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Relationship between frontal dust storms and transient eddy activity in the northern hemisphere of Mars as observed by Mars Global Surveyor
Wang, Huiqun; Zurek, Richard W.; Richardson, Mark I.
AA(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AB(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AC(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA)
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 110, Issue E7, CiteID E07005
Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060), Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars
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(c) 2005: American Geophysical Union
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JE002423http://bit.ly/Sm1cee
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2005JGRE..11007005W
We have compiled a catalog of frontal dust storms in the northern hemisphere using Mars Orbiter Camera daily global maps spanning ~2.3 Martian years of Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) observations (from 1999 to 2003). The most vigorous frontal storms that flush dust to the low latitudes occur in early-mid fall and mid-late winter, away from the northern winter solstice. While many streaks are observed in the polar hood during the winter solstice period, no frontal dust storms are observed in the vicinity of the north polar region. We have also analyzed simultaneous MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) temperature data and found statistically significant negative temperature anomalies associated with frontal storms. In the lowest scale height of the atmosphere, the geographical and seasonal distributions of temperature standard deviations associated with transient variations agree well with the distributions of frontal storms. The correlation deteriorates with increasing altitude, suggesting that lower-level temperature waves are associated with the frontal dust storms. Specifically, eastward traveling m = 3 waves with periods of 2-3 sols appear to be closely related to the development of flushing frontal storms.
Aeolian processes in Proctor Crater on Mars: Mesoscale modeling of dune-forming winds
Fenton, Lori K.; Toigo, Anthony D.; Richardson, Mark I.
AA(Department of Geology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA); AB(Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan); AC(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA)
Atmospheric Processes: Planetary meteorology (5445, 5739), Atmospheric Processes: Boundary layer processes, Atmospheric Processes: Climatology (1616, 1620, 3305, 4215, 8408), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Erosion and weathering, Global Change: Geomorphology and weathering (0790, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1886)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JE002309http://bit.ly/Qm9F1d
2005JGRE..11006005F
Both atmospheric modeling and spacecraft imagery of Mars are now of sufficient quality that the two can be used in conjunction to acquire an understanding of regional- and local-scale aeolian processes on Mars. We apply a mesoscale atmospheric model adapted for use on Mars (the Mars MM5) to Proctor Crater, a 150 km diameter crater in the southern highlands. Proctor Crater contains numerous aeolian features that indicate wind direction, including a large dark dune field with reversing transverse and star dunes containing three different slipface orientations, small and older bright bedforms that are most likely transverse granule ripples, and seasonally erased dust devil tracks. Results from model runs spanning a Martian year, with a horizontal grid spacing of 10 km, predict winds aligned with two of the three dune slipfaces as well as spring and summer winds matching the dust devil track orientations. The primary (most prevalent) dune slipface orientation corresponds to a fall and winter westerly wind created by geostrophic forces. The tertiary dune slipface orientation is caused by spring and summer evening katabatic flows down the eastern rim of the crater, influencing only the eastern portion of the crater floor. The dunes are trapped in the crater because the tertiary winds, enhanced by topography, counter transport from the oppositely oriented primary winds, which may have originally carried sand into the crater. The dust devil tracks are caused by light spring and summer westerly winds during the early afternoon caused by planetary rotation. The secondary dune slipface orientation is not predicted by model results from either the Mars MM5 or the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Mars general circulation model. The reason for this is not clear, and the wind circulation pattern that creates this dune slipface is not well constrained. The Mars MM5 model runs do not predict stresses above the saltation threshold for dune sand of the appropriate size and composition. As with previous work, the calculated wind velocities are too low, which may be caused by too large of a grid spacing.
A survey of Martian dust devil activity using Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera images
Fisher, Jenny A.; Richardson, Mark I.; Newman, Claire E.; Szwast, Mark A.; Graf, Chelsea; Basu, Shabari; Ewald, Shawn P.; Toigo, Anthony D.; Wilson, R. John
AA(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AB(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AC(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AD(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AE(La Canada High School, La Canada, California, USA); AF(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AG(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AH(Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA); AI(Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA)
Atmospheric Processes: Convective processes, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Meteorology (3346), Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Dust, Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003JE002165http://bit.ly/WTgUkh
A survey of dust devils using the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) wide- and narrow-angle (WA and NA) images has been undertaken. The survey comprises two parts: (1) sampling of nine broad regions from September 1997 to July 2001 and (2) a focused seasonal monitoring of variability in the Amazonis region, an active dust devil site, from March 2001 to April 2004. For part 1, dust devils were identified in NA and WA images, and dust devil tracks were identified in NA images. Great spatial variability in dust devil occurrence is highlighted, with Amazonis Planitia being the most active region examined. Other active regions included Cimmerium, Sinai, and Solis. Numerous dust devil tracks, but very few dust devils, were observed in Casius. This may suggest dust devils here occur at local times other than that of the MGS orbit (~2 pm). Alternatively, variations in surface properties may affect the ability of dust devils to leave visible tracks. The seasonal campaign within Amazonis shows a relatively smooth variation of dust devil activity with season, peaking in mid northern summer and falling to zero in southern spring and summer. This pattern of activity correlates well with the boundary layer maximum depth and hence the vigor of convection. Global maps of boundary layer depth and surface temperature do not predict that Amazonis should be especially active, potentially suggesting a role for mesoscale circulations. Measurement of observed dust devils yields heights of up to 8 km and widths in excess of 0.5 km.
Long-term evolution of transient liquid water on Mars
Richardson, Mark I.; Mischna, Michael A.
AA(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AB(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA)
Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Erosion and weathering, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060), Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Planetary atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), Atmospheric Processes: Paleoclimatology (0473, 4900)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JE002367http://bit.ly/QHmfcR
2005JGRE..11003003R
Liquid water is not currently stable on the surface of Mars; however, transient liquid water (ice melt) may occur if the surface temperature is between the melting and boiling points. Such conditions are met on Mars with current surface pressures and obliquity due to the large diurnal range of surface temperatures. This yields the potential for transient, nonequilibrium liquid water. A general circulation model is used to undertake an initial exploration of the variation of this ``transient liquid water potential'' (TLWP) for different obliquities and over a range of increased pressures representing progressively earlier phases of Martian geological history. At higher obliquities and slightly higher surface pressures (<50 mbar), TLWP conditions are met over a very large fraction of the planet. As the surface pressure is increased above about 50-100 mbar, however, increased atmospheric thermal blanketing reduces the diurnal surface temperature range, essentially eliminating the possibility of even transient liquid water. At high enough pressures, the mean temperature is sufficiently elevated to allow stable liquid water. Thus the potential for liquid water on Mars has not decreased monotonically over planetary history as the atmosphere was lost. Instead, a distinct minimum in TLWP (the ``dead zone'') will have occurred during the extended period for which pressures were in the middle range between about 0.1 and 1 bar. This has direct and restrictive implications for chemical weathering and life. The fundamental conclusion of this study is largely insensitive to invocation of brines and to more detailed treatment of atmospheric radiative processes.
Observations of the initiation and evolution of the 2001 Mars global dust storm
Strausberg, Melissa J.; Wang, Huiqun; Richardson, Mark I.; Ewald, Shawn P.; Toigo, Anthony D.
AA(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AB(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AC(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AD(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AE(Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA)
Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Meteorology (3346), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Remote sensing, Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JE002361http://bit.ly/TZFjgN
2005JGRE..11002006S
A global dust storm occurred on Mars between June and October 2001. The storm began near Hellas just before southern spring equinox (~Ls = 177°). Local storms, likely forced by a combination of slope-flow and ice cap thermal contrasts, were observed to propagate along the northwestern rim of Hellas, apparently triggering the global storm. Cap-edge storm activity for much of late southern winter was similar in 2001 to one Mars year earlier; however, a very large storm propagated into the basin just after Ls = 177°. Subsequently, the total area of storm activity in 2001 was roughly double that of the previous year. For about 10 days, dust lifting was limited to the Hellas region. As additional storms propagated into Hellas, activity built and extended northward into Syrtis and eastward into Hesperia. It is not clear whether transport or spreading of lifting were of greatest importance for expansion. At Ls = 185° the storm began to spread rapidly to the east, along a line from the southern pole to the northern tropics. Essentially no storm propagation to the west occurred, yielding strong zonal asymmetry of expansion. As the dust storm reached the western edge of Tharsis, secondary dust lifting centers developed in Daedalia and Solis (southeastern Tharsis). Subsequently, the storm rapidly encompassed the planet (by Ls = 193°). Once fully global, the Syria/Solis/Daedalia lifting center appeared to dominate (on the basis of cloud top morphology), with Hellas quiescent. By Ls = 212°, lifting could no longer be discerned. Thereafter, dust haze appeared uniform and diffuse, and decay appeared to have set in.
A reanalysis of water abundances in the Martian atmosphere at high obliquity
Mischna, Michael A.; Richardson, Mark I.
AA(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AB(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA)
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 3, CiteID L03201
Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060), Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Mars, Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Planetary atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), Atmospheric Processes: Planetary meteorology (5445, 5739), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Polar regions
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021865http://bit.ly/V2N1I6
2005GeoRL..3203201M
We take a new look at expected atmospheric water vapor abundances on Mars during periods of high obliquity using the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Mars General Circulation Model. For the first time, the sublimation and burial of the present-day residual polar caps beneath a sublimation lag is considered as the planet shifts from lower to high (45°) obliquity periods. Following the elimination of the polar deposits, the only sources for atmospheric water at high obliquity are the low latitude ice deposits emplaced prior to elimination of the polar source. Annual average water vapor abundances are predicted to be only ~20-80 prμm during extended periods of high obliquity, one to two orders of magnitude less than previous estimates. This has implications for the climate history of the planet as it suggests that during extended periods of high obliquity, there is not a significant greenhouse warming effect from elevated atmospheric water vapor.
Simulation of the Martian dust cycle with the GFDL Mars GCM
Basu, Shabari; Richardson, Mark I.; Wilson, R. John
AA(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AB(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA); AC(Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, New Jersey, USA)
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 109, Issue E11, CiteID E11006
Planetology: Solar System Objects: Mars, Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Meteorology (3346), Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Atmospheres-structure and dynamics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: General circulation, Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JE002243http://bit.ly/UosUaY
2004JGRE..10911006B
The Martian seasonal dust cycle is examined with a general circulation model (GCM) that treats dust as a radiatively and dynamically interactive trace species. Dust injection is parameterized as being due to convective processes (such as dust devils) and model-resolved wind stresses. Size-dependent dust settling, transport by large-scale winds and subgrid scale diffusion, and radiative heating due to the predicted dust distribution are treated. Multiyear Viking and Mars Global Surveyor air temperature data are used to quantitatively assess the simulations. Varying the three free parameters for the two dust injection schemes (rate parameters for the two schemes and a threshold for wind-stress lifting), we find that the highly repeatable northern spring and summer temperatures can be reproduced by the model if the background dust haze is supplied by either convective lifting or by stress lifting with a very low threshold and a low injection rate. Dust injection due to high-threshold, high-rate stress lifting must be added to these to generate spontaneous and variable dust storms. In order to supply the background haze, widespread and ongoing lifting is required by the model. Imaging data provide a viable candidate mechanism for convective lifting, in the form of dust devils. However, observed nonconvective lifting systems (local storms, etc.) appear insufficiently frequent and widespread to satisfy the role. On the basis of the model results and thermal and imaging data, we suggest that the background dust haze on Mars is maintained by convective processes, specifically, dust devils. Combining the convective scheme and high-threshold stress lifting, we obtain a ``best fit'' multiyear simulation, which produces a realistic thermal state in northern spring and summer and, for the first time, spontaneous and interannually variable global dust storms.
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Q: Java EE Download Link I know this is a stupid question and I really have been looking around for a few hours... but how can I get Java EE?  I would like the Java EE and j2eeadmin tools.  What do I download
I have downloaded and installed the jdk-6u16-windows-i586 (Java SE Development Kit 6u16 for Windows)
Can someone point me in the right direction?  Thanks.

