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package com.example.icampgeofence;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Criteria;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.NavUtils;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.location.Geofence;

public class AddFenceActivity extends Activity implements LocationListener {

    private LocationMgr locationMgr = null;
    protected LocationManager lm;
    String provider;

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
//        Toast.makeText(
//                getBaseContext(),
//                "Location changed: Lat: " + loc.getLatitude() + " Lng: "
//                    + loc.getLongitude(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "Location changed: Lat: " + loc.getLatitude() + " Lng: "
                + loc.getLongitude());

    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
    	Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "onProviderDisabled");
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
    	Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "onProviderEnabled");
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
    	Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "onStatusChanged");
    }

	public void useCurrentLocation(View view) {
        // getting GPS status
		Location currentLoc = locationMgr.getClient().getLastLocation();
    	Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "Location:" + currentLoc);

	    if (currentLoc != null) {
		    EditText newLat = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_lat);
		    newLat.setText(String.valueOf(currentLoc.getLatitude()));

		    EditText newLong = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_long);
		    newLong.setText(String.valueOf(currentLoc.getLongitude()));
	    }
	    else {
	        Toast.makeText(this, "Current location not available",
	                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	        return;
	    }
	}

	public void useLmCurrentLocation(View view) {
        // getting GPS status
        boolean isGPSEnabled = lm.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
		Location currentLoc = lm.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
    	Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "Location:" + currentLoc);

	    if (currentLoc != null) {
		    EditText newLat = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_lat);
		    newLat.setText(String.valueOf(currentLoc.getLatitude()));

		    EditText newLong = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_long);
		    newLong.setText(String.valueOf(currentLoc.getLongitude()));
	    }
	    else if (isGPSEnabled) {
	        Toast.makeText(this, "Current location not available",
	                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	        return;
	    }
	    else {
	        Toast.makeText(this, "GPS not enabled",
	                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	        return;
	    }
	}

	public void addFence(View view) {
		// add geofence storage and call APIs
		String newFenceName = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.fence_name)).getText().toString();
		Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.fence_type);
		String newFenceType = spinner.getSelectedItem().toString();
	    String newLat = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_lat)).getText().toString();
	    String newLong = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_long)).getText().toString();
	    String newRadius = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_radius)).getText().toString();
	    String newDwellTime = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.dwell_time)).getText().toString();
	    if (newFenceName.isEmpty() || newLat.isEmpty() || newLong.isEmpty() || newRadius.isEmpty()) {
	        Toast.makeText(this, "Invalid geofence params", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	        return;
	    }

	    Integer dwell = null;
	    try {
	    	dwell= Integer.valueOf(newDwellTime);
	    }
	    catch (NumberFormatException e) {
	    	Log.e(MainActivity.TAG, "Bad dwell time format.");
	    }

        int selectedFenceType;
        if (newFenceType.equalsIgnoreCase("Exit")) {
            selectedFenceType = Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT;
        }
        else if (newFenceType.equalsIgnoreCase("Enter")){
            selectedFenceType = Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ENTER;
        }
        else if (newFenceType.equalsIgnoreCase("Enter or Exit")){
        	selectedFenceType = (Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_ENTER | Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_EXIT);
        }
        else
        {
            selectedFenceType = Geofence.GEOFENCE_TRANSITION_DWELL;
        }

	    Fence f = new Fence(
				newFenceName,
				Double.parseDouble(newLat),
				Double.parseDouble(newLong),
				Float.parseFloat(newRadius),
				Geofence.NEVER_EXPIRE,
				selectedFenceType,
				dwell);

	    locationMgr.addGeofence(f);
		NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
	}

	public void cancel(View view) {
		NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
	}

    @Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_fence);

		final EditText dwellField = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.dwell_time);
		Spinner s = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.fence_type);
		s.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {

		    @Override
		    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> spinner, View view, int position, long arg3)
		    {
		         String fenceType = spinner.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
		         dwellField.setEnabled(fenceType.equalsIgnoreCase("Dwell"));
		    }

			@Override
			public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
				dwellField.setEnabled(false);
			}

		});

		// Show the Up button in the action bar.
		setupActionBar();

        /*
         * Create a new location client, using the enclosing class to
         * handle callbacks.
         */
		locationMgr = new LocationMgr(this);

	    lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
	    Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
	    provider = lm.getBestProvider(criteria, false);
	}

    /* Request updates at startup */
    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
      super.onResume();

/*      LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {
    	    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    	      // Called when a new location is found by the network location provider.
    	      makeUseOfNewLocation(location);
    	    }

    	    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}

    	    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}

    	    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
    	  };
*/
      lm.requestLocationUpdates(provider, 400, 1, this);
      Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "Updates started:" + provider);
    }

    /* Remove the locationlistener updates when Activity is paused */
    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
      super.onPause();
      lm.removeUpdates(this);
      Log.d("ADD_FENCE_ACTIVITY", "Updates stopped");
    }

    /*
     * Called when the Activity becomes visible.
     */
    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        locationMgr.connect();
    }

    /*
     * Called when the Activity is no longer visible.
     */
    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
    	locationMgr.disconnect();
        super.onStop();
    }

    /**
	 * Set up the {@link android.app.ActionBar}.
	 */
	private void setupActionBar() {
		getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
		// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
		getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.add_fence, menu);
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
		switch (item.getItemId()) {
		case android.R.id.home:
			// This ID represents the Home or Up button. In the case of this
			// activity, the Up button is shown. Use NavUtils to allow users
			// to navigate up one level in the application structure. For
			// more details, see the Navigation pattern on Android Design:
			//
			// http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation.html#up-vs-back
			//
			NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
			return true;
		}
		return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
	}

}


NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock took part in a conference call Monday to preview the NFL Scouting Combine coming up this week in Indianapolis.
He dropped a few nuggets that could be of interest to fans of the Bengals, Browns and Ohio State.
1. Who is the No. 1 quarterback?
With the Browns picking No. 1, they can get any quarterback they want.
Mayock has USC's Sam Darnold at the top of his board ahead of Wyoming's Josh Allen.
He praised Darnold's ability to make plays on the run but noted his well-known propensity for turning it over.
Allen has the biggest arm he has seen since LSU's JaMarcus Russell 10 years ago and noted Cleveland's new general manager, John Dorsey, traded up to draft a strong-armed quarterback last year when he was running the Chiefs.
Mayock acknowledged Allen's low completion percentage (and therefore accuracy) is a concern.
2. Watch out for Lamar Jackson.
Last week we made the case the Bengals should draft the Louisville quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy two years ago.
Mayock called him the most-electrifying player draft and predicted a team that selects him and commits to utilizing his skill set will make the other 31 defensive coordinators very uncomfortable.
Mayock sees Darnold, Allen, USC's Josh Rosen and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield as first-rounders with Jackson a wild card in that regard.
Oklahoma State's Mason Rudolph could go in the first round, too, but Mayock implied that might be a reach.
3. Could the Bengals draft a quarterback?
If Jackson ends up elsewhere and the Bengals want a new backup quarterback to replace AJ McCarron (who is expected to leave as a free agent), Richmond quarterback Kyle Lauletta could be a candidate in the third or fourth round.
Mayock said he is not elite at one thing but is solid at everything, which sounds a lot like McCarron — or Andy Dalton, for that matter.
Mayock also said Toledo quarterback Logan Woodside has not gotten enough credit yet because he is a playmaker. He wants to see him throw at the combine.
That's very good news for the Bengals because they need one if not two new players to shore up their weakest position group.
Mayock has Notre Dame's Mike McGlinchey rated his No. 1 tackle prospect and sees his former Fighting Irish teammate Quenton Nelson as an elite guard prospect.
RELATED: Who were the best Bengals this season?
He's also high on Oklahoma's Orlando Brown and Connor Williams of Texas as far as potential first-rounders.
Ohio State center Billy Price joins Nelson in a strong group of interior offensive linemen, and teams should find value there throughout the first three rounds.
5. Denzel Ward is the best corner and the top Ohio State prospect in this draft.
Ward is expected to ace all the workouts this week at the combine, but Mayock expressed concern about his durability because of a slight frame.
He called Price a plug-and-play interior offensive linemen who could go late in the first round or sometime in the second.
Sam Hubbard projects as a second rounder unless he runs a faster-than-expected 40-yard dash (like in the 4.5 range). He could play end in a 4-3 or linebacker in a 3-4. Mayock thinks he will test well but not blow anyone away at the combine. If he does the latter, he could be a first-rounder.
Linebacker Jerome Baker is a physical specimen with the athleticism the NFL craves at that position now, but his tape is inconsistent.
Jamarco Jones is a solid offensive line prospect who should go in the third or fourth round.
6. Is J.T. Barrett a sleeper prospect?
Ohio State's all-time leading passer has everything teams want in a quarterback except high-level talent according to Mayock, who called him an ideal backup who could play in the NFL for many years.
He sees Barrett being drafted late on day three.
"Somebody's going to buy into him because they love the kid because of what he brings to the table," Mayock said.
7. Drafting receivers has been tricky lately.
The Bengals took Washington speedster John Ross in the first round last year and got next to nothing from him because of injuries.
Mayock sees that as a common theme lately with multiple teams struggling to find productive pass-catchers early in the draft.
He has surmised bigger, physical receivers with great ball skills like Pittsburgh's JuJu Smith-Schuster tend to be safer picks and more likely to be able to contribute right away because they have a better chance to stay healthy and make contested catches.


