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When Puccini Came, Saw and Conquered New York City
November 16, 2018 by www.nytimes.com Leave a Comment
He visited Little Italy and Chinatown, posed for pictures on the Brooklyn Bridge, marveled at the tall buildings and took in shows. He played cards in the back room of an Italian restaurant on 34th Street with the tenor Enrico Caruso. He was the toast of Gilded Age New York, thronged by reporters and cheered on by Vanderbilts and Astors. Giacomo Puccini was a quintessentially Italian composer — "La Bohème" and "Tosca" remain opera house staples, more than a century after they were written — but his career was also shaped by the time he spent in New York. He visited twice: The Metropolitan Opera brought him over in 1907 to oversee its first productions of "Manon Lescaut" and "Madama Butterfly," then again in 1910 when it staged the world premiere of his American-themed opera, "La Fanciulla del West." In 1918, the Met gave the premiere of "Il Trittico" — which the company is reviving Nov. 23 to Dec. 15 , with a cast including Plácido Domingo, to mark the work's centennial — but … [Read more...] about When Puccini Came, Saw and Conquered New York City
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A Ransacked Endowment at New York City Opera
October 11, 2013 by www.nytimes.com Leave a Comment
A fundamental premise of successful investing is "sell high, buy low." So what explains the New York City Opera board's decision to do the opposite? In what appears to have been panic selling, the City Opera board sold all the equities in the opera's endowment and moved to cash in October 2008, as the stock market was plunging to new lows, and stayed in cash during 2009, as the market recovered and surged upward. The opera recorded an eye-popping $9.5 million investment loss for fiscal year 2008, ending in June 2009. There are surely many people responsible for the sad fate of New York City Opera, a much-loved cultural treasure that filed for bankruptcy last week after years of mounting deficits, management turmoil and bad decisions. But the fate of the endowment, established to ensure the existence of City Opera in perpetuity, is a stark measure of the management failure. City Opera had an endowment of $51.6 million in 2001. By June 2013, the market value had dwindled to just $5.2 … [Read more...] about A Ransacked Endowment at New York City Opera
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New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion's Papers
January 26, 2023 by www.nytimes.com Leave a Comment
It was April 1957, and Joan Didion was writing to her family in California about her job as a copywriter at Vogue. "Work is dull and tedious," she wrote, adding, "I can hardly wait to quit." Didion, 22 at the time and less than a year out of the University of California, Berkeley, also added her thoughts on a book she had recently read that lamented the conformism of her peers. "All anyone in this generation wants is security and group belonging," she wrote, "and what will happen to the world if nobody is willing to risk that security to gain the big things?" Inside the envelope, Didion tucked a magazine clipping showing a "little black dress" she had recently bought, which had proved "a smashing success." "It looks slightly different on me, because it is slightly too small for me," she wrote, "wherein lies the success of it all." When Didion died in 2021 at age 87, the news set off an outpouring of tributes to a writer who fused penetrating insight and … [Read more...] about New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion's Papers
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Susan Henshaw Jones to Leave Museum of the City of New York
April 15, 2015 by www.nytimes.com Leave a Comment
When Susan Henshaw Jones became director of the Museum of the City of New York in 2003, the way forward was as complicated as a Greenwich Village street map. The institution, on Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, was running deficits; in the winters, visitors to its 1932 building were advised to keep their coats on; the programming was widely perceived as stodgy. "We were effectively broke," said James G. Dinan, the museum's chairman. Ms. Jones, he said, "saved the institution." Now, as a 10-year renovation and restoration nears completion, and after getting the museum back on solid financial ground, Ms. Jones, 67, has decided to step down in December. "This place is in good shape for the next gal or guy," she said in an interview at the museum. Some of the goals set by Ms. Jones will remain unrealized in her tenure. She had initially hoped to build annual attendance to 500,000 from 82,000 when she started; it has reached only 250,000. Museum officials say progress was … [Read more...] about Susan Henshaw Jones to Leave Museum of the City of New York
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ESPN pundit says Jets 'could win it all' if New York lands this superstar quarterback
January 26, 2023 by www.foxnews.com Leave a Comment
close Video Fox News Flash top sports headlines for January 26 Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. As speculation around Aaron Rodgers' future in Green Bay continues to be the talk of the NFL, one team has emerged as a potential landing spot for the four-time MVP. The New York Jets, fresh off missing the playoffs for the 12th straight season, are rumored to be a potential destination for Rodgers should the Packers decide to trade the 39-year-old quarterback. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers waves to fans after the Los Angeles Rams game in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) The package for Rodgers would be steep, with two first-round draft picks the expected haul for Green Bay. But it's one that NFL journalist Peter King thinks Jets owner Woody Johnson would "happily pay" as he's "desperate for a star QB." AARON … [Read more...] about ESPN pundit says Jets 'could win it all' if New York lands this superstar quarterback
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THEATER; Debbie's Doing New York Now, But Rate Her PG
See the article in its original context from October 27, 2002 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. PORNOGRAPHY isn't just for dirty old men anymore. The movies that used to be shown in seedy Times Square theaters are now under bright lights at the Museum of Sex on Fifth Avenue. ''Auto Focus,'' Paul Schrader's biopic about the actor Bob Crane, who filmed his own sex life, is playing in a number of local movie houses. And Elaine May's forthcoming comedy, ''Adult Entertainment,'' which opens on Dec. 2 at the Variety Arts Theater, is about a group of actors who want to make a porn movie with class. ''People just take porn in stride these days,'' said Marc Spitz, a senior writer at Spin magazine and the author of his own porn script, which was turned into a play titled ''Shyness Is Nice'' and staged at Westbeth last year. ''There's nothing dangerous about sex anymore.'' The … [Read more...] about THEATER; Debbie's Doing New York Now, But Rate Her PG
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SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY! What can we as artists learn from universal lullaby traditions? How can we help parents express complex feelings about parenting, particularly those experiencing post-partum depression, homelessness or incarceration, through song? How can we make space for participants to create original, sing-able lyrics and melodies for their lullabies?
Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project offers collaborative sessions for parents and parents-to-be in which they write personal lullabies for their children, working side by side with Teaching Artists in New York City and around the country. Join Lullaby Project artists Emily Eagen (voice, ukelele), and Pala Garcia (violin) for a fun, interactive workshop that takes you through the collaborative songwriting process. They'll share best practices through this dynamic workshop, giving you the chance to practice crafting melodies and lyrics, have you up and singing together, and give you creative tools for song creation that you can apply to any setting. All artists interested in using songwriting to express and strengthen human connections are welcome!


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A PRIME TV property show is appealing for people looking to find their dream home in the Bangor and Anglesey area.
Channel 4's 'Location, Location, Location' is back for its 23rd series, and is set to be filmed in the spring and summer.
In the show property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help chain-free buyers with a range of house-hunting problems.
According to the programme's casting producer Eleanor Plackett it is the first time the programme has filmed in the north Wales area.
She said: "We are looking to find people, around the Bangor, Anglesey and Caernarfon areas.
"We've not been here as part of the series before and we would love to get an idea of the interest around the Gwynedd and Anglesey area.
"The people might be upsizing or downsizing, they could be first time buyers or just hoping to find their ideal, forever home.
"They may have to move or relocate for work. Whatever their issues, even if its just that the property market makes them nervous, Kirstie and Phil will be able to help.
"In return, house hunters will get a dedicated team and two of the best known property experts in the country at their service."
Participants are asked to fill in the form in as much detail as possible.
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She added: "If you can't attach a video or photos, don't worry! You can still apply without them."