A: JavaEE sometimes hard to define
Oh, your question isn't so stupid. It turns out that downloading JavaEE is a slightly tricky thing.
If you go over to Sun, you will find this located at http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/. But that's actually a GlassFish d/l. It's fine, but if you go somewhere else you might end up with JBoss which will have its own container implementations and its own package of modules to load. JavaEE is a big umbrella of technologies, many of them quite clunky and obsolete, and in any case you develop and deploy a very specific collection of things, rather than a program which just loads classes from some bigger version of JavaSE.
Or, you might want to start with something even smaller, like Tomcat.
You might want to think more in terms of "how should I set up to develop for the xyz application server".

A: If you want to just play with JMS on your local computer, you could start with GlassFish from Sun. It will pretty much "just work" out of the box.
Yes, you get the full boat Java EE app server and stack as well, of which JMS is but a component, but at the same time it's trivial to install and get working. Especially if you add in NetBeans as the IDE, since it's well integrated with GlassFish.
That said, you certainly don't need an entire Java EE app server just to use JMS. There are many JMS compatible Messaging servers available. ActiveMQ is a single example.
I only suggest Glassfish because it has a great out of box experience in terms of download, install, start up and it's running.
If you want to work on configuring another option, there are several.
Also, I suggest GlassFish (or any full Java EE server) simply because even if you're just interested in JMS, you'll likely find that the Java EE Message Driven Bean (MDB) model actually works pretty well as a mechanism to leverage JMS. And it, too, is pretty simple to set up for the basic use cases. Once you have an MDB, you might want to talk to a database, and the Java EE server has connection pooling, etc. built in already as well. You also get transaction management with Java EE (which can actually be important with JMS).
Basically, while JMS alone is interesting, the other services are also compelling, even if you "don't need them yet". If you want to dabble with them, they're readily available in a full Java EE server, which promotes experimentation, and perhaps adoption.
So, starting with a GlassFish download can actually be an interesting door for learning and discovery things above and beyond JMS.

A: http://developers.sun.com/downloads/
Select the Java EE link.  Select Java EE 5 (first option).  One reason I didn't post the link directly is that you'll be sent to a different link depending on the operating system you are using.

A: see Java EE at: http://developers.sun.com/downloads/

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KISSIMMEE, Fla., November 30, 2015 – Kissimmee Utility Authority, in partnership with the City of Kissimmee, will continue its free 2015-16 Movie in the Park series on Friday, December 4 on the civic lawn of Kissimmee's Lakefront Park.
The event will feature the Christmas comedy film "Elf," shown on a giant 32-foot screen. Attendees will enjoy free popcorn, a kid's inflatable fun zone, holiday cookie decorating, face painting, a trivia contest and prize giveaways. The movie will feature closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
Through hands-on demonstrations, the event will also be an opportunity for customers to learn how to lower their monthly utility bills during the holiday season.
Activities begin at 6 p.m., followed by the movie at 7 p.m. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and a picnic dinner, too.
Founded in 1901, KUA (www.kua.com) is Florida's sixth largest community-owned utility powering 67,000 customers in Osceola County, Florida.


