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'Fortnite' Player Recreates 'Star Wars' Millennium Falcon Inside and Out
By Tyler Fischer - January 20, 2019 12:26 pm EST
(Photo: MakaMakes)
Creative mode is the best thing to come to Fortnite since the battle-royale mode was added, because it allows its more creative players to do some cool stuff without the worry of getting your structure shot down by a player or the storm forcing you to move. And given that Fortnite's player base is absolutely massive, it means there's an abundance of creative players, which means a surplus of cool stuff.
And so this has meant that we've been able to share numerous cool Fortnite creative mode creations on the site without even scratching the surface.
That said, the latest creation is perhaps one of the most impressive yet, and if you're a fan of Star Wars, it's especially neat.
Recently, YouTuber MakaMakes shared a new video of a new creation: the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. And as you can see, it's a pretty faithful recreation of the Han Solo ship, especially given the toolset. But what makes it even more impressive is not just the meticulous detail on the outside, but that it also recreates the inside of ship.
If you found this cool, be sure to check out the rest of MakaMakes channel, which not only features other Star Wars creations like the Imperial Shuttle and AT-AT, but recreations from other iconic IP, like Star Trek and Lords of the Ring.
Their reaction of Helms Deep from Lords of the Ring may be my personal favorite, but I'm a huge fan of LOTR, so I might be a bit biased here.
Fortnite is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile phones. For more news, information, media, and guides on the game, be sure to peep all of our previous coverage of the hit title by clicking right here.
As always, feel free to leave a comment letting us know what you think or hit me up on Twitter @Tyler_Fischer_ to talk all things Fortnite and Helms Deep. Or give @MakaMakes a follow in order to stay up to date on their latest creations. And of course, if you have any neat Fortnite creations of your own, feel free to share!
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json;
using Azure.Core;

namespace Azure.Management.Compute.Models
{
    public partial class VirtualMachineExtensionImage : IUtf8JsonSerializable
    {
        void IUtf8JsonSerializable.Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer)
        {
            writer.WriteStartObject();
            if (Id != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("id");
                writer.WriteStringValue(Id);
            }
            if (Name != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("name");
                writer.WriteStringValue(Name);
            }
            if (Type != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("type");
                writer.WriteStringValue(Type);
            }
            writer.WritePropertyName("location");
            writer.WriteStringValue(Location);
            if (Tags != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("tags");
                writer.WriteStartObject();
                foreach (var item in Tags)
                {
                    writer.WritePropertyName(item.Key);
                    writer.WriteStringValue(item.Value);
                }
                writer.WriteEndObject();
            }
            writer.WritePropertyName("properties");
            writer.WriteStartObject();
            if (OperatingSystem != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("operatingSystem");
                writer.WriteStringValue(OperatingSystem);
            }
            if (ComputeRole != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("computeRole");
                writer.WriteStringValue(ComputeRole);
            }
            if (HandlerSchema != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("handlerSchema");
                writer.WriteStringValue(HandlerSchema);
            }
            if (VmScaleSetEnabled != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("vmScaleSetEnabled");
                writer.WriteBooleanValue(VmScaleSetEnabled.Value);
            }
            if (SupportsMultipleExtensions != null)
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("supportsMultipleExtensions");
                writer.WriteBooleanValue(SupportsMultipleExtensions.Value);
            }
            writer.WriteEndObject();
            writer.WriteEndObject();
        }

        internal static VirtualMachineExtensionImage DeserializeVirtualMachineExtensionImage(JsonElement element)
        {
            string id = default;
            string name = default;
            string type = default;
            string location = default;
            IDictionary<string, string> tags = default;
            string operatingSystem = default;
            string computeRole = default;
            string handlerSchema = default;
            bool? vmScaleSetEnabled = default;
            bool? supportsMultipleExtensions = default;
            foreach (var property in element.EnumerateObject())
            {
                if (property.NameEquals("id"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    id = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("name"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    name = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("type"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    type = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("location"))
                {
                    location = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("tags"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    Dictionary<string, string> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                    foreach (var property0 in property.Value.EnumerateObject())
                    {
                        if (property0.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                        {
                            dictionary.Add(property0.Name, null);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            dictionary.Add(property0.Name, property0.Value.GetString());
                        }
                    }
                    tags = dictionary;
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("properties"))
                {
                    foreach (var property0 in property.Value.EnumerateObject())
                    {
                        if (property0.NameEquals("operatingSystem"))
                        {
                            if (property0.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }
                            operatingSystem = property0.Value.GetString();
                            continue;
                        }
                        if (property0.NameEquals("computeRole"))
                        {
                            if (property0.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }
                            computeRole = property0.Value.GetString();
                            continue;
                        }
                        if (property0.NameEquals("handlerSchema"))
                        {
                            if (property0.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }
                            handlerSchema = property0.Value.GetString();
                            continue;
                        }
                        if (property0.NameEquals("vmScaleSetEnabled"))
                        {
                            if (property0.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                            {
                                continue;
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                            continue;
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                        if (property0.NameEquals("supportsMultipleExtensions"))
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                            {
                                continue;
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                            continue;
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            }
            return new VirtualMachineExtensionImage(id, name, type, location, tags, operatingSystem, computeRole, handlerSchema, vmScaleSetEnabled, supportsMultipleExtensions);
        }
    }
}

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Here we have what could be one of the most generous airdrops available right now. Sailing Data are currently taking registrations for their drop which will give all participants 140 SDT tokens which they are valuing at $0.60 USD each, taking the total for the drop to $84 (140/0.60 = 84). To enter the drop you literally just need to join their Telegram channel and register on their website, that is it. To add to the generous airdrop you will also be given an extra 40 tokens for each from you refer to the drop.
The Sailing Data company, as you might expect, are trying to revolutionise the sailing industry by providing realtime updates on the weather using blockchain technology. They are also aiming to use blockchain tech to provide sailors with a tamper-proof world nautical chart.
As ever, I do not know if the promise of $84 is real or if the value will be less than projected, however, this is one well worth entering, signup on the link below. To find the airdrop sections go to the page on the link below and scroll down until you see the airdrop form or click on the airdrop button in the menu on the top of the page.


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Glass Van & Technocut blades are made from premium quality Swiss steel. A great deal of effort has been put into perfecting the grinding and honing process, as a result of which the cutting edges are consistently sharp and of the highest possible standard.
GLASS VAN & TECHNOCUT Surgical Blades.
Made from the premium quality Swiss steel.
Available in 10, 11, 12, 15 size for small size fittings (Handle No.3) & in 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 sizes for large size fittings (Handle No.4).
Treated with Gamma radiation of 2.5 Mrad to ensure sterility assurance level of 10-6.
Blades are individually packed in an aluminium peel-able package which is protected by VCI coated paper lining.
Blades are made of premium quality steel.
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Q: Android disabling button on save until another button is pressed to reset it and reenable button? I basically have a button that saves data into sharedpreferences.
What im trying to do is disable the button from future use until a reset button is pressed which clears the data from sharedpreferences and now reenables the save button.
Ive been trying to use but when i come back to the screen after saving, it is enabled again:
button.setEnabled(true);

Any ideas?
My code:
public class Settings extends Activity {
    EditText editText, editText2, editText3;
    RadioGroup radioSexGroup, radioTargetGroup;

    Button button, resetbutton;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.settings);
        editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
        editText2 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
        editText3 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText3);
        button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button8);
        button.setOnClickListener(new Button_Clicker());
        resetbutton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.resetbutton);
        resetbutton.setOnClickListener(new reset_clicker());
        loadSavedPreferences();

    }
    private void loadSavedPreferences() {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager
                .getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

        String weight = sharedPreferences.getString("storedweight", "Your Weight");
        editText.setText(weight);
        String age = sharedPreferences.getString("storedage", "Your Age");
        editText2.setText(age);
        String height = sharedPreferences.getString("storedheight", "Your Height");
        editText3.setText(height);
        RadioButton male = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioMale);
        RadioButton female = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioFemale);
        if(sharedPreferences.getBoolean("is_male", false))
            male.setChecked(true);
        else
            female.setChecked(true);

