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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Immutable;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;

using Passado.Error;

namespace Passado.Query.Internal
{
    public abstract class AsQueryBase : QueryBase
    {
        public ImmutableArray<(string DefaultName, string AsName)> Names { get; set; }
    }

    public class AsQuery<TNamedRow, TTable1>
       : AsQueryBase
       , Select.IAsQuery<TNamedRow>
       , Update.IAsQuery<TNamedRow, TTable1>
       , Delete.IAsQuery<TNamedRow>
    {
        public AsQuery(QueryBase innerQuery, LambdaExpression name)
        {
            InnerQuery = innerQuery;

            if (name == null)
                throw BuilderError.ArgumentNull(nameof(name)).AsException();

            if (name.Body is NewExpression newExpression)
            {
                Names = newExpression.Arguments.Zip(newExpression.Members, (l, r) => ((l as MemberExpression).Member.Name, r.Name))
                                               .ToImmutableArray();
            }
            else
            {
                throw new NotImplementedException();
            }
        }
    }
}

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Senate Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is reportedly under consideration for a cabinet post.
The last time he came up for Senate confirmation, things did not go well.
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee urged President Reagan today to withdraw a nominee from consideration for a Federal district judgeship in Alabama.
The statement by Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware about the nomination of Jefferson B. Sessions 3d, came as one of the nominee's former deputies accused him of making racially insensitive comments to staff members while serving as the United States Attorney in Mobile.
The former deputy, Thomas Figures, who was an assistant United States Attorney for seven years, said in a written statement that Mr. Sessions once admonished him to be careful about what he said ''to white folks.'' Mr. Figures is black.
The comments by Mr. Figures were seen as another serious blow to the nomination of Mr. Sessions, whose appointment to the Federal bench has been oppposed by several large civil rights groups.
The Justice Department said today that it intended to pursue Mr. Sessions's nomination despite the criticism. ''Jeff Sessions is the nominee, and we stand behind him,'' said Terry Eastland, the department's chief spokesman.
In an interview, Senator Biden said that prospects were for the nomination were ''bleak'' and that racial comments purportedly made by Mr. Session had demonstrated that he was unfit for the Federal bench.
Senate Democrats tracked down a career Justice Department employee named J. Gerald Hebert, who testified, albeit reluctantly, that in a conversation between the two men Sessions had labeled the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) "un-American" and "Communist-inspired." Hebert said Sessions had claimed these groups "forced civil rights down the throats of people." In his confirmation hearings, Sessions sealed his own fate by saying such groups could be construed as "un-American" when "they involve themselves in promoting un-American positions" in foreign policy. Hebert testified that the young lawyer tended to "pop off" on such topics regularly, noting that Sessions had called a white civil rights lawyer a "disgrace to his race" for litigating voting rights cases. Sessions acknowledged making many of the statements attributed to him but claimed that most of the time he had been joking, saying he was sometimes "loose with [his] tongue." He further admitted to calling the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a "piece of intrusive legislation," a phrase he stood behind even in his confirmation hearings.
The hearing transcript is here.


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Category Archives: Theory
September 20, 2011 · 4:02 am
Modeling With Line
Modeling is a term that drawing borrows from sculpture to signify any graphic strategy that develops the appearance of the third dimension. Varying line width and weight, exploring tonal contrasts, cast shadows, linear cross-sections, and atmospheric perspective are some of the ways that the draftsman responds to the visual phenomena of the three-dimensional world. Building on the investigations of line in the early weeks of the semester, we move on to a juncture where the boundary between this most abstract of elements begins to blur into another element – value, or tone – in all of its orchestral richness. The drawings shown here all employ line in ways that express the third dimension through the development of tonality. Unlike media such as charcoal that can be smeared and diffused over the drawing page to create a continuous tone, the insistence of the linear mark in line modeling lends a directional force, a texture, and a certain degree of abstraction and transformation to the drawings. m
Staunton, VA artist, Virginia Deane, employs the sharpened pencil in this drawing as if it were a pen & ink drawing, laying down distinct linear hatch marks to define tonal changes across the globular forms of the onions. Countering the dark lines are white hatchings created by the eraser. The composition builds on the repeated circle of the onions while exploring the subtle variation of the central axis of each, as well as scale contrasts between the different forms, the irregularities of their stems, and the play of cast shadows defining the ground plane.
Michelangelo uses contour hatch-modeling to emphasize the tactile three-dimensional volumes of the figure. The curved lines reveal the surface terrain like the cross-sections of a contour map, or like the toothed tracks left in stone by the sculptor's chisel. Gradients of dark to light appear in the drawing but they ultimately serve tactile, not optical ends. Transient effects of light and shadow are subordinated to the sense of touch and what it confirms about the volumetric solidity of the form.
Giacometti's drawing uses line like the wire armature of his sculptures to build the forms from inside to outside. Within the urgent, fast-moving linear vortices of the drawings, traces of the artist's astute analysis of positions, angles, and axes of major and minor forms can be seen.
In this drypoint print, Jake Muirhead, like Giacometti, draws with a vigorous searching line but pushes the contrasts of line weight by varying the pressure of the hand. The direction of the lines mimics the natural striations of the corn leaves, building a powerful three-dimensional expression through contrasts of dark to light.
In this walnut ink drawing by Vincent Van Gogh large, coarse lines and intervals at the bottom of the page yield gradually to finer marks and stipples at the top, combining with scale changes, overlaps, and perspectival angles in the fields to set up a simple, yet powerful, spatial movement from foreground to background.
Both Kathe Kollwitz, above, and Rembrandt, below, use contour hatching in these self-portraits to explore both tactile, planar surfaces and optical effects of directed light and cast shadow. Rembrandt, by observing the loss of tonal contrast in places such as the eyes and the pursed lips, and the reflected light on the neck and jaw, conveys a powerful sense of luminosity.
Giorgio Morandi develops a rich tonal scale by a methodical layering of regularly spaced straight lines of unchanging width.
Reduced to just an outline, the element of line reinforces the essential flatness of the drawing page. When outline yields to and admits the phenomenon of form overlapping form, the modeling of the third dimension begins. An extensive spatial vocabulary exists using nothing more than this simple element.
Aubrey Beardsley
Michelangelo Buonarotti
Kathe Kollwitz
William Utermohlen
Willem Drost
Willem Van Der Hoed
Tagged as Aubrey Beardsley, Contour Hatching, Cross-hatching, Giacometti, Guercino, Jake Muirhead, Kathe Kollwitz, Line, Michelangelo, Modeling, Morandi, Rembrandt, Rubens, Utermohlen, Van Gogh, Virginia Deane
Robert Hughes on Drawing
"In the 45 years that I've been writing criticism there has been a tragic depreciation in the traditional skills of painting and drawing, the nuts and bolts of the profession. In part it has been caused by the assumption that it's photography and its cognate media – film and TV – that tell the most truth about the visual.
It's not true. The camera, if it's lucky, may tell a different truth to drawing – but not a truer one. Drawing brings us into a different, a deeper and more fully experienced relation to the object. A good drawing says: "not so fast, buster". We have had a gutful of fast art and fast food. What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of modes of perception and whose skill and doggedness make you think and feel; art that isn't merely sensational, that doesn't get its message across in 10 seconds, that isn't falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep-running in our natures. In a word, art that is the very opposite of mass media. For no spiritually authentic art can beat mass media at their own game. This was not a problem when the Academy was founded, because in 1769 such media were embryonic or non-existent. A quarter of a millennium later, things are different. But drawing never dies, it holds on by the skin of its teeth, because the hunger it satisfies – the desire for an active, investigative, manually vivid relation with the things we see and yearn to know about – is apparently immortal…"
© Robert Hughes, in an address to the Royal Academy of Art, London, June, 2004.
Read Robert Hughes Bio.
Filed under Criticism, Theory
Tagged as On Drawing, Robert Hughes