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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Accessibility Update
by Michael Matlock | May 5, 2020 | Features | 0 comments
It's time again to visit the slums of Midgar in order to save the planet from earth decay and ride some chocobos along the way! The new Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a modern reimagining of the 1997 classic RPG by Square Enix. There's an active battle system, updated visuals, and an expanded story for this PlayStation 4 title. It's true the combat is more physically taxing than the original, but there are also new features that will help disabled players experience the game.
FF7 Remake is a very different animal than the original. It only took a few buttons to maneuver and play the original, but FF7 Remake is much more involved, requiring the player to press many more buttons on the controller. This is a result of the genre shift between the two games, as the original was a true turn-based RPG, while FF7 Remake is an action game with RPG elements. Players still gain experience points in combat and travel through linear maps, and there's even a difficulty mode that uses aspects of the turn-based combat from the original (more on that below).
Controls in the original game consisted of X to interact, O to cancel, triangle to access the menu, and the left control stick to move. Occasionally the player would use square for certain minigames, but that's about it. In FF7 Remake the controls are X to interact, circle to dodge and cancel, triangle for interacting and talking to characters, and square for your basic attack. The directional pad is now essential for switching between characters in combat and also selecting combat commands. The player moves their character with the left control stick and the camera with the right control stick. Inputs of R3 to lock on to enemies and L1 to open command shortcuts are also available but are not required to access the game. There are moments that are worth mentioning, however, where it's necessary to press hard-to-reach buttons in quick succession. Early on in FF7 Remake, a large number of tutorials appear on screen, and the only way to get rid of them is to press the options button. Disabled gamers with fine-motor impairments often have trouble pressing the options button because of its size, shape, and placement on the controller. For example, I can get by pressing the options button a few times in a session, but after that it gets tiring. The pop-up tutorials seem to fizzle out after the first hour or so, but it still proves a barrier for disabled gamers with fine-motor impairments, especially considering the absence of remappable controls.
Despite the more physically involved combat and controls, FF7 Remake does have a few bypasses and accessible options that make gameplay easier for disabled gamers. There's a great setting that, when turned on, orients the camera behind the player's character and follows their movement. This effectively eliminates the right control stick completely so fine-motor impaired gamers only have to focus on manipulating one stick. There was only one difficulty mode in the original game, but FF7 Remake has three different difficulty modes to choose from: easy, normal, and classic. Easy mode lowers the combat difficulty and lets the player focus more on the story. Classic mode is the same except, once turned on, combat resembles the original FF7's turn-based experience. I say 'resembles' because it's not true turn-based combat where the player and the enemy take turns fighting, usually with one character at a time. Instead, time slows for a while in which the player can select battle commands. There's even an option in which the game's combat AI takes over completely, and anytime enemies are nearby, characters will fight automatically. You can customize tactics for each of your characters to obey in this mode, or you can take back control at any time. This mode plays more like Final Fantasy 12's AI-controlled system than anything in the original FF7. Still, it's a welcome reprieve from FF7 Remake's physically demanding combat, as classic mode requires fewer inputs for disabled gamers with fine-motor impairments.
Compared to the original, FF7 Remake has a lot more visually going on as well as mechanically. There are more visual flourishes that accompany attacks and many more labels and icons that fill up parts of the screen. Thankfully, visually impaired gamers do have the choice of turning off some of these HUD icons in the options menu. You can alter the individual sound levels in FF7 Remake including music, dialogue, and sound effects. The dialogue has fewer spelling errors and mistranslations than in the original game. For deaf players there are subtitles available that even take into account party chat and words spoken during combat. Combat subtitles are not always consistent especially if some phrases repeat, but from my experience you can still solidly understand the information the game is conveying. I think it's worth mentioning that FF7 Remake does a good job subtitling spoken dialogue that is off screen. When a character is speaking off screen the subtitles appear in the far-left corner, separating themselves from the main dialogue and also letting you know who is speaking.
FF7 Remake does not play very much like the original game. The active battle system is much more action oriented, and many more buttons on the controller are required to access the game. Still, gamers with fine-motor impairments have accessible options like the camera orienting feature and the classic difficulty mode. Clear and readable subtitles help deaf players read off-screen dialogue, and gamers with visual impairments have a decent suite of adjustable video settings to tailor to their needs. FF7 Remake is not the most accessible game on shelves, but Square Enix clearly understood gamers are more diverse 20 years after the original FF7's release, and there's enough here to help many disabled gamers access the game.

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Keith Alan Drumright (October 21, 1954 – August 7, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played parts of two seasons in the major leagues. He played for the Houston Astros in 1978 and the Oakland Athletics in 1981.

Drumright attended Hillcrest High School in Springfield, Missouri, where he was part of a state championship team. He went on to attend the University of Oklahoma, where he was an All-American second baseman.

Career
On June 6, 1972, Drumright was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign with the team. On June 8, 1976, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft, and signed a contract with the team. On October 13, 1977, he was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Houston Astros for Al Javier. He was called to the Houston Astros in September 1978, after spending the earlier part of the season in the minors. He had five hits in his first 10 at-bats, then went hitless in 33 at bats before recovering somewhat by going 4 for 12 to end the season. He finished the season with a .163 batting average.

On October 26, 1979, he was sent by the Houston Astros to the Omaha Royals to complete an earlier deal made on April 27, 1979. On December 11, 1980, he was traded by the Chicago Cubs, along with Cliff Johnson, to the Oakland Athletics for Michael King. In 1981, he was hitting well, and finished the season with a .290 batting average.

Death
Drumright died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on August 7, 2010.

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With Broadvox SIP Trunking, you get more than just dial tone. Our robust service includes additional features designed to meet your business needs.
Broadvox is a very solid SIP provider for any business. Their pricing is very good on the GoLocal! plan, which we have been using since February of this year. We've not had an issue with their service. I will say that porting numbers must be handled carefully as they may port them at a random time of day if you do not specifically say when you want it done.
SIP Providers in the US?


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Q: Output a string a design time I have the following code that runs at design time in my WPF app:
applicationDirectory = (from assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
                        where assembly.CodeBase.EndsWith(".exe")
                        select System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
                                    assembly.CodeBase.Replace("file:///", ""))
                               ).FirstOrDefault();

I would like to see what that is actually returning at design time.
Is there a way to do that?
Note: I tried Debug.Write(applicationDirectory); and I did not see anything in the output window.
Note II: I am not asking what the value of applicationDirectory will be, I am asking for a mechanism to see the value (so I can use it elsewhere too).

A: You could return the path as a property on a view model and bind that to a control in the UI.  Works for me.