        RadioButton strength = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioStrength);
        RadioButton fitness = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioGeneralFitness);
        if(sharedPreferences.getBoolean("is_strength", false))
            strength.setChecked(true);
        else
            fitness.setChecked(true);
    }

    private void savePreferences(String key, String value) {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager
                .getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
        editor.putString(key, value);
        editor.commit();
    }
    private void saveGenderInPreference() {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();

        radioSexGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioSex);
        int selectedId = radioSexGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
        if(selectedId == R.id.radioMale)
            editor.putBoolean("is_male", true);
        else
            editor.putBoolean("is_male", false);

        editor.commit();
    }

    private void saveTargetinPreference(){
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();

        radioTargetGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioTarget);
        int selectedId = radioTargetGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
        if(selectedId == R.id.radioStrength)
            editor.putBoolean("is_strength", true);
        else
            editor.putBoolean("is_strength", false);

        editor.commit();

    }

    class Button_Clicker implements Button.OnClickListener {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                if
                    (//("\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?"))
                        //(editText.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+") || editText2.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+") && editText3.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+"))
                   (editText.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0 || editText2.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0 || editText3.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0)
                    ) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter values in all the fields!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return;
            }

            int age = Integer.parseInt(editText2.getText().toString());
            if (age < 18){
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter a valid age!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return;
            }

            savePreferences("storedweight", editText.getText().toString());
            savePreferences("storedage", editText2.getText().toString());
            savePreferences("storedheight", editText3.getText().toString());
            saveGenderInPreference();
            saveTargetinPreference();
            finish();

        }}

    class reset_clicker implements Button.OnClickListener {
        public void onClick(View v) {

            SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext()); // here you get your prefrences by either of two methods
            Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
            editor.clear();
            editor.commit();
            editText.setText("");
            editText2.setText("");
            editText3.setText("");
            button.setEnabled(true);
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "You have reset the values! Please enter new values before continuing!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

    }
    }

A: Do it like this:
 class Button_Clicker implements Button.OnClickListener {
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            if
                (//("\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?"))
                    //(editText.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+") || editText2.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+") && editText3.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+"))
               (editText.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0 || editText2.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0 || editText3.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0)
                ) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter values in all the fields!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            return;
        }

        int age = Integer.parseInt(editText2.getText().toString());
        if (age < 18){
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter a valid age!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            return;
        }

        savePreferences("storedweight", editText.getText().toString());
        savePreferences("storedage", editText2.getText().toString());
        savePreferences("storedheight", editText3.getText().toString());
        saveGenderInPreference();
        saveTargetinPreference();
        savePreferences("alreadyStored","true");
        finish();

    }}

and then:
 private void loadSavedPreferences() {
    SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager
            .getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

    if (sharedPreferences.getString("alreadyStored",null) != null)
        button.setEnabled(false);
    else
        button.setEnabled(true);

    String weight = sharedPreferences.getString("storedweight", "Your Weight");
    editText.setText(weight);
    String age = sharedPreferences.getString("storedage", "Your Age");
    editText2.setText(age);
    String height = sharedPreferences.getString("storedheight", "Your Height");
    editText3.setText(height);
    RadioButton male = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioMale);
    RadioButton female = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioFemale);
    if(sharedPreferences.getBoolean("is_male", false))
        male.setChecked(true);
    else
        female.setChecked(true);

    RadioButton strength = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioStrength);
    RadioButton fitness = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioGeneralFitness);
    if(sharedPreferences.getBoolean("is_strength", false))
        strength.setChecked(true);
    else
        fitness.setChecked(true);
}

This checks if you already saved the data and sets your button enabled or not based on that

A: You can check to see if anything has been saved.
@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    String isSaved = sharedPreferences.getString("Key", "not_saved");
    if (isSaved.equals("not_saved"){
        button.setEnabled(true);
    }else{
        button.setEnabled(false);
    }
}

Edit You can add saved preference to see if it was saved
public class Settings extends Activity {
    EditText editText, editText2, editText3;
    RadioGroup radioSexGroup, radioTargetGroup;

    Button button, resetbutton;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.settings);
        editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
        editText2 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
        editText3 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText3);
        button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button8);
        button.setOnClickListener(new Button_Clicker());
        resetbutton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.resetbutton);
        resetbutton.setOnClickListener(new reset_clicker());
        loadSavedPreferences();

    }
    private void loadSavedPreferences() {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager
                .getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);

        String weight = sharedPreferences.getString("storedweight", "Your Weight");
        editText.setText(weight);
        String age = sharedPreferences.getString("storedage", "Your Age");
        editText2.setText(age);
        String height = sharedPreferences.getString("storedheight", "Your Height");
        editText3.setText(height);
        RadioButton male = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioMale);
        RadioButton female = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioFemale);
        if(sharedPreferences.getBoolean("is_male", false))
            male.setChecked(true);
        else
            female.setChecked(true);

        RadioButton strength = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioStrength);
        RadioButton fitness = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioGeneralFitness);
        if(sharedPreferences.getBoolean("is_strength", false))
            strength.setChecked(true);
        else
            fitness.setChecked(true);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        // Check to see it is was saved
        loadSavedPreferences();
        String isSaved = sharedPreferences.getString("isSaved", "notSaved");
        if (isSaved.equals("saved"){
            button.setEnabled(false);
        }else{
            button.setEnabled(true);
        }
    }

    private void savePreferences(String key, String value) {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager
                .getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
        editor.putString(key, value);
        editor.commit();
    }
    private void saveGenderInPreference() {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();

        radioSexGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioSex);
        int selectedId = radioSexGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
        if(selectedId == R.id.radioMale)
            editor.putBoolean("is_male", true);
        else
            editor.putBoolean("is_male", false);

        editor.commit();
    }

    private void saveTargetinPreference(){
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();

        radioTargetGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioTarget);
        int selectedId = radioTargetGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
        if(selectedId == R.id.radioStrength)
            editor.putBoolean("is_strength", true);
        else
            editor.putBoolean("is_strength", false);

        editor.commit();

    }

    class Button_Clicker implements Button.OnClickListener {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                if
                    (//("\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?"))
                        //(editText.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+") || editText2.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+") && editText3.getText().toString().matches("[a-zA-Z]+"))
                   (editText.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0 || editText2.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0 || editText3.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0)
                    ) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter values in all the fields!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return;
            }

            int age = Integer.parseInt(editText2.getText().toString());
            if (age < 18){
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter a valid age!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return;
            }

            savePreferences("storedweight", editText.getText().toString());
            savePreferences("storedage", editText2.getText().toString());
            savePreferences("storedheight", editText3.getText().toString());
            // Save a string to saved and check it within onResume.
            savePreferences("isSaved", "saved");
            saveGenderInPreference();
            saveTargetinPreference();
            finish();

        }}

    class reset_clicker implements Button.OnClickListener {
        public void onClick(View v) {

            SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext()); // here you get your prefrences by either of two methods
            Editor editor = sharedPreferences.edit();
            editor.clear();
            editor.commit();
            editText.setText("");
            editText2.setText("");
            editText3.setText("");
            button.setEnabled(true);
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "You have reset the values! Please enter new values before continuing!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}

