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Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat
by Erika Dreifus on March 2, 2012
Photo Credit: Reut Miryam Cohen
From Daniel E. Levenson, editor of New Vilna Review: "The New Vilna Review has been going through some changes the past few months, and our focus has shifted to offering an expanded selection of poetry, fiction and arts writing. We are once again accepting submissions, and look forward to continuing to publish some of the most interesting and thought provoking work in the world of Jewish arts and letters."
Some fascinating background on the Jewish roots behind the Oscar-winning film, The Artist.
"The timing of my new mustache — 10 days after my wife miscarried, a week after I injured my back in a car crash and two weeks after my father found out he had inoperable cancer — couldn't have been better. Instead of talking about Dad's chemo or my wife's blood transfusion, I could divert all small talk to the thick tuft of facial hair growing above my upper lip. And whenever anyone asked me, 'What's with the mustache?' I had the perfect answer, and it was even mostly true: 'It's for the boy.'" From an essay by Israeli author Etgar Keret, translated by Jessica Cohen, in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine.
One of my most memorable reads from last year, Johanna Adorján's An Exclusive Love: A Memoir (trans. Anthea Bell) is now available in paperback. Check out my review for The Jewish Journal, which includes a recent Q&A with the author.
Holocaust, Israeli Literature, Random Cultural Notes, Resources for Jewish reading, Resources for Jewish writers

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Also, I'd like to think that a one-up on search is also not enough to be a google killer. Google is so entrenched in the way we operate these days, that even starting a mindshare battle would be an uphill climb.
Meanwhile, Google has also been poking its nose in Wikipedia territory, with the launch of Knol. Though its been said that its more similar to Squidoo, the broad territory remains the same. But unlike wikipedia, where there is one entry per subject and users add/delete/edit, there can be several 'Knol' s on each subject, and creators can earn revenue, courtesy Ad Sense. The final authority for accepting changes on his Knol rests with the creator.
I, for one, shall stay with wikipedia, because Google these days is overwhelming me, and making me quite afraid of its monopolistic potential on the web. Imagine the kind of grip they would have over users, when say, it decides to throw Knol results above wikipedia results. Decides to put knol widgets inside orkut, blogger, youtube, lively and so on? All of them with relevant Ad Sense banners, which help users to make money. Yes, there might be better products out there in each of those verticals I've mentioned, but who can challenge them on an integrated bouquet?
In such a scenario, Google may not be able to resist the temptations of the Dark Side.
Read a very nice article today on rediff, about Google's nine innovation rules. Coming from Marissa Mayer, VP of search products and user experience, it underlines why Google's offering always strike a chord with the audience. While I'm one of those who're becoming increasingly uncomfortable with Google and its (non) privacy, and its journey away from " Don't be evil", it still manages to get my attention, inspite of all the old enemies (eg. Yahoo with Flickr, del.icio.us, Answers etc)and new upstarts (eg.Facebook) at various boundaries of its kingdom.
More than random preaching on innovative practices one hears during sermons, she manages to link innovation to simple philosophies that should ideally be practised by all workplaces which consider itself to be 'innovation practitioners'. The 20% time for pet projects, the sharing network between employees, the treatment of data as apolitical, the idea generation processes all speak of a system which thrives on experimenting and trying out new things, and that, i guess is the reason why Google has reached where it is in such a small timeframe.
Meanwhile, i was also influenced by the very first principle, 'innovation, not instant perfection'. Its a difficult lesson to learn, especially for perfectionists (and wannabes 🙂 ), but it just might be a better way in the long run.


