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Giant squid, once believed to be mythical creatures, are squid of the Architeuthidae family. They are deep sea dwellers that can grow up to the size of a bus being the largest cephalopod (octopus, cuttlefish, squid) and the largest mollusk on Earth.
Picture of a small specimen
1 Nature
1.1 Family
1.2 Description/Morphology
1.3 Reproduction
1.4 Friends/Predator/Preys
1.5 Places
2 History/Beliefs
2.2 Sightings
3 Art / Fiction
3.1 Cultural depictions
The taxonomy of the giant squid, as with many cephalopod genera, has not been resolved. The rarity of observations of specimens and the extreme difficulty of observing them alive, tracking their movements, or studying their mating habits prevent a complete understanding. Lumpers and splitters may propose as many as eight species or as few as one without much genetic or physical basis. The broadest list is:
Architeuthis dux, "Atlantic Giant Squid"
Architeuthis hartingii
Architeuthis japonica
Architeuthis kirkii
Architeuthis martensi, "North Pacific Giant Squid"
Architeuthis physeteris
Architeuthis sanctipauli, "Southern Giant Squid"
Architeuthis stockii
In Cephalopods: A World Guide (2000), Mark Norman writes the following:
"The number of species of giant squid is not known although the general consensus amongst researchers is that there are at least three species, one in the *Atlantic Ocean (Architeuthis dux), one in the Southern Ocean (A. sanctipauli) and at least one in the northern Pacific Ocean (A. martensi)."
Description/Morphology
The giant squid has a long torpedo-shaped body or mantle (torso), eight arms and two longer and thinner tentacles which are used to bring food to the mouth. The arms and tentacles account for much of the squid's great length, so giant squid are much lighter than their chief predators, sperm whales.
But is still the second largest mollusc and the second largest of all extant invertebrates. It is only exceeded in size by the Colossal Squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, which may have a mantle nearly twice as long. Several extinct cephalopods, such as the Cretaceous Vampyromorphid Tusoteuthis and the Ordovician Nautiloid Cameroceras may have grown even larger.
Giant squid measuring over 4 metres without its two long feeding tentacles.
Based on the examination of 105 specimens and of beaks found inside sperm whales, giant squid's mantles are not known to exceed 2.25 m (7.4 ft) in length. Including the head and arms, but excluding the tentacles, the length very rarely exceeds 5 m (16 ft). Maximum total length, when measured relaxed post mortem, is estimated at 13 m (43 ft) for females and 10 m (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles. Giant squid exhibit sexual dimorphism. Maximum weight is estimated at 275 kg (606 lb) for females and 150 kg (331 lb) for males. There have been claims reported of specimens of up to 20 m (66 ft), but no animals of such size have been scientifically documented.
A piece of sperm whale kin with giant squid sucker scars.
The inside surfaces of the arms and tentacles are lined with hundreds of a sub-spherical suction cups, 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) in diameter, each mounted on a stalk. The circumference of these suckers is lined with sharp, finely serrated rings of chitin. The perforation of these teeth and the suction of the cups serve to attach the squid to its prey. It is common to find circular scars from the suckers on or close to the head of sperm whales that have attacked giant squid.
Giant squid have small fins at the rear of the mantle used for locomotion. Like other cephalopods, giant squid are propelled by jet — by pushing water through its mantle cavity through the funnel, in gentle, rhythmic pulses. They can also move quickly by expanding the cavity to fill it with water, then contracting muscles to jet water through the funnel. Giant squid breathe using two large gills inside the mantle cavity. The circulatory system is closed, which is a distinct characteristic of cephalopods. Like other squid, they contain dark ink used to deter predators.
Giant squid have a sophisticated nervous system and complex brain, attracting great interest from scientists. They also have the largest eyes of any living creature except perhaps colossal squid — over 30 cm (1 ft) in diameter. Large eyes can better detect light (including bioluminescent light) which is scarce in deep water. Its beak is strong enough to cut a steal cable.
Giant squid and some other large squid species maintain neutral buoyancy in seawater thanks to the ammonium chloride solution which flows throughout their body and is lighter than seawater. This unlike fish, which use a gas-filled swim bladder. The solution tastes somewhat like salmiakki and makes giant squid unattractive for general human consumption.
Like all cephalopods, giant squid have organs called statocysts to sense their orientation and motion in water. The age of a giant squid can be determined by "growth rings" in the statocyst's "statolith", similar to determining the age of a tree by counting its rings. Much of what is known about giant squid is based on estimates of the growth rings and from undigested beaks found in the stomachs of sperm whales.
Little is known about the reproductive cycle of giant squid. It is thought that they reach sexual maturity at about 3 years; males reach sexual maturity at a smaller size than females. Females produce large quantities of eggs, sometimes more than 5 kg, that average 0.5-1.4 mm long and 0.3-0.7 mm wide. Females have a single median ovary in the rear end of the mantle cavity and paired convoluted oviducts where mature eggs pass exiting through the oviducal glands, then through the nidamental glands. As in other squid, these glands produce a gelatinous material used to keep the eggs together once they are laid.
In males, as with most other cephalopods, the single, posterior testis produces sperm that move into a complex system of glands that manufacture the spermatophores. These are stored in the elongate sac, or Needham's sac, that terminates in the penis from which they are expelled during mating. The penis is prehensile, over 90 cm long, and extends from inside the mantle.
How the sperm is transferred to the egg mass is much debated, as giant squid lack the hectocotylus used for reproduction in many other cephalopods. A team of Spanish scientists at the Institute of Marine Research in Vigo developed a new theory from 5 the analysis of 5 specimens that they found ashed ashore on beaches on the Bay of Biscay. One of the two males washed ashore was found to have been accidentally inseminated - backing the findings of research in previous strandings.
And scientists now believe the males had either accidentally inseminated themselves during "violent" lovemaking sessions with females or been inseminated by other males after "bumping" into them in the dark depths of the ocean.
The researchers state "Although mating has never been observed in giant squid, it is thought that what happens is that the male injects his sperm packages into the female's arms. The process is likely to be a fairly violent affair as the female is probably not that keen on being injected. This is a problem for the amorous male as females are normally a third bigger than they are.
"But males get round their inferior size by being endowed with a particularly long penis, which means they can inject the female without having to get too close to her chomping beak. The male's sexual organ is actually a bit like a high-pressure fire hose and is normally nearly as long as his body - excluding legs and head.
"But having such a big penis does have one drawback: it seems that co-ordinating eight legs, two feeding tentacles and a huge penis, whilst fending off an irate female, is a bit too much to ask, and one of the two males stranded on the Spanish coast had accidentally injected himself with sperm packages in the legs and body. And this does not seem to have been an isolated incident since two of the eight males that had stranded in the north-east Atlantic before had also accidentally inseminated themselves."
GIANT squid are not the only members of the natural world to display unusual sexual behaviour. In Australia, the male Yellow-footed Antechinus - a mouse-like marsupial - goes through such a frenzy of mating that they die of sexual stress. The female praying mantis often eats her partner during or after sex, while homosexual behaviour is also known in geese, ostriches, cichlid fish, rats and monkeys.
Friends/Predator/Preys
Recent studies show that giant squid feed on deep-sea fish and other squid species. They catch prey using the two tentacles, gripping it with serrated sucker rings on the ends. Then they bring it toward the powerful beak, and shred it with the radula (tongue with small, file-like teeth) before it reaches the esophagus. They are believed to be solitary hunters, as only individual giant squid have been caught in fishing nets.
The fabled underwater encounter between the sperm whale and giant squid, from a diorama at the American Museum of Natural History.
Adult giant squid's only known predators are sperm whales and possibly Pacific sleeper sharks, found off Antarctica, but it is unknown whether these sharks hunt squid, or just scavenge squid carcasses. Juveniles are preyed on by deep sea sharks and fishes. Because sperm whales are skilled at locating giant squid, scientists have tried to observe them to study the squid.
Worldwide giant squid distribution based on recovered specimens.
Giant squid are very widespread, occurring in all of the world's oceans. They are usually found near continental and island slopes from the North Atlantic Ocean, especially Newfoundland, Norway, the northern British Isles, and the oceanic islands of the Azores and Madeira, to the South Atlantic around southern Africa, the North Pacific around Japan, and the southwestern Pacific around New Zealand and Australia. Specimens are rare in tropical and polar latitudes. Adults are found deep in the ocean, 200 to 1,000 meters (700 to 3,300 feet) (These are called the "epipelagic" and "mesopelagic" zones). Also found at the bottom in the bathyal zone - which can be 4,000 meters (13,300 feet) deep. Its biological system is not compatible with warm water, most specimens that have been found have probably been too close to the surface and died.
History/Beliefs
Tales of giant squid have been common among mariners since ancient times, and may have led to the Norwegian legend of the kraken, a tentacled sea monster as large as an island capable of engulfing and sinking any ship. Japetus Steenstrup, the describer of Architeuthis, suggested a giant squid was the species described as a sea monk to the Danish king Christian III c.1550. The Lusca of the Caribbean and Scylla in Greek mythology may also derive from giant squid sightings. Eyewitness accounts of other sea monsters like the sea serpent are also thought to be mistaken interpretations of giant squid.
Fewer than 600 specimens of giant squid have been recorded around the world since the 16th century, with the majority of landings and strandings in the north-east Atlantic and off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia.
The Alecton attempts to capture a giant squid in 1861
Steenstrup wrote a number of papers on giant squid in the 1850s. He first used the term "Architeuthis" (mistakenly spelled Architeuthus) in a paper in 1857. A portion of a giant squid was secured by the French gunboat Alecton in 1861 leading to wider recognition of the genus in the scientific community. From 1870 to 1880, many squid were stranded on the shores of Newfoundland. For example, a specimen washed ashore in Thimble Tickle Bay, Newfoundland on November 2, 1878; its mantle was reported to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long, with one tentacle 10.7 m (35 ft) long, and it was estimated as weighing 2.2 tonnes. In 1873, a squid "attacked" a minister and a young boy in a dory in Bell Island, Newfoundland. Many strandings also occurred in New Zealand during the late 19th century.
Poster issued in 1988 by Frederick Aldrich of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Rewards were offered for public cooperation in obtaining giant squid specimens.
Although strandings continue to occur sporadically throughout the world, none have been as frequent as those at Newfoundland and New Zealand in the 19th century. It is not known why giant squid become stranded on shore, but it may be because the distribution of deep, cold water where squid live is temporarily altered. Many scientists who have studied squid mass strandings believe that they are cyclical and predictable. The length of time between strandings is not known, but was proposed to be 90 years by Architeuthis specialist Frederick Aldrich. Aldrich used this value to correctly predict a relatively small stranding that occurred between 1964 and 1966.
The search for a live Architeuthis specimen includes attempts to find live young, including larvae. The larvae closely resemble those of Nototodarus and Moroteuthis, but are distinguished by the shape of the mantle attachment to the head, the tentacle suckers, and the beaks.
The first photographs of a live giant squid in its natural habitat were taken on September 30, 2004, by Tsunemi Kubodera (National Science Museum of Japan) and Kyoichi Mori (Ogasawara Whale Watching Association). Their teams had worked together for nearly two years to accomplish this. They used a five-ton fishing boat and only two crew members. The images were created on their third trip to a known sperm whale hunting ground 970 km (600 mi) south of Tokyo, where they had dropped a 900 m (2953 ft) line baited with squid and shrimp. The line also held a camera and a flash. After over 20 tries that day, an 8 m (26 ft) giant squid attacked the lure and snagged its tentacle. The camera took over 500 photos before the squid managed to break free after four hours. The squid's 5.5 m (18 ft) tentacle remained attached to the lure. Later DNA tests confirmed the animal as a giant squid.
On September 27, 2005, Kubodera and Mori released the photographs to the world. The photo sequence, taken at a depth of 900 m (2953 ft) off Japan's Ogasawara Islands, shows the squid homing in on the baited line and enveloping it in "a ball of tentacles." The researchers were able to locate the likely general location of giant squid by closely tailing the movements of sperm whales. According to Kubodera, "we knew that they fed on the squid, and we knew when and how deep they dived, so we used them to lead us to the squid." Kubodera and Mori reported their observations in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society.
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One of the series of images of a live giant squid taken by Kubodera and Mori in 2004.
Among other things, the observations demonstrate actual hunting behaviors of adult Architeuthis, a subject on which there had been much speculation. The photographs showed an aggressive hunting pattern by the baited squid, leading to it impaling a tentacle on the bait ball's hooks. This may disprove the theory that the giant squid is a drifter which eats whatever floats by, rarely moving so as to conserve energy. It seems that the species has a much more belligerent feeding technique.
In December 2005, the Melbourne Aquarium in Australia paid AUD$100,000 for the intact body of a giant squid, preserved in a giant block of ice, which had been caught by fishermen off the coast of New Zealand's South Island that year.
In early 2006, another giant squid, later named "Archie", was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands by a trawler. It was 8.62 m (28 ft) long and was sent to the Natural History Museum in London to be studied and preserved. It was put on display on March 1, 2006 at the Darwin Centre. The find of such a large, complete specimen is very rare, as most specimens are in a poor condition, having washed up dead on beaches or been retrieved from the stomach of dead sperm whales.
Art / Fiction
An illustration from the original edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea depicting a giant squid.
Cultural depictions
The elusive nature of the giant squid and its terrifying appearance have firmly established its place in the human imagination. Representations of the giant squid have been known from early legends of the Kraken through books such as Moby-Dick and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to modern animated television programs.
In particular, the image of a giant squid locked in battle with a sperm whale is a common one, although the squid is, in fact, the whale's prey and not an equal combatant.
Colossal Squid
Lusca
Cthulhu, an alien creature with a cephalopod like appearance from the H.P. Lovecraft story The Call of Cthulhu.
Gigantic octopus
Richard Ellis 1998. The Search for the Giant Squid. Lyons Press (London).
National Geographic Video: "Sea Monsters"
Aldrich, F.A. & E.L. Brown 1967. The Giant Squid in Newfoundland. The Newfoundland Quarterly. Vol. LXV No. 3. p. 4–8.
Holroyd, J. New squid on the (ice) block, The Age, 21 December 2005.
Grann, D. The Squid Hunter. New Yorker, May 24, 2004.
[First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild.]
Tree of Life Web Project: Architeuthis
Researchers catch giant squid
[1] - Video of a giant squid
BBC News Report
Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant
TONMO.com's fact sheet for giant and colossal squids
TONMO.com's giant squid reproduction article
Reuters: Video of Giant Squid
Encounters with Giant Squid
15 January, 2003, Giant squid 'attacks French boat'
Cephalopod taxonomy (as PDF)
Scientific report in Proceedings of the Royal Society
In Search of Giant Squid - Smithsonian Institution Exhibition
New Zealand - 1999 Expedition Journals In Search of Giant Squid
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Lac Indicateur är en sjö i Kanada.   Den ligger i regionen Nord-du-Québec och provinsen Québec, i den östra delen av landet,  km norr om huvudstaden Ottawa. Lac Indicateur ligger  meter över havet. Arean är  kvadratkilometer. Den sträcker sig 15,7 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 4,4 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning.