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Мерзебург-Главный () — железнодорожная станция в городе Мерзебург в федеральной земле Саксония-Анхальт в Германии. Находится в 93,8 км от Берлина и в 111,2 км от Лейпцига.

Согласно классификации Deutsche Bahn AG относится к станциям категории 4.

Описание станции
Станция Мерзебург-Главный расположена на линии Галле — Бебра («Тюрингской линии»), между платформой Шкопау и станцией Мерзебург-Грузовой. Станция является крупным железнодорожным узлом, в котором к линии Галле — Бебра примыкают 4 линии.

Станция имеет 4 пути, доступ к которым осуществляется с двух островных платформ.

Примечания

Ссылки

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Home » Protection of Alternators and Transformers » Balanced Earth Fault Protection
Balanced Earth Fault Protection:
In small-size alternators, the neutral ends of the three-phase windings are often connected internally to a single terminal. Therefore, it is not possible to use Merz-Price circulating current principle described above because there are no facilities for accommodating the necessary current transformers in the neutral connection of each phase winding. Under these circumstances, it is considered sufficient to provide protection against earth-faults only by the use of Balanced Earth Fault Protection scheme. This scheme provides no protection against phase-to-phase faults, unless and until they develop into earth-faults, as most of them will.
Schematic arrangement: Fig. 22.6 shows the schematic arrangement of a Balanced Earth Fault Protection for a 3-phase alternator. It consists of three line current transformers, one mounted in each phase, having their secondaries connected in parallel with that of a single current transformer in the conductor joining the star point of the alternator to earth. A relay is connected across the transformers secondaries. The protection against earth faults is limited to the region between the neutral and the line current transformers.
Operation: Under normal operating conditions of Balanced Earth Fault Protection, the currents flowing in the alternator leads and hence the currents flowing in secondaries of the line current transformers add to zero and no current flows through the relay. Also under these conditions, the current in the neutral wire is zero and the secondary of neutral current transformer supplies no current to the relay.
If an earth-fault develops at F2 external to the protected zone, the sum of the currents at the terminals of the alternator is exactly equal to the current in the neutral connection and hence no current flows through the relay. When an earth-fault occurs at F1 or within the protected zone, these currents are no longer equal and the differential current flows through the operating coil of the relay. The relay then closes its contacts to disconnect the alternator from the system.
Stator Inter Turn Protection:
Merz-price circulating-current system protects against phase-to-ground and phase-to-phase faults. It does not protect against turn-to-turn fault on the same phase winding of the stator. It is because the current that this type of fault produces flows in a local circuit between the turns involved and does not create a difference between the currents entering and leaving the winding at its two ends where current transformers are applied. However, it is usually considered unnecessary to provide protection for inter-turn faults because they invariably develop into earth-faults.
In single turn generator (e.g. large steam-turbine generators), there is no necessity of protection against inter-turn faults. However, inter-turn protection is provided for multi-turn generators such as hydro-electric generators. These generators have double-winding armatures (i.e. each phase winding is divided into two halves) owing to the very heavy currents which they have to carry. Advantage may be taken of this necessity to protect inter-turn faults on the same winding. Fig, 22.7 shows the schematic arrangement of circulating-current and inter-turn protection of a 3-phase double wound generator. The relays RC provide protection against phase-to-ground and phase-to-phase faults whereas relays R1 provide protection against inter-turn faults.
Fig. 22.8 shows the duplicate stator windings S1 and S2 of one phase only with a provision against inter-tum faults. Two current transformers are connected on the circulating-current principle. Under normal conditions, the currents in the stator windings S1 and S2 are equal and so will be the currents in the secondaries of the two CTs. The secondary current round the loop then is the same at all points and no current flows through the relay R1. If a short-circuit develops between adjacent turns, say on S1, the currents in the stator windings S1 and S2 will no longer be equal. Therefore, unequal currents will be induced in the secondaries of CTs and the difference of these two currents flows through the relay R1. The relay then closes its contacts to clear the generator from the system.
Earth Fault Protection or Leakage Protection
Overcurrent Earth Fault Protection
Restricted Earth Fault Protection
Directional Earth Fault Relay
Three Phase Balanced Circuit
Fault Resistance Calculation
Types of Protection
Protection of Alternators
Differential Protection of Alternators
Protection of Transformers
Circulating Current Scheme for Transformer Protection
Busbar Protection
Time Graded Overcurrent Protection
Differential Pilot Wire Protection
Distance Protection
Transmission Line Overvoltage Protection
Short Circuit Protection Circuit
Methods of Discrimination in Power System Protection
Components of Protection System
Relay Classification in Power System Protection
Comparator Equation in Power System Protection
Types of Feeder Protection Relay
Overcurrent Protection of Feeders
Scheme of Distance Protection
Distance Protection Impedance Relay

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Q: What does influence the most on the time of creating an object? I know that creating an object takes time and that's why the flyweight pattern exists.
What I would like to know is what increases the time of creating a single object the most?

I thought it might be the search of the a slightly larger space in the memory, but I guess it is only slightly larger than each of the fields the object has. Then maybe it is the travel to the correct address in the memory while we are looking for a value of a specific field, but then again: the only thing we added is looking for the address of the object.

A: There are 3 ways object creation is costly:
1) the object allocation. This is actually pretty cheap (like some nanos), however take into account that

*

*many objects have "embedded" objects which are implicitely also allocated and

*Additionally often the time of the constructor running (initializing the object) is more costly than the actual allocation.
2) any allocation consumes Eden space, so the higher the allocation rate, the more CPU is consumed by GC (NewGen GC runs more frequent)
3) CPU caches. If you allocate temporary objects (e.g. Integer when putting to HashMap, those temp objects are are put in the L1 cache evicting some other data. If you use it only once, this does not payoff. Therefore high allocation rate (especially temporarys/immutables) lead to cache misses, causing significant slowdown in case (depending on what the app is actually trying to achieve).
Another issue is life cycle. The VM can handle best short lived or very long lived objects. If your application creates a lot of middle-age-dying objects (e.g. cache's), you will get more frequent Full GC's.
Regarding flyweight patterns. It depends. If its a very smallish object, flyweight frequently will not pay off. However if your usage patterns involves many allocations of the flyweight candidate obejct, flyweight'ing will pay off. That's the reason hotspot caches 10.000 Integer objects internally by default

A: In modern JVMs the object creation is not as costly as it were. It mostly needs to bump the pointer. In fact, in modern JVMs, many objects are actually secretly allocated on the machine stack, and that's basically free- it takes no time at all.
And regarding flyweight pattern: flyweight pattern is not used as the object creation is costly rather it is used to minimize memory use by sharing as much data as possible with other similar objects.

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Nigeria Procures Two Patrol Vessels from Turkish Shipyard
Dearsan OPV 76 (Dearsan illustration)
Published Nov 8, 2021 12:13 AM by The Maritime Executive
Nigeria is set to acquire two new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) from Turkey just weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan committed to help the West Africa nation fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
Two weeks after President Erdogan visit to Nigeria as part of a three-nation Africa visit that included Angola and Togo, the Nigerian Navy announced it has signed a contract with Turkish company Dearsan Shipyard for the purchase of two OPVs.
The high endurance vessels will have the capability to carry out maritime interdiction operations, surveillance and special forces operations. They are set for delivery in 2024 and will be deployed for patrol activities in the Gulf of Guinea as part of Nigeria's heightened efforts to crack down on piracy.
"The OPVs will also be capable of conducting search and rescue operations, anti-piracy, anti-smuggling and anti-drug trafficking operations and disaster relief operations among others,'' said .
Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, Nigeria's Chief of the Naval Staff, said that the 250-foot vessels will also have the capability and flexibility to be outfitted with sensors and weapons for warfare and maritime defense purposes.
The contract comes days after Nigeria and Turkey committed to deepen bilateral relations. "We are strengthening our cooperation on military defense and security issues with Nigeria, which is fighting against terrorist organizations, armed gangs and piracy," said President Erdogan in Abuja last month.
Anti-piracy success
In recent months, Nigeria's concerted efforts to tackle the menace of piracy have been bearing fruit. The International Maritime Bureau (IBM) announced that the global count of piracy incidents - long driven by dismal statistics from the Gulf of Guinea - are at the lowest levels in decades.
IMB's latest global piracy report shows that the Gulf of Guinea region recorded 28 incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the first nine months of this year compared to 46 for the same period in 2020. Nigeria only reported four incidents in comparison to 17 in last year and 41 in 2018.
"The Nigerian Navy has proved its dominant status in the region by sustaining an aggressive presence in the nation's maritime environment, leading to a reduction in acts of criminality," said Adm. Gambo.