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To maintain the corrected alignment after high tibial osteotomy (HTO), fixation with titanium locking plate and screws is widely used in current practice; however, screw breakage is a common complication. Thus, this study was to investigate the mechanical stability of HTO with locking plate and various screw fixations, including the length as well as the type.
A finite element (FE) model involving a distal femur, meniscus, and a proximal tibia with HTO fixed with a titanium locking plate and screws was created. The angle of the medial open wedge was 12°, and bone graft was not used. Two types of screws, namely conventional locking and far-cortical locking screws, with various lengths and configurations were used. At the proximal tibia, conventional locking screws with different lengths, 30 and 55 mm, were used; at the tibia shaft, different screw fixations including one-cortical, two-cortical, and far-cortical locking screws were used.
The use of far-cortical locking screw generated the highest equivalent stress on the screws, which was four times (from 137.3 to 541 MPa) higher than that of the one-cortical screw. Also, it led to the maximum deformation of the tibia and a greater gap deformation at the osteotomy site, which was twice (from 0.222 to 0.442 mm) larger than that of the one-cortical screw. The effect of different locking screw length on tibia deformation and implant stress was minor.
Thus, far-cortical locking screws and plates increase interfragmentary movement but the screw stress is relatively high. Increasing the protection time (partial weight duration) is suggested to decrease the risk of screw breakage in HTO through fixation with titanium far-cortical locking screws and plates.
High tibial osteotomy (HTO) with medial opening wedge is a surgical technique to reconstruct the bony structure of knees and correct their mechanical axis [1, 2]. This technique may be used to manage the early stage of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), particularly in relatively young patients (40–60 years) [3, 4]. Currently, HTO with locking plate and screws is popular because it efficiently slows the progressive degeneration of the knee joint and holds the requirement of terminable joint replacement [5, 6].
To maintain the corrected alignment after HTO, the use of locking plate and screws helps to establish a strong support for the osteotomied tibia till bone union [7–9]. In current practice of HTO, traditional titanium locking plate and screw fixation yields acceptable outcomes, and approximately 90% of the patients who returned to work or sport did so within 1 year . However, some complications following HTO such as screw breakage or loss of reduction are not uncommon . To obtain better results, further studies focused either on the structural stability established between the bone and plate or on the creation of beneficial biomechanical stimuli from interfragmentary movement via flexible/dynamic fixation were made in the past [11–13]. In these biomechanical studies, some issues including the geometry and configuration of plate, the use of wedge spacer, and even the interfragmentary movement promoting callus formation during bony healing [7, 11, 14–16] were investigated. However, to our note, a more fundamental factor, the screw, was less mentioned and rarely investigated. In addition, considering the major clinical issue about screw breakage, it is worth further analyzing and demonstrating the screw stress in HTO-related studies.
Nevertheless, it is difficult to explore the internal stress of screws, plates, and bones, because no sensor is sufficiently small to insert into the body without disturbing the responses. By contrast, the finite element (FE) method, a numerical simulation based on the loading condition and measured material properties of the bone and metallic implants, helps to calculate the internal stresses and has been used in many biomechanical studies [17–20]. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the mechanical stability and screw stress of HTO fixed with titanium locking plate and screws comparing various lengths and types (flexible or traditional) of locking screws using the FE method.
An intact solid knee joint model consisting of the tibia, distal femur, and meniscus was directly created using open-source computed tomography images of the Visible Human Project (from National Institutes of Health, https://www.nih.gov/) in this study. The contours of the bones in each section were retrieved by examining relatively higher gray values than the surrounding tissues using the Avizo Version 6 (VSG SAS, Bordeaux, France) software. Furthermore, the cortical and cancellous bones were demarcated according to their gray values. The three-dimensional bone models were created based on the retrieved contours of each section. The bone models were then imported into the CAD software SolidWorks 2014 (Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., Waltham, MA, USA) for creating the meniscus cartilage. The space between the distal femur condyles and the proximal tibia was modeled as the meniscus cartilage, and the shape of the meniscus was modified on the basis of a previous study . Then, the HTO model with medial open wedge and metallic locking plate and screw fixation was created in SolidWorks, too. Virtual planes were defined to divide the tibia into two parts, namely the medial wedge and rest of the tibia. The angle of the medial open wedge was set to 12°, and the length of the lateral hinge (apex of the wedge to tibial border) was set to 10 mm . The volume of the medial wedge was then removed in order to mimic the open wedge of HTO without bone graft.
The TomoFix plate (TomoFix, DePuy Synthes, Oberdorf, Switzerland) and locking screws were used to fix the tibia with HTO (Fig. 1a). The length and width of the TomoFix plate were 115 and 16 mm, respectively. The plate thickness was 3 mm. Two types of locking screws were used in this study, namely traditional locking screw and far-cortical locking (flexible fixation) screws. The tibia shaft was fixed using far-cortical locking and traditional locking screws, and the proximal tibia was fixed using a traditional locking screw only. Six types of screw configuration for HTO fixation were analyzed (Fig. 1b–g). Conventional 30- and 55-mm locking screws were used at the proximal tibia (above the wedge), and three types of screw, namely one-cortical (30 mm), two-cortical (35–50 mm), and far-cortical locking screws (35–50 mm), were used for the tibia shaft (below the wedge). The diameter of the traditional locking screws was 5 mm. For the far-cortical locking screw, the outer diameter of the thread part (distal) was 5 mm, and the diameter of the proximal shaft was 3.5 mm . The bone around the proximal screw shaft of the far-cortical locking screw within 0.75 mm was also removed. Then, a 0.75-mm gap between the proximal screw shaft (of the far-cortical locking screw) and the tibia was created, and the screw shaft did not touch the bone during the initial unloading state. The screw insertion into the tibia was mimicked using Boolean operation to ensure that no space existed between the bone and the thread of screws. The thread of the screw head and the screw hole of the plate were simplified as a cylinder.
The solid model was then imported into ANSYS Workbench V 17 (Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc., Houston, PA, USA) for generating the mesh and simulation. The ligaments around the knee joint, including medial collateral, lateral collateral, anterior cruciate, and posterior cruciate ligaments, were modeled using tension-only springs (Table 1). These springs were created by linking the origin and inserting sites of the corresponding ligaments. The longitudinal stiffness of these springs was set according to the cross-sectional area, the Young's modulus obtained from a previous study , and the length in the present model. The elastic moduli of the cortex and trabecular bone was set to 12 GPa and 430 MPa, respectively [25, 26], and their Poisson's ratios were set to 0.3. The Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of the meniscus were set to 100 MPa and 0.1, respectively . The metallic implants, including the plate and screws, were made from titanium, and the plasticity of titanium was utilized. Hence, the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of titanium in the linear elastic phase were defined to 110 GPa and 0.3, respectively. The yield strength and tangent modulus in the plastic phase were set to 800 and 1250 MPa, respectively. The material properties of titanium were defined according to the engineering database in ANSYS Workbench.
The thread part of the screws and the surrounding bone were assigned bonding contact behavior, as were the screw head and screw hole of the plate. The contact between the proximal screw shaft of the far-cortical screw and the bone nearby (gap distance of 0.75 mm) was a frictional surface-to-surface contact (if the contact occurred). Furthermore, the contact behaviors between the bones at the osteotomy site were frictional. The contact behavior between the meniscus and the distal femur condyles was frictionless. The friction coefficients of metal-to-bone and bone-to-bone were 0.3 and 0.45, respectively . A 1500 N (about two times the body weight) compressive force was applied on the superior surface of the distal femur to simulate the physiological load of the knee joint in normal gait [22, 28–30]. The degree of freedom of the distal femur was set to zero along the X and Y axes, and movement was allowed only in the vertical direction (Z axis). The distal end of the tibia was fixed (Fig. 1h).
For validation of this FE model, the maximum interfragmentary movements of the FE model with one-cortical and far-cortical locking screws at the tibia shaft (the screw length at the proximal tibia was 55 mm) were compared with those of Roderer et al.'s study . The interfragmentary movement in the FE model and Roderer et al.'s study was similar (Fig. 2). The differences of interfragmentary movement between the present FE model and Roderer et al.'s study were just 0.17 mm (under 1000 N) and 0.03 mm (under 500 N) with the flexible fixation screw and traditional locking screw, respectively.