I övrigt finns följande vid Lac Indicateur:

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Omgivningarna runt Lac Indicateur är i huvudsak ett öppet busklandskap. Trakten runt Lac Indicateur är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Trakten ingår i den boreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är mars, med  °C.

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TheColorado Rockiesand third baseman Nolan Arenadodid not reach a settlement on a one-year deal for the 2019 season on Friday, but league sources told ESPN there is a strong sense that the two sides will reach an agreement before an arbitration hearing.
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STANDARDS STARTING TO RISE AT GAMLINGAY VILLAGE COLLEGE
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The decision to keep Gamlingay Village College open was complex. Cabinet members decided to back the college and the majority of community members who wanted to keep it open.
It seems there may be some emerging success.
Standards are starting to rise at Gamlingay Village College, according to inspectors from OfSTED – the Office for Standards in Education.
Inspectors said the proportion of good and outstanding teaching was increasing, and pupils were making better progress than previously.
They praised the leadership of the acting headteacher, adding that issues were being tackled rigorously. Cambridgeshire County Council was also highlighted for the good support it continues to give the school.
The monitoring inspection – the first since the school was placed in 'special measures' in February 2011 – concluded that the school was making satisfactory progress.
Inspectors found the amount of inadequate teaching had been reduced, and the proportion of good and outstanding teaching was increasing.
"Inspectors endorsed the school's views of the common strengths in teaching and these could often be linked directly to recent intensive training that has taken place for all staff.
"During the inspection, the progress pupils were making in lessons was satisfactory, with some examples of good progress," said their report.
Pupils in turn were praised for their good behaviour and attitudes to work. "Pupils confirm that they are well-informed and well-supported and therefore feel safe and happy. They enjoy their learning more and continue to attend well. They are very courteous," it added.
Inspectors said acting headteacher Sue Romero – supported by additional senior leaders funded by Cambridgeshire County Council – had created a culture in the school where relationships were good and issues were being tackled rigorously.
"Staff morale is good. This can be seen in their willingness to participate in the considerable additional requirement to attend twice-weekly after-school training sessions. Leaders in the school have an accurate view of the quality of teaching," they said.
Governors were also highlighted – inspectors said the school's governing body had many new members who had a good mix of skills and were well-placed to challenge and support.
The report said the school continued to receive good support from Cambridgeshire County Council. "The action plan is detailed and suitably focussed on appropriate priorities. Generous financial support is providing strengthened leadership and suitable training through consultant support and through partnership with other schools.
"Regular and rigorous reviews take place to keep the pace on improvement brisk. The local authority has steered the process of reorganisation sensitively and with the interests of pupils at heart," the inspectors' report concluded.
Acting headteacher Sue Romero said: "I am very pleased that the positive progress, hard work and additional training undertaken by staff at the school during the summer term has been fully acknowledged in the OfSTED report. This progress has been achieved with the considerable support and involvement of students, parents, the County Council and other local schools. However, the school is aware that challenges remain in order to ensure that the school comes out of special measures by the target date."
County Council Cabinet Member for Learning Cllr David Harty added: "A lot of people have devoted a lot of time and energy into transforming the fortunes of this school. I have been deeply impressed with the commitment and dedication shown by leaders and teachers in their determination to provide a higher standard of education for pupils. Although there is clearly a long way to go, progress has already been made. I am impressed and grateful too for the input and support from officers at the County Council, who were rightly praised by OfSTED in the monitoring report."
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Department of Experimental Projects (DEP)
Since the founding of the » Corporation Russian Film Group» Ltd., the company established the Department of pilot projects (DEP) in order to search for and promotion of talented actors, directors, producers, CG and specialists of other filmmaking areas, as well as experimentation and implementation of new technologies.
The main objective was to find new forms of experiments not only in cinema, but also in the theater and music. Many of novice actors, directors, script writers due the experts of DEP received a chance to try their hand at the art, and it should be noted that often the results were impressive.
The aim of DEP is not only looking for new talented names and technologies for the development of the domestic film production industry, but also the realization of the social task of creating unexpected, urgent, most social, controversial and widely discussed projects. Many of big production companies because of commercial reasons simply can't afford production of such kind of movies, they are not profitable. However, social responsibility, the need to develop new forms and innovative approach — has always been a priority in the work of the «Corporation Russian Film Group». That is why on a par with large-scale corporation grossing film RFG produces low-budget, but relevant and recent projects that can inspire, grow new names, give the opportunity to all talented people to realize their ideas. But in the scale of the Russian film industry this is an opportunity to get ambitious and creative professionals that can be able to create high-quality and spectacular movies.
Besides RFG has become the pioneer among the Russian companies in the international film distribution market. Having gained necessary experience of direct sales of own films at foreign markets in time RFG began to act successfully as the sales agent for domestic movies abroad, having made its name known both in film production and in international distribution.
Now all efforts of RFG are focused on the project "Viy" based on Nikolay Gogol's classic story. The film is expected to become one of the most significant and outstanding cultural events. The list of the project partners is impressive enough (KARO Holding, TV Channel INTER, Internet Holding Mail.Ru and others); however the RFG management states that it plans to involve maximum partners into an unprecedented project based on the Russian classics.
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someclass.cpp
//not 100% sure about the type of this parameter
void setCallback(unique_ptr<Callback<Child>> callback)
{
    this->callbackInstance = callback;
}

void SomeClass::someFunction(std::string data)
{
    //here I want to call this "Child::callbackFunction" which should go like "this->callbackInstance->call(data)" ?
}

also in someclass.hpp
template<class T>
class Callback
{
    public:
        Callback(T* instance, void (T::*function)(std::string))
        {
            this->callbackInstance = instance;
            this->callback = function;
        }
        void call(std::string data)
        {
            (callbackInstance->*callback)(data);
        }
    private:
        T *callbackInstance;
        void (T::*callback)(std::string);
};

A: To solve the mentioned error("expected class-name before '{' token on child.hpp") you should remove the #include "someclass.hpp" from base.hpp and replace it with a forward declaration for class SomeClass as shown below.
base.hpp
#ifndef BASE_H
#define BASE_H
//NO NEED TO INCLUDE someclass.hpp
#include <memory>
class SomeClass;//FORWARD DECLARE SomeClass
class Base
{
    std::unique_ptr<SomeClass> someClass;
    public:
    //add declaration for default constructor
    Base();
};
#endif

base.cpp
#include "base.hpp"
#include "someclass.hpp"

//other things here

Base::Base()
{
    this->someClass = std::make_unique<SomeClass>();
}

child.hpp
#ifndef CHILD_H
#define CHILD_H
#include "base.hpp"
#include <memory>
#include "someclass.hpp"

class Child : public Base
{
    public:
        void callbackFunction(std::string data);
        std::unique_ptr<Callback<Child>> callback;
        //add declaration for default constrcutor
        Child();
};
#endif

child.cpp
#include "child.hpp"

void Child::callbackFunction(std::string data){
    /*does something*/
}

Child::Child()
{
    this->callback = std::make_unique<Callback<Child>>(this, &Child::callbackFunction);
    //I can call this->callback->call(data); here without problems
}

someclass.hpp
#ifndef SOMECLASS_H
#define SOMECLASS_H
#include <string>
//REMOVED include child.hpp from here
class SomeClass
{
    public:
        void someFunction(std::string data);

        //I think I need an instance of Callback<Child> here?
};
template<class T>
class Callback
{
    public:
        Callback(T* instance, void (T::*function)(std::string))
        {
            this->callbackInstance = instance;
            this->callback = function;
        }
        void call(std::string data)
        {
            (callbackInstance->*callback)(data);
        }
    private:
        T *callbackInstance;
        void (T::*callback)(std::string);
};
#endif

someclass.cpp
#include "someclass.hpp"
void SomeClass::someFunction(std::string data)
{
    //here I want to call this "Child::callbackFunction" which should go like "this->callbackInstance->call(data)" ?
}

The above program compiles and executes successfully as can be seen here.
Summary
Some of the changes that i made are listed below:

*

*Removed unnecessary includes

*Added declarations for default constructor in child.hpp and base.hpp

*Added include guards in all headers.


Great Movie to watch with the family, the trials of moving on after a loss and letting go doesn't mean not loving. My son Loves this over and over again.
A new modern version of the classic Born Free.
"This exquisite little love story about a boy and a cheetah was poorly advertised when it was in theaters. It came and went and was overlooked by audiences. It deserves rediscovery on DVD. It is that rare thing, a true family film that is not insulting to kids or adults.
There is a fierce beauty to many of the scenes and close ups of the cheetah's face convey a kind of intelligence and dignity rarely seen on the screen or anywhere, for that matter.
The story is simple and remains true to the spirirt of the book. The screenplay adaptation is lean. But it is the extraordinary look of the movie that lingers in the mind. It casts a spell. As does the regal grace of the cheetah.
This simple story has no profound revelations, but it is not a waste of time and, without going into detail, I found the acting, locations, cinematography, music, and especially the directing to be of the highest order.
I highly recommend this wonderful little gem of a film."
"My son "made" us see this movie, and we're so glad we did! Although there are some parallels to Fly Away Home (orphaned critters) and the Black Stallion (marooned far away from civilization), the story is completely different--somewhat predictable, but nevertheless pleasant to watch. Probably no Oscars for acting here, but definitely worth our time."
"Alex Michaeletos, a South African, was selected over many other boys as Xan, despite casting calls around the world, because he had a pet cheetah himself, and went up to the animal he would be co-starring with and introduced himself by ruffling the cheetah's fur. Most potential Xans were too scared of the beast to approach it. It is this comfort level between Alex/Xan and Duma that makes the film believable, and Alex's slight Afrikaans accent just heightens the realism.
The fictional plot is a bit contrived, but the film takes you in unexpectedly interesting directions through amazing landscapes. Carroll Ballard directed Never Cry Wolf as well as Fly Away Home and deserved better with Duma. Warner should have released the film in more places than Chicago and New York. Test marketing in the Southwest was not very successful. Why not the Midwest?
There is nothing in the film to date it. I expect Duma to be enjoyed by families for years to come."
"I had heard that this movie was only released in Chicago theaters because the film industry felt that this movie would "not be very popular", they felt it would not be attractive to any age group...hmmmmmmmmm...Well, I am 23 years old and I thought this movie was excellent all the way around...better yet the cheetah was REAL, it wasn't a distorted looking computer animated cheetah, it was all real, shot on scene in South Africa...this film was truly authentic and amazingly beautiful, one of the BEST family films ever made!!!! I am disappointed that this film was never given a real chance at the box office, I feel it would have truly captivated children and adults alike...It deserved more attention than it got...GREAT film!!!!!"
"Wow! I am terribly disappointed that I was unable to see this movie on the big screen. It wasn't available here on the west coast and so I had to wait till it came out on DVD in order to see it. This is a wonderful story about a boy and a cheetah (obviously) and I would certainly recommend it to anyone but especially if you are an animal lover. I found it to be quite touching and a must see. The acting on the animals and humans part is exceptional and although I find that I sleep right through most "exciting" movies, I was riveted to the screen throughout every moment of this film."


