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"The Habits of History": A Research-Based Play Script
Dorothy Morrissey, Mary Immaculate College, LimerickFollow
In this article, derived from her doctoral dissertation, the author (a teacher educator in drama in Ireland) presents her students' initial responses to her performance of a one-woman play, "Goldilocks's Testimony." The play, written by the author, concerns the marginalisation of women in workplaces. In the play, women's "real" experiences of workplace marginalisation are transposed to Fairyland. In this article, the author represents her postgraduate student teachers' responses to her performance in play script format. In this play script, "The Habits of History" (Olsen, 2003), the students' responses are also transposed to Fairyland.
Narrative, Gender, Initial Teacher Education, Research Based Play Script
Author Bio(s)
Dorothy Morrissey works as a teacher educator in drama at Mary Immaculate College, where she is course co-ordinator of the college's MA in Education and the Arts (META). She also worked for many years as a primary teacher and as a provider of continuing professional development for primary teachers. She recently completed her doctoral dissertation at the University of Bristol (UK). Her dissertation is entitled: A performance-centred narrative inquiry into the gender narratives of postgraduate student teachers. Correspondence regarding this article can also be addressed directly to: dorothy.morrissey@mic.ul.ie.
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Morrissey, D. (2018). "The Habits of History": A Research-Based Play Script. The Qualitative Report, 23(2), 403-421. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol23/iss2/9
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Now we have a 'double dry hopped New England Double IPA' from this Calgarian brewing concern (does that work?). Doubling down, I see!
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It smells of bready and doughy cereal malt, some pungent blood orange, red grapefruit, and aged lemon citrus rind, a prominent hard water chalkiness, and more leafy, weedy, and resinous piney green hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy pale malt, a sort of acrid domestic citrus character, some damp minerality, and more piney, weedy, and gently perfumed floral hoppiness. The carbonation is average in its palate-prodding frothiness, the body a solid medium weight, and mostly smooth, with a wee airy creaminess trying vainly to get off of the ground in the face of the swirling hops here. It finishes off-dry, the big frooty essences showing no signs of slowing down.
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In this image from TV, a fire fighter damps down the charred debris after a fire swept through a marketplace in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday June 28, 2018. (AP Photo)
A huge inferno has gutted East Africa's largest open-air market, the Gikomba market, killing more than 15 people, including four children, officials said on Thursday morning.
"The fire started from inside a timber shop," said Nairobi Regional Commissioner William Kang'ethe Thuku, adding that it spread to nearby shanty houses and a second-hand clothing section of the market.
"A team of police and firefighters arrived at the scene in a bid to stop the fire. Fifteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 70 others have been admitted with light fire injuries to serious burns."
Thuku said that the cause of the blaze has yet to be determined but that in previous years, power lines in the area had started fires.
Millicent Omanga, a local shop owner, was crying in the aftermath of the fire, which claimed her business.
"I've lost everything, I don't know where I'll start, my shop was torched to the ground," she said.
Search and rescue operations for missing persons are still ongoing.
Thuku said that cooking gas cylinders, which are still exploding, were further complicating the rescue process and that the number of injured people could be higher.
Nine of the dead were in an apartment block next to the market while six others died of their injuries in hospital.
Thurday's fire is the seventh at Gikomba Market in less than 10 years. A large fire destroyed much of the market in October last year.
In May 2014, 10 people died in a bombing at the market blamed on Al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab militants.
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But a good dressing matters: at the bottom of the salad bowl, whisk one part balsamic vinegar of Modena & 3 parts extra virgin olive oil. Add the salad. Toss. Scatter a handful of Johnny-Jump-up flowers (Viola tricolor) on top so they can make faces at you. Needless to say the flowers have not received a drop of pesticide or herbicide…. only use edible organic flowers (and greens too of course) – in other words don't expect to pick up a flat of pansies at the garden center and pluck the flowers for your salad. They are likely to have ben sprayed with stuff you do not want next to you plate – let alone swallow. Or grow some: they are some accommodating, so cheery and so daintily robust!
Take your prettiest chipped plate. Add a dollop of pork rillettes (French-style potted meat from pastured pork), a chunk of crusty homemade baguette and a large serving of salad. Sit down. Tuck in. That's lunch!
Note for locavore log: homemade bread, rillettes made with Rappahannock pork + garden herbs, all the greens and flowers from the garden.
Do tell about your rillettes! Salad I have and pork in the freezer…maybe it's time to experiment on this rainy day.
Gorgeous salad, Sylvie. We noticed Johnny-Jump-Ups growing out of a crack in the sidwalk yesterday. Our greens are not quite this far along though. Love the idea of the rillettes. Did you make them yourself? I would skip the bread–not eating grains any more.
Ed – yes, i made the rillettes. Truly, easy.
So thanks to the overwhelming popular demand (yeah, you too, El!), my next post will be on making rillettes. How about that for customer service?
Yay! I was just going to post asking for your rillettes recipe.
I love the look of the johnny jump ups in the salad. Do they taste good?
Houra ! I also wanted the recipe for the rillettes !
Mmmmm. Sugared violets. . .I have a yard full of violets at the moment. Thanks for reminding me!


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Q: Handling multiple languages across multiple applications and shared libraries (.net) We are developing products that will be used in the following way:

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*Various shared libraries which may be used by multiple products. I anticipate these libraries will mostly need to access string resources that contain error messages/exceptions.

*Various end-user based applications, designed to run as standalone apps on a PC. They will be required to support multiple languages upon deployment/installation.

*Various web-sites which may be required to support multiple languages either at deployment time or possibly at runtime (i.e. minimal or zero downtime). Potentially the site might need to support multiple languages at the same time if being accessed globally.

*We may be required to allow customers access to our language files for editing themselves. We would not wish to allow them access to our source code (other than the resource files/dlls) in order to achieve this.

*We might need to incorporate a facility to log exceptions in our native language (English in this case) and display them in the translated language. This will help us debug our customers solutions in the field.

I am already aware of products like RCWinTrans and handling multiple languages in VC++/MFC applications. However, the requirements we are faced with here are more extensive and thus require us to make a few up front decisions that could be difficult to change long term, so ideally we want to make the best choice now.
Based on my own knowledge, I have a few questions although I may be missing some tricks with .net that will be happily received. Here are my questions:

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*What would be best? Put all our resources in a seperate DLL per VS solution OR put the resources in each VS project. The way I see it per solution is easier to manage, modify, and allow customer access. The per project solution seems cleaner though and makes the individual projects more portable. This method would apply to our shared library based solutions as well as our end-application based solutions.

*Does the solution above still stand with web sites? Is there a better way? Does this way require downtime?

*Is it possible to have two seperate resource files loaded at once i.e. if we want to log the exceptions in English but supply them back up the food chain (as a message in an exception) in the translated language? Are there any tricks we can use to automate this like AOP?

Thanks in Advance,
Roger

A: Have you considered using an Inversion of Control container like StructureMap or Unity? That may allow you to keep the default resources together with the project (which IMHO makes most sense), while still allowing a customer to locally override resources as necessary.
As an example, assume you have the following interface:
public interface IResourceSupplier
{
    // Returns the localized text for a given identifier.
    string Localized(string identifier);

    // Returns the invariant (English) text for a given identifier.
    string Invariant(string identifier);
}

Using IOC, you could create a centralized resource supplier for the solution which would check for user-supplied overrides. If no user override is provided, then you could query each of the project-specific resource suppliers (detected at application startup) until you locate one which returns the desired resource.
Obviously, depending on your needs you may need to tweak for performance, for example by caching frequently used resources. Using IOC does give the advantage that as long as the interface does not change, plugging in an alternate implementation can be a relatively trivial task.
Does this help?

