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August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879
Subject: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:33 am
Part of the Anglo Zulu War society collection. Thought i would post this one seperately for now. Would be interested in your thought's, he says Witt is leaving tomorrow which would make that the 7th Jan 1879.
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:13 am
We do know through various sources that Witt and Reynolds along with Rev Smith climbed Shiyane at 12.30 to see what was happening at isandlwana.
He left RD AFTER the construction of the barricades, he describes them and mentions the destruction of his 'wallpaper'.
When he left he took a sickly Lt with him, think it was Purvis of the NNC.
So no real question that he left on the 7th.
old historian2
Location : East London
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:14 pm
But could "Hammar" have been confused with "Witt" And It was Hammar who was at the Mission station and not Witt. Meaning Witt vacated on the 6th.
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:10 pm
Doubt it, Witt was well known firstly and secondly part of his conversation with I think Surgeon Reynolds is on record of him exclaiming that he must get to his wife and children.
Difficult to explain the letter.
Its written in a strange format, almost akin to someone scribbling pencil notes over a period of a few days. But would someone feed paper into a typewriter type a sentence then leave it for a few days before typing another sentence?
Its almost as if someone was working from memory and hiting point notes?
Otto Witt, was a bit of a scallywag, perhaps he claimed to be there just as he claimed to had stayed at Rorke's Drift of course that was after he took part in the Battle of Isandlwana.
PS. Who is August Hammar Do we have any infoe: on him elsewhere on the forum.
Hi Mr G
No doubt Witt was there, he is mentioned by to many people, from Chard down to rev Smith.
Hammar doesnt come in for to much comment, dont have access to the books at present so cant give details of him.
Interesting to see, that fortifications at RD was started on the 6th Jan.
"August was the eldest son of Elin Jakobina Ask and August Hammar, a grand-son of Maria Lovisa Hjelms. Born in Lund in 1856, he was educated at the Helsingborg High School and matriculated in June 1874. He then entered the Helsingborg Teknologiska Institutet, and graduated as a civil engineer in 1877 with a distinction in mathematics and was awarded the George Medal. One of his summer vacations was spent as a pupil engineer during the construction of the railway between Landskrona and Ängelholm.
A year later he decided to emigrate to the British colony of Natal in South Africa. Writing to his parents on 13 October 1878 from London, he said "On 15 October I am embarking on the steamer Balmoral Castle, a sturdy boat of almost 3000 tons, leaving from the West India Docks". Then in a letter in November he referred to the impending clash between British and Zulu forces: "... when I came to Durban, I found the situation very bad ... it would cost 15 to 20 pounds to go to Potchefstroom by post cart, carrying just a night bag. Even by ox wagon would be beyond means ... I couldn't stay in Port Natal (Durban) as I had not a penny ... after much discussion I decided to go first to Oskarsberg ..." (the Swedich Church Mission near Rorke's Drift in Northern Natal, under the Rev. Otto Witt). August walked 270 miles with an injured leg, and was met by Otto Witt. August wrote: "Otto said 'Greetings! August' ..... he had received notification of my arrival .... we mounted horses and immediately galloped to Oskarsberg ..... we made 20 kilometres in one and a half hours."
The imminent outbreak of hostilities between British and Zulu armies forced the Swedish family to abandon the mission at Rorke's Drift and August made his own way into the nearby hills. On 22 January 1879, he observed the activity of the Battle of Isandhlwana at a distance of five to six miles. This battle was one of the greatest defeats of the British army. Whilst trying to return to the Mission, he was cut off by a Zulu impi (regiment) and spent the night in the hills watching the epic resistance of the British forces at Rorke's Drift. Thus August Hammar on his arrival in Natal was unexpectedly connected with major events in its history. He sketched the scene of the battle at Isandlawana, and later the scene of the death of the French Prince Imperial in June 1879. This painting was later sent to his mother Empress Eugenie, the widow of Louis Napoleon. August became a member of Baker's Horse, a volunteer mounted regiment, and was with them in July 1879 at the defeat of the Zulu armies at Ulundi in Zululand.
After the Zulu war, August decided on a career of surveying, and trained with a surveyor in Verulam, Natal. In 1881 he practised as a surveyor and in 1883 he purchased a small farm near Rorke's Drift, from which he continued his practice. There he met a Dr Aurel Schultz. Together they planned a journey northwards to the Victoria Falls and then westwards to the Okavango marshlands. They left Dundee in Natal on 2 March 1884 on foot, with their baggage in a two-wheel ox cart. August's equipment included a sextant, artificial horizon, magnetic compass, thermometers and the only naval chronometer available in Natal at the time (this chronometer when last tested in January 1997 still kept very good time, with an accuracy of 0.3 seconds per day!). Over the next ten and a half months, they walked about 2,700 miles (4,300 km), visiting the Victoria Falls (about 20 years after Livingstone's discovery) and the origins of the Chobe River. August's detailed maps of the region were the first to be made of this part of Africa, and his drawings and paintings were used to illustrate "The New Africa" (Schultz & Hammar, Heinemann 1888). August resumed his surveying practice in early 1885.
In July 1886, he married Elizabeth Lamb, daughter of an Englishman who had arrived in Port Natal in 1860. Their first daughter Elin was born at Rorke's Drift in 1887. The family then moved to Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Natal, and two sons, Holger and Augustus, and their second daughter Elsie, were born there in 1888, 1890 and 1892 respectively.
In 1890, August was appointed as Government Surveyor, and over the next 25 years was responsible for most of the primary and secondary surveying of Natal. This included the politically important survey of the Zululand-Transvaal boundary during 1893. In 1910 he collaborated with the British Navy in a survey of the coastline of Natal and Zululand. He retired on pension in about 1922, but was still active in surveying for much of the rest of his life. His contribution to the surveying of Natal is well documented, as is his training of young surveyors in Southern Africa. As an indication of August's dedication to his profession, it is recorded that the then Surveyor General named a farm between Durban and Pietermaritzburg "Hammarsdale"; today it is an important industrial area.
Contact with Sweden
During the Anglo-Boer war (1897-1901), his younger brother Josef, a doctor attached to the Swedish Red Cross mission to the Boer army, was able to meet August briefly in South Africa. Josef was a member of the party sent to look for traces of Andre's ill-fated expedition to the North Pole by balloon in 1905; Josef sent some mementoes of this trip to his brother August, including a polar bear skin with mounted head, which was later exhibited for many years in the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg.
In 1901, August made his only return visit to Sweden, travelling by ship up the East coast of Africa through the Suez Canal to Italy, and then by train to Sweden. His parents had moved to Nosaby near Kristianstad, where his father August was now the priest. On his arrival, August wrote to his wife in Pietermaritzburg: "My dearest Liz ... my reception was the heartiest you can imagine ... I have never seen such a pleasant home as that of my parents ...". He met most of the members of his family during this visit, including Josef, his sisters Bina and Eva, and their families. This was his last direct contact with his family in Sweden, for his father and mother died in 1905 and 1911 respectively.
Apart from his career as a surveyor, August is best remembered as an accomplished landscape artist. He started painting, using water colours and oils, as a young man in Sweden, and he continued producing outstanding paintings right up until 1930. His early paintings were of the landscape of Northern Natal during the Zulu wars; then there was the series painted during his journey to Central Africa with Schultz; these were followed by a large number of paintings devoted to central Natal and the coast. All his paintings are in the hands of the family, apart from one he gave to his pupil James Steere. He was very retiring in nature, and refused to exhibit his paintings. However during his absence in Sweden in 1901, his wife Elisabeth exhibited four of her husband's paintings in Pietermaritzburg, under the name of "Mr Dauber"; these paintings took the first four prizes! August was an accomplished landscape photographer as well; unfortunately most of the negatives have been lost and his photographs survive mainly in family albums, in South Africa and Sweden."
On 22 January 1879, he observed the activity of the Battle of Isandhlwana at a distance of five to six miles. This battle was one of the greatest defeats of the British army. Whilst trying to return to the Mission, he was cut off by a Zulu impi (regiment) and spent the night in the hills watching the epic resistance of the British forces at Rorke's Drift. Thus August Hammar on his arrival in Natal was unexpectedly connected with major events in its history.
Did he leave an account of what he witnessed. If yes can someone point me in the right direction. Mind you would he have seen much at 6 miles. What with the smoke ect. I wonder if he saw the eclispe.
How far was Milne when he was trying to observe the goings on at Isandlwana through a telescope.
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:06 am
Subject: August Hammer Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879. Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:34 am
Hi LH.
Many thanks for the link mate, very interesting.
I will send a couple of photos to admin, milnes view and also Hammers view from 6miles ( 10 Kilometers )
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:35 pm
Photo 1) This a photo taken of the Oskarberg from 10Kilometers away and is what August Hammer would have seen.
Photo 2) Is the approximate view Milne would have had of the camp through his telescope a touch earlier in the day.
Photos and text by Springbok.
Subject: August Hammar Letter Dated 6 /1 / 79. Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:46 pm
Thanks for posting the photo's pete and also to Springbok for taking them and sending them along .
Springbok thanks for the photos, regarding Milnes view is this looking at the front of the camp.
If it was possible a good excercise would be to take Milnes original telescope and take an image through that. I do believe hs telescope is in some museum. Just a thought.
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:02 am
This photo was taken with a 200mm lens to simulate the view Milne would have got using his telescope so its about as close as you will get.
Would love to get my hands on Milnes telescope.
Cheers Mate
Subject: August Hammer Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879. Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:53 pm
Hi springbok.
Great pictures, isn't it odd how the hill looks different from Hammers viewpoint.
Thanks for sharing them.
Cheers buddy.
Subject: Re: August Hammar Letter Dated 6th Jan 1879 Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:05 am
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Q: Find a function $f$ and a number $a$ such that $\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(x + 1)}{x} = f'(a)$ Firstly, can someone clarify what exactly the question is asking me to do? Often my biggest problem in calculus isn't the math, but the questions seem so overly complex and technical that it is unclear to me what to do. Any advice for this?
Secondly, this is the problem I need help with:
$$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(x + 1)}{x} = f'(a)$$