If I haven't already made that abundantly clear, I'm a sucker for odd and unusual tools, especially when they are completely useful to me in my shop. When I have smaller clamping tasks, I like to use old C-clamps – the kind with acme threads and cool details, like a shapely or interesting knob on the threaded post. I usually find them at estate sales for just $1 or $2; I never pay more than $5 for one. I have about four or five that see constant use in my shop.
What ho! What are YOU, my little metal friend, and where have you been all of my woodworking life?
Only home for a few days and he already has a rusty older brother!
Er… I happened to find another one that listed the same day I received the first one. Fortuitous, no? It had a BIN that was reasonable and there were already several watchers after just a few hours, so I didn't let it sit there for long. It's also an eccentric, "A" style clamp by E. C. Stearns. This is the No. 1, with a 4″ opening. It was a bit rustier than the first one; in fact, it didn't really work very well because of the rust on the cam and post. I had a pretty good idea of how I would clean it up, but I wanted to check with the seller of the No. 0 to see if that was what he did, as well. It was!
So last night I spent a bit of time in the garage at the slow speed grinder, using a brass wire wheel to clean up the clamp. I will probably always keep that tool in the garage, or at least outside of the shop proper, because I don't like the idea of having bits of ground metal in the woodworking shop. After a bit of touching up with a smaller brass wheel on the Dremel, I refreshed my microfiber shop woobie with a few spritzes of camellia oil and wiped down both clamps.
These things are a joy to use! The sliding jaw on both clamps moves very easily (I won't voluntarily admit to sometimes struggling with getting the jaws adjusted on my F-style and parallel bar clamps). There wasn't any way to photograph it, but a spiral spring located between the jaw and the bar holds the jaw in place once you position it. Clamping pressure by the eccentric plunger causes a slight racking of the jaw, which locks it into place. Both clamps are able to exert plenty of pressure for any of the tasks I would give them, like pressing a small inlay into place or adding a stop block to my miter box fence or any of the other numerous tasks I normally use C-clamps for in the shop.
You and I are both really lucky I don't have any kind of "Schwarz" effect on the price of tools when I talk about them. Otherwise, my blog would be really boring, as I wouldn't write about any of these great tools until I'm certain I don't need to buy any more! As it stands, I'm not really afraid of writing about them while the initial excitement is still high.
For the next post, I'll try to get back on-track with my beading tool collection. Stay tuned.
I wrote a blog about these clamps a couple of years ago. I have since bought four more made from various makers. They are a joy to use. It's a shame they are no longer made.
Hmmm… Can you link to it? I tried searching you blog but couldn't find it. Would love to read your thoughts on them.
Mine are early James L Taylor clamps from Poughkeepsie, NY. I've since bought a smaller version of them with large pads like Bessie cabinetmaker clamps that's called a gun stock clamp. I use like a quick action holdfast. I intended to write a blog about it, but have yet to do so. The thing is pretty slick.
Very cool! And I agree – someone needs to be making clamps like this again.
Only problem is, if Bessey charges $55 for one of their 40″ parallel clamps, what do you think they'd want to charge for a malleable iron clamp? Well… once they get bigger, just the jaws and head are malleable iron. The bar is steel. But still… either the clamp makers are gouging customers or making a cam-action clamp in today's market would result in some expensive clamps.
Still, something to look into. Thanks for the link!


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If every developer had read Alan Cooper's book, 'The Inmates are Running the Asylum', we would have a lot less crappy software in the world. Fact!
By using the Dataflow Library you can concentrate on the messages and actions being performed, while the blocks marshal the messages, provide concurrent message processing and buffering as well as supporting cancellation and exception handling.
At this London .NET User Group meeting, held at Skills Matter, Liam Westley talked on Continuous Integration Factory.


Marie is the Editor in Chic of The Curvy Fashionista, a brand established in 2008. Marie has been into fashion since she was a kid, and loves all things stylish and chic. Her mission in life is to encourage plus sized women to be who they are with confidence and style. Marie wants every women who is not the "magazine-model" size to walk with their head high and their fashion on point. She is positive that curvy women can be fashionable and fabulous because she does it everyday.
With 11 years of experience and influence in the plus sized fashion sphere, Marie holds dear the accomplishments she's made on behalf of the curvy women nation.


I started using pidgin after I reformatted because I got fed up with MSN messenger and their ads and MSN plus and hidden adwares; and now I get to connect to multi-protocols.
One of the few issues when using pidgin was the personal messages for MSN. With the latest 2.5.2 release, it seems it's resolved with a textbox beneath the status bar. Oh maybe it's always been there and I've been blind somehow.
Another issue was the display of Asian characters on the buddy list. I started out working and somehow screwed up when I mucked around with the settings. I found a solution online, basically you go to your GTK Theme Selector and choose "ClearLooks" (or any theme which supports unicode for that matter).
Anyone not using pidgin shld give it a try. Anyway, this is for yq if he got any problems, since as far as I know, he's the only guy using pidgin now.


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The XSPEC slimbh model: Stationary slim accretion disk.
The xsslimbh model is an additive model component.
The model is described at  . The set_xsxset and get_xsxset functions are used to set and query the XSPEC XSET "SLIMBB_DEBUG", "SLIMBB_DIR", and "SLIMBB_TABLE" parameters.
The mass of the black hole, in M_sol.
The black hole spin parameter.
The total disk luminosity in Eddington units.
The distance to the source, in kpc.
The hardening factor. A negative value means to use TLUSTY spectra.
A flag to control the effect of limb-darkening. If greater than zero then the disk emission is limb-darkened, otherwise it is assumed to be isotropic.
A flag to contorl the surface profile. If greater than zero, raytracing is done from the actual photosphere, otherwise the spectrum is raytraced from the equatorial plane ignoring the height profile of the disk.


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from typing import Callable, Union

from monai.handlers.ignite_metric import IgniteMetric
from monai.metrics import SurfaceDistanceMetric
from monai.utils import MetricReduction

class SurfaceDistance(IgniteMetric):
    """
    Computes surface distance from full size Tensor and collects average over batch, class-channels, iterations.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        include_background: bool = False,
        symmetric: bool = False,
        distance_metric: str = "euclidean",
        reduction: Union[MetricReduction, str] = MetricReduction.MEAN,
        output_transform: Callable = lambda x: x,
        save_details: bool = True,
    ) -> None:
        """

        Args:
            include_background: whether to include distance computation on the first channel of the predicted output.
                Defaults to ``False``.
            symmetric: whether to calculate the symmetric average surface distance between
                `seg_pred` and `seg_gt`. Defaults to ``False``.
            distance_metric: : [``"euclidean"``, ``"chessboard"``, ``"taxicab"``]
                the metric used to compute surface distance. Defaults to ``"euclidean"``.
            reduction: define the mode to reduce metrics, will only execute reduction on `not-nan` values,
                available reduction modes: {``"none"``, ``"mean"``, ``"sum"``, ``"mean_batch"``, ``"sum_batch"``,
                ``"mean_channel"``, ``"sum_channel"``}, default to ``"mean"``. if "none", will not do reduction.
            output_transform: callable to extract `y_pred` and `y` from `ignite.engine.state.output` then
                construct `(y_pred, y)` pair, where `y_pred` and `y` can be `batch-first` Tensors or
                lists of `channel-first` Tensors. the form of `(y_pred, y)` is required by the `update()`.
                `engine.state` and `output_transform` inherit from the ignite concept:
                https://pytorch.org/ignite/concepts.html#state, explanation and usage example are in the tutorial:
                https://github.com/Project-MONAI/tutorials/blob/master/modules/batch_output_transform.ipynb.
            save_details: whether to save metric computation details per image, for example: surface dice
                of every image. default to True, will save to `engine.state.metric_details` dict with the metric name as key.

        """
        metric_fn = SurfaceDistanceMetric(
            include_background=include_background,
            symmetric=symmetric,
            distance_metric=distance_metric,
            reduction=reduction,
        )
        super().__init__(metric_fn=metric_fn, output_transform=output_transform, save_details=save_details)


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Това е списък на дипломатическите мисии в Кабо Верде. В столицата Прая са разположени 9 посолства.

Посолства в Прая

Мисии
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Почетни консулства

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 Дипломатически мисии на Кабо Верде