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Inflammation and pain can be part of a healing crisis, but if your magnesium status is healthy you will heal and recover relatively quickly because the metabolism can perform the way it should. The lower the cellular magnesium levels get however, the slower it becomes to recover from the stresses and the more painful and amplified are the symptoms.
Low magnesium status is prevalent in diabetes type II, heart disease, cancer, depression and immune system disorders.  All of these degenerative illnesses have inflammation and oxidative stress in common. Inflammation is characterised by pressure and pain as the immune system goes into overdrive, sending lymphocytes to regions of pathogenic activity and acidic low oxygen environments.
If your immune system is weak because of lack of energy, the body has to compensate by sending more white blood cells to the region of pathogenic attack and injury. This causes pressure and clogs up tubes. The pressure is painful. It can also lead to hypertension and heart disease.
In World War 1 the French discovered that using magnesium chloride salt solution greatly improved healing of injuries in their soldiers – something they stumbled upon because pharmaceutical drugs were in short supply at the time. Researchers since then have discovered that an optimum magnesium status in cells correlates with a more effective immune system because magnesium helps our white blood cells to be more virulent. They can therefore give us more bang for our buck, so we don't need so much immune activity and phlegm with less effectiveness clogging up the works and causing traffic jams.
Inflammation is a natural consequence of magnesium deficiency and can happen in any part of the body from fat cells to brain, liver, spine, nerve sheaths, lungs, sinus, bowel lining, vascular walls, joints and ligaments.
With over 100 years of magnesium studies, researchers have realised that magnesium is easily the most important mineral in the body with the most jobs to do. Scientists Dr Mildred Seelig and Andrea Rosanoff in their book The Magnesium Factor  said that there are over 350 direct functions of magnesium, and over thousands more when one considers its role as a vital co-factor with many other nutrients and support of enzyme activity.
just like vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant and the king of the vitamins.
Every cell has enzymes that perform functions. When magnesium gets low the voltage of the cell drops because mitochondria are dependent upon magnesium to make Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) – the energy currency of the cell. Enzymes need ATPs to drive activity, so their processes become sluggish and slow with a magnesium deficit.
Consequently, important detoxification enzymes like glutathione become inhibited and the sewage and waste product removal system slows down. As in stagnant water or a compost heap, the cellular environment can drop to an acid pH. This state of acidosis means less oxygen can be dissolved in those fluids. Without enough oxygen and alkalinity, the electron flow of our bio-electrical system slows. Fat becomes difficult to turn into energy without enough magnesium and oxygen.
This means metabolism has to switch to carbohydrate burning (which is anaerobic) in order to get energy. The unfortunate side effect is that this sugar-burning system is less efficient and leads to a roller-coaster ride of hyperactivity followed by energy slumps. It's like a short term straw fire with a flare in energy and then – bang, crash. In contrast, fat burning metabolism offers a more even and sustained energy supply with increased ATP production – if there is enough oxygen and magnesium available to the mitochondria.
Sugar also steals your magnesium because you need 28 magnesium ions to metabolise one sucrose molecule to energy (and 56 magnesium ions for one fructose molecule). This means that the more hooked you get on sweets and candy the more they will steal your magnesium and plunge you into energy crashes. Not only that, but sugar metabolism produces even more acid by-products. It's a downward spiral because acids lead to oxidation (acidification) of lipids and production of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) – the bad cholesterol. It's the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) that is vital for brain, nerves, skin barrier and other important functions, and it's magnesium that helps us to produce it!
In a low magnesium state we can't seem to get the energy we need despite consuming enough calories. The brain, which must have a lot of glucose (from fat or carbohydrates), tells us we need to eat more. The craving for carbohydrates as a quick fix goes up as magnesium and oxygen levels go down. You can make energy anaerobically (without oxygen) by burning carbs, but it produces too many acids and is not as efficient as the oxygenated fat-burning system. We seem to feel hungry all the time without feeling fully satisfied. It's just not the right kind of fuel our cells need. This leads to over-eating, but we can't use up all those carbs, so the body's insulin has to take the excess that cannot be used as energy to the liver to be converted to fat – which is mostly fat around the middle leading to a pre-diabetic shape, and eventually diabetes.
We even need magnesium for the pancreas to make insulin. We then need magnesium to assist the insulin and sugar to get access to the cell through the membrane. Cell membrane charge is dependent on magnesium. When the lipid bi-layer has enough magnesium it can be stretchy, opening and closing when needed to absorb nutrients, to eliminate wastes, to prevent loss of potassium and hydration and to keep the excess calcium and sodium in the extra cellular spaces. As magnesium levels get low too much calcium replaces the magnesium and causes the cell membrane to get harder, looser, to lose hydration and to depolarise, thereby losing its functional integrity. It can't open and close as readily to keep out what should be kept out and to hold in what should remain in.
Note that the wrong kind of fats (lipids) incorporated into our membranes can also cause them to malfunction. Avoid foods containing trans-fats like margarine and deep fried foods.
We can easily become energy-starved, sugar-sensitive and dehydrated as magnesium reserves become depleted.
Most People in Modern Societies are Magnesium Deficient!
Our soils and food supply have become very magnesium depleted due to industrial-chemical farming methods. Processing removes even more magnesium, as it is highly water-soluble. To add insult to injury, stress causes excessive magnesium loss to recover and relax from the 'fight or flight' cortisol (adrenaline) and calcium-tightening response in muscles. When we are tense calcium moves into the muscle cells for contraction, and for the relaxation phase magnesium moves in to loosen the grip of the calcium.
After magnesium has been used to relax the muscles and dissipate the oxidised adrenaline, it is then excreted by the kidney via the urine. Younger people with an efficient kidney and healthy endocrine system experience a more protective effect with some recycling of magnesium. The older we get however, the more we suffer from hypermagnesuria (excessive loss of magnesium via the urine).
Heavy metals and chemicals such as fluoride inhibit magnesium metabolism and enzyme activity. As magnesium is also essential for our beneficial gut bacteria to function, the exposure to heavy metals and fluoride can cause digestive issues such as leaky gut, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Leaky gut allows toxins to move from the bowel into the blood stream and other parts of the body, causing an inflammatory response.  Inflammation and pathogenic toxins can even travel to the brain and cause mental illnesses and depression if the blood-brain barrier is thin enough and compromised. Magnesium however supports the gut microbiome, which can then help repair gut lining. It is also important to ensure the diet supports gut health. For those with digestive issues the GAPS diet has proven to be very successful at managing symptoms.
See a nutritionist for a gut-healing eating plan to suit your individual needs if you are not sure. Rule of thumb is to choose organic produce and meats, avoiding GMO and chemical additives. Avoid fluoride wherever you can. It works like a pesticide or 'anti-biotic', killing beneficial gut bacteria (which leads to more inflammation and premature ageing). Fluoride can appear not only in your water supply but also in foods and beverages (like juices and tea leaves), fire retardants, outgassing of upholstery chemicals, Teflon coatings, pharmaceutical drugs and dental products.
Magnesium deficiency is a common problem with poly-pharmacy (ie. use of multiple medications), as well as chemo and radiation therapy.  These are chemical stressors with elements that can block magnesium's use in the body, as well as cause it to excrete magnesium excessively. Low magnesium leads to cell dehydration followed by hypertension. Hypertension is also associated with inflammation and acidity, which is another symptom of pollution in cells. Calcium hardening of the endothelial lining of arteries, as well as the thickening of blood from free calcium, causes blood pressure to rise.
"The solution to pollution is dilution." Therefore, DRINK MORE WATER and make sure it is purified and re-charged with magnesium chloride salts (one small pinch per litre). This water provides essential electrolytes to support the metabolism.
Signs of magnesium deficiency include cramps, twitches and restless legs, as well as hyperkalaemia. As magnesium gets lower, calcium settles in the soft tissue and joints causing irritation and grinding of joints, calcium 'lumps' in muscle fibre, stiffer ligaments and calcium deposits on the endothelial lining of the arteries. The muscles become stiffer and harder to relax, tighter and feeling knotted.