Arsenal: Another barren summer, with less reinforcements than many fans would like, and probably not of the quality to kick them back to the big time. Squad has plenty of quality, but not enough steel. Consistency from Wenger will lead to the same trait for the team. That said, if Jack Wilshere can stay fit, there could even be a sniff of success for the Gunners this year. Will be there or there-a-bouts again.
One to watch: Olivier Giroud- The big Frenchman should enjoy a fine season, rich in goals if made the main man of Arsenal's attack.
Aston Villa: After narrowly escaping the drop last year, Paul Lambert's young side have stayed together. Most importantly keeping Benteke should ensure goals, while the addition of highly rated Jores Okore could give long suffering Brad Guzan some help at the other end. Last year's tough season will only make this young, talented group stronger.
One to watch: Christian Benteke- The star of this side, should set the premier league alight with his wealth of goalscoring talent.
Cardiff City: More famous last season for the changing of club colours than football, the Bluebirds/Red dragons have strengthened in key postions for the upcoming campaign. Arrivals in the form of Medel and Caulker make for a strong spine, but strength in depth will be the issue. Injuries to key players and a busy fixture schedule could derail their season with huge consequences. Cornelius an unknown quantity, but fans will be hoping he can fire them to safety.
One to watch: Steven Caulker- A surprise that Tottenham sold him, but their loss should be Cardiff's gain. A full season in a starting 11 where he will undoubtedly be tested, it gives the young England hopeful a chance to stake a claim for Roy Hodgson's attention.
Chelsea: The messiah has returned. With the king of Stamford bridge back on his throne, the rest of the Premier League has a right to be worried. Sure to tighten up the defensive issues of last year and with arguably the best attacking midfielders in the league at his disposal, the blues should not find themselves wanting for goals. Probably the most complete team in the league this season.
One to watch: Eden Hazard- showed just how good he is at times last season. Under one of the best coaches on the planet and his own increased experience sure to bring consistency, get ready to be excited and amazed by one of the finest players in the league.
Crystal Palace: Undoubtedly to be a fan's favourite by the end of the year. With the ever more endearing Ian Holloway steering the ship, Palace should be guaranteed to play some nice stuff, plus the addition of young Spaniard Jose Campana represents a potentially impressive piece of business for the eagles. Dwight Gayle and Marouane Chamakh may provide less excitement for the fans however and as history sadly tells us- Palace always get relegated.
Out of their depth but won't go down without a fight.
One to watch: Jose Campana- A technically gifted young player in the middle of the park, gives Palace a creative hub which they can work from.
Everton: Long term over-achievers, the shoe-string budget should not concern Roberto Martinez, used to fiscal prudence at now relegated Wigan. Seemingly liked for his style over his substance, this could be a season of transition for the toffees, especially if the new boss brings his 3-5-2 into Goodison Park. Imperative that they ward off interest courtesy of their previous boss, as well as bids from Manchester United to prevent loss of key players at any moment. Ending the transfer window with his current squad will be a success. After the FA cup win last season however, anything can happen. Everton fans, give him time, and it could be very rewarding.
One to watch: Kevin Mirallas- Underrated winger who provided plenty of goals and assists last season. Another one of the seemingly endless Belgian talent pool, interesting to see if he'll still be there next year should he kick on this season.
Fulham: New owners to herald a new era at craven cottage? Not this season. Some shrewd business conducted in Stekelenburg and Boateng, though Fernando Amorebieta's disciplinary record could cost his team if it carries on. Difficult to see where the goals are coming from if Berbatov isn't available, though the mercurial Taraabt could produce some superb performances to lighten up the mediocrity. The trouble is keeping him happy. If Bent arrives, it could be a match made in heaven.
One to watch: Adel Taraabt- fantastic and infuriating in equal measure. One thing is for sure, you won't be bored watching him.
Hull City: Steve Bruce's love affair with Premier League management blossoms once again with the return of the Tigers. His top level experience, coupled with that of his squad- evident in the likes of Mcshane, McGregor and Figueroa, may just be enough to keep up a side full of battle. New signing Huddlestone may provide a creative spark if allowed the freedom, but the trouble is who can convert those chances with Danny Graham seemingly uninspiring. Defensive but potentially effective.
One to watch: Huddlestone- if the team play to his strengths then his passing should be a joy to behold this season. Expect 40 yard sprays to Robbie Brady out wide.
Liverpool: For the first time in years, apparently moving forwards. Some great business by Brendan Rogers recently, in not only gaining the likes of Coutinho and highly-rated Aspas, but not being afraid of taking the financial hit to lose Carroll and Downing. Deadwood needed to be shifted and he's done exactly that. Might take flak for making such losses, but a man of principle will regenerate this football club. Expect to see them go from strength to strength under his stewardship. Defence the only worry.
One to watch: Coutinho- Just the kind of attacking midfielder we all love to watch, showed glimpses of real quality last year and an improved team around him, he should flourish further.
Manchester City: Very fast becoming same old city. If in doubt, throw money at it. This we can see in Negredo, Navas and Fernandinho costing the club an unholy sum of money already this summer. Not that this was money wasted however, with Fernandinho providing a genuinely talented alternative to the ageing Yaya Toure, while Navas offers new man Pellegrini a choice between Milner's work rate, or genuine attacking threat which city lacked from wide at times last year. Negredo should provide Aguero with a suitable forward partner, not shy about scoring himself. Towards the top again with a solid defence this season.
One to watch: Fernandinho- For around £30 million, City fans will hope he can live up to the hype and his previous displays suggest he should. A direct, forward dribbling central midfielder. A breath of fresh air for the Premier League.
Manchester United: Beginning a new era, the fans are skeptical. Despite numerous attempts, Moyes has so far failed to bring in any of his top transfer targets, leaving United with their ever obvious problem in central midfield. With a less than glittering pre-season and the Rooney saga rumbling on, things looked up after the Community Shield win. United fans should feel a whole lot better if this one problem position could be sorted. The key this season is not to expect too much. Even though this side won the league by a considerable distance last year, it would be impossible to not miss Sir Alex Ferguson. With exciting young options emerging out wide, the likes of Lingard may provide fresh blood as opposed to transfers, while Zaha will be hoping for an impressive debut season. Young players need to perform this year. Kagawa, Cleverly and the like may well be given big roles.
One to watch: Robin Van Persie- Another big season needed from the Dutch Destroyer, as if his goals dry up, Hernandez appears the only go-to-guy at this moment in time.
Newcastle United: A tough time up on Geordie shore at the moment, with a team that have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous in two seasons. Having avoided a perilously close drop last year, it can only be expected that the club will improve, provided transfer speculation over their best players stays away. A side whose spine boasts Krul, Coloccini, Cabaye and Cisse should never be scrapping at the bottom of the league. Still yet to recover from the departure of Demba Ba however, it remains to be seen if Loic Remy will share the burden up front.
One to watch: Moussa Sissoko- Now he's settled in, a central midfielder capable of dictating any game through his quality and physicality. Could be half of an incredible midfield partnership with Cabaye.
Norwich City: This years surprise package. Some great business in the window has seen Hughton add real quality to his squad which should see them make a push up the league. Van Wolfswinkel and Hooper should add goals while Olsson and Bassong should provide the balance between pace and strength in defence.
One to watch: Van Wolfswinkel- Reaches the Premier League with plenty of goals under his belt for Sporting Lisbon. Expect him to make a name for himself as a reliable goalscorer.
Southampton: A side that always seem to make value for money signings in recent years, this summer is no different. Quality additions in Victor Wanyama and Dejan Lovren should help drive this side on to a higher finish than last year. Hopefully the much lauded Gaston Ramirez can start producing some more eye-opening performances under Pochettino's eye-pleasing style of play.
One to watch: Gaston Ramirez- With service from Schneiderlin and stability in Wanyama, hopefully he can flourish in a free role behind the striker.
Stoke: The team everyone loves to hate. Accused of playing Rugby and route one football, Mark Hughes has a gigantic struggle on his hands to not only improve their fortunes, but change their style of play. Arguably an impossible task in one season, signing both Marc Muniesa from Barcelona and Erik Pieters from PSV may be the right way to go about it. Not to bring in quality ball players in the final third, but to stop the back to front nature of play and pass out from the back. Muniesa is injury prone however, and old habits die hard. Ultimately a season of struggle for the potters.
One to watch: Asmir Begovic- Perhaps unfairly outshone by Simon Mignolet last season, this boy is good. Very good. Unfortunately for Stoke fans, probably destined for bigger and better things.
Sunderland: A team all about one man. The boss. Paulo Di Canio has brought in no less than 10 new signings having been vocally unimpressed by the side he inherited towards the back end of last season. While some of these players on their own boast much promise (Giaccherini, Diakite, Altidore), the attempt to create a new team looks akin to 50 shades of QPR. Add to this the human hand grenade that is Di Canio, and Sunderland looks to be a ticking-time bomb this season. The Di Canio experiment could blow up at any moment, most likely when the chips are down.
One to watch: Emmanuel Giaccherini- He brings with him a certain pedigree from Juventus and looked impressive during the Confederations Cup. Should form a interesting three pronged attack with Johnson and Altidore.
Swansea City: A good team with a good manager. Easy on the eye, many fans have developed a soft spot for these Welsh Wizards. Wilfried Bony rightly excites supporters off the back of a 30 goal season with Vitesse, while Amat, Canas and Pozuelo add to the Spanish feel of this slick team, ensuring we shall see the same pleasing football, potentially of an even higher quality. Must avoid losing their big players and more importantly, their manager.
One to watch: Michu- After a fantastic debut season, it will be intriguing to see if he can keep it up. The arrival of Bony should allow him to drop into his own 'favoured', position just behind the centre-forward. If this is true, he should have us on the edge of our seats this season.
New blood needed: Hard to say after some great acquisitions. Until the club makes European competition through league standing, it will be hard to attract higher quality in each position for their starting 11.
Tottenham Hotspur: Is there to be a power shift in North London? After being closer than ever, yet managing to miss out again last year, Spurs are bolstering their ranks for yet another assault on the top four. Paulinho, Soldado and Capoue all seem quality additions, but it seems only a mental block stopped spurs last year and with nothing changing in defence, the worry is that it will be the same again. With Walker being better going forward than he is defensively and Spurs' ever malignant left back problem still unsolved, the White Hart Lane faithful can only hope that Danny Rose is ready. Can only realistically expect to get into the promised land of Champions League football if Bale stays.
One to watch: Roberto Soldado- At his age should be in his prime and with his price tag should be getting goals. Certainly has the pedigree with his previous figures and Real Madrid experience, another Spaniard who could Shine in the Premier League.
West Bromwich Albion: Last season's over-achievers, the Baggies have been given a huge opportunity to build upon a successful season. Their behaviour in the transfer market suggests different however, with the acquisitions of Anelka (Who should guarantee a decent goal return) and Lugano seeming to offer a quick fix of experience, as opposed to promising players who could begin to build something special at the Hawthorns. Overall too cautious to kick on, and an attempt to stand still will result in regression.
One to watch: Matej Vydra- The Watford loanee finally has a chance to test himself against the best, and he'll be hoping to show why he scored so many last season.
West Ham: Gone are the exciting teams from the Boleyn Ground, now is the age of Allardyce. While effective, a dull combination of knock downs and crosses will provide success for the Hammers, as Carroll provides the focal point for Downing to aim for and Nolan to work off. Some good players among the gloom in Diame, Tomkins and Reid. Will stay up by virtue of a decent defence, but when plan A doesn't work, they'll be found wanting.
One to watch: Jack Collison- A talented player blighted by injuries, still young enough to make a big impact. If he can stay fit, watch performances improve and interest in him increase.