Equivalent stress (also formulated in terms of the von Mises stress) was used as an index for evaluating stress on the metallic screw and plate, whereas maximum principle stress was used for evaluating stress on the bones. The maximum displacement of the tibia and the deformation of the osteotomy gap were used for analyzing HTO stability.
With identical proximal screw length, the different fixation methods using conventional locking screws on the tibial shaft, one-cortical and two-cortical, shared similar gap deformation as well as the tibia displacement (Table 2). Compared with the conventional locking methods, the use of far-cortical locking screws resulted in a larger tibia displacement as well as gap deformation at the osteotomy site (Table 2 and Fig. 3). The maximum gap deformation with the far-cortical locking screw was 2.03 (from 0.219 to 0.445) and 2.05 (from 0.216 to 0.442) times that of the two-cortical screws when the proximal screw lengths were 30 and 55 mm, respectively.
The equivalent stress of the far-cortical locking screws was higher than that of the conventional locking screws (Fig. 4), with both one- and two-cortical locking, whereas the equivalent stress of the plate was slightly lower with the use of far-cortical locking screw than with the use of traditional locking screws (Table 2 and Fig. 5). The maximum equivalent stress of the far-cortical locking screw was 530.88 and 541 MPa with short and long screws, respectively, at the proximal tibia. At the proximal tibia, the far-cortical locking screw also resulted in higher maximum principle stress of the lateral hinge of the osteotomized tibia than one- and two-cortical locking screws (Table 2 and Fig. 6). The maximum equivalent stress of the lateral hinge with far- zcortical, two-cortical, and one-cortical screw was 73.2, 58.78, and 58.82 MPa, respectively.
This study investigated the mechanical responses of metallic implants (namely, the plate and screws) of various lengths, types, and configurations in HTO. The stress differences in the plate and screws depending on screw configurations were demonstrated. Furthermore, this study indicates the risk factor for screw failure in HTO with a titanium locking plate and various locking screws. The results can serve as a reference for surgeons performing HTO. A balance between stability and flexible fixation is essential.
The far-cortical locking screws and plate can decrease the stiffness of locking plates and screws and increase interfragmentary movements at the fracture or osteotomy site . Furthermore, they promote callus formation during the bone healing process because of force stimulation at the fracture site. The decreasing diameter of the proximal shaft of the screw creates a gap between the screw and the cortex near the plate just after implantation without bone ingrowth (i.e., the screw hole is larger than the screw), which provides increased flexibility . The FE simulations in this study and Roderer et al.'s study  have indicated that gap deformation is larger at the site when using HTO with flexible fixation than the conventional locking plate. Therefore, this technique is regarded as a potential solution for patients with delayed bone healing or nonunion after HTO.
The flexible fixation plate and screw increase interfragmentary movement, but the high screw stress demonstrated in the present FE model must not be ignored. The maximum equivalent stress of the screw in the far-cortical locking screw and plate system is higher than that in the conventional locking screw system. Because the proximal screw shaft of the far-cortical locking screw is thinner than that of the conventional locking screw and the proximal screw shaft does not contact with the surrounding bone because of a gap 0.75 mm, the thin screw must sustain the complete load. By contrast, the conventional locking screw is in contact with the tibia at the anterior region, and hence, the load is shared with the bones. Therefore, the equivalent stress of the far-cortical locking screw is higher than that of the conventional locking screw. The peak equivalent stress of the far-cortical locking screw (541 MPa) is less than the yield stress of titanium (800 MPa), but not substantially so. Owing to the high stress of the far-cortical locking screw, the risk of a far-cortical locking screw breakage is higher than that of a conventional locking screw after cyclic loadings. Moreover, the equivalent stress of the traditional locking screw is much lower than that of the far-cortical locking screw. Therefore, the risk of screw breakage is lower for conventional locking screws.
In clinical practice, the breakage of the lateral hinge during HTO is a matter of concern, and it may be multifactorial [32, 33]. In the present study, the maximum principle stress at the lateral hinge demonstrated no obvious difference between the different screw lengths and configurations. Further, based on the slightly increased maximum principle stress at the lateral hinge (approximately 24%, from 58.78 to 73.2 MPa), the authors believe the use of far-cortical locking screw does not play a major role in the breakage of the lateral hinge.
In Roderer et al.'s study, a dynamic locking screw system (DePuy Synthes, DePuy Synthes, Oberdorf, Switzerland) was used to increase the movement possible with the conventional locking screw at the osteotomy site. However, far-cortical locking screws and plates (MotionLoc Screw, Zimmer, Warsaw, USA) were used in this study because the dynamic locking screw system is not available in our country, and far-cortical locking screws are widespread. Furthermore, the intended use of dynamic locking screws and far-cortical locking screws is the same. Hence, far-cortical locking screw was used to replace the dynamic locking screw in this study.
We acknowledge some limitations in this study. First, the stress of the bone developed from the distracting process of the open wedge is not considered. Second, the thread at the proximal shaft of the far-cortical screw is neglected. Because the thread is for screw removal and does contact with the surrounding bone after fixation, smoothening the screw shaft does not affect the stability of the tibia in HTO. Third, only the maximum load in full knee extension was simulated, but the other knee positions and the muscle force were not considered. Fourth, all materials were simplified as isotropic and homogeneous.
The study results suggest that far-cortical locking screws and plates can increase interfragmentary movement in HTO; however, the screw stress is relatively high. Increasing the protection time (partial weight duration) is suggested to decrease the risk of screw breakage in HTO through fixation with titanium far-cortical locking screws and plates.
Yen-Nien Chen and Chih-Wei Chang contributed equally to this study.
Chih-Wei Chang and Yen-Nien Chen contribute equally to this study. The authors also acknowledge the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Visible Human Project for the image data used to create the numerical model in this study.
This research was supported by [Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital (Taiwan)] grant number [NCKUSCMH10712] and [National Cheng Kung University Hospital (Taiwan)] grant number [NCKUH-10704018].
All the data will be available upon motivated request to the corresponding author of the present paper.
Y-NC contributed to the conceptualization, C-TL to the data curation, C-WC to the methodology, C-HC to the supervision, Y-TP to the validation, C-HC to the writing of the original draft, and C-RC to the writing, review, and editing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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Kennedy Is Released From Hospital
One week after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor, Senator Edward M. Kennedy was quietly released from a North Carolina hospital.
Fewer Planes, but Not Fewer Delays
Air traffic cuts, mainly at smaller airports, will not affect overall air delays as landing spots at busy airports will, for the most part, continue to be fully used.
F.H.A. Faces $4.6 Billion in Losses
The housing agency attributed the unexpected losses to high default rates in its portfolio of home loans.
Justices to See Philip Morris Case a Third Time
The Supreme Court will review for the third time the case of a longtime smoker who died from lung cancer.
Abramoff's Gifts Didn't Influence Bush, Report Says
Then-lobbyist Jack Abramoff influenced some White House decisions by lavishing exclusive sports tickets and meals on political staff members, but there is no evidence that President Bush was involved, a congressional panel said in a draft report yesterday.
Suppliers Fight Plan to Cut Medicare's Equipment Costs
Medicare shells out $1,825 for the same home hospital bed that anyone can buy online for $754, according to government data. It pays $4,023 for a power wheelchair that retails for $2,174.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Barack Obama launched a two-week economic tour Monday by blasting John McCain's platform as akin to a third term for President Bush.
The Reformers As Fundraisers
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are turning their undivided attention to the general election this week, loading their schedules with fundraising events that will fuel their campaign through the summer. But advisers to the White House hopefuls are also working feverishly to square their carefu…
Successor as First Lady Praises Hillary Clinton
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, June 9 — First lady Laura Bush made an unusual foray into the U.S. presidential campaign, praising Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) here Monday for her "grit and strength" and coming to the defense of Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee.
How HUD Mortgage Policy Fed The Crisis
In 2004, as regulators warned that subprime lenders were saddling borrowers with mortgages they could not afford, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development helped fuel more of that risky lending.