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Cover Stories: Jessie ♥ NYC
October 17, 2011 in Cover Stories
Keris Stainton was here last year to share the Cover Story for Della Says: OMG!, and now she's back with the tale of Jessie ♥ NYC!
Here's Keris:
"I didn't really think about the cover when I was writing the book -- I'd made a collage so I just pictured that... although it did have the Empire State Building smack bang in the middle!
"After I'd delivered the book I actually dreamed the cover and the title. I told my editor and she asked me to send over the details, so I made a few mock-ups and she loved them (one is below):
"The first version I saw was black and white (right) and then the next one was gold, but not as fabulously shiny as the finished product.
"When I saw the cover, I absolutely loved it. I think I may have welled up and I know I got butterflies. It took the 'concept' from my dream and made it absolutely gorgeous. And my name on a New York street sign? How could I not love that?!
"The only change I suggested was to add the antenna to the top of the building, and they did!
"I don't think I could love the cover more. I love the front and the back and the spine and the debossed gold windows. It's perfect. And, yes, it's perfect for the book too, I think -- the Empire State Building is central to the story so I think it's right that it's on the cover."
Thanks, Keris! There she is holding the actual book and showing off the super shine, which is perfect for the streets of Manhattan!
Tags: cover stories, jessie hearts NYC, keris stainton
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Joining the 40HX853's awesome contrast in helping to put a huge smile on our face is its extreme colour range. Some previous Sony TV generations have tended to look a touch muted in the colours department, but here colours across a huge spectrum practically explode off the screen. There's nothing vulgar about this, though; colours still contain all the tone and blend subtleties needed to ensure they look 'real' (rather than flat and cartoony), and the palette looks impressively natural.
This naturalism is particularly striking during dark scenes, as colours avoid the greyish or bluish overtones common with even very good LCD TVs.
HD images, meanwhile, are spectacularly sharp and detailed – and this sharpness scarcely deteriorates at all when the image contains a lot of motion thanks to Sony's outstanding picture processing. You have to be a bit careful which of the many available motion processing settings you use; we found the least powerful options to work best. But even if you don't use any motion processing at all the 40HX853 still looks extremely clean no matter how much pressure it gets put under by an action movie.
With the 40HX853's standard definition upscaling also impressing, adding lots of sharpness without emphasising noise, pretty much our only reservation with the 40HX853's picture quality comes when watching 3D. For despite the TV using a native 200Hz panel, there's still just a trace of crosstalk ghosting noise over some bright, distant objects.
However, the amount and aggressiveness of this crosstalk is hugely reduced compared with the horror show witnessed with some of Sony's 2011 3D TVs, and is ultimately overwhelmed by plenty of 3D strengths. Namely good levels of brightness and colour saturation even with Sony's 3D glasses on, excellent depth resolution, and extreme sharpness when showing 3D Blu-rays, especially with Sony's hugely impressive Reality Creation processing active.
We must stress here that unfortunately Sony doesn't include any 3D glasses for free with the 40HX853, so you'll have to factor those into the TV's cost. But we'd say the results are worth the investment.
Gamers, meanwhile, will be delighted to hear that the 40HX853 measured only around 33ms of input lag during our tests, which should be low enough to leave you competitive at Call of Duty or Battlefield 3.
As if the 40HX853 hadn't already done enough to blow us away, it's also in a class above most flat TVs with its sound – so long as you use the speaker-bearing stand, at least, for this produces quantities of bass and raw power that it's hard to imagine any normal integrated TV speaker system being able to match.
It turns out that we needn't have worried. On the evidence of this 40in model Sony's HX853 series really is as good as we remember it being. It takes edge LED performance to significant new heights and throws in a content-rich online service for good measure – all for a price keen enough to make many of its rivals blush.


Do you ever look around at the world we're living in and ask yourself, what is actually going on here? We're in times of rapid change, of ever increasing complexity and the demands on our attention, energy and bodies seem ceaseless. More and more people are wanting to lead lives of meaning and purpose, longing to make a difference and create change where it's needed.
It's a strange time of year. As the holidays stream into the New Year, it can be a time of great duality for many of us.
I will be taking time off from Perspectives to focus on a few larger writing projects. Please feel free to peruse the archive below.
The leaves have just started to change colour. In another month the brilliant reds and yellows and oranges will burst forth showing off for the Thanksgiving visitors and families gathering around Canadian tables in October.
I have been away from Perspectives for seven months. One year ago I was asked to be the Guest Editor for the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice (JITP) because they wanted to dedicate the Spring 2009 issue to Integral Coaching Canada's work in the world. Although an unusual emotion for me, I optimistically signed up for the adventure. Optimism is not my strong suit.
Summer 2008 is a vague memory. We didn't take time off so it feels as though I missed it. September has been a sunny blessing as I hear that August was rainy. I was in Berkeley and Sonoma and Walnut Creek and Taos and Emeryville. It was gorgeous but I was tired and mostly working or sleeping lousy due to jet leg coming from one direction or another.
What do writers mean when they say, "You have to go all the way to the bottom"?


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namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Context;

trigger_error('The '.__NAMESPACE__.'\LegacyExecutionContextFactory class is deprecated since version 2.5 and will be removed in 3.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);

use Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\MetadataFactoryInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator\ValidatorInterface;

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 * Creates new {@link LegacyExecutionContext} instances.
 *
 * Implemented for backward compatibility with Symfony < 2.5.
 *
 * @since  2.5
 * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
 *
 * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0.
 */
class LegacyExecutionContextFactory implements ExecutionContextFactoryInterface
{
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     */
    private $metadataFactory;

    /**
     * @var TranslatorInterface
     */
    private $translator;

    /**
     * @var string|null
     */
    private $translationDomain;

    /**
     * Creates a new context factory.
     *
     * @param MetadataFactoryInterface $metadataFactory   The metadata factory
     * @param TranslatorInterface      $translator        The translator
     * @param string|null              $translationDomain The translation domain
     *                                                    to use for translating
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    {
        $this->metadataFactory = $metadataFactory;
        $this->translator = $translator;
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    public function createContext(ValidatorInterface $validator, $root)
    {
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            $validator,
            $root,
            $this->metadataFactory,
            $this->translator,
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The Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, has been awarded a $17.3 million contract to develop a scientific method for cyber attack attribution.
Dubbed Rhamnousia after the ancient Greek spirit of divine retribution, the project will use machine learning (ML) technology to discover the groups behind different cyber-attacks.
"We owe it to the people of this country to objectively reason about the actors attacking systems, stealing intellectual property and tampering with our data," said Manos Antonakakis, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "We want to take away the potential deniability that these attack groups now have."
Michael Farrell, chief scientist of the Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory, added "Deterrence is virtually impossible if you're unable to identify the adversary. Attribution is the linchpin for deterrence in cyberspace, and the U.S. government is in need of a repeatable and releasable way forward."
But attribution is a contentious issue with major ramifications. Opinions range from impossible through partially possible to absolutely possible. Incorrect attribution could cause major international incidents, and could hasten the formal recognition of 'cyber war'. But the likely outcome of accurate attribution – with its inherent threat of cyber, economic or military sanctions – would be a deterrent effect on potential state-sponsored aggression.
Luis Corrons, technical director at PandaLabs, believes it is. "There are thousands of flags that can be taken into account from a single file, not to mention when we feed into the system all the other information we have about an attack." Corrons believes that ML algorithms will provide the ability to 'fingerprint' attackers.
Ely Kahn, co-founder of Sqrrl and former Director of Cybersecurity at the White House agrees. He believes attribution can be achieved by any combination of three methods: offensively ("Compromise a staging or C2 box and watch the traffic on it and where it goes – only the US government can legally do this in the US"); attacker error ("Sometimes an attacker mistakenly leaves a trail that can be traced"); and probabilistically ("Examine the attacker code or TTPs and look for patterns and/or markers that can be aligned to attacker groups with some degree of certainty"). It is the last approach that will be the cornerstone of the Georgia Tech project.
Morey Haber, VP of technology at BeyondTrust, is another supporter. "Attribution is statistically a realistic possibility by using code samples and methods of attack to determine the source and owner of the attack," he suggests.
But Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech Bridge is not so sure. "Cyber attribution is great idea, however I doubt that it's achievable with $17 million. Several billions were invested into hundreds of cybersecurity startups this year, but we still continually fail to identify cybercriminals."
"Attribution of threat actors on the internet is a difficult task," warns Brian Bartholomew, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab. There are "many issues that make this something that cannot be relied on at an automated level."
In general, few cyber security experts believe that attribution is impossible; but many feel that it is ultimately unreliable. Noticeably, two separate researchers (David Harley from ESET and Sean Sullivan from F-Secure) suggest that attribution is as much an art as a science.
"Complex relationships between individual samples make the classification of malware into families and variants more of an art than a science," commented Harley.
Machine learning output does not deal in binary yes/no proofs – it delivers probability scores. It develops those scores through the interaction of algorithms and data, where the algorithms look for patterns and relationships within the data, and the machine learns from the results in an iterative process.
The efficiency of the process is dependent on the quality of the algorithms, while the accuracy of the output is dependent on the accuracy of the data it learns from. Both are subject to human involvement and human error. Indeed, it is generally accepted that the algorithms themselves are potentially subject to the subconscious bias of the developer. More concerning, however, is that if the data is wrong, the output will be wrong.
BeyondTrust's Haber raises the problem of "new threat actors that have never been seen before. That would create new entries for future correlation;" but would provide no current positive statistical match.
Several experts are concerned about different actors deliberately misleading the attribution engine.
One possible effect from trusted attribution could be the inevitability of actual cyber war. If a damaging cyber-attack is pinned to a specific foreign nation, the victim government will be increasingly compelled to openly respond.
And Mike Anders points out that a government would never base such a decision on just one source of intelligence. "Cyber war is a choice," he says. "Like all decisions about war, it is never based on one thing or even one event. Or at least, it should not be. You need to remember: data when processed produces information and information when analyzed produces intelligence.
Should business worry about attribution?
The consensus is that accurate automated attribution should be possible to a degree; but it cannot be guaranteed 100%. There will always be a danger of false input and weak analysis that will need to be considered. Given these riders, should business (as opposed to government) even be interested in attribution? Luis Corrons thinks it should, but often isn't.
Anders has no doubts. "Business should care," he says, "but the government needs to step in and help by stating clearly, categorically, and unequivocally what can be done legally by a commercial enterprise under attack with respect to 'Active Defense in Cyber'. Acknowledging specifically that Active Defense is a range of options and is not synonymous with 'Hacking Back' or similar popular notions about the conduct of offensive as opposed to strictly defensive operations in cyber. That will require action by the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Congress. After which, you are likely to see less chin-music about needing 100% attribution!