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Q: Improving the linear search technique? I'm afraid we have a bit of a sadistic instructor on our hand, because I honestly did not understand this question and never found the answer in the text book, nor searching the internet.
"2.   If the list is already in sorted order, how can you utilize this information in improving the linear search technique? Show your improvement in the algorithm of linear search."
As far as I know, Linear Search have only one job, which is examining each element sequentially. HOW can it be improved? What I know is the Linear Search Big-O notation is O(n) and that O(n) is the worse case performance since the element is placed the very last in the list or array. I was about to answer that question by switching to binary search but then I found that binary search would take even longer since it'll take n/2 times to locate, n/4, n/8 and do on and linear search would take as much time.
Let me know if I'm getting this question the wrong way or I'm missing something about this. Appreciate your help.

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I found that binary search would take even longer since it'll take n/2 times to locate, n/4, n/8 and do on and linear search would take as much time.

It depends on whether List::get(int) is O(1) operation or an O(N) operation.  That depends on the list class.

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*For a LinkedList it is O(N).  Calling get(i) has to follow the links i times starting from the head of the list.

*For an ArrayList it is O(1).  Calling get(i) is just an array[i] operation on the list's element array.
Redo your calculations for binary search with the assumption that get is O(1) and (if your analysis is correct, and your understanding of binary search is correct) you should get O(logN) for lookup by value using binary search.
(But yes, binary search on a linked list is not an optimization relative to linear search.  It would be O(N^2) - an anti-optimization, given that linear search is O(N).)

I'm afraid we have a bit of a sadistic instructor on our hand.

Possibly.  An alternative explanation is that the instructor is trying to encourage you to improve your analytical thinking skills by getting you to work things out for yourself.  That includes figuring out your mistakes, including possibly incorrect assumptions you are making.  Sometimes, the best way to learn from a fundamental mistake is "the hard way".


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The Columbus Dispatch - July 3, 1986
Review: Dylan turns back time with Petty, the Dead
By John Petric
AKRON -- The Akron Rubber Bowl colorfully exploded back in time as tens of thousands of tie-dyed rock fans celebrated one of the most unusual stadium shows of the '80s.
Troubadour of the '60s, Bob Dylan, who is using Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as backup, and psychedelic relics, the Grateful Dead, have paired themselves for a limited summer tour consisting of only four outdoor stadium dates.
It's as strange a formula as it looks but it works -- to varying degrees of success.
Mixing a legend like Dylan (who is struggling to sell records these days) and Petty (a certified platinum pop/rock phenomenon) with the Dead, (figureheads of the remaining hippie subculture) makes for a very interesting evening, indeed.
Dylan, Petty and the Heartbreakers came on at about 5:40 p.m., rocking some unknown tune like ringing a bell. I'm not sure what it was because the sound was very bad in the upper deck where I sat.
I suspect the song might have been a new tune, though the chorus did sound like Dylan was repeating the words "Purple rain, purple rain." I doubt if he was, but who knows?
I wasn't even sure that was Dylan up there because he was at least 100 yards away.
After a half-dozen more unintelligible songs (because of the lousy sound), I took it upon myself to find new and better seating. So it was off into Dead-head land that I went: a swirling mass of long hair, gingham dresses and tie-dyed clothes. And Grateful Dead T-shirts, headbands, stickers and banners everywhere. It was so tribal, a regular love-in.
I just wanted to hear and see Dylan and Petty, which I did.
It was Dylan, by golly, and the sound was much better on the field, which is where I ended up. Borrowing binoculars, I scoped out Mr. Tambourine man himself.
He was dressed in black kneehigh motorcycle boots, leather pants, a black vest and fingerless leather gloves (black and black). Harley-Davidson Dylan appeared tan and fit.
His face certainly had to have had some makeup applied.
He sounded great, his nasal voice much stronger and at times huskier than I've ever heard him before.
His phrasing on some songs was annoying, as on the classic Positively 4th St. But Masters of War, I and I and the encore of Knockin' on Heaven's Door were powerful, nothing short of stunning.
One new song in particular was breathtaking and that was When the Night Comes Falling Down. Dylan's four female vocalists pushed the song into a dynamic range that Petty, Dylan and the Heartbreakers couldn't have done themselves.
Petty played his hits between Dylan's electric and acoustic and then electric sets. Refugee, Spike and Don't Do Me Like That had the crowd a bit more up than did Dylan's stuff.
Heavy metal Bob returned, and the troupe slammed into a surprisingly true-to-the-original version of Rainy Day Women #18 and #35 -- you know, the song that goes "everybody must get stoned."
And get stoned they did, but 40,000 kids high on pot is a much more mellow crowd than, say Buckeye Lake Music Center's 20,000 drunken ZZ Top fans.
I saw no fights, little staggering and lots of dancing. One man was arrested for taking his clothes off.
Deadline prohibited a review of the Grateful Dead. But I'm sure they put the Rubber Bowl in its own orbit.
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Four Health and Physical Education majors, along with Drs. Claxton and Grube, attended the National Physical Education Institute held July 30 through August 3 in Asheville, NC. Funds raised by the HPEM club supported the undergraduates in attending the conference. While there, the students met Dr. Bob Pangrazi, a keynote speaker and leader in the field. For more information, see the Institute website.


March 14 (UPI) -- Duke Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson will be back on the court for the first time in nearly a month, the school announced Thursday, cleared to play against Syracuse in the ACC tournament quarterfinals.
Williamson has missed time after suffering a knee sprain Feb. 20, just 33 seconds into Duke's huge matchup with North Carolina.
The forward, who many expect to be the first pick in June's NBA Draft, planted to make a move, but his shoe gave way and tore apart at the sole and his knee buckled. He went down holding the knee.
The Blue Devils have not been the same without him, going just 3-3 in their last six games.
The 6-foot-7 forward is averaging 21.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game this season.
Williamson went through a normal week of practice, allowing him the chance to make it back on the court for the tournament quarterfinal.