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Q: (concept Confusion) App\User::role must return a relationship instance (eloquent relation work but query builder not working) I am creating AdminAuthenticated middleware
   public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (Auth::user()->role->name == 'customer') {
            return redirect('/home')->with('message', 'You are not allowed to access');
        }
        return $next($request);
    }

My Question is
when i use eloquent relation it will work fine but when i use query builder its throw error

This code works

   public  function role(){
       //this code work
       return $this->belongsTo('App\Role');
   }

This code throw error why this happen and how to use below code(query builder)

    public  function role(){
        //this code not work throw exception
        return DB::table('users')
            ->join('roles', 'roles.id', '=', 'users.role_id')
            ->select('roles.*')
            ->where('users.id','=',$this->id);
    }

A: because the relation is many to many ...there is a pivot table between users and roles tables..
in 'join' you can not ignore pivot tables....
if you are using Spatie
then your 'join' should be:
public  function role(){

        return DB::table('users')
            ->join('model_has_roles',function($join){
$join->on('users.id', '=', 'model_has_roles.model_id')
where('model_has_roles.model_type','=',User::class);}) )

->join('roles','roles.id','=','model_has_roles.role_id')
            ->select('roles.*')
            ->where('users.id','=',$this->id);
    }

note: i recommend renaming your method to 'roles' instead of 'role'

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http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/water-from-a-rock-puerto-ricans-cope-with-hurricane-aftermath/article/503819
Water from a rock: Puerto Ricans cope with hurricane aftermath
Posted Sep 29, 2017	by Leila Macor with Daniel Woolls in Washington (AFP)
The white pipes carved into the foot of the rain-soaked mountain stick out like needles, and from them flows water.Talk about a cool trick. This is one of the ways desperate and resilient Puerto Ricans are coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Ricans whose lives were turned upside down by Hurricane Maria are enduring shortages of food, water and fuel as they wait for recovery efforts to gain pace
HECTOR RETAMAL, AFP
The white pipes carved into the foot of the rain-soaked mountain stick out like needles, and from them flows water.
Talk about a cool trick. This is one of the ways desperate and resilient Puerto Ricans are coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Just about everything's running short: gasoline, food, medicine, drinking water, and some sense that help from Washington or the local authorities is on the way.
Here in Comerio, a mountainous farming municipality in the central part of the US territory, people say they have yet to see any kind of aid from the Puerto Rican government or the gushing flow of relief assistance that President Donald Trump insists is reaching the Caribbean island of 3.4 million people, who are US citizens.
Just ask Subjehily Lopez, 34, who has stopped her van with five kids on a roadside and is filling dozens of bottles with water coming from one of those white pipes protruding from the side of a cliff.
"We were coming through here and we saw this," she said, pointing to the tube. "It is spring water. It is good water," Lopez told AFP.
The surrounding Comerio area's crops -- squash, plantain, a tuber called yautia -- were all destroyed when the hurricane hit last Wednesday. So were its chicken farms, which now sit smashed like soda cans.
In the town itself, flood waters from the La Plata River rose to five feet (1.5 meters). Stores are ruined, their merchandise piled up outside to be thrown away.
Whatever wasn't spoiled by the weather was looted. To this day, the streets are still covered in mud and the mud is still glistening wet.
Lopez said aid is going to San Juan, 20 miles (30 km) to the northeast, but not her way.
"They say there is aid but I have not seen any," Lopez said. "Out here in the country, you do not see it. You simply do not see it."
Trump has vigorously defended his administration's response to the havoc wrought in Puerto Rico amid criticism he was slow to react.
- 'We have food, thank God' -
A man removes a tree uprooted by Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
"FEMA & First Responders are doing a GREAT job in Puerto Rico. Massive food & water delivered," Trump tweeted Thursday evening. FEMA is the US disaster relief agency.
Still, it was only Thursday that he suspended, for 10 days, a 1920s-era shipping law that hindered delivery of supplies to Puerto Rico. The law stipulates that foreign flagged ships cannot leave from one US port and dock in another.
Trump will visit the island Tuesday to get a first-hand look at how the mammoth recovery effort is going.
If by any chance he were to come to Comerio, he would view some surreal scenes.
Along the mountain road leading south from Comerio sit what remains of a two-story house.
The top floor has been blown away, but for a bathroom standing in the middle. And plugged into a socket in one of wall of the bathroom is a microwave oven.
All the rest is just open air, a mess of clothes and debris.
An older couple used to live downstairs, their daughter and her husband and two kids upstairs. Now they all live on the ground floor.
Rafael Cumbas, the grandfather, 75, used to have a small store out by the road where he would sell plantains and other produce. Now it is ruined, and swarming with bees.
Cumbas, speaking from the now-airy top floor, remembers the pre-dawn hit of Maria and points to the vanished second floor.
"When this went, the downstairs started to leak, too. That little business I had, everything I had there, it's gone."
He said this was the first time since the storm he had spoken to anyone from outside the town, meaning no relief officials had come to Comerio.
What about water?
"We go out and look for it. Wherever there is water, we take the car and go get it. We have food, thank God."