The Gran Amadores Apartments are only 200m away from the new Amadores Beach with a choice of bars and Restaurants. Situated on the flat with stunning sea views. Puerto Rico is only a 15-20 minute walk along the new seafront promenade.
Gran amadores was excellent value for money, if you want five star accomodation then you pay for it. Excellent location, friendly reception and bar area staff.
Take a kettle and iron then you only need to hire a fan 20 euros 5 returnable. Complex quiet, couple of euros to europa in taxi where you can find restaurants entertainment and arcades.
Also puerto rico larger scale complex again couple of euros worth a journey. You can also use hotel facilites opposite gran amadores, had a wonderful english breakfast (buffet) mirador hotel.
Lovely island, would go to gran amadores again, took my 8yr old son he was not bored!
Apartments very good size , basic but very clean. Maids every other day.
Situated close enough to the beach without a horrendous trek up the hills.
Staff friendly and helpful. Entertainment basic but we didnt go for the entertainment anyway and it meant there wre no roudy crowds after midnight.
Hope to go back next year. Small freindly and everyone seemed to get to know each other without being intrusive, lovely family holiday.
Always sunbeds too and no 7am rush to put your towels out thank God!
Review showed feedback as basic so we didnt expect much and were pleasantly surprised apartment provided all that you needed dont go there to spend too much time indoors anyway. Staff were all friendly no issues with building work although whilst it is going on not in the immediate vicinity. We went for a complete chill out and thats what we got. Great restuarants didnt have a bad meal once. Very quiet, overall, the entertinment not really our cup of tea but each to their own. No boom boom partying till earler hours complete bliss. Could have done with aircon although it was not a major problems they hire fans to you for a small charge that did the trick. If you want 5 star pay for it if not this is a real bargain.
The two pools were great for kids, especially my cousin jordan taught me how to dive into the heated swiming pool on xmas day.
Just back from Gran Canaria and had a great time! The apartments were clean and spacious! The maids were in every day apart from a thurs an sun! The staff were very helpful an pleasent. The food at the apartments was not too bad for snacks!!
We stayed in the apartments 1 night and the entertainment was great, had a brill night wiv a quiz bingo and games, although it isn't like that every night! There is a dj there most nights doing a quiz, bingo an kareoke but not many people go an it's quite quiet!!
The apartments are about a 20 min walk to the main centre but we never walked it was too warm!! The taxi's were only about 3 euros each way!! We personally thought the apartments where a bit far out for us but it was nice an quiet during the day so can't complain!!
Overall had a great time an would recommend these apartments if u don't want to be in the heart of puerto rico!!
Nice apartments. 2 Pools and beach view. Only 3 storeys high, great for the kids.
We brought a brolly, we needed it as it was 30 degrees - hot.
Jamie & Jordan had a ball playing water polo with all Scottish kids.
This is the second time we have stayed in the Gran Amaradores. The accommodation is clean, bright and spacious. The staff at Scotch Corner were very friendly and gave good service as were the staff at reception.
We have just returned from Gran Amadores on 27th August after two weeks away, myself and girlfriend (Both 19) and had a fantastic two weeks away!
The Amadores throughout the weeks were always well cleaned every second day and apartment was spotless.
Cheap food and drink was bought from the "Scotch Corner" bar in the apartments.
Was mostly all Scottish apart from a few rooms taken by Spanish.
All the staff were found to be very friendly and didn't have any hassle at all. Nice wee local shop within the complex for local shop. Would really visit back again next time!
Only let down was no entertainment but wasn't a hassle as we got a taxi into Puerto Rico every night or you could walk.
Also there is some building work going on but it wasn't much of a bother to us and we managed to still come and have enjoyed ourself so much!
The hotel was pretty worn out and. The best was its location near the beach and with beautiful sea view and marvellous sunsets.
The Pools were partly dirty and many of the ladders into the pools were broken.
The rooms were spacious but very cheaply and moderately furnished.
Just returned home from Gran Amadores unfortunately had to cut holiday short from 2 weeks to one due to illness.
Apartments were in great location and although obviously clear building work was going on we weren't really bothered, and we had been warned in advance they were working near the apartments. Unfortunately I took ill on second night and never really felt better the rep Tracey was fab and got me and my friend back on an earlier flight.
I'd def go back, only thing that put me off was pigeons drinking and washing in the pools, but I guess that happens everywhere!
Just hope it didn't make me ill.


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1. unit tests (will wait till e2e tests have been done as refactoring will probably be done at the same time)
    * most of the java code has tests
    * the original AngularJS karma tests are now dust, all the Angular codebase will require tests

2. integration (e2e) tests (In Progress)
    * most of the java db and dao layers have integration tests
    * the original AngularJS protractor tests are now dust, all the Angular codebase will require tests, there may be a lite test suite run as part of the build and seperate fuller real event sized suites.

3. offline support
    * the original AngularJS code for timer position detected when a user went offline while using the page and wrote updates to local storage with background sync. This has a number of issues, mainly had to be online to start the app.
    * Want to use service worker for offline support, app will start even when offline. May use IndexDB 2 and flux (Redux) state mangement. I expect webkit will add service worker support in due time.

4. ~~caching~~ (Done)
    * ~~the original AngularJS results had data written to file so ETag would be used by browser and polled every 30 secs.~~ Results polls every 30 seconds.
    * ~~Now the data is rest based and an ETag cache layer is required at the rest layer to prevent hitting the db layer if there are no changes~~. Wildfly infispan cache is used to store ETag cache of rest calls at the rest layer, this may be refactored later to happen as a rest intecptor.
    * The volume of data has been reduced by JPA and JSON changes to pass sub entity ids instead of full entites.

5. ~~ws~~ (Done)
    * ~~the original AngularJS used websockets to send messages between timing positions and adjuicators. It also was used to send administrative updates, event creation, new entries, etc to online timing positions/adjudicators to update their data. This functionality is missing.~~

6. configuration
    * There was no configuraton support in the original AngularJS codebase, this has been added to the new Angular codebase but is very basic at best and needs improvment.

7. documentation
    * there is none, maybe gitbook

8. new features
    * In the new codebase, timing points have been added to the event instead of the inflexible fixed positions per race from before. This could be extended to add laps support without major changes.
    * line support and heat to final progression support is something that does not fit into the data model used very easily and would have to be a long term feature wish.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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La Nova Vulgata (Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio), también llamada Neo-Vulgata, es la edición latina oficial de la Biblia publicada por la Santa Sede para su uso en el Rito romano contemporáneo. No es una edición crítica de la histórica Vulgata de San Jerónimo, sino una revisión del texto destinado a concordar con los textos críticos modernos de hebreo y griego y producir un estilo más cercano al latín clásico. En consecuencia, introduce muchas lecturas que no se admiten en ningún manuscrito antiguo de la Vulgata; pero que proporcionan una traducción más precisa de los textos en idiomas originales al latín.

El Concilio Vaticano II en Sacrosanctum Concilium ordenó una revisión del salterio latino de acuerdo con los estudios textuales y lingüísticos modernos, al tiempo que conserva o refina su estilo cristiano latino. En 1965, el papa Pablo VI nombró una comisión para revisar el resto de la Vulgata siguiendo los mismos principios. La Comisión publicó su trabajo en ocho secciones anotadas, invitando a las críticas de los estudiosos católicos a medida que se publicaban las secciones. El salterio latino fue publicado en 1969; El Nuevo Testamento se completó en 1971 y toda la Nova Vulgata se publicó como una edición de un solo volumen por primera vez en 1979.