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January 2021 Issue, Short Fiction
Bramito
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Fiction by John MacDonald
The young wolf paused at the forest edge and read the air. Behind, in the darkness, she could hear the stealthy movements of the pack; nearby, but hidden. Ahead, the open meadow sloped up to the skyline.
Here, the still air was heavy with the testosterone, breath, and blood of the rutting stags that had belled and clashed there all night. The lighter female odour meant that the hinds were coming into season. The bloody mucous sacs of their new-born would feed the pack next spring.
She carefully scanned the empty meadow before moving forward slowly, but directly, towards the craggy ridge. Tussocks of grass, boulders and stunted bushes; each held the scent of local and transient animals. *
A porcupine passed earlier, three chamois had visited two days ago, and the traces of the brown bear that had moved into the territory a year ago were still there after almost two weeks. The wolf stopped, listened, sniffed, and noted the position of vole nests that would become an important food source in the coming winter. She investigated an owl pellet, carefully gauging the proportion of mammal to beetle remains to add to her knowledge of prey density.
The pack was still adjusting to the sudden destruction of their territory, when the land shook, moved and cracked open. That night trees fell, rock faces collapsed, earth became liquid and slipped, paths were blocked, streams either changed course or disappeared.
And their prey animals fled.
One of their temporary dens had collapsed entombing an elder that was guarding a stockpile of food but the covering rockfall meant that it had been impossible to dig out.
Her restless search for food was given extra impetus because she knew that she was now of age to have her first litter. She already sensed, like the start of an itch, the minute changes that would soon overwhelm her natural restraint and propel her into the urgent frenzy of coitus. The pack leader had noticed too, and recently had begun to spend time near her, both to establish her receptiveness, and to deter other males from approaching her. Her readiness would depend substantially on how much food she ate during the winter months. If food was scarce, her season would be delayed for a whole year.
Behind the silhouetted ridge, the sky began to lighten, and the early morning dew rose to fill the meadow with a gauzy, drenching mist.
The wolf set off across the stags' tillage for the summit and cut the trail of a fox where the vegetation thinned, and the surface became bare and rocky. She stopped. No urine or scat, only the scent from its pads as it ran, a few hours before, under the ridge line avoiding the lower slopes and the forest where her pack lived.
Reaching the narrow, rocky outcrop, she shook her coat dry and lay down, to survey the terrain falling steeply away on both sides.
Nothing unusual, no danger, nothing amiss; nothing that is, except the one thing that she could not work out.
The thing that she could not explain.
The scent that had disappeared completely from her world.
The scent of her man.
He was her man because she had always known him. He had adopted her while she was weaning; since her mother was killed. He had taken her and her brother to his den, an open but enclosed place with a lair where he had fed them, first milk, then solid food.
The pack knew where they were and visited every night after the man had gone away; close, but unable to reach them because of the enclosure. They could smell and lick the older wolves who would throw up warm, digested meat for them – even though they could smell the man on them, and in their surroundings.
As she and her brother grew bigger and stronger, the man visited less often and only threw whole rabbits or deer haunches into their enclosure. Now, when the pack visited, it was sometimes they who threw up food for the older wolves.
One day the man forgot to close them in.
They waited in the lair until he had gone then escaped and ran to find the pack. Their coats still carried the man's scent so, understandably, they were set upon. But they were stronger now and able to defend themselves and find their place in the pack.
From time to time she saw her man or tracked his spoor, but, since the earth moved, he, like their prey, had fled.
She looked at the first rays of the new sun on the horizon, threw back her head and howled.
The pack replied and she loped down across the meadow to join them.
The man stood on the roof of the apartment building. He felt the slight shifting of the terracotta roof tiles under his weight and threw out his arms like a tight rope walker to adjust his balance. He inched forward until his toes overhung the gutter then lowered his arms to his sides.
From here, over the ridged rooftops, he could see the serene Adriatic, darker than the sky. The air was still, its silence respecting the sea's gently imploring hush, hush. He could smell the sea's faint odour and follow the twinkling lights describing the path of a small fishing boat.
Directly below, in his fourth-floor apartment, his neighbour, Signor Bartolucci, brewed coffee and smoked his first cigarette of the day. The squeaky pulley wheels below and left meant that Signora Betti was hanging out clothes that had been washed using the cheap night time tariff. Silvia's alarm went off even though she had been retired for five years and, as always, she stopped it after the third ring. At the corner of the street the light went on in Carloni's alimentari. In a moment Roberto would deliver today's fresh bread from the local bakery.
Soloists in the town's daily symphony, each brought in by an unseen conductor, they played their part; they belonged.
The man played no part.
He did not belong.
Rehoused here after the earthquake, along with his wife and all of the people from his town in the mountains, they had lost everything.
Buildings that had stood for centuries, the church, its bell-tower, all had collapsed fully or in part. Ugly cracks scarred ancient facades. Water, gas and sewage pipes suffered compound fractures. Roads were cut lengthways for miles making access, or fleeing, impossible.
Politicians promised immediate aid – funds, shelter, new homes – everyone would be fed and taken care of.
After days of living and sleeping in tents and makeshift shelters outdoors, days of entering shops, still in danger from aftershocks, for food and water, days without help or resources, the army arrived; first by air, then in trucks.
They registered and accounted for everyone before loading the entire mountain community into the trucks and driving directly to the coast.
The government had commandeered hotel accommodation. Hoteliers were pleased to have the low season business and the earthquake victims were relieved because at least their community was together.
At first, those with livestock despaired that they could not get back to tend them; sheep needed to be milked, poultry and dogs needed to be fed. The authorities thought that a pittance could compensate for generations of husbandry – as if an algorithm could understand the value of sheep hefted into a hillside for a century.
The community talked dialect together, ate together, wept together, went to church together – although fewer than before – and celebrated Christmas and New Year together.
The man sat apart; from the community, from his wife.
A ranger in the Sibillini National Park, he spent his days facing the distant mountains, reading the weather and anguishing over the managed wilderness he was forced to abandon. His nights, devoid of sleep, were filled with tormenting images of the two wolves he'd raised from cubs. How difficult it was to achieve the equilibrium between contact and distance, gaining their trust while perpetuating their natural fear of man; necessary precautions to ensure that the siblings survived long enough to be able to re-join the pack.
He tried to imagine how his animals made sense of a world suddenly torn apart by the earthquake.
He had to return.
His desperate call for permission was met with a terse, uncompromising refusal from an indifferent young man whose call centre script did not permit referral to a supervisor. It did, however, contain a warning that the army would shoot, as a looter, anyone found in the area. The youth told him to apply in writing for permission.
The application ran to forty-six pages and the man despaired at the effort bureaucracy had made to thwart him.
When they finally agreed, he joined a small group of town officials, escorted by soldiers, which permitted a two-hour visit.
The landscape, the habitats, the forests, mountains and open spaces that he loved so much were contorted, tortured, ugly.
And silent.
All that he was allowed, accompanied by his personal, armed, chaperon, was to visit his house; not the forest, not the mountain tops – not his wolves.
He returned to the coast, to his wife, to his community of exiles; at least in body, for his spirit remained in the broken mountain landscape.
Walking alone, at night, along the palm-lined esplanade, he spurned human contact and withdrew into a catatonic solitude where neither sustenance, nor his wife's tender embraces, gave him solace.
News that the hoteliers wanted peak season prices provoked an immediate response from the government. The terremotati, whose sense of community was their only remaining possession, would be dispersed over a vast, flat, hinterland, where cheaper accommodation had been found.
The man slipped out of bed and, looking at the sleeping figure of his wife, dressed in his National wPark uniform before making his way to the roof.
He looked at the first rays of the new sun on the horizon, threw back his head and roared.
In the silence that followed, he closed his eyes and stepped off the roof.*
*Bramito is the Italian word for the bell of rutting stags, or the roar of a bear
*Massimo Dell'Orso – my friend – committed suicide on 1 May 2018. Orso is the Italian word for bear.
Author Bio: Mi chiamo John MacDonald e sono uno scozzese appassionato sia dell'Italia sia della scrittura. Tanti anni fa mia moglie organizzò una vacanza in Italia, e l'Italia rimane ancora oggi il suo più grande regalo per me. Ora viviamo circa quattro mesi all'anno nel nostro piccolo appartamento nel sud della Toscana, dove ci siamo stabiliti nella comunità dove anche cantiamo nel Corale Poliziana a Montepulciano.
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The book's structure is straightforward–each chapter focuses on a principle, starting first with the principle in use while overseas, then a more theoretical explanation behind why the principle is important, followed by how they apply the same idea today in the corporate world. While popular among military members, the book applies across the spectrum of businesses and markets–they ultimately encourage readers to take ownership for everything that happens to and around them so they can realize their full potential as a leader.