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Suspect In N.H. Police Chief Killing Found Dead
Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney, who was killed Thursday. (Greenland N.H. Police Department / AP)
A man suspected of killing a New Hampshire police chief and wounding four other officers was found dead along with a female acquaintance early Friday, ending an overnight standoff that plunged a small town into fear and grief.
The officers were part of the state attorney general's drug task force and were trying to serve a search warrant on Cullen Mutrie around 6 p.m. Thursday when Mutrie opened fire. Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed, and four detectives from other departments were injured. Two remained in intensive care Friday; the other two were treated and released.
"We believe (Mutrie) is the man that shot and killed Police Chief Maloney and that he was involved in the injuries sustained by the other four officers," Attorney General Michael Delaney said.
Authorities spoke to Mutrie a short time after the shooting from outside the home but things soon went silent, he said. Around 2 a.m., a tactical team placed a robot equipped a video camera in the home, which detected the bodies. Authorities are still trying to determine when Mutrie and the woman died, but Delaney said they both died of gunshot wounds in either a murder-suicide or double suicide.
The police shootings devastated Greenland, a town of 3,500 near the seacoast that had just seven police officers including Maloney, 48, who was due to retire in less than two weeks.
"In those final days, he sacrificed his life in public service as a law enforcement officer in New Hampshire," Delaney said.
Maloney had 26 years of experience in law enforcement, the last 12 as chief of the Greenland department.
Jacqueline DeFreze, who lives a half-mile down the road, said she'd planned to attend a surprise party for his retirement.
"I'm a wreck. He was just the greatest guy," said DeFreze, a fourth-grade teacher in nearby Rye. "He's kind-hearted, always visible in the community."
Selectman Ken Bellevue said he was heartbroken. He last spoke to Maloney Monday night, and recalled that the chief was looking forward to his retirement and perhaps starting a new job down the road.
"We're going to make sure we get through this," he said. "This is our town."
Lee Miller, who lives next door to where the shootings took place, said she heard at least six shots on Thursday. Fearing for her 12-year-old grandson who was visiting her, she said she went to the window and saw someone on the ground. Moments later, police knocked on her door, telling them to run outside and take cover behind a police cruiser.
Miller told The Associated Press that she had complained to police repeatedly about suspected drug activity at the house and had been told it was under investigation.
"The neighborhood was raped by him. He came in and took over. And that was the end of our lives. There were fights out there at three, four o'clock in the morning," she said. "I moved my bed all around the room to get away from the window that faces the driveway. I said the next place I'm going to be sleeping is the bathtub."
Miller said Mutrie had lived in the house for seven years.
The Portsmouth Herald reported in February 2011 that Mutrie and had been arrested and charged with possession of anabolic steroids.
The newspaper reported that the steroids were found in the home when officers went to confiscate guns after Mutrie was arrested on domestic assault charges. According to a police affidavit, the steroids were found in Mutrie's living room on July 24, 2010, but were not verified by the state crime lab until Jan. 18.
The other officers shot were: Detective Gregory Turner, 32, a six-year veteran of the Dover police department, who was treated for a gunshot wound to the shoulder and released; Detective Eric Kulberg, 31, a seven-year veteran of the University of New Hampshire police department, who was treated for a gunshot wound to the arm and released; Detective Scott Kukesh, 33, a 10-year veteran of the Newmarket police department, who was in intensive care awaiting surgery for a gunshot wound to the chest; and Detective Jeremiah Murphy, 34, a seven-year veteran of the Rochester police department, who was in intensive care after surgery for a gunshot wound to the chest.
Delaney said he was proud of the work investigators have done under difficult circumstances.
"The law enforcement community in New Hampshire is certainly grieving this morning, but they have come together - federal, state and local agencies - to do the job that law enforcement officers do every day, secure the safety and protection of our citizens."
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Top reasons why to apply for Australian permanent residency.
Clint Heenan
Visa News 4 December, 2022
There are a lot of benefits to becoming an Australian permanent resident and here are the top ones.
Indefinite stay in Australia.
Using a temporary visa such as a visitor visa, a student visa or a working holiday visa will enable you to stay in Australia for a certain period until your visa expires. As an Australian permanent residency visa holder, you can stay in Australia for as long as you like.
A permanent visa is granted for 5 years. While holding your permanent residency, you can freely travel in and out of Australia and you will have the option to apply for Australian citizenship (subject to meeting eligibility criteria). After 5 years, if you have not become an Australian citizen, the travel facility on your permanent residency visa will cease and you will need to apply for a Resident Return Visa to be able to return to Australia if you leave. If you do not intend to travel overseas after getting your permanent residence, then you do not need to apply for a Resident Return visa.
Australian work rights.
As an Australian Permanent Residency holder, you will have unrestricted working rights. You will be able to choose where and how much you want to work, unlike certain temporary visa holders whose work rights can be restricted by hours of work allowed or employers they can work for. Important to note, some government jobs in Australia require you to have a top security clearance and for that, you would need to be an Australian citizen.
Access to social security benefits.
Services Australia is a government organisation responsible for social security benefits for Australian permanent residents and citizens entitled to those benefits. For example, if you are unemployed or disabled, you will be entitled to some financial help from the Government. The payment you receive will depend on your personal circumstances. As a student, you will be eligible to apply for a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) where the government pays part of your school fees. This part is a subsidy which means you would not have to pay it back. However, keep in mind that being eligible for a CSP does not guarantee you will be offered a spot. You will need to meet the academic entry requirements to get into the course.
Access to free English language programme.
The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) is a service provided to help eligible migrants and humanitarian entrants with low English levels improve their English language skills and settle in Australia, free of charge. It is highly recommended that you attend this programme as it will equip you with the language skills necessary to fully participate in Australian life and to gain employment. Australian permanent residents will be offered free childcare during their attendance of an AMEP class. The Adult Migrant English Program is offered at around 300 locations across Australia. There is also an option to do it remotely via distance learning.
Access to Medicare.
Upon the grant of your Australian permanent visa, you will become eligible to enrol into Australia's national health scheme known as Medicare. Medicare is an Australian government health care provider that covers a range of health care services for free or at a subsidised cost. Through Medicare, you will have access to doctors, specialists and other health professionals.
Access to a home mortgage or investment property.
Permanent residents can freely buy property in Australia, unlike temporary Australian residents who require permission from the Foreign Investment Review Board to buy a house or land. As a permanent resident, you can access the First Home Owner's Grant (New Homes) scheme designed to help families and individuals, who are new to the Australian property market, secure their first home. Rules and requirements will vary from state to state. Generally, the grant will range from $10,000 to $20,000 AU.
Ability to bring your family to Australia temporarily or permanently.
Australian permanent residents are eligible to sponsor an immediate family member or relative for a temporary or permanent visa, depending on individual circumstances. For example, you can bring your fiancé, partner, or spouse to live with you in Australia or sponsor your parent for a permanent Parent visa. For those relatives who do not eligibility criteria for permanent migration, there is a range of temporary visa options available. One thing remains true, once you have received your permanent residence status yourself, your chance of successfully sponsoring a family member increases.
Automatic grant of Australian citizenship to your child born in Australia.
A child born in Australia to parents, of whom at least one is an Australian permanent resident at the time of their birth, automatically acquires Australian citizenship with full rights and benefits of an Australian citizen.
Ability to apply for Australian citizenship.
As a permanent resident, you can apply for Australian citizenship after you meet Australian residence requirements and given you meet all other criteria. Becoming a citizen of Australia is an important decision as it is a recognition that you are making a commitment to Australia, its people, and its way of life. Australian citizenship is a privilege offering significant rewards. There are many reasons to become a citizen – the right to vote, the ability to work for the Australian public service or in the Australian Defence Force, to seek election to parliament, apply for an Australian passport and receive embassy help while overseas.
Rights to work and live in New Zealand.
Australia and New Zealand are natural allies with a solid and unique trans-Tasman sense of family. Migration, trade and defence connections and strong nation-to-nation links have helped shape a close and cooperative relationship. As an Australian permanent resident, you can work and live in New Zealand. You will not need a visa before you travel to New Zealand. Instead, you will need an NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) which you apply for before your travel.
The above reasons are just a few examples of why more and more people across the world consider Australia as their primary choice when deciding to relocate to a different country. The quality of life that Australia can offer is undoubtedly the biggest benefit of all. So, if you wish to make Australia your dream home, let us help you turn your dream into reality. Book an appointment today with one of our registered migration agents to discuss how we can achieve your migration goals.


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Wilhelm II. Taillefer (franz.: Guillaume Taillefer; † wohl 945) war ein Graf von Angoulême aus dem Haus Taillefer. Er war ein Sohn des Grafen Alduin I. von Angoulême.
Weil er beim Tod seines Vaters 916 noch unmündig war, regierte für ihn zunächst der angeheiratete Onkel Adémar in Angouleme.

Wilhelm machte sich einen Namen als Kämpfer gegen die seit mehreren Jahrzehnten in Aquitanien einfallenden Wikinger. Der Chronist Ademar von Chabannes berichtet, wie Wilhelm während einer Schlacht gegen die Wikinger deren Anführer Storin zum Zweikampf gestellt und ihn trotz dessen Eisenrüstung mit einem Schwerthieb der Körperlänge nach in zwei Hälften gespalten habe. Daher rührt sein Beiname Sector ferri (deutsch: "Eisenschneider", französisch: "Taillefer"), der zum Familiennamen seiner Nachkommen wurde.

Wilhelms Testament datiert auf das Jahr 945, worauf er wohl verstarb. Bestattet wurde er in der Abtei Saint-Cybard. Er war nicht verheiratet, hatte aber zwei uneheliche Söhne. Offenbar weil der ältere von ihnen, Arnaud Manzer, bei seinem Tod noch unmündig war, konnte zunächst Wilhelms Vetter aus dem Périgord, Graf Bernard, in Angoulême nachfolgen.

Literatur
 F. W. Bourdillon: The Genesis of a Romance-Hero, as Illustrated by the Development of Taillefer de Léon. In: Folklore. Vol. 7 (1896), S. 253–267.