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Catherine Tsuji received an MA in Religious Studies at University of California Santa Barbara. She is currently an editor at the Treasury of Lives.
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ཁྲི་མ་ལོད།
Trimalo
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Catherine Tsuji
Nyingma
Pugyel
Rulers of Yarlung
Name variants: Jema Trimalo; Tri Malo; Trimalek
Wylie: khri ma lod
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The Japanese Garden is never more striking than in the Fall. These photos were taken in the Botanic Gardens of Brooklyn, New York. Many of the Koi (or Goldfish) are almost half a Century old. The beauty of this place is exceeded only by that of my lovely wife Caryl. My love for her is eternal.


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In my day job I'm a neuroscientist. Usually this does not intersect with politics, but today's an exception.
In June, my book co-author Sandra Aamodt and I wrote for the New York Times about how our brains lie to us, allowing the formation of false beliefs. Examples of false beliefs include rumors about Barack Obama's religion, or about John McCain fathering a mixed-race child. We didn't realize at the time just how relevant our topic would be in this year's campaign.
Dan Froomkin asked us if brain science has any lessons for journalists in how to prevent false belief formation. The answer is yes!
The human brain…does not save information permanently, as do computer drives and printed pages. Recent research suggests that every time the brain recalls a piece of information, it is "written" down again and often modified in the process. Along the way, the fact is gradually separated from its original context. For example, most people don't remember how they know that the capital of Massachusetts is Boston.
This phenomenon, known as source amnesia, leads people to forget over time where they heard a statement – and whether it is true. A statement that is initially not believed can gain credibility during the months that it takes to reprocess memories from short-term to longer-term storage. As the source is forgotten, the message and its implications may gain strength.
1. State the facts without reinforcing the falsehood. Repeating a false rumor can inadvertently make it stronger. In covering the controversy over a New Yorker cover caricaturing Barack and Michelle Obama, many journalists repeated the charges against the candidate – often citing polling data on how many Americans believe them – before noting that the beliefs were false. Particularly damaging is the common practice of replaying parts of an ad before debunking its content.
To find out what the other three lessons are, read the whole thing.
Excellent summary of the dynamics operating, presented in an easily digested package.
I am going to share the link in several forums.
This is great stuff, but it assumes that journalists aren't interested in spreading false beliefs.
One man's cautionary lesson is another man's hot tip!
Thanks for explaining the psychology behind the deceptive practices of a number of media outlets. Henceforth I'll be more alert to attempts to manipulate source amnesia.
This brings to mind a recurring observation of mine – how difficult it is to imagine what I knew or believed at various points in the past. It's not just that other countries are different, or that, as the saying goes, the past is a foreign country. Even my own past experience is a foreign country that I find it difficult to comprehend.