When muscles feel shaky and spasm involuntarily there is instability in the electrical conductivity of cells and electron flow becomes intermittent. We need both sufficient electrolytes and hydration for our cellular 'batteries' to produce sufficient voltage. As the potential hydrogen (pH) of the cell drops (ie. less and less hydrogen), the voltage also drops. pH is equivalent to voltage. Voltage is the 'power socket'. This is why cellular acidity is our enemy: It lowers our bio-electrical metabolism capacity, making the cells sluggish as enzyme activity slows.
Conversely, when cells have a slightly negative charge (alkaline pH, ie. more hydrogen) they are repelled and bounce off one another, producing the right Zeta potential and blood fluidity. This means cells also have more surface area to absorb oxygen and nutrients.
Maintenance of the right pH is so important that the body will take calcium out of the bones if there are no other buffering agents available, and use it to balance pH elsewhere in the body, that is in the soft tissue, arterial lining, joints or ligaments. The calcium then precipitates and hardens, causing stiffness and grinding of hard structures against one another. Eventually this irritation causes more swelling and inflammatory response.
If the calcium deposits on the endothelial lining of the arteries it causes lesions as the vessel tries to stretch to accommodate blood pumping surges.  The body then has to send cholesterol bandages to stop the lesions from leaking. Cholesterol is there because it is addressing an emergency: Not because it is the culprit. However, acidic states will oxidise the cholesterol causing more LDL (the bad cholesterol). Ultimately, cellular pollution and low nutrient status are the culprits in heart disease  – and in fact in all inflammatory conditions.
Acidity (low pH) in cells also creates the ideal environment for pathogenic infestation. Low pH means not enough oxygen can dissolve in the cytoplasm or blood plasma. Pathogens like streptococcus, which causes cold and flu symptoms, thrive in low-oxygen acidic environments of about 5.5 to 6.5 pH. The immune system, if in overdrive, can produce excess Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and other acidifying chemicals which can further exacerbate symptoms. It can be like a sledge hammer used to hit a small nail with too much other collateral damage occurring. Alkalising cells with foods such as extra sodium bicarbonate, magnesium salts, lemon juice, ginger, tumeric and grandma's chicken soup can be a powerful immune support to knock out flu symptoms.
Another pathogen that commonly causes havoc when acidity gets out of hand is candida. Candida is a very common opportunistic fungus that morphs into another form with hyphae that pierce and corrupt cells to feed off them when the acidic environment of the cell drops low enough. When cells have a healthy slightly alkaline environment (pH 7.35-7.45) candida just sleeps: It is dormant. Everyone has some amount of candida spores floating around in the body. However, it's the acid pH that wakes them up and turns them into a dangerous parasite.
Nature keeps fungi packed away in a drawer until needed to clean up and recycle. This fungal recycling system works to break down organisms that have finished their life cycle (or are weak and nearly done and need a little help from fungi) so they can be disintegrated to their basic constituents and returned to the environment to support growth of new organisms. Fungi decompose organic matter in a low-oxygen acidic environment.
Just look at your mulch and compost heap. Notice the mushrooms growing on that rotting log in the forest. Once the breakdown with acids has been completed the soil organisms – earthworms, bugs, bacteria etc go to work to turn it all over, aerate it and prepare it for new growth. New growth requires oxygen, water and nutrients (especially magnesium!).
Our cells are no different, except we don't want to decompose whilst we are still alive! Our cells, with the help of our gut microbiome and nutrients, need to 'take out the garbage' and make new cells. To do this they need energy from hydration and electrolytes, magnesium being the master mineral electrolyte. To restore proper electrical balance and a healthy cellular metabolism the cellular environment must be changed – that is cleaned up, alkalised, oxygenated and fed with quality nutrients so that it supports the life force.
Note that use of antibiotics can decimate your beneficial bacterial colonies, which also keep candida and toxic bacteria under control. The combination of antibiotics and acidosis provides the perfect environment for candida and other pathogens to flourish. It can ironically lead to an increase in inflammation on a chronic level as these pathogens learn to become resistant. Supporting our immune system, alkaline pH levels and beneficial bacteria with the right nutrients like magnesium is the best way to build strength and recover quickly from infections.
The body is an amazing bio-computer. Cells are a 'bio' hard drive with programmes running from our DNA. Nothing works however, unless you plug your computer cable into the power socket. This is what magnesium does for us via the mitochondria and ATP metabolism. Life force and energy metabolism is the product of the right kind of environment.
How Can I Top Up My Magnesium Levels to Prevent Hyper Inflammation Responses?
One of the best ways to absorb large amounts of magnesium which can alleviate symptoms of magnesium deficiency is transdermally (via skin) using magnesium chloride hexahydrate (magnesium salt flakes) in solution. The skin can easily take up ionised magnesium without involving digestion. Just as your skin can excrete electrolytes during perspiration, it can also draw electrolytes in.
For thousands of years people have been soaking in mineral rich hot springs or enjoying a regular swim in the ocean to top up electrolytes and alleviate inflammation, pain and arthritis. If you don't have the opportunity to do this you can soak in magnesium chloride salts at home in a bath or footsoak, or use Elektra Magnesium Cream moisturizer for your daily skin care, or Elektra Magnesium Charge Lotion or Oil to add higher concentrations of magnesium on muscles where needed.
There are no contra-indications as transdermal absorption of magnesium is regulated by the body's own homeostatic balance, just like the roots of a tree absorb minerals from the soil, but not more than it needs. Nutrients are absorbed into the epidermal layer and temporarily stored, the same way the body makes vitamin D from sunlight exposure on the skin and holds it in its collagen cage 'reservoir' whilst the tiny capillaries of the dermis underneath gradually absorb the nutrients as required.
The skin, like the gut, also depends on the right microbiome to maintain a healthy skin layer and these beneficial bacteria must also be fed with the right nutrients or inflammation in the form of psoriasis or dermatitis can result! The skin is the largest organ of the body and can 'consume' the nutritional plant fats and natural magnesium chloride of Elektra Magnesium products. This skin 'food' is stored in the epidermal layer and passively absorbed as is needed over time, as the body is self-regulating this way. There are no drugs involved, nothing nanosized nor chemicalised and you can combine any of the body care products in any amount to suit individual needs. Enjoy the benefits of 'Nutrition via skin'!
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In a desperate attempt to prove the various "birther" rumours regarding President Obama's citizenship that have been circulating since 2008, conservatives have taken to editing photographs of the president with his family to help advance their agenda.
Jack Cashill, the right-wing journalist currently winning the national game of "'prove' the most outlandish thing you possibly can about Barack Obama" with both his theory that Bill Ayers ghost-wrote "Dreams From My Father" and his claim that the president's father was actually Jimi Hendrix, dropped a bombshell today: Barack Obama is not actually in a photo of Barack Obama and his grandparents.
In his definitive 2010 biography of Barack Obama, "The Bridge," New Yorker editor David Remnick features a photograph of a dapper young Barack Obama sitting between his grandparents on a Central Park bench.
The bench is real. The grandparents are real. The wall behind them is real. Barack Obama is not. He has been conspicuously photoshopped in. Who did this and why remains as much a mystery as Obama's extended stay in New York.
Notice not only Obama's knee (minus Obama), the repititious patterns found in the circle number one and the rectangular swatch in circle number two?
The patterns that repeat in the above section can also be found in the other stone block that was behind the president's grandmother.
These little facts don't seem to interrupt Cashill and Pareene notes that he was recently on "Fox and Friends" to promote his investigations into the president's background.
If this guy is basing his information off of faulty information, such as an edited photograph, why should he even be given airtime on a network supposedly dedicated to presenting "fair and balanced" news? In the segment on "Fox and Friends," Cashill claims that he can prove the president did not write his books, insisting that the evidence is in his book. Again, if his "evidence" is anything like this hack photo, then why is this idiot given the time of day?
For God's sake. Is he being funded by the Dumpster?
Then of course there's Hand, hovering ominously over Obama's shoulder.