A: Literally, the question is asking you to find a function $f(x)$ and a number $a$ so that the value of the limit on the left is the value of the function on the right.  There's lots of ways to make that work, of course; practically, what they want you to do is note that they have a derivative on the right (as $f'(a)$) and they're hoping that you were paying enough attention when they went over the definition of derivative so that you can identify the left-hand side as the derivative of a particular function at a particular point.

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Q: Firebase: change the location of the service worker I am trying to use Firebase messaging (web). Firebase by default searches for the file "firebase-messaging-sw.js" which holds the service worker.
The service worker script is expected to be on the absolute path of the application! For example : http://localhost/firebase-messaging-sw.js
How to change this default location?! Searching the official docs I found this method: useServiceWorker which accepts a service worker registeration, but trying to use it I get an error that the method doesn't even exist!
So, How to change the location of the service worker for firebase messaging?

A: As Michael has called out, the method to use is useServiceWorker(<registration>).
https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.messaging.Messaging#useServiceWorker
The Messaging class is what is returned when you callfirebase.message().
So the sample would be:
navigator.serviceWorker.register('./example/sw.js')
.then((registration) => {
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  // Request permission and get token.....
});

I just tried this on the demo app on Github without issue: https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-js/tree/master/messaging

A: I think it is:
const vapidKey = 'foo123...';
const serviceWorkerRegistration = await navigator
    .serviceWorker
    .register('/build/firebase-messaging-service-worker.js');

await getToken(messaging, {
    vapidKey,
    serviceWorkerRegistration,
})...

But note that if you copy this code the scope gets wrong I think (because of the path, in my example: /build/...).

A: I know that it is an old question but as useServiceWorker is deprecated now, it is good to mention that you can pass the service worker directly to the getToken. Current document
const registration = await navigator.serviceWorker.ready;

const messaging = firebase.messaging();

const token = await messaging.getToken({
            serviceWorkerRegistration: registration,
            vapidKey: "",
        });

A: You should be able to do firebase.messaging().useServiceWorker(registration) and pass in an existing service worker registration. Note that you should do this as early as possible, before any calls to e.g. getToken() or onMessage().

A: By using useServiceWorker(registration) you can use notificationonclick event on Firebase push messaging via exiting service worker.
firebase.messaging().useServiceWorker(registration) is working and solved my problem, but keep in mind that I don't know if:

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*this is a secure way to get payload from the server.

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Toyota to add 450 workers with $288M Alabama engine plant expansion
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Toyota announced plans today to install two new engine lines at its Alabama manufacturing facility through a $288 million expansion project that will create 450 jobs in Huntsville.
Toyota said the investment will boost annual engine capacity at the Huntsville facility from 670,000 to 900,000 by the end of 2021. It will also increase product flexibility and better accommodate market demands.
The largest in a series of growth projects at the Alabama facility will add new 4-cylinder and V6 engine lines, along with a building expansion, the automaker announced today.
"Toyota's major new investment in its Alabama engine factory is a testament to the solid partnership we have formed with the automaker and to the high-caliber workforce it has found in the Huntsville area," Governor Kay Ivey said.
Toyota Alabama President David Fernandes checks out production on the assembly line at the automaker's Huntsville plant, where it produced about 630,000 engines in 2018.
Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield speaks at the expansion announcement at Toyota's engine plant in Huntsville on March 14, 2019.
Mike Clark, Toyota Alabama's general manager of manufacturing, speaks at the expansion announcement at the Huntsville engine plant on March 14, 2019.
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Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield joined Toyota officials and community leaders at an announcement event at the Huntsville engine factory, where the company employs more than 1,400 workers.
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The Alabama plant launched engine production in 2003 and has undergone four expansions since then. In September 2018, Toyota completed a $106 million expansion project to open a new 4-cylinder engine line, creating 50 jobs.
"Toyota has long been a pillar in our booming automotive industry, with its Huntsville engine plant operating in near-constant expansion mode since it launched production," Secretary Canfield said.
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MORE INVESTMENTS
Along with the Huntsville expansion, Toyota announced new investments totaling nearly $750 million at other facilities across the U.S.
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Павел Михайлович Чехо́нин (1914—1996) — Герой Социалистического Труда, Почётный гражданин Петрозаводска (1973). Заслуженный работник народного хозяйства Карельской АССР (1984). Депутат Верховного Совета СССР 7 и 8 созывов.

Биография
Член рабочей династии мастеровых Александровского завода, первое упоминание о Чехониных относится к 1776 году, когда из Липецка на завод приехал молотовый мастер Фёдор Чехонин.

Окончил 6 классов школы г. Петрозаводска

С 1929 г. поступил на Онежский металлургический и механический завод учеником, затем фрезеровщиком инструментального цеха.

Участник Советско-финляндской войны 1939—1940 гг., санинструктор 208-го стрелкового полка 18-й стрелковой дивизии, имел ранение.

В 1941 г. вместе с Онегзаводом был эвакуирован в Красноярск, где участвовал в организации работы предприятия.

После окончания войны вернулся на Онежский завод.

Участвовал в спортивной жизни Карелии, в соревнованиях по классической борьбе, чемпион Карелии, судья республиканской категории.

