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Michael Jordan: Icon
From the October 2007 issue of GQ, a Q+A with His Airness.
By Larry Platt
Michael Jordan, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, October 1998.Condé Nast Archive / Courtesy of Press Images Inc.
Has there ever been an athlete who transcended his sport—or, hell, sports—like Michael Jordan? Throughout his fifteen-year career, with its six championships, ten scoring titles, and five MVPs, he redefined our notion of greatness. His dominance made it possible to understand all those who followed: Tiger? Yeah, you're terrific…but derivative. Kobe? You've got the moves…but MJ never needed a stud big man to bring home a ring. Federer? Yup, totally overpowering, but…haven't we seen that mix of amiable public demeanor and on-court ferocity before?
It's easy to forget now, but Jordan defied a generation of stereotypes. Before he came along, black athletes weren't seen—and didn't see themselves—as entrepreneurs. Jordan changed that. Not only did he turn himself into a brand; he transformed the NBA into an international marketing phenomenon, turned a tiny sneaker company from Oregon into a national icon, and built a personal empire valued at more than $400 million. And he did it all while seeming to take race completely out of the equation—the Gatorade "Be like Mike" slogan was the mantra of black and white kids—as no black athlete ever had.
Now 44, Michael Jordan is newly divorced (reportedly the largest settlement in celebrity-nuptial history, at upwards of $150 million), with two basketball-playing teenage sons and tee times wherever and whenever he wants. But after his disastrous stint as president and fading star of the Washington Wizards from 2000 to 2003—which culminated in his firing—Jordan is striving to prove his worth as an executive with the Charlotte Bobcats while clearly searching for other ways to keep the excitement of his youth alive. On a recent visit to Chicago, where he still lives, we got a glimpse of a man who retired at an age when most of us are under the (delusional?) impression that the best is yet to come, and who, in middle age, is still trying to find the thing that will animate the rest of his life.
Michael JordanRobert Maxwell, GQ, October 2007.
How's Superman aging?
[laughs] You know, I don't hurt. I gained weight for a while, because I stopped working out once I retired. Now I'm into this fitness kick. Getting the weight off is so difficult, because you create bad habits. I used to eat and drink anything I wanted. Because of how active I was, I could get away with it. Once you get out of the daily routine of physical activity, you settle into a normal routine. It becomes harder to say no to a cheeseburger. It's tough to get in that gym when you don't have that same motivation. Before, it was, "Hey, I've got to get myself in shape because I have a season coming up." Now it's all personal initiative.
Speaking of, it was your legendary drive that set you apart. It was as if you had challenge-deficit disorder, the way you always created challenges to overcome. What has replaced the adrenaline rush that basketball once provided?
That's tough. You try to find other ways of providing that energy. There's business, and my attitude to prove that I can be successful in that world. Especially with the Bobcats. To me, that is very motivating, because everyone thinks I did such a terrible job in Washington. And now it's a challenge to prove them wrong. We didn't make the playoffs, but I think in terms of where Washington is now, it's because of what we did from a business standpoint—setting up the cap room, getting out of debt. No one looks at that as a success, which drives me nuts.
So getting fired still motivates you?
Washington was one of those situations where you go in knowing that you want to have control, but then you decide to trust certain people. You think the risk will never come up and bite you. And when it does, you look at yourself like, God, you're so stupid.
After your first retirement, in 1993, the challenge you created for yourself was to become a baseball player, which was widely seen as a failure. Do you look back at that as similarly stupid?
No. I look back at that as very successful. The media was looking at stats. I started to improve in the second half of that season. And I would have never stopped if it wasn't for the [1994 baseball] strike, which drove me away. But what baseball provided was the energy of camaraderie, to see guys go out and do things they have love in their hearts for, even though they're not getting paid a lot. That rejuvenated me as an athlete.
Is it true that your father—who was murdered just before you left to play baseball—pushed you to play two sports?
He'd been trying ever since college. I started with baseball, and I got away from it when I went to North Carolina. He always said, when he saw the Bo Jacksons and the Deion Sanders playing two sports, "Hey, you could have done the same thing. At least try it."
"I never took a day off. If I took a day off, then Scottie was going to take a day off. And then Horace. the next thing you know, the whole scope of what we're trying to do is being weakened. I never took a shortcut, and I never wanted anyone else to take a shortcut. If that meant someone interpreted me as a tyrant, I'm pretty sure they're appreciative now."
Perhaps the most surprising challenge you've created for yourself is racing motorcycles. This is your newest passion. How did you get into it?
Riding the streets of Chicago, after I retired, with my nephew at two, three o'clock in the morning. I grew up riding dirt bikes, and I wanted to get back into it. I was riding cruisers without a helmet on, just to get myself adjusted. Then the thrill seeker in me says, "Okay, now let's go to what you really like"—which is crotch rockets, you know, popping wheelies and all that crazy stuff. The streets are pretty clear in Chicago at three in the morning, and that's where I ran into a couple of guys who inspired me to be a road racer, and we rode the whole summer. And they got me thinking about putting together an AMA [American Motorcyclist Association] racing team, which we did. I was hooked. Now I'm aspiring to master a sport as an adult. So when downshifting through a turn my whole process is so much slower, because you want to make sure you're doing the right things. As opposed to these kids, who are instinctively reacting, which cuts down some of the risk.
So when you were playing basketball, was what we thought of as divinely inspired creativity actually choreographed?
I wouldn't say choreographed; I'd say it was instinctively reactive. If you look at the shot in the finals against the Lakers where I switch hands, everybody thought that was an unbelievable move. It's a move I'd never done before. I instinctively reacted to what I thought I was going to see—Sam Perkins coming up to block the shot. That was because of the talent I had, but also because I trained myself to instinctively react. You can do things like that because you're prepared physically as well as mentally.
"I can go days and weeks without gambling. and when I say, 'okay, I've lost this one,' I walk away from it. But people say, 'oh, he's got a gambling problem.' No, I don't. I'm a competitor. It's a challenge."
You were often criticized during your playing days for not speaking out on political or social issues. Did you sense that the call for you to speak out was some kind of setup?
Sure. My father always taught us, You don't put yourself in a situation if you're not prepared for that situation. My whole life had always been about being the best basketball player I could be. I had absolute tunnel vision—everything was channeled toward that. So I thought it was kind of unfair that people asked me to do something that I wasn't accustomed to doing just because of my profession. I felt comfortable dealing with the kids, doing the Make-a-Wish stuff, Special Olympics. But then it became, "Okay, why won't you speak out politically?" Well, I'd only be setting myself up for someone to scrutinize my opinions, which were limited, because I never channeled much energy into it.