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Contractors Monday were preparing space for a new homeless shelter inside the Multnomah County-owned Walnut Park building at the corner of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Killingsworth Street. Photo by Danny Peterson
A new homeless shelter slated to open by Thanksgiving in the heart of Portland's historic African-American community will give those struggling to fend for themselves on the streets a place of refuge and assistance.
Coming to the Multnomah County-owned Walnut Park building at the corner of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Killingworth Street, the shelter will offer accommodations for about 80 people seeking an overnight stay on a referral basis, with an emphasis on housing people 55 and older, those with disabilities, and veterans, official said.
The building is already used for several public purposes, including a county health center, multicultural senior center, and dental clinic, activities that will continue.
Transition Projects, a Portland nonprofit, will run the new shelter, offering basic accommodations, like bunk beds, a place to store belongings, and bathroom and hygiene supplies, officials said. The shelter is also slated to allow pets. Regular meals and other services will not be offered.
Reservations for the shelter can be made by phone at 503-280-4700 or by visiting the Transition Projects Resource Center at 650 N.W. Irving St.
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About Vegan Grand Rapids
In 2010, Jon and Kolene, who had just recently taken the leap from vegetarian to veganism, met and created Vegan Grand Rapids. Using their love of food, writing, and technology, they created Vegan Grand Rapids to explore the City and guide others to the best spots for plant-based eating.
Since 2010, Vegan Grand Rapids has evolved to help shape and grow the vegan community. While advocates of a healthy, sustainable, and compassionate diet, Jon and Kolene use an inclusive, non-judgmental, educational approach to every outreach effort. Today, Vegan Grand Rapids is more than a restaurant guide, but a lifestyle guide to plant-based living. Whether it's attending one of Vegan Grand Rapids cooking classes or shopping events, using the website to find groceries, or meeting other like-minded individuals, Vegan Grand Rapids is here to help you on your journey.
About Kolene & Jon
Kolene Allen
Kolene is fueled by her love of the city and planet to build a better world for all. During the day, she works for the Environmental Services Department of the City of Grand Rapids, using her passion to create a smart, sustainable city of the future. A lifelong lover of exploration, food, and creatures led her to create Vegan Grand Rapids with Jon. Kolene has been getting her protein from plants for almost twenty years.
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Jon is passionate about creating a better world for all animals, including humans. As the Technology Evangelist for Best Friends Animal Society, Jon uses technology to work towards their mission of Bringing About a Time of No More Homeless Pets. Jon has always enjoyed cooking, but since becoming vegan in 2010, he's found cooking to be more enjoyable - a fun challenge to create flavors and textures using sustainable, healthy, and cruelty-free ingredients.
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Hi friends. As local restaurants open back up, we're all looking for places to eat and it means the world to us that you look to the Vegan Grand Rapids Guide to help you find those places. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the restaurant industry into chaos worldwide and Grand Rapids is no different.
We do our best to keep up with information on who's open and when but everything is changing so often. We'll be reposting notices from places on our Facebook as we see them, but make sure you contact businesses directly. Please contact us with info you have to share.
Eating out is always at your own risk but that's more true than ever. Check out this guide from the Mayo Clinic that includes safe dining tips.
Mask up, wash your hands, be kind, and please be safe!
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Barcelona Pushes For Green Spaces
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If you´re walking through the Eixample district, you´ll notice the holm oaks and lush plane trees planted along the road that distinguish Eixample as the neighborhood with the best green corridors in the city. Street trees form an important part of Barcelona's natural heritage, and have been identified by city planners as a crucial contribution to the environmental and social wellbeing of a city. There are currently a variety of projects in Barcelona focused on increasing the city´s greenery, some of which focus heavily on street tree health. However, street trees in Barcelona, and specifically in Eixample, have been the focus of public works projects since the 18th century.
Plan of the Eixample neighrbhood by Ildefons Cerdà / Archives of the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona/Ministerio de Cultura
A city's history
According to city archives, the first known trees to be planted on public streets in Barcelona were on Las Ramblas in 1702, where a series of poplars, followed by elms, were planted to line the famous street. In 1821, gardens were planted along the Passeig de Gràcia for the enjoyment of city strollers.
In 1854, after the city's old walls were torn down, a designer named Ildefons Cerdà posed an ambitious plan: build the gridded Eixample district to preserve the city's historic center and line its streets with trees every 8 meters. However, over the next century, these plans for trees and gardens were less prioritized in the face of other constructional efforts.
Even with this setback, over the years the streets of Eixample continued to contain more trees than other urban areas of the city. In 1998, the focus on Eixample´s trees was revamped when the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona proposed a street tree management plan to maintain a balance of different tree species and to take care of trees that were decaying. The plan continued to develop into a series of basic guidelines that continue to be used for street tree management.
Current plans
The city has come a long way since the trees planted three centuries ago in La Rambla – now, the local government is responsible for approximately 310,800 individual trees throughout urban areas, municipal parks and garden and wooded areas. Today, departments within the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona are working on multi-million dollar projects to preserve, build, and enhance green spaces throughout the city by planting and protecting street trees. Along with the Street Tree Management Plan, the city has implemented the Master Plan for Barcelona´s Trees 2017-2037, which aims to maintain a high-quality tree population in the city by implementing technological resources such as better irrigation systems for water and soil quality and enhanced tree wells for better root growth. The plan was initially developed by a team of specialists from the Department of Green Areas and Biodiversity (DEVB) and members from the City Council area of Urban Planning and Area of Urban Ecology. Among its other objectives, the Master Plan for Trees hopes to increase tree cover in the city by 5% by 2037, which would raise the percentage of the surface area covered by trees to 30%.
Aerial view of Eixample district. Barcelona, Spain
Green spaces and density
Density is also a contributing factor to the desperate need for greenery. When there's no more room to expand green spaces in the form of new parks and natural areas, then sidewalks, walls and roofs will just have to do. In 2014, the city implemented the Barcelona Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Plan 2020, hoping to enhance green infrastructure and maintain the natural heritage of the city. This plan seeks strategies for filling the city with green wherever it is feasible, and not just in the form of trees -¨roofs, balconies and walls are all likely to be transformed into gardens or vegetable gardens for use by the community or into spaces for carrying out healthy activities, thereby becoming new forms of urban green infrastructure¨, reads the plan.
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Vegitecture
Architecture that incorporates living green spaces such as vertical gardens, rooftop gardens and living walls, coined vegitecture, can be found in buildings in Barcelona such as the Medianera Verde deigned by Capella Garcia Architecture, a high-rise building with one face covered by a blooming vertical garden. The building was designed in 2011 for the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona.
Known typically for its advancements in architectural design, Barcelona has recently made a name for itself in the world of environmental design. In the 2016 Sustainable Cities Index, an yearly index of the world's 100 most sustainable cities, Barcelona was listed as the 23rd greenest city in the world, as well as 23rd for green spaces.
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At Gorkana's final media briefing event of 2016, the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme's business presenter Dominic O'Connell and business editor Simon Hamer spoke about their ideal guests and the type of business news that gets covered on the show, and offered tips for giving a successful radio interview.
In a packed room at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, O'Connell and Hamer gave a breakdown of the Today Programme's business team, the news they cover and their PR requirements. They explained that they are open to receiving potential news or stories over phone or through email, and that they have a constant need for guests, particularly CEOs of major corporations.
Today is an influential, early morning news and current affairs programme which broadcasts weekdays between 6-9 am and on Saturdays from 7-9 am. It is the most popular programme on Radio 4 and reaches more than seven million listeners a week. It consists of regular news bulletins, high-profile political interviews, in-depth reports and daily scripted slot Thought for the Day, which offers a religious perspective on a current affairs issue.
O'Connell, former business editor at The Sunday Times, joined the Today Programme as business presenter in June this year.
Here are a four top tips to take away from the Today Programme media briefing event, which was chaired by Philip Smith, head of news and content at Gorkana:
The Today Programme needs guests
The Today Programme needs a constant supply of guests because, Hamer said: "radio is a conversation". Of course, this provides PRs with opportunity but the programme has some key criteria that need to be met. O'Connell wants to speak with CEOs of major companies. He cited Sir Martin Sorrell as an example of a CEO who makes a great guest, since he understands the value of the programme and its audience and is, therefore, accessible.
Business news has grown in importance
The Today Programme introduced its first business editor in 2000 but, according to Hamer: "Business and economic news is getting more and more important." However, he jokingly compared its listener's attitude towards business news with that of his children towards vegetables: "They know it's good for them, but they might prefer something else."
Over-preparation does not make for a good interview
O'Connell said: "The radio is amazingly good at communicating bulls**t." With the aid of some audio examples from the programme this year, he advised interviewees to stay away from overly-prepared content, such as press releases, or a list of key messages, and said the best guests let their personality come across. O'Connell also advised that CEOs know relevant facts and numbers before coming on air and that they provide direct answers to the questions they are asked.
Tone is key
When asked what type of content they look for, the Today Programme's business team is reluctant to rule anything out. O'Connell said: "To me everything is interesting." Hamer added: "There is no magic formula about what's going to work. The key is tone." In relation to guests, O'Connell agreed: "I like people who are interesting and tell their story well."
Gorkana's media briefings return in January 2017. To see scheduled events, visit Gorkana's event page.