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Q: Spark streaming with KAFKA processing time instability from the beginning I submit spark streaming job to calculate site pages UV by mapWithState func, Complete batches has very instability processing time from beginning.

Those batches(>45s) took long time at first stage in job. But first stage is only include receive message from kafka brokers(CreateDirectStream) and simple map for test.
stream
  .map(
  x => {
      Tuple2[String,Tuple3[Int,HLL,String]](getMd5(0.0 + ";" + getFormatDate(1600000000l) + ";" +"1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1"),Tuple3(1, hyperLogLog(getMd5("1").getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8)), "0.0" + ";" + getFormatDate(1600000000l) + ";" +"1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1;1"))
  })

I don't known why some batches took 40+ seconds to frist stage. Is kafka receiving instablity? Kafka and Spark In the LAN.

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Fonds - Joost Pelt fonds
Joost Pelt fonds
Textual record
1978-1991 (Creation)
Pelt, Joost
1 folder of textual material + 6 photographs
([1951] - present)
Joost Pelt was born in Amsterdam and began his dance training at the age of fifteen and trained at the Rotterdam's Ballet Academy. He joined the Netherlands Dance Theatre in 1970. He left the company for a year to dance with the Ballet of Flanders in Belgium and Bejart's Ballet of the 20th Century in Denmark. He married Marilyn Lewis in 1976 after he returned to The Netherlands. They moved to Canada in 1977 and Joost joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. He was promoted to soloist the following year and became a Principal Dancer in 1979.
After his departure in 1981, he spent less than one year at Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers before establishing Dance 160, a dance studio associated with the Prairie Theatre Exchange. He also choreographed for Dance Discovery, taught jazz dance at the Royal Conservatory of Dance and coached figure skating. In 1983, Dance 160 expanded to become the Manitoba Dance Theatre and School Inc. and Joost became its Director. From 1987 to 1992, he was the Dance Programmer for the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. In 1990, he established Black Tulip, a Business Administration and Personal Assistance company and has served as its Executive Director since 1995.
The records of Joost Pelt came to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet archives as part of transfers of records from the RWB and were also collected by members of the RWB Alumni Association.
The Joost Pelt fonds includes the following series: photographs (1978-1980); alumni questionnaire (1991); RWB's 50th Anniversary (1989); newspaper articles (1980-1986); and records of the Harbourfront Centre (1991).
The responsibility for conforming with copyright, libel and privacy legislation lies with the researcher.
File level inventory is available.
Dance Collection Danse also houses material pertaining to Joost Pelt.
Further accruals may be expected.
Pelt, Joost (Creator)

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Viviania es un género de plantas fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia Vivianiaceae.

Taxonomía
Viviania fue descrita por Antonio José de Cavanilles y publicado en Anales de Ciencias Naturales 7: 211, en el año 1804.

Especies aceptadas
A continuación se brinda un listado de las especies del género Viviania aceptadas hasta octubre de 2011, ordenadas alfabéticamente. Para cada una se indica el nombre binomial seguido del autor, abreviado según las convenciones y usos.
 Viviania crenata G.Don
Viviania marifolia Cav.
Viviania ovata Phil.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Vivianiaceae