Примечания

Литература
 Бацер, И. М. Волшебная фреза : очерк / Ис. Бацер. — Петрозаводск : Карел. кн. изд-во, 1966. — 88 с. : ил.
 Демидова Т. Молодость ветерана // Онежец. −1985. — 24 мая.
 Памяти П. М. Чехонина // Петрозаводск. — 1996. — 8 марта. — С. 3.
 Чехонин, П. М. Волшебная фреза Павла Чехонина : [беседа с Героем Социалист. Труда Павлом Михайловичем Чехониным / вёл В. Савельев] // Сев. курьер. — 1994. — 9 сент.
 Народные избранники Карелии: Депутаты высших представительных органов власти СССР, РСФСР, РФ от Карелии и высших представительных органов власти Карелии, 1923—2006: справочник / авт.-сост. А. И. Бутвило. — Петрозаводск, 2006. — 320 с.

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 Павел Михайлович Чехонин (к 100-летию со дня рождения)

Участники советско-финляндской войны (1939—1940)
Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР 7-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР 8-го созыва
Почётные граждане Петрозаводска
Заслуженные работники народного хозяйства Карельской АССР

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The protection of intellectual property has become an increasing concern among businesses throughout the world. After all, gaining a technological edge is often the key to gaining the competitive edge in the market place. That is why national governments, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations have all put effort in to creating laws, regulations, and guidelines to protect intellectual property.
When people think about intellectual property, they tend to think of things such as television shows, music, films, and video games. They are also inclined to believe that most intellectual property theft occurs through bootlegging and Internet piracy. However, there is another type of intellectual property theft that predates our technological age by centuries, yet continues to threaten firms everywhere.
Industrial espionage is the theft, copying or unauthorized reproduction of confidential trade secrets for use by a business competitor. Sometimes it is perpetrated by competing corporations; however, in many instances a national government conducts or facilitates the act. During the 1980s and early 1990s, there was much made in the popular media about the appropriation of American technology by East Asian competitors such as Japan. Today, such accusations are more likely to be leveled against China, and with good reason. The Chinese government and its firms are some of the most active players in global industrial espionage. However, in the past China was much more likely to be the victim of this type of crime, rather than the perpetrator. Indeed, industrial espionage in a tactic that goes back centuries if not millennia.
In the 6th century, the Emperor of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I dispatched Christian monks to China in order to undermine its monopoly on the production of silk. Years later, the monks returned to the Empire bearing silkworm eggs, Mulberry Bush seeds, and the knowledge to produce silk. This industrial theft was a boon for the West, even though it significantly damaged the economies of China and Persia.
In the centuries following the Renaissance, European powers began to recognize that technology could give them an economic advantage over their rivals. Soon after conquering the Aztecs, the Spanish were able to set up a profitable chocolate trading operation, going to great lengths to keep knowledge of the product as secret as possible. However, the Spanish monopoly over this industry did not last long. An Italian explorer managed to discover Spain's secret cocoa plantations while on a trip to the New World. Upon his return to Italy, he circulated the recipe in his home country, which quickly spread throughout Europe.
During the Age of Exploration, the nations of Europe spent a lot of time and money charting the globe and securing trade routes to East Asia. One of the most sought-after items was Chinese porcelain, an easily breakable good that did not hold up well during long and bumpy sea voyages. There was a lot of effort put into replicating the Chinese art of porcelain making, yet most attempts proved unsuccessful. However, in the 18th century, a Jesuit priest named Francis Xavier d' Entrecolles managed to infiltrate a center of porcelain manufacture in China. With meticulous precision, he recorded what he saw and passed secret letters detailing the process back to his home country of France. Using these instructions, French craftsmen were able to successfully reproduce the coveted good, undermining China's monopoly on this profitable trade.
However, this was not to be France's only attempt at industrial espionage. The country continued to wage an intelligence effort against its rival England for much of the 18th and 19th century. The French government deliberately sought out and recruited British glassmakers, shipwrights, and metal artists in order to harness their expertise. Even so, England could not complain too much about France's intrigues. After all, the British East India Company waged an industrial espionage campaign of its own, stealing tea from China for cultivation in India. Nevertheless, the Europeans were not the only nations to engage in the theft of trade secrets.
Samuel Slater was born in England in the 18th century and, while still young, managed to secure employment in one of the most advanced textile mills in the country. When he later immigrated to America in 1789, he brought with him extensive knowledge on the mass production of textiles. Slater opened many advanced mills in the United States, becoming a business mogul and a self-made millionaire. Reviled in his home country, Slater was lauded in the United States for helping the young nation gain a competitive edge over the technologically superior United Kingdom.
Approximately one century later, Great Britain again became the victim of industrial espionage. Alfred Krupp, a 19th-century German industrialist, established a network of spies to protect his company's trade secrets while simultaneously gaining intelligence on his competitors. In the process, he managed to gain extensive knowledge of Britain's steelmaking techniques. Krupp used this information to improve his operations and become one of the leading businessmen in Germany. In fact, his success was pivotal to the development of Germany's industrial heartland, the Ruhr Valley.
Industrial espionage persisted into the 20th century, through the Cold War, and continues to be a threat into the present-day. Luckily, modern firms have tools to protect themselves that businesses in the past often lacked. Patents, international agreements, and legislation protecting trade secrets help businesses guard their hard-earned intellectual property. However, industrial espionage has been a threat for centuries and will likely continue to be a threat for centuries more. That is why, despite modern legislation and legal protections, firms should continue to remain vigilant against this ever-present threat.


Seven months into a three-year contract to provide transportation to doctor's appointments for hundreds of thousands of people on Medicaid in Connecticut, state officials, medical providers and patients say the company's insistence that it is improving doesn't match up with the stream of stories about missed pickups and poor customer service for some of the state's most vulnerable patients.
Dialysis patients have been left stranded at clinics, sick children have missed doctor appointments and people who use wheelchairs have been told none of the transportation companies that have contracts with the firm have a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
Representatives from Veyo, the company that won a $7 million-per-year transportation contract for Medicaid patients in January, on Wednesday told state legislators and members of a working group called the Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council that, based on its own records of wait times at its call centers and data showing decreasing numbers of complaints, the situation is improving.
"We are very adequate," said Dave Coppock, the regional director for Veyo, which is a subsidiary of Arizona-based Total Transit.
But the medical administrators, advocates and public health officials who spoke during Wednesday's meeting and in interviews this week said the anecdotal evidence they have seen and heard from clients contradicts Veyo's account.
A woman stranded at an appointment had to flag down a taxi on the road and pay $50 for the ride home, said Amy Greika, a program manager at a residential care home in Willington. A child with cerebral palsy waited at an appointment for nearly two hours while his ventilator used up battery power, said Bonnie Roswig, an attorney with the Center for Children's Advocacy. Medical facilities have had to pay out-of-pocket so their patients could get home, Ledge Light Health District supervisor Jennifer Muggeo said.
Muggeo said she asked members of the Southeastern Connecticut Health Improvement Collaborative to report how problems with Veyo have affected southeastern Connecticut.
"We have had to divert local resources to provide transportation and to advocate for people because the transportation benefits ... have fallen short," she said.
Most health care professionals and HUSKY Health members say that while Logisticare, Veyo's troubled predecessor, caused its own problems for patients, the first seven months of Veyo have not been an improvement and in many cases is more taxing for patients and health care providers alike.
"It continues to be disturbing," Roswig said. "Things are not improving ... the bottom line is that we still have not solved this problem."
Coppock said the company recently began a review of its more than 70 transportation providers — including cab companies, out-of-state livery firms, ambulance companies and its own roster of Uber-style independent drivers who drive their own cars on behalf of Veyo — and plans to sanction or end its contract with any not performing well.
As of May, Veyo already had ended its contracts with Harry's Taxi, Harry's Livery and Red & White Taxi in New London, and Rose City Taxi in Norwich.
The medical rides they were giving — up to 1,800 rides a month for Harry's Taxi in March and closer to 100 rides a month for Rose City Taxi — are now taken by other local cab companies like Norwich Taxi, by subcontractors like Sky Transportation that hire their own drivers, or by Veyo's fleet of independent drivers.
The Department of Social Services fined Veyo a total of $4,000 in May and June for violating the provisions of its contract multiple times, including forcing Medicaid recipients to wait more than an hour for a pickup on eight occasions, the Connecticut Mirror reported last month. Veyo also was fined $1,000 in February, after an immunocompromised patient was transported with others in the vehicle, when he or she wasn't supposed to be.
In a report Veyo submitted to the state in June that breaks down reported call center wait times, missed and canceled rides, the performance of all the transportation providers shows that the company recorded 364,539 trips in May, the last month for which numbers are available. Veyo says it received more than 100,000 calls in May, up by more than 10,000 calls a month over April. The average hold times, percentage of abandoned calls and complaints all went up between April and May.
Those violations, and the complaints and canceled calls in the monthly reports Veyo submits to DSS, may not reflect all the difficulties people have either getting a ride to come on time or getting access to the bus passes Veyo sends out to Medicaid members who live near public transportation, health officials said.
"If even a fraction, (if) 10 percent of those cases are true, there are systemic issues that need to be addressed," Karen Buckley, a vice president of the Connecticut Hospital Association, said at Wednesday's meeting.
Not all patients who are left without a ride or get picked up late will report it.
"Just because their complaints are down doesn't mean the issues are not happening," said Yolanda Bowes, the director of outpatient operations for United Community and Family Services in Norwich. "It may be working most of the time but it's not working all of the time."
People visiting UCFS facilities still are being left without a ride home, missing appointments because their rides are late or not receiving the bus passes they're supposed to receive. These difficulties can cause patients to miss important appointments, said Brianna Weller, UCFS's supervisor of community outreach.
"I think that can deter our clients from coming," Weller said. "It's leading to undue stress and really deterring them — they're not going to want to come if they can't get here."