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Farnan's half-brother born at Vinery
It's always an exciting time when a foal you've bred is born. You dream of the Champion it might become or, on occasions, the price it might bring at the sales. But that excitement is tenfold when the foal in question is a close relation to a Group One star. Such a baby arrived at Vinery Stud this week bred and owned by Phoenix Thoroughbreds.
Even if you had no idea who the week-old colt's illustrious half-brother is, he's a foal that catches the eye. A flashy looking chestnut with a white blaze and three white socks, he is a well put together specimen. Suppose you add to his striking physical attributes that his famous sibling is Golden Slipper winner and recently crowned Champion two-year-old Farnan. In that case, you can understand the anticipation felt by his breeders.
While the newly arrived son of Arrowfield's The Autumn Sun will understandably take the spotlight, the undoubted unsung heroine in this story is his dam Tallow. A hard-knocking and classy race mare in her time, she is developing into a fine broodmare under the expert guidance of the team at Vinery.
"She's a lovely mare, not overly big but very strong, very powerfully quartered and a good tough race mare herself too" Explains Vinery's General Manager Peter Orton.
"She came to us having missed a couple of seasons, but she's now let down into a beautiful mare. She's just in a beautiful state and grew the foal she just had really well. She's a lovely mare to have around and a great mum; she looks after her foal beautifully."
Of course, her new offspring has plenty to live up to. Like his big brother before him, he'll be raised at the Scone farm, and it appears that he is making an impression already.
"Tallow's not a big Street Cry mare, she's strong, but with not much scope, so this mating with The Autumn Sun has been perfect for her," says Orton. "He's (The Autumn Sun) a lovely horse with plenty of size to him. This foal has a nice size to him and a lovely head and great hip and shoulder to him. We could not be happier!"
Inevitably comparison's will be drawn between the newly minted colt and Farnan, so it seems pointless to delay that process. While it would be a lot to ask for any horse to follow in the Champion Juveniles hoofprints the chief of Vinery does feel that, at this early stage at least, the younger sibling is showing "a bit more quality."
"They are a little bit different," judges Orton. "Probably this foal has a bit more scope and elegance to it. Farnan was a bit more compact, more like his mother but quite strong, coming to us as an early weanling. He just did really well and was always in good shape. This new foal might just have a bit more quality to it."
Soon after he was crowned Champion two-year-old, the Vinery Twitter account took everyone on a trip of nostalgia, posting pictures of a very young Farnan during his formative months at the farm. Always well put together and often the subject of good reports, the Golden Slipper winner has already fulfilled his potential. But was there a point that the team at Vinery spotted he might just be something a little special?
"We thought he was a Golden Slipper from the beginning!" joked Orton enjoying a good laugh at the thought. "Seriously though, he was a well-bred horse and I loved the mare when she was racing. She was true, honest, genuine race mare and to see the foal out of her was exactly what you'd expect from the mating. He was a go doing foal throughout with a good temperament and always good to work with and presented well at the sale."
So the dream is alive again for Phoenix Thoroughbreds. Farnan, in winning the Golden Slipper fulfilled a long-held ambition of the Dubai based group to breed a Group One winner. Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott helped make that happen on the track, but before they had even laid eyes on the colt, he got his grounding with Orton and his staff. As mentioned, several times, the son of Not A Single Doubt has been crowned the Champion of his generation. It's an accolade that one of Australia's leading Stud farms can also take great pride in.
"It means a lot, "says Orton. "The staff are very dedicated to the job and we try and turn out a good product. It's a good farm with a long, proud history of growing god quality racehorses. At the same time, you can't make something out of something that isn't there, but you can give them every opportunity and that's what this farm does. It's always good to see the stock that has come off the farm to go on and succeed."
It's early days, but there's plenty of cautious excitement, is probably the best way to sum up the mood about this latest son of Tallow. Only time will tell if he's as good as his brother. Fingers crossed.
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These two names should ring a bell, especially if you're a regular reader of Knives Illustrated: Karen Hood and her late husband, survival expert Ron Hood.
Karen and Ron created over 30 top-notch videos on outdoor survival that are still considered the gold standard for outdoors training in the survival field. If you haven't checked them out, you might want to join the three million other folks worldwide who have already picked up copies.
"The Karen Hood Chopper from Columbia River Knife and Tool is designed to be easy to carry, but still provide the capabilities you expect from a big camp blade."
Karen is also the owner of Survival.com, and the publisher and editor-in-chief for Survival Quarterly Magazine, which has 16 issues behind it to date. Suffice it to say, she's quite experienced in the bushcraft and outdoor survival field, and she continues to carry on and honor Ron's legacy with her own work.
Okay, let's get the technical stuff out of the way. The KHC is a good-sized knife at just over 15 inches in overall length. It sports a 9-inch drop point blade of 0.197- inch-thick, 1095 high-carbon steel, finished in a rugged black-powder-coated finish. The blade has a high, flat grind with a distal taper and comes with a very good factory edge, especially nicely designed for chopping.
The handle is generously sized at about 5.5 inches long, and there's another half-inch of extended pommel past that, complete with a large lanyard hole. Grip scales are of a gray "resign-infused fiber," which I suspect most of us would just call Micarta. Maybe there's more to it though that I'm missing. Either way, it looks good and durable, especially in conjunction with the white liners that offset the scales from the black tang of the knife.
The handle and tang are lightened with three large holes, and the scales are readily removable, if you'd like to shave off even more weight or add a paracord wrap instead. Scale-to-tang fit is excellent, and the handle is well-contoured to eliminate hot spots during use. A forward finger groove and set of jimping at the base of the blade give you index points for finer work, such as carving and notching.
ABOVE TOP : The belt loop on the KHC sheath converts from a standard loop to a drop leg dangler style.
ABOVE BOTTOM : The KHC features a recurve blade with a 12-degree drop from handle to tip to enhance cutting performance.
The blade sits at a 12-degree downward offset from the handle to allow for enhanced chopping power. Its weight is 15.5 ounces, with the sheath adding about another 4 ounces. Speaking of which, the sheath is a black ballistic nylon affair with a snapped strap to keep the KHC in place. It uses a series of lashing holes and comes complete with a length of paracord for lashing or other field use.
The belt loop is convertible from a standard loop configuration to a dangler set up, depending on which way you prefer to carry your blade.
ABOVE : A large finger choil helps index the blade in your hand and it helps when using the recurved section just forward of the integral finger guard for fine work.
When I first pulled the KHC out of the box, I was surprised by its weight. I hadn't looked at the specs at that point, and it was lighter than I expected for its size.
That's not a bad thing to me. As I get older, I tend to appreciate weight-savings in gear. I don't necessarily find mass essential to do a good job in an otherwise well-designed chopper.
The knife felt comfortable in my hand, and there was plenty of room on the handle, even if I wore work or winter gloves. My hand naturally fell into the finger choil, and my thumb dropped down onto the jimping. Some handles I may fidget with to get the right feel, but this one guided my hand to where it should be.
ABOVE : The KHC's handle has a set of white liners that offset the gray scales from the black tang of the knife. Thumb jimping at the base of the spine helps enhance control of the blade as well.
Although the blade angle and belly of the blade lent itself to a forward chopping motion, I found the KHC to sit a bit handle-heavy, which seemingly assisted in natural snap-cutting motions.
In fact, the balance point on the KHC is rotten logs, and sticking the point into more solid logs and twisting it free, I'm confident it'll stand up to anything short of outright abuse.
I was impressed with a couple of things during my months of field use. First was the finish. I'm not necessarily a fan of black finishes, or finishes in general, on my knives, but I have to say that the powder coating on the KHC held up extremely well. I dirtied it up, but it was nothing that a little scrubbing at home didn't clean right up.As damp as the summer was, it kept rust off of the blade too, as long as I took care of the uncoated edge.
ABOVE : The Karen Hood Chopper has a slightly handle-heavy feel and balances just forward of the handle.
The KHC's edge was also impressive. I've chipped or rolled blades in the past doing the same things I did with the KHC, but not only did its edge hold up fine, the edge retention was also excellent I have to say that even though I wasn't very excited by the sheath, it worked fine.
The nylon may well have been a better choice than leather with as damp as the season has been. Nylon would expedite the drying process after getting wet. I mainly carried the KHC in my pack, but I did try it in both standard and belt loop configurations. I have a slight preference for the dangler set up, but the nice thing about the convertible loop is you can set it up however works best for you.
After working with the Columbia River Knife and Tool's Karen Hood Chopper over the summer, I can say that it's a well-thought out and well-executed field knife. If you're looking at a big blade for camp work, but want to balance that with one that is easy to pack and easy to use, then I'd suggest you give the KHC a close look.
And you might want to take a look at some of Karen and Ron's excellent DVDs for some ideas on what to do with your KHC.
ABOVE : Batoning was no problem for the Karen Hood Chopper. It went through this wrist-thick, aged wood with ease.
The KHC is made in the USA.
The knife carries an MSRP of $375.
You can buy the CRKT KHC right here at the lowest price online.