El texto fundamental de la mayor parte del Antiguo Testamento es la edición crítica realizada por los monjes de la abadía benedictina de San Jerónimo bajo el papa Pío X . El texto fundamental de los libros de Tobías y Judit son de manuscritos de Vetus Latina en lugar de Vulgata. El Nuevo Testamento se basó en la edición de 1969 de la Vulgata de Stuttgart y, por lo tanto, en la Vulgata de Oxford. Todos estos textos de base fueron revisados de acuerdo con las ediciones críticas modernas en griego, hebreo y arameo. También hay una serie de cambios en los que los estudiosos modernos sintieron que San Jerónimo no había logrado captar el significado de los idiomas originales, o que lo había interpretado de manera oscura.

La Nova Vulgata no contiene algunos libros encontrados en las ediciones anteriores, pero omitidos por el canon promulgado por el Concilio de Trento , a saber, la Oración de Manasés, el Libro 3 y 4 de Esdras y la epístola a los laodicenses.

En 1979, después de décadas de preparación, la Nova Vulgata fue publicada y promulgada como la versión latina oficial actual de la Iglesia católica en la Constitución Apostólica Scripturarum Thesaurus promulgada por el papa Juan Pablo II. La Nova Vulgata es la traducción utilizada en las últimas ediciones del Leccionario Romano, Liturgia de las Horas y Ritual Romano.

Una segunda edición fue publicada en 1986; esta segunda edición añadió un prefacio para el lector, una Introducción a los principios utilizados en la producción de la Nova Vulgata, así como un apéndice que contiene 3 documentos históricos del Concilio de Trento y la Vulgata Sixtina Clementina. Además, la segunda edición incluye las notas al pie del texto latino que se encuentra en las 8 secciones anotadas publicados antes de 1979; También reemplaza las pocas apariciones de la forma Iahveh, al traducir el tetragrámaton, a Dominus, de acuerdo con una antigua tradición.

La Nova Vulgata ha sido criticada por aquellos que la consideran como en algunos versos del Antiguo Testamento una nueva traducción en lugar de una revisión de la obra de San Jerónimo. Además, algunas de sus lecturas no son familiares para quienes están acostumbrados a la Vulgata Sixtina Clementina. Los católicos tradicionales se oponen a la Nova Vulgata porque, según su punto de vista, carece de soporte de manuscritos en latín y rompe con la tradición histórica de adoración de la Iglesia.

En 2001, la Congregación para el Culto Divino y la Disciplina de los Sacramentos de la Santa Sede publicó la instrucción "Liturgiam Authenticam", en donde se precisa (n. 24) que las traducciones no deben hacerse desde la Nova Vulgata, sino que "deben hacerse directamente de los textos originales, es decir, el latín, con respecto a los textos de composición eclesiástica, o el hebreo, arameo, o griego, según sea el caso, con respecto a los textos de la Sagrada Escritura [.] "Por lo tanto, la instrucción no recomienda una traducción de la Biblia o de la liturgia basada en el latín Nova Vulgata; la NV simplemente debe usarse como una "herramienta auxiliar" (n. 24)

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio en la página de la Santa Sede.