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Yunus Özyavuz (born 17 August 1978), better known by his stage name Sagopa Kajmer (), is a Turkish rapper, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. He was born in 1978 in Samsun, and finished his primary and high school there. He then started working as a DJ in one of Samsun's local radio stations. In order to continue his education, he moved to Istanbul and studied Persian language and literature at Istanbul University. In 1998, he founded the hip hop band Kuvvetmira and started his career with his stage name "Silahsız Kuvvet". He featured in the compilation album Yeraltı Operasyonu as Silahsız Kuvvet in 1999. He later changed his stage name to Sagopa Kajmer and released an album with the same name Sagopa Kajmer in 2002. Following the release of the album, he released Bir Pesimistin Gözyaşları in 2004. Same year, he contributed to the soundtrack for the movie G.O.R.A.. He released another studio album Romantizma in 2005 and on 11 August 2005 found his own production company Melankolia Müzik. In 2006, he released the compilation album Kafile under the label Melankolia Müzik. On 1 August 2006, he married fellow rapper Kolera (Esen Güler). In 2007, they released their first mutual album İkimizi Anlatan Bir Şey. He released two more solo albums, Kötü İnsanları Tanıma Senesi (2008) and Şarkı Koleksiyoncusu (2009), before releasing another mutual album with Kolera, Bendeki Sen, in 2010. Since then, he has released four studio albums: Saydam Odalar (2011), Kalp Hastası (2013), Ahmak Islatan (2017) and Kağıt Kesikleri (2022).

Career

1978–2002: Early life and career beginnings
Yunus Özyavuz was born on 17 August 1978 in Samsun. He finished primary and high school in Samsun. In his own words, his interest in music rose after listening to African music by his mother, and Italian music by his father. He started his music career by working as a DJ in one of Samsun's local radio stations. During that period, he used the name Dj Rapper M.C. (Dj Rapper Mic Check). In 1997, he moved to Istanbul to continue his education and studied Persian language and literature at Istanbul University. He graduated 4 years later.

In 1998, he founded the rap group Kuvvetmira. In 1999, he featured in the compilation album Yeraltı Operasyonu as Silahsız Kuvvet. At the same time, he released another album, Gerilim 99 (Promo). In the same month, he released his first EP Pesimist EP 1. In 2000, together with Ceza, he released the album Toplama Kampı. One year later, he released another album Sözlerim Silahım. At the same time period he also released One Second. In 2002, he released the studio album İhtiyar Heyeti, and produced Ceza's album Med Cezir. At the same, he released the album Sagopa Kajmer, which was followed by On Kurşun.

2003–2009: Bir Pesimistin Gözyaşları, Romantizma, İkimizi Anlatan Bir Şey and Kötü İnsanları Tanıma Senesi
In 2004, he gave an interview to Radikal in which he said that after 7 years of using the stage name Silahsız Kuvvet, he would use the stage name Sagopa Kajmer from now on. In the same year, he produced the album Rapstar and appeared alongside Ceza on the music video for "Neyim Var Ki". In June 2003, his new album, Bir Pesimistin Gözyaşları, was released by Hammer Müzik and turned the songs "Maskeli Balo" and "Karikatür Komedya" from the album into music videos. In 2004, he produced Dr. Fuchs's album Huzur N Darem. Later, he made the music for Cem Yılmaz's comedy film G.O.R.A..

On 19 August 2005, he released the album Romantizma under the label İrem Records and later turned the song "Vasiyet" into a music video. The music video for "Vasiyet" won the Best Video Clip award at the 12th Kral TV Video Music Awards in 2005. In the same year, he released Pesimist EP 3. To produce his own albums and to open doors for new opportunities, on 11 August 2005 Kajmer opened Melankolia Müzik together with Kolera.

Together with other members of Kuvvetmira, Sagopa Kajmer released the album Kafile on 1 January 2006 under the label Melankolia Müzik.

On 26 Apriln 2007, he released his first mutual album with Kolera, İkimizi Anlatan Bir Şey. In 2008, his solo album Kötü İnsanları Tanıma Senesi was released alongside two music videos for the songs "Ben Hüsrana Komşuyum" and "Düşersem Yanarım". On 6 May 2008, he released the single "Bu Şarkıyı Zevk İçin Yaptık", which featured Kolera. On 27 December 2008, he released Pesimist EP 5 - Kör Cerrah on his official website.

In 2009, he released the songs from his previous EPs in a compilation album, titled Şarkı Koleksiyoncusu, on 19 February. On 1 April 2009, he released the single "Beslenme Çantam" as a duet with Kolera. On 18 July 2009, he released another single with Kolera, "Hain".

2010–present: Bendeki Sen, Saydam Odalar and Kalp Hastası
In 2010, he released his second mutual album with Kolera, Bendeki Sen, from which the songs "Bir Dizi İz" and "Merhametine Dön" were turned into music videos. Bendeki Sen was nominated for the Best Album award at the TRT Music Awards, which was based on people's votes. In 2010, he also produced Kafile 2. On 4 February 2010, he released the single "Ardından Bakarım".

In 2011, the album Saydam Odalar was released. "Kaç Kaçabilirsen" and "Bu İşlerden Elini Çek" featured Kolera and a music video was released for "Kaç Kaçabilirsen".

In 2013, he announced on his Twitter account that he was working on a new album. Sagopa Kajmer organized a tour with Pesimist Orchestra during March, April and May 2013 and gave concerts in 15 different cities. On 8 July 2013, his new album Kalp Hastası was released and Kolera was again featured on the song "İster İstemez". One day before the album's release, Sagopa Kajmer released the song "Düşünmek İçin Vaktin Var" on internet together with a music video. This song was later added to Sagopa Kajmer's album Kalp Hastası. Two weeks after the release of the album, a music video was released for the song "Uzun Yollara Devam" as a successor to the clip for "Düşünmek İçin Vaktin Var".

In the early months of 2014, the production process for his new EP Pesimist EP 6 began and it was released on 20 March 2014.
On 6 May 2014, together with Birol Giray (BeeGee), he released the song "Abrakadabra" free of charge on internet. He also composed Cem Adrian's song "Artık Bitti" and served as a backing vocalist on it.