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National Gallery Singapore, Rooftop Studio 1 – 4,
1 St Andrew's Road, Singapore 178957
The future of language
Louis-Jean Calvet | Singapore Writers Festival
Featuring also Indra Das and Zu Orzu.
With GIFs, emojis, and memes changing communication, will our vocabulary become a predominantly visual one? As the world gets more connected can we envision a future in which we eventually converse in a single language?
A linguist, a speculative fiction author, and an artist imagine how the use of language could evolve.
Louis-Jean Calvet is a French linguist analysing the relationship between linguistic speech and colonial speech on language, the ties between language and power and the role of language of the
He is also at the roots of the French sociolinguistics, of which he is one of its most renowned proponents, and therefore invited to numerous universities throughout the four corners of the world.


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sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages')
sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages')
from sklearn import svm
from sklearn.externals import joblib

boards= []
move= []

with open('OutputFiles/bestMoves.txt','r') as f:
    for line in f:
        #print line
        b = []
        moveLocation = 0
        for char in line:
            moveLocation = moveLocation + 1
            if char != ':':
                b.append(char)
            else:
                break
        boardCode = int(''.join(b))
        move.append(int(line[moveLocation]))

        b = []
        for k in range(9):
            b.append(0)
        location = 8
        while boardCode > 0:
            n = int(boardCode/3)
            b[location]= ( boardCode - 3*n )
            boardCode = n
            location = location - 1
        for k in range(9):
            b[k] = b[k] -1
        boards.append(b)

'''
for k in range(len(boards)):
    print boards[k],move[k]
'''

clf = svm.SVC(C=100000000000)
clf = clf.fit(boards,move)

pred = clf.predict(boards)
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score
acc = float(accuracy_score(pred, move))
print acc

joblib.dump(clf, 'SVM.pkl')


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Principal Investigator: Muyinatu Bell, PhD
Software & Datasets
Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell, PhD
John C. Malone Assistant Professor & PULSE Lab Director
Dr. Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell (informally known as "Bisi") is the John C. Malone Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Bell earned a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering (biomedical engineering minor) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, conducted research abroad as a Whitaker International Fellow at the Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital in the United Kingdom, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology at Johns Hopkins University. She has published over 60 scientific journal articles and conference papers, holds a patent for SLSC beamforming, and is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and fellowships, including the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, MIT Technology Review's Innovator Under 35 Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the NIH Trailblazer Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Maryland's Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, and the SPIE Early Career Achievement Award.
Dr. Bell leads a highly interdisciplinary research program that integrates optics, acoustics, robotics, electronics, and mechanics, as well as signal processing and medical device design, to engineer and deploy innovative biomedical imaging systems that simultaneously address unmet clinical needs and significantly improve the standard of patient care. As the director of the Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Systems Engineering (PULSE) Lab, Dr. Bell develops theories, models, and simulations to investigate advanced beamforming techniques for improving ultrasonic and photoacoustic image quality. In parallel, she designs and builds novel light delivery systems for photoacoustic imaging and incorporates medical robots to improve operator maneuverability and enable standardized procedures for more personalized medicine. The techniques and technologies developed in her lab are then interfaced with patients treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital to facilitate clinical translation. These technologies have applications in neurosurgical navigation, cardiovascular disease, women's health, and cancer detection and treatment.
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2012
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
Professional and Academic Appointments
John C. Malone Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2021-present
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2017-2021
Interim Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2012-2016
Academic Visitor, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, UK, 2009-2010
ultrasound imaging
photoacoustic imaging
image quality improvements
advanced beamforming methods
light delivery systems
laser-tissue interactions
medical robotics
clinical translation
SPIE Early Career Achievement Award
IEEE UFFC Star Ambassador Lectureship Award
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Outstanding Young Engineer, Maryland Academy of Sciences & Maryland Science Center
Allan C. Davis Medal, Maryland Academy of Sciences
ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
NSF CAREER Award
NIH Trailblazer Award
Johns Hopkins Discovery Award
National Academy of Engineering, U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Invited Participant
MIT Technology Review, Innovator Under 35
NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
Best Paper Award Honorable Mention, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship
UNCF/Merck Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
Whitaker International Fellowship
Duke Endowment Fellowship
NIH Medical Imaging Training Program, Duke University
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
MIT Ilona Karmel Prize in Engineering Writing
Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
mledijubell@jhu.edu
Follow @MuyinatuBell
[CV as .pdf]
© 2022 Muyinatu Bell - PULSE Lab - Johns Hopkins University


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Gustave Bertrand (* 17. Dezember 1896 in Nizza; † 23. Mai 1976 in Toulon) (Decknamen: Barsac, Bolek und Godefroi) war ein französischer Geheimdienstmitarbeiter, der in Zusammenarbeit mit dem polnischen Biuro Szyfrów (deutsch: "Chiffrenbüro") wesentlich zum frühen Bruch der deutschen Rotor-Schlüsselmaschine Enigma beigetragen hat.

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Als Sohn eines französischen Infanterie-Offiziers begann Gustave Bertrand seine militärische Laufbahn zu Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs im Jahr 1914. Ein Jahr später, in der Schlacht von Gallipoli wurde er beim Kampf um die Dardanellen verwundet. Ab 1926 arbeitete er für den französischen Geheimdienst und war ab Oktober 1930, bereits im Rang eines Capitaine, in der neuen Sektion D Décryptement et Interceptions für deutsche Verschlüsselungsverfahren zuständig. Zu den Aufgaben seiner Abteilung gehörte nicht nur die Entzifferung und das Abfangen von Material, sondern auch die Beschaffung mithilfe von Diebstahl, Einbruch oder Verrat.

Bei einem wichtigen Treffen am 8. November 1931 übergab ihm der für Frankreich unter dem Decknamen HE (Asché) spionierende Deutsche Hans-Thilo Schmidt wichtige geheime Unterlagen zur deutschen Schlüsselmaschine, wie die Gebrauchsanleitung (H.Dv.g.13) und vor allem die Schlüsselanleitung (H.Dv.g.14). Asché erhielt für das Material 10.000 RM.

Gegen Ende des Jahres 1932 lieferte Asché besonders brisante Unterlagen, die sich als die wertvollsten für die Alliierten erweisen sollten, nämlich die geheimen Schlüsseltafeln der Enigma für die Monate September und Oktober 1932. Das Deuxième Bureau des französischen Geheimdienstes leitete diese Unterlagen an britische und polnische Stellen weiter. Während es Franzosen und Briten nicht gelang, in die Verschlüsselung der deutschen Maschine einzubrechen und sie die Enigma als "unknackbar" einstuften, glückte dem 27-jährigen polnischen Mathematiker Marian Rejewski noch im Jahr 1932 in dem für Deutschland zuständigen Referat BS4 des Biuro Szyfrów in Warschau der erste Einbruch in die Enigma, insbesondere die Aufdeckung der Verdrahtung der Eintrittswalze der deutschen Maschine (siehe auch: QWERTZU).

Am 26. und 27. Juli 1939 also kurz vor dem deutschen Überfall auf Polen, war Bertrand einer der beiden französischen Teilnehmer beim legendären Geheimtreffen mit britischen und polnischen Codeknackern im Kabaty-Wald von Pyry, etwa 20 km südlich von Warschau, bei dem die Polen ihren verblüfften Alliierten ihre Enigma-Nachbauten überreichten und ihre Methodiken offenbarten.