Кабо Верде
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Helen March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017 Misc.
It's been a while since I've updated you on what's new on the kosher shelves – mostly because I've been busy doing other things, sorry! But for the last few weeks I've had my tasting and sampling hat back on, so I can bring you this lovely selection of delicious new kosher treats. Read on for something to eat or drink at almost every opportunity the day provides.
Rude Health has added to its list of kosher products with the introduction of two varieties of instant porridge pot – hazelnut butter with cacao, and almond butter with sea salt. Simply pour on boiling water, stir, and enjoy a pot of hot dairy-free porridge. Lovely!
I tried the hazelnut butter with cacao flavour, and it was pleasantly nutty and quite sweet. It had a good texture with chunky oats and crunchy cacao nibs dispersed throughout. For a dairy-free porridge it was also nicely creamy. While I'm not sure I'd eat these daily, I can see that they will be terrifically handy for people who eat breakfast at their desk, or who need to take an easy breakfast with them while travelling. They're much tastier and more filling than a cereal bar!
Rude Health porridge pots are kosher KLBD and are available from Sainsburys, Wholefoods, Planet Organic and Ocado, and typically cost around £1.50.
Designed to keep blood glucose levels stable and avoid hunger-related grumps and mood swings, Hangry bars are a combination of dried fruits, oats, nuts and seeds, and come in three flavours – Berry the Rage, Cranky Cocoa, and Original Nutter.
I enjoyed my 'Berry the Rage' bar. It was quite sweet, soft and chewy, but with bite from the oats and a slightly crunchy texture from the almonds. I think these bars would make a convenient snack for mid-morning or afternoon, although Kipper tried one as a post-school treat but decided it was "a bit too nutty" for her. More for me then. They are vegan and free from wheat, refined sugars, and preservatives, and are kosher KLBD.
Hangry bars are £1.59 each and are available from Holland and Barrett, Revital, and other independent health food stores and cafes. You can also buy online from www.hangryfood.co.uk.
Adding to their popular range of sauces and condiments, Providence Deli has introduced a dairy-free black pepper sauce. We thought that it was remarkably creamy for a dairy-free sauce, and Kipper and DH took advantage of its being parve to try it out with steak.
Kipper found the pepper flavour a little intense, but DH thoroughly enjoyed it, and it was certainly a quick and easy way to dress up a piece of meat for a fancy midweek meal. I think it would work equally as well with a dense fish like fresh tuna, or even over steamed vegetables and pasta for a quick and flavourful veggie dinner.
Providence Deli black pepper sauce will be available from the kosher sections of selected Sainsbury's and Tesco stores from early March.
Among foodies, Steenbergs has long been synonymous with great quality herbs, spices, teas, and other products. I'm delighted to learn that many of their products have recently been given the kosher stamp by KLBD, including their range of high quality bakery flavourings – vanilla, almond, peppermint, orange and lemon extracts, plus rose water and orange blossom water.
The bakery flavourings range is available direct from Steenbergs, as well as from select independent stockists.
Cider seems to have become quite trendy over the last few years but I must admit I've not been much of a fan. However, for you, dear readers, I'll try anything, so I gamely gave this artisan Scottish cider a whirl. I was very pleasantly surprised! I love ginger anything, so the ginger variety was the first one I sampled, and it was really lovely – zingy, full-flavoured, and not too sweet and fizzy (which had been my concern).
I also tried the traditional and real elderflower varieties. The traditional cider was crisp, dry and apple-y and altogether very enjoyable. The real elderflower cider was slightly sweeter with a proper floral elderflower flavour. I think it will be great in the summer! DH, who really is NOT a cider fan at all, also tried the traditional variety, and to my surprise even he agreed that it was actually rather nice! So do give these a try if you fancy something a bit different.
You probably know Tiptree best for their jams but they also recently launched a range of spreads which are kosher KLBD. There are three flavours – salted caramel, chocolate, and banoffee – all made in a nut-free facility in Essex.
Kipper, as you might imagine, was a very enthusiastic volunteer when it came time to try these! Her favourite was the salted caramel, which was thick, gooey, sweet and delicious. I preferred the chocolate spread which was dark and rich. The banoffee was OK, but we both thought it was a bit too banana-y. If you really like bananas though, this is the one for you.
That's it for now. I look forward to bringing you news of many more exciting and new kosher products hitting our shelves soon. Don't forget to subscribe or follow me on Facebook to get regular recipe updates as well as kosher food and product news.
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Some really nice products there, mostly nice and healthy as well as kosher! Well apart from the Tiptree spreads which look like a delicious treat.
Even the healthiest eaters should indulge from time to time! You're right about those spreads – they are delicious!
I love the rude health brand, but I haven't seen the porridge with hazelnut butter before. I need to try that.
Yes, they make some great things. These porridge pots are very handy, and, importantly, yummy!
Not very aware of kosher products. Do they need special stamps on them or something or do you check the labels?
Hi Michelle. It varies! Some items have a little logo on from whichever authority has given its kosher stamp of approval. Some items are approved but don't have the logo printed on, and you need to check the website of the certifying authority. Some kinds of foods are generally OK as long as you read the ingredients to check for dodgy additives. And some non-complicated foods are just OK – like sugar, tea etc.
There are some good apps available though, which makes checking things on the go much easier!


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XSEED Games Celebrates a Summer of Growth for Recently Released Farming Games
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town Becomes Fastest Title to Surpass 100,000 Units Sold in North America; Rune Factory 4 Special Reaches 100,000 Unit Sales
XSEED Games, the independent-minded publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc. today announced that STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town has become the company's fastest-selling title to reach 100,000 units on a single platform in North America. Previously held by the first release in the renamed series on the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, STORY OF SEASONS, this expanded remake of the beloved 2003 Game Boy Advance farming/life sim reached the milestone on Nintendo Switch™ within one week after launching on July 14, 2020.
Since its release, STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town has charmed critics and fans alike, reaching a Metacritic score of 78 for the Nintendo Switch™, and an "Overwhelmingly Positive" sentiment on Steam with 96% positive user reviews. See what critics have had to say about the latest entry in the STORY OF SEASONS franchise published by XSEED Games:
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"Heartwarming character interactions, easy to grasp farming mechanics, and a nice variety of side activities prove to make this release a potent and worthwhile entry in this long-running series." – Nintendo Switch, 8/10, Nintendo Life
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Rune Factory 4 Special's hybrid of farming and dungeon adventuring gameplay, combined with new content and dual audio support, delighted critics when it launched earlier this year earning a Metacritic score of 81. Here are some of the great things press have said about the popular title's recent remaster:
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Developed by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games in North America, STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town launched on July 14, 2020 for the Nintendo Switch system and Windows PC via Steam. The title was released in Europe for the Nintendo Switch on July 10. This game has been rated Everyone 10+ by the ESRB. For more information about the Story of Seasons series, please visit www.storyofseasons.com.
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In response to the growing industry need for engineers who can design large-scale systems and processes to save time and money, the University of Minnesota has established an independent Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Today's business world demands a new kind of engineer with both technical and management skills who can design and assess complex systems in fields ranging from supply chains and logistics to healthcare delivery to energy production and distribution," said Professor Saif Benjaafar, the program's founding director. "Graduates of the program are uniquely qualified to rethink how these systems must be designed and managed to respond to the changing needs of our global economy."
In the past, the University offered master's and doctoral degrees in industrial and systems engineering within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering is now an independent program within the Institute of Technology, the University of Minnesota's college of engineering, physical sciences and mathematics. This new status will enhance the visibility of the program, locally, nationally, and internationally and will boost the University's ability to recruit the best students and faculty.
"We have ambitious plans for the Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering," said Steven Crouch, dean of the Institute of Technology. "This program is another way for us to align our engineering education programs to meet the future needs of industry."
The University of Minnesota is the only higher education institution in the state to offer graduate and professional degrees in industrial and systems engineering. In recent years, demand for these courses and degrees has grown dramatically. The demand from employers for students with skills in industrial and systems engineering has also been very strong. According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Minnesota companies employ industrial engineers in numbers third only to mechanical and electrical engineers.
The new Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering features core faculty who are at the forefront of the field. The research profile and funding for the program have seen tremendous growth in recent years. Faculty members in the program are engaged in federally funded research on projects such as global supply chains, revenue management for the airline industry, advanced healthcare delivery systems, sustainable logistics, and many others.
To strengthen its interdisciplinary emphasis, future faculty affiliated with the program will also be affiliated with another department in the college. The program is expected to continue expanding its degree and course offerings with an additional emphasis on undergraduate education.
For more information about the Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering, visit www.ie.umn.edu or contact the program director at saif@umn.edu.


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Review: Hero by Samantha Young
Publisher: Penguin Group (February 03, 2015)
From Goodreads.com: The emotional and unforgettable new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series.
Alexa Holland's father was her hero—until her shocking discovery that she and her mother weren't his only family. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets. But when she meets a man who's as damaged by her father's mistakes as she is, Alexa must help him.
Caine Carraway wants nothing to do with Alexa's efforts at redemption, but it's not so easy to push her away. Determined to make her hate him, he brings her to the edge of her patience and waits for her to walk away. But his actions only draw them together and, despite the odds, they begin an intense and explosive affair.
Only Caine knows he can never be the white knight that Alexa has always longed for. And when they're on the precipice of danger, he finds he'll do anything to protect either one of them from being hurt again…
My Rating: 1 star out of 5
I've heard a lot of good things about this author's On Dublin Street series, so when I saw this come across my "must read" list I knew I had to have it. The premise was gripping, and I couldn't wait to read something from an author with such a well known reputation.
However.... this book left me with mixed feelings, most prevalent of which was disturbed. I was completely hooked on the backstory of these two, both damaged by the same individual and that made me curious to see how their story would play out. As the story began to unravel however, one thing became clear to me - Alexa was a weak minded and pathetic excuse for a female lead. I understand that she carried around a lot of baggage, as did Caine, but that is no reason to allow a man to verbally and emotionally abuse you at every turn. Even when she wanted more, she was terrified to push him fearing that he would leave her, even going so far as to enter into a friends with benefits relationship just to keep him in her life.
And he was just as bad, banging her brains out one minute, and being a total jerk to her the next. Seriously, I don't care how great a guy is in the bedroom when he is as demeaning and insulting to a person as Caine was to Alexa, he deserves to be kicked repeatedly in his family jewels.
I read books to escape, whether it be romance, mystery, horror, etc. I go into the book wanting to be entertained and taken to a different world, so when I spend the majority of a story wanting to physically slap the main characters, and becoming increasing aggravated when nothing changes - I just can't give it a high rating no matter how good the plot-line or the author's writing.
Hero is available from Amazon.com


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Sor ye-yé es una película musical del año 1967 coproducida por España y México y protagonizada por Hilda Aguirre, Manuel Gil y Enrique Guzmán. La película, que supuso la consagración internacional en Latinoamérica y España de Hilda Aguirre, se realizó en acento mexicano aunque, en España, se doblaron los diálogos al acento castellano salvo las canciones (que se mantuvieron en la versión original mexicana). Por otra parte, para el estreno de esta cinta en el continente americano, las voces de los actores españoles que intervinieron en la misma también fueron dobladas pero por actores mexicanos. Parte del argumento toma como modelo la novela varias veces llevada al cine La hermana San Sulpicio.