In the early months of 2015, he shared the beats for some of his songs on YouTube and released the beats for his 1998-2001 songs under the name Underground Years on the platform. On 17 June 2015, his new song, "Bilmiyorum", was released on YouTube. On 12 November 2015, his second mutual work with Birol Giray "Naber" was released together with a music video.

In March 2016, it was announced on his official website that he was working on a new song, titled "Tecrübe", together DJ Tarkan. On 31 December 2016, his song "366.Gün" was released on Koleraflow YouTube channel.

In 2017, he released "Ne Kaybederdin" on his official YouTube channel. On 23 August 2017, Sagopa Kajmer announced on his official Twitter account that he was working on a new album and on 1 September 2017 Ahmak Islatan was released. On 31 December 2017, he released a new song "Sorun Var" on his YouTube channel. On 29 May 2018, the music video for the song was released on YouTube. On 25 September 2018, Sagopa Kajmer announced on his Instagram account that his new song would be released on 2 October on digital platforms, and one day prior to that on YouTube. On 1 October 2018, "Oldu Olanlar" was released on YouTube. On his 41st birthday, he released the song "Avutsun Bahaneler". On 29 November 2019, Sagopa Kajmer released the EP Sarkastik. A music video was also released for its lead single "Toz Taneleri". An investigation was started by legal authorities following complaints by the public on the grounds that he encouraged people to smoke by smoking in the music video of the song "Toz Taneleri" published on YouTube. He later gave a statement to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office within the scope of the investigation.

Artistry

Music style
Sagopa Kajmer is a rap music artist. He started his career under the name Silahsız Kuvvet and later used elements of Anatolian melodies and türküs in his songs. Although he initially used curse words in the album Sagopa Kajmer, he later refrained from using them later in his career. He also performed his songs in a tone different than his actual voice to not become famous. His voice is thought to be of Arabesque style. In his 2003 album, Romantizma, there are far more love themes than his previous works.

Influences
Run-DMC's music was influential in forming Kajmer's rap music. He said that he was influenced by the works of Omar Khayyam, Ferdowsi and Rumi. In an interview with Pembe Newspaper, he said: "When I was little I thought I was Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC. LL Cool J and Fat Boys are also very important names. I got my influence from them." The artist's style change and beard gave rise to the rumors that he was influenced by the philosophy of Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü. The artist, however, firmly denied these allegations and said that it was only after reading a hadith that he decided to let his beard grow.

Meaning of Sagopa Kajmer
Yunus Özyavuz explains the meaning of Sagopa Kajmer with these words:

On Beyazıt Öztürk and Meral Okay's program Nasıl Yani he said:

On 17 November 2015, in response to Mesut Yar's question "What does it mean?" he said:

Personal life
His mother is Serpil Özyavuz, and his father is Mehmet Özyavuz. He also has a brother named Emre Özyavuz. He is a graduate of Persian language and literature from Istanbul University. On 1 August 2006, he married fellow rapper Esen Güler (known as Kolera). On 20 November 2017, they announced on their Instagram accounts that they had divorced after 11 years of marriage. In May 2018, in response to one of his followers on social media who asked "what is your religious belief" he said "I have no religious beliefs".

Awards and nominations
In 2005, at Kral TV Video Music Awards, the music video for his song "Vasiyet" was awarded for the best music video. He was also nominated as the Best Turkish Act at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. His mutual album with Kolera Bendeki Sen, was nominated as the best album at TRT Music Awards with the votes of people.

Reception
Fuat Ergin has said about Sagopa Kajmer: "He's not a rapper. I'm a rapper, Ceza is a rapper but he is not ... He's a branch of Arabesque." Erol Köse described Sagopa Kajmer as a "hidden star". Akşams columnist Çağla Gürsoy said about him: "Sagopa's name appeared as one of the rap geniuses in Turkey from the beginning. I like both his style and his music." For the list of "50 People That Make You Happy", Esquire magazine described Sagopa Kajmer as a person who "brought a new breath to the rap music culture in Turkey."

Discography
Studio albums

 Yeraltı Operasyonu (1999)
 Gerilim 99 (Promo) (1999)
 Toplama Kampı (2000)
 Sözlerim Silahım (2001)
 İhtiyar Heyeti (2002)
 On Kurşun (2001)
 One Second (2002)
 Sagopa Kajmer (2002)
 Bir Pesimistin Gözyaşları (2004)
 Romantizma (2005)
 İkimizi Anlatan Bir Şey (2007)
 Kötü İnsanları Tanıma Senesi (2008)
 Bendeki Sen (2010)
 Saydam Odalar (2011)
 Kalp Hastası (2013)
 Kağıt Kesikleri (2022)

Compilation albums
 Şarkı Koleksiyoncusu (2009)
 Underground Years (2015)
 Ahmak Islatan (2017)
 Tek (2021)

Duet albums
 Kafile (2006)
 İkimizi Anlatan Bir Şey (2007)
 Bendeki Sen (2010)
 Kafile 2 (2010)

EPs

 Pesimist EP 1 (2000)
 Pesimist EP 2 (2002)
 Pesimist EP 3 (2005)
 Disstortion EP (2005)
 Pesimist EP 4 - Kurşun Asker (2006)
 Pesimist EP 5 - Kör Cerrah (2008)
 Saykodelik EP (2009)
 Pesimist EP 6 - Ahmak Islatan (2014)
 Sarkastik (2019)
 Yunus (2020)

Singles

 "Kırık Çocuk" (2007)
 "Bu Şarkıyı Zevk İçin Yaptık" (2008)
 "Beslenme Çantam" (2009)
 "Hain" (2009)
 "Ardından Bakarım" (2010)
 "Istakoz" (2012)
 "40" (2012)
 "Ultimate" (2012)
 "Düşünmek İçin Vaktin Var" (2013)
 "Abrakadabra" (2014)
 "Bilmiyorum" (2015)
 "Naber" (2015)
 "Tecrübe" (2016)
 "366.Gün" (2016)
 "Ne Kaybederdin" (2017)
 "Sertlik Kanında Var Hayatın" (2017)
 "Sorun Var" (2017)
 "Serbest" (2018)
 "Oldu Olanlar" (2018)
 "Yirmi Dört (Re-Vocal Version)" (2019)
 "Güvensiz İnsanlar" (2019)
 "Avutsun Bahaneler" (2019)
 "Siyah" (ft. Patron) (2020)
 "Bu Sen Değilsin" (ft. Faruk Sabancı) (2020)
 "Onca Şeyin Ardından" (2021)
 "Saldırground" (2021)
 "Kim" (2021)

References

External links

Living people
1978 births
Turkish male singers
Turkish rappers
Turkish DJs
Turkish former Muslims
Turkish songwriters
Turkish composers
Turkish record producers
Turkish pianists
Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists
Male pianists
21st-century pianists
21st-century male musicians


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abstract OrderingStrategy
type LogisticOrdering <: OrderingStrategy end
type PartialCorrOrdering <: OrderingStrategy end
type HDPSOrdering <: OrderingStrategy end
type ManualOrdering <: OrderingStrategy
  indexes::Vector{Int}
  ManualOrdering(indexes) = new(copy(indexes))
end