Bertrand schied 1950 im Range eines Général aus dem französischen Geheimdienst aus und wurde kurze Zeit später, im Jahr 1953, Bürgermeister der im äußersten Südosten Frankreichs nahe Cannes an der französischen Riviera liegenden Gemeinde Théoule-sur-Mer. Er behielt dieses Amt bis 1971. Im Jahr 1973 wurde sein Buch Énigma ou la plus grande énigme de la guerre 1939–1945 (deutsch: "Enigma oder das größte Rätsel des Krieges 1939–1945") veröffentlicht. Es stellt eine der ersten öffentlich zugänglichen Quellen dar, in denen die alliierte Entzifferung (Deckname: "Ultra") der im Zweiten Weltkrieg von den deutschen Militärs zur Verschlüsselung ihres geheimen Nachrichtenverkehrs verwendeten Enigma thematisiert ist und insbesondere die französisch-polnische Zusammenarbeit beschrieben wird.

Werke
 Gustave Bertrand: Énigma ou la plus grande énigme de la guerre 1939–1945. Librairie Plon, Paris 1973.

Literatur
 Friedrich L. Bauer: Entzifferte Geheimnisse. Methoden und Maximen der Kryptologie. 3., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Springer, Berlin u. a. 2000, ISBN 3-540-67931-6.
 Friedrich L. Bauer: Historische Notizen zur Informatik. Springer, Berlin 2009. ISBN 3-540-85789-3.
 Jean-François Bouchaudy: Enigma, the XYZ period (1939–1940). In: Cryptologia 2021, doi:10.1080/01611194.2020.1864681.
 Dermot Turing: X, Y & Z – The Real Story of how Enigma was Broken. The History Press, Stroud 2018, ISBN 978-0-75098782-0.

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 Foto als Major (Mitte) zusammen mit dem polnischen Oberstleutnant Gwido Langer (links) und dem britischen Hauptmann Kenneth "Pinky" McFarlan (rechts)
 Lebenslauf von Gustave Bertrand (englisch)
 Buchbesprechung mit Chronologie der Schlüsselereignisse (englisch)

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mom: i mean, when people with diabetes eat too much sugar it can have that effect on their vision.


Simulation of thermal phenomena in rotational moulding is very important to follow the evolution of the temperature in various zones of this process. It was a question of modelling heat gradients developing in rota-tional moulding part. Thermal model tested take into account the temperature change (thermal transfer mecha-nism) of melting and crystallization pseudo-stages (enthalpy method). Series of tests in polyamide 11 (PA11) were carried out by means of rotational moulding STP LAB, and non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of rota-tional moulding PA11 grade are measured and analysed by DSC technique type TAQ20. A result of non-isothermal crystallization of the studied polyamide was confronted with Ozawa model. In order to test the validity degree of enthalpy method (layer to layer), another approach based on Ozawa model has also been used in the case of cooling pseudo-stage. As results, the rotational moulding of PA11 was successfully carried out. The simulation of the fusion and crystallization stages, by application of Ozawa model coupled with enthalpy method gave a good representation of experimental data.


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So anyway, that's a lot of people. I'm sure most of them arrived via some weird Google search. When we went to see Young Frankenstein: The Musical in it's Seattle run last year I wrote up a little review. You wouldn't believe how many hits I got from that. It's crazy the kind of stuff that leads people here. I'm glad I track this stuff. It's very interesting to see how many people visit from where and about what.
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50 Things You Should Know About the Vikings Synopsis
Known for their vicious raids, love of treasure and fierce warriors: the vikings were the most feared invaders of the Medieval period. For 300 years, they terrorized the world in their hunt for land and power, but they also had a rich culture in art, literature and law. Packed with facts, maps, infographics and photos, this is the perfect introduction to the most feared invaders of the Middle Ages. Covering where they came from and who they conquered, their commerce and culture (including their bloodthirsty stories), their travel and trade and the reasons behind their demise, this complete guide provides a comprehensive exploration of who these peoples were - and who they were not. For while there is no doubt that some Vikings launched bloodthirsty attacks in this period, pillaging communities and plundering treasure, many more were peaceful traders and settlers. Going beyond the fearsome warriors, battles and adventures we associate with Vikings, this detailed book provides an insight into the everyday life of the people, to examine how and what they traded, what Viking village life was like and how they made and sailed their famous long ships. It explores the rich culture of the Vikings, including the beautiful art they created, the legendary stories they told and the complex law systems they built to maintain a civilised society as well as how their culture and influence lives on in the world today.
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Author: Philip Parker
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About Philip Parker
Philip Parker was born in Liverpool in 1965. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and International Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy before working in the British Diplomatic Service. He has a particular interest in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He is the author of The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World (2014), The Empire Stops Here: A Journey Around the Frontiers of the Roman World (2009) and the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010). Dr Shane McLeod is an Associate Investigator (2013), an Honorary Staff Member in the School of Humanities ...
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Time for another #MiriamEats post merrygoers!
Now who says pizzas have got to be round? I say you can enjoy pizzas in whatever shape and form you want! Presenting Cubes Pizza, a pizza where you can enjoy in some other form besides the regular old and boring round! After a week being away from home, I am certainly missing some good food since I have practically been surviving on biscuits! It was quite a feat for me to go through the photos for this post especially on a hungry stomach.
CubesPizza is another pizza franchise that you can find in Malaysia and currently they have a few branches around Selangor. I actually visited this outlet at Ara Jaya which is actually the first outlet for Cubes Pizza. This pizza outlet resides just below Calvary Harvest Church and is actually operated by them too. The original story was that the founder of Cubes Pizza was looking for a place to start it and had difficulty locating a good place so he approached the church so that he can start it at the church building.
I have never heard of Cubes Pizza previously and it was actually a friend who introduced it to me. We went to the Machine warehouse sale which was held at Citta Mall and was looking for a place to have lunch. So he brought me to Cubes Pizza which he heard of after meeting the manager at a church camp previously. They were having a Lunch Special promotion during that time which we could choose either a Small Pizza or a Pasta plus one Soft Drink for RM 9.80.
So we decided to get one pizza and one pasta to share. For the pizza, we got the recommended Meat Mania which had Cubes special pizza sauce, layered with pepperoni, turkey ham, ground beef, Italian sausage, Beef Salami, Beef Bacon and topped with Cubes blend of Italian cheese. No doubt from the description it sounds like quite a mouthful. When the pizza arrived at our table, we could smell that aromatic cheese whiffing to our nostrils and there you have it that pizza in a square pan.
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As I mentioned earlier, we ordered one of their pasta just to try it out too and since I am quite the pesto sauce fan we decided to try their Pesto with Fresh Basil. Yet again, the generoud amount of cheese on top of the pasta! It was not the regular pesto pasta but ore of the baked pasta version where they baked the pasta with the cheesy layer in the oven before serving it out to us.
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Overall, I did enjoy my lunch at Cubes Pizza and would recommend you to try out their cube pizzas with tons of great choices. For more information on their pizza choices or even if you do not feel like travelling to try them out no worries because they have delivery services. Just log in to their website http://www.cubespizza.com/ and feed that rumbling tummy!