Argumento

María (Hilda Aguirre) es una joven muchacha huérfana que vive con su adinerada tía Emilia (Margot Cottens). María suele cantar en un bar de copas junto a sus amigos (quienes conforman un grupo de rock llamado "Los Yakis Voladores"), y disfruta de la noche con ellos. Uno de sus amigos, Enrique (Enrique Guzmán), está enamorado de ella, aunque ella no parece sentir lo mismo por él. De hecho, sus múltiples dudas existenciales y un extraño vacío que siente en su vida, la impulsan repentinamente a entrar en un convento como novicia, rompiéndole el corazón a Enrique. Sin embargo, con su carácter alegre, abierto y rebelde, no parece amoldarse a la vida en la clausura, y especialmente tiene problemas con la maestra de las novicias (Ofelia Guilmain), que la suele castigar para intentar llevarla por el camino recto. En el convento, que también funciona como hospital infantil, conoce a un médico (Manuel Gil) con el que no se lleva del todo bien por el contraste entre sus dos caracteres, aunque a su manera se tienen cariño y respeto mutuo.

Mientras tanto, el convento pasa por dificultades económicas, y las monjas apenas tienen lo justo para alimentar a los niños, lo que les obliga a pasar hambre a ellas mismas. María arregla la situación consiguiendo una donación "voluntaria" de su tía para abastecer el convento de los alimentos básicos, lo que hace montar en cólera a su tía diciéndole que busque el dinero en otra parte. Y como las dificultades económicas se hacen cada vez más serias, tiene que buscar dinero, en primer lugar para la operación de uno de los niños, para que recupere la vista, y en segundo lugar para evitar el propio cierre del convento. María decide, tras pedir permiso a la madre superiora (Carmen Montejo) y al obispo, acudir como cantante al Festival de la Canción de Sanremo para intentar ganar el premio económico que salvará definitivamente al convento. Allí, sin embargo, tendrá que enfrentarse a Enrique, que también desea ganar el festival, y mientras tanto, parece que los sentimientos del doctor hacia Sor ye-yé son cada vez más fuertes, y María tiene cada vez más dudas sobre su vocación...

Reparto

 María "Sor Yeye" (Hilda Aguirre)
 Enrique (Enrique Guzmán)
 Doctor Juan (Manuel Gil)
 Madre María de los Ángeles (Sara García)
 Tía Emilia (Margot Cottens)
 Madre Superiora (Carmen Montejo)
 Sor Emilia "Madre Maestra" (Ofelia Guilmain)
 Sor Inocente (Adriana Roel)
 La Susy (Lina Canalejas)
 Pepe Castaño (José Manuel Gálvez Velandia)
 Obispo (Enrique García Álvarez)
 Marcos "Niño Ciego"  (Juan Antonio Edwards)
 Benny (Benny Ibarra "Padre")
 Monja Sorda (Delia Magaña)
 Novicia (Norma Mora)
 Mama del Doctor (Fanny Schiller)
 Niño del Hospital (Álex Carrillo)

Temas musicales

 Quiero vivir (interpretada por Estela Núñez)
 Igual por igual (interpretada por Carlos Lico)
 Esa campana (interpretada por Enrique Guzmán)
 Ave María (interpretada por Estela Núñez)
 No vale la pena (interpretada por Estela Núñez)
 Adivina, adivinanza (interpretada por Estela Núñez)
 Sor ye-yé (interpretada por Los Yaki)
 No quiero estar en casa (interpretada por Los Yaki)
 Arrepentido (interpretada por Enrique Guzmán)
 Ya me voy (interpretada por Estela Núñez)
 Andando de tu mano (interpretada por Estela Núñez y Enrique Guzmán)

Polémica

Originalmente se presentó a Hilda Aguirre como la protagonista única del musical y como si fuera ella la intérprete de las canciones. Esto pronto se demostró que no era cierto, ya que la voz en las canciones era interpretada por una entonces desconocida Estela Núñez, a la que inicialmente se le prohibió decir que era ella la cantante e incluso cantar esas canciones en público. Sin embargo, ella poco después saltó a la fama y, posteriormente, Enrique Guzmán reveló en una entrevista que era Estela Núñez la voz musical en la película.

Referencias

Películas de 1967
Películas de España
Películas de México
Películas en español
Películas musicales
Películas de Sara García
Películas de Enrique Guzmán


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Sun-kissed skies reflect off the cool, clear lake surrounded by lush green forests. The serenity of the moment is broken only by the tug on your line and the quickening of your pulse. The furious action below the water comes to the surface with a mighty splash.
Manitoba is home to some of North America's best sport fishing. With over 100,000 lakes and 30 different fish species, angling opportunities are as convenient as they are endless.
Whether you are casting for giant pike, fly fishing for massive tiger trout, ice fishing for huge walleye, or reeling in gigantic channel catfish, Manitoba offers a wide range of exceptional angling experiences with real chances to catch that fish of a lifetime.
Drive or fly to a secluded wilderness lodge, complete with five-star amenities. Gourmet food and first-class accommodations complement the incredible fishing opportunities. Manitoba's highly productive waters, along with its catch-and-release philosophy, mean many species grow to record-breaking sizes. Anglers are recognized for their achievements through the coveted Manitoba Master Angler Awards program.
And while local guides know the best places to catch the biggest fish, the tastiest fish are kept for the day's shore lunch. Admire the untouched wilderness as your freshly caught fish is prepared lakeside. Relive the day's triumphs in the luxury lodge and then be prepared to do it all over again.


One of the few remaining all-volunteer incorporated fire departments in the State of Connecticut just received a boost from People's United Bank.
As part of the People's United Bank Employee Volunteer Recognition Program, Customer Service Manager Silvi Sboui recently donated $750 to the Orange Volunteer Fire Department (OVFD).
The People's United Employee Volunteer Recognition Program recognizes employees for the time and talent they devote to local organizations in the communities served by the bank. Sboui, who works at the Orange Center Branch, was chosen to receive the bank's Community Champion Award. The award includes the opportunity to designate a donation to the employee's charity of her choice, so Sboui chose the OVFD.
Active OVFD members are on-call to serve the community 24-hour a day, seven days a week, dispatching from two stations: Station 1 at Orange Center Road and Station 2 at Boston Post Road.
"They are always willing to help the community and every year we witness, firsthand, their efforts to raise money through their annual carnival," explained Sboui.
Due to federal regulations, the OVFD is no longer able to mail raffle tickets to help pay for equipment and safety gear. The organization now must rely on individual contributions and proceeds from the annual carnival. The $750 donation from People's United Bank will help the Orange Volunteer Fire Department in its efforts to raise $900,000 towards a much-needed new fire truck.
To make a donation, contact the Orange Volunteer Fire Department at 203-891-1052, or by email at ovfd@orange-ct.gov.
Just days before Halloween, Mary L. Tracy School Parent Teacher Organization distributed letters and boxes to students explaining the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, Kids Helping Kids program.
The overwhelming support received for this program is truly heartwarming.
Monies collected were walked down to the local Peoples United Bank where pre-k students met Customer Service Manager, Silvi Sboui, who gave the students a tour of the branch that included a stop at the coin counter. Students took turns pouring coins onto the conveyer belt and pressing the start button.
The result? A cashier's check made to the order of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, in the amount of $341.31.
The Mary L. Tracy PTO thanks all the students, families and community members that supported this global citizenship project.