"""
Defines how the next covariate added to g is chosen

* `ForwardStepwise` - default, tries each unused covariate to find the one that helps the most. Slow, O(p^2) time for p covariates.
* `PreOrdered` - Orders covariates once then adds them in that order. Takes O(p) time for p covariates. Specify with `PreOrdered(ordering)` where `ordering` is
    * `LogisticOrdering()` - ranks covariates based on reduction in log likelihood with intital Q as an offset if added one at a time. Basically the first step of `ForwardStepwise`
    * `PartialCorrOrdering()` - ranks covariates based on partial correlation of each covariate and the residual (y - predicted y from initial Qbar) given a
    * `HDPSOrdering()` - ranks covariates based on bias reduction potential as in the hdps procedure. This ignores intial Qbar.
    * `ManualOrdering(ord)` - orders covars based on specified `indexes`, a `Vector{Int}`, of column indexes of W, not including 1, the intercept.
"""
abstract SearchStrategy
type ForwardStepwise <: SearchStrategy end
type PreOrdered <: SearchStrategy
    ordering::OrderingStrategy
    k_at_once::Int
    covar_order::Vector{Int}
    PreOrdered(ordering::OrderingStrategy, k_at_once=1) = new(ordering, k_at_once, Array(Int, 0))
end
Base.show(io::IO, strat::PreOrdered) = print(io, "Preordered($(strat.ordering))")

#strategies may store some state and we need to clear it out sometimes
init!(strat::SearchStrategy) = strat
function init!(strat::PreOrdered)
    strat.covar_order = Int[]
    strat
end

# added covar(s) are added to used_covars and deleted from unused_covars
# q is fluctuated
#return best_risk, gfit, new_fluc
function add_covars!{T<:AbstractFloat}(::ForwardStepwise,
                                       q::Qmodel{T},
                                       param::Parameter{T},
                                       W::Matrix{T},
                                       A::Vector{T},
                                       Y::Vector{T},
                                       used_covars::IntSet,
                                       unused_covars::IntSet,
                                       prev_risk::T,
                                       gbounds::Vector{T},
                                       penalize::Bool)
    @debug("unused_covars: $(unused_covars)")
    @debug("used_covars: $(used_covars)")

    next_covar_risk = fill(Inf, maximum(unused_covars))
    g_fluc_dict = Dict{IntSet, Tuple{LR, Fluctuation}}()

    #Remove most recent fluctuation (and save for later use)
    #So that we can add one covar to the current fluctuation to see if it works
    fluc_now = defluctuate!(q)

    #try adding each covariate to the current fluctuation
    for j in unused_covars
        #estimate g with additional covariate j
        #println("Vars: $(union(used_covars, IntSet(j)))")
        current_covars = union(used_covars, IntSet(j))
        gfit = lreg(W, A, subset=collect(current_covars)) #sslreg(w, a, current_covars)
        #fluctuate and get risk
        fluc = computefluc(q, param, bound!(predict(gfit, W), gbounds), A, Y)
        fluctuate!(q, fluc)
        next_covar_risk[j] = risk(q, A, Y, param, penalize)
        if isnan(next_covar_risk[j])
            @warn("Risk is NaN. used covars: $used_covars")
        end
        #remove newest fluctuation
        defluctuate!(q)
        g_fluc_dict[current_covars] = (gfit, fluc)
    end
    best_risk, best_j = findmin(next_covar_risk)

    if best_risk < prev_risk
        @debug("Adding to old fluc, best_j:$best_j")
        new_fluc = false
        #adding one covariate to current fluc does better, then use that fluctuation
        push!(used_covars, best_j)
        @debug("used_covars after adding best_j: $used_covars")
        delete!(unused_covars, best_j)
        gfit, fluc = g_fluc_dict[used_covars]
        fluctuate!(q, fluc)
    else
        new_fluc = true
        #otherwise, keep current fluctuation find best new fluctuation adding a
        #single covariate
        fluctuate!(q, fluc_now) #reuse previous best fluctuation
        next_covar_risk = fill(Inf, maximum(unused_covars))
        for j in unused_covars
            current_covars = union(used_covars, IntSet(j))
            gfit = g_fluc_dict[current_covars][1]
            fluc = computefluc(q, param, bound!(predict(gfit, W), gbounds), A, Y)
            fluctuate!(q, fluc)
            next_covar_risk[j] = risk(q, A, Y, param, penalize)
            if isnan(next_covar_risk[j])
                @warn("Risk is NaN. used covars: $used_covars")
            end
            defluctuate!(q)
            g_fluc_dict[current_covars] = (gfit, fluc)
        end
        @debug("next_covar_risk: $next_covar_risk")
        best_risk, best_j = findmin(next_covar_risk)
        if !penalize && best_risk > prev_risk
            @warn("Best risk is worse than previous best risk. This doesn't make sense. Continuing anyway...")
        end
        @debug("best_j: $best_j, unused_covars: $unused_covars")
        push!(used_covars, best_j)
        delete!(unused_covars, best_j)
        gfit, fluc = g_fluc_dict[used_covars]
        fluctuate!(q, fluc)
    end
    best_risk, gfit, new_fluc
end

# added covar(s) are added to used_covars and deleted from unused_covars
# q is fluctuated
#return best_risk, gfit, new_fluc
function add_covars!{T<:AbstractFloat}(strategy::PreOrdered,
                                       q::Qmodel{T},
                                       param::Parameter{T},
                                       W::Matrix{T},
                                       A::Vector{T},
                                       Y::Vector{T},
                                       used_covars::IntSet,
                                       unused_covars::IntSet,
                                       prev_risk::T,
                                       gbounds::Vector{T},
                                       penalize::Bool)

    if isempty(strategy.covar_order)
        append!(strategy.covar_order, order_covars(strategy.ordering, q, param, W, A, Y, unused_covars, gbounds, penalize))
    end

    ordered_unused_covars = filter(x -> x ∉ used_covars, strategy.covar_order)
    next_covars = length(ordered_unused_covars) >= strategy.k_at_once ?
        ordered_unused_covars[1:strategy.k_at_once] :
        ordered_unused_covars

    fluc_now = defluctuate!(q)

    union!(used_covars, next_covars)
    setdiff!(unused_covars, next_covars)

    g_fit = lreg(W, A, subset=collect(used_covars))
    gn1 = bound!(predict(g_fit, W), gbounds)

    fluc = computefluc(q, param, gn1, A, Y)
    fluctuate!(q, fluc)
    new_risk = risk(q, A, Y, param, penalize)

    if new_risk < prev_risk
        return new_risk, g_fit, false
    end

    defluctuate!(q)
    fluctuate!(q, fluc_now)
    fluctuate!(q, param, gn1, A, Y)
    return risk(q, A, Y, param, penalize), g_fit, true
end

function order_covars(ordering::LogisticOrdering, q, param, W, A, Y, available_covars, gbounds, penalize)
    logitQnAA = linpred(q, A)
    scores = Dict{Int, Float64}()
    for i in available_covars
        g_fit = lreg(W, A, subset=[i])
        gn1 = bound!(predict(g_fit, W), gbounds)
        fluc = computefluc(q, param, gn1, A, Y)
        fluctuate!(q, fluc)
        scores[i] = risk(q, A, Y, param, penalize)
        defluctuate!(q)
    end
    sort!(collect(keys(scores)), by = x -> scores[x])
end

function order_covars(ordering::PartialCorrOrdering, q, param, W, A, Y, available_covars, gbounds, penalize)
    resid = Y .- predict(q, A)
    W_available = W[:, collect(available_covars)]
    scores = Dict(collect(zip(available_covars, abs(pcor(resid, W_available, A)))))
    return sort!(collect(keys(scores)), by = x -> scores[x], rev=true)
end

function order_covars(ordering::HDPSOrdering, q, param, W, A, Y, available_covars, gbounds, penalize)
    error()
end

function order_covars(ordering::ManualOrdering, q, param, W, A, Y, available_covars, gbounds, penalize)
    collect(available_covars) == sort(ordering.indexes) ||
      error("ManualOrdering indexes do not match available covariates")
    ordering.indexes
end