Vulgata


Since graduating with an MPhil in Publishing from Stirling University in 1994, Garmon has worked continuously at Y Lolfa and has undertaken a variety of different responsibilities within the company.
Production Manager Paul has helped Lolfa build a reputation for unrivalled service and quality over the last 18 years, supervising the rapid expansion of the print side of the business. Apprenticed at the Cambrian News more years ago than he likes to admit, he has printer's ink is in his blood. An enthusiastic cyclist, his other hobby is lying in the sun in Cyprus!
Lefi is from Talybont. After a very short period as a librarian, he has worked for Y Lolfa for over 20 years.
Alun Jones is a part-time Creative Editor and works from home in Chwilog.
Meinir was brought up in Pembrokeshire and after obtaining a B.Mus degree from Bangor University, she was a teacher for 18 years. She enjoys reading, singing, travelling, cooking, and has published over 30 books as an author. She'n been working for Y Lolfa for over 10 years.
Meleri grew up in Beulah and Aber-porth. She graduated in Welsh from Aberystwyth University College and also studied at Trinity College, Carmarthen. She has been writing books for children and adults for over 25 years. She enjoys reading, cooking, embroidery and spending time with her family and friends.
Robat is an Editor and a proofreader from Ynys Môn.
After graduating in Welsh at Aberystwyth University, Marged studied MA Creative Writing and is about to complete a PhD essay on reading popular Welsh song lyrics from the last 50 years as literature.
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Getting Hitched
June 8, 2021 History, Insight, Rudolf Steiner QuoteHazel
Listen to this on the 'I Think Speech' Podcast
Yes, it's Wedding season. I had a call with a nervous bride yesterday. I am officiating her Wedding this weekend. It was originally meant to be last year but was postponed because of the world crisis, & tensions are still running high around how to create a sacred space where all feel comfortable gathering.
Besides a funeral, celebrating a marriage is the ultimate social event, a ritual merger, as well as a personal milestone. I think we are all ripe for union. It doesn't have to be a traditional union between 2 lovers, there are many ways to satisfy this universal fiat. Perhaps committing to walk down the aisle with your most loyal muse – or pledging your mutual support & undying agape with a soul friend. It certainly is high time to say "I do" to your community – to espouse yourself to a pet project – or get hitched to a star.
What symbol, moral principle, or ideal might you link yourself to? You may even want to tie the knot with your preferred power tool, beloved animal companion, or sacred happy place – Come on – Pop the Question, jump over the broom,or stand under the Chuppah of your imagination, to tie the knot with your higher Self.
Chris Huang
Rudolf Steiner's Lectures on this day(RSarchives)
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY (Rudolf Steiner's orginal Calendar of the Soul, Anthrowiki, Wikipedia Commons)
rmg.com
8 June 2021 – "Speaking with the Stars": See if you can find Draco, the dragon, with its body and tail coiling around Ursa Minor and its head facing towards Lyra and Cygnus. The two bright stars of Rastaban and Eltanin are the dragon's eyes and are very close to the bright star Vega.
Rastaban is a yellow-white coloured bright giant or supergiant star, almost 1,000 times as luminous as our Sun! Eltanin appears similarly very bright, but much more orange in colour.
632 – Deathday of the prophet Muhammad in Medina.
793 – 1st Viking raid in England, sack of the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria – the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
1191 – Richard the Lionheart (also known in Occitan as Oc e No (Yes and No), arrives in Palestine beginning his crusade
1768 – Death day of Johann Joachim Winckelmann a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman & Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology", Winckelmann was the father of the discipline of art history. His writings influenced: Lessing, Herder, Goethe, Hölderlin, Heine, Nietzsche, George, & Spengler. Winckelmann was homosexual, & open homoeroticism informed his writings on aesthetics. This was recognized by his contemporaries, such as Goethe
1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people & starts a seven-year famine
"…Now there are occasions when the very substance of the passions of the Fire-Earth begins to rebel. Aroused by men's passions, it penetrates through the Fruit-Earth, forces its way through the channels in the upper layers and even flows up into and violently shakes the solid Earth: the result is an earthquake. If this passion from the Fire-Earth thrusts up some of the Earth's substance, a volcano erupts. All this is closely connected with man. In Lemurian times, the upper layer was still very soft and the Fire-layer was near the surface. Human passions and the "passion-substance" of this layer are related; when men give rein to evil passions they strengthen its passions, and that is what happened at the end of Lemurian times. Through their passions the Lemurians made the Fire-Earth rebellious, and in this way they brought the whole Lemurian continent to destruction. No other cause for this destruction could be found except in what they had themselves drawn forth from the Earth. Today the layers are thicker and firmer, but there is still this connection between human passions and the passion-layer in the interior of the Earth; and it is still an accumulation of evil passions and forces that gives rise to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
How man's destiny and will are related to happenings in the Earth can be seen from two examples which have been occultly investigated. It has been found that persons who have been killed in an earthquake appear in their next incarnation as men of high spiritual quality and faith. They had progressed far enough to be convinced by that final stroke of the transitoriness of earthly things. The effect of this in Devachan was that they learnt a lesson for their next lives: that matter is perishable but spirit prevails. They did not all come to realise that, but many of them are now living as people who belong to some spiritual-theosophical movement.
In the other example, the births which occurred during a time of frequent earthquakes were investigated. It was found that all those born at about the time of an earthquake, though not exactly in its area, were, surprisingly enough, men of a very materialistic cast of mind. The earthquakes were not the cause of this; rather it was these strongly materialistic souls, ripe for birth, who worked their way down into the physical world by means of their astral will and let loose the forces of the Fire-Earth layer, which proceeded to shake the Earth at the time of their birth.
Man transforms his dwelling-place and himself at the same time, and when he spiritualises himself, he spiritualises the Earth also. One day, at a later planetary stage, he will have ennobled the Earth by his own creative power. Every moment when we think and feel, we are working on the great structure of the Earth. The Leaders of mankind have insight into such relationships and seek to impart to men the forces which will work in the true direction of evolution". http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA095/English/RSPAP1986/19060904p01.html
"The following is an example of the relationship that exists between the human will and telluric cataclysms: in human beings who perish as a result of earthquakes or volcanic eruptions one notices, during their next incarnation, inner qualities which are quite different. They bring from birth great spiritual pre-dispositions because, through their death, they were brought in touch with forces which showed them the true nature of reality and the illusion of material life.
One has also noticed a relationship between certain births and seismic and volcanic catastrophes.
During such catastrophes materialistic souls incarnate, drawn sympathetically by volcanic phenomena — by the convulsions of the evil soul of the earth. And these births can in their turn bring about new cataclysms because reciprocally the evil souls exert an exciting influence on the terrestrial fire. The evolution of our planet is intimately connected with the evolution of the forces of humanity and civilizations.
Behind the objective laws of Nature there are in reality always spiritual laws; and a clairvoyant cannot, for instance, cross a dry piece of meadow land, or a flooded region, or perceive a volcanic eruption, without realising that spiritual powers, spiritual beings, are behind all phenomena in Nature. A volcanic eruption is for him also a moral deed, although the moral element may perhaps lie on an entirely different plane than we may, at first, imagine. Those who always confuse the physical and the higher worlds will say: — "If innocent people perish through a volcanic eruption, how can we suppose this to be a moral deed." But at first, we need not consider this opinion; for it would be just as cruelly narrow-minded as the opposite one — namely, to consider this eruption as a punishment inflicted by God upon the people who live near the volcano. Both opinions are only the result of the narrow-minded mentality here on the physical plane. But this is not the point in question; far more universal things must be taken into consideration. Those people who live on the slopes of a volcano and whose possessions are destroyed through an eruption, are perhaps without any guilt in this life. But this will find its balance later on, and does not imply a merciless attitude on our part (to consider it as such would again be a narrow-minded interpretation of the facts). In the case of volcanic eruptions, for instance, we find that in the course of the evolution of the earth human beings cause to certain things; and because these things occur, the entire evolution of humanity is held up. For this very reason, good Gods must work in a certain way in order to establish the balance — and such phenomena in Nature sometimes bring about such a balance. Very often, this connection can be seen only by penetrating into occult depths. Thus, adjustments occur in the case of things brought about by human beings — things which are in opposition to the spiritual course of mankind's true development. All events, even if they are mere phenomena of Nature, have something moral in their depths, and the bearers of this moral element; which lie behind the physical facts, are spiritual beings. Thus, if we imagine a world where it is impossible to speak of a division between the laws of Nature and spiritual laws — in other words, a world where justice rules as a law of Nature — then this world would be Devachan. And in Devachan we need not think that actions which deserve punishment are punished arbitrarily; for there, the immoral element destroys itself and the moral one progresses, with the same necessity with which a flame sets fire to combustible material". http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/19120225p01.html
1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France
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Alicia Santacroce says:
I am the Euryhmist with Robert Santacroce who you posted in this R.R.
Surprising to see it here,
and over Nora von Stein von Baditz's death time! with no names mentioned.
Hello Alicia, Glad to know it's you & Robert. Shall i take it down? Or if you agree i can credit the photo, which is so compelling. I wanted to display something of the magic of eurythmy since i couldn't find anything with Nora…
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I found this very interesting article on Alicia from last year. It even shows that sumptuous picture you depicted.
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So Rotla what do you make of Nadal's mental strength?
by Tenez on Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:14 pm
He did not turn up in that final. Where is his grit and no die attitude now that he can't quite rely on his stamina as much?