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After resting for more than two hours, Yue's team once again walked toward Xing Ning Road.
Once on Xing Ning Road, the four of them quickly took care of the zombies that they encountered, cleaning up all the scattered zombies.
Yue, White Bones, Chi Yang, and Ji Qing Wu, each one of them is not weak. After a long time, the four of them was able to cleared Xing Ning Road of zombies.
After they cleared up the zombies on Xing Ning Road, there were only a few zombies left scattered around the area. Most of those zombies were trapped in apartments, offices, and shops.
Having killed more than 200 zombies, Ji Qing Wu and Chi Yang were extremely tired and could no longer fight. Yue did not force it and returned home with both of them.
Back home, after supper, Yue sat on the sofa and quietly looked at the skill book in his hand.
Yue looked at the Critical Strike skill book, and slightly frowned. The skill's power is good, but compared to second and third tier skills, it was far worse. Seven points of stamina consumption was too much, Yue also could not afford to squandered it. This skill was of little value to Yue, who had the Stinger Pistol.
"Is anybody here? I'm begging you, please open the door!" Accompanied by the sound of knocking at the door, came the voice of a woman pleading.
Chen Yao took a look at Yue, seeking his opinion.
At this time with the fighting force in the small group present, also with guns in hand, among the apartment building, there was no threat to them.
Seeing Yue nodded, Chen Yao went to the front door and looked through the peep hole.
Through the peep hole, Chen Yao clearly saw that outside the door stood a plump and demure dress young woman standing next to a 11 year old boy.
"A woman and a small child!" Before opening the door, Chen Yao reported to Yue. After being attacked by the mob of thugs, Chen Yao was now more careful.
Chen Yao opened the door.
"Hello, miss. My name is Zhao Li, would you give us something to eat? We have not eaten for two days!" Zhao Li grabbed Chen Yao's hand and pleadingly said.
At this point, Wang Fang was eating a cookie, and walked over. She was curious to see Zhao Li and her son.
"MOM, I'm hungry! I want to eat cookies! I want to eat cookies!" The boy's eyes lit up when he saw the cookie in Wang Fang's hand, and noisily pleaded while grabbing Zhao Li's dress.
Seeing the 10,000 Yuan in Zhao Li's hand, Wang Fang's eyes lit up. She came from an ordinary family, and have rarely seen a bundle of $10,000 Yuan.
In Chen Yao's apartment, there was three rooms. There were more than a dozen people in two of the rooms. The food consumption of a dozen people was not small. Especially Yue, Ji Qing Wu, and Chi Yang, whose enhanced body consumed a lot of food. Over these dozen days, the supplies that they gathered from the two small supermarkets was almost used up. With such unrestrained consumption of supplies, at best they can only hold on for five or six days.
On hearing the news, the others gathered in the room.
Listening to Wang Fang's words, Chen Yao and the rest of the girls that were going to help, all shut their mouth. They are afraid that if the food runs out, at that time, they would not know what to do. Deep down, they are not willing to feed others, but saying no like Wang Fang cause their consciences to feel guilty. So they can only choose to be silent. The world have not changed too long ago, they have not gone through too much suffering, so their conscience have not disappeared.
Seeing the other girls were quiet, Zhao Li's eyes filled with fear. Her son and she have been hungry for two days to the point of exhaustion. Otherwise, she did not dare to take the child out of the safety of the room.
Seeing Yue, Wang Fang did not dare to say anything else. She is a very wise person and don't want to be kicked out of the team by Yue.
With the two packets of instant noodles to eat, it enables them to live a little longer.
After saying their thanks, Zhao Li took the bundle of $10,000 Yuan and put it into Chen Yao's hands, then took her son and quickly headed toward the stairs.
Seeing Zhao Li act like that, the girls in the room were touched. Under the protection of Yue, Ji Qing Wu, and Chi Yang, they have been well fed the last dozen plus days. Seeing Zhao Li begging and crying over two bags of instant noodles, left a tremendous impact on their minds.
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Hollow Sword Blades Company The Hollow Sword Blades Company was set up in England in 1691 to make sword blades. In 1703 the company purchased some of the Irish estates forfeited under the Williamite settlement in counties Mayo, Sligo, Galway, and Roscommon. They also bought the forfeited estates of the Earl of Clancarty in counties Cork and Kerry and of Sir Patrick Trant in counties Kerry, Limerick, Kildare, Dublin, King and Queen's counties (Offaly and Laois). Further lands in counties Limerick, Tipperary, Cork and other counties, formerly the estate of James II were also purchased, also part of the estate of Lord Cahir in county Tipperary. In June 1703 the company bought a large estate in county Cork, confiscated from a number of attainted persons and other lands in counties Waterford and Clare. However within about 10 years the company had sold most of its Irish estates. Francis Edwards, a London merchant, was one of the main purchasers.
Colthurst In 1702 Nicholas Colthurst of Ballyally, county Cork, purchased over 1,000 acres from the trustees for the sale of forfeited estates, including Ardrum. Sir George Conway Colthurst owned over 31,000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. In 1846 he married Louisa Jane Jefferyes of Blarney Castle and the Jefferyes estate was eventually inherited by the Colthursts. Some of the Colthurst estate was in the parishes of Dromtarriff, barony of Duhallow, Inishcarra, barony of East Muskerry, Grenagh, barony of Barretts but most of it was in the parish of Ballyvourney, barony of West Muskerry. The family had also previously held property in county Kerry owing to their descent from the Conway family, who had held large estates up to the nineteenth century. In 1856, over 3500 acres of the Colthurst estate in the barony of Trughanacmy, county Kerry, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The Ordnance Survey Name Books indicate that this included lands in the parish of Annagh. The Danesfort estate, leased to the Butcher family, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court, in 1874. In 2009 Sir Charles Colthurst of Blarney Castle donated the papers relating to the estate and the Colthurst family to the Cork City and County Archives, adding to a previous legal collection relating to this family already in the Archives.
Jefferyes Major James St. John Jefferyes/Jeffreys (1734-1796) was the son of James Jefferyes and Louisa Colman. He married twice. By his second wife Arabella, daughter of John FitzGibbon, he had an only son George Charles Jeffereys. George C. Jefferyes married Anne La Touche and left an only son, St John George Jefferyes, who married Harriet Taylor. They had a son also named St John G. Jefferyes and a daughter Louisa who married in 1846 Sir George C. Colthurst, 5th Baronet. The Colthursts succeeded to the Jefferyes estate. The Jefferyes estate was mainly located in the parish of Garrycloyne, but also in the parishes of Carrigrohanebeg and Matehy, barony of East Muskerry and Currykippane, barony of Cork, county Cork.


Emerging period of record trends and low frequency (i.e. centennial-scale) variability were examined in streamflow records over the entire Canadian Prairie Provinces. The average record length was 52 years, with the longest record spanning 1911–2010. A modified Mann-Kendall trend analysis showed decreasing flows in Alberta and in southwestern Saskatchewan, no significant trends in the central Prairies and increased flows in Manitoba. Using composite analysis, this study also detected the impacts of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), the North Pacific Index (NPI), the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Pacific North American mode (PNA) on mean daily discharge. There are increased flows during the negative phases of the PDO and PNA, La Niña events and weak Aleutian lows, and decreased flows during the positive phases of the PDO, El Niño and strong Aleutian lows. A much weaker effect of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) was detected. The ~60-year cycle of the PDO has important implications for the recognition of emerging trends in streamflow in response to global climate change. Separation of an emerging consistent trend from the confounding transient trend from PDO phase was greatly facilitated by streamflow time series that span at least one and a half PDO cycles. © 2014, © 2014 Canadian Water Resources Association.


This post is by current #citylis student, David Baker, and is about digital automation in Library and Information Science.
The world has turned and we find ourselves coming to the end of the first semester (already!) here at #citylis, and therefore also to the end of our course on digital technology and its impact on library and information science (LIS).
Since I posted my last reflection on this topic, the course material has gone on to cover the following areas: altmetrics, a branch of bibliometric analysis which measures the impact of research in non-traditional arenas, including on social media; coding, digital text analysis and text mining, with a nod towards the related field of the digital humanities; and, finally, the rather wide spectrum of technological developments which come under the heading of artificial intelligence (AI).
When thinking recently about a way to sum up the last three weeks of the course, I was reminded of the model of the information communication chain, a concept initially proposed by Lyn Robinson in a paper from 2009 as being representative of the fundamental area of interest for reseachers in LIS.
Above all, I started to think about the ways in which these technologies might inform our understanding of the various stages of the dissemination, sharing and management of information, and also in some instances its organisation and retrieval as well. It also came home to me just how similar they are in some ways, at least in terms of the implications they have for human agency and understanding.
Altmetrics is a good place to start, mainly because it is a clear example of digital technology being used to aid what in some ways was (and still is) the task of LIS professionals, above all subject specialist librarians. Evaluating the significance of a particular document – a journal article, blog, dataset, etc. – in this case by measuring the amount of attention it is receiving on a number of communication channels (or so-called "impact flavours" such as blog posts, mainstream news, Wikipedia articles, policy documents, discussions on social media, and so on), allows for a new perspective on the spread of information, one which promises an alternative, more nuanced picture of scholarly communication and (re)use to that of more traditional metrics focused on journal citations.
Attention does not necessarily correlate with quality, of course; the figures by themselves have the potential to mislead, above all when it comes to analysing the distinct patterns of reception and discussion at work in the life-cycle of a particular research output. Nevertheless, the increasing volume of scholarly literature in circulation, its growing complexity and diversity (as made clear in a 2014 report by OCLC Research on The Evolving Scholarly Record), means that some sort of indicators as to currently trending topics and contributions to ongoing discussions can but be of help both to the acquisitions librarians tasked with collections development in a certain area and to those given custody of their institution's digital repository.
What is more, the integration of altmetrics tools (such as Altmetric and Plum Analytics, to name but a few) with the APIs of web services like Twitter and Mendeley means that the task of gathering numbers of citations and sifting through the references to an article on social media to a great extent be automated.
In a similar way, the applications of coding and AI within LIS both allow for the automation of a number of routine tasks and the ability to attain to otherwise overlooked insights into aspects of a certain datasets (such as those recently made available by the British Library from its collections).
The two are also linked in uncanny ways. Python, one of the primary programming languages used in coding for the digital humanities, is also at the heart of several projects currently being undertaken in the field of machine learning. What is more, the techniques used in the digital humanities to perform text and data mining are likewise important parts of the related process of natural language processing (i.e. the transference of semantic, linguistically-based information contained in human speech into digital information via a series of statistical and probabilistic models). In both cases, the presence of large corpora of well-formed, 'clean' textual data is required.
I admit, it is sometimes difficult not to focus on the disruptive elements of such technologies. The potential use of neural networks in the automatic classification and indexing of documents, to take just one example, could have an enormous effect on LIS theory and practice when it comes to information organisation. What would prevent an AI cataloguer from deciding to classify a document in a completely different way to a human, based upon different logical or statistical criteria? Would the machine even require an information organisation system that corresponded to anything a human could feasibly understand? How would this change the process of information retrieval, for instance?
And what of other tasks in the library? To name just one recent example, the advent of an AI digital legal assistant, ROSS, currently being developed in Toronto and built on the model of IBM's Watson, could have significant impacts on the job of legal reference librarians.
On the other hand, it would be unwise for LIS to stick its proverbial head in the sand when it comes to these technologies. As they become more and more a part of the information communication landscape and a feature of everyday reality in the way in which scholarly research and other knowledge is disseminated and conducted, libraries and other stakeholders with an interest in the documented record of humankind will naturally need to find a way of incorporating these technologies into the services they provide to their users. At the same time, however, they should still be worrying about the ethical implications these and other technologies may present.
Thanks to Lyn and David, at least our cohort at #citylis should be suitably prepared for that potentiality!
This post is an edited version of the original which was published on the author's blog, The Cathologuer, on 5th December 2016.
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    : task_runner_(base::MessageLoopProxy::current()),
      decoding_delay_(decoding_delay),
      supports_get_decode_output_(supports_get_decode_output),
      state_(UNINITIALIZED),
      total_bytes_decoded_(0),
      weak_factory_(this) {
  DCHECK_GE(decoding_delay, 0);
}