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Stir frying is fun. You can take just about any combination of protein and vegetables, toss it in a wok over high heat with some soy sauce and have a decent meal. I like to use a little tangerine juice to give a sweet/tart twist to my stir fry, and, as always, there's garlic involved!
This is my first attempt at cooking tofu. In all fairness, that's mostly because I've never had any desire to cook tofu. I like it enough, but it's typically nothing more than a meat-free protein alternative when I'm not in the mood for meat (which isn't all that often). I really had no idea what I was doing when I started making this dish, and I learned as I went along. The results were pretty tasty, and I learned a few things along the way that will make my tofu skills a little better next time.
And, yes, that does mean this came out tasty enough that there will be a next time.
I mean, really…who wouldn't be dying to work with this big… block… of… something…? And yet, when it's seasoned well and cooked right, it's delicious!
The other product in this recipe that was new to me was pink rice. I stumbled upon it when looking for my staple short grain brown rice, which I couldn't find. It looked interesting, and it cooks in only 20 minutes, which is pretty impressive for a whole grain rice. It has a very delicate flavor, a little more satisfying than a white rice, but not quite as "bran-y" as a brown rice. If you can find it, I highly recommend it!
I also came across baby zucchinis for the first time when buying veggies for this stir fry. I'm not counting them as a "new" ingredient, as they're basically just small zucchinis, but I had never seen them before. They're great to work with, cook very quickly, and have a very mild flavor.
If you've never worked with tofu before, you may not know that there's actually some prep involved prior to cooking. (I sure didn't prior to a quick google on preparing tofu). As it turns out, it needs to be cubed, pressed and marinated before cooking to get the excess fluid out and put some flavor in.
Once the pressing is done, place the tofu cubes in a bowl to marinate them. I covered mine with about a tablespoon of soy sauce and the juice of one of the tangerines, reserving the second tangerine to flavor the stir fry later.
I saw a lot of different suggestions on how long to press and how long to marinate, but since I started reading about all of this an hour before dinner time, I went with twenty minutes of pressing and ten minutes of marinating. May not have been perfect, but it worked pretty well.
Once all the vegetables are chopped and the tofu is marinated, heat olive oil over a medium-high flame. Don't add anything else to the pan until the oil is good and hot. Then get the tofu into the pan first. (I did not drain the marinade off the tofu, so my tofu didn't crisp and fry as much as I would have liked – it was a combination of steaming and frying because of all the water in the soy sauce. Turned out tasty, but not as firm/crispy as I would have liked. I'm pretty sure that draining the marinade would have helped here).
Next, get the onions, zucchini and garlic into the pan, and season with some black pepper to taste. (As with all recipes where I use soy sauce, I never season my stir fry with additional salt as the soy sauce is more than salty enough on its own.) Keep in mind when making this type of dish that the word "stir" in stir fry is important. Keep everything moving in the pan. This helps the flavors mingle, and keeps everything in contact with the hot pan as much as possible.
Once the onions and zucchini start to soften, toss the broccoli on top, drizzle with some soy sauce and cover. Let this cook for about 5 minutes covered. This will help brown the tofu sitting at the bottom of the pan and will also serve to steam the broccoli a bit.
Uncover, add the juice of the second tangerine and more soy sauce and/or black pepper to taste. Add the mushrooms, and stir to combine. Keep everything moving a few more minutes until cooked through, and the serve quickly over the rice.
Tofu isn't for everyone. This recipe can obviously be easily adapted to use chicken, sliced pork tenderloin or beef instead of the tofu. In fact, that's what I normally do, but I wanted to highlight a new option, and I wanted a little challenge working with a new ingredient. It's nice to have a few vegetarian dishes in my arsenal when non-carnivorous friends are over for dinner. This can, of course, be made simply with veggies alone without any protein, as well. The combination of soy sauce and fresh squeezed tangerine juice is one of my favorite stir fry "sauces," and it is very easy to do. You can spice it up a bit with some Thai chili paste or Sriracha as well. However you make it, this simple stir fry is a satisfying meal that can accommodate a wide range of ingredients and tastes. And, for the record, the little guy at Eats For All Ages ate every piece of tofu that was on his plate (even if he did call them "potatoes"). Enjoy!