KUALA LUMPUR - "It was the toughest battle of my life," says Datuk Lee Chong Wei.
Joy and relief were written all over the country's top shuttler's face as he declared victory in his fight against early stage nose cancer in front of a packed press conference.
It was held at the Academy Badminton Malaysia yesterday.
Clad in a Yonex tracksuit, the 36-year-old national sport icon was in high spirits, jovial and even goofed around as he faced the media for the first time since he was diagnosed in early July.
"I asked God why it has to be me. I eventually accepted it. I know I have to be strong for my family.
"The treatment was very tough. I had to undergo proton therapy 33 times. The first week five times, second week six times ... until I completed the sessions.
"One day, it was around 25 minutes in the hospital.
"You can see my neck – it was all black because after the treatment it looks like it's been burnt.
"I'm not so handsome now," he added as the crowd burst into laughter.
But Lee shared that the treatment was no joke but a nightmare that he never wanted to endure again.
Due to the side effects, Lee said he could hardly speak, swallow or eat.
"I could only drink milk because if you don't, you won't have the energy and cannot withstand the treatment.
"I had to battle through the pain every time. I'm just so relieved that the worst is over now. I have gone through many ups and downs in my career but this is the toughest," he added.
Through all these, Lee was not alone. He got the strength and motivation to keep at it because of support from his family and friends.
His wife, Datin Wong Mew Choo and his children – Kingston and Terrance – were by his side, and so were his parents and relatives.
"Datuk Ng (Chin Chai, BAM secretary-general) also came to visit me in Taiwan, and close friends texted me.
Lee added that BAM president Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria and other close friends also visited him at home to give him moral support to keep on fighting.
Lee also broke the good news to his fans – he does not intend to hang up his racquet – ending speculation that he might retire.


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bp buys stake in UK biomethane provider
GasRec builds, owns and operates biomethane refueling stations,
bp has purchased a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, the UK's largest provider of bio-Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to road transport for an undisclosed amount.
The company builds, owns and operates biomethane refueling stations, providing renewable solutions to the heavy goods vehicle ("HGV") industry.
bp will supply Gasrec with renewable biomethane produced mainly from organic wastes, such as food and dairy manure. The investment will expand bp's UK footprint in renewable gas production and distribution, adding to its market leading position in the US.
"Bio-LNG and bio-CNG play a crucial role in the energy transition and decarbonization of the heavy-freight industry and is another example of how we're helping decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors," said Carol Howle, EVP trading and shipping at bp. "We're excited to work with an industry leader like Gasrec to increase the supply of biomethane for HGV customers. This investment further expands bp's global renewable gas portfolio, an area which we believe will have an increasingly important role on the path to net zero."
Founded in 2003, Gasrec was the UK's first supplier of biomethane to the road transport sector. Its customers include some of the UK's biggest retailers, parcel delivery companies and hauliers -- Asda, Ocado, Gregory Distribution and Reed Boardall.
By offering lower carbon solutions for HGVs, Gasrec said it lowers the carbon emissions associated with the road transport supply chain and the customers who transport goods.
Gasrec's network of ten biomethane refueling stations across the UK is capable of refueling approximately 1,250 vehicles per day and includes one of Europe's largest gas refueling stations, at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), the company said.
Gasrec refuels around 40% of the UK's gas-powered HGVs and is seeking to expand its network of refueling stations at logistics parks, the company said.
Renewable gas is an important part of the energy transition for the HGV sector, providing a commercially viable option for fleet owners to reduce their carbon footprint by up to 85% in comparison to diesel.
From producing and supplying biomethane through to building and operating the fueling stations, bp and Gasrec are well positioned to meet the increasing demand for reliable, renewable gas solutions.
"This agreement is an important milestone for our company as we look to continue increasing our impact on the UK's heavy goods vehicle industry. Building on our eighteen years' experience and leading position in the HGV gas supply industry, we are excited to be working with bp to help expand our reach," said Gasrec CEO Rob Wood.
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A cancer diagnosis is always stressful, but navigating Medicare can add to your struggle. Read on to learn about Medigap insurance and how it can impact the out-of-pocket costs you'll pay for cancer treatment.
A cancer diagnosis can cause significant stress in your life, and you don't want unnecessary healthcare bills to wreak any additional havoc. Unfortunately, retirees and Original Medicare beneficiaries don't always know what to expect from their insurance coverage, nor do they realize that Medigap insurance can help.
Medigap plans are extra insurance policies that cover some of the gaps in treatment coverage that Medicare doesn't. Even if you have Medicare Parts A and B, you might want Medigap insurance to help offset the costs related to cancer treatment and other healthcare services.
Before you make any decisions, let's look at how Medicare handles cancer treatments and what you can get from Medigap insurance.
WHAT CANCER TREATMENTS WILL MEDICARE COVER?
Medicare Parts A and B cover many different types of cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation. It might also pay for certain prescription drugs you receive at a hospital or doctor's office.
You can expect Medicare on its own to cover part or all of the costs incurred through diagnosing cancer, mental health services, outpatient and inpatient surgeries, and more. Medicare pays for durable medical equipment as well as rehabilitation you might need, such as at a skilled nursing facility.
That doesn't mean you won't have out-of-pocket costs, though.
Medicare comes with certain deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance costs. While you'll have the advantage of reduced costs for cancer treatments, some will still come out of your pocket.
WHAT CANCER TREATMENTS WILL MEDICARE NOT COVER?
Medicare won't cover any nutritional supplements you might need to continue fighting your cancer, nor will it cover nursing home care or any at-home care that doesn't demand a skilled nursing professional. Additionally, Medicare won't pay for wigs if you lose your hair or for non-durable medical equipment.
In many cases, the reality of what Medicare will cover depends on the circumstance. For instance, Medicare Parts A and B don't cover prescription drugs. However, if you need an oral medication during an outpatient treatment, Medicare might cover it as part of the overall service.
The important thing is to talk to your doctors about what costs you might incur and what treatments they recommend. You can then research those specific details to figure out what you might pay out-of-pocket.
Medigap insurance can be critical for people who have received a cancer diagnosis. As mentioned above, you have to pay out-of-pocket for certain services because Medicare gives you financial responsibility in the form of deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance.
There are 10 Medigap plans, each of which covers a different subset of those out-of-pocket expenses. The goal is to use Medigap insurance to cover a greater percentage of your out-of-pocket costs so you don't have to worry about money while you care for yourself.
Cancer can take as much of a psychological toll as a physical one. Between scheduling doctors' appointments, enduring treatment, and living your everyday life, you might feel overwhelmed at times. Medigap insurance can take at least one stressor off your plate so you don't have to worry constantly about what your cancer diagnosis is costing you.
You absolutely need Medigap insurance if you're enrolled in Original Medicare. It's the best way to gain more control over your budget. You'll pay an extra premium every month, but if you choose the right Medigap insurance plan for your needs, the premium cost will matter less than what you would have paid for healthcare services.
Unfortunately, even insured patients often spend more money on cancer treatments than they first anticipated. The respondents to an oncology study who were surprised by their out-of-pocket expenses reported a median expenditure of just over $700, or about 11 percent of their average household budgets.
That's tough for cancer patients who must take care of themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally. You might need to eat specific foods, for instance, based on your body's ability to digest them. Medicare doesn't cover special foods except under specific circumstances.
By reducing your out-of-pocket healthcare costs, you can allocate more money to things that Medicare doesn't cover at all. Research shows that psychological stress negatively impacts the quality of life for patients with cancer. Since a cancer diagnosis causes stress by itself, you'll want to eliminate as many other sources of stress as possible — including those that are related to finances.
CAN YOU GET MEDIGAP INSURANCE WHEN YOU HAVE CANCER?
If you're applying for Medigap plans while you're still in your initial enrollment period, you don't have to worry about pre-existing conditions, including cancer. Companies have to offer you the desired Medigap insurance plan.
The same is true if you have guaranteed issue, though you might have fewer choices in terms of plan letters. Additionally, if you have guaranteed issue, some companies will institute a waiting period of up to six months. You'll still be covered for treatment of issues unrelated to the pre-existing condition.
This is why it's so important to apply for Medigap plans early. When you're still in your initial enrollment period, you can't be denied coverage.
WHAT MEDIGAP PLANS ARE BEST?
You can choose from 10 Medigap plans, each of which is different. There's no "perfect" Medigap insurance plan for everyone; research them all to figure out what will fit best with your budget and healthcare needs.
For instance, if you want the broadest coverage possible, you might choose Medigap plan F, G, or C. They cover most or all of your deductibles, coinsurance fees, and copayments, but you'll pay more for them every month.
Handling a cancer diagnosis is stressful, but you don't have to worry as much about the cost of treatment if you have Medigap insurance. It's one of the best ways to ensure that you don't skip treatments because of their cost or cause yourself unnecessary stress.
Medigap insurance comes in 10 distinct forms, so you can choose what works best for you. Check out Ensurem's Medigap Quoter to get quotes from multiple insurance companies. Each plan is the same regardless of which insurance carrier you select, so you can focus on getting the lowest possible premium.
Learning as much as you can about Medigap insurance now will make you more capable of selecting the right plan when the time comes. Medicare Supplement insurance helps ease your financial burden, so don't wait until your initial enrollment period ends to act.