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Early British rate advertisement for Hammer's The Curse of Frankenstein, the film which launched the brand, 1957 (Courtesy of Rex Pictures)
Work / Publication
Frankenstein: The First 200 Years celebrates the significance of Mary Shelley's monster
Words by Owen Pritchard, Tuesday 31 October 2017
Mary Shelley first published Frankenstein anonymously on New Year's Day in 1818. Only 500 copies were printed in the first run, but two centuries later the tale remains an enduring cultural phenomenon. Frankenstein, The First 200 Years is an exhaustive investigation of the origins of the story and the myriad interpretations from gothic theatre to racy slapstick films.
Across 208 pages, author Christopher Frayling follows the tale from the 19th Century to the present day, and alongside in-depth writing, the book contains visual essays documenting the way that Frankenstein has appeared throughout the years. Inside you can find examples of the film and stage versions of the story, the books and comics that it inspired and a facsimile of the original manuscript for the 'creation scene'.
Frankenstein was cited as "perhaps the foulest toadstool that has yet sprung up form the reeking dunghill of the present time," by one critic when it was first released, but despite its critics went on to inspire over 90 film adaptations between 1931 and 2016. Frayling's book charts the aesthetic evolution of Frankenstein's monster and it's cultural significance to the present day. "The real creation myth of modern times – the era of genetic engineering, three-parent babies, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics and singularity, human/animal interfaces and secularism– is no longer Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden," says the publisher RAP. "The creation myth is Frankenstein."
French poster for The Curse retitled Frankenstein has Escaped_, designed by the Italian-born Jean Mascii, 1957. (Courtesy of Rex Pictures
Original poster for Andy Warhol's Frankenstein directed by Paul Morrissey. (1973)
Frankenstein movie poster by Jacques Faria, 1931 (Courtesy of Rex Pictures)
Studio portrait of Boris Karloff as The Monster, 1931. (Courtesy of Rex Pictures)
Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature in Nick Dear's adaptation of Frankenstein directed by Danny Boyle for London's National Theatre in 2011. (Courtesy of Rex Pictures)
Studio portrait of Basil Rathbone as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, with reflections of Boris Karloff as the Monster and Bela Lugosi as the broken-necked assistant Ygor ,1939 (Courtesy of TCD)
Playbill from Palace Theatre's production of Frankenstein, 1981
Frankenstein: The first 200 years. Reel Art Press 2017
www.reelartpress.com
Work / Graphic Design Querida on art directing the brand everybody wants a piece of, Paloma Wool
The Barcelona-based studio tells us about its on going collaboration with beloved brand (and its neighbours!) Paloma Wool.
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The creative studio, headed up by more-is-more stylist Clifford Jago, has released a third issue. This time they've been to Ukraine and the results are as bonkers as you'd expect.
Work / Illustration Yeji Yun's new zine chronicles the adventures of her studio's cat, Mamoo
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Rashida's Rhapsody
Kam Williams Special to The Skanner
Born in L.A. on Feb. 25, 1976, Rashida Leah Jones is the younger daughter of jazz icon/composer/arranger/record producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton of Mod Squad fame. Rashida was raised in Bel Air and attended the prestigious Buckley School where she was a member of the National Honor Society and voted the "Girl Most Likely to Succeed." The academic overachiever also received religious training at a Hebrew school en route to Harvard University, and she continues to practice Judaism today.
Not one to shrink away from controversy, the brainy beauty came to the defense of her father as a teenager when he was criticized by Tupac Shakur in a 1994 interview with Source Magazine. During a rant against interracial relationships, the late gangsta' rapper specifically indicted Quincy Jones for marrying a White woman, adding that his children were "all mixed and [expletived] up because they were biracial."
Although some might question the wisdom of even getting into a pissing fight with a gun-toting, convicted felon who advocated selling crack to kids, Rashida nonetheless summoned up the gumption to confront Tupac, publicly taking him to task for his scathing remarks. His curious response, however, was to woo her big sister, Kidada, and by 1996 the couple was engaged and planning their wedding when 'Pac was blown away in an ambush which remains unsolved to this day.
The next year, Rashida graduated from Harvard before kick-starting her acting career in the TV miniseries The Last Don. Since then, she's been a staple on the tube, appearing on such shows as Freaks and Geeks, Boston Public, Chappelle's Show, and most recently, The Office. And her new sitcom, Parks and Recreation, where she will co-star opposite SNL alum Amy Poehler, is set to premiere on NBC on April 9.
Although twice named to People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World list (in 2002 and 2007), Rashida remains grounded, having been romantically linked not only to heartthrob Josh Hartnett, but also to relatively homely-looking guys like Tobey Maguire, SNL's Seth Meyers, Mark Ronson, and John Krasinski, a fellow cast member on The Office.
Here, she talks about her new movie, "I Love You, Man," a romantic comedy where she plays the fiancée of a nerdy loner (Paul Rudd) desperate to make a friend (Jason Segel) to serve as best man at their impending wedding.
KW: Hey Rashida, thanks for the time.
RJ: No problem.
KW: What interested you in making "I Love You, Man"?
RJ: First of all, the script was hilarious, and it was just really nice to find a female character that was dynamic, outspoken, interesting and actually an important part of the plot.
KW: How did you feel about the picture's bawdy brand of humor?
RJ: I'm not easily offended. I have a pretty high tolerance for raunchiness or shock value, so I'm the wrong person to use as a gauge. I just liked the fact that the comedy, for the most part, is definitely based in reality, which naturally lends itself to making crazy jokes.
KW: I'm probably a little more prudish than the average person, because I will admit that at the screening I attended, the rest of the audience was howling from beginning to end, and they even gave it a hearty round of applause at the end. I loved it, too, but I was certainly shocked here and there.
RJ: That's great!
KW: How did you like working with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel?
RJ: They're both absolutely just the most generous, kind and hilarious people I've ever worked with. It was really a treat.
KW: I see that your new sitcom, Parks and Recreation, will be premiering soon. Will you continue to appear on The Office?
RJ: It's not looking that way at the moment, because I'm playing a different character, and those shows are scheduled to come on back-to-back.
KW: You've got a new movie and a new TV show. Which medium do you prefer to work in?
RJ: It's nice to be able to do both TV and film. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. Hopefully, I'll be able to bounce around in both.
KW: I was very impressed by your performance and chemistry with Paul in this film. So, if it's a big hit, as I suspect, I'd guess this is going to be a real breakout role for you.
RJ: Thank you. I hope that that's the case. If not, at the very least, I'm really proud of it. I think it turned out really well.
KW: I know that you also sing. Any plans to pursue that further right now?
RJ: Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is.
KW: I heard that you have a photographic memory. Is that true?
RJ: No. I don't know where that came from. I think my dad might have said that in a moment of pride, adding to the list of things he's proud about.
KW: Speaking of your father, is there any truth to the rumor that he was the taxi driver for the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
RJ: No, that's not true. Who told you that?
KW: My son, who knows every episode inside and out. It sure looks a lot like your Dad in that opening sequence. And his name comes up as executive producer right after the cabbie's seen on the screen. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4BQxpXYPk8&feature=related]
RJ: I know.
KW: Incredible! I always thought that I had a piece of inside knowledge that the cab driver was Quincy Jones. But you would know. Do you think the actor even looks like your Dad?
RJ: Kind of. I can't really remember, but kind of.
KW: I've always told people that it's Quincy Jones, but I guess I've been wrong all these years.
RJ: I don't know, maybe I'm wrong.
KW: Well, it'll be interesting Googling to get to the bottom of it now. You've made People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People twice, five years apart, most recently in 2007. How does that feel?
RJ: It feels really nice. Maybe I'm getting better with age.
KW: What I find just as interesting is you're making Harper's Bazaar's Best Dressed List.
RJ: Yes, thank you.
KW: How would you describe your sense of style?
RJ: I like to wear what make me feel great, which can mean the color, or that the fit's right, or that it's just an interesting piece of clothing. I like to change it up.
KW: Do you have favorite designers?
RJ: I do have designers that I love to wear, like Philip Lim and Marc Jacobs whose stuff I know will look good on my body. But still, I always like to express myself by changing things up.
KW: What was the idea behind that series of hilarious public service announcements you and Natalie Portman made together? I saw them on YouTube.
RJ: It was right before the election, and we went to the writers of Funny or Die because we basically wanted to do something poking fun at those political commercials which we felt were way too serious. So, we decided to do something really stupid.
KW: How do you feel about Obama's winning?
RJ: I'm elated! That was the only hope we had left in this country. It made me feel really proud to be an American for the first time in a long time.
KW: In terms of Judaism, are you Orthodox, Conservative or Reformed? Do you keep a kosher kitchen?
RJ: No, I do not keep kosher. I grew up reformed. I never had my bat mitzvah, but I still practice and go to synagogue on high holidays.
KW: Who are you inviting to your Seder this year at Passover?
RJ: You know, I don't have a Seder. I always have to piggyback on somebody else's. I'll probably go to my friend's parents' house.
KW: I'm not Jewish, but I wrote a piece about a Seder I was invited to that looked like the United Nations, since they had invited a motley group of people of every color, creed and ethnicity. There were more Gentiles there than Jews.
RJ: How nice. That's real the spirit of Passover.
KW: What was the source of your beef with Tupac?
RJ: He did this interview in The Source Magazine in which he started ripping on interracial relationships, saying that they ruined the Black race and stuff like that. I got pretty irate and frustrated, so I wrote him an open letter.
KW: When he was murdered, did the police come to speak to you?
RJ: No.
KW: Just kidding. How did you feel when your sister, Kidada, started dating him?
RJ: He apologized a lot, but we had to work through it.
KW: Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?
RJ: That's a good question, but no, I can't come up with an answer to that, because I'm so used to being asked everything. [Chuckles]
KW: The Columbus Short question: Are you happy?
RJ: That's really sweet. Yes, I actually am happy. Thank you for asking.
KW: The Laz Alonso question: Is there anything your fans can do to help you?
RJ: Not for me particularly, but something that irks me is the crazy, stalker-ish, aspects of this voyeuristic culture. People are never really satiated by looking at celebrities whose lives have nothing to do with their own. It's just supporting this really awful culture where people are being harassed and stalked every day, every minute of the day. I don't think that's what people bargained for when they decided to become an actor or singer. It can start with people not supporting that tabloid culture.
KW: That's probably why the WASP philosophy is that your name should only in the paper twice, when you're born, and when you die.
RJ: There you go. I like that. That's a very good philosophy, but I think I'm way beyond that now. [Laughs]
KW: The Tasha Smith question: Are you ever afraid?
RJ: Yeah, definitely. I'm afraid of roaches.
KW: Then don't move to Manhattan.
RJ: I know. I've lived in New York, so I already went through that.
KW: The "Realtor to the Stars" Jimmy Bayan question: Where in L.A. do you live?
RJ: I live in L.A., but I'd rather not say where.
KW: I understand. Teri Emerson would like to know, when was the last time you had a good belly laugh?
RJ: During the entire filming of "I Love You, Man." It was incredible how much I got to laugh on the set.
KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson question: What was the last book you read?