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Familienmitglied des Adelsgeschlechts Taillefer
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A new piece of public art will be dedicated to the men and women of Hall County Fire Services during a ceremony next week at Hall County Fire Station 6 in Lula.
The sculpture is one of several "protective angels" sculptures placed at public safety facilities throughout Hall County as a part of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce's Vision 2030 Public Art effort.
"This particular project pays special tribute to those who serve as protective angels within our own community—the members of Hall County's public safety agencies," said Frank Norton, Jr., chair of the Vision 2030 Public Art Committee. "It really serves a dual purpose. It helps us reach our goal of putting art everywhere while making sure that art is meaningful and significant to those who see it on a daily basis."
The artist behind the sculpture, Jeff Armour, is a Lula resident.
Hall County Fire Chief Chris Armstrong said having the piece made by a member of the Lula community is especially heartwarming.
"It is truly an honor to accept this sculpture on behalf of Hall County Fire Services," Armstrong said. "The support of this community means everything to our agency, and having a local artist craft this piece as a tribute to the men and women who serve him and his neighbors on a day-to-day basis is humbling to say the least."
The brief dedication ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29 at Fire Station 6, which is located at 6172 Lula Road in Lula.
The art at Hall County Fire Station 6 was funded through a public art grant from the North Georgia Community Foundation and an anonymous donation facilitated by the Vision 2030 Public Art Committee.
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Sunset in Dorchester Texas
This post is a bit late: I have been busy with product photography for a local client:
The weather in Dallas/North Texas has been extremely cold for this part of the state, and as such I have not ventured out to photograph new images for the blog. The featured images shown here were photographed in late December of 2015 – you will notice lots of green grass / winter wheat which is typically the only thing you will find that is green this time of year.
These photos were taken in the late evening, maybe an hour before sunset, there was a light haze in the sky that diffused the late evening sun that gave everything a warm glow. The interior image of the abandoned gas station was achieved with multiple exposures and processed in Adobe Lightroom as a HDR image. Below you will find a little history on the town of Dorchester, Texas.
DORCHESTER, TEXAS. Dorchester is on Farm Road 902 eight miles southwest of Sherman in south central Grayson County. It was established in the late 1800s and named for C. B. Dorchester, a Sherman banker. The community was on the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway and quickly became a retail and community center for area farmers. In 1896 it received a post office, and over the next four decades Dorchester prospered. By the mid-1930s it had an estimated 400 residents and ten businesses. Later the population declined, and in 1989 the town had 222 residents and four rated businesses. In 1990 its population was 137 and in 2000 it was 109. David Minor
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No, I just asked, because emacs is a typical editor that programmers use.
Yes, something so simple like cli mounting and umounting can be disturbing if one is not used to it.
being a tester (with a bit of development) at work, I actually spend 2/3 of the time in CLI, so I'm only talking about my "work" laptop that I'm carrying with me. If I was paid to work on FreeBSD problems, then Windows would go out of it immediately, but as I'm working on illumos, I simply can't spend time on all the issues I'm having using linux "desktop" stuff. As for FreeBSD itself, being a newbie committer, I occasionally do simple fixes; it's just that at the moment I'm so burned out by $work stuff I barely want to look at anything else in free time (forums being exception, I guess )
Without the desktop, linux is more similar to illumos than to FreeBSD. You could also use illumos for everything ...
Except that I was using FreeBSD long before I started to work on illumos
Ubuntu ceased to be "for humans" ten years ago when I gave it the boot. I say that because I'm human, but I can't vouch for others in that regard.
That said, I remember the only way for "humans" to use Ubuntu was to uninstall networkmanager, since it would invariably fail or simply act in a rude manner - such as default to DHCP. I don't think systemd solved that problem, but I'll probably never know.
I do think that ultimately Ubuntu has done a lot to help Linux move into the mainstream and achieve the high level of usage it sees today.
it would be interesting to know, what is in Windows that you miss in FreeBSD. Do you find no alternative?
1) Netflix and Hulu.
2) Connect my iPhone.
3) Connect my Nikon D7000.
4) Connect multiple monitors without having to mess with xrandr or config files.
5) Connect my drawing tablet.
Windows was designed from the beginning to be a desktop and FreeBSD was designed from the beginning to be a server. Can they both function as the other? Sure. You can use your Ford Focus as a pickup by hitching a trailer to it (and ruin your transmission) and you can use your Chevy Colorado as a passenger vehicle to haul 10 people (but they're going to be uncomfortable).
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pyret said:
Windows was designed from the beginning to be a desktop
While this maybe true for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x/9.x, NT was first designed to run on servers and workstations (MS wouldn't have ported NT 4 and 2000 too to DEC Alpha otherwise):
Windows FAQ: ASCII format said:
2.7. Windows NT 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT, scheduled for release in the first half of 1993, is
Microsoft's platform of choice for high-end systems. It is intended for
use in network servers, workstations and software development machines; it
will not replace Windows for DOS. While Windows NT's user interface is
very similar to that of Windows 3.1, it is based on an entirely new
operating system kernel.
The following are the major changes from Windows 3.1:
* Based on a new microkernel design
* Portable architecture for Intel x86, MIPS R4000 and DEC Alpha processors
* 32-bit addressing for access to up to 4 GB of memory
* Fully protected applications with virtualized hardware access
* Installable APIs for Win32, Win16, MS-DOS, POSIX and OS/2
* Installable file systems, including FAT, HPFS and NTFS
* Built-in networking (LAN Manager and TCP/IP) with remote procedure calls
(RPCs)
* Symmetric multiprocessor support
* Security designed in from start, to be initially C2 certified, with a B-
level kernel design
* API support for unsynchronized message queues, advanced interprocess
communication, registration databases, Bezier curves and graphics
transformations.
NT first really made its way into the desktop business with XP, no sooner did Netburst Pentium IV become cheap enough for the casual user (486[D/SX]/PentiumM-III as opposite was not something you used to see on low-end PCs). It should also be noticed that, unlike FreeBSD, Windows NT Server in late '00s used to run on some top500 supercomputers up until 2015, and that Windows still has a huge server market share (~30% of network traffic); MS wouldn't have made it scriptable with PowerShell, developed Containers, Hyper-V, Azure Cloud, WSL, and ReFS, as well as implement all those exploit mitigations, if that hadn't been the case
Trihexagonal
It's just that windows looks like "complete solution" (I'm well aware of the costs), I don't need any magic for scaling to work on a 4K monitor, I don't need to enter cli commands to connect to another wifi AP (the long list of usability stuff follows) -- now if I try to do the same on FreeBSD, I need a lot of bloat from ports, and it all feels clumsy and amateur compared to windows. You can say that I'm just lazy and spoiled by windows, and that would be correct; sometimes I just hate I don't have any real issues there and there's nothing forcing me to use FreeBSD only.
Sleep tight. Microsoft will take good care of you and make sure you get everything they think you need whether you think so or not.
I prefer to make my own decisions and FreeBSD meets my standards as a complete solution for a desktop OS. I'm not sure what bloat you think is in ports you won't find in any other version of the same program on other platforms but it feeling clumsy and amateurish is your opinion only and not my experience at all.
But to each their own. As long as you're happy that's what matters.
What is the problem with the iPhone and Camara? Wlan or USB is not enough? Bluetooth is working in FreeBSD and I use it eventually for a keyboard. Connecting the two monitors is something that is done once, like installing the OS.
Yes, not all hardware will work on every OS. And commercial services tend to offer only for Windows and eventually Mac and ignore others.
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Yes, freedesktop.org, systemd, etc is just what amounts to bad Windows or macOS reinvention. Many Linux fans just don't see that by embracing crap in order to ape Windows that their chosen OS is becoming more and more like it, more complex and confusing and less "UNIX like" as time goes by.
The people making money out of Linux are generally not making it from any of that stuff. Canonical/Shuttleworth, tried and failed to monetise the Linux desktop. Almost all the homegrown Canonical software has been a failure and/or ditched in favour of free upstream projects (just look at upstart and unity for example).
One could argue that the only company which has successfully monetised "consumer Linux" is google - and they did that by avoiding most of the freedesktop.org crap, systemd, etc... and one can quite easily state that more than 99% of their users don't even know nor care that they're running Linux anyway.
One of the stated goals of Android was to "layer" more permissive licenced software between GPL and proprietary apps to protect proprietary IP. Canonical could not do any of this early on because it enraged their "community".
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I think it is time to call for a last round of input for this thread.
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Crivens said:
I will take that opportunity then.
Trihexagonal said:
I prefer to make my own decisions
This. Apart from discussions of proprietary and open source, there is one thing I will not tolerate and that is being told what to do. I'm the one that makes the decisions around here and FreeBSD allows me to be me.
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I use vim for plain text, and I convert it to TeX with a tiny C code.
Usually, and it is always compatible. Ever for ever
Spartrekus, I was speaking about a substitute of Word. I leave plain text as ASCII / UTF.
I also wanted to say that bloated OpenOffice or LibreOffice is not the solution, they are perhaps a bad imitate of word and worse that it, as yuripv noted about the desktop features of linux.
Try abiword...
I also wanted to say that bloated OpenOffice or LibreOffice
I agree. Its sad that Microsoft Office in Wine pulls in less dependencies than these packages. Though yes, x86[_64] only on Wine is quite an annoying dependency .
Office 97 running on Windows 95 running inside a DosBox VM is probably the fastest and lightest at starting up, even though it is fully emulated. Again, probably less dependencies too.
But yeah, Abiword, TexLive or Markdown (via discount (https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/)) is possibly what I would use.
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Crivens, I do not need abiword or any other word imitate. TeX is much better and simple. troff is an alternative that should be in every Unix/BSD system.
Unfortunately, to compile the meager TeX is a story: it is written in a pascal dialect not supported anymore.
The package texlive is a big bloat, but not the TeX in it.
Actually I find the discussion about bloat to be a bit weird. I do a lot of writing in DOS using an editor that's 3K with no dependencies. My second choice is ne running in FreeBSD and it's 300K. Frankly, being a DOS user I think anything else, including FreeBSD, is bloated, because that 100x ratio is just the tip of the iceberg.
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OpenOffice/LibreOffice isn't in a direct competition with TeX. For example, Writer is totally incapable of placing inline formulas at the same baseline as regular text. IMO, it is perfectly fine if you are not trying to write a paper or a book. (And, anyway, Calc is probably the most important part of the package.)
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So, this is off-topic but prompted me to build editors/abiword and install, test a *.doc and a *.odt. Visually, there is something very wrong with editors/abiword at present: the screen it displays is black and flickers when you resize. Opening an *.odt caused editors/abiword to promptly core. Opening a *.doc made the editors/abiword screen turn black and the document underneath this to be unreadable except through the flashing screen. Not usable in its present state, in my opinion.
Staying on LO until I am comfortable enough with TeX (LaTeX ?)
Sevendogsbsd said:
Visually, there is something very wrong with editors/abiword at present: the screen it displays is black and flickers when you resize. Opening an *.odt caused editors/abiword to promptly core. Opening a *.doc made the editors/abiword screen turn black and the document underneath this to be unreadable except through the flashing screen.
Hardly a surprise. There is always something wrong with Abiword, it's been like that for as long as I can remember (well, roughly 10 years).
OJ, I could live with minix or plan9. But is there a modern WEB browser?
Sevendogsbsd, to be comfortable is the problem and we are back to the point of yuripv. It is like programming for writing text. Perhaps is always more comfortable to see what you write, but inspite of it, it is what I use. I have my "templates" for different kind of text for making my life easier, but from time to time I must consult the TeX book.
There is an interesting alternative to TeX and troff: to write directly postscript. Perhaps to have some templates for making it easier? I never tried it, but it should be possible, and practical for drawing.
TeX generates dvi that is much lower level than postscript, then it is normally converted to postscript for printing. By writing directly postscript one can exploit it better.
There is an interesting alternative to TeX and troff: to write directly postscript.
No way. Do you really want to specify x,y coordinates for each word separately?
Perhaps to have some templates for making it easier?
I never tried it, but it should be possible, and practical for drawing.
That should work.
@OJ, I could live with minix or plan9. But is there a modern WEB browser?
No. But you don't need it because you can install a modern web browser on FreeBSD. Networking works fine on a DOS box, even if just running on a single floppy without a HDD, so your files can go back and forth like with anything else.
Yes, I know there is a whole crowd of one bowl, one laptop, thinkers. I personally run a bunch of machines, each for a different purpose. That's one of the advantages of not living in a van.
Well, abiword once saved my behind by being able to load .doc files and exporting to LaTeX. But that is a long time ago. No idea how it is today, I'll need to check.