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The Paola Lady Panther basketball team celebrates a season-opening victory against the rival Lady Bulldogs of Baldwin at home Friday, Dec. 3. Kate Ediger scored a game-high 29 points.
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Ediger sparks Lady Panthers to victory against rival Baldwin
By Gene Morris gene.morris@miconews.com
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Kate Ediger posted a game-high 29 points as the Paola girls basketball team defeated Baldwin, 58-55, in the season opener at home Friday, Dec. 3.
Ediger scored eight points in the first quarter as both teams dropped 17 points. She followed that up with an 11-point second quarter to give the Lady Panthers a one-point, 28-27, lead at the intermission.
Five players scored in the third quarter in a 16-14 edge for Paola.
Both teams scored 14 points in the final frame.
Ediger scored nine of Paola's 14 points in the final eight minutes. She made three field goals and three free throws in the fourth quarter to help seal the victory.
Ediger sank 10 field goals on the night, including three from 3-point range.
Maggie Kauk hit double figures with 11 points. Kauk sank five field goals and one free throw.
Maddie Pitzer made three field goals for six points. Ella Foster and Mackenzie Kuehl each had four points. Emersyn Smith and Anna Phillips also scored.
Paola made 22 field goals with four 3-pointers. The Lady Panthers sank 10 of 20 from the free-throw line.
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How would you like to sell as much in one year as Britney sells in one day or in one hour? Have you put much thought into how marketing empires are created? If you're selling anything then you're a marketer and you should study the biggest successes to follow in their footsteps.
We've all heard of branding, but do you do it? Have you branded yourself? If you have, are you expanding your marketing opportunities with your brand?
Once you've created a name, built successful marketing campaigns and gotten people to know and like who you and your company are don't stop there.
The real money is in building multiple streams of income. Once your brand begins to build you can diversify to create your own franchise. Think Star Wars, Harry Potter, the books for "Dummies." You don't have to be a celebrity or an acclaimed author to cash in, but we can definitely learn from them.
Britney Spears makes money on CD's, concert sales, posters, books, movie appearances, TV appearances, videos, Pepsi commercials and other endorsements.
Paul Newman makes money on movies, and makes money for charity on salad dressing, pasta sauce, popcorn, salsa, lemonade, steak sauce, cook books, T-shirts, hats, and sweatshirts.
Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield (The "Chicken Soup For The (fill in a lucrative target market here) Soul" authors make money on a series of books and tapes so large and profitable that they have their own book rack at Barnes and Noble stores everywhere. There are over 35 titles and 53 million copies in print in over 32 languages. What if they would have stopped with the first title and not bothered to expand the money making potential of their brand?
Talk about branding! ...and they get other people to send them stories for free so they don't even write the books. Beyond this, they make money from other books and tapes, public speaking, joint ventures, and seminars.
Robert Kiyosaki (author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad) makes money from books, tapes, board games, public speaking, seminars, an affiliate program, game events, teleconferences and real estate.
There are limitless possibilities of where you can go in expanding or capitalizing on your brand. Mark and Jack have used their "Chicken Soup" fame to sell unrelated products that are also directed at helping people live the lives of their dreams. Paul Newman is using his fame as an actor to sell food and sauces that have nothing to do with the movies he's been in.
So don't limit yourself. As your success builds over time continue to write down new and bigger goals. Imagine what you would do and what products you would create if you were already famous in your field. What would you sell? How would you market? How would you expand your empire?
You are a brand and so is your company. Even before you had a business everyone you came into contact with had an idea of who you were (your brand) because of how you presented yourself. Now it's time to be aware of the brand your building and make the most of it.
Hey, we can't all be Britney, but we're missing the boat if we don't learn from watching her cash in.


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Chrissie Hynde joins lineup at Caudwell Children's charity Butterfly Ball
May 09, 2014 - 21:11 BST hellomagazine.com Chrissie Hynde has joined the lineup at the Caudwell Children's charity Butterfly Ball.
American rock legend Chrissie Hynde is the latest celebrity to join the lineup at this year's prestigious Butterfly Ball in May, hosted by national charity Caudwell Children.
The former The Pretenders singer will be joined by the band's guitarist James Wallbourne, for their only live UK performance of the year. Together, they will perform three acoustic tracks for guests.
The evening will be hosted by Peter Andre, who welcomed baby daughter Amelia with his girlfriend Emily MacDonagh in January.
The gorgeous Kylie Minogue will be headlining the event, performing for the 1000 guests.
"I'm delighted to be a part of this fantastic event which does so much to help disabled children in the UK," said the pop Princess, who will also be followed by English tenor Alfie Boe.
"It is amazing news that Chrissie and James are available to attend the Butterfly ball and perform some of the band's biggest hits," said Charity Chief Executive, Trudi Beswick. "We are so grateful to them for their support on what is the biggest night of the year for Caudwell Children".
The Butterfly Ball raises millions to provide practical and emotional support for disabled children living in the UK.
This year's Butterfly Ball takes place on May 15th in The Great Room at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. For details about this and the charity, visit caudwellchildren.com or for table enquiries call 01782 600112.
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Former CIA Director John Brennan sharply decries Trump as 'wholly in the pocket of Putin'
French officials warn of violence from subgroups in protest movement
no minced words here
President Trump has already faced no shortage of criticism over his handling of the meeting and joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, but former CIA Director John Brennan had one of the sharpest denunciations of all.
Brennan called Trump's behavior "nothing short of treasonous" and called for Republicans to address the president's "imbecilic" comments. The GOP criticism has begun to roll in, with some lawmakers agreeing with Brennan's assessment that Trump was wrong to defend Russia. Summer Meza
Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of "high crimes & misdemeanors." It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump's comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) July 16, 2018
meanwhile, in France
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Officials in Paris are fearing potential violence as protests continue to disrupt France's capital.
"Seditious groups want the law of 'might is right' to reign, to impose violence on all people who think differently from them," said Marlene Schiappa, the government's secretary of state for equality, per The Associated Press.
Her comments came after a fire on Saturday damaged a renowned Paris restaurant and protesters on Friday forced the Louvre to close. An investigation is ongoing, but Schiappa said the blaze "probably" stemmed from a criminal act.
She criticized the "hate and violence" she claims stems from the protest movement against pension reform in France that began in December. The "yellow vest" movement has reportedly begun to splinter into subgroups, with some protesters returning to work and others calling for continued demonstrations.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who patronized the restaurant affected by the fire, was also targeted by demonstrators on Friday as he attended a a theater performance. "Video showed protesters chanting 'Macron resign,'" reports AP, "and some entering a door as surprised police tried to hold them back. A black car reported to be carrying Macron then sped away under a hail of boos."
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PHILADELPHIA, November 30, 2021 – The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, today announced the launch of the NLL Pick 'Em Challenge for the 2021-22 Season in partnership with Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI). Each week, fans will answer 10 questions relating to the upcoming weekends action for their chance to win cash and other prizes. Fans have the chance to win a weekly $10,000 prize should they answer every question correctly in any regular season week. The free-to-play game is available for fans at www.nllpickem.com/.
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The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is North America's premier professional lacrosse league. Founded in 1986, the NLL ranks third in average attendance for pro indoor sports worldwide, behind only the NHL and NBA. The League is comprised of 15 franchises across the United States and Canada: Albany FireWolves, Buffalo Bandits, Calgary Roughnecks, Colorado Mammoth, Georgia Swarm, Halifax Thunderbirds, Las Vegas NLL, New York Riptide, Panther City Lacrosse Club (TX), Philadelphia Wings, Rochester Knighthawks, San Diego Seals, Saskatchewan Rush, Toronto Rock, and Vancouver Warriors.
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Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 16 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
Combine 1/4 cup flour, the cinnamon, 1 tablespoon sugar, the coconut, and 1 pinch of salt in a small bowl. Mix in 2 tablespoons of butter until completely incorporated into the flour; set aside.
Beat the unsalted butter, 1 1/4 cups sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended before adding the second; continue mixing until light and fluffy. Combine 1 3/4 cups of flour with the baking powder. Stir into the butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Toss the blueberries with 1/4 cup of flour; stir into the batter along with the mango. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tins; sprinkle with the coconut streusel.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 25 to 35 minutes.