RJ: I am reading this book called Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker. It's an account of the events leading up to World War II from different perspectives of people around the world.
KW: What was it like growing up with such talented and well-known parents?
RJ: I don't know what it's like to not grow up with that, because I don't have the other experience. But my parents made a concerted and effective effort to really keep us normal. I had a wonderfully loving, supportive and sheltered childhood, so it never really occurred to me that that was an issue until I went to college.
KW: How did you like Harvard?
RJ: It was great. I had a wonderful experience there.
KW: Have you ever traced your ancestry?
RJ: Yeah, my dad had our family tree done a long time ago. My great-great grandmother on one side was a slave. We were able to trace our ancestry back through her owner's lover and her owner who gave her his last name. On the slave owner side, there was a long lineage which included American presidents and Winston Churchill. I don't know a lot about my mom's side, but she's Irish- Jewish on one side, and Russian-Polish-Jewish on the other side.
KW: The music maven Heather Covington question: What music are you listening to nowadays?
RJ: I'm a big Kanye West fan. And I really like this singer/songwriter named Bon Iver.
KW: What was the biggest obstacle you've had to overcome in life?
RJ: I would say dealing with sickness and death.
KW: I'm sorry to hear that. Thanks again for the interview, Rashida, and best of luck with both the new movie and new TV show.
RJ: Thank you.
To see a trailer for I Love You, Man, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRLf04gH7mc
To see Rashida Jones and Natalie Portman speak out on the global financial crisis, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHqYCikFOk
To see the Fresh Prince opening theme to judge whether Quincy Jones is the cab driver, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4BQxpXYPk8&feature=related
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Gujarati News Papers: Top 2 Amazing Facts
shreyaray September 18, 2021
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Newspapers are an incredible source of information but, it is often difficult to know which source you should trust the most. This article will highlight some of the most trusted Gujarati news papers.
Gujarat is one of the most beautiful states of India. It is located on the Western coast of this diverse country. People from many regions who speak different languages are accepted in the Gujarati administration.
However, most of the people in this state prefer speaking in Gujarati. Many people from the rural areas of Gujarat rely on the Gujarati language alone for getting information. The newspapers circulated in the state are of various languages.
Nonetheless, Gujarati News Papers are the most popular and are given utmost importance.
Image by Nathalie Et Cetera/Flickr
Best 10 Gujarati News Papers To Read!
Before knowing about the most authentic Gujarati News Papers, let us explore the brief history of Gujarat.
A. Gujarati news Papers: Brief History Of Gujarat
India became an independent nation in 1947. People often misunderstand this as the ultimate date of independence and development of India.
The development of a newly formed nation is very complicated. It requires the coordination of the political leaders as well as the general public.
The linguistic division of states happened much after 15th August 1947 due to inevitable protests in the country. Gujarat was also a result of this uprising.
After India's independence, the national leaders were in a big dilemma. The confusion was whether or not to divide the country based on culture and language.
The citizens of the nation demanded a linguistic division of states. However, the leaders believed that such a division would cause the disintegration of the country.
Finally, in 1960, after several protests, Gujarat and Maharashtra were carved out of a huge region collectively called Bombay.
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It is believed that Gujarati news papers existed much before Gujarat was carved out of Bombay. Nonetheless, these newspapers started growing only after Gujarat came into existence.
The growth of Gujarati news papers initiated the growth of several Gujarati news paper companies. Some of the best newspapers in the Gujarati language are explained in the next section.
B. Gujarati News Papers To Read In India
Here is a list of some of the most popular Gujarati news papers in India:
1. Divya Bhaskar
Divya Bhaskar is one of the most prominent newspapers that Gujaratis prefer reading. The essence of this newspaper is its authenticity.
You will find elaborated news that is fact-checked when you read this newspaper. You can also find daily news on the official website of Divya Bhaskar.
2. Bombay Samachar/ Mumbai Samachar
Bombay Samachar is one of the oldest Gujarati news papers published in India. Fardunjee Marzban established it in the year 1822.
The name 'Bombay Samachar' was later changed to Mumbai Samachar as the city itself was renamed. On popular demand, this newspaper is also published in the English language.
3. Gujarat Samachar
Gujarat Samachar is a daily newspaper. It is popular mostly in the main cities of Gujarat, namely, Baroda, Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, and Bhuj. The distribution of Gujarat Samachar takes place in these cities.
Many people in the Maharashtrian city of Mumbai prefer reading Gujarat Samachar. Lok Prakashan Limited is the official owner of this Gujarati newspaper, and Sreyans Shah is the editor.
4. Gujarat Mitra
Gujarat Mitra literally means 'Gujarat's friend.' This is one of the most famous newspapers in Gujarat, especially in the wonderful city of Surat.
It was founded in 1863, which makes it one of the oldest newspapers of India. Gujarat Mitra Pvt Ltd owns it.
5. Gujarat Today
Founded in 1991, Gujarat Today is a daily newspaper that people in India love to read. The main office of this newspaper is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The editor of this authentic Gujarati newspaper is Aziz Tankarvi.
6. Nav Gujarat Samay
Nav Gujarat Samay is a reputed newspaper created by The Times Group. It was created in the populous city of Ahemdabad on 16th January 2014. Around 1,48,000 copies of this newspaper are circulated throughout India.
Shayona Times Pvt Ltd. Ajay Umat owns nav Gujarat Samay is the editor of this popular newspaper. The Times of India, The Economic Times, and Maharashtra Times are its sister newspapers.
7. Janmabhoomi
Owned by Saurashtra Trust, Janmabhoomi is next on the list of the most reliable Gujarati news papers in this world. Unlike the other newspapers in the Gujarati language, this one has its headquarters in Mumbai, India.
This newspaper company was established on 9th June 1934. It is founded by Amrutlal Sheth. Kundan Vyas edits the news articles of Janmabhoomi.
A unique feature of this informative piece of paper is that it is an evening newspaper. The quantity of information is huge as it contains 10 to 12 pages.
People often read Janmabhoomi while sipping tea in the evening.
8. Jai Hind
Published from the cultural city of Rajkot, Jai Hind is a daily newspaper circulated all over India. Jai Hind Publications own it.
The main cities of circulation of Jai Hind newspaper in Gujarat are Kutch, Porbandar, Ahemdabad, Amreli, Jamnagar, Junagadh, and Rajkot. N.L. Shah [also known as Babulal] is the founder of the Jai Hind newspaper.
Jai Hind was the first newspaper in Gujarati to have two simultaneous centers of editions. Moreover, it also used new printing technology as well as methods for speedy distribution.
9. Jam-E-Jamshed
Jam-E-Jamshed is a newspaper published partly in Gujarati and mainly in English. It is the second oldest newspaper in Asia and is very famous among Gujaratis.
This weekly newspaper was first published on 12th March 1832.
10. Jagat Darpan
Owned by Mama's group, Jagat Darpan is the next best on the list of Gujarati news papers. It is published in broadsheet format.
Jagat Darpan was founded in 2005, and the publishers are Murtaza Mama and Arbaz Mama.
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India has seen several changes in its history. People in India often have a fixed newspaper that they like to read every day. Newspapers, however, are seen as the best sources of information.
These Gujarati News Papers have an abundance of information. You can also visit their websites in case you cannot order these newspapers.
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Little things make big things happen. A great guest experience isn't always made up of the best rides and play structures. Much beyond technological innovations that augment your reality and help you escape, this involves creating experiences that allow your guests to feel alive, and connected.
As a park operator, this could involve something as simple as optimising the park's capacity to avoid congestion and long queues for guests. For the more pedantic amongst us, maintaining a smooth ebb and flow of traffic in the park could seem like a discipline in itself. It is believed to have two sides: active and passive.
Achieving a fine balance between active and passive capacity
While the active one brings direct, measurable returns in the form of theoretical or operational hourly ride capacity (THRC, as it's called), the passive one facilitates the ease of navigation through one attraction to another, creating spaces for social interaction and nurturing the spirit to 'play' in between different rides and experiences.
There's a thin line between these two. One begins where the other ends, keeping your guests moving from one corner of the park to another, while establishing a flow and giving a steady rhythm to life in a park. While it may sound simple, there's a lot that goes into capacity planning – from effective ride management, intuitive park design to smart queue operations, optimizing your park capacity can be that golden key, most operators are silently searching for.
How many vs. how well: The human side to capacity
Besides the technical and practical side to addressing the question of capacity, there is a more human aspect as well. By understanding guest behaviour, preferences, and probing deep into their psychology, you can unravel so much that you don't know about which can help your park run more smoothly.
Do your guests move clockwise or counter-clockwise? What are the busiest times in the day? Which are the busiest spots? How long does an average guest stay in your park? Are all your rides being utilised equally? How do guests move from one corner to another? There is an endless list of things to consider while creating your park's capacity management plan, but how do you find this information out? WhiteWater's newest offering, Vantage, tracks guest's movements to give you these insights and more. To learn more, attend a live demo, this November at IAAPA.
"Building capacity and managing it are two different things, but the interesting thing is they work in tandem. If you can design a park and select your ride mix by pre-empting guest behaviour and other operational aspects to maintaining the flow of traffic and maximizing the ride's potential capacity, you can crack the code to creating everlasting memories for your guests and build a successful business for the park owner. It's worth it!"
– Dio Ho, Director of Design, WhiteWater West
Along with understanding the economics of capacity and scale, an intelligent park design can be equally significant. This could involve selecting products that maximize fun, while allowing you to optimize your park's per square footage and operational efficiency. Encouraging active play with multi-level exploration and discovery, WhiteWater's Adventure Trail is one such attraction that engages families in more ways than one, while helping parks to cash in on additional F&B opportunities, beneath the tall structure. That is using the same space twice for better entertainment value per sq. ft.!
Similarly, WhiteWater's family of surf products also pulls guests in to ride or just to watch the spectacle of talented Flowboarders showing off their skills. While the stationary waves provide for your active capacity with those participating in the ride, the passive capacity supplements this by driving additional F&B and profitability through spectators sitting on the sidelines watching others ride.
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2. In the circumstances described in paragraph 1, the owner or his authorized representative is entitled to obtain an expert opinion in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 (2) of Directive 89/662/EEC ( 5 ), which shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be used, the Standing Committee on Zootechnics, set up by Decision 77/505/EEC ( 6 ), shall act in accordance with the rules set out in Article 11 of Directive 88/661/EEC ( 7 ).
( 1 ) OJ No C 327, 30.12.1989, p. 61.
( 2 ) OJ No C 149, 18.6.1990.
( 3 ) OJ No C 62, 12.3.1990, p. 46.
( 4 ) See page 55 of this Official Journal.
( 5 ) OJ No L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
( 6 ) OJ No L 206, 12.8.1988, p. 11.
( 7 ) OJ No L 382, 31.12.1988, p. 36.