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This article is about the video game series. For other uses, see Dragon's Lair (disambiguation).
Dragon's Lair promotional poster
Fantasy, animation
Cinematronics
Rick Dyer
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair
Dragon's Lair is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its western animation-style graphics and convoluted decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television and comic book series.
The first game in the series is titled Dragon's Lair, originally released for the arcades in 1983[1] by Cinematronics. It uses laserdisc technology, offering greatly superior graphics compared to other video games at the time.[2] The game was ported to several other platforms, but as no home system technology of that era could accommodate the graphical quality of laserdisc, several abridged versions of the original game were released under different names.[3] The first true sequel, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, would only appear in 1991. While its graphics were once again praised, the poor controls and limited interactivity kept it from reaching the popularity of the original.[4]
The two main games in the series are considered gaming classics[5] and are constantly re-released for each new generation of consoles.[6] In 2010, they were bundled alongside the unrelated 1984 Bluth Group game Space Ace in the Dragon's Lair Trilogy which was made available across numerous platforms.[6]
The series' forays into other media include a short-lived cartoon series that aired on ABC in 1984 and a comic-book miniseries released in 2003. Plans for a feature-length film have existed since the 1980s and have resurfaced in 2015, when Bluth launched a crowd-funding campaign to secure funds for a Dragon's Lair movie pitch.[7] After an initially unsuccessful bid on Kickstarter, a second Indiegogo campaign managed to reach its target in early 2016.
3.1 Dirk the Daring
3.2 Princess Daphne
4 Adaptations
Games[edit]
Dragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983.[8] In the game, the protagonist Dirk the Daring is a knight attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe who has locked the princess in the foul wizard Mordroc's castle. It featured animation by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth. Most other games of the era represented the character as a sprite, which consisted of a series of pixels displayed in succession. Due to hardware limitations of the era, artists were greatly restricted in the detail they could achieve using that technique; the resolution, framerate, and number of frames were severely constrained. Dragon's Lair overcame those limitations by tapping into the vast storage potential of the LaserDisc but imposed other limitations on the actual gameplay. It was advertised as the first truly 3D video game and as the meeting point of video games and animated films.[9] The success of the game sparked numerous home ports, sequels, and related games. In the 21st century, it has been repackaged in a number of formats (such as for the iPhone) as a "retro" or historic game. It is currently one of only three video games (along with Pong and Pac-Man) in storage at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.[10][dubious – discuss]
Escape from Singe's Castle, also known as Dragon's Lair Part II - Escape From Singe's Castle is a 1987 video game published by Software Projects for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. Later, Readysoft made the Amiga, Atari ST, and PC versions. The game is sometimes referred to as Dragon's Lair II but is not to be confused with the official arcade sequel Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp.
Dragon's Lair is a 1990 platform game developed by MotiveTime and published by CSG Imagesoft in North America, Elite Systems in Europe and Epic/Sony Records in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its plot is identical to that of the original game.
Dragon's Lair: The Legend is a 1991 platform game developed by Elite Systems and published by CSG Imagesoft in North America, Elite Software in Europe and Epic/Sony Records in Japan for the Game Boy. This is actually a port of Elite's 1985 ZX Spectrum game Roller Coaster.
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp is the first official sequel other than Escape from Singe's Castle. Released in 1991 by Leland Corporation, its story takes place years later. Dirk has married Daphne, and the marriage has produced several children. When Daphne is kidnapped by the evil wizard Mordroc in order to be forced into marriage, Dirk's children are clearly upset by the abduction of their mother, and Dirk must once again save her. Home ports of the game were announced for the Philips CD-i, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, and Jaguar CD. However, only the CD-i version was actually released, though non-playable demos of the 3DO and Jaguar CD versions appear on those consoles' respective versions of Brain Dead 13. The game was later ported to the Wii as part of the compilation release Dragon's Lair Trilogy.
Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread was made for Amiga, Atari ST, and PC in 1993, mixing original footage with scenes from Time Warp that were not included in the original PC release due to memory constraints. The game also included a newly produced "Blackbeard the Pirate" stage that was originally intended to be in the arcade game but was never completed.[11]
Dragon's Lair is a 1993 platform game developed by MotiveTime and published by Data East in North America, Elite Systems in Europe and Konami in Japan for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Its plot is identical to that of the original game.
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair was developed in 2002, as a 3D interpretation of the game developed by Dragonstone Software and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, GameCube and the PlayStation 2. It is based on the original Dragon's Lair and follows a similar story as Dirk must enter Mordroc's castle to rescue Princess Daphne from a dragon. Many of the characters and locations from the 1983 original make appearances in the game, along with new puzzles, rooms, and enemies. The game uses cel shading to mimic the distinctive style of the original. Bluth produced two new animated sequences for the opening and ending of the game. It received mixed reviews.[12] In 2005, Digital Leisure created a new Dragon's Lair III which utilizes 3D footage from Dragon's Lair 3D but has a control system like the original arcade games.
Dragon's Lair led to the creation of 1984's Space Ace, another game animated by Don Bluth and his crew. Space Ace is a ROM and disc upgrade kit for the Dragon's Lair cabinets, complete with new control panel overlay, side art, and header.
Gameplay[edit]
Players have five controls: up, down, left, right, and attack.
Gamplay consists of reacting to on-screen button prompts which trigger pre-drawn success or failure animations, essentially a forerunner of the modern Quick Time Event.[13]
A perfect run with no deaths lasts no more than 12 minutes, although 22 minutes of footage was animated to include individual death scenes and game over screens, across 50,000 frames of animation.[14]
In practice, the game can freeze as the laserdisc searches for the correct scene to play, and the cabinets themselves are difficult to maintain.[15]
Dirk the Daring[edit]
Dirk the Daring is the main protagonist of the first game and subsequent franchise. As a knight of the kingdom, Dirk was entrusted with the rescue of Princess Daphne from Mordroc and Singe because all other knights were killed. He becomes heir to the throne upon saving Princess Daphne; following her rescue, Dirk and Daphne are married. In both games, Dirk is voiced by sound editor Dan Molina. Retro Gamer included him on their list of top 50 game characters in the category "Top Ten Forces of Good" and called him "without a doubt, the epitome of the heroic knight".[16]
Princess Daphne[edit]
Main article: Princess Daphne (character)
In the games, Princess Daphne is the beautiful daughter of King Aethelred and an unnamed queen. She serves as the series' damsel in distress, a beautiful maiden coveted by many princes and knights, her heart belongs to the kingdom's champion, Dirk the Daring.[17][18]
Adaptations[edit]
The game led to the creation of a short-lived television cartoon series, Dragon's Lair by Ruby-Spears Productions, where Dirk the Daring is voiced by Bob Sarlatte and the unseen storyteller that narrates each episode is voiced by Clive Revill. Changes in the TV series include the originally nameless Dragon being given the name Singe (voiced by Arthur Burghardt), Princess Daphne (voiced by Ellen Gerstell) wears a long pink dress, and includes some exclusive characters like Princess Daphne's father King Ethelred (voiced by Fred Travalena), Dirk the Daring's horse Bertram (vocal effects provided by Peter Cullen), Dirk the Daring's squire Timothy (voiced by Michael Mish), and Dirk the Daring's rival Sir Hubert Blunt (voiced by Peter Cullen). Enemies include the Lizard King, the Phantom Knight, the Giddy Goons, and the Mudmen. Thirteen half-hour episodes were produced and aired on the ABC network from September 8, 1984, to April 27, 1985. It was last aired on the USA Cartoon Express between the late '80s and the early '90s. To keep the show in the spirit of the game, before each commercial break the storyteller asks what the viewer would do to solve the problem facing Dirk. After the commercial break, the outcomes of the various choices are shown before Dirk acts on the correct idea (with the occasional exception) to save the day. Don Bluth had no involvement in the TV series.
A comic book miniseries based on the game, but incorporating elements from the cartoon series as well, like Dirk's horse Bertram, was released in 2003 by CrossGen, concurrent with a miniseries based on Space Ace. Arcana Studio published the entire comic book series in 2006, as there are three issues that were previously unpublished.
In the 1980s a film version of Dragon's Lair was planned, with Alan Dean Foster involved in shaping the story. The project fell apart due to low interest from other studios.[19]
On October 26, 2015, Bluth and Goldman started a Kickstarter campaign to create a teaser for an animated feature-length Dragon's Lair prequel film, their first feature film since Titan A.E.[20] The Kickstarter funding was canceled when not enough funds were made close to the deadline[citation needed], but an Indiegogo page for the project was created in its place.[21] On December 14, 2015, the Indiegogo campaign reached its goal of $250,000 to produce a teaser, 14 days after the campaign launched, and got more than twice the budget on January 16, 2016.[21][22] Bluth and Goldman have announced that the film will provide more backstory for Dirk and Daphne and that Daphne will show that she is not a "blonde airhead".[23]
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Q: Parametric Function i'm struggling to implement the following parametric function:
I need to create a g function with two arguments (w and v).
If w and v are not empty lists, then it will return a list containing two other lists:
 - one containing the elements of w that do not occur in v,
 - and the other containing the elements of v that do not occur in w,
If one of w or v are empty lists, it should return a message "One of the lists is empty".
Hope anyone can help me out here, thanks in advance.

A: Try the following:
g[w_, v_] := If[w == {} || v == {}, "D'oh!", {Complement[w, v], Complement[v, w]}]

Some tests:
g[{2, 3, 4}, {2, 5}]
g[{2}, {}]

producing
{{3, 4}, {5}}
"D'oh!"

A: Here is an alternative, using dispatch between multiple definitions:
g[{},_] = g[_,{}] = "One of the lists is empty";
g[a_,b_] := { a~Complement~b, b~Complement~a };

If you like syntactic sugar, you could also write the second line as
g[a_,b_] := Complement @@@ { {a,b}, {b,a} };


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Television & Movies
RETRO LIFE
Balki and Cousin Larry of "Perfect Strangers" Reunite For The First Time In 25 Years
By The Professor
April 21, 2017 in Television & Movies
I saw this online today and it was too hard not to post here. Balki Bartokomous and Cousin Larry of "Perfect Strangers" reunited for the first time in 25 years! Who remembers Balki and Cousin Larry? "Perfect Strangers" debuted in 1986 and was the first show on ABC's Friday Night TGIF lineup. It would also serve as the basis for a spinoff show, "Family Matters" better known to some as Urkel. The show was akin to a Yakov Smirnoff act or a proto-Borat, with Balki leaving his Eastern European / Mediterranean island of Mepos for a new life in Chicago, where he shows up unexpectedly one day at the door of Cousin Larry, and the two eventually end up working at the Chicago Chronicle.
From 106.7 Lite FM:
Bronson Pinchot & Mark Linn-Baker stopped by Lite FM for their first interview together in 25 years
http://litefm.iheart.com/onair/the-bob-and-christine-morning-show-4874/balki-and-cousin-larry-of-perfect-15759112/
...and here are some clips of their funnier moments:
Rowsdower70, Atari Adventure Square, StormSurge and 3 others
It was a fun and silly show.
They both look good. Cheers.
Rowsdower70, The Professor and greenween
Watched Beverly Hills Cop this week.
I think Pinchot broke out and was discovered in that small role as a major comedy character actor and went on to Perfect Strangers shortly after.
It's good to see them like this, today.
True, there were some fun, goofy TV comedies on those days.
RickR and Rowsdower70
Espresso with a little leemon tweeest!
"For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square
Starbuck66
Loved this show when I was a kid! I used to run around doing Balki impressions all the time


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