Does anyone know if the Frankenjura guide is split north/south or east/west? Even better, can you point me to an online map which shows the. Felsen 'Freudenmauer' in der Fränkischen Schweiz Bei erfährst Quergang Fb 5b Beschreibung vorhanden. Topo. Druckausgabe Drucken. Die Infoseite zum Klettern im Frankenjura, dem besten Sportklettergebiet in Deutschland. Hier gibt es alle Infos zum Klettern in Franken, der Fränkischen.
Frankenjura is Germany's 2nd largest climbing area and a world-class sport climbing destination with a quite long history. Description Frankenjura is Germany's 2nd largest climbing area and a world-class sport climbing destination with a quite long history. Sign the Climber's Log!
This is a pretty good and authentic guide! Especially, no publishing of boulders, and no bouldering after sunset.
I suppose I could get the Thum one, but I've already got two earlier editions of his and find the endless detail about who did the FAs really tiresome when it could be used for something useful like descriptions of the climbing. History View historical timeline A lot! Closed from to 12 m. Tell rfankenjura where you want to train. Managed to find a pdf which shows the contents page and map for Band 2, drankenjura it is exactly as you say. Save Add photos See all photos.
Most routes are either vertical or overhanging, finger pockets are very common. Just to the left side, the rest of this crag is illustrated on a separate TOPO.
Summer — In the early parts early June through mid July and then again near the beginning of Fall September you can have great conditions in the shade and under tree canopies. Camping is another popular option. Activity Check out what is happening in Frankenjura. Even better, can you point me to an online map which shows the areas that each guide covers?
Neues aus dem Forum Re: In reply to winhill: In most places both sorts of rock are very solid. Hi Time to update the ancient topos in preparation for trip next week. The legendary Oma Eichler campground in the Trubachtal is a meeting point for climbers since many years. TheGeneralist – on 14 Aug Kletterhalle Hersbruck – Kletterhalle Hersbruck. And many more climbing destinations to explore in the climbing app.
The majority of the routes at Frankenjura are short powerful single pitch sport routes on excellent quality grey limestone. Historic climbing guides of Frankenjura. The northern boundary of Frankenjura is formed by the river Main between Bamberg and Bayreuth, where it borders the much older granite mountains of Fichtelgebirge and a schist plateau with deep valleys called Frankenwald.
Areas Add area s Add topo Reorder Bulk edit. Since Franken belongs to Bavaria can you not say that the Franke are Bavarians?
Upload a photo of area. Where to stay Especially in the northern Frankejnura one can find plenty of rather cheap holiday appartments. Falls dir an diesem Fels etwas Wichtiges aufgefallen ist, kannst du hier eine Meldung dazu machen. Country guide to climbing areas App Case Study: Now that was extraordinary!
Rockevents sind einerseits Gefahrenmeldungen, andererseits naturschutzfachliche oder soziale Notwendigkeiten, die es zu beachten gilt.
Wenn du eingeloggt bist, sind Routen, die in deiner Hitliste stehen mit blau und Routen aus deiner Wunschliste mit lila markiert. There are plenty of campsites around Frankenjura and they are really good for your purse! In reply to TheGeneralist: Central Wiesent valley and side valleys. Unfortunately, not all classic routes are always perfectly bolted and often, it is the easier frankejnura that are sparsely bolted. Full climbing guide on rebranded site.
Die Routennamen sind anklickbar und bringen dich zur Routenausgabe. Overview The Frankenjura is a low mountain range in southeast Germany that developed approximately 60 million years ago from sediments of the still older Tethys sea.
Interaktiv Anmelden Registrieren Forum Impressum. Steinerne Stadt – City of Stone. Keep me logged in all the time. Page Contents 1 Know your grade, love holes, love forests 2 Best season to climb 3 Where to climb in Frankenjura?
Weissenstein, Veldener Wand etc. Especially in the 80's, Frankenjura was the destination for hard-core climbing. See all contributors Karma.
Rock-Events und Inhalten z. For bouldering, check first: Die Routen sind von links nach rechts aufgelistet. VL for business Smart Climbing Gym.


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Sterling Public Schools is the public school system for the city of Sterling. Sterling Public Schools have the benefit of both excellent educational opportunities and terrific facilities. Sterling has one high school, one middle school, four elementary schools, two K-2 buildings, and two 3-5 buildings that provide various programs that tailor to various needs. Sterling Public Schools is a Pre-K thru 12th-grade unit district of approximately 3600 students, configured into six different buildings. Franklin Elementary and Jefferson Elementary serve as the district's two Pre-K thru 2nd-grade learning centers, while Washington Elementary and Lincoln Elementary house grades three thru five. Challand Middle School, which is centrally located in the district, encompasses a true middle school philosophy for all 6th thru 8th-grade students in the district. Lastly, Sterling High School is a picturesque campus that accommodates many successful academic, fine arts, and athletic programs. Advanced placement, technology, school-to-work, and alternative school are some of the many ways Sterling Public Schools reach out to assist students. Extra-curricular activities run the gamut, ranging from scholastic bowl to speech and band to tennis. Sterling High School fields teams for all major sports. The vision of Sterling Public Schools is that upon graduation students are ready for life, college, or career. The mission of Sterling Public Schools is to ensure that students achieve by creating optimal learning environments.
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In addition to the Sterling public schools, the Sterling community also has several parochial schools. St. Mary's Catholic School offers K-8 education. Newman Central Catholic High School is the area Catholic High School. Christ Lutheran is located in Sterling.
Whiteside Area Career Center
Located next to the Sterling High School is the Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC). The Career Center is one of sixty-one regional vocational systems in Illinois. The center specializes in market and technology career preparation. Areas of study include agriculture, health occupations, industrial trades, and consumer science.
Sauk Valley Community College is the regional two-year college for the area. The college is located along Highway 2, midway between Sterling and Dixon. Sauk valley offers numerous two-year specialty degrees, general degrees for students transferring to 4-year universities, and numerous technical programs and workshops.
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For me, cinematically speaking, 1977 was a big year. There was Star Wars, sure -- but more important, it was the year that my beloved "Rescuers" books made their transition to the big screen. Written by Margery Sharp and illustrated by Garth Williams (the Little House books), the series detailed the adventures of a little white mouse who could save the world and boss around her devoted beau Bernard, all while wearing a delicate silver chain and living in a porcelain pagoda. Miss Bianca was a have-it-all feminist long before those goofy Enjoli commercials.
The Disney adaptation only borrowed from the series, and while the animated version isn't necessarily true to any text, it is true to the original spirit of Sharp's books. A kidnapped orphan, Penny, sends a message for help, which is intercepted by agents for the Rescue Aid Society. Miss Bianca and the noble Rescue Aid Society janitor, Bernard, volunteer to take on the assignment. As voiced by Eva Gabor and Bob Newhart, Miss Bianca and Bernard conjure up the sort of 1970s celebrities that popped up on The Merv Griffin Show and Hollywood Squares.
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The Rescuers is one of Disney's more somber films. The villain, Madame Medusa, is a horrific pastiche of aging femininity with her false eyelashes and lumpy figure. Apparently, she graduated from the Cruella de Vil Driving School. But she's a good foil for the truly sad plight of Penny, an unnoticed orphan who continually runs away from her captors in order to get back to the orphanage so she can be adopted.
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This lovely mid-terrace cottage is situated close to the marina in the popular sailing village of Craobh Haven.
Situated on the scenic west coast of Scotland, this charming property is well-located for couples or families looking to explore this area.
Two steps lead up into this beautifully-appointed cottage and into the sociable open plan living area.
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The well-equipped kitchen has everything you need to rustle up a tasty meal which can be enjoyed together at the drop leaf dining table.
The owners have tastefully appointed the property with a delightful coastal theme throughout.
Upstairs there are two pleasant bedrooms; a king size double and a single with an additional single fold down sofa bed.
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To the rear of the cottage there is a small patio area and a large lawned garden which is open to the woodlands beyond giving it a lovely sense of space and tranquillity and is perfect to sit and watch the visiting wildlife.
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The marina is a short stroll away where you can view the wide variety of boats or for the more energetic lace up your walking boots and enjoy one of the spectacular walks into the countryside.
The nearby village of Ardfern has another marina, a shop and tea rooms.
There are riding stables nearby if you fancy viewing the countryside from horseback, or hop on board and enjoy a boat trip around the clear waters.
The towns of Oban and Lochgilphead are well worth a visit and offer a wide variety of shops, cafes, bars, restaurants and a cinema.
At the end of your day of adventures return to this welcoming cottage to relax and re-charge.
Open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area with multi-fuel stove.
Ardfern 2.5 miles; Oban 22 miles; Lochgilphead 17 miles.
Craobh Haven is a small village situated across the water from Shuna Island on the scenic west coast of Scotland approximately 20 miles south of Oban. The village which was built in 1983 as holiday village and marina, consists of four small terraces of houses and some further cottages located around the edges. It has one pub with a small shop for essentials called The Lord of The Isles. Situated on the Craignish Peninsula the waters surrounding the area are extensively used for sailing. Nature lovers and birdwatchers will enjoy the vast array of birds and wildlife which can be seen in this area and there are a number of spectacular walks for visitors to explore the surrounding countryside. There is a second marina at the nearby village of Ardfern. Ardfern is an ancient settlement, with evidence of a population dating from 600 AD when contemporaries of St Columba were here, plus there is a ruined church on the peninsula dating from 12th century. Ardfern village today contains a pub, shop, craft centre, tea room and a large marina. The towns of Lochgilphead and Oban are well worth a visit offering many shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. The surrounding scenery is what makes the area, with the hills, lochs and mountains offering spectacular walking, plus there is fresh water and sea fishing nearby to delight the angler. Craobh Haven is a lovely base for exploring the area.