You praised him so much for it but I always it was as good as his fitness allowed him to be. Had he smelt blood from Djoko he would have regain heart and belief but knowing he cannot outrun Djoko, once again, he goes for silly shots and easy UEs.
Re: So Rotla what do you make of Nadal's mental strength?
by AceofDeath on Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:23 pm
He's a mental midget when he sees Djokovic outside clay. His only real advantage on the rest is his constant stamina and when that is nullified, he looks like he a very ordinary player.
Unfortunately his other opponents do not have a great deal of stamina.
Nadal's fitness >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nadal's skill
AceofDeath
by Daniel2 on Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:09 pm
Nadal is a fighter when he knows he has a chance. When he knows he doesn't - he throws the towel in or claims injury.
Usually, he has a chance - and hence he's very difficult to beat in finals. Well, not this time... since he's getting older and his game plan was next to useless v Djok. He knew it was over by game 3.
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:04 am
Since this is a specific question to me I'll try to answer.
Nadal mental strength is still top and it always was. Why do you keep forgetting matches are not won or lost on mental strength alone. Mental strength is one important factor, but not the only factor.
Nadal could lose in 2005, in 2010 and 2018 and also in 2019. But he doesn't let the match situation or the opponent get the better of him no matter who is he playing ( Including Djokovic ). He never lost matches in the locker room. Even the AO19 final wasn't done and dusted before the last point was won.
Djokovic has handcuffed Nadal the way Nadal Handcuffed Federer at RG clay. Fed was not mentally weak, but Nadal came up with a game Fed just couldn't beat. The same is with Djo, he brings a game so water-tight Nadal can't get through him.
When both players are mentally strong, mental strength doesn't decide the outcome. But the loser is thrown off mentally. Fed was, so is Nadal now.
by Tenez on Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:25 pm
I agree with a lot of this Rotla. And if I remember it was me saying that mental strength did not play such a great role nowadays when matches were so physical.
This is why I think you are a bit harsh on teh younger generation. The "professional" gap the top 3 players have created over the last 10 years make it much harder for youngster to feel so confident mentally.
If Nadal were to come back with his 2006 game, he would be pulverised by today's players as his shots then were hardly reaching teh T-line. But back then that spin and energy was unseen and that gave him huge confidence.
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:54 am
Tenez wrote: The "professional" gap the top 3 players have created over the last 10 years make it much harder for youngster to feel so confident mentally.
Let's leave aside the performance of the young gen against the Fed-Nadal-Djokovic.
There still hasn't been any youngster who has been dominating even their own peers. See the progression of Djokovic. Look how Djokovic was before 2011. He had more or less cemented his place at solid #3 before even winning his first slam and wasn't losing big matches ( especially Slams ) to journeymen. He was a clear successor to Fedal.
Can you find any successor to Djokovic? There are none. All they have is some good season to stack up points but fizz out the next time. This is also the reason why Djoko is being so dominant. He has no challenger in big events. He has worked out his game to beat Fed/Nadal and since there is no new player chasing him.
And its not due to professionalism alone. After Djoko there hasn't been any player good enough ( both mentally and physically) to solidify his position where they can narrow their target to beat the top-3.
They are all struggling to beat each other.
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by bogbrush on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:02 am
True, special mental strength is the capacity to give everything in a hopeless cause. Everything else is just easy.
In business I have found that almost nobody truly possesses that to the extreme; anyone will only continue to strive if they are trying to win something; that might not be the whole win, it might be mitigation of failure, or the chance to fight again rather than completely fail. I myself have been in the situation a few times and the current commercial success of our business owes as much to the determination to mitigate a failure so that at least we could go on as much as the great winning ideas we've done.
In sport it can be called "playing for pride" and in tennis you'd be looking at keeping a score tight.
On Sunday I saw Nadal panic from the very second point and I saw him play with no real mental strength except the pride to try. He never truly believed he could win and it showed in his approach, which was defeatist and not at all focussed on the win.
Like all elite sportsmen he has strong mentality but I have never believed it could be divorced from his confidence in success. he's only human.
bogbrush
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:04 am
Tenez wrote: If Nadal were to come back with his 2006 game, he would be pulverised by today's players as his shots then were hardly reaching teh T-line. But back then that spin and energy was unseen and that gave him huge confidence.
Pulverised by who all?
A lot of matches are decided in the locker room itself before a ball is struck. Its the aura of a top player.
So what game is played is irrelevant. Nadal even young at 18, never lost a match in the locker room no matter who he was playing. He was extremely fearless for a teen so young.
I don't see that with any youngster. They mostly will be happy to have reached this far and surrender seeing their resume. They hope to win, but don't believe that they can win. It has nothing to do with what game one plays.
by Tenez on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:12 am
But that could be due to the fact there was actually less competition. Zverev has achieved that cemented position too. But the difference is nowadays the physical aspect is so important that youngsters get injured much more easily nowadays (Chung, Rublev, Kokkinakis, Zverev himself, etc....).
During Djoko's early years, tennis was not about running as much.....except against Nadal. But Djoko and Murray have realised quickly they had to go that route and benefit from the new string technology to overtake the old generation quickly. Nowadays the youngsters have not got that technology advantage. So it is much harder to get to the top.
It is no different than in cycling. Back then many youngsters could do well (Ulrich, Fignon, Lemon..,) but then you have no under 25 with a chance to win the tour.
Belgian Cyclist Firmin Lambot was the oldest vainqueur so far, winning the 1922 Tour at 36 years old. And at 19, Henri Cornet is the youngest winner, though in true Tour fashion, he nabbed the 1904 title after the top four riders were disqualified for, among other things, alleged motorized assistance, and "stick-wielding" fan attacks against fellow riders, as Velo News recounts.
At 30 years, six months, the average age of Tour winners in the past 10 years skews slightly older, thanks to Lance Armstrong (32 to 34 when he won in 2003 to 2005), Carlos Sastre (33 in 2008), Cadel Evans (34 in 2011), and Bradley Wiggins (32 in 2012).
That's because you count in # of slams. I can see many players who will play better than Djokovic. They are just much less consistent, for now.
And its not due to professionalism alone. After Djoko there hasn't been any player good enough ( both mentally and physically) to solidify his position.
Stay tune, you will see more and more incredible tennis in the future. It is very simple. YOu cannot go back to history and show me a tennis level that was higher in the past. In fact go and check and find me a single match where Djoko himself played better that in that last slam final. You will not find it.....so even him keeps improving.
raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote: [A lot of matches are decided in the locker room itself before a ball is struck. Its the aura of a top player.
I do not believe this. It's the quick realisation that Nadal's shot were not hurting which affected nadal....nothing to do with the locker room. Pouille was destroyed cause his best serves were returned deep and fast. Against Nadal he did not lose that USO match in the locker room. You have to be consistent!
Not at all. Nadal saw in 2006 that his shots, even as short as they were were hurting. Noone had ever faced such a spin. And that is a huge advanatge. If he were to comeback, he would be destroyed cause they all know how to handle it and this is why he had to change his game, plus the fact he hasn't got as much time to suck as much air.
I don't see that with any youngster. They mostly will be happy to have reached this far and surrender seeing their resume. They hope to win, but don't believe that they can win. It has nothing to do with what game one plays
You have 2 youngsters (Kasha and Zverev) who have beaten Djoko late last year. They are not far off and you will see that the 10 years gap Djoko has won't be enough very soon.
by barrystar on Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:44 am
bogbrush wrote: True, special mental strength is the capacity to give everything in a hopeless cause. Everything else is just easy.
There's much I agree with here - the starting point of most of what we see as 'mental strength' is enormous confidence in fitness, form, and technique and Nadal has benefited hugely from that. The fact that his game plan has traditionally relied on a larger margin for error than most of his opponents, particularly Federer, and he knew would put them under huge pressure to keep up a standard that is very difficult to maintain, has contributed hugely to this confidence.
The true test of mental strength (assuming it is possible to identify and view separately) is whether that sort of confidence is deflated when it bumps up against someone who is decisively superior in one or more of the categories that give birth to it. And here Nadal can crumble if he realises he has no options that will hurt his opponent and the option of outlasting is off the table - this happens most against Djoko, occasionally vs. Federer since 2015. The nature of his game can disguise that fact, but you can see that hang dog look in his eyes and a slump of the shoulders.
Connors is perhaps the most obvious example of a tennis player whose 'mental strength' ran deeper than what I describe in the first paragraph. He was hardly ever beat, however much he was being overwhelmed he stood up defiantly and angrily and laid down the challenge, 'you are going to have to keep this up and beat me yourself, I will not let up and make it easier for you'. The epitome of this was beating Pernfors at Wimbledon from two sets and a break down, I think in 1987. Even when he got walloped by McEnroe in the 1984 Final he didn't give up or lose his intensity.
barrystar
by noleisthebest on Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:08 pm
I saw a chart on atp which comapred Nole's, Fed's and Rafa's biggest titles (#slams, #masters, #ye1, #WTFs),
and the one thing that stood out like a sore thumb was a big 0 in front of #WTF for Nadal.
For someone with GOAT ambitions, this is a huge hole in their CV.
Does that perhaps illustrate the level of Nadal's mental strength/lack of when facing top 8 players in back to back matches, which he rarely seem to be in he position of doing in other tournaments, esp slams, due to his kind draws?
by Slippy on Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:47 pm
It reflects the fact that Nadal isn't as good on indoor courts as Fed/Novak and also tends to struggle with injuries towards the end of the year. Nothing to do with mentality.
I didn't really think Rafa looked weak mentally on Sunday. He started a little nervously but he kept fighting throughout. The problem was he couldn't get near Novak's serve and was constantly under pressure from the brilliance of Novak's play.