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Operation Pedro Pan: The Migration of Unaccompanied Cuban Children to the United States, 1960–1962
Anita Casavantes Bradford
History of the Caribbean, 1945–1991, International History
10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.334
The Origins of Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children's Program
Understanding the Exodus: Cold War Geopolitics, Propaganda, and Patria Potestad
Remembering Operation Pedro Pan: The Politics of Memory in Cuban Miami
Discussion of the Literature
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Summary and Keywords
Between the autumn of 1960 and October of 1962, the parents of more than fourteen thousand Cuban children made the difficult decision to send their children alone to the United States, where a young Irish immigrant priest, Father Bryan O. Walsh, arranged for them to be cared for by U.S. foster homes and in Catholic children's homes and orphanages. The Cuban children's exodus would later become known as Operation Pedro Pan; the federally funded and Catholic Church–administered program that was established to care for these children would be called the Cuban Children's Program. Their interconnected trajectories are central to the history of post-revolutionary Cuba and of the Miami Cuban exile community, and shed important light on U.S.-Cuba and U.S.-Latin America relations during the height of the Cold War.
Keywords: Operación Pedro Pan, Cuban Children's Program, Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, Cuban Revolution, unaccompanied children
Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Q: How to know if a segment is completely included between two lines? I have three segments (not necessarily parralel):