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Capitals Vs. Islanders: Joel Ward, Alex Ovechkin Give Caps 2-0 Lead
By Adam Vingan Nov 5, 2011, 7:52pm EDT
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Through 20 minutes, the only sirens on Long Island are the red lights flashing behind the New York Islanders' net.
Joel Ward and Alex Ovechkin's goals have given the Washington Capitals a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period.
Ward's goal put the Caps up 1-0 for the first time in three games at 5:24. Rick DiPietro stopped John Carlson's initial slap shot from the point and the rebound bounced high into the air. Ward caught the rebound, placed the puck down and his turnaround wrist shot deflected off Marty Reasoner and past DiPietro for his fourth goal of the season.
An interesting sequence late in the period led to several minutes of 4-on-4 play. P.A. Parenteau received a five-minute major after boarding Roman Hamrlik. Ovechkin came to Hamrlik's aid and pushed Parenteau, receiving a roughing penalty for his actions. After Ovechkin's penalty expired, leaving the Caps with three minutes of power play time, Ward tripped Mark Streit behind the net, putting the action back to 4-on-4. Ovechkin atoned for his sin at 18:41 when his one-timer set up by Nicklas Backstrom from the point beat DiPietro. It was Ovechkin's sixth goal of the season that gave Washington a 2-0 lead.
Shots are 12-11 in favor of the Caps.
Capitals Vs. Islanders: Washington Blows Early Two-Goal Lead, Loses 5-3 To New York
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Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to three-and-a-half-year in jail by a Ranchi court in the fodder scam case.
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Bihar's former chief minister Lalu Yadav escorted by police officials after appearing at the special CBI court, in Ranchi. (Image: PTI)
New Delhi: When I was posted to the finance department of Bihar as principal secretary in July 1995, things were so bad that government employees were not even being paid salaries. So, I decided to track where the money was going.
Around September or October of that year, we discovered that the animal husbandry department was spending more than five times their budgetary allocation. I thought there was something wrong and decided to make further inquiries.
On Jan 19, 1996, we found that the department had once again exceeded budgetary allocation.
Baffled, I talked to my colleagues and faxed a one-line message that very day to all district collectors. "Please report expenditure under AHD for the last three years," it read.
This was the message that opened the Pandora's box.
The next day, I dispatched an additional secretary to Ranchi and see where the money was spent during the last three years.
On January 21, he reported, "They have not only exceeded budgets but all the vouchers and bills are fake against which money was withdrawn."
I told him to seize all the bills and come back. After scrutinizing all the documents I moved a file to the government the next day detailing how a big fraud has taken place in Ranchi. I recommended filing of an FIR against the suspects.
Though the government kept it under wraps, all district collectors had already started taking action on my instructions. On January 27, 1996, I specifically instructed Amit Khare, the then DC of Chaibasa, to raid the treasury. The findings made headlines all over the country. Soon after the raid, employees and fodder suppliers involved in the scam went underground.
Till then, the government, led by Lalu Prasad Yadav, did not take notice of my recommendations.
The government acted on my recommendations on January 30. During the week in between, all sorts of things were. One can imagine what the political leadership must have tried to do. But during that week, the media widely covered the findings of the raids in Dumka, Ranchi and in other districts.
However, nobody tried to pressure me but people in the government. They certainly tried to delay the investigations, but it was already too late and a scam was evident. In all, the scam was worth more than Rs 100 crore.
Later that year, under pressure from the opposition the state government recommended CBI probe and more than 50 cases were filed. On June 23, 1997, the CBI named Lalu Prasad as one of the accused which forced him to step down from the post of the chief minister.
(As told by Vijay Shankar Dubey to News18's Alok Kumar. Dubey, 74, is a former chief secretary of Bihar and Jharkhand. A 1966-batch IAS officer, he retired in 2002 and went on to serve as vice-chancellor of Nalanda Open University from 2003 to 2009.)
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This is my first formal review of a camera body. The information in this review is based on using the Nikon D5 for a period of approximately 6 months during 2018.
Brides maids during ceremony. Nikon D5, 70-200mm f/4 lens, ISO 180.
Let me provide a brief background on myself, equipment usage and Pro Image Photography of Idaho. I have positioned Pro Image as the premier event, wedding and portrait photography service in our local area of Boise. Although most of our revenues come from weddings, more and more of our sales are in other sectors of event category. As for my prior equipment usage, I have been shooting digital since 1998, starting out with a Kodak DC210, a one megapixel point and shoot camera! I migrated to Canon for a few years when the Digital Rebel was released in 2003, but since 2005, I have been exclusively a Nikon photographer. My first Nikon was the D70 from which I quickly upgraded to the Nikon D50.
Every type of photography has some aspect(s) that make it challenging. Event photography is no exception. Event photography covers a wide range of activity, from marathon runners to dimly lit formal black-tie corporate events and everything in between. Although weddings can be thought of as a separate genre of photography, they can also be included as part of the event category. As you can imagine, these types of subject matter bring with them a wide variety of lighting and weather conditions, with many of them not particularly optimal for photography. Because of these extreme varying situations, a camera that comes closest to a jack of all trades is the most desirable tool for event photography.
Wedding guest candid. Nikon D5, 105mm f/2.8 macro lens, ISO 1,400.
As of the writing of this article (December of 2018), the Nikon D5 is Nikon's flagship camera (with a matching flagship price might I add). I won't list out all of the specs in detail of the D5 since they can be found on about 1,000 other websites.
Corporate event. Nikon D5, 300 f4 PF lens, ISO 1,600.
I will briefly discuss each of these in the following sections.
Live performer at a wedding. Nikon D5, 300 f4 PF lens, ISO 3,200.
During a portrait session, if I ask my subject to walk towards me, the camera will keep focusing closer to the subject than I could with the D4s. In other words, the subject can keep moving closer to me during their walk and the AF still works. This allows me to capture more usable frames during portrait sessions.
I also noticed that photos look sharper when taken on the D5 than on the Nikon D4s (despite the higher resolution of 20MP on the D5 vs 16PM on the D4s). I think the reason for this is that the autofocus is more accurate and hence the photos appear sharper.
High ISO performance is another area everyone has been talking about regarding the Nikon D5. Is it better than the D4s? I would say yes. There does appear to be lower noise at high ISO settings, but only slightly; I would estimate just short of a full stop difference. The D5 is the first camera where I have set the auto ISO ceiling to 12,800. I have never done that with the Nikon D4s or the D3s, limiting those cameras to a maximum ISO of 6,400 when shooting with auto ISO. With an ISO of 12,800 and fast lenses, I can usually obtain the required shutter speed needed for just about any situation I'm likely to encounter when shooting events. With auto ISO enabled on the D5 at a maximum of 12,800, I basically set it and forget it. The D5 also holds better color at higher ISO settings, reducing magenta and cyan colors present in some high ISO photos when using the Nikon D4s or D3s.
most of us know that a high frame rate can be very beneficial for capturing fast moving subjects. However, there is another less obvious situation where having a fast frames per second (fps) camera is an asset and that's when shooting people speaking. If you take one photo of a person while giving a speech, chances are you will catch them with their mouth making an awkward expression or their eyes might be closed. Having a high frame rate insures that there should be at least one frame that you can deliver to a client.
As for overall image quality, I really like what comes out of the Nikon D5. This may sound silly, but the photos look more mature than what the D4s produced. Let me explain. When I had the D4s, I thought I would never find a camera that produced better looking photos. I really enjoyed the punchy colors that camera produced. However, after shooting with the D5, I can say that the colors look more realistic and less saturated than the D4s, which I now find more desirable. A lot has been said of the D5's lack of dynamic range when shooting at lower ISO values. I can say that in practical terms, this has not been an issue at all.
Corporate event. Nikon D5, 70-200mm f/4 lens, ISO 12,800.
With 12 frames per second, improved high ISO performance, a large buffer capable of storing 200 RAW images, excellent ergonomics and image quality, I can highly recommend the Nikon D5 for shooting events. Any negatives? Yes, and I suspect a big one for most people: The price!
I hope you found this brief assessment of the D5 informative and, if you are considering buying the Nikon D5, a useful aid in making your purchase decision. Let me know if you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear what you think of this review and if you already own the Nikon D5, what your experience has been using the camera. I can't wait to see what the Nikon D6 brings to the table!
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In New Abortion Plea To High Court, Arizona Seeks To Reinstate Penalties
Arizona's law would impose criminal penalties on anyone performing an abortion because of genetic abnormalities in the fetus. Meanwhile, Wisconsin's attorney general says if the Supreme Court overturns federal protections for the right to an abortion, he won't prosecute under a state ban that would take effect.
The Wall Street Journal: Arizona Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Abortion Law
The state of Arizona asked the Supreme Court Tuesday for an emergency order reinstating a law passed earlier this year that imposes criminal penalties for abortions performed because of fetal genetic abnormalities. Lower courts, noting the law likely violated Supreme Court precedents entitling women to end unwanted pregnancies, have blocked enforcement of the measure while a challenge filed by abortion providers and allied nonprofit organizations proceeds. (Bravin, 12/14)
And from Wisconsin —
AP: Wisconsin Attorney General Won't Enforce Any Abortion Ban
Wisconsin's Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in an interview Tuesday that he would not investigate or prosecute anyone for having an abortion should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade and a currently unenforceable state ban takes effect. The comments to The Associated Press are Kaul's strongest to date about how he would react to the Supreme Court undoing the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. A Wisconsin ban enacted in 1849 has been unenforceable under Roe v. Wade, but would take effect again if conservative Supreme Court justices decide to overrule Roe, as they suggested during oral arguments this month in a case over Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortions. A decision is expected this summer. (Bauer, 12/14)
In related news about abortion rights —
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court On Verge Of Ending Right To Abortion
The Supreme Court is ending the year starkly split on abortion, with the five conservatives showing all signs they will overturn Roe vs. Wade and let state lawmakers decide whether women may legally end a pregnancy. Until this fall, it was at least possible to foresee a moderate-conservative majority coming together to set new limits on abortions later in a pregnancy, while upholding the constitutional protection for a woman to end a pregnancy in the early months. (Savage, 12/15)
Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Ahead Of Supreme Court Decision, Pro-Choice Groups Map Path Forward
Even as pro-choice activists protested here at "Ground Zero" for the nation's fight over abortion, they were already shaping strategies for a post-Roe v. Wade world. National pro-choice organizers at NARAL had wanted Mississippians to demonstrate in Washington, D.C., outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on Dec. 1 as the nation's high court heard arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The case challenges the state's law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. (Cunningham, 12/13)
Delaware News Journal: Seaford Ordinance Appears To Circumvent Delaware Abortion Law
Only four days after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a restrictive Texas law banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, a small city in western Sussex County passed an ordinance that would further regulate abortion services. In a 3-2 vote Tuesday, Seaford City Council passed a measure that would require the burial or cremation of "fetal remains" from any abortion performed in the city. Critics argue the ordinance creates extra barriers for women trying to access abortion services. The executive director of the ACLU in Delaware said the ordinance imposes "a host of unnecessary administrative and financial burdens" on clinics legally performing abortions. (Lytle, 12/14)