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Q: Laptop Keyboard issue - is it a virus? My girlfriend's laptop (an eee pc) just started malfunctioning, and it looks to me like  a virus - the keyboard is not working at all, yet sending keypresses anyway, resulting in crazy beeps any time the laptop is on. It also types characters repeatedly without a key being pressed.
Windows media player also appears intermittently.
Has anyone here any idea if this is a virus, or better still, know how to fix the issue?

A: Sounds as if the keyboard is just malfunctioning, which would also explain for WMP popping up. Although I wouldn't rule it out, i doubt a virus would be doing what your girlfriend is experiencing.
You could confirm this by booting into a 'live cd' linux distro (If you don't have a USB CD drive, just extract the .iso to a flash drive) and seeing if the keyboard functions the same.
Ig the keyboard is misbehaving, I suggest you call Asus support and get it repaired (assuming it is still under warranty)

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has extended greetings to their Muslim counterparts throughout the Federation on Eid-el-Fitri.
The General Secretary of the Christian body, Rev. Joseph Daramola in a statement particularly saluted the Muslim Leader in Nigeria, His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar who is the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Head of the Jamaatul Nasril Islam (JNI).
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Programming is great fun. Doing so in your own programming language even more so! Seriously, inventing yet another general purpose programming language is rarely a good idea. However, as you can imagine, Java isn't the best choice in every case either. A small language well-suited to solve a specialized task concisely can improve the productivity of a whole team by orders of magnitude.
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In this presentation, Peer Törngren presents two cool RCP applications, and points to interesting technical details when developing with RCP.
IBM Cognos Controller "In the labs"
The RCP-based "Command Center" is a potential future feature in IBM Cognos Controller, a product for consolidation of financial information within the IBM Cognos Financial Performance Management suite. The demo will briefly show the product, including some technical points on how to tweak SWT widgets into a "branded" look, and how to make the Nebula grid scale to handle 10,000 cells or more.
A down to earth walkthrough on using Eclipse and Git together with Gerrit and Hudson as a tool for raising the quality of your code. Most examples will made using the EGit and JGit implementations. Both command line Git and EGit will be used.
In this presentation, Anders will demonstrate some of the key technologies to use for large-scale applications with Eclipse RCP 4.x, including some of the new features in "e4".
Anders is a developer/architect with a long experience in using the Eclipse RCP platform for commercial products. Some of his specialities are model-driven development (EMF, ...) and development of large-scale applications using OSGi.
Thomas leads the Eclipse Tools/Buckminster project where he has architectural and development responsibility. Thomas has also made significant contributions to the Equinox P2 project, and has done a lot of the heavy lifting for the Eclipse community in the build domain.
Thomas has thirty years of software development experience, and is on the leading edge of many technical trends in OO, componentization, modelling, "anything to do with clouds", enterprise application architecture and run-time and development infrastructure technologies. His current "day job" is a co-founder and principal architect at Cloudsmith Inc., an Eclipse consortium member, where he architects and develops web scale, HA applications using modelling and OSGi technologies.
Thomas prefers to have his relationships expressed as p2 queries.
Mattias spends most of his time working with software development in the financial sector as well as leading a Java User Group in Stockholm, Sweden. Mattias has worked with OO software development since 1993. Through the years he has gained experience from many different roles, including developer, architect, team leader, coach, manager, and teacher. In these roles he receives consistent feedback about his ability to inspire and motivate the people he works with. The JUG holds six to eight fully booked meetings per year with more then 200 participants at every meeting. Mattias is also one of the organizers behind Jfokus. Jfokus is the largest Java-focused annual conference in Stockholm.
Henrik is a founder and CTO of Cloudsmith Inc., an Eclipse consortium member. Henrik has 30 years of experience architecting and developing innovative infrastructure and application software and tooling. Past positions include leadership of BEA's Java Run-Time Group (JRockit) and CTO and/or technical founder of several publicly and privately held software companies. Henrik leads the Eclipse b3, and Eclipse Buckminster projects and is a committer on Eclipse p2. In his "day job" at Cloudsmith he gets most excited about the newest stuff and the hardest problems. Would solve every one with a Turing-complete language (plus an editor) if the team would let him.
Henrik is also the founders of the Swedish Eclipse User Group found at http://www.eclipseusers.se.
Ralph Mueller has worked in the software industry as a computer scientist for over 20 years. After working for Object Technology International, Ralph Mueller has worked for IBM where he spent 5 years as Solutions Architect for the European Automotive industry.
Today, Mr Mueller is Director of the Eclipse Ecosystem Europe, a position where he is in constant contact with Eclipse users and companies across Europe.
Dag started FindOut AB in 2004, with "Paipe" a product based on the Eclipse platform. Eclipse is Dag's primary tool for both web app, fat app and embedded systems development. His Eclipse experience have given him the opportunity to help many other companies develop Eclipse based products.
Robin Rosenberg is an experienced developer and configuration manager who uses all available tools at hand, though that is nowadays mostly Java and Unix tools. Robin is one of the initiators and initial committers of the JGit and EGit plugins that became Eclipse Technology projects in 2009.
Ola Spjuth is a researcher at the department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University with research interests mainly in drug discovery and informatics. He is Deputy Director for UPPMAX (the HPC center at Uppsala University). When not researching, he leads the Bioclipse project at Eclipse.
Peer Törngren is an architect/developer with more than 30 years experience in the computer industry. His special interests are model-driven techniques and software engineering practices, and he has over 15 years experience in object- and model-oriented engineering. He has worked as a developer, architect, mentor and methodologist in a number of small and large organizations producing commercial software for the global market. Besides end-user applications, he has built development tools, meta models and model processing tools. Peer is one of the founders of the Swedish Eclipse User Group and the principal developer of the RCP-based client for the open source Social Music Discovery project.
Peer is proud to have Eclipse version 0.137 on his hard drive.
Sebastian Zarnekow is a software architect and consultant at itemis in Kiel, Germany. He develops frameworks and tools for model-driven and language oriented software development and is a committer for various Eclipse projects such as Xtext, Xpand or MWE. Sebastian is a speaker at conferences and author of articles for magazines.