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Israel and Russia are getting along. Have the neocons noticed?
On friendship and double standards
(Illustration by Lauren Hansen | Image courtesy AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
byMichael Brendan Dougherty
Russia and Israel seem to have a growing affinity for each other. A few weeks ago, Israel abstained from a vote in the U.N. censuring Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that this is a sore spot for the White House and a diplomatic novum on the world scene:
A senior Israeli official said that Israel's absence from the United Nations vote was viewed around the world as an extremely irregular measure, a departure from a long-standing Israeli policy of voting with the United States in the UN. While the Americans viewed Israel's behavior as ungrateful, in light of Washington's unshakable support for Jerusalem in the UN, in the Kremlin and in the Russian media Israel's action was seen as an expression of support for Moscow, or at the very least a lack of opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. [Haaretz]
This report and Israel's warming relations with Russia became an occasion for Andrew Sullivan to reflect on the similarities between those two nations. The political leaders in both countries conceive of themselves as leaders of distinctive ethno-nationalist states and both have expansionist tendencies justified on the protection of co-ethnics living outside their current borders.
Borrowing from a smart post by Daniel Larison, Sullivan says that if Israel were to agree to the American-supported resolution, it would condemn itself, since it does not hold to the same strict interpretation of territorial sovereignty on which the condemnation of Russia relied. Sullivan puts a very fine point on it.
Russia, like Israel, has no real commitment to diplomacy unless it can act as a cover for military expansionism or as a delaying tactic while it entrenches its grip on the West Bank and makes it permanent. Large swathes of the Israeli corporate and political establishment have extremely close ties to Russia, in the wake of the post-Soviet influx, and the Russian immigrants are among the most hardline with respect to the Palestinians. And you can see the rapport between Netanyahu and Putin as clearly as you can see the lack of chemistry between Netanyahu and Obama. [The Dish]
This is all true so far as it goes, but it is a bit rich to say that Russia and Israel employ "exactly the same strategy" when it comes to territorial expansion, as Sullivan does. Part of the attraction of this argument for Sullivan and Larison (and myself, I admit) is that it highlights how little the U.S. seems to get in return for an alliance with Israel, that is expensive in both dollar terms and diplomatically.
But there may be something even juicier beneath even that. Neither Sullivan nor Larison mentions this explicitly, but it would seem that this tilt of Israel toward Russia puts American neoconservatives in an uncomfortable position. Neoconservatives have treated Russia's bid to become a stronger regional power as a direct threat to a U.S.-led world order and the possible reintroduction of fascism into Europe.
For some neoconservatives, Benjamin Netanyahu is the totem of "moral clarity" on the international scene. And yet, these same writers will say that Obama is being played for a fool over Crimea. If Obama is a fool for not opposing Putin strongly enough, what does that make of Bibi's moral clarity? Bill Kristol worries that Obama is placating Russia, and has said that Obama's "weakness" has invited Russia's aggression in the Ukraine. What has Israel's silence done? When Kristol says that America should be making Putin's friends pay a price, surely he doesn't mean Israel.
In fact the magazine Kristol edits never even mentioned Israel's non-vote. And within a week of Israel's abstention on the Ukraine question, the Standard only noticed Netanyahu to praise him for his ability to "get it" on the question of Palestine. And by "get it" they mean, he understands Palestinians to be irredeemable moral villains, undeserving of a peace process.
All that hypocrisy may be interesting, but it probably says more about how neocons feel about Obama than they do about Israel. After all, why should Israel stand up to Russia, a nuclear superpower? Israel isn't the guarantor of the neo-liberal world order, the U.S. is. And Israel has enough problems in its near abroad: Why should it pay a price for a conflict in which it has no interest?
This also wouldn't be the first time that there was a significant split on an international question between American neoconservatives and Israel's leaders. Just compare how Netanyahu felt about the Arab Spring to the feeling of the neoconservatives. For the former it was a nightmare, for the latter, a dream come true.
Any moral contradictions aren't as deep as they seem, either. As easily as Sullivan links Israeli and Russian ethno-nationalist expansionism, they can be pulled apart almost as quickly. Both Israel and Russia may feel the need to act beyond or even redraw their borders, but they do so for very different reasons. Israel views itself as a besieged nation that is deeply vulnerable to terrorism, and to a combination of demography and ideological changes in the region; it acts out of existential angst. Russia is a kind of second-world kleptocracy, a nuclear superpower that has suffered humiliations and acts with a wounded ego.
Even if there is a growing political affinity between Russia and Israel, this doesn't necessarily become a moral burden for U.S. neoconservatives. Although, it sure makes you wonder if they think Israel "gets it" on Russia, as the country certainly gets plenty from the United States.
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That frame is sparkling, looks mega neat. What's the finish? Paint?
Looks brilliant either way. Do you finish the tubes with anything? Reason I askis I've got some ripples from the grinder with my bike. Wondering if they won't be noticeable, a filler primer is to be used or if I need something more drastic like body filler.
Do you finish the tubes with anything? Reason I ask is I've got some ripples from the grinder with my bike. Wondering if they won't be noticeable, a filler primer is to be used or if I need something more drastic like body filler.
I had the same problem after cutting a bunch of stuff off my frame. Sometimes body filler is too heavy for some of the small defects. Glazing putty is the best solution I have found. It's like concentrated primer you spread on with a rubber squeegee. Primer/sealer you parts first, scuff them down to reveal your low spots, and fill with glazing putty. Knock back the putty with 220, or 400 grit. Lay one more coat of primer over it to seal it up, and then prep for paint. Don't final paint over glazing putty, or it will show through.
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While better than the original, mostly a result of its director, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not without its faults.
Originality is a welcome commodity that is increasingly hard to find. There seems to be more remakes and rehashes than ever before in all facets of entertainment. Often these remakes are better at creating buzz than actually creating something of value. However, there are a few instances where a remake can go beyond that title and actually become a valid form of entertainment. That accomplishment requires a few things: first and foremost is a filmmaker who is more interested in created a quality product than a cash cow. That is clearly the case with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. David Fincher injects his own style and directing ability to create a film that is better than the source material.
In the film, Daniel Craig plays Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced writer whose career is likely over. His attempt to take down a corporate industrialist backfires as he is accused of reporting incorrect information. To make matters worse, he loses a Libel case and is required to pay damages to the industrialist. Things begin to look up for him when he is offered a job by Henrick Vanger. Vanger wants him to unveil the truth of his niece's disappearance 40 years ago. Blomkvist is reluctant to take the job, but Vanger's need to pay his debts makes it impossible for him to refuse. As Blomkvist looks into the case he begins to discover how bizarre the Wagner family is. Family rivalry, Nazi links, and unyielding greed only begin to describe the craziness of this family. Blomkvist continues to dig deeper into the case and stumbles upon a break. Something he feels will lead him to solving this mystery. However, not wanting to make the same mistake he did with the industrialist, he asks the Vanger family to provide a researcher to validate his findings. They end up hiring Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), the same person who did the back check on Blomkvist. Lisbeth is a dynamic character that attempts to rebel against the norm in every conceivable way. Her life has been a difficult one. Due to past digressions she is on probation. She is given a guardian who controls all of her finances. Lisbeth does have some things going for her though, namely a photographic memory. This gift gives her a knack for computer hacking and becomes a vital tool in solving the Vanger case.
It was an interesting choice for Fincher to keep the setting in Sweden. I assumed, like the remake of Let the Right One In, he would move the story to America. In the end, I believe his decision was the correct one. There are a number of links to Swedish law and culture that may not have translated well in a new location. I feel you would have had a lot of changes if the story took place outside of Sweden. What Fincher does do differently in his film is establish an importance to the setting. The Vanger home is given an eerie presence that makes you stand on edge. The combination of both Fincher's camera work and Trent Reznor's score work masterfully to create tension in almost every frame. Reznor and Fincher have proven to be a great combination and I hope to see more from both of them in the future. Reznor's score here isn't as great as his score for The Social Network, but it perfectly fits the theme and tone of the film.
Another area where this film improved on the original was in the performances. Daniel Craig's portrayal was a lot more compelling in this than the original. There is not much depth to the character, but Craig's own personality allows it to go beyond a fill-in role. Rooney Mara was fantastic as Lisbeth Salander. Her version of the character was more well rounded and complex, with a sense of innocence that really humanized her. Small changes in the story help the humanization surface. You see this tortured soul has a tendency to be abrasive towards others, but she also is capable of showing tenderness to those she slowly lets in. Mara is also capable of depicting the irreverent side of the character as well. It is a character that is ambivalent to the majority of society. She has a limited expression of emotion that is conveyed in her complete coldness. Mara's transformation into this character is easily one of the best performances of the year.
While there are a lot of elements of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to admire, there are a number of issues. The biggest is with the story itself. When you break down the story to its core, it's not much more than an extended CSI or Law and Order plot line. It attempts to dress up that story with a dynamic character, but in the end that just felt like window dressing. You have these two plot lines that diverge into one, and when they meet, the mystery completely overshadows any uniqueness that may have allowed it to stand out more. It's not that the mystery is uninteresting. The issue is that you feel like you have seen this story before, and that's not even considering it's a remake. Fincher does the best he can with the source material, but the fact remains it doesn't go beyond being a basic thriller. This story is like The Da Vinci Code in that its complex elements are relatively hollow. That hollowness is filled with commonality that makes it easy to digest. Also, like a number of Fincher films, it goes on a little longer than it should. The last 30 minutes felt extremely tacked on and never well defined its purpose.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo does accomplish a pretty impressive feat. It tackles some challenging and taboo issues, but handles it in a way a general audience can deal with. Fincher does infuse his own unique style to make this stand out over normal run-of-the-mill mystery thrillers. At times it's very demanding of the viewer. I just wish it was able to do more with those demanding sequences. I feel there is an underlying message that is trying to be stated, but it's never clearly defined. It wants to be a force for empowerment, but certain decisions it makes lessens that impact. The way it handles the partnership of Lisbeth and Mikael is the perfect example of this. Their actions are clumsily put together to the point of confusion. A relationship that starts off as unique turns into an overly done stereotype.
The major flaws of the film can be traced back to the source material, because they are found in both versions of the film. The reason this version is superior is a simple one. It was made by a better film maker. Fincher couldn't solve all the issues without reworking the story in a major way. He ironed enough away to create a crisper film that is more gripping than the original. While it doesn't elevate the material to a large degree, the improvement in style and atmosphere make it the version to see. If you haven't watched either I would definitely advise making this your first choice.