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How do I transfer The Sims 4 game saves to another computer?
David Artiss DavidArtiss
Despite having been around for a lengthy 7 years, The Sims 4 shows little slowdown in popularity. Indeed, during the last year its popularity surged again.
Amongst the fans is my youngest daughter, who plays it pretty much daily. However, being the in-house IT Help Desk means that I've been called many times to help out with it, particularly when it comes to installing third party mods. And, recently, she's moved from Windows to Mac, which meant moving the game too.
Thankfully, we bought the game on Origin (in fact I got it when it was available for free), which means that we have the game on both platforms – so, downloading the game onto the Mac was the easy part. The trickier part – how do you get your saved games and mods from one computer to another? Whether you transfer Sims 4 saves to another computer on the same platform (e.g. Windows to Windows) or across them (e.g. Windows to Mac), thankfully it's relatively easy.
Wait, what about consoles?
Whilst The Sims 4 is available on both PlayStation and Xbox, the files aren't accessible so you're not able to transfer data elsewhere. This process only works to transfer Sims 4 saves to another computer.
Here's a list of the things that you'll need to transfer everything over…
A method of transferring data – this could be a USB memory stick or, for example, Dropbox ( or any other cloud storage platform)
And that's it. I did say it was simple.
Transferring the data
The key to transferring data is knowing where it's stored. As it turns out, whether on Mac or PC, the format is the same so the files are totally interchangeable. Not only that but the folder location is the same too!
On the original computer
Open Windows Explorer or Finder and head to Documents -> Electronic Arts -> The Sims 4
Copy the following folders to your transfer method (the aforementioned Dropbox, memory stick, etc.)…
Mods – this is where 'Custom Content' is stored. If you don't use this, you don't need to copy this
saves – this is where your saved Sims 4 games have been placed
Screenshots – if you've saved in-game screenshots, then they'll be put in this folder
On the new computer
Copy the previously saved files into the folder Documents -> Electronic Arts -> The Sims 4
If it asks you if you want to overwrite the existing files then say 'Yes'
Now start Sims 4 on the new computer and check the content is there.
Checking your Custom Content
If the Custom Content appears to be missing then it may have been switched off. Here's how you turn it back on:
Whilst running Sims 4, go into Settings
Now select Game Options -> Other
Ensure the option named "Enable Custom Content and Mods" is ticked
If you had to change anything, now hit the "Apply Changes" button
If that didn't work then you may need to remove a file from your computer.
Head into Documents -> Electronic Arts -> The Sims 4 -> Mods
Look for a file named Resource.cfg and delete it
Restart The Sims 4 and perform the above check again to ensure that Custom Content is switched on
Hopefully, it should now work.
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Famous Collections: The collection of Vincent Van Gogh
by: Caroline Moore
"All my work is based to some extent on Japanese art." - Vincent van Gogh wrote in a letter to his brother Theo in 1888 while living in Arles, France.
In recent times, the art world has brought to bear discourse regarding the artistic synergy of the Eastern and Western worlds. The East and West may have myriad differences based on culture and education, but in modern and contemporary times, globalization and vast networks of communication have spawned interwoven societies as a result. Some of the West's greatest modern painters like Vincent Van Gogh looked toward like Japan, the Empire of the Rising Sun, as a utopian plethora of the magical and mystical. In 2016, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam recently held an exhibition titled Van Gogh and Japan, which showed Japan's influence over Vincent and his artwork. Additionally, the book titled Japanese Prints: The Collection of Vincent van Gogh displays Vincent's renowned collection of some 500 Japanese prints. Vincent's interest was like many other 19th century Westerners during the Japonisme movement, which became a tour de force in Western art and culture. Arts and crafts like porcelain and lacquer had already become a popular commodity in Europe, but a sudden influx of trade between Japan and Europe brought new insight of the unknown and exotic East. The Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854 between American Navy commander Matthew Calbraith Perry and the Japanese shogunate lifted a 216-year period of isolation between the East and West. Photographs and woodblock prints from Japan became a desirable glimpse into a world that had previously been inaccessible to many.
The Dutch-born, French painter Vincent Van Gogh had indulged the Japonisme bandwagon after moving to France and became a vehement collector of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, most of which he bought at a reasonable price from the German art dealer, Siegfried Bing. His Dutch homeland had imported a great variety of prints and objects from Japan where Van Gogh had begun his collection in Antwerp. In 1886, Vincent moved to Paris and lived with his brother, Theo. A year later in 1887, the Paris Exposition Universelle showed Japanese art objects to the amazed public. In Paris, Japonisme was at it's height in popularity and craze. Shops sold kimonos, screens, parasols, fans, antiques, and reasonably priced ukiyo-e prints. The new and interesting world of Japan through the lens of Japanese art also influenced and grasped the imagination of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters like Mary Cassatt, Paul Gaugin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Claude Monet, and Edgar Degas.
Vincent had a collection of over 660 prints, some of which he tacked onto the walls of his studio flat. Works by Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi and Kunisada became pivotal sources of inspiration for Vincent. Vincent copied and incorporated aspects of the work in his sketches and oil paintings. He made a large-scale oil painting titled Courtesan (After Eisen) (1887), based on an image from the cover of an issue of the magazine Paris Illustré, which featured works from Japan. Similarly, the oil painting Portrait of Père Tanguy (1887) features Japanese prints tacked on the wall behind a man, a direct inclusion by Vincent. The artist Émile Bernard, a friend of Vincent, was also an influential figure in Vincent's artistic development. Bernard took key elements from Japanese prints like bold outlines and painting large areas with simple colors, a practice Vincent adopted. Vincent began to reform his style of painting and focused more on creating space with color and brushstroke and opposed visual depth, natural perspective, and contrast. Vincent's paintings became an ode to flatness and a new wave of modernism shaped by the influence of the Japanese woodblock prints. Japanese artists usually left out the middle ground in their compositions and enlarged objects in the foreground. The prints neglected a focal point or horizon line to balance out the image and displayed unusual cropped edges, all techniques Vincent had studied and appropriated in his work. Nature was the defining inspiration for Vincent's most awe-inspiring work, as was for Japanese ukiyo-e printmakers. Vincent wrote to his brother, "we wouldn't be able to study Japanese art, it seems to me, without becoming much happier and more cheerful, and it makes us return to nature, despite our education and work in a world of convention." In Arles, Vincent alluded to the "Japanese dream" of springtime irises and cherry blossoms, depicted in one of his most famous works Almond Blossom (1890). Additionally, Self Portrait With Bandaged Ear (1889) is a remarkably significant painting by Vincent that depicts the artist in his own expression of self-identity seated in front of two Japanese-style prints – one print revealing a snowy mountain and the other featuring a geisha.
Over time, Vincent became so engrossed in his quest to emulate Japanese art and escape his own life in the bustling city that he opted for the serene countryside of southern France. In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent wrote, "Look, we love Japanese painting, we've experienced its influence - all the Impressionists have that in common - and we wouldn't go to Japan, in other words, to what is the equivalent of Japan, the south [of France]? So I believe that the future of the new art still lies in the south after all." In February of 1888, Vincent set off for Arles, to seek the "clearness of the atmosphere and the gay color effects" of Japanese prints. Vincent hoped that the primitive countryside would act as a retreat as it did for Buddhist monks living a similar life in Japan. Arles, an ancient city by the Rhône River and built on Roman ruins, became Vincent's Japan of France. Vincent reported back to his brother Theo about the countryside, "After some time your vision changes, you see with a more Japanese eye, you feel color differently. I'm also convinced that it's precisely through a long stay here that I'll bring out my personality." Living in the French countryside near Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent became one step closer to Japan when he met painters Louis-Jules Dumoulin (1860-1924), a French photographer and painter who had traveled all over Japan, and Edmund Walpole Brooke (1865-1938), an Australian born artist who grew up in Yokohama. Both Dumoulin and Brooke were convinced by Vincent to reach out to Japanese artists through letters, many of which were traced on and were on display in Japanese museums in recent times through Japan's current interest and rave for Vincent's work. Vincent wrote to his friend and fellow painter Paul Gauguin about his pursuit to find Japan in the countryside once stating that he had looked through the train window to see "if it was like Japan yet! Childish, isn't it?" Gauguin, too, was looking for a life similar to Japan and joined Vincent in Arles. However, Vincent and Gauguin could not work alongside each other and Gauguin returned to Paris after a few months. Around the same time, Vincent was first experiencing his bouts of mental illness. He was later admitted to a psychiatric ward and lost his functioning ability to paint.
Vincent wrote to his sister in 1888 while still living in Arles, "I'm always saying to myself that I'm in Japan here." Although Vincent never had the opportunity to travel to Japan, his artwork has generated widespread interest, including the country he longed to visit. The 2016 exhibit, Van Gogh & Japan, organized and curated by the Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, traveled to Tokyo, Sapporo, and Kyoto. The show celebrated Vincent's legacy and work, as well as unified two diverse cultures and worlds.