Perhaps the most egregious example of this was when an African-American candidate, Harvey Gantt, challenged Jesse Helms for a Senate seat in your home state of North Carolina. You withheld an endorsement and were quoted as saying, "Republicans buy sneakers, too." Do you regret that one?No. I privately supported Harvey Gantt, on the basis of my mother, who understood who he was. But if you asked me the pros and cons about Harvey Gantt, I'd have been lying to say one thing. Did I try to get involved and learn about him? No, because I wasn't channeled into that. My motivation was to be the best basketball player I could be. To say, "Okay, now you've got to spread that energy around," that's not really fair.
You seem more politically inclined today. I've heard you're supporting Barack Obama for president, for example. Are you more interested in expressing a worldview beyond basketball now?
Yes and no. Obviously, you don't just wake up and say, "Okay, now I understand everything that happens in the world or in politics." My father always thought politics was the most crookedest business you could ever be in. And to some degree it is. Because what you're doing is asking everyone to believe in what you believe in. And you never see all sides of an individual. I've never seen Obama when he's mad or angry or envious. So yes, I'm dabbling into the whole political aspect, but I'm dabbling with the caution that I don't really know him.
By the way, Obama claims to be something of a baller.
I know that. A baller can be playing at East Bank Club in the afternoon. You know, you have a passion for it, but can you use your left hand? Maybe not. That's the thing. Maybe he's aspiring to connect to the athlete. To say he can play to you, you may believe it. To say he can play to me, I may laugh at something like that.
Much was made of the Triangle Offense, devised by Phil Jackson and Tex Winter. How critical was it to your success? Or was it more the case that when a game was on the line, you said, "Give me the ball and let me win the game"?
It's a bit deeper than that. I give Tex credit—he expanded my horizons about seeing everybody in terms of certain roles and letting me decide how to utilize all of them. The Triangle kept everybody occupied, doing their roles. It gave me opportunities in the post. When I involved John Paxson or Steve Kerr, it was built on the Triangle, but it was also built on my mentality to say, "Hey, I'm going to see if this guy can knock down the big shot." If it was Game 7, would I make that pass? Probably not. In the NBA, you need someone who can break away from the system. The Triangle won't work without a Michael Jordan or a Kobe Bryant.
You had a reputation as a guy who'd chastise, ridicule, and ride his teammates. Were you purposefully a demanding teammate?
That was leadership. I was the only guy there from 1984. I was there when there were 6,000 people in the stands. So I took pride in making sure every guy understood what it took to get us to this point, and by no means am I going to allow you to come in and change what we'd begun—the transformation of a city that's never had a championship. I used my criticism, my aggressive language, my aggressive behavior, to make you conform. Some people, like Sam Smith [author of The Jordan Rules], looked at this in a whole different frame of mind. At first I was offended. Then I realized, people don't understand our journey. I bet if you ask anyone now on those teams, they have a greater appreciation for what we achieved as opposed to the method we went by to achieve what we achieved.
But what's that relentless riding of your teammates about, especially once you've won a few championships? Was that you trying to guard against complacency?
Absolutely. I never took a day off. If I took a day off, then Scottie was going to take a day off. And then Horace. The next thing you know, the whole scope of what we're trying to do is being weakened. I never took a shortcut, and I never wanted anyone else to take a shortcut. If that meant someone interprets me as a tyrant, I'm pretty sure they're appreciative now.
Okay, so you describe yourself as a thrill seeker. Is gambling yet another way to seek out the adrenaline rush once provided by basketball?
You know, it is. To me, gambling is like going to the edge of a cliff and then calculating what the choices may be. You may push it a step further but never to the point where it endangers you or your wealth or your family. It's a challenge, it's competition. But it's not to a point where you throw all your eggs in one basket, or where it's something you need every day. I can go days and weeks without gambling. And when I say, "Okay, I've lost this one," I walk away from it. But people say, "Oh, he's got a gambling problem." No, I don't. I'm a competitor.
So you don't have a gambling problem, you have a competition problem?
I like to play at the high stakes, when awareness is at its highest. Where you get sweaty palms and you get nervous. If I'm sitting here with a twenty and the dealer's got an ace showing, I'm going to gamble. Or I've got a seven and a four against a ten. Most people who are not thrill seekers are not going to double that down. Me, I'm saying most of the cards coming out are face cards—why not double? That's how I look at it. I don't look at it like this is my last dollar and I've got to make two—so I've got to double down. It's not that way, and for people to look at it that way is to throw a jab at me.
You once said about Charles Barkley— You mean Fat Boy? [laughs]
You said he says the things you wish you could. Give me an example.
For instance, when he came out and said, "I'm not a role model." I realized we're really not. We assume that responsibility because of the respect we're given. But we can't tell these kids they can be us. When he first came out with that, I was like, "Wow, he's right." Because your parents are your role models, or your grandparents or your aunt.
When you were a player, you could judge opposing players by going up against them. As an exec, you judge talent from a distance. It's an old axiom that the hardest things to judge are intangibles, like heart and character. Are you finding that?
I know how I played the game. I know the sacrifices I made and the tunnel vision I had. And to look at a kid and say he should have the same thing is unfair. I learned that when I was in Washington, after drafting [former top pick] Kwame Brown and those guys. I tried to instill in them that type of dedication, but I had to realize their passion may not be to be a better basketball player. It may be to maximize the financial aspect of it, to get their own shoe line. That comes from a different generation. I learned it would be totally unfair to look at that kid and see myself and my motivations. No one's going to play the game the way you played it, and you just have to accept that. If I do see that dedication, I recognize it in an instant. I'd say Kobe Bryant would have some of those characteristics, but a lot of the things Kobe does I would never have done.
Want to elaborate on that?
That's just an example. I ain't going to go further on that one.
Larry Platt is the editor of Philadelphia magazine and the author of Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson.
. . . A 19-year-old MJ celebrates a Tar Heels national championship in 1982.
. . . Jordan victimizes a poor, earthbound Canadian at the '84 Olympics in L.A.
. . . The 44-year-old Bobcats exec, photographed by Robert Maxwell in Chicago, July 2007.
A version of this story originally appears in the October 2007 issue with the title "Michael Jordan Icon".
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I am trying to write a query that will sum all the TransactionValues that took place in a month (December, for instance) grouped by Category_ID and display the results for all category even when there are no Transactions on the table for a specific Category.
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FROM Categories LEFT JOIN Transactions ON Categories.Category_ID = Transactions.Category_ID_FK
WHERE Month(TransactionDate) = '12'