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JMW Turner At National Gallery Of Art
A standout in an entire gallery devoted to Turner's views of the conflagration that engulfed the Houses of Parliament is the spectacularly hued "The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834,†1835. The Cleveland Museum of Art.
One of the great landscape painters of all time, and arguably Great Britain's finest artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‱851) depicted a wide range of subjects in his prolific career, ranging from seascapes, topographical views and mythology to historical events, modern life and images from his imagination. His paintings and watercolors, which elevated the standing of landscape art to unprecedented levels, are among the most familiar and most admired works in art history.
In the course of his career, he created more than 20,000 oil paintings, watercolors and drawings. While helping to define the romantic movement, his renderings of the subtle effects of light and atmosphere on the shape and color of things summed up notions of the sublime. His enormous talent, technical brilliance and stylistic innovations influenced many artists who followed, including the Impressionists.
His achievements are celebrated in the exhibition "J.M.W. Turner," on view at the National Gallery of Art through January 6. The show, comprising nearly 150 paintings and watercolors, was organized by a curatorial team headed by Ian Worrell of Tate Britain that included the National Gallery's Franklin Kelly, the Dallas Museum of Art's Dorothy Kosinski and The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Gary Tinterow.
Raised in the heart of London, the son of a barber and wigmaker, Turner had little formal education, but showed an early talent for watercolor drawings. Enrolled at the age of 14 at the Royal Academy of Arts, where he was schooled in the fundamentals of art, he began submitting watercolors to the Royal Academy's exhibitions in his late teens.
"The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805,†1823‱824, Turner's largest work (102 by 144 inches), was commissioned by King George IV long after the decisive naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Lord Nelson's ship Victory looms behind boatloads of seamen struggling to survive amidst the chaos of battle. National Maritime Museum, London.
Turner followed a lifelong pattern of summer touring, initially exploring areas in England, Scotland and Wales that offered scenic sites. "The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey, Looking Toward the East Window," a 1794 watercolor, emphasized the sad grandeur of the old, overgrown Gothic ruins of the Welsh site. It reflects Turner's embrace of the picturesque aesthetic that stressed qualities of roughness and decay.
Determined to gain recognition as a serious, prominent artist, he took up oil painting and followed the advice of Royal Academy president Sir Joshua Reynolds by studying such Old Masters as Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain and Nicholas Poussin. Turner's first oil to be exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1796, "Fisherman at Sea," growing out of the tradition of Seventeenth Century Dutch marine paintings, documents the liveliness and dramatic moonlit effects he achieved in the new medium †at age 21.
Eventually, Turner employed a more energetic style, geared to his era's sense of awe in the face of untamed nature †The Sublime, as it was called. "The Shipwreck," 1805, demonstrates man's vulnerability to the power of nature as survivors cling to small, overloaded boats, seemingly at the mercy of battering waves.
Turner's travels in Switzerland in 1802 led to this painting of an impossibly narrow bridge spanning a deep chasm, surrounded by towering mountains. "The Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard,†circa 1803‱804, is from a private collection in Canada.
The dramatic lighting, roiling white caps, storm-darkened sky and wind-swept ships in the beautifully painted "The Confluence of the Thames and the Medway," 1805, offers Turner's stirring reminder of Britain's dominion over the seas.
Turner's initial reputation, based largely on vivid seascapes, led to his election at age 26 as the youngest member ever admitted to the Royal Academy. Often described as a "mean-looking little man," he put people off with his gruff manner and unbridled ambition. "In the genteel circles of Regency London," says Worrell, "his forthright and professional approach to the business of art was&⁰erceived as decidedly vulgar." Turner never married and led a semireclusive existence.
Several early oil masterpieces grew out of frequent travels on the continent, especially in the Swiss Alps. His ability to convey the dramatic confluence of mountainous chasms, churning waters and infinitesimal humanity is epitomized by "The Devil's Bridge, St Gotthard," circa 1803‱804. Here, a French soldier bravely crosses a flimsy little span over an awesome chasm, dwarfed by the vertical masses of rock all around him.
The vast proportions, dramatic vistas and historic legacy of the Alps inspired one of Turner's most ambitious and critically successful early oils, "Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps," 1812. Depicting fierce Third Century BC combat between invading Carthaginians and local tribesmen amidst the swirling mists of an alpine storm, it conveys both the immediacy of battle and, in the distance, the bright promise of Italy.
While working as a professor of perspective at the Royal Academy, starting in 1807, Turner sought to promote landscape painting as the equal of history painting. Around 1805 he created a series of evocative views of the Thames River, such as "The Thames Near Walton Bridges" and "Willows beside a Stream," an unfinished oil that seems to presage his later, softer style.
Building on contemporary interest in the rise and fall of empires and Britain's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars, Turner conveyed this scene from the conclusion of the Punic Wars, "The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire,†1817, which measures 67 by 94 inches. Tate, London, bequeathed by the artist, 1856.
"London," 1809, a sweeping panorama of the burgeoning city painted from the bucolic, deer-infested hills of Greenwich Park, shows Saint Paul's Cathedral on the horizon, partly obscured by coal-dust pollution, while a shaft of sunlight illuminates the elegant architecture of the Royal Naval Hospital in the middle ground.
"The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire," 1817, depicts defeated survivors gathered amidst magnificent harbor architecture as ships carry the city's young men to death or slavery in Rome.
Thomas Cole, the British-born founder of the Hudson River School of painting, visited Turner's studio and although ambivalent about the Englishman's work, reflected his influence in "The Consummation of Empire" from "The Course of Empire" series and "The Architect's Dream." Other notable Americans linked by Kelly to Turner include Frederic Church, George Inness, Thomas Moran and Alfred Pinkham Ryder.
Gripped by Britain's war with France during the first two decades of his career, Turner depicted the defeat of the French fleet at Trafalgar in "The Battle of Trafalgar as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory ," 1806, reworked 1808. His view shows Lord Horatio Nelson, shot by a sniper, dying on the deck of his ship.
Commissioned by King George IV, Turner returned to the subject 18 years later with his largest canvas †102 by 144 inches †"The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805," 1823‱824, which effectively conveys the chaos and human toll of the intense fight. As Nelson's flagship Victory , looming over the center, engages in close-quarters combat with the French, drowning and dying seamen struggle to survive amidst the confusion.
"Peace †Burial at Sea,†1842, is Turner's somber homage to his friend and fellow painter Sir David Wilkie, who died at sea and was buried off Gibraltar. When someone complained about the ship's dark sails, Turner replied, "I only wish I had any color to make them blacker.†Tate, London, bequeathed by the artist, 1856.
Following a visit to the battlefield the year before, Turner painted "The Field of Waterloo" in 1818, a 58-by-94-inch canvas. It focuses on the carnage of war as women search for their menfolk by torchlight among the mass of English and French bodies. In contrast to the celebratory tone of many contemporary paintings, Turner illuminated the human cost of war by portraying suffering on both sides.
Throughout his career, Turner created a dazzling array of watercolors based on rapid outdoor sketches that were turned into finished works in his studio. Starting in the 1820s, his palette became brighter, particularly with the use of new gradations of yellow that he employed to depict nuances of light, and his images tended to be less precise.
With his watercolors he portrayed the antiquities of Scotland; the rivers of England (a standout is a moonlit industrial scene, "Shields, on the River Tyne," 1823); British ports; London and landscapes in Britain (notably, a nostalgic sunset view of crumbling "Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire," circa 1830) and Wales.
Turner's spectacular paintings and watercolors of Europe's most romantic city, shimmering, atmospheric evocations of the bustling canals and venerable marble buildings of Venice, are among the crowing achievements of his career. The extent to which he was at one with the floating city, so well-suited to his vibrant colors, renderings of effulgent light, evocative reflections in waterways and depictions of marble buildings and colorful vessels, is apparent in such oil paintings as "Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore," 1834, and "Venice, from the Port of Madonna della Salute," 1835.
Watercolors like "Venice: The Grand Canal, with Santa Maria della Salute, from near the Hotel Europa," 1840, and paintings emanating from his last visit to Venice in 1840, such as "The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa," 1842, and "Approach to Venice," 1844, showcase Turner's late predilection for vaporous evocations of the city's vistas.
At the height of his powers, Turner applied his profound interest in literature and history to works like "Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus †Homer's Odyssey," 1829. This vague symphony in brilliant light and crimson and yellow colors startled admirers and critics alike. While the artist's great champion John Ruskin called it "the central picture of Turner's career," one newspaper critic said his coloring had "run mad&ll the most glaring tints&ontend for mastery of the canvas, with the vehement contrasts of a kaleidoscope or Persian carpet."
Turner's keen interest in contemporary events led to a series of eyewitness sketches, watercolors and paintings recording the devastating 1834 fire that demolished the Eleventh Century parliament buildings in London. Highlights of the gallery devoted to a dozen of these images are two oils, painted in 1835, "The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons," followed by versions of the date, October 16, 1834. Pulsing with soaring red flames, orange and yellow swatches and compelling reflections in the Thames, they convey the heat and destructive fury of a conflagration that captivated the nation.
"Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus †Homer's Odyssey,†1829, shows the Greek hero taunting the one-eyed Cyclops under a brilliant rising sun. The image was much admired by Turner's champion John Ruskin, but criticized in a newspaper for color "run mad &†all the most glaring tints &†contend for mastery of the canvas, with the vehement contrasts of a kaleidoscope or Persian carpet.†The National Gallery, London, Turner bequest, 1856.
Turner also chronicled England's transition from an agrarian to an industrial society in paintings such as "Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight," 1835. Here, under ethereal light, he depicted laborers loading coal from small boats onto larger ships in Newcastle, the hub of British coal production. With fiery torches also illuminating active factories on shore, "Keelmen" underscored England's great maritime and industrial power.
Turner continued to create seascapes, most often utilizing a muted palette of cool blues, greens and gray, only occasionally enlivened by startling splashes of livelier colors. Depictions of shipwrecks, whalers at work on stormy waters and, generally, the perils of life at sea reflect the artist's respect for the courage of seafaring men and for the power of the ocean.
Turner's late works are characterized by bold experiments with color and light, expressive brushwork, increasingly indistinct images and, occasionally, vortexes of air, clouds, mist and water swirling around central subjects. In "Peace †Burial at Sea," 1842, his moving tribute to his friend, fellow painter Sir David Wilkie, who was buried at sea off Gibraltar, Turner employed a palette of darkened colors, punctuated by the brightly lit section of the deck where the burial ceremony was taking place.
During visits to Switzerland he created the culminating watercolors of his long career, including blurry, vaporous views of Lake Como, Lake Lucerne and Lake Zug.
When he died in 1851, Turner left a group of unfinished paintings in his studio, including two radiant, hazy, atmospheric canvases, characterized by near-dissolution of forms, "Europa and the Bull" and "Norham Castle, Sunrise," both circa 1845.
At his death, Turner bequeathed to the British nation (now housed at Tate Britain) nearly 100 finished paintings, along with countless watercolors, studies and sketchbooks. The Turner bequest forms the nucleus of this rewarding exhibition. It more than solidifies Turner's standing as the greatest of British artists and one of the all-time great painters of world.
After closing in Washington, the exhibition travels to the Dallas Museum of Art (February 10⁍ay 18) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (June 24⁓eptember 21).
The 272-page, exhibition catalog contains essays by Warrell and Kelly and chapters by younger scholars offering new insights into Turner's oeuvre. Published by Tate Enterprises Ltd, it sells for $55, hardcover, and $45, softcover.
The National Gallery of Art is on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets and Constitution Avenue NW. For information, 202-737-4215 or www.nga.gov .