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Privacy In The Job Search: What Does It Mean?
Although sharing information is the cornerstone of the age of the Internet, that ideal free-flowing information is not without challenges. The paradox to this ideal is the necessity to protect users data to prevent identity theft and other potential crimes and harm against the user, which has given rise to even more privacy settings. Users for sites like Facebook and Google, and numerous other social networking websites, are up in arms over how their private information is being viewed and used.
These "free" sites grow and thrive on your data. Even Google, especially Google, cares how you are connected and to whom you are connected, but they only care because they want the user data. In a WSJ.com interview, Bradley Horowitz, VP Product at Google, was asked about the very low and apparently declining engagement levels experienced on Google+, to which he responded, "we're growing by every metric we care about." Google, and Facebook and every other networking website revenues are directly linked to advertising. Their financial goal is intimately tied to the access they have to user personal data and their use of that profile information and connections to target ads to users.
Most recruiters and hiring managers will understand if you wish to keep your job search private if you explicitly tell them.
What do you think? It is possible to keep a job search entirely private? What are some more tips for doing so? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko. Cachinko creates employer-branded career applications. It helps employers leverage Facebook and other social networking platforms to find, attract, and engage their next rock star candidates, and it helps job seekers find a job they'll love through friends they know and trust. Find him on Twitter and Talent Connection. And, connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter.