With this, I only get results from categories that have at least one transaction on the Transactions table.
Thank you all!

A: You can use a subquery in MS Access:
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The typical SQL syntax would include the condition in the ON clause:
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Translating Trauma: Time Journey in a Memorial Museum
Min-Hsiu Liao
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Intercultural Research Centre
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Heritage used to be associated with beautiful and great creations of the past, but places that carry scars in history and cause pain and shame are now recognized as sites of "difficult heritage." These sites not only become sites of memory and reminiscence for local people, but also attract many international visitors. Most studies on difficult heritage have been of more well-known international incidents, such as trauma related to the world wars. In such cases, even international visitors who do not have personal experience directly related to the incidents can associate themselves with the sites to a certain extent. However, this chapter intends to explore the collective pain shared by a group of people less known to international society. In such cases, how is the traumatic past retold to international visitors? This research investigates the translation of trauma based on a case study of the translated texts in the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum. The chapter examines how the source text positions and the target text repositions visitors in relation to the temporal-spatial dramaturgy in the museum.
Translation and Time
Migration, Culture and Identity
Kent State University Press
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N2 - Heritage used to be associated with beautiful and great creations of the past, but places that carry scars in history and cause pain and shame are now recognized as sites of "difficult heritage." These sites not only become sites of memory and reminiscence for local people, but also attract many international visitors. Most studies on difficult heritage have been of more well-known international incidents, such as trauma related to the world wars. In such cases, even international visitors who do not have personal experience directly related to the incidents can associate themselves with the sites to a certain extent. However, this chapter intends to explore the collective pain shared by a group of people less known to international society. In such cases, how is the traumatic past retold to international visitors? This research investigates the translation of trauma based on a case study of the translated texts in the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum. The chapter examines how the source text positions and the target text repositions visitors in relation to the temporal-spatial dramaturgy in the museum.
AB - Heritage used to be associated with beautiful and great creations of the past, but places that carry scars in history and cause pain and shame are now recognized as sites of "difficult heritage." These sites not only become sites of memory and reminiscence for local people, but also attract many international visitors. Most studies on difficult heritage have been of more well-known international incidents, such as trauma related to the world wars. In such cases, even international visitors who do not have personal experience directly related to the incidents can associate themselves with the sites to a certain extent. However, this chapter intends to explore the collective pain shared by a group of people less known to international society. In such cases, how is the traumatic past retold to international visitors? This research investigates the translation of trauma based on a case study of the translated texts in the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum. The chapter examines how the source text positions and the target text repositions visitors in relation to the temporal-spatial dramaturgy in the museum.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
BT - Translation and Time
PB - Kent State University Press
CY - Kent, Ohio
Liao M-H. Translating Trauma: Time Journey in a Memorial Museum. In Translation and Time: Migration, Culture and Identity. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. 2020. p. 126-141


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One of Germany's largest green hydrogen generation plants has been planned and commissioned by Siemens in Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia, and has been handed over to the operating company WUN H2.
Up to 1350 tonnes of green hydrogen can now be generated annually from solar and wind power in the Wunsiedel Energy Park. The electrolyser, aSilyzer 300 with a total capacity of 8.75 MW is from Siemens Energy's most powerful product line. It is based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology, which is said to be optimally suited for operation with renewable energies. The hydrogen will be used primarily in the region's industrial and commercial enterprises, but also in road transport, cutting annual CO2 emissions by up to 13500 tons.
As general contractor, Siemens Smart Infrastructure is responsible for the construction of the hydrogen plant and the creation of an intelligently monitored and controlled power grid. The hydrogen will be distributed by truck trailers on a decentralised basis to end customers mainly within a radius of around 150 to 200 km. Following the construction of an H2 filling station at the Wunsiedel Energy Park, scheduled for completion in 2023, the regional fleet of commercial vehicles can be decarbonised.
"With global warming, energy dependency and rising costs becoming increasingly pressing issues, real-world solutions for the future of energy are crucial," said Matthias Rebellius, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Smart Infrastructure. "The Wunsiedel project is an excellent demonstration of how vision and initiative combined with the right technology and financing can drive forward the development of a carbon-free power supply."
Siemens Financial Services is supporting the project financially and holds a 45 % stake in the operating company WUN H2. With the commissioning of the plant, commercial production of the energy source H2 in Wunsiedel can start production immediately. Talks regarding the expansion of the plant's capacity to 17.5 MW are already underway.
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Q: Android actionbar color doesnt change I have the following styles.xml:
<resources>
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Main theme colors -->
        <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
        <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
    </style>
</resources>

Where primary is defined as:
 <color name="primary">#9c27b0</color>

However in the preview the actionbar is still black and not deep purple.
When i open the theme editor the actionbar is also deep purple.
Is this a bug in the preview? Or have i done something wrong?
In general how exactly do i use the styles.xml? Can i also define button's in it?

A: After editing the color code in the color.xml file, you should rebuild it. Try rewriting the code and then rebuilding. I faced the same problem, that's ho


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Q: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.Editor$InsertionPointCursorController.hide()' on a null object reference I get this crash only from Samsung J8. here are the crash report :
Exception java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.Editor$InsertionPointCursorController.hide()' on a null object reference
  at android.widget.Editor.stopTextActionMode (Editor.java:2687)
  at android.widget.Editor.prepareCursorControllers (Editor.java:822)
  at android.widget.TextView.nullLayouts (TextView.java:9174)
  at android.widget.TextView.checkForRelayout (TextView.java:10122)
  at android.widget.TextView.setHintInternal (TextView.java:6555)
  at android.widget.TextView.setHint (TextView.java:6544)
  at com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout.dispatchProvideAutofillStructure (TextInputLayout.java:1363)
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchProvideAutofillStructure (ViewGroup.java:3774)
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchProvideAutofillStructure (ViewGroup.java:3774)
  at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchProvideAutofillStructure (ViewGroup.java:3774)
  at android.app.assist.AssistStructure$WindowNode.<init> (AssistStructure.java:517)
  at android.app.assist.AssistStructure.<init> (AssistStructure.java:2047)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRequestAssistContextExtras (ActivityThread.java:3393)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1906)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:214)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:7078)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:494)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:974)