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Island Nucklehead wrote: The Islanders make a big splash and the rebuild is on in Buffalo.
Buffalo trades Thomas Vanek to the Islanders for Matt Moulson, a First in 2014, and a Second in 2015.
Seems a bit odd, considering Moulson has more goals, and the same amount of points in fewer games. He also makes $3.133M compared to Vanek's $7.14. Both are UFA at the end of the season.
Tavares will love it, but they should have got Miller or a dman instead.
But I guess Moulson will probably re-sign at season's end with Vanek testing free agency and most definitely hitting pay dirt.
Will the real CoHo please stand up.
Agreed. But is the 5 extra goals he gets you vs. Moulson really worth the 1st and 2nd rounders?
Over their careers Vanek is a .42 G/GP (34.44 goals over 82 games), while Moulson is .37 G/GP (30.34).
If NYI can re-up Vanek and he shows chemistry with Tavares, they win this deal. But that's a lot to give up for a rental player, imo.
Don't underestimate the Tavares Factor in regards to Moulson's production.
Vanek carried the Sabres, Moulson did not carry the Fishsticks.
Those 4 extra goals per year/career are significant as well.
Having said that, I like this deal for both teams.
Two teams going in different directions.
Buffalo is clearly tanking and they probably flip Moulson at the deadline.
Meanwhile, the Isles will do whatever they can to re-sign Vanek.
I'm guessing he's good pals with fellow Austrian Gatling Gun Grabner.
That and finally having a world-class centre in Tavares just might do the trick!
Strangelove wrote: 27.5 years old and has yet to prove he can handle a starter's role.
Because of the Living Legend?
I think Horvat was a great return on Schneids, all things considered.
So sick and tired of folks trying to hide mental illness as if it were something to be ashamed of!
How many times did Daddy call Darcy today?
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"TheFourthPeriod 1-for-1 trade... Flyers send Talbot to Avalanche for Steve Downie, Avs officially announce."
I'm kind of puzzled about this one... I thought Downie was well liked in Colorado. I know they were negotiating contract and he's a UFA at the end of the season, but still.
Downie is a much better player than Talbot. Maybe they don't want his influence on the team with all the kids. Bit of a loose cannon to say the least. Good player but not the sharpest knife in the drawer and he has had a few issues in the past.
Kinda sudden and he was playing well. This trade doesn't pass the smell test.
Blob Mckenzie wrote: Downie is a much better player than Talbot. Maybe they don't want his influence on the team with all the kids. Bit of a loose cannon to say the least. Good player but not the sharpest knife in the drawer and he has had a few issues in the past.
I was actually hoping he'd be a trade target if his contract status was still up in the air, and the Canucks were in a buyers position, at the deadline.
I like Downie a lot.
So yeah the Flyer fan in me is happy.
Talbot's is actually set to earn $4.25m over 3 seasons = $1.4m per (cap hit = 1.75m per).
Compare to Downie at $2.65m per... and looking for a big raise in the summer.
Are the Avs just being ridiculously cheap here?
Did Downie threaten to punch out Varlamov this morning for some reason?
I dunno, but Philly kills it with this trade.
<bold>Seems a bit odd</bold>, considering Moulson has more goals, and the same amount of points in fewer games. He also makes $3.133M compared to Vanek's $7.14. Both are UFA at the end of the season.
Manny inks 1 year two way deal with Carolina. Is expected to start with the Canes tonight. Wish him all the best.
Hockey Widow wrote: Manny inks 1 year two way deal with Carolina. Is expected to start with the Canes tonight. Wish him all the best.
Wow. Much earlier than I expected. I honestly didn't think he'd find a suitor in the NHL. Best of luck to Manny.


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Ronald Noorman, a Dutch artist known for humble but commanding drawings that linger between the abstract and the figurative, died last month at the age of sixty-six. Born in 1951 in Hilversum, the Netherlands, Noorman studied painting at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam before becoming a draftsman. He exhibited his work widely, and his drawings—most of which are small and untitled—are in collections across the Netherlands, including those of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Teylers Museum in Haarlem.
While recognizable things recur in his earlier works of the 1980s—tourniquets and bones, for example—he eventually strove to strike, through abstract markings and patterns, a delicate balance between chaos and control. "I prefer to keep to the human dimension," he once said of the scale of his works. "In small format, I have to concentrate on strength, monumentality, excitement, spatiality, speed." In addition to drawing and making graphics that often accompanied text, Noorman was a collector of outsider art. In 2008, he organized an exhibition at the Galerie Hamer that included the work of André Prues and Alexis Lippstreu alongside his own.
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Stephen Dowling, writing for the BBC, has an article about the transient nature of the Internet and how so much of what was posted in the first ten years just isn't there anymore.
If Brewster Kahle hadn't set up the Internet Archive and started saving things – without waiting for anyone's permission – we'd have lost everything.
"It's not only the early material. Most of the internet is not being stored," he says.
"The Internet Archive first started archives pages in 1996. That's five years after the first webpages were set up. There's nothing from that era that was ever copied from the live web." Even the first web page set up in 1991 no longer exists; the page you can view on the World Wide Web Consortium is a copy made a year later.
The article also mentions the shift from tangible media to electronic media in terms of what we have in our private collections — email and pictures and whatnot. Almost none of that is going to be gathered by archivists. It notes that the British Archives, for example, has collected a lot of letters between people. MySpace recently lost years of music and photos. Google Plus is gone.
This isn't entirely new or different. There are huge gaps in historical records, and I imagine future historians are going to have a wealth of material regardless of how much we lose. In the early days of television, they didn't necessarily keep tapes of the broadcasts. But, I was put in mind of Harold Innis' Empire and Communications. I've only read pieces of it, so take my descriptions and Wikipedia pastings with a grain of salt.
[He] argued that the "bias" of each medium either toward space or toward time helps determine the nature of the civilization in which that medium dominates. "Media that emphasize time are those that are durable in character such as parchment, clay and stone," he writes in his introduction. These media tend to favour decentralization. "Media that emphasize space are apt to be less durable and light in character, such as papyrus and paper." These media generally favour large, centralized administrations. Innis believed that to persist in time and to occupy space, empires needed to strike a balance between time-biased and space-biased media.
I'm not sure I entirely buy Innis' theories, but he was a smart guy, so there is probably something to this. Our preferred communications are going to shape our culture and politics. If Innis is right, we'll tend toward more rapidly changing, materialistic, secular society governed in a centralized, imperial manner. Right now, it feels as if things are splintering, not centralizing. But, that could be the old power structures giving way before centralized structures develop. Or maybe it's all a bunch of hooey and things will stay more or less the same.
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