Drums of Laughter On Chhupa Rustam!
Chhupa Rustam's host Ajay is a very hard-working man. He is out in this mall pushing a drum and sweating it out when he asks you to guard his belonging while he, without your knowledge traps you in this hilarious scary prank.


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Tlacolula de Matamoros es una ciudad mexicana del estado de Oaxaca, localizada en la región de los Valles Centrales, es cabecera del municipio homónimo.

Ubicación
Tlacolula de Matamoros (Queche Baca, en zapoteco), se encuentra localizado en el Región de los Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, en el Distrito de Tlacolula, a una distancia de 38 kilómetros (40 minutos) de la Ciudad de Oaxaca. Por la Carretera Federal 190 con destino al Istmo de Tehuantepec.

El territorio de la porción central de Tlacolula es mayoritariamente plano por estar localizado en los denominados Valles, sin embargo, en medida que se avanza hacia el este y hacia el sur el territorio se eleva y se encuentra las primeras estribaciones de la Sierra Mixe, en la cual ya se encuentra completamente el exclave sureste, que es por lo tanto totalmente montañoso, las principales elevaciones del municipio son los cerros denominados Los Compadres y Las Comadres, además del Cerro Nixhixhú. Fisiográfica ambos sectores del municipio integran la Provincia fisiográfica XII Sierra Madre del Sur, sin embargo, la porción principal pertenece a la Subprovincia fisiográfica 74 Sierras y Valles de Oaxaca, mientras que el exclave pertenece a la Subprovincia fisiográfica 70 Sierras Orientales.

La principal corriente de la ciudad es el Río Salado, que recorre la parte central de la porción central del municipio y al cual se unen pequeños afluentes como el río Seco y el río la Muralla, en el exclave la principal corriente es el río San Luis que recorre en sentido norte-sur. Cada sector del municipio se encuentra en una diferente región hidrológica, la zona central pertenece a la Cuenca del río Atoyac de la Región hidrológica 20 Costa Chica-Río Verde, y en el exclave pertenece a la Cuenca dle río Tehuantepec y a la Región hidrológica 20 Tehuantepec.

Tlacolula tiene aproximadamente 10,000 habitantes y constituye la población más importante de todas las que se incluyen en los Tourist Yú'ù, porque cada domingo los habitantes de todas las poblaciones de alrededor se reúnen en su mercado para ofrecer sus productos. Es interesante hacer énfasis en que este mercado fue uno de los primeros de los tiempos prehispánicos.

Turismo
Se distingue por su artesanía, su gastronomía, sus zonas arqueológicas; su tianguis una tradición ancestral, que cobra vida cada domingo dentro de esta comunidad. Los templos de los poblados nos hablan de su cultura, tradiciones y festividades, y el Templo de la Asunción del siglo XVII no es la excepción. Sin embargo, no hay duda de que su atractivo principal se encuentra en el interior, en su capilla lateral, que rinde culto al Señor de Tlacolula. Así mismo se tiene las ruinas de Lambityeco y Yagul.