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Arbor DDoS Mitigation Beefs Up Bigtime
News Analysis Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large 6/13/2017
Arbor Networks today announced a massive leap forward in the size of its Arbor Cloud, intending to confront the explosion in size of distributed denial-of-service attacks with eight terabits per second of scrubbing center capacity globally by year's end.
That's a quadrupling in size of the Arbor Cloud, and is being done in two steps: Arbor Networks has already doubled the size to 4 Tbit/s, by upgrading existing nodes and adding a dozen new traffic scrubbing centers in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. The NetScout Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) unit will have a minimum of 17 such centers in operation by year's end, says Theresa Abbamondi, director of product management for Arbor Cloud & Services at Arbor Networks.
All that capacity is aimed at combating DDoS attacks of the current largest size, about 800 Gbit/s, and those expected to get larger in the future, she says. It's a long-term play on Arbor's behalf, Abbamondi tells Light Reading. "We don't expect to have to worry about adding this kind of capacity for a long time," she comments in an interview. "We believe this is the largest purpose-built network to combat DDoS attack in the world."
But where the capacity is added is also critical. By distributing its scrubbing centers globally, Arbor is better able to offload the DDoS traffic close to its source, and prevent consumption of network resources needed to move the traffic to a remote site for scrubbing.
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Arbor is a security technology provider for communications service providers and one way this new capacity impacts that part of their market is as an over-the-top service, Abbamondi says. If a CSP is selling DDoS mitigation services to its customers -- and most are -- the Arbor Cloud can serve as "a backstop" to that service provider so that if the DDoS attack exceeds its capacity or threatens its network, the DDoS traffic can be offloaded to Arbor.
"If they are running a 400-gig network -- and before last year, that was considered adequate, it can now be overwhelmed by a 500-gig sustained DDoS attack or one that spikes above 800 gigs, like at the end of last year," Abbamondi says. "A service provider can now have the comfort of knowing that they can offload that traffic onto our network and that leaves them free to continue to run their network and managing that for their customers."
In addition to that over-the-top service offering, Arbor works with service providers who directly resell the Arbor Cloud and offers a "more tightly integrated revenue-shared model offering," as well, she says.
The expectation is that DDoS attacks will continue to grow in size, because there is still a massive number of usable Internet of Things devices already out there which aren't secured and for which security may be very difficult or expensive, Abbamondi admits. She isn't expecting the pace of growth to continue as it did over the last year and, over time, newer IoT sensors and other devices such as DVRs will include security options that will make them less vulnerable to being easily made part of a bot army in a DDoS attack.
"As new devices get rolled out, they will be more security aware and we will retroactively fix the devices to be security-enabled," she comments. "So we don't think this is an infinite process in terms of growth of the attacks."
The Arbor Cloud service is integrated with the company's on-premises devices as well, and intelligence passes between the two. As a premium security company, Arbor isn't looking for "cloud-only" customers, Abbamondi says, but for those seeking its full protection capabilities, which includes the intelligent devices on the customer premises in addition to the Arbor Cloud.
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Date of World Heritage Declaration: 1998 and extended the 1st of August 2010.
Location: Vilar de la Yegua, Salamanca province.
Opening hours: Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00.
Fares: General entry 6 euros and reduced fare 5 euros.
One of the main showcases of paleontological art is without a doubt Siega Verde, in the region of Villar de la Yegua, Salamanca, which celebrates its 25th year anniversary of its discovery in 2014.
This archeological zone, declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 2010, is an extension of the Valle del Coa archeological park, located in the marginsof the Agueda River, just 15km from Ciudad Rodrigo, a well-known Salamanca region.
In this area, next to a bridge and an old mill, the course of the river has its last ford before joining onto the Arribes. In this zone, the pools of water are full even during times of drought.
It is speculated that the reason this area was chosen is due to it being a traversable zone as well as being a privileged control and observational point of animals which frequent the watering trough.
Today the site, appropriately studied, protected and signaled, offers us the possibility of walking through it and learn more about the living conditions of the prehistoric artists that inhabited this zone and left us one of the most important sets of paleontological art in all of Europe.
The site was discovered in 1988 by Manuel Santoja and Rosario Perez, prehistoric art teachers that work for the Salamanca archeological inventory. The first thing they found were engraved figures on the rocks: representations of horses, goats, bulls and deer. There also exist representations of extinct species that belong to glacial environments such as reindeers, wooly rhinoceros and bison.
All of the artwork is exposed to the air, next to the Agueda river shore. It is believed that the prehistoric men chose this place due to it being a highly traversed area by animals. The enclave therefore become a privileged point of observation and hunting ground for the Paleolithic population.
Since then over 500 zoomorphic engravings have been catalogued which are calculated to date to the superior Paleolithic Gravettian period (20.000 years ago) and more recent antropomorphs, from the Magdelenian period (12.000 years ago) in a total of 94 panels that stretch over 3km.
Declared Cultural Heritage by the Castilla y Leon regional government in the year 1998, World Heritage by UNESCO in the year 1998, and extension of the declaration in the year 2010. Without a doubt it is one of the most important findings of paleontological art in the world.
The techniques used in Siega Verde include staking, fine incision, abrasion and scraping. Staking involves marking off the contour of the figure with points, hitting the rock with a sufficiently hard object.
Another of the methods they used was incision, a drawing conveyed in a finely engraved line. On occasions, they combined both of these techniques with either abrasion or scraping, creating wider and deeper grooves which added more depth and spatial detail to the images.
Fine incision was used predominantly for small figures, between 15 and 20 cm, while the figures of medium and large size, between 50cm and 2m, have contours engraved through staking or scraping.
In the large bulls depicted one can distinguish traces of red paint, which suggest the Paleolithic representations were treated chromatically. This theory was elaborated by the findings of ocher red pigment as well as yellow and manganese.
Stylistically, paleontologic art in the zone presents a particularly interesting characteristic that is unknown in the French Cantabric zone: the juxtaposition of two, sometimes three heads over the same body, with the purpose of transmitting the idea of movement.
In other images this represents the movement of the animal as it looks backwards, a technique used mostly on mountain goats, wild bull and deer. The first thing they found were engraved figures on the rocks: representations of horses, goats, bulls and deer.
The engravings in Siega Verde were carried out on rocky vertical walls, the majority of them oriented North-South, which complicates the visibility of the engravings depending on the time of day. For example, in Penascosa, the engravings are in shadow during the morning and the strokes and the numerous overlays complicate its readability.
The best solution to this problem has been to not allow public Access without guided tours, which take place in the hours of best visibility in small groups of a maximum of 8 people.
To facilitate their recognition, the tour guides show each visitor a folder with informational index cards that provide information as well as visual aids to interpret the figures.
Objective With the objective of preserving and spreading awareness of the area, the Archeological Classroom was created from the initiative of the Rei Alfonso Henriques foundation in collaboration with the Castilla y Leon regional government.
The original building excavated into natural rock has a grand central hall around which the rest of the dependencies are situated. The exhibition at the central room withholds a recreation of the Paleolithic age, bringing it to life with mannequins displaying the clothes and utensils of that age, as well as a model of the archaeological site in which the position of the paintings can be located. Various illuminated panels filled withdidactic information about the Paleolithic, as well as its art and the meaning of the inscriptions fill the hall.
Archeologic classroom A particular area of interest within the Archeologic classroom is the didactic workshop for kids, in which they are taught the techniques which the Prehistoric men used to engrave the walls, build their tools etc.
Engravings Following a guided tour, it is possible to see the most accessible engravings in Siega Verde, a total of 14 panels. The center offers two different itineraries: a half an hour duration tour, and an hour long tour.
The river Agueda The main problem that the archaeological sites face is the river Agueda itself, as the engravings are all located around its course, and they could be damaged by floodwaters as well as the humidity and the erosion caused by the passing of time.
Cultural Heritage Declared Cultural Heritage by the Castilla y Leon regional government in the year 1998, World Heritage by UNESCO in the year 1998, and extension of the declaration in the year 2010. Without a doubt it is one of the most important findings of paleontological art in the world.
Matching with the 25th year anniversary of its Discovery, the individuals responsible for the site are considering possible measures to preserve them in the best possible state.
One of the most widely accepted ideas has been the use of 3D technology to scan the less accessible areas in high resolution. This innovation will be used as a verification system, and will help to figure out if there are any modifications on the surface, for example if cracks appear or if there is any movement in the blocks of rock.
The main problem that the archaeological sites face is the river Agueda itself, as the engravings are all located around its course, and they could be damaged by floodwaters as well as the humidity and the erosion caused by the passing of time.
At the same time, documentation work is being carried out, as well as mapping of the damage and risk assessment. The main objective is to control the vegetation to avoid big interventions that could modify that which is being protected.


