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Sir Charles G.D. Roberts Home
Built of brick in 1829, this Canadian version of an English Georgian rectory was first occupied by Archdeacon Coster, and later by Canon Roberts and his famous literary family, foremost of whom was Sir Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943). Charles and his cousin, the poet Bliss Carman, are considered the fathers of English verse in Canada, and the men would often congregate in the garden to write.
Sir Charles G.D. Roberts
The much younger author, Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877-1953), father of the distinguished modern Canadian painter Goodridge Roberts (1904-1974), was born here.
"The Old Rectory Home of the Roberts Family built in 1834, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 1930" NBM 1987-17-561
The house, located at 734 George Street in Fredericton, suffers from recent unsympathetic additions, however it still remains one of the most important in New Brunswick.
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"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions — the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment." Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
That's something that should be on a Hallmark card, but it's true nonetheless.
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Untreated ADHD for teenagers that don't have much support (or even a diagnosis) often ends in teen pregnancy for girls, and juvenile delinquency for boys. Undiagnosed, these young kids often seek thrills and danger, and go off the rails, attracted to the mad, bad and dangerous, ending up in prison.
The Guardian piece this weekend documents how the failure of mental health services to identify or deal with the problem early on is leading to bedlam in prisons, as more and more young offenders are ending up inside without support for their mental health issues. Around 10% of prisoners, 8,000 offenders, are in the nick with serious mental problems, with around 20 per cent having ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or autism. All of these conditions are treatable, with medication and behavioural support, and all it takes is a little bit of energy and focus on the individual.
The younger they are treated, the more responsive they are. However, up until 2006, ADHD wasn't even recognised by the NHS as existing in adults, once children with the condition reached 18 all support vanished. While ADHD in adults is now being slowly recognised, it still takes expert psychiatrists to adjust medication and treat this complex neurological disability.
While the Guardian piece concentrates on the really extreme mental health cases, with inmates who turn to suicide, or murdering their fellow inmates, you can't help feeling that the headline grabbing cases are just the tip of the iceberg. How many of these bored, frustrated, young offenders shouldn't be in there at all?
Two charities I am supporting with a bit of time, rather than money is Key4Life and Fine Cell Work . The former is a new charity, which gives young offenders on the outside some intense support to rebuild their life and find work, adopting positive strategies away from the gang culture. The other provides inmates with a sense of purpose and something to do when they are banged up for 18 hours, fingers twitching over the needlework, some of them going on to stitch their way to earning thousands of pounds and saving the money for the outside.
I hope that by the time my teenage ADHDer reaches my age, we will see mental health for what it is. Something that needs support, not punishment.
Until then, we languish in the Victorian era, and as the Guardian headline says: "We are recreating Bedlam".
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Q: Is there a way to remove "getKey"'s input lag? I've recently decided to try ti-basic programming, and while I was playing with getKey; I noticed that it had a 1s~ input lag after the first input. Is this built into the calculator, or can this be changed?

A: I recognize that "Quick Key" code above ;) (I'm the original author and very glad to see it spread around!).
Anyway, here is my low-level knowledge of the subject:
The operating system uses what is known as an interrupt in order to handle reading the keyboard, link port, USB port, and the run indicator among other things. The interrupt is just software code, nothing hardware implemented. So it is hardwired into the OS not the calculator.
The gist of the code TI uses is that once it reads that a key press occurred, it resets a counter to 50 and decrements it so long as the user holds down the key. Once the counter reaches zero, it tells getKey to recognize it as a new keypress and then it resets the counter to 10. This cause the initial delay to be longer than subsequent delays.
The TI-OS allows third party "hooks" to jump in and modify the getkey process and I used such a hook in another more complicated program (Speedy Keys). However, this hook is never called during BASIC program execution except at a Pause or Menu( command, where it isn't too helpful.
Instead what we can do is setup a parser hook that modifies the getkey counters. Alternatively, you can use the QuickKey code above, or you can use Hybrid BASIC which requires you to download a third-party App. A few of these apps (BatLib [by me], Celtic 3, DoorsCS7, and xLIB) offer a very fast getKey alternative as well as many other powerful functions.
The following is the code for setting up the parser hook. It works very well in my tests! See notes below:
#include    "ti83plus.inc"  ; ~~This column is the stuff for manually
_EnableParserHook = 5026h   ;   creating the code on calc. ~~
.db         $BB,$6D         ;AsmPrgm
.org $9D95                  ;
    ld hl,hookcode          ;21A89D
    ld de,appbackupscreen   ;117298
    ld bc,hookend-hookcode  ;010A00
    ldir                    ;EDB0
    ld hl,appbackupscreen   ;217298
    ld a,l                  ;7D
    bcall(_EnableParserHook);EF2650
    ret                     ;C9
hookcode:                   ;
    .db 83h                 ;83
    push af                 ;F5
    ld a,1                  ;3E01
    ld (8442h),a            ;324284
    pop af                  ;F1
    cp a                    ;BF
    ret                     ;C9
hookend:                    ;