El Mercado de Tlacolula
Es uno de los más completos de Oaxaca. Cada ocho días, la calle principal, las aledañas y el Mercado establecido se llenan de bullicios, ofertas, olores, sabores, colores, texturas. En alimentos podemos encontrar tlayudas, el chocolate en agua, chocolate atole, chapulines,  enfrijoladas y hasta barbacoa de chivo durante el almuerzo; deliciosos asados al carbón de chorizo, cecina adobada, tasajo y costilla durante la comida; y para el postre no deje de pasar por la sección de pan desde cuernitos, marquesote, el tradicional de cazuela, mantequilla, conchas, hojaldras, amarillo, trigo, entre otros. Así mismo vemos todavía la presencia del trueque, la venta de guajolotes, artesanías de barro, mezcal, vestimenta típica, el tradicional pulque, tejate y la gran venta de productos traídos de las comunidades del contorno.

Templo de la Asunción
La capilla posee fina herrería colonial y sus muros están cubiertos por pinturas y retablos coloniales, pero destaca sobre todo por su decoración en yesería semejante a la del templo de Santo Domingo de Oaxaca. Sobresale el conjunto de cuatro mártires cristianos, en cuyos rostros están plasmadas expresiones dolorosas con las cuales seguramente los predicadores buscaban impresionar a la población zapoteca.
Constituye uno de los más importantes ejemplos del barroco mexicano. Su interior alberga un conjunto de yeserías populares doradas, relieves policromados, hierros forjados, así como un adorno compuesto por numerosos espejos en su cúpula octagonal.
Toda la decoración de esta increíble capilla fue realizada en el siglo XVI,  todo en conjunto nos permite apreciar, no solamente una manufactura original del siglo XVI, sino entender la pasión y el valor que representaba, para aquellos hombres, fueran españoles, criollos, mestizos o indígenas el aspecto religioso espiritual de la vida y el mundo.

Lambityeco
Lambityeco se traduce al zapoteco entonces como "montículos de Alambique".Los pocos vestigios descubiertos indican que la ocupación de Lambityeco se dio entre los años 600 a.C. al 800 d.C. Tuvo su máximo apogeo entre los años 700 y 750 d. C., en coincidencia con el paulatino abandono de Monte Albán. Por su producción de sal, en aquellos tiempos, estaba considerado como una ciudad importante, dentro del mercado zapoteca.
Los edificios que se hallan a la orilla de la carretera, es lo que hasta ahora está explorado en esta zona arqueológica. Se trata sólo de una pequeña parte de lo que fue este gran asentamiento que abarcó, aproximadamente, 63.75 hectáreas. Asimismo, existen más de 200 montículos, sin contar los que quedaron bajo el actual pueblo de Tlacolula.
Los restos de las casas y palacios explorados son una mínima parte de la ciudad. Los palacios más antiguos son de los caciques y Sacerdotes.
Palacio de los Caciques: Ubicado dentro de la pirámide conocida como M-195, tiene dos patios rodeados por cuatro aposentos. En uno de estos patios hay un altar al centro donde se encuentran dos frisos en los muros laterales, éstos representan a sus dirigentes: un hombre en posición horizontal (boca abajo), con barba terminada en punta, tiene orejas, viste un Maxtlatl y lleva en la mano un fémur humano.
La mujer también en la misma posición que la del hombre, con un peinado zapoteca con moños entrelazados, con orejeras y collares con cuentas redondas, viste un quechquémitl.
En el friso localizado en el muro norte se identifica el "Señor 4 cara humana" y "Señora 10 mono" que ocuparon el palacio más antiguo entre los años 600-625 d.C. En el friso localizado en el muro sur se identifica al "Señor 8 búho" y "La Señora 3 Turquesa" que utilizaron el segundo palacio entre los años 625-650 d.C.
Bajo el friso del altar se localiza el acceso a la tumba No. 6, en cuya fachada se ven las máscaras del "Señor I temblor de tierra" y "Señora 10 caña", últimos dirigentes de Lambityeco.
También está el Palacio de los Sacerdotes: Ubicado atrás de la pirámide M-195 y sobre la M-190, se encuentran dos esculturas en estuco con dos enormes bustos del dios zapoteca de la lluvia "Cocijo", estos mascarones son iguales y llevan adornos que parecen penachos de plumas largas con un glifo en la parte central. Esta es la cara estilizada de un jaguar, en las manos toma la fuerza del rayo y del viento.
Fue considerada como una ciudad importante dentro del mercado zapoteca por su comercio de sal de mar y tierra llamada "Tequesquite".

Yagul
Yagul se encuentra sobre una colina escarpada en el Valle de Tlacolula al oriente de la Ciudad de Oaxaca. Yagul surge como centro rector en esta zona tras el declive de Monte Albán, por lo que se le identifica como parte de las ciudades estado características del Clásico Tardío o Epiclásico. Las principales estructuras y edificios fueron distribuidos en diversos planos siguiendo la pendiente del cerro de norte a sur. Uno de los aspectos más interesantes es la presencia de pintura mural en pisos y muros de sus estructuras, elemento que ha merecido la atención de estudiosos no sólo de la arqueología, sino también de historiadores del arte. Por otro lado, en los alrededores se han encontrado evidencias de ocupación humana de épocas muy tempranas; particularmente en los macizos rocosos adyacentes a la actual carretera (sitio Caballito Blanco) donde se han encontrado abrigos rocosos con vestigios de pinturas rupestres ligadas a grupos nómadas de recolectores y cazadores que habitaron el Valle de Oaxaca hace 7000 años. Cronología 1500 a. C. a 1521 d. C. Ubicación cronológica principal: Posclásico Temprano, 900 a 1200 d. C.

Relación de Tlacolula de Matamoros y "Dios nunca muere"
Hay versiones que indican que el vals "Dios nunca muere", de Macedonio Alcalá fue compuesta a petición de indígenas de esta localidad, en honor a su santa patrona la virgen de Santa María de la Asunción.

Referencias

Fuentes

Pérez Díaz, Marta (2006). Inventario de los Archivos Municipales Teotitlán del Valle, Tlacolula; Villa Tejupam de la Unión, Teposcolula, Oaxaca. México, Adabi de México / Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú. ISBN 968-9068-09-1

Enlaces

Localidades del estado de Oaxaca


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Jazz CD Ramsey Lewis
CD (Item 992436) Cadet/Universal (Japan), 1969 — Condition: New Copy
Cadet (label)
One of Ramsey Lewis' best albums of the 60s – a killer Cadet record that stands right up there with classics like Maiden Voyage and Mother Nature's Son! As on those records, arrangements here are mostly by Charles Stepney, who comes up with that righteous blend of soul, strings, and jazz that really takes Ramsey to the next level – and the great Chicago soul arranger Richard Evans handles a few tracks here too, bringing a slightly funky undercurrent to the record. Part of the record seems to take off from Stepney's sessions for Minnie Riperton – particularly the cuts "Distant Dreamer" and "Rainy Day In Centerville" – both done here as instrumentals – and a version of "Golden Slumbers" is clearly from the Beatles' sessions used for Mother Nature's Son. The album's essential listening through and through – Ramsey really taking things past the simple structure of the trio, yet never losing his soul in the process. Other titles include "You've Made Me Feel So Very Happy", "Time & Space", "Do I Love Her", "Close Your Eyes & Remember", "Whenever Wherever", and "The Love I Feel For You". © 1996-2022, Dusty Groove, Inc.
Dot/Universal (Japan), 1965. New Copy
One of the grooviest Herb Ellis albums we've ever heard – an obscure 60s session for Dot Records, recorded with a mix of guitar and organ, in a style that's a bit like that of Howard Roberts at the time! Herb's working here in a surprisingly bluesy mode – playing in a combo with Teddy ... CD


Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
by writers and reporters of The New York Times ; introduction and notes by James M. McPherson.
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New York : Crown Journeys, c2003.