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Unless you live completely off the grid, you likely have heard of, and contribute to, "big data," the often-used catch phrase describing massive (and ever-increasing) volumes of information stored digitally on computers, servers and clouds.
From advertisers using data mined from customer interactions; to government agencies making data public so developers can create beneficial mobile apps; to farmers applying statistical data to determine their production and marketing practices, a wide-variety of people and industries use big data.
So what implications, then, might big data have for the production of official statistics? Dr. Daniel Pfeffermann, current President of the International Association of Survey Statisticians, addressed this topic at the recent Morris Hansen Lecture, an annual, open-to the-public education and outreach event recently held at USDA's Jefferson Auditorium in Washington D.C. Pfeffermann stressed that big data presents some impressive opportunities and notable challenges.
Big data might improve the timeliness of statistics while reducing response burden, he said, but only if big data can be properly assessed, analyzed and interpreted to provide high quality, accurate information that is truly of value to users. Big data is interesting and valuable for us at the National Agricultural Statistics Service, where we strive to provide timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture. We accomplish this mission by administering hundreds of surveys online, over the phone and in person each year, the Census of Agriculture every five years, and preparing reports covering nearly every aspect of U.S. agriculture. In short, we generate tremendous amounts of statistics about agriculture.
We have used two classes of big data for many years in the production of official statistics – remotely sensed satellite data and administrative records. Other sources of big data are still to be explored and may add to the quality or detail of the current information.
Unfortunately, big data is likely not the silver bullet for statistical agencies confronting reduced response rates and demands for more, better; faster data with fewer and fewer resources. Technological advancements, such as the rise of big data, are certainly worthy of exploration, to the extent that they might improve our ability to provide timely, accurate, and useful statistics to the people we serve.
It looks like we are still at the beginning of big data. It will take a lot of research and continued collaboration among statisticians, computer scientists, software designers, engineers, and the public. I for one can't wait to see what happens when big data and official statistics find a way to merge. The opportunities will be endless.


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Schagha School of Taekwon-Do was founded in 1978 in the city of Beirut.
Despite the civil war the activities of this school never stopped, trainings were taking place under shellings and fights.
Instructors from this school as Mr. Louis El Hage -IV- degree black belt opened different clubs in universities (Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts).
Later on, activities of this school spread to many clubs in colleges and schools in Beirut such as "Le Collège de la Sagesse", " Frères Sacré Coeur" and many others…and classes were also given by Mr. Souheil Saadé -II- degree black belt.
More than 150 Black Belts were graduated from the Schagha School of Taekwon-Do since 1978 and many demonstrations were performed in universities and colleges.
The civil war did not give any chance to Schagha School of Taekwon-Do to collaborate and cooperate with I.T.F., but in January 2001, Mr. Gaby Abousleiman was designated by General Choi Hong Hi during the seminar held in Budapest as representative of I.T.F. in Lebanon and was nominated as President of I.T.F. Lebanon.
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Russian FM says military interference in Libyan affairs unacceptable
10 Mar, 2011 13:50
African countries must define for themselves which direction of development to choose, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
Military interference in the internal affairs of African states is unacceptable, the minister told a news conference in Moscow. Each nation has the right to decide its future according to the UN Charter and other international agreements, he stressed. The main thing is that no force must be applied against civilians.All external players should give African states "the assistance they need in restoring peace," Lavrov noted. But all these states must define themselves "the vector of movement in each conflict and crisis." Careless moves and recipes which are good in other parts of the world may cause serious problems for African countries. Moscow had already denounced the use of force against civilians in Libya. As Lavrov put it, these actions could be qualified as a crime. As the Libyan regime is continuing to use force against its population, President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed a decree to join the UN sanctions against Tripoli. However, the Russian leadership believes the further clashes in the African country could still be avoided. Lavrov urged the government forces and rebels in Libya "to sit and come to an agreement, because otherwise it's civil war." One of "external recipes" for settling the Libyan conflict is the idea of no-fly zone. If the current speculations about this issue turn into proposals Russia will study them. But Lavrov warned that the plan clearly demands extensive information and elaboration. So far the whole idea remains hypothetical. It is not clear what means and forces will be used to ensure control over no-fly zones. What the world badly needs now is independent and objective assessment of the current developments in Libya, first of all from the UN special envoy for Libya, the minister stressed. Earlier, Lavrov had said the violence against civilian population should be stopped first of all to make it possible to settle the conflict by political means.
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NPS (Network Policy Server) is the Microsoft implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) server, and as such, it performs connection authentication, authorization, and accounting for many types of network access, including wireless and virtual private network (VPN) connections. NPS also functions as a health evaluation server for NAP (Network Access Protection).
The following illustration shows NPS as a RADIUS server for a variety of access clients and a RADIUS proxy. NPS uses an Active Directory domain for user credential authentication of incoming RADIUS Access-Request messages.
When NPS is used as a RADIUS server, RADIUS messages provide authentication, authorization, and accounting for network access connections in the following way:
Access servers, such as dial-up network access servers, VPN servers, and wireless access points, receive connection requests from access clients.
The access server, configured to use RADIUS as the authentication, authorization, and accounting protocol, creates an Access-Request message and sends it to the NPS server.
The NPS server evaluates the Access-Request message.
If required, the NPS server sends an Access-Challenge message to the access server. The access server processes the challenge and sends an updated Access-Request to the NPS server.
The user credentials are checked and the dial-in properties of the user account are obtained by using a secure connection to a domain controller.
The connection attempt is authorized with both the dial-in properties of the user account and remote access policies.
If the connection attempt is both authenticated and authorized, the NPS server sends an Access-Accept message to the access server. If the connection attempt is either not authenticated or not authorized, the NPS server sends an Access-Reject message to the access server.
The access server completes the connection process with the access client and sends an Accounting-Request message to the NPS server, where the message is logged.
The NPS server sends an Accounting-Response to the access server.
Issues in the functioning of NPS, if not promptly isolated and resolved, might result in the complete collapse of the remote authentication and authorization service provided by the Windows server. 24x7 monitoring of NPS, hence becomes imperative. The eG Enterprise Suite helps administrators in this task.
This document describes the monitoring model that eG Enterprise prescribes for Microsoft Radius server, and the performance metrics each model collects.


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Formica accreta es una especie de hormiga del género Formica, tribu Formicini. Fue descrita científicamente por Francoeur en 1973.

Se distribuye por Canadá y los Estados Unidos. Se ha encontrado a elevaciones de hasta 3320 metros. Mide 4-5 milímetros y es de color negro. Vive en microhábitats como piedras, rocas, madera muerta y el forraje.

