things, complete with eyes bulging out and them screaming for the hills, somehow didn't sit right with me. It troubled me that people were portrayed with such broad strokes. Granted, a Madea film isn't known for its subtlety, but again, something about that just didn't feel right.
I also grant that a Madea film is not meant to be taken all that seriously (Diary of a Mad Black Woman being a rare exception), so I cut it some slack. Certainly we see this with how the frat guys are. Despite protests to the contrary, this party looks rather lame (and as for Tyga's cameo, all I could think of was how low is his career to be playing a FRAT PARTY. Serves him right for not letting Sir Paul McCartney into his after-Grammy party).
If I look at it analytically, I don't think people go into a Madea film to see great acting. There wasn't. Of particular note were Erakat and Tornabene as Jonathan the YO President and his sidekick Dino. I understand they are 'YouTube stars'. I'm simply too old to accept the notion that there is such a thing as 'YouTube stars', so having no idea who they are (and truthfully, not caring) they were amateurish in whatever they can call 'acting'. Tyler Perry alums (along with Perry) were broad, but that's what I figure they were meant to be.
Subtlety isn't a Tyler Perry specialty.
I'm not going to lie and say I didn't laugh. There were moments of humor (Madea quoting from Oprah's speech in The Color Purple when going up into the attic, one of the frat guys calling Brian "Old Man River", though I'd question how that frat guy would know the reference), but it was a silly, almost idiotic funny.
A good time can be had at Boo! A Madea Halloween, if one goes into it acknowledging that we're not getting anything particularly great, clever, or original. Minus the mocking of the current 'scary clown' business, this is not a good film. It's not quite a romp, but not a horror.
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Oh GOOD GOD. I want to punch in the face whoever said that ages THIRTEEN TO SEVENTEEN are the best four years of a person's life. Like GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK.
Now. Don't get me wrong. You're having a great high school experience. I'm going to go ahead and spoil a few things for you (but I think you probably know they're coming anyway): you're going to win Prom Queen, you're going to get really good grades and get to wear a sash at graduation, we're going to win Valley and it's going to be oh so fun. You're going to have a truly all-American high school experience, sister, and you're going to be like pretty happy with it but deep down you're gonna be like okay, cool, so like, that's it?
NO GOOD GOD IT IS NOT IT.
Ugh I am really fired up about this.
Asia, I'm talking to you. Don't put that camera down.
You learn what YOLO means.
I'm going to elaborate on that one, because it's a big deal: You learn what having good friends look like, and what being a good friend looks like.
You will never stop making new friends, because you no longer live in a tiny town, and people from all over the world will become your closest friends (be on the lookout for anyone named Audrey or Morgan or Jamie).
You get better looking like every year (at least until you're 26, which is at time of writing, we still have yet to go downhill in the looks department, praise Jesus).
You make your own money.
You spend your own money. And it's mucho fun.
You stop wearing knit sweaters (like not right away but eventually).
You find your own style and rock it.
Your cheeks stop looking like chipmunks (again, not right away, but eventualllyyyy).
You will find out what you like to do for fun.
You will find out that you weren't missing out on anything by not attending drinking-in-fields-bonfires.
You will get better at dancing.
And because you are good at dancing, you become very cool and not be the non-party-attending girl anymore.
You will be totally fine with not being the party-going girl.
You will find people who LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE.
You will learn that not all people who love Jesus only love country music and this is mind blowing.
You will start realizing you're pretty.
You will wear crop tops and no one will be able to get mad at you. Or threaten to suspend you or something weird.
YOU CAN NOT GO TO CLASS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
And you don't even have to go to school every day. AND usually you never have class on Fridays.
You figure out that wearing rain boots will solve all your rainy weather problems. Like wet pants? No longer.
You dye your hair purple. Whaaaaa. So cool.
You learn to speak several languages fluently! WHAAAA.
You drive a mucchhhh nicer car.
You start taking prenatal vitamins and now your nails are no longer little stubs. They're actually quite nice. And you learn to paint them.
You figure out how to do your hair THANK GOD.
You decide to stop watching scary movies/CSI and this makes a lot of nightmares go away.
You stop fighting with your mom because you're not a total brat anymore.
You will realize that life is what you make it.
You figure out that you do like roller coasters, just not the up and down ones, and you can finally start enjoying Six Flags.
In general, you will realize you DON'T HAVE TO DO THINGS you don't want to do (roller coasters, scary movies, house parties) and that changes everything.
Like, you realize you don't have to feel not cool because you don't drink. You learn to love not drinking.
You eventually figure out exercises to make your knees not hurt, but it takes LITERALLY a decade, so don't hold your breath, but I swear it's coming.
You will become super close to your sister, which makes life way more fun.
But for the most part, you have less haters because people grow up.
You are going to live by the beach. By the beach in several countries.
At a certain point you realize, the last 4 years of your life are always the best 4 years of your life. You realize that, you know what, it may not be that way for everyone, and it may not be that way forever, but up until time of writing, you are going to realize that you have the amazing capacity and God's beautiful grace that allows life to be more and more exciting as time goes on. Each day, you figure out more of who you are, what you love, and you DO IT.
I'm so proud of you for taking advantage of these "best four years of your life".
But don't stress anymore, sister, they are good, for sure, but they just keep getting better.