In 2010 the iPad took the world by storm and had about 10 million nerds salivating over the possibilities of the not-quite-mobile mobile experience. Sold as the best way to consume the Internet, the iPad promised a revolution. As I generally do, I went and lined up to get one. I had to be a part of the revolution or if nothing else I had to at least see, feel and hear this wondrous device. I opened it and played with what felt like a giant iPhone. I browsed the web and I cumbersomely wrote emails with two fingers pecking away. This was much less then the 60 wpm I was used to writing on my desktop and slower still than my thumbing of the iPhone. After a few hours of toying with the iPad I started to grow bored. I didn't really know what to do with it. The iPad sat on my coffee table fairly unused for months.
Buy once, read on any (Apple) device.
Never lose my spot in a book again.
Highlight and make notes much easier.
Read whatever I want without others knowing.
Less is more; reduce clutter by selling my old dusty books.
Bring my whole library with me wherever I go.
From this point on I felt like I was living in the future. This is truly what Steve Jobs was talking about. The bliss lasted for a couple years and I've purchased numerous books via the Kindle website and they were immediately delivered to the device of my choosing.
After years of using my portable digital library, the honeymoon period had started to wear off. My life with the digital library was getting complicated. From books not downloading on certain devices, to formatting issues, to some eBooks having illegible low resolution diagrams; I had a longing for the times of old. I didn't want to troubleshoot my reading experience, I wanted the world to disappear and the story I was reading to take over. I had purchased an electronic version of Eric Reis' book 'The Lean Startup' a year or so ago and I recently wanted to re-read it. This time around I opted for a physical paper book and left my iPad at home.
The reading experience was unlike anything I had become accustomed to reading digitally. It was simple, just one book; a start, a middle and an end. The print and imagery were clear and for the first time in years I had focus. After going through and reading The Lean Startup from front to back in hard-cover I realized that in a lot of ways this revolution hadn't made my life easier, it had in fact made it more disjointed, disconnected and exhausting. Here is why I've decided to stop buying eBooks and embrace a perfect technology in its original and most meaningful form.
It's not often you hear someone say they had to call tech support because the book they were reading crashed, or the text on the page is not displaying properly. The paper book is completely 100% bug free! Not to mention all the steps required to getting the book in your hands. First, research and buy tablet; 2) unbox and setup; 3) create user account with platform of your choice; 4) browse for book of choice; 5) Enter personal information and credit card details; 6) Download book; 7) Enjoy! Sounds easy right? Anyone who's gone through this process knows it's not straight forward. After you have everything setup your problems don't stop there. Some books won't sync, some won't open and so on.
Talking to people is great!
It's true. I was pleasantly surprised when I was out reading a book at a coffee shop when a couple people approached me and chatted about the book I was reading. It was a very nice experience. We shared thoughts on the book and eventually exchanged business cards. This experience wouldn't have happened if I'd had my iPad there with me. While the anonymity of reading something without on-lookers is a positive, the occurrences when you don't mind (leave Shades of Grey at home next time) can be a very positive, human experience.
Probably the most annoying part of reading books on the iPad is the constant distractions. Books don't come with email or push notifications. When I am reading on the iPad I might get a text message or an email or a notification that I hadn't crushed some candy in sometime. Granted I can turn these off, but I don't typically think to do this while reading. Books also don't come with Angry Birds or Facebook. The simple, single purpose design allows for focus that encourages you to pay attention and be engrossed unlike the digital equivalent.
Another thing no one really tells you is that when you buy an eBook using iTunes, you only ever have access to that book on iTunes. If you buy a Kindle or an Android tablet, you'll have to buy the book a second time to read it on that new device. The only hope you have of sharing that book across devices is by using a store that is available on multiple platforms. Even then you're subject to limitations because of the closed nature of the other platforms. When you buy a physical book, it doesn't matter what version it is or whether you bought it via Amazon, Indigo or your local book store. The book goes with you where ever you are. On top of that if you want to lend your friend a book it's as simple as picking it up and giving it to them.
It took me a while to realize that when I bought an eBook that I actually owned nothing. I had rights to keep a copy of this written material on the devices of my choice. They were locked to a username and password and a distribution platform like iTunes or Amazon. My access to the books could be taken away from me by the flip of a switch. Maybe I violated some terms of service agreement (that no one has read, ever). Maybe my account was hacked and shutdown thereby removing not only access to the book I was reading but every other book in my library. Subscriptions and licensing via the cloud appears to simplify life, but you give up the rights to own anything real. What is a tablet without content? A paper book will always have its words.
What I've learned through this book reading experience is that sometimes we need to stop and ask ourselves 'Is this really better?' instead of being temporarily blinded by the shine of a new technical creation. I tried to join the revolution but the most meaningful part of the book reading experience was obfuscated by the troubleshooting, proprietary and commercial nonsense that went along with it. This isn't an indictment of the iPad itself, rather it's a look at how the human experience of story telling and learning through books has lost something in its digital form. Technology has done some amazing things to improve our lives, but for this round I think I'll stick to my old dusty paper books.
What Exactly Is A Book Today?
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static NSString *RKEncodeURLString(NSString *unencodedString);
extern NSDictionary *RKQueryParametersFromStringWithEncoding(NSString *string, NSStringEncoding stringEncoding);

// NSString's stringByAddingPercentEscapes doesn't do a complete job (it ignores "/?&", among others)
static NSString *RKEncodeURLString(NSString *unencodedString)
{
    NSString *encodedString = (NSString *)CFBridgingRelease(CFURLCreateStringByAddingPercentEscapes(
                                                                                NULL,
                                                                                (__bridge CFStringRef)unencodedString,
                                                                                NULL,
                                                                                (CFStringRef)@"!*'();:@&=+$,/?%#[]",
                                                                                kCFStringEncodingUTF8));
    return encodedString;
}

static NSUInteger RKNumberOfSlashesInString(NSString *string)
{
    static NSRegularExpression *regex = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"/" options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
    });
    return [regex numberOfMatchesInString:string options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [string length])];
}

@interface RKPathMatcher ()
@property (nonatomic, strong) SOCPattern *socPattern;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *patternString; // SOCPattern keeps it private
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *sourcePath;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *rootPath;
@property (copy, readwrite) NSDictionary *queryParameters;
@end

@implementation RKPathMatcher

- (id)copyWithZone:(NSZone *)zone
{
    RKPathMatcher *copy = [[[self class] allocWithZone:zone] init];
    copy.socPattern = self.socPattern;
    copy.sourcePath = self.sourcePath;
    copy.rootPath = self.rootPath;
    copy.queryParameters = self.queryParameters;

    return copy;
}

+ (instancetype)pathMatcherWithPattern:(NSString *)patternString
{
    NSAssert(patternString != NULL, @"Pattern string must not be empty in order to perform pattern matching.");
    RKPathMatcher *matcher = [self new];
    matcher.socPattern = [SOCPattern patternWithString:patternString];
    matcher.patternString = patternString;
    return matcher;
}