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*blue $((ax1, ay1), (ax2, ay2))$

*green$((bx1, by1), (bx2, by2))$

*red $((cx1, cy1), (cx2, cy2))$

and a $margin$ value which is the width of the sky blue band in the sketch bellow (with infinite length and always centered to the blue segment).

Is there a way to know if a segment is completely in the sky blue band knowing the coordinates of each segment and the value of the margin ?

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*From $[(cx_1, cy_1), (cx_2, cy_2)]$ find $(M_x, M_y)$ of M, the midpoint of c.

*From $[(ax_1, ay_1), (ax_2, ay_2)]$, find L, the equation of a. Let say it is $L: Ax + By + C = o$.

*From the above, find d, the distance of M of from L. d is given by $|\dfrac {A(M_x) + B(M_y) + C}{\sqrt {A^2 + B^2}}|$.

*Compare d with half of the margin value.

*If a and c are not parallel (i.e. slope of a is not the same as c), extra checking is necessary by testing $d_1$ and $d_2$; where $d_1$ is found by the same formula with $(M_x)$ and $(M_y)$ replaced by $cx_1$ and $cx_2$ respectively. $d_2$ is similarly defined.

A: Yes. The sky blue margin is convex, so the segment is in the interior if and only if its endpoints are.

A: Of course. Since the band is convex, to make sure the segment is completely in the band, you only need two endpoints in the band. (It is applicable for all convex domains)

A: If both endpoints are within the band, the segment is completely within the band.
The band is $2 h$ wide, and centered on a line passing through points $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$.
(Note that I am using $(x_1,y_1)$ instead of $(ax1, ay1)$, and $(x_2, y_2)$ instead of $(ax2, ay2)$, and $h = {margin}/2$, because I find it clearer this way.)
Therefore, point $(x,y)$ is within the band if and only if its distance from the line passing through points $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ is at most $h$.
Point-line distance is fortunately easy to calculate:
$$d = \frac{\left\lvert (x_2-x_1)(y_1-y) - (y_2-y_1)(x_1-x)\right\rvert}{\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2}}$$
Thus, if both endpoints of a segment fulfill $2 d \le margin$ (or, $d \le margin/2$, or $d \le h$), the segment is completely within the band.


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US Federal Reserve Board Releases Guidance on Key Banking Regulations
Authors: Jeffrey P. Taft, Thomas J. Delaney, Andrew Olmem and Matthew Bisanz
On March 31, 2021, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") published answers to frequently asked questions ("FAQs") about its Regulations H, K, L, O, W, and Y.1 Those regulations govern key areas of banking law, including permissible activities for banking organizations and transactions between banks and their affiliates.
The FAQs are intended to make existing legal interpretations of the longstanding regulations available to the public and represent the culmination of a transparency initiative spearheaded by Vice Chair Quarles in January 2020.2 As the preamble to the FAQs notes, some of the content was originally released in "letters to institutions, and other written and verbal guidance" and, therefore, will be of interest to much of the industry that was not privy to those original conversations.
In this Legal Update, we provide a high-level overview of the FAQs and focus on the significant effect their release may have on the industry's understanding of the restrictions on affiliate transactions.
The FAQs consist of six pages on the Board's website, one for each of the identified regulations. These regulations broadly address regulation of state member banks (Regulation H), regulation of international banking activities (Regulation K), restrictions on management official interlocks (Regulation L), restrictions on insider lending (Regulation O), restrictions on affiliate transactions (Regulation W), and regulation of bank holding companies (Regulation Y). While Regulation W was only recently promulgated, in 2002, some of the other regulations are so longstanding that they predate the creation of the Code of Federal Regulations in 1938.
Each page is divided into sections based on the structure of the underlying regulation, and each section contains questions with corresponding answers. In most cases (except as discussed below), the answer contains a hyperlinked source to the legal interpretation that it is based on.
Some of these hyperlinked sources were already public, but a significant number are links to letters that were previously not available on the Board's website. For example, an answer interpreting the concept of whether a foreign bank is engaging in business in the United States cites to a 1982 letter from the then-Board General Counsel to the general manager of a foreign bank's New York branch.
Additionally, some of the answers cite to summaries that were previously only available through subscription to the Federal Reserve Regulatory Service. In these cases, the Board has changed the website settings so that the public may view the cited sources without having to purchase a subscription.
With respect to content, many of the FAQs (other than those for affiliate transactions) describe long-settled Board positions. For example, FAQ #1 relating to 12 C.F.R. § 225.22 addresses a bank holding company's authority to acquire an interest in a company that engages in commercial or industrial activities pursuant to section 4(c)(6) of the Bank Holding Company Act. While the answer to that FAQ may not have been plainly stated by the Board in the past, the conclusion was commonly understood by the industry as the appropriate interpretation of the law.
Restrictions on Affiliate Transactions
The FAQs addressing the restrictions on affiliate transactions in Regulation W differ from the other five FAQs in three significant respects.
First, a number of the answers regarding Regulation W do not cite a source or describe the Board's reasoning on the stated position. For example, the answer to FAQ# 27, relating to 12 C.F.R. § 223.3, states in a conclusory manner that an asset exchange constitutes a purchase of an asset by the member bank unless the bank receives only cash. Without identifying the source on which this conclusion is based, this approach makes it difficult for readers to understand the Board's rationale or to ascertain whether the conclusion was uniquely fact dependent.
Second, one of the answers references a staff memorandum on Regulation W that was released with the FAQs. As many practitioners know, the Board has not revised Regulation W to be consistent with statutory changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act, which was enacted over 10 years ago. This creates a frustrating situation in which one must consider the text of the regulation in light of the statutory changes. The staff memorandum that is linked to the FAQs is helpful in that it presents the view of Board staff on how the Dodd-Frank statutory changes affect Regulation W and provides further staff commentary on how Regulation W should be construed.
Third, some of the positions taken in the Regulation W FAQs advance positions that are inconsistent with public interpretations, including recently taken positions. One example is an apparent contradiction in FAQ #1 to 12 C.F.R. § 223.3 (discussing the definition of "control"). This FAQ takes the position that the rebuttable presumption in Regulation Y for control through accounting consolidation should be read into the Regulation W definition of control, notwithstanding a statement by the Board in the preamble to the 2020 Regulation Y rulemaking that: "The final rule applies to questions of control under the BHC Act and HOLA; it does not extend to … Regulation W."3
Overall, the publication of the FAQs is helpful in that they provide greater clarity on a number of issues that routinely arise in transactions involving banks and help to level the playing field for those who lack back-channel sources of communication with Board staff. Further, if the Board makes it an ongoing practice to further transparency by updating and expands the FAQs (as is contemplated in the announcing release), the industry will be better positioned to understand the agency's evolving thinking on key regulatory provisions as well as changing supervisory expectations.
However, the use of FAQs to announce generally applicable policies raises questions of due process and context. This lack of process is particularly problematic if FAQs reflect interpretations that impose new obligations. Further, if there are substantial delays in the publication of key interpretive FAQs, institutions could be put at a competitive disadvantage and heightened regulatory risk.
On balance, the FAQs are an important part of the Board's transparency initiative that should provide helpful clarity and certainty on transactional matters. However, it is equally important that this not be a "one and done" exercise; while the FAQs are nonbinding statements of supervisory guidance, they are nevertheless instructive to the industry and should therefore be published in a consistent and timely manner.
1 Press Release, Federal Reserve Board publishes frequently asked questions (FAQs) comprising existing legal interpretations related to a number of the Board's longstanding regulations (Mar. 31, 2021), https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20210331b.htm.
2 Randal Quarles, Spontaneity and Order: Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Bank Supervision (Jan. 17, 2020) ("create a word-searchable database on the Board's website with the historical interpretations by the Board and its staff of all significant rules"). Over the years, the Board has issued similar FAQs for other regulations. E.g., Regulation YY FAQs (June 26, 2014), Board, Agencies Issue Frequently Asked Questions on Identity Theft Rules (June 11, 2009).
3 85 Fed. Reg. 12,398, 12,401 (Mar. 2, 2020) (emphasis added). Additionally, we note the FAQ does not address whether other elements of the Regulation Y approach to control should be applied to Regulation W.
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