Agree with Barry though that his mentality is helped by the simplicity of his game - it's a lot easier for him to focus on doing the same thing time after time than it is for someone with a more creative gameplan to handle nerves. I don't think he ever stops trying when it doesn't work - he just can't significantly vary it.
Slippy
by Tenez on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:13 pm
It's not so much the simplicity of his game that helps Nadal mentally, it's the big margins he plays with.
It's much harder mentally to play a la Federer, with a smaller sweet spot on the BH, while trying to hit lines while flirting with the net. That is mentally very demanding.
The higher the risk, the tougher it is mentally....especially on big points.
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:52 am
Tenez wrote: I do not believe this. It's the quick realisation that Nadal's shot were not hurting which affected nadal....nothing to do with the locker room. Pouille was destroyed cause his best serves were returned deep and fast. Against Nadal he did not lose that USO match in the locker room. You have to be consistent!
You don't believe in the aura of playing a top player, your wish. Don't bring the silly argument that playing Nadal and playing Djoko
is the same. Pouille may not suffer from this 'aura' against Nadal, but does against Djokovic. And it showed in his face.
Tenez wrote: That's because you count in # of slams. I can see many players who will play better than Djokovic. They are just much less consistent, for now.
Did I mention slam counts? Anyway we will see.
Tenez wrote: Not at all. Nadal saw in 2006 that his shots, even as short as they were were hurting. Noone had ever faced such a spin. And that is a huge advanatge. If he were to comeback, he would be destroyed cause they all know how to handle it and this is why he had to change his game, plus the fact he hasn't got as much time to suck as much air.
Nadal's shots were short? You are alone in this argument. See his matches from 2005 you'll see.
Tnenz wrote: You have 2 youngsters (Kasha and Zverev) who have beaten Djoko late last year. They are not far off and you will see that the 10 years gap Djoko has won't be enough very soon.
Beating Djoko is not my point. Better record against a given player is not an indication of how will they fare against the Field. I point has always been how dominant they are in the field. And currently these Zverev and Kachnov aren't certain(almost) to win no matter who they face. They keep losing to players even before facing Djokovic. And that was not the case with Djokovic. He was losing big matches to only big payers, not some journeymen.
Among the guys after Djokovic, there won't be anyone who will dominate the field. They will all have mixed results, some marginally better than the other, but nothing like dominating the field. No one will be winning 2-3 slams and 4-5 TMS a year.
Remember the times between 2001-2003?? that's what I'm talking about.
by Tenez on Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:45 am
raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote: You don't believe in the aura of playing a top player, your wish. Don't bring the silly argument that playing Nadal and playing Djoko is the same. Pouille may not suffer from this 'aura' against Nadal, but does against Djokovic. And it showed in his face.
I don;t follow your logic once again. Djoko and Nadal have an "aura"? right? which according to you affects lesser ranked players who have not themselves that aura? So how come a player is affected by an aura one time and not the other time? Nadal's aura is not less than Djoko's, is it?
The reason is simple. Djoko had a way to contain Pouille, whereas Nadal has always been hurt by players who have strong BH and FH. Nadal at his peak (according to some here) was bothered by a PHM simply cause this guy had a strong BH and could cope with Nadal's CC. This is the very reason Djoko loves playing Nadal, it's also because he can handle Nadal's CC very well.
You read way too much into aura. Nadal may have an aura for you but for the professional players always feel they can have a chance until proven otherwise.
Yes I have seen them and they were bloody short. Check again. The problem back then is noone could time that ball but the ball was very short. Nadal's length increase with age thanks to confidence but again, for Paul Henri Mathiew that ball was easily handle.....for a set or 2 at least.
I remember people saying this of Djoko back then. He will never beat Nadal on clay. Then he will never beat Nadal at the French, then he will never....Remember Djoko was 24 when he really became the player everybody feared. Nadal was 20...chances are Djoko will become a better player that Nadal is spite of peaking later.
Yes I remember that time....and no one could see then that Federer would become a much better player than Hewitt, Ferrero or Roddick...so that's not a very good example.
by Daniel2 on Thu Feb 07, 2019 12:04 pm
Tenez doesn't look at the older matches. When I sent him about 5 videos from 2006, he simply said Fed was slower and not hitting as hard - when I can actually prove this isn't the case. Mathematically prove it.
by Tenez on Thu Feb 07, 2019 12:42 pm
His worst match up on his worst surface. I guess you have a point somewhere?
by Tenez on Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:33 am
The point is simple. His shots were short and that was enough to beat your "peak" Federer. That's how much tennis evolved in 14 years!
by bogbrush on Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:17 pm
Oh come on Tenez, you cite a performance on clay against the greatest achieving clay court player of all time as proof of Federers weakness?
Any match highlights from less extreme situations?
by Daniel2 on Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:25 pm
Also, a short ball from Nadal is not like a short ball from any other player. He hits with the most top spin the sport has ever seen.
To a one handed backhand.
You'll likely find Federer will be whipped bad if he meets Nadal at FO. Although his psychological edge will be better and Nadal isn't the animal he was.
by noleisthebest on Fri Feb 08, 2019 5:42 pm
Wow Fed's FH was good back then...at least at the beginning of the clip...later in the match it fades away.
The BH is so bad compared to now, no wonder Nadal was feasting on it.
I really can't believe Fed waited for 10 years to switch to a larger (read: equal) frame.
And bloody hell...the size of Nadal's bicep back then...noone can convince me it wasn't full of steroids, noone!!!
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:02 am
Tsitsipas loses to the grinder Damir Dzumhur. And this is what I have been saying Tenez. After Djoko there is nobody who can dominate the field.
Its evident from their performance graphs which is full of peaks and valleys. One good run into the AO, then the very next tournament loses in the opening match to someone not even seeded. How will they ever consistently be able to beat Djok/Nadal/Fed when they can't even consistently beat unseeded players in ATP500/250 level?
They are struggling to win ATP250/500... what hope they have facing 2-3 top guys in TMS/Slams? Big zero.
They can at most take one out and then fizzle when facing the next one.
My only hope is Thiem at RG. This is also highly conditional with his form and fitness in the buildup pre RG tournaments.
Tsitsi, Khacha... they will have to wait for the BIG 3 to retire. Else
by bogbrush on Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:21 am
I agree, Thiem at RG is a real possibility.
After that I'm afraid you're looking to a freak run by a mega-server (like Raonic) on a speedy court.
Forget the likes of Nishikori or Dimitrov, they're rubbish.
by Daniel2 on Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:21 pm
Tsitsipas is young. You're expecting way too much of him this soon. Again, look at Federer - beaten by Henman at Wimbledon.
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:05 pm
Expecting too much?? Should I not be expecting him to beat Dzumhur?? Should I not be expecting him to win ATP 250s where he is the top seed??
He is 21, top 15 . Should I not be expecting him to have a bit more than 1 ATP250 title by now?
Fed lost to Henman at Wimbledon in 2001. But Henman was a top player in 2001. Dzumhur isn't. so losing back to back bo3 matches against him isn't going to draw much confidence in him. Apart from beating Fed in a close match this AO, his resume is basically void .
I'm not saying he won't get better. But buying his time and then looking to get some wins isn't going to make him any special. His results should be special when compared to his own peers. For now, it isn't. Even John milkman beat fed at USopen
Else he is same as the others of the generation useless.
by Daniel2 on Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:38 pm
Yes, you are expecting too much. Have a look at the Open Era and how many players were dominating at this age - and we aren't even sure if this guy has it in him to dominate.
A few losses to lower players isn't an indication of ANYTHING. Have you seen Fed lose to a rank 100 at Wimb recently (2013)? I did.
The best of them can lose to anyone on a given day - esp in a lower event where they won't be trying their most.
by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:51 am
Daniel2 wrote: Yes, you are expecting too much. Have a look at the Open Era and how many players were dominating at this age - and we aren't even sure if this guy has it in him to dominate.
I'm not expecting him to dominate Fed/Nadal/Djoko and win slams. If he is as special as he is showing up to be ( some here like nitb are convinced already), then he needs better results against lesser opponents. He can't be among the top seed at a 250/500 level tournament and the lose out before even the SF. If he does, then he is just as ordinary as many like him.
I saw that match on TV and the performance Stakh brought was not ranked 100. It was the most spectacular attacking S&V tennis something I last saw was in 2001 Wimble 4th rnd.
Losses to lower ranked players are not an indication of anything..... for Fed/Nadal/Djo who have already raked up multiple slams. BUT repeated loss for upcoming players whose resume just says 1 ATP 250 title, who are looking to make their own space in tennis, this matters. A lot. Its shows are they really good enough to make their own space. His progress is going to be slow like their peers.
Sure they can. But a just over 20-year-old who has recently won his 1st and the only title is surely not going to be complacent in any level tournament. Tsitsi even tried some gamesmanship to win.
by Daniel2 on Wed Feb 20, 2019 4:49 pm
He beat Fed in Aussie Open this year... He can't be a complete no-one. Time will tell. But projecting his future now is absurd.
by Jahu on Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:25 pm
Well Osaka lost to Mladenovic yesterday too, guess she went to Dubai to pickup a $1M show up cheque and go back to train for Indian Wells.
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by raiders_of_the_lost_ark on Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:53 am
Daniel2 wrote: He beat Fed in Aussie Open this year... He can't be a complete no-one. Time will tell. But projecting his future now is absurd.
I agree. He is definitely not a no-one.
I'm just being desperate to see a great young player who comes up and romps everyone. The last time I saw such a thing was in 2005. Its been 14 years wait.
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Q: AVAudioPlayer don't work in AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient mode in iOS 6.0.1? In my app, I use a MPMusicPlayerController play .mp3 as background music,
and an AVAudioPlayer play sound-effect, just like button press, and so on.
The code is like this:
// Initialization code here.
AudioSessionInitialize(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
AVAudioSession *session =[AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
//The background music and the sound-effect can play simultaneously
[session setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
[session setActive: YES error: nil];