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An ideal setting for outdoor activities, the hills of Serra Tavira make perfect terrain for cyclists and adventure seekers, while hikers can take several paths through the countryside or along the coastline, to experience the verdant and varied surroundings, and local culture.
The eastern Algarve is comprised of small resorts, popular with Portuguese second home owners. New developments such as Monte Rei, are reshaping this market with the added services allowing for those prices to compare with Vale do Lobo in the Golden Triangle. For more information about the Algarve market, visit Portugal Inside View.
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This fascinating town, with its rich mixture of Roman architecture and traditional Portuguese buildings, boasts 20 churches. Examples of Moorish influence are everywhere in Tavira, from its whitewashed buildings and ornate rooftops to its camel bone and wrought iron doors. Although widely thought to be of Roman origin, Tavira's famous seven-arch bridge over the river Gilão, was actually acquired in the 17th century.
The market hall on the river front, flanked by shops, restaurants and cafes, has been recently renovated and regularly holds shows and special events. The area is a popular shaded place for a game of Dominos or to sit and gaze at the reflections on the water.
Located at the mouth of the River Guadiana, the 18th century town centre of this pretty fishing port is the go-to spot to see good examples of the region's heritage.
Vila Real de Santo António and Tavira are teaming with tempting restaurants serving fresh local fish. Their winding, scenic streets are ideal places for an after-dinner stroll and a scoop or two of ice cream.
Ramblers, cyclists and horse riders alike venture to Ria Formosa Nature Park and the National Forest of Vila Real de Santo António to take in the local fauna and flora. They are also havens for bird watchers on the lookout for Black-winged Stilts, Avocets, Little Terns and Audouin's Gull.
Just off the tourist radar, the eastern Algarve has managed to retain its authentic regional flavour. And with Seville only a short drive away, it is a convenient spot from which to visit Spain.
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Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder commonly have limited social participation. This study aimed to examine the similarities and differences of everyday participation among males and females with autism spectrum disorder in Australia and Taiwan, using an experience sampling methodology. A total of 14 Australians (4 males, aged 16-43 years) and 16 Taiwanese (12 males, aged 19-45 years) with autism spectrum disorder who are cognitively able were asked to carry a device which prompted them seven times per day for 7 days, to record everyday participation: where they were, what they were doing, and who they were with. Multilevel analyses were used to identify the relationships between everyday participation and associated factors including gender, country of residence, clinical severity of autism spectrum disorder, and social anxiety. The results showed that Taiwanese participants were more likely to stay at home than Australian participants. However, female participants were more likely to engage in social situations than males. Furthermore, participants with fewer autism spectrum disorder symptoms and those with higher levels of social anxiety were less likely to engage in social interactions. This study sheds light on ways that culture and gender affect social participation and highlights the relationship of social anxiety to social participation. The findings have implications for interventions for social participation.
Chen, Y. and Bundy, A. and Cordier, R. and Chien, Y. and Einfeld, S. 2016. A cross-cultural exploration of the everyday social participation of individuals with autism spectrum disorders in Australia and Taiwan: An experience sampling study. Autism. 21 (2): pp. 231– 241.


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The following images are all of fish skin (believe it or not) and have been captured using a digital camera and microscope. All images are copyright Justin Marshall.


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A day in the life of Scott Cantin
Every day is different for Scott Cantin. As our Disaster Communications Manager, he's ready to go anywhere disaster strikes in the Asia Pacific at a moment's notice.
Scott's part of a skilled team that's dedicated to rescuing animals in crisis and helping communities prepare for future catastrophes. We recently spent a day filming with Scott as he revisited the villages in Indonesia affected by the Mount Merapi eruption in 2010. Our disaster response team evacuated and treated approximately 7,000 animals following the eruption, giving their distressed owners hope for the future.
Here's Scott's journal for that day that shows the incredible difference your support has made to the animals and the people who rely on them.
3:15 am – Yogyakarta, Indonesia. We hit the road with two volunteers from one of our Indonesian partners and headed to the Sleman Regency, in the shadow of Mount Merapi. Merapi's eruption in late 2010 was one of the deadliest in recent history. We evacuated and treated around 7,000 animals at the time, giving their distressed owners hope for the future. Today we're going back to meet some of the farmers and animals we saved.
4:30 am - After driving through the dimly lit city streets and into the pitch-black countryside, we reach Borobodur, an ancient temple. The stunning view from here shows how close farmlands are to the summit of the volcano.
5:30 am - Evidence of Merapi's massive eruption is still everywhere. Boulders as big as houses litter the landscape. Abandoned villages and scorched palm tree stumps show the volcano's deadly power. Lots of cows were sadly burned alive in pyroclastic flows – fast and intensely hot rivers of gas and molten rocks.
7:00 am - We pull into a small village and look for the leader. When we explain who we are and why we're here, the village head immediately thanks us. Cows are the lifeblood of the local economy and most households in the area have at least one. Without our help four years ago, the community's suffering would have been much worse.
8:00 am – We meet local farmer Yamto Sumarno who explained that he could only rescue two of his cows when the volcano erupted, the other three died. He says most of the cows in the village were killed. Like many farmers I meet, Yamto explains that the cows are vital to his livelihood. They pay for his children's education, his home, and his family's daily needs.
"I was so miserable [after the eruption]… everything was destroyed and we were left with only [volcanic] ash and stones…the cattle evacuation was very important because the [surviving] cows were used to pay for the kids' education."
10:00 am - Another farmer, Dalrisi, tells us she lost three cows, five members of her family and part of her home in the eruption. She shows us her three surviving cows, stroking their faces and pointing out their ragged ears, burnt by burning objects that fell on them in the blast. Their hides, now healed, were covered in blisters, she says.
11:45 am - I meet Sugi Winarsih, one of the government vets who worked with us in 2010 to treat hundreds of sick and injured cattle. That was a dangerous time, and the team narrowly missed being engulfed by a pyroclastic flow. They were warned just in time over their handheld radios and were able to get to safety with only seconds to spare.
Despite such traumatic memories, Sugi is keen to tell me her favourite story– the day she helped our team deliver a calf in one of the evacuation camps.
"It was the one of the most beautiful things ever to happen to me – and it happened right in the middle of the disaster," she says smiling softly.
She explains this new life strengthened her resolve to work with communities and the government to ensure they learn from the 2010 disaster.
1:15 pm – On our last stop of the day, we meet Sunyoto and his beautiful black and white two-year-old cow. She makes us all smile because she's frisky, very vocal and keeps nuzzling him for food.
Sunyoto explains that although 95% of local people depend on the cows for their livelihoods, it was witnessing their suffering and deaths that was the most heartbreaking.
He then has a wonderful surprise for us. He tells us the cow beside him is the daughter of one of his cows that was born in an evacuation camp – the very calf Sugi delivered. I'm so delighted to see this new life we made possible.
3:30 pm - Back at the hotel, we transcribe and translate the interviews. We're all exhausted, but I still need to go through the photos, videos and stories of the day. Finally, at 6:30 pm, I set my equipment to recharge for tomorrow.
7:15 pm - As I eat in my room, I think about today's stories. As a member of the only full-time, dedicated global disaster response team focusing on animal welfare, I'm so proud of our work. And I'm so grateful to you, our wonderful donors, whose support means we can be there for animals when they need us most.
To keep up-to-date with our disaster response work and everything you help us do to protect animals in disasters, visit http://animalsindisasters.typepad.com/
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Q: Python - Black screen afther re-opening pygame application I created a simple tile based game with python pygame and the android subset.
When I exit the app on my android device and I re-open it I see a black screen, if I close the program form the 'tabs' then the game will work again, does anybody know what's the problem? Do I have to add some code in the program?
from pygame.locals import *
from settings import *
from sprites import *
import pygame
import time
import sys
import os