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Acting Privacy Commissioner John McAteer has finished an inquiry into the exposure of student data at the University of Sydney earlier this year, finding that the error that enabled data to be freely accessed was avoidable, and that, therefore, the university had not met its obligations to protect its students' data.
Written by Michael Lee, Contributor on June 28, 2011
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The inquiry was launched after the McAteer learned that University of Sydney student data was exposed on the web, with anyone able to access student names, addresses, the subjects students were enrolled in and fees payable, without requiring a password. The flaw was not a new vulnerability, but one that had been identified and previously dealt with in 2007.
The issue was brought to the attention of the university in February 2007, and while the loophole was patched at the time, the Sydney Morning Herald pointed out in January this year that it was again vulnerable.
At that time, the university's vice-chancellor and principal, Michael Spence, wrote to students and staff of the university, stating that, "as a result of a software update, the security patch was inadvertently removed without anyone becoming aware of its function in protecting the security of student records".
After engaging a security consultancy firm to investigate the issue, the university discovered an additional risk for information leaks, which was promptly secured.
In the report, first noted by the Sydney Morning Herald, McAteer said that communities should be able to expect large corporations and public sector agencies to be more aware of information security risks and have vigilant breach prevention programs, and that the university had not met its obligations under the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998.
His view of the breach was that "with appropriate testing, the flaw was avoidable and the university had not taken reasonably available steps to avoid the risk that the leaks would eventuate".
Since closing off the loophole, the university has developed a software control system that ensures its software code repository always associates software components with their associated updates and security patches. It has also implemented additional security measures, including further security reviews and penetration testing. As a result, McAteer said that "the university responded to being informed of this breach of security with urgency and effectiveness", and that "there is no need to take further action in relation to this investigation".
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What are the Basic Components of Data Science?
Programming allows you to execute algorithms that take data as input and produce results that reveal information in the data. There are a number of easy to use packages that allow you to do this without having to first become an expert programmer. These include the popular programing packages "R" and "Python".
Probability allows you to model and reason about uncertainty. Since data is generally noisy, it has inherent uncertainty. Nontrivial computations on this data yield results that also have inherent uncertainty. Probability helps quantify this uncertainty, and this gives a measure of confidence for conclusions drawn from the results.
Statistics provides a framework for designing experiments to collect data, for removing the affects of confounding variables, and for modeling the results of computations on the data using partially unknown probabilistic models. This allows one to quantifying uncertainty in the predictions made using the model.
Domain Knowledge provides insights into known constraints or relationships among the variables in the data. This can guide the design of data collection and help select the most appropriate methods to subsequently process the data.


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Gyulányi Eugénia, születési neve: Csapó Eugenia Éva, alternatív művészneve: Gyulányi Éva, teljes neve: Vereczkey Zoltánné Gyulányi Eugénia Éva (Kolozsvár, 1915. március 15. – Budapest, 2018. október 10.) magyar színésznő.

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Apja Csapó Jenő (1881–1914) bonviván, anyja Báthory Elza (1888–1976), a Kolozsvári Nemzeti Színház primadonnája volt. Egy nővére volt még, a két és fél évvel idősebb Ilona. "Édesapámat, aki ezredes is volt, sajnos nem ismerhettem, mert még születésem előtt meghalt. Gyulányi István, katonatiszt volt édesanyám második férje, ő később nevére vett engem." Csapó Eugénia Éva így lett Gyulányi Eugénia Éva, de a művészneve lett mind a Gyulányi Eugénia, mind pedig a Gyulányi Éva, mivel Németh Antal, a Nemzeti Színház főrendezője megjegyezte: "Hogyan néz ki, hogy a maga neve Jávoré mellett kilóg a plakátból? Válasszon egy rövidebb keresztnevet! Legyen maga Éva."

1937-ben végzett a Színművészeti Főiskolán. Ezután egy évig a Nemzeti Színház ösztöndíjasa lett. 1938-tól 1939-ig Kardos Géza társulatához került. 1951-ben a szolnoki Szigligeti Színház tagja lett. 1952-től a Miskolci Nemzeti Színháznál játszott, majd 1954-től újra Szolnokra szerződött. Vereczkey Zoltán színművészhez ment feleségül, aki Gábor Miklós osztálytársa volt a Színművészeti Főiskolán, ahol együtt végeztek 1940-ben, és 1940–től 1951-ig, valamint 1983-tól a Nemzeti Színház tagja volt. 1954. április 11-én született meg a fia, aki édesapja nevét kapta: dr. Vereczkey Zoltán, és ügyvezetőként dolgozik. 1958-tól 1972-ig az Állami Déryné Színház társulatához tartozott, ami után nyugdíjba vonult.

Ő volt a Fidesz legidősebb aktivistája. Gyulányi Eugénia 2018. október 10-én, 103 és fél évesen hunyt el. Ekkor ő volt az ország legidősebb színésznője.

Színházi szerepeiből

Filmszerepek

Portréfilm
Jenci néni szép élete (Gyulányi Eugénia portré) (2012)

Játékfilmek
Szabó úr (Nagynéni) (kisjátékfilm, 2015) (Gyulányi Eugénia néven)
Egy szavazat (rövidfilm, 2006) (Gyulányi Eugénia néven)
Zoli és Jenci (1992) (Gyulányi Éva néven)
Napló gyermekeimnek (1984) (Gyulányi Éva néven)
Örökség (1980) (Gyulányi Éva néven)
Olyan, mint otthon (1978) (Gyulányi Éva néven)
Ők ketten (1977) (Gyulányi Éva néven)

Tévéfilmek
...és a holtak újra énekelnek (1973) (Gyulányi Éva néven)
Kira Georgievna (1968) (Gyulányi Éva néven)

Jegyzetek

Források

További információk
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Magyar színésznők
Kolozsváriak
1915-ben született személyek
2018-ban elhunyt személyek
Századik életévüket betöltött személyek

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