FakeVideoDecoder::~FakeVideoDecoder() {
  DCHECK_EQ(state_, UNINITIALIZED);
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::Initialize(const VideoDecoderConfig& config,
                                  const PipelineStatusCB& status_cb) {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(config.IsValidConfig());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull()) << "No reinitialization during pending decode.";
  DCHECK(reset_cb_.IsNull()) << "No reinitialization during pending reset.";

  current_config_ = config;
  init_cb_.SetCallback(BindToCurrentLoop(status_cb));

  if (!decoded_frames_.empty()) {
    DVLOG(1) << "Decoded frames dropped during reinitialization.";
    decoded_frames_.clear();
  }

  state_ = NORMAL;
  init_cb_.RunOrHold(PIPELINE_OK);
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::Decode(const scoped_refptr<DecoderBuffer>& buffer,
                              const DecodeCB& decode_cb) {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull()) << "Overlapping decodes are not supported.";
  DCHECK(reset_cb_.IsNull());
  DCHECK_LE(decoded_frames_.size(), static_cast<size_t>(decoding_delay_));

  int buffer_size = buffer->end_of_stream() ? 0 : buffer->data_size();
  decode_cb_.SetCallback(
      BindToCurrentLoop(base::Bind(&FakeVideoDecoder::OnFrameDecoded,
                                   weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr(),
                                   buffer_size,
                                   decode_cb)));

  if (buffer->end_of_stream() && decoded_frames_.empty()) {
    decode_cb_.RunOrHold(kOk, VideoFrame::CreateEOSFrame());
    return;
  }

  if (!buffer->end_of_stream()) {
    DCHECK(VerifyFakeVideoBufferForTest(buffer, current_config_));
    scoped_refptr<VideoFrame> video_frame = VideoFrame::CreateColorFrame(
        current_config_.coded_size(), 0, 0, 0, buffer->timestamp());
    decoded_frames_.push_back(video_frame);

    if (decoded_frames_.size() <= static_cast<size_t>(decoding_delay_)) {
      decode_cb_.RunOrHold(kNotEnoughData, scoped_refptr<VideoFrame>());
      return;
    }
  }

  scoped_refptr<VideoFrame> frame = decoded_frames_.front();
  decoded_frames_.pop_front();
  decode_cb_.RunOrHold(kOk, frame);
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::Reset(const base::Closure& closure) {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(reset_cb_.IsNull());
  reset_cb_.SetCallback(BindToCurrentLoop(closure));

  // Defer the reset if a decode is pending.
  if (!decode_cb_.IsNull())
    return;

  DoReset();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::Stop(const base::Closure& closure) {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  stop_cb_.SetCallback(BindToCurrentLoop(closure));

  // Defer the stop if an init, a decode or a reset is pending.
  if (!init_cb_.IsNull() || !decode_cb_.IsNull() || !reset_cb_.IsNull())
    return;

  DoStop();
}

scoped_refptr<VideoFrame> FakeVideoDecoder::GetDecodeOutput() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  if (!supports_get_decode_output_ || decoded_frames_.empty())
    return NULL;
  scoped_refptr<VideoFrame> out = decoded_frames_.front();
  decoded_frames_.pop_front();
  return out;
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::HoldNextInit() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  init_cb_.HoldCallback();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::HoldNextRead() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  decode_cb_.HoldCallback();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::HoldNextReset() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  reset_cb_.HoldCallback();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::HoldNextStop() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  stop_cb_.HoldCallback();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::SatisfyInit() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull());
  DCHECK(reset_cb_.IsNull());

  init_cb_.RunHeldCallback();

  if (!stop_cb_.IsNull())
    DoStop();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::SatisfyRead() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  decode_cb_.RunHeldCallback();

  if (!reset_cb_.IsNull())
    DoReset();

  if (reset_cb_.IsNull() && !stop_cb_.IsNull())
    DoStop();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::SatisfyReset() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull());
  reset_cb_.RunHeldCallback();

  if (!stop_cb_.IsNull())
    DoStop();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::SatisfyStop() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull());
  DCHECK(reset_cb_.IsNull());
  stop_cb_.RunHeldCallback();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::DoReset() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull());
  DCHECK(!reset_cb_.IsNull());

  decoded_frames_.clear();
  reset_cb_.RunOrHold();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::DoStop() {
  DCHECK(task_runner_->BelongsToCurrentThread());
  DCHECK(decode_cb_.IsNull());
  DCHECK(reset_cb_.IsNull());
  DCHECK(!stop_cb_.IsNull());

  state_ = UNINITIALIZED;
  decoded_frames_.clear();
  stop_cb_.RunOrHold();
}

void FakeVideoDecoder::OnFrameDecoded(
    int buffer_size,
    const DecodeCB& decode_cb,
    Status status,
    const scoped_refptr<VideoFrame>& video_frame) {
  if (status == kOk || status == kNotEnoughData)
    total_bytes_decoded_ += buffer_size;
  decode_cb.Run(status, video_frame);
}

}  // namespace media


Why does this matter? I'm trying to paint you a picture of just how much material Sammy Hagar had to choose from to make his setlist for the Sands Event Center show. Our younger readers will probably know him best as the lead singer of the rock supergroup, Chickenfoot. Sadly none of those songs made an appearance last Saturday but they didn't need to because the performance shined without them.
Sammy Hagar and his band, "The Wabos," emerged to a three song medley of Montrose song that was specifically aimed to all the old school fans in the audience that night. The venue wasn't entirely sold out and you could see a few empty seats towards the back but there were still at least 3,000 people who attended this evening of rock n' roll history. After the medley, Hagar and the band took us on a journey as they progressed from song to song in his career. There were solo hits like "Can't Drive 55," Van Halen ballads like "Why Can't This Be Love," and brand new heavy material like "Knockout Dragout." I don't want to spoil the entire setlist for any reader who is still planning on making it out to one of those shows but let me just say that you won't be disappointed with the progression of the evening and it is aksi safe to say you will be surprised a few times along the way as well.
In terms of production Hagar and his band rank among the top that have performed on the Sands Event Center stage. Their set up featured three large LED screens behind the drum kit that continually flashed imagery from videos, album covers, tours, and more to help visualize the whole 4 decades of rock concept. Being that Sammy Hagar is known as the "Red Rocker," it was safe to assume that the colors would match and they did but not overwhelmingly so with the red light being complimented with beautiful yellows and purples. As always at the Sands, the band was lit with spotlights so there wasn't a bad angle to view the performance from in the entire house.
This is the part you are waiting for the most I would imagine, am I going to recommend going to see Sammy Hagar on this tour? Well, of course! Sammy Hagar is one of the few musicians in the rock industry that I would actually say has gotten better with each decade he's been making music. Just when you think you have him all figured out he goes and changes the game all over again. His talent is ageless and this is why he continues to pack arenas with fans both young and old. All and all Hagar and delivered a memorable evening for everyone in attendance and I hope you feel persuaded to go experience 4 decades of rock history for yourself.