m_sharedPlayer = [[MPMusicPlayerController applicationMusicPlayer] retain];
[m_sharedPlayer setShuffleMode: MPMusicShuffleModeSongs];
[m_sharedPlayer setRepeatMode: MPMusicRepeatModeAll];
[m_sharedPlayer setVolume:0.2];
// choose the first song
[m_sharedPlayer setQueueWithQuery: [MPMediaQuery songsQuery]];
[m_sharedPlayer play];
...
//when need play sound-effect, soundfilename is a NSString
NSData *data =[NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:soundfilename ofType:nil]];
AVAudioPlayer *audioplayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithData:data error:nil];
audioplayer =1.0;
audioplayer.delegate =self;
[audioplayer prepareToPlay];
[audioplayer play];
...

audioplayer is release after it has finished play.
The code is work in iOS 5.0. But in iOS 6.0, everything changed.
AVAudioPlayer don't play sound anyway.
If I change this line:
    [session setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
To:
    [session setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback error: nil];
The AVAudioPlayer will play sound, but it will break the play session of MPMusicPlayerController...
How can I find a way to play AVAudioPlayer but without break the background music? Thanks a lot for your help.

A: OK. I find the solution finally. In iOS 6.0, apple provide a new function call setCategory:withOptions:. It work.
So the code is just like this:
    AVAudioSession *session =[AVAudioSession sharedInstance];
    float version = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue];
    if (version <6.0) {
        [session setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient error:nil];
    }
    else {
        [session setCategory: AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayback withOptions:AVAudioSessionCategoryOptionMixWithOthers error: nil];
    }

Thanks.