try:
    import pygame_sdl2
    pygame_sdl2.import_as_pygame()
except ImportError:
    pass

pygame.init()
pygame.display.set_caption(TITLE)

class Game:

    def __init__(self):
        self.clock = pygame.time.Clock()
        self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH, HEIGHT))

        self.up_button = pygame.Rect(1000, 400, 100, 100)
        self.down_button = pygame.Rect(1000, 600, 100, 100)
        self.right_button = pygame.Rect(1100, 500, 100, 100)
        self.left_button = pygame.Rect(900, 500, 100, 100)

        self.all_sprites = pygame.sprite.Group()
        self.walls = pygame.sprite.Group()
        self.player = Player(self, 2, 2)

        for x in range(5, 10):
            Wall(self, x, 3)
        for x in range(5, 10):
            Wall(self, x, 7)
        for y in range(3, 8):
            Wall(self, 10, y)

        self.buttons = pygame.sprite.Group()
        self.game_over = False

    def update(self):
        self.all_sprites.update()

    def draw(self):
        self.screen.fill(BLACK)
        self.draw_grid()
        self.all_sprites.draw(self.screen)
        pygame.draw.rect(self.screen, GREEN, self.up_button)
        pygame.draw.rect(self.screen, RED, self.down_button)
        pygame.draw.rect(self.screen, BLUE, self.right_button)
        pygame.draw.rect(self.screen, YELLOW, self.left_button)
        pygame.display.update()

    def events(self):
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
                pygame.quit()
                sys.exit()
            elif event.type == KEYDOWN:
                if event.key == K_ESCAPE:
                    pygame.quit()
                    sys.exit()
            elif event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
                mouse_pos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
                if self.up_button.collidepoint(mouse_pos):
                    self.player.move(dy = -1)
                elif self.down_button.collidepoint(mouse_pos):
                    self.player.move(dy = 1)
                elif self.right_button.collidepoint(mouse_pos):
                    self.player.move(dx = 1)
                elif self.left_button.collidepoint(mouse_pos):
                    self.player.move(dx = -1)

    def run(self):
        self.title_menu()
        while not self.game_over:
            self.clock.tick(FPS)
            self.events()
            self.update()
            self.draw()

    def draw_grid(self):
        for x in range(0, WIDTH, TILESIZE):
            pygame.draw.line(self.screen, LIGHTGRAY, (x, 0), (x, HEIGHT))
        for y in range(0, HEIGHT, TILESIZE):
            pygame.draw.line(self.screen, LIGHTGRAY, (0, y), (WIDTH, y))

    def title_menu(self):
        pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    game = Game()
    game.run()

A: For some reasons that I don't really understand, it looks like the reference to the screen (that you stored in the screen property of your Game object) is lost after the Android main Activity loses the focus. One possible reason might be related to the EGL Context Lost, although I don't have significant elements to confirm this hypothesis.
Despite the reasons causing this issue, I think I've found a solution to it. First, you need to catch the event when the app is coming back to foreground (check this answer for more details about how to do this by means of specific SDL2 events), and then restore the screen reference.
Here is what worked for me, applied to your events method:
def events(self):
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == 261:
            # 261 is SDL_APP_WILLENTERFOREGROUND event code
            self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH, HEIGHT))

        # ...


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Q: Does Sphinx support a no wrap option for building the po files? I am trying to create po files in sphinx using
sphinx-intl update -p build/locale/ -l de.
However, the output it produces looks something like
#: ../../source/my-documentation.rst:16
msgid ""
"Far quitting dwelling graceful the likewise received building. "
"Unaffected remarkably get yet introduced excellence terminated led."
"But truth being state can she china widow."
msgstr ""

While what I want is:
#: ../../source/my-documentation.rst:16
msgid ""
"Far quitting dwelling graceful the likewise received building. Unaffected remarkably get yet introduced excellence terminated led. But truth being state can she china widow."
msgstr ""

Is there any way I can specify a no-wrap option?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

A: According to the source code of sphinx-intl, it is not possible to configure.
You can see it here. sphinx-intl calls pofile function without wrapwidth argument. However, polib library supports what you need, so you can either fork sphinx-intl, or monkey patch it, and call pofile function with e.g. wrapwidth=150

A: Currently, there is a parameter to set the length of the lines in the po files: --line-width.
For example:
sphinx-intl update -p build/gettext -l es -l ja --line-width=120

You can set this parameter to be a very long number.
This was implemented to Sphinx in 2019 with the enhancement #28.