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The Jama legal narrative part II: A foray into concepts of improbability
Nissan, Ephraim (2001) The Jama legal narrative part II: A foray into concepts of improbability. Information & Communications Technology Law, 10 (1). pp. 39-52. ISSN 1360-0834 (Print), 1469-8404 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13600830124262)
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600830124262
In judicial decision making, the doctrine of chances takes explicitly into account the odds. There is more to forensic statistics, as well as various probabilistic approaches, which taken together form the object of an enduring controversy in the scholarship of legal evidence. In this paper, I reconsider the circumstances of the Jama murder and inquiry (dealt with in Part I of this paper: 'The JAMA Model and Narrative Interpretation Patterns'), to illustrate yet another kind of probability or improbability. What is improbable about the Jama story is actually a given, which contributes in terms of dramatic underlining. In literary theory, concepts of narratives being probable or improbable date back from the eighteenth century, when both prescientific and scientific probability were infiltrating several domains, including law. An understanding of such a backdrop throughout the history of ideas is, I claim, necessary for Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers who may be tempted to apply statistical methods to legal evidence. The debate for or against probability (and especially Bayesian probability) in accounts of evidence has been flourishing among legal scholars; nowadays both the Bayesians (e.g. Peter Tillers) and the Bayesio-skeptics (e.g. Ron Allen), among those legal scholars who are involved in the controversy, are willing to give AI research a chance to prove itself and strive towards models of plausibility that would go beyond probability as narrowly meant. This debate within law, in turn, has illustrious precedents: take Voltaire, he was critical of the application of probability even to litigation in civil cases; take Boole, he was a starry-eyed believer in probability applications to judicial decision making. Not unlike Boole, the founding father of computing, nowadays computer scientists approaching the field may happen to do so without full awareness of the pitfalls. Hence, the usefulness of the conceptual landscape I sketch here.
[1] First published: March 2001. [2] Published online: 14 July 2010.
judicial decision making, improbability narrative interpretation patterns, JAMA Model
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Reducing the energy performance gap between a building's designed and as-built energy performance, that is the aim of Built2Spec! But what exactly is a performance gap and how to avoid it? Irene Ràfols, R&D project manager from Eurecat, tells us more!
What exactly is a performance gap?
The energy performance gap is the difference between the energy consumption predicted or calculated during the design stage compared to the actual energy consumption measured once the building is operational. The causes for this gap can be many and varied, and occur throughout the entire construction process.
Why is it so important to avoid the performance gap?
There are many reasons to avoid the energy performance gap. First and foremost, to reach the 20% energy efficiency target by 2020, we must ensure that buildings perform as expected. Second, and mainly of relevance to owners and investors, is the impact that a performance gap has on anticipated energy-related costs. And lastly, a building's energy performance can have a big influence on user comfort.
How to avoid performance gaps?
In order to avoid performance gaps it is necessary to improve the quality of the entire construction process. In general, during the design stage, proper detailing of all the envelope details, defining the materials and their thermal characteristics and doing a proper simulation including all the building's energy loads (such as elevators, servers, etc., not only the regulated ones) are essential for a good result. Keeping the design robust and simple is needed to facilitate construction. During the construction stage it is necessary to ensure that the contractor builds according to the design specifications taking special care with thermal bridges, airtightness and insulation installation. Quality checks are needed to verify the construction. Commissioning is important for proper performance of building services and training the building's users and operators seasonal commissioning is also a good idea to ensure that the building performs well throughout the year. A good metering strategy is very useful to know how the building performs during operation. If the building doesn't perform as expected, it is necessary that the design and construction team solves the problems and learns from this experience for future projects.
Which tools and methodologies does Built2Spec provide in order to avoid performance gaps?
As previously mentioned, proper and high-quality work is essential in avoiding the performance gap. In order to ensure this high-quality work, Built2Spec provides a series of new technologies which facilitate quality checks (e.g. quantified assessement of thermal properties done with an IR camera, innovative low pressure airtightness tool, 3-D scanning, embedded sensors, a novel lightweight sound source for acoustic testing with smartphones). Moreover, the whole construction process is under investigation in order to develop a BIM- (building infromation modelling) based tool for construction experts in order to deliver high-quality buildings. High-quality construction depends upon other factors in addition to correct design such as the fact that the materials and components are correctly delivered and installed according to the specifications, detailed and updated information and drawings are at hand on-site (e.g. drawings, specification, installation guidelines etc. ) and workers can provide proof of correctness and fulfillment e.g. by taking pictures. Taking pictures and documenting correct installation can also be used for easier communication to avoid mistakes. In order to ensure proper commissioning, Built2Spec will develop several quality checks for this purpose.


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Home » News & Features » Broadway News & Features » What did the critics think of 'Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical'?
What did the critics think of 'Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical'?
Was Remy the rat of all our dreams?
Broadway theatre in 2021 got off to a flying start, thanks to the premiere of Ratatouille the Musical on New Year's Day. Inspired by the 2007 Disney movie and recent TikToks which imagined the film as a musical, TikTokkers and Broadway stars including Andre de Shields and Andrew Barth Feldman came together for what's already going to be one of the shows of the year.
Ratatouille the Musical has raised over $1 million dollars for The Actors Fund, but could Ratatouille ever find its feet on Broadway? Here's what critics had to say about Ratatouille the Musical.
Ratatouille the Musical tickets are available exclusively on TodayTix.
"What started as a TikTok meme and became a crowdsourced musical could have online lessons to offer for Broadway… so maybe the hive mind is on to something. Certainly it would be healthier for the theater if Broadway musicals could be built, like "Ratatouille," in just a few months, by individuals, not conglomerates. In "Ratatouille," those sources are live and potent: There may be too many chefs, but they offer, as one character puts it, "just the right amount of cheese."
Jesse Green
At a running time of 51 minutes, and with perhaps only half the numbers required for a full adaptation… this "Ratatouille" is a mere appetizer. But with a winning Tituss Burgess as the human embodiment of Remy, the Parisian rodent who can stir up a mean beef bourguignon, it is a promising first course."
Peter Marks
"While there are some big names and recognizable faces attached to a few roles, the show is truly stolen by two Broadway actors. Andrew Barth Feldman is better than any vision you have in your head of a real life Linguini who sings… Ashley Park of Mean Girls fame throws all of herself into the part and holds her own against Feldman while not even being in the same room. If there's an internet equivalent of the Tony Award, give it to both of them!"
Alex Reif
"The quality of a dish like this is only as good as its ingredients — in this case, the songs, which genuinely celebrate the compositional conventions of musical theater and animated Disney movies, and which feel as though they're written by those who truly love them… This ragtag aesthetic may not be for everyone — why do only some actors playing rat characters wear ears? — but its free and easy spirit ultimately worked for me."
Ashley Lee
"A "grand projet" by Pixar/Disney? Mais non; it was crowd-sourced – the product of a riot of collective endeavour arising from a humble TikTok video. Somehow, the usual arduous process of individually centred labour – entailing workshops, rewrites and angst galore – appears to have been spontaneously bypassed, perhaps pointing the way for a new era of collaborative musical-making.
Dom Cavendish