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Edda Castle
Edda is one of the six dukedoms of the Kingdom of Grannvale in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. It was founded by Bragi, the Archbishop, and ruled by Duke Claud during the first generation. The Holy Staff Valkyrie is passed down the Edda family, but it seems to be kept at the Bragi Tower. It is possible that they have a knight squadron, consisting of Bishops and High Priests due to the squad of enemy units that mobilize in front of the castle, albeit unlikely. In the game, Claud and his son are the only people to wield the Valkyrie Staff.
Notable citizens of Edda Edit
Claud - Duke and Bishop of Edda
Sylvia - A traveling dancer and descendant of the high priest Bragi who looks sweet, but doesn't necessarily act that way. Rumored to be either Claud's long lost sister or his distant cousin.
Coirpre - Younger son of Sylvia.
Lene - The eldest daughter of Sylvia who understands how the world works, but doesn't let it get her down.
Sleuf - Priest of Bragi and the "Eyes of Claud".
Derived from the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, the most important extant sources on Norse mythology.
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King Charles III pledges to follow inspiring example set by the late Queen
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King Charles III addressing the Accession Council, which officially proclaimed His Majesty as the new monarch. Photo courtesy of The Royal Family Twitter.
LONDON, Sept 10 – Charles III was officially proclaimed King at a ceremony at the St James's Palace here today.
The proclamation by the Accession Council, made up of senior politicians, judges, and officials, was broadcast live.
It is the first time the historic ceremony, which dates back centuries, has been televised.
King Charles in his personal declaration during the ceremony spoke of the Queen's selfless service and dedication in serving the country and people.
"It is the greatest consolation to me to know of the sympathy expressed by so many to my sister and brothers and that such overwhelming affection and support should be extended to our whole family in our loss."
"My mother's reign was unequalled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion.
"Even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life."
The King also said he would strive to follow the inspiring example set by his mother in taking on the heavy responsibilities of sovereignty.
Earlier during the ceremony, Clerk of the Privy Council Richard Tilbrook proclaimed Charles "King, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith", before declaring "God Save the King", the BBC News reported.
The date of the Queen's state funeral is yet to be announced, but it would be a public holiday.
Queen Elizabeth II has died, Charles is King
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World Cup 2011: India turn chokers against South Africa
In what can be described only as a series of bizarre incidents, India choked in a typically South African fashion against the Proteas on Sunday.
One can list out various reasons for the defeat- not playing an e,tra spinner against spin-dreading South Africa, power play batting collapse, giving away too man runs up front, Dhoni's captaincy, bowling Nehra instead of Harbhajan- but that would only amount to beating the "we-don't-have-any-bowling" dead horse.
This defeat may not be too bad. After all, this may be what the thinking tank needs to fi, the problems. There are a good number of those, since match 1. Winning a match almost ensures that the "winning combination" will play again. Shortcomings will not be looked at. This defeat provides that opportunity. Will only have to wait and watch.
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Match poised for good contest – NZ make 315 in Bangalore ODI
Thanks largely to Franklin's blitz, NZ have scored 315. Now this is bound to be a good contest.
Looking at the bowling stats for the match, Ashwin fared better than Zaheer Khan and Nehra while bowling to Franklin (despite two of those overs having come after over 43).
Bring it on, fellas!
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India Win Compaq Cup
But could have almost lost it. Credit to Sri Lanka, the top 5 – barring Mahela – gave India a run for its money, and us bored fans something to bite nails about.
Quick thoughts on what went well:
1. Tendulkar: Need I say anything? What a sublime innings to count for his 44th ODI ton.
2. Dravid opening: Despite the fact that he didn't score big, he with Tendulkar set the platform for the other to build on. After a long time, Dravs did not look nervous and didn't elicit the "oh my god, is he going to be out now" feeling I've had almost every ball of some his innings last year and in late-2007.
3. Harbhajan: He and Tendulkar won the match for us.
What didn't go well:
1. Do we have a pace bowling attack? Where are the bowlers? RP, Irfan, Nehra, all disappointed.
2. Butterfingers fielding: Dhoni, Yusuf, Nehra, Kohli et all dropping catches like hot potatoes. Pathetic 😦
There will be a lot of ground to cover for this team in the Champion's Trophy. On current bowling and fielding form, they don't belong in the semi finals. A berth there is almost as dicey as it used to be in the early 90s.
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Bangalore Royal Challengers Stun Mumbai
Have you heard the Mumbai crowd cheering for Jayasuriya chanting "Su-ri-ya Su-ri-ya"? Have you seen an Indian cricketer (Kohli) pull a catch from thin air? Have you ever seen Zaheer Khan field like a 19 year old? If you haven't seen any of this before, and you missed the Bangalore vs. Mumbai match from last Sunday, you have certainly missed something in your armchair cricketing (aka avid viewing) career.
After a crushing defeat at home, in a contest where Bangalore was written off even before a single ball was bowled, the Royal Challengers, shall I say "pulled an India"? If you are wondering what I meant by "pulled an India", maybe I should qualify that by adding Dravid-ian India. Just like Team India came back to life in their away tours after a devastating ODI World Cup, the Bangalore team came back in a way no one (avid supporter vmminervaincluded) could have imagined. At the Wankhede, where they only had a countable minority of supporters, they stunned the locals to silence.
The Mumbai Indians were no pansies. They had a super hyped batting line up with the likes of Sanath Jayasuriya, Robin Uthappaand pinch-hitting all rounder Shaun Pollock; not to forget a star studded bowling attack in Harbhajan, part-timer Jayasuriya, and former India-cap Nehra. Jayasuriya thrilled for one over and perished. Uthappa entertained with a 38 ball 48, but impressive bowling and fielding from the Banglore side restricted the hosts to a respectable albeit cautiously chase-able 168.
Many things went right for the Bangalore side, most importantly the gritty spirit and fielding. They looked seriously threatened when Jayasuriya mauled the bowling with the crowd madly behind the Lankan bombshell. But the Mumbaikars felt ominously quiet when Zaheer effected a spine-tingling run out to get rid of Sanath. Zaheer seemed almost possessed on the day; I blinked several times to check if the catch or the save was indeed effected by Zaheer. With 20 overs of unbelievable fielding and a tidy bowling spell, he inspired the others to fielding standards that was distinctly un-Indian. Apart from Zaheer, Praveen Kumar did quite well; so did Balachandra Akhil, who, although ended up wicketless with an econ of over ten, did bowl exceptionally well. Like they say, the figures on the scorecard don't tell the whole story.
The Bangalore innings started rather sedately. Chanderpaul faced the first few deliveries bring Wall-Dravid on strike. Jaffer thankfully sat out this game. For one very inspired Pollock over, Dravid looked desperately Wall-ish and in a good amount of anguish. But it changed after he hit one of the most beautiful textbook on-drives and Chanderpaul lashed away in his own characteristic way. Then some drama intervened; if Mumbai's Thornley spilt blood on the pitch, Bangalore's Chanderpaul pulled one onto his knee (with bat speed of 95 kmph) and rolled with pain before asking for a runner. But he almost needn't have; shortly after Kohli's arrival, Chanderpaul hit one over the top, right into Kulkarni's hands. For a short while Dravid (yes, this the Wall I am talking of) steadied the ship with classic shots for four, before being c&b-ed by captain Bhajji. Following that, Taylor and Kohli put on some runs, but in the end it was the South African duo of Kallis and Boucher who took Bangalore home. All this to a very quiet Mumbai crowd and with the Bangalore sit-out cheering a wide "like they had won the World Cup" (quoting commentators).
Bangalore made a charecteristically Dravid-ian statement with their victory over Mumbai on Sunday. There is certainly long way to go, but this has given us Bangalore supporters some hope. Go Bangalore! Show 'em you can!
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Logo design is written in two languages at once
By Tom May (Computer Arts) 2014-05-07T11:31:39.126Z
How do you target Western and Middle Eastern money in one design? Here's one solution.
Dubai's logo combines English and Arabic
Much beloved by international holidaymakers, the Arab emirate of Dubai has just rebranded. And here's its new logo design.
In an attempt to appeal to both Middle Eastern and Western travellers - both of whom spend billions each year in its hotels, restaurants and shopping malls - the design incorporates both the English and Arabic words for Dubai.
Single voice
Created by Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, the new branding was launched by Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammad during a visit to the Arabian Travel Market, an event this week bringing together 2,700 exhibitors from 83 countries.
The logo will be used in marketing and promoting the emirate around the world, to emphasise that Dubai speaks with one voice, the Prime Minister said.
What do you think of Dubai's logo? Let us know in the comments!
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Q: Regression on exponent with negative datapoints So, I have $n$ triplets $(x,y,w)$, where $x$ and $y$ are supposedly correlated, and $w$ is a weight factor.
The range of variables are : $ x,y \in (-\infty,\infty)$ and $w \in (0,\infty)$
Now, I want to fit a regression:
$$ y = Aw^B x$$
If $x$ and $y$ were constrained to have same sign, then it is standard linear regression
$$ log(y/x) = A^\prime +B \ log(w)$$
But I am not able to solve it for general case. Probably this is covered in standard texts but I am unable to recall if I have come across this earlier. Any pointers would be appreciated!