Gift giving is my thing. I love brainstorming gift ideas, consulting with the future recipient's cohorts, and executing the purchase. It's all the better when the occasion calls for something handmade.
There's an inherent risk with giving a gift, though, especially when that gift is something I've made myself. Will the recipient like it? Will my investment of time and effort be worth it?
I started piecing this beauty, my Outlined Plus quilt, back in January 2016. I knew all along it was for me, so after completing the first set of blocks, I set it aside and worked on other higher-priority projects.
I chose this particular pattern, by Meadow Mist Designs, because I knew it was the perfect opportunity to showcase my stash of Mon Ami, a collection by Basic Grey. (I "earned" this fabric by avoiding Halloween candy last year. For real. Read about it here.) The back features some PB&J, also by Basic Grey, that I scored in 2015.
In addition to PB&J, there's a bunch of Grunge on the back, too.
I initially took a purist approach to choosing the fabric for this project and wanted to use something from Basic Grey for the binding as well, but nothing in my stash worked. Luckily, I had a floral Moda print from forever ago sitting around, and its super-gray undertones matched the BG palette perfectly.
1. After making 20 blocks, I realized that I didn't like the original color scheme and changed course. I ended up ditching 4 blocks. Two of them were handed off to another quilter; the others were "unsewn" and reused in blocks with the updated palette.
2. I had the entire collection of Mon Ami in fat quarters for this project, and there were a lot of scraps once I had finished piecing the top. I put those scraps to use immediately. A bunch went into Chelsea's giraffe quilt. Others went to a fellow Basic Grey lover. I have less than a fat quarter of Mon Ami in my scrap bin now!
3. Instead of quilting this project myself, I handed it off to a friend for quilting. This quilt is made up of strong 90-degree angles; my straight-line quilting wouldn't have done the design any justice. The Baptist fan quilting I chose fit the bill perfectly.
The grays, blues, and reds in Mon Ami are soooo nice.
When my husband saw this finished quilt, he asked who it was for, and I told him it was for me. He made some smart-aleck comment about having enough quilts in the house. For a fleeting moment, I thought he may be right. Then reason set in ... Too many quilts? Not possible!
AccuQuilt, Where Have You Been My Whole Life?
I know a lot of quilters who like finishing off their bindings by hand. They find the process relaxing and meditative, and after a project's worth of hours at their sewing machine, it's nice to hold something in hand to work on. I thinking doing stitch after stitch by hand is for the birds. What I like is cutting fabric. Sure, I make plenty of miscuts, but I find the leisurely process of ironing and arranging and cutting strangely satisfying.
Based on that, it's weird that I decided to buy an AccuQuilt GO!—a machine that promised to reduce my hand cutting and allow me more time behind my machine.
I had plenty of reasons to pass on this purchase. For instance, it's not cheap, and although the version I was considering came with a die, I would need to buy additional dies down the road. More dies = more money.
Despite my misgivings, I got my hands on my AccuQuilt GO! for a good price and then let it sit unused for months. During a recent creative slump, however, when I was spending time playing with fabric, Cynthia, over at Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework, mentioned that she was using her AccuQuilt fabric cutter to get her scraps under control. I took that as a sign to bust out my new toy.
This is my baby, the AccuQuilt GO! AccuQuilt makes a variety of fabric cutters. This version seemed to be a middle-of-the-road option suitable for me, someone who sews frequently. Cynthia, whom I mentioned earlier, has the Studio cutter, which is larger and more expensive.
I found the AccuQuilt GO! easy to use: I placed my fabric on top of the desired shape on the die, covered the die with a cutting board (which I would have photographed, but it's not exciting to look at), and cranked those sandwiched pieces through the machine. The result was a perfectly cut shape.
This is the AccuQuilt GO! opened up. The die is the piece on the left; you can see the three shapes it cuts out.The fabric-and-die sandwich is propelled through the machine by the hand crank in front.
By folding the fabric, I cut multiple layers of fabric in one pass through the cutter. With Moda fabrics, I got clean cuts of three layers at a time; with finer fabrics, like those from Art Gallery, I got five or six.
These piles will someday become Lee Heinrich's Scrappy Picnic Plaid quilt. I was able to cut the 2½" squares with my fabric cutter. Everything else was cut by hand, because I didn't have dies to cut those shapes.
I cut these 4½" squares with my AccuQuilt GO! They're destined to become a scrappy background for a quilt.
My scraps and yardage had reached an unwieldy size, and this adventure with my new fabric cutter has helped me get a grip on things. I'm not sure when I'll actually sew these pieces into quilt tops, but it felt good to get fabric into neatly cut piles, ready for sewing.
I think the 2½" shape on my die will become crucial to my scrap-management strategy in the future. Right now, I store scraps by color, without cutting them down to usable sizes until I want to use them. In the next few weeks, I'd like to take a pass through my scrap bin and cut 2½" squares out of the smaller pieces. I think that exercise will help me chisel away at the sheer volume of scraps I have and make it more likely that I'll actually use that fabric.
Do you have an AccuQuilt fabric cutter or something comparable? For what do you use it? And does it factor into your scrap-management strategy? If so, I would love to hear about it!
About every three or four months, I resolve to stop buying fabric and use more of my stash, but I find myself in a perpetual catch-22: In order to use what I've got, I need to buy more saturated colors/low volumes/solids/etc. It's a frustrating—and at times costly!—predicament.
There's a guilt-free source of fabric, however, that presents itself on occasion, one for which I am most thankful. It's those fabric-loving friends of mine.
In the past few months, I sent my odds and ends of Basic Grey's Mon Ami line (used in this quilt and this one) to Judy, over at Sew Some Sunshine. I know she loves BG's collections and thought she'd appreciate playing with Mon Ami. I was surprised when a care package from her arrived at my house a few weeks later.
She passed her scraps of BG's Persimmon, used in her Interlock quilt, on to me and included a mini-charm pack of BG's Juniper Berry, yardage from Juniper Berry, assorted 2-inch squares, Bonnie and Camille Scrumptious scraps, and Kate and Birdie scraps. I'm pretty sure that list covers it all, but there was so much, it's hard to say for sure!
I'm sure the irony is not lost on you. I tried to trim my stash by giving some fabric away and ended up with more fabric.
Another BG story involves Chelsea, from Patch the Giraffe. She was on Cape Cod with our guild for a retreat back in October. I couldn't go, but I was not forgotten. There's this mother of all quilt shops on the Cape, Tumbleweed Quilt Shop, where Chels found some bolts of BG's PB&J, one of my favorite lines. (I made a quilt with some PB&J mini-charm packs here. I discovered other bolts from the line during this trip.) Now I'm the happy owner of three yard cuts from this long out-of-print collection. Yahoo!
I don't have plans for any of this loot—yet. It's all aging in my stash for the time being.
I'm serious, this time, though. I am going to bust my stash! As I grow as a quilter, I want to use more solids, and I stash almost exclusively prints. I have a plan to chip away at the hoard. I'll fill you in on that scene soon!
It's been more than three years since I started quilting. When I'm not busy being a mom, I'm quilting, talking about quilting, or plotting my next quilting project. I've taken quilting workshops, attended quilting retreats, and been to more quilt shops (and spent more money) than I'll ever admit to. Despite all this, I've never been to a quilt show.
I'll remedy this problem in February, when I attend QuiltCon in Savannah. I'm already crazy excited about the trip—the workshops I have signed up for, the blog friends I'll meet in person, and that sweet quilt show. It seemed silly not to submit a quilt to the competition. My first time attending a quilt show could be the first time seeing one of my projects in a quilt show.
True or false: This is a nine-patch.
When I set out to piece this quilt, I considered one question: At what point is a nine-patch no longer a nine-patch?! I started with an oversize nine-patch, sliced it up vertically, shifted the pieces, and sewed them back together. Then I sliced it horizontally, shifted, and sewed again. What results is, I think, modern, improvisational, and unique, offering just an intimation of the original three-by-three block.
I'm crazy about Mix and Mingle's palette. The fabric that inspired it is the greenish-gray floral (above), by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake, which I used for two of the nine patches. The combination of orange, red, and gray has me smitten. And the back—eep! I love the back! It's 100% Denyse Schmidt.
Dear Orange, I love you.
This quilt was finished with an all-over cross-hatch—after all, what is cross-hatch quilting other than bunches of nine-patches in thread form?
A simple cross-hatch for the win!
I know that the QuiltCon quilt show is rather difficult to get in to. I have seen some of the rejects over the years, and they are beautiful. I'm happy with this submission, however. I enjoyed making it, I know it is an accurate reflection of me and my taste, and I look forward to cuddling under it. If it doesn't get into the show, I'll be using it before year's end—ha!


Home Cleaning tips Venetian blind cleaning made simple.
Watch this really quick video showing you a really simple way of cleaning your blinds using kitchen tongs and micro fibre cloths. This is so easy to make and really cleans the blinds so well.