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Q: Php PDO multiple prepare statements in transaction I have this code:
    $this->db->beginTransaction();
    $query = 'INSERT INTO `table1` VALUES (NULL,:a,:b,NULL,NOW())';
    $sth = $this->db->prepare($query);
    foreach ($values as $k => $v) {
      $sth->bindParam(':' . $k, $v, PDO::PARAM_INT);
    }

    $this->executeQueryRollbackOnException($sth, 'Message_1');
    $resetId = $this->db->lastInsertId();

    $query = 'UPDATE `table2` SET c=:c,d=:d WHERE reset_id IS NULL';
    $sth = $this->db->prepare($query);
    foreach ($values2 as $k => $v) {
      $sth->bindParam(':' . $k, $v, PDO::PARAM_INT);
    }

    $this->executeQueryRollbackOnException($sth, 'Message_2');

    Zend_Debug::dump($sth->rowCount(), 'Affected'); // This is 0

    // Commit
    $this->db->commit();

...
  private function executeQueryRollbackOnException($sth, $message) {
    try {
      $sth->execute();
    } catch (Exception $e) {
      $this->logSQLError($e);
      $this->db->rollBack();
      throw new Exception($message);
    }
  }

First query is executed but the second is not. No mysql error produced. Any ideas ?

A: I found the solution.
foreach ($values as $k => $v) {
   $sth->bindParam(':' . $k, $v, PDO::PARAM_INT);
}

Should be
foreach ($values as $k => $v) {
   $sth->bindParam(':' . $k, $values[$k], PDO::PARAM_INT);
}

Sorry I didn't posted the right code at first time, I excluded foreaches to simplify the code

A: The fact that $sth->rowCount() is 0 does not mean the query was not run.  If you have no error reported in your PHP error log, then the query ran just fine.  If the row count is 0, that means that no rows were updated.  This is very likely due to your condition not matching any rows.
Run the following; if you get 0, then you know the problem is your UPDATE condition:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `table2` WHERE reset_id IS NULL


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TanDEM-X reveals glaciers in detail: entire glaciers have disappeared
Home » News » TanDEM-X reveals glaciers in detail: entire glaciers have disappeared
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Published on 18 June 2019
A precise understanding of glacier evolution requires knowledge of a glacier's exact mass. This is important in South America, in the tropical regions between Bolivia and Venezuela, where meltwater from glaciers provides drinking water during the dry season. However, basic data about mass changes in glaciers are not easy to obtain. Mass losses are also contributing to rising sea levels on a global scale. As a new analysis method using TanDEM-X data shows, this is particularly true for Patagonia.
Prior to the availability of this method, scientists had to measure changes in glacier mass on site, which is difficult for large and inaccessible areas. An example is the Patagonian Ice Fields, which lie in the Andes—on the border between Chile and Argentina—and cover an area of almost 18,000 square kilometres. Alternatively, satellite-based gravitational field measurements can provide information about the mass balance.
However, this method is not suitable for glaciers in tropical regions with low ice cover. TanDEM-X now offers the possibility of determining the mass balance of glaciers using radar remote sensing.
Artificially coloured TerraSAR-X image (strip mode) of the Upsala Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina, created using data acquired on 7 January 2008. The colours provide information about the roughness of the terrain. Areas that appear predominantly smooth to the radar are tinted in darker shades of blue and grey. Areas with a coarser surface texture are shown in yellow.
This has the advantages of being a uniform measuring method and offering a higher degree of precision than ever before. Scientists from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) have developed a special processing method, which they have used to obtain a detailed picture of the mass changes in all of South America's glaciers from radar data for the first time.
Entire glaciers have disappeared
The FAU study shows that the Patagonian Ice Fields have suffered the biggest losses—in addition to the mass losses in the large ice sheets, entire glaciers have already disappeared.
Between 2000 and 2015, Patagonia's Ice Fields shrank by around 17.4 gigatonnes. This equates to a decrease of 19.3 cubic kilometres per year and exceeds even the mass losses of glaciers located in the tropics. Analysis of the TanDEM-X data confirms previous investigations and reveals a dramatic change, which was previously only confirmed for areas in Bolivia and Peru.
The TanDEM-X terrain models record height differences with an accuracy of one metre, allowing even individual glaciers to be accurately measured. Geographers working with Matthias Braun and Tobias Sauter in the fields of remote sensing, geoinformation and physical climatology at FAU are using these data from the 2011-2015 period and comparing them with data acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, which took place in 2000.


Currently, URP-SP is conducting a self study report for BAN-PT accreditation. We would like to ask your time to fill this tracer study in order to update our alumni database.
This tracer study is an instrument to keep URP-SP updated on the track record of the alumni, such as the types of their jobs, the length of their waiting time for getting the first job, and the amount of their first salary. In addition, it is also an instrument to gather information from the alumni about the relevance of the URP-SP curriculum for their current jobs and their suggestions to improve it. This tracer study is significant to ensure the URP curriculum is on the right track to support alumni's career. It is normally followed-up by a regular evaluation on the current curriculum.
The process of tracer study is in collaboration with KENCANAWITAGAMA or Keluarga Alumni Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota Gadjah Mada.


lazmi nae k tight ka he masla ho, pressure release valce be khrab hota ha so they normally let steam out at high pressure which causes water loss, it happened to me when i changed my radiator and radiator wala gave me a faulty cap.
Some one please suggest some good mechanic in Islamabad/Rwp for baleno. There is some oil leakage but couldn't figure out where exactly it is. I have checked with a mechanic. 1st he replaced chamber seal but still i was finding oil mark in porch under engine area. I again visited same mechanic and he said timing seal is leak. Get that changed as well but leakage is still there. Its just a slight drop and that too when car is driven 25-30km. (Actually car is not regularly driven. Its being used only once in a week).
Yeah, you can come to me for this issue..
Thanks dear. I was also thinking about the gear box seal leakage. Lets hope it will be sorted out this time and get it fixed.


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TIFF 2021 Movie Review – Kicking Blood (2021)
IMDb Summary - Anna is disappointed with her life and tired of the people she preys on. Her one mortal friend, Bernice, is deathly ill, and a chance encounter with alcoholic Robb. Her fellow bloodsuckers see humans as food with a tendency to talk back.
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Kicking Blood is a vampire film that tries hard to defy its place alongside other horror films. In some ways, it succeeds and in others, not so much. The main character is Anna, a vampire who is bored with her mundane life of hunting prey and tending to books at the local library. And that's an odd thing for a vampire to be doing, but this vampire is a librarian. On her way home one night, she stumbles upon a down-and-out dunk named Robb, who manages to pique her interest. She allows Robb into her house and her life, admitting to him without hesitation that she is a vampire. Robb, however, does not react as expected, and Anna decides to let him live. For a vampire to let go of its prey is a big deal, but it's not portrayed as such. There is a lot of having to "join the dots" and read between scenes in this film. It's hard to say whether or not that was intentional, but it doesn't work well for the film's pacing.
For a brief moment, we are shown Anna's vulnerability which in some ways reminded me a lot of Let The Right One In with Eli and Oskar's relationship. The film is heavily accentuated with periods of what some might consider dullness, but I found it quite atmospheric. The lulls in the story feel like distances growing between the characters, particularly with Anna and Robb. It's hard to articulate the feeling. There is negativity surrounding Anna, perhaps even dread of what's to come and this is brilliantly written and captivating for the audience.
But there are also a few moments in the film that irked me and made me feel slightly disappointed, such as Anna's "friends" who are supposed to represent the evil element in the film and Anna's life but come across as bland. A little more like cookie-cutter vampires stuck in the story for continuity. Kicking Blood refers to blood being a "bad" habit, much like being addicted to drugs. It's a reference that eventually makes sense further into the film and is one of the more exciting aspects of Anna's journey as a character. Will she or won't she? It's a nice touch.
I can't connect to the actors or the crew on this film as I've never seen any of them in movies before this. Sometimes that's a good thing because you want to see new and exciting actors, writers, and directors doing their thing. But in this respect, it's a let-down. At the end of the film, you're left with a hollow feeling as if you connected with something, but that something suddenly dissipated. There was potential for this film to be so much better than it was.
Originally reviewed for Keithlovesmovies by Julie and reposted here.
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