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British Airways Highlife – May 2012
Pristine Paradise
Looking for a far-flung spot? Mozambique's Quirimbas Archipelago is as remote as you can get: virtually uninhabitated islands, unspoilt tropical surrounds and waters as gentle as an infinity pool, says Antonia Quirke.
The small plane flying from the north-eastern trip of Mozambique across the Indian Ocean to the Quirimbas Archipelago is moving over a dome crazily blending blue tints, 20, 30 shades of azure. Blues fired and deepened by the spring storms ranging in intensity from a slush-puppy fluorescence to the gaucheness of a robin's egg, and then, further out to sea now, as the islands begin to appear in their unbroken crescent from the mainland coastal town of Pemba 200km north to the far Rovuma River bordering Tanzania, tides that seem as violet-hued as the false contact lenses on a camera-mad starlet. From the air the archipelago – 32 islands in all – is complicated, layered. Some islands seem to be entirely submerged. But then water is so clear it's hard to discern land from sea save via clusters of bright coral and fish, dhows and dolphins. Or are they whales? My scale is off, possibly. But then nothing I'm seeing looks exactly real. Some islands are nothing – truly, nothing – but a sudden spit of white sand, snaking like sugar split by Arab traders on their long trek 1,000 years ago to such solitary distances. Who lives here now? Most of the islands are uninhabited, others occupied by small villages of fishermen who live off nothing but the sea, still using spears and dhows. Who visit here? Because this lies further than the escape routes frequented by even the most questing students…
This hot solitude is a paradise. On the little island of Vamizi there is no standing water (a small desalinisation plants provides water to wash in) hence no mosquitoes or malaria. Around the island, the reef keeps the water as gentle as an infinity pool, protecting children from predators and strong currents. Here it's impossible to be hurried – you must just let things happen. I spend hours listening only to the sun: a low pulse in the inner ear. How can a place so hot be such a lyrical garden? Orange butterflies, white butterflies, finger-sized mangrove kingfishers. All afternoon, weaver birds with their black and yellow crew-cuts bump against one other in continual rapturous reunions, hopping closer to me, not friendly because they are used to being fed but because they have not yet learnt to fear.
It's only recently that a handful of the islands in the archipelago, like Vamizi, has been leased from the Mozambique government to European and South African investors, keen to build small but ravishing eco-lodges which also fund local schools and clinics. Mozambique remains very poor, and tourism here – amongst most industries – is in its infancy. These few lodges patrol and invest in marine reserves for visiting adventurers and dive fanatics who are quickly learning that the snorkelling and diving here, with its drop-offs of up to 400m, is as good as on the barrier reef: better even, because all this is as yet unspoilt. No cruise liners coming into view, no trawlers raking the ocean floor. A British-run consortium in 1891 deemed the Quirimbas of no commercial interest and the last time they were mapped was by Russians in the 1950's (not accurately). Later, as mainland Mozambique was sealed in a bubble of a long civil war that ended in 1992, this archipelago remained completely preserved. 'It's like Kenya in the 1920's,' someone tells me. Wherever you go here you will do it largely in solitude, moving slowly in the quiet and heat, entering an Africa that few have ever seen.
There are just 13 small villas on Vamizi, daintily put together from wood and thatch, no air-con, no TV, No glass windows, nobody perched in uniform at security booths or a reception desk. This is a luxury for sure – ceiling fans waft white muslin nets around four-posters looking sexily out to the ocean and your own large stretch of sand – but nature is allowed in, not that there's anything much to harm you on the island.
At the small friendly bar in the evening the lively talk is of fish. What's out there in the depths amongst the 180 species of unbleached coral, how difficult to catch, how to best protect… it is perpetual, fascinated incantation. On a stool a conservationist holds a box with four baby green turtles, cooing at the sound of their ten-pence-sized flippers thumping. Next to her a Zimbabwean game fisherman fizzes with an intense amusement. 'Thirty-five fish today!' he marvels 'and 24 were different species'. We troop down to see the 140kg dog tuna he brought up earlier, lying on the sand, its eyes as vibrant as jewels on the fingers of an Argentinian cattle rancher who leans in with his wife and three teenage daughters, watching. By now the Seven Sister star cluster is faint in the immense vault of the sky and there's a storm across on the distant mainland.
'Barracuda use lightning strikes to hunt,' the dive instructor, Helke, tells me a few days later on the island of Quilalea, which is just a mile across occupied only by Azura lodge – nine detailed wooden and stone villas with a total capacity for just 18guests. Weeks later I'm still mesmerised by the memory of the approach to the island – it rose suddenly out of the sea, dark coral mini-cliffs crushed with paper-bark trees and indigo growing even higher, seeking light and air, sheltering a pristine beach coiled in on itself like a prawn, and on a more distant cove a white honeymoon house with a wooden ladder down into warm water. Quilalea is properly remote. It can only be reached by small boat via another island and, at low tide, a walk across mudflats. Here, I found it impossible to resist stopping to touch the pretty sponges and starfish in the rock pools, wondering why I felt so at ease even though I was the furthest I've ever been from home. Quilalea is so remote they have never had any post. 'Not once a month or when the boat passes with the neap tide but none, ever.' Heilke tells me this cheerfully and then talks about the lodge's mission to raise funds for a school on a neighbouring island. You'd think places like these are just full of rich idlers taking a break from perpetual trips around the world, but everyone I meet is driven – by an astonished awareness that this is a rare place, simultaneously so hard and beautiful. On Quilalea, at night, it's Jupiter that shines the brightest, and during the day there's a sound, incongruously, of the Cotswolds: wood pigeon.
Even the archipelago's busiest island, Ibo, feels eternally hidden – down, as it is, yet another improbably lush marine-boulevard of mangroves. Ibo was once a capital of sorts, where Arabs traded slaves in the 1400s and the Portuguese built their administrative centre in the 1700s, staying until 1975 when they were required to quit in just 24 chaotic hours. They left behind handsome pink-stone villas and factories now occupied by locals, who have long lived in the remains amongst broken intricate ironwork rusted to orange, some crafting delicate silver spoons to ornaments from the melted metal of old Portuguese coins for sale to the new tourists. This is a lost city – a Pompeii, an Inca ruin, At Ibo Island Lodge the high colonial rooms are laid out with old mahogany furniture and an elegant silver coffee set from the Indian Raj. A handsome Rhodesian hunting ridgeback dog lies sleepy in the sun next to a phone that stopped working sometime in the unrecoverable 1940s. Gio, the receptionist, picks it up to amuse me. 'Hello, London?' he says into the receiver, mock-astonished. Mains electricity has only just reached here. A new small plane route starting this summer will open up the whole archipelago a little more, but it will be very low-impact tourism and unlikely to herald the triumphant march of mass hotels their chlorine sunken-soup-plate pools. The islands are too small and fresh water too scarce. Not everyone relishes a mudflat, or a slow journey by dhow. Not everyone wants to travel this far, even when what lies in wait feels like a mysterious heaven.
Later I take a walk to one of the old forts on the island and find a room piled high with secret files going back to before the war and beyond: records of the movement of rebel groups, of marriages and divorces, police documents, newspapers: a troubled regime come and gone. To be eventually covered, as they so often are, in nothing but rainwater and dust.
Then back outside, dazed, onto the main street – the once bustling rue de la Republica – where there is nobody this afternoon but one little girl sucking the nectar from a flower, holding it in her mouth like a silk trumpet as she sits at the foot of a tamarind tree, quietly waiting for her sisters to bring in some razor-clams from the bay for dinner.
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