+ (instancetype)pathMatcherWithPath:(NSString *)pathString
{
    RKPathMatcher *matcher = [self new];
    matcher.sourcePath = pathString;
    matcher.rootPath = pathString;
    return matcher;
}

- (BOOL)matches
{
    NSAssert((self.socPattern != NULL && self.rootPath != NULL), @"Matcher is insufficiently configured.  Before attempting pattern matching, you must provide a path string and a pattern to match it against.");
    return [self.socPattern stringMatches:self.rootPath];
}

- (BOOL)bifurcateSourcePathFromQueryParameters
{
    NSArray *components = [self.sourcePath componentsSeparatedByString:@"?"];
    if ([components count] > 1) {
        self.rootPath = [components objectAtIndex:0];
        self.queryParameters = RKQueryParametersFromStringWithEncoding([components objectAtIndex:1], NSUTF8StringEncoding);
        return YES;
    }
    return NO;
}

- (BOOL)itMatchesAndHasParsedArguments:(NSDictionary **)arguments tokenizeQueryStrings:(BOOL)shouldTokenize
{
    NSAssert(self.socPattern != NULL, @"Matcher has no established pattern.  Instantiate it using pathMatcherWithPattern: before attempting a pattern match.");
    NSMutableDictionary *argumentsCollection = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    if ([self bifurcateSourcePathFromQueryParameters]) {
        if (shouldTokenize) {
            [argumentsCollection addEntriesFromDictionary:self.queryParameters];
        }
    }
    if (![self matches]) return NO;
    if (!arguments) return YES;
    NSDictionary *extracted = [self.socPattern parameterDictionaryFromSourceString:self.rootPath];
    if (extracted) [argumentsCollection addEntriesFromDictionary:RKDictionaryByReplacingPercentEscapesInEntriesFromDictionary(extracted)];
    *arguments = argumentsCollection;
    return YES;
}

- (BOOL)matchesPattern:(NSString *)patternString tokenizeQueryStrings:(BOOL)shouldTokenize parsedArguments:(NSDictionary **)arguments
{
    NSAssert(patternString != NULL, @"Pattern string must not be empty in order to perform patterm matching.");
    self.socPattern = [SOCPattern patternWithString:patternString];
    return [self itMatchesAndHasParsedArguments:arguments tokenizeQueryStrings:shouldTokenize];
}

- (BOOL)matchesPath:(NSString *)sourceString tokenizeQueryStrings:(BOOL)shouldTokenize parsedArguments:(NSDictionary **)arguments
{
    self.sourcePath = sourceString;
    self.rootPath = sourceString;
    return [self itMatchesAndHasParsedArguments:arguments tokenizeQueryStrings:shouldTokenize]
    && RKNumberOfSlashesInString(self.patternString) == RKNumberOfSlashesInString(self.rootPath);
}

- (NSString *)pathFromObject:(id)object addingEscapes:(BOOL)addEscapes interpolatedParameters:(NSDictionary **)interpolatedParameters
{
    NSAssert(self.socPattern != NULL, @"Matcher has no established pattern.  Instantiate it using pathMatcherWithPattern: before calling pathFromObject:");
    NSAssert(object != NULL, @"Object provided is invalid; cannot create a path from a NULL object");
    NSString *(^encoderBlock)(NSString *interpolatedString) = nil;
    if (addEscapes) {
        encoderBlock = ^NSString *(NSString *interpolatedString) {
            return RKEncodeURLString(interpolatedString);
        };
    }
    NSString *path = [self.socPattern stringFromObject:object withBlock:encoderBlock];
    if (interpolatedParameters) {
        NSMutableDictionary *parsedParameters = [[self.socPattern parameterDictionaryFromSourceString:path] mutableCopy];
        if (addEscapes) {
            for (NSString *key in [parsedParameters allKeys]) {
                NSString *unescapedParameter = [[parsedParameters objectForKey:key] stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
                [parsedParameters setValue:unescapedParameter forKey:key];
            }
        }
        *interpolatedParameters = parsedParameters;
    }
    return path;
}

@end


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Exocentrus tenellus är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Holzschuh 1984. Exocentrus tenellus ingår i släktet Exocentrus och familjen långhorningar.

Artens utbredningsområde är Nepal. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Energy Management Department has a strong background in design and implementation of Energy Management Systems (EMS) for microgrids. Our main objective is to reduce operational cost of a microgrid (including fuel cost, utility bill, battery degradation cost, equipment maintenance etc.) while improving the utilization of renewable energy resources in the microgrid. Our patented EMS can reduce the operational cost of a microgrid by up to 30% compared to scheduled or load-based management approaches. We also work on development of EMS solutions for resilient microgrids which can handle outages and disturbances in a reliable and cost-effective manner. Our research focuses on providing a variety of functionalities and features in a microgrid by intelligent control of distributed generation, load and storage units in real time. Various techniques such as linear, mixed integer, and stochastic optimizations, economic dispatch and unit commitment methods, dynamic cost models, and state estimations are utilized in this research thread.


Spring Bar Tool for changing leather, rubber and nylon watch bands.
Supplied with a standard width fork tip for compressing spring bars in 'blind hole' type case lugs.
Also includes a standard pin tip for compressing spring bars in 'open hole' type case lugs, ie. those with external hole through which the pin can be inserted to compress the spring bar.
Both tips are high quality stainless steel, manufactured by Bergeon of Switzerland.
This is a decent size tool which handles well, unlike the more compact designs which actually make the task of changing your watch strap a more fiddly affair than it should be.
Steel body with knurled sections for secure grip / handling.
*Please Note If access to the spring bar is limited (as is typically the case with steel bracelets) it is recommended that you consider a Fine Fork Tip tool.


UK probe: Search for truth or PR stunt?
An inquiry into an Iraqi civilian's death reveals British soldiers using 'unjustified and brutal violence'.
An inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian who died while in British custody in Iraq, has found that he was the victim of "unjustified and brutal violence".
Baha Mousa died in British army custody in Basra in 2003. He sustained 93 injuries.
Sir William Gage, the chairman of the inquiry, condemned "corporate failure" at the Ministry of Defence in reference to the use of banned interrogation methods in Iraq.
This is the biggest British inquiry into professional standards in the British Army since the Bloody Sunday investigation into the killings of unarmed Catholics in Northern Ireland 30 years ago.
The defence ministry says it will carefully consider any recommendations from the inquiry.
Reports however suggest that while individual soldiers and failures in the chain of command in the army will be criticised, British troops will be cleared of charges of systemic abuse following the inquiry.
In this episode, we ask: Is this the tip of the iceberg? A PR stunt? Or is this a serious attempt to uncover the truth and learn valuable lessons for the future?
Inside Story, with presenter Folly Bah Thibault, discusses with Richard Kemp, a former British Army commander; Sabah al-Mukhtar, a lawyer and president of the Arab Lawyers Association; and Kevin Iaue, a legal advisor with UK-based human rights organisation, Redress.


There's a triathlon in town! Kirsty and Rachel are excited to watch the swimming, biking, and running events. But when people start swimming in circles, losing bike tires, and tripping over their own feet, the girls know something is wrong. Sure enough, Olympia the Games Fairy's magic objects have disappeared! Olympia needs help tracking down her missing magic. If they don't find it in time, the triathlon and the Fairyland Games will be ruined! Can Rachel and Kirsty go for the gold--and come to the rescue?