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The number of new energy vehicle charging stations built in Kunming exceeds 1,000
Categories:Industry Information
(Summary description)Statistics show that by the end of April 2022, the number of new energy vehicles in Kunming has reached 63,000, and a total of 1,040 charging stations and 68,584 charging piles have been built. Among them, there are 16,987 guns for public use and 51,597 guns for private use. The city's overall pile-to-vehicle ratio has reached 1:1.08, and the ratio of electric vehicles to public charging piles has reached 1:3.7. At the same time, Kunming has built a total of 26 battery swap stations. Among them, 22 were built by state-owned capital and 4 by private enterprises.
It was learned from the Kunming Development and Reform Commission that as of the end of April 2022, a total of 1,040 new energy vehicle charging stations in Kunming have been built, breaking the "thousand-station" mark, allowing the majority of new energy vehicle owners to buy with confidence and use them without worry. "Peace of mind".
Statistics show that by the end of April 2022, the number of new energy vehicles in Kunming has reached 63,000, and a total of 1,040 charging stations and 68,584 charging piles have been built. Among them, there are 16,987 guns for public use and 51,597 guns for private use. The city's overall pile-to-vehicle ratio has reached 1:1.08, and the ratio of electric vehicles to public charging piles has reached 1:3.7. At the same time, Kunming has built a total of 26 battery swap stations. Among them, 22 were built by state-owned capital and 4 by private enterprises.
In recent years, in order to accelerate the promotion and application of new energy vehicles in the city and promote the development of the new energy industry, Kunming has strengthened planning and leadership, including the introduction of the "Kunming New Energy Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Plan (2020-2025)", etc., and guided by the incentive and subsidy policies The construction of charging infrastructure in the city has promoted the construction of charging infrastructure in the city in an orderly and steady manner.
Especially since 2020, the construction of charging facilities in the city has been accelerating. The number of charging stations for new energy vehicles has increased from 330 at the end of 2020 to 1,040 today, an increase of 710 in just over a year, and has exceeded 1,000 charging stations. mark. At the same time, Kunming's public charging piles increased from 3,447 guns at the end of 2020 to 6,585 guns in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 91%; self-use charging piles increased from 8,000 guns in 2019 to 51,500 guns in April 2022. At present, Kunming has basically built a charging facility system that is compatible with the number of new energy vehicles, with "car piles, reasonable layout, intelligent and efficient" charging facilities.
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Thieves rob cash from temple donation box
Times of India | 8 months ago | 22-05-2022 | 04:19 am
Margao: Robbers struck the Shree Datta Mandir at Quepem, early Saturday morning and made off with the cash from the donation box after breaking it open. Police sources said that the CCTV cameras have captured the robbers in the act and that all efforts are on to nab the culprits. According to police sources the robbers gained entry into the temple through a window. The theft came to light around 6am when the poojari came to the temple.
Sudin: India is most vibrant democracy
Ponda: Power minister Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar said that India's biggest achievement is that it continues to be the largest and most vibrant democratic country in the world. He was speaking after unfurling the tricolour to mark the 74th Republic Day at a programme held at Government Sports Complex, Borimol, Quepem.Stating that Republic Day is an occasion to remember all those who laid down their lives for the nation, Dhavalikar said that democracy is strengthened due to the Constitution provided by B R Ambekar. "India is recognised as a vibrant democracy in the world. The progress made by the country in the last 74 years was only due to the Constitution. The Constitution gave due justice to all the constituents," he said."The country has done exceptional work in every field, be it infrastructure, water supply, water resources, education, justice system or the arts. It is the responsibility of every citizen to stop the unconstitutional things that happen while considering the security of the country," he added.He said that though Goa was liberated in 1961, 14 years after India gained independence, the state has done "exceedingly well in all the fields".
25 murder cases filed by South Goa police in 2022
MARGAO: Twenty-five cases of murders were registered at various police stations across South Goa in 2022. The figure was 16 in 2021, police records reveal. Of the 25 cases, police have been able to crack 23 by arresting the accused. In 2021, police had succeeded in cracking 14 of the 16 cases.In 2022, seven cases of attempt to murder were registered by South Goa police, a significant decline from 18 in 2021. All the accused involved in the seven cases were arrested.Among the two unresolved cases of murder of 2022 is that of an unidentified woman whose skeletal remains were found at an isolated place at Ambeghat, Sanguem. The postmortem examination had revealed that the woman was pregnant at the time of her death and that she was in the age group of 18-22. The cause of death was stated to be strangulation. Citizens have voiced their concern over the rise in the cases of murder and the frequent occurrences of street violence.
Treat exams like a festival, go laughing to answer: Goa Chief minister Pramod Sawant
MARGAO: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday that he is the first graduate in his family. "Many of your parents will be graduates, and you have their support. You don't have the tension of passing the SSC exam like we had," he said."Treat examinations like a festival, and go laughing to answer them," he said.He was addressing students of Classes IX to XII at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, who participated in the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023 art and painting competition (exam warriors), an initiative of PM Narendra Modi.Sawant spoke of students who had taken the extreme step of suicide when they weren't able to cope with exams, and advised students not to get tense while answering exams.Two students and one teacher will travel to New Delhi to participate in the interaction with Modi on Friday, he said. Other students, teachers, and even parents will watch the interactions live, he said, adding that the PM will use the session to motivate students.Over 400 students from Classes IX to XII participated in the art and painting competition on various themes of 'Pariksha Pe Charcha', which is aimed at giving students more confidence to face examinations and equipping them with tools.
CM Pramod Sawant insists IIT campus will be set up in South Goa
MARGAO: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday reiterated that the IIT campus will be set up in South Goa. "Search for the land is ongoing. The IIT campus will be set up in South Goa," he said. However, he declined to comment whether it would still come up in Sanguem. Protesters in Sanguem had rejoiced after the Union education ministry said in November 2022 that the land identified by the state government at Cortali, Sanguem, will no longer be considered to set up the IIT campus.The Union ministry had informed Goa that the land identified in Sanguem was not suitable for IIT and that it had decided not to send a site selection committee to inspect the same. The 7 lakh sqm land was found to be insufficient.Following this, Sanguem MLA Subhash Phal Dessai had said more land adjoining the identified site would be added to the property to make it suitable for a permanent campus for IIT. IIT Goa became operational in 2016 and ever since the Goa government has been trying to find suitable land for a permanent campus for the institute.It is presently operating from its temporary campus at the Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi.


4. Just before serving, in large skillet, heat 1 t olive oil over high heat. Add chicory, beets, and garlic and saute just until chicory starts to wilt-no more than 1 minute. (If there is not enough room in skillet, do this step in 2 batches.) Add ¼ C Sherry Vinaigrette to salad and toss.
Divide onto 4 serving plates; garnish with croutons. Serve immediately, passing remaining Sherry Vinaigrette separately.


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Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)
Nationality: German | Danish
Born: September 11, 1786, Uelzen Died: March 12, 1832, Copenhagen (age 45)
Quintet in A major, Op. 51, No. 3 (for flute, violin, 2 violas and cello)
(for flute, violin, 2 violas and cello)
9:10 I. Allegro con fuoco
3:10 II. Scherzo. Allegro assai quasi presto - Trio - Coda
6:19 III. Adagio sostenuto
4:16 IV. Finale. Vivace
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Published: 1823 (age 36-37)
Related Composers
1800 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Johann Hummel (1778-1837) Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
friend, colleague
Baptized: December 17, 1770, Bonn Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna (age 56)
adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
coda—end (related to "tail"). The final passage or section of music. Conclusion. Typically refers to portion of music that is after the formal symmetrical ending of the piece, e.g. a sort of addendum.
finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
fuoco, con fuoco, avec feu [Fr], mit Feuer [G], feurig [G]—fire, fiery; passionately, burning energy and excitement; impetuously
opus [L], opera[pl], Op., Opp, WoO, Op. posth—work, as in a work of art. For unique identification, publishers/composers often assign an "opus number", abbreviated as "Op." (e.g. Op. 1). A range of works by opus number, uses the plural "opp." (e.g. "Opp. 1-3"). A single opus number may refer to a collection of works (e.g. a set of quartets) giving rise to designations like "Op. 1, No. 4". For misc. works without opus numbers, "WoO" is often used (e.g."Without Opus"). Posthumously assigned numbers may use "Op. posth". Opus numbers may not precisely reflect chronology (publication vs. composition), can be erroneous, sparse or duplicative. Thus, the works of some historically important composers may use separate catalog numbers (e.g. Bach, Haydn, Schubert). See wiki
presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
quasi—almost, almost like, as if
quintet, quintette [F], quintett [G], quintetto [I]—an ensemble / work for 5 players, the typical examples being string quintet (with second viola or cello), piano quintet or woodwind quintet
scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
sostenuto [I], soutenu [F]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro
with thinking heart and feeling mind, I'll embody your muse, thy soul divine
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