Notes: other apps or programs may use parser hooks. Using this program will disable those hooks and you will need to reinstall them. This is pretty easy.
Finally, if you manually putting this on your calculator, use the right column code. Here is an animated .gif showing how to make such a program:

You will need to run the program once either on the homescreen or at the start of your main program. After this, all getKeys will have no delay.

A: I figured out this myself too when I was experimenting with my Ti-84 during the summer. This lag cannot be changed. This is built into the calculator. I think this is because of how the microchip used in ti-84 is a Intel Zilog Z80 microprocessor which was made in 1984.

A: This is unfortunately simply the inefficiency of the calculator.  TI-basic is a fairly high-level language and meant to be easy to use and is thus not very efficient or fast.  Especially with respect to input and output, i.e. printing messages and getting input.

A: Quick Key
:AsmPrgm3A3F84EF8C47EFBF4AC9
This is a getKey routine that makes all keys repeat, not just arrows and there is no delay between repeats. The key codes are different, so you might need to experiment.

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/**
 * This is the model class for table "user".
 *
 * @property integer $id
 * @property string $gender
 * @property string $firstname
 * @property string $lastname
 * @property string $username
 * @property string $auth_key
 * @property string $password_hash
 * @property string $password_reset_token
 * @property string $email
 * @property string $birthday
 * @property integer $status
 * @property string $user_role
 * @property integer $created_at
 * @property integer $updated_at
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class User extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord {

    public $password;

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public static function tableName() {
        return 'user';
    }

    public function behaviors() {
        return [
            TimestampBehavior::className(),
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function rules() {
        return [
            [['username', 'password', 'email'], 'required'],
            [['status', 'created_at', 'updated_at'], 'integer'],
            [['gender', 'firstname', 'password', 'lastname', 'birthday', 'user_role'], 'string', 'max' => 150],
            [['username', 'password_hash', 'password_reset_token', 'email'], 'string', 'max' => 255],
            [['auth_key'], 'string', 'max' => 32],
            [['username'], 'unique'],
            [['email'], 'unique'],
            [['password_reset_token'], 'unique']
        ];
    }

    public function generateAuthKey() {
        $this->auth_key = Yii::$app->security->generateRandomString();
    }

    public function setPassword($password)
    {
        $this->password_hash = Yii::$app->security->generatePasswordHash($password);
    }

    public function getStatus() {
        $status = '';
        if ($this->status == 10) {
            $status = 'panding';
        } elseif ($this->status == 11) {
            $status = 'Approved';
        } else {
            $status = 'Cancelled';
        }
        return $status;
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    public function attributeLabels() {
        return [
            'id' => Yii::t('app', 'ID'),
            'gender' => Yii::t('app', 'Gender'),
            'firstname' => Yii::t('app', 'Firstname'),
            'lastname' => Yii::t('app', 'Lastname'),
            'username' => Yii::t('app', 'Username'),
            'auth_key' => Yii::t('app', 'Auth Key'),
            'password_hash' => Yii::t('app', 'Password Hash'),
            'password_reset_token' => Yii::t('app', 'Password Reset Token'),
            'email' => Yii::t('app', 'Email'),
            'birthday' => Yii::t('app', 'Birthday'),
            'status' => Yii::t('app', 'Status'),
            'user_role' => Yii::t('app', 'User Role'),
            'created_at' => Yii::t('app', 'Created At'),
            'updated_at' => Yii::t('app', 'Updated At'),
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To move or not to move: How apes adjust to the attentional state of others
Katja Liebal, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello & Simone Pika
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How apes get into and out of joint actions.Emilie Genty, Raphaela Heesen, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Federico Rossano, Klaus Zuberbühler & Adrian Bangerter - 2020 - Interaction Studies 21 (3):353-386.details
Compared to other animals, humans appear to have a special motivation to share experiences and mental states with others (Clark, 2006; Grice, 1975), which enables them to enter a condition of 'we' or shared intentionality (Tomasello & Carpenter, 2005). Shared intentionality has been suggested to be an evolutionary response to unique problems faced in complex joint action coordination (Levinson, 2006; Tomasello, Carpenter, Call, Behne, & Moll, 2005) and to be unique to humans (Tomasello, 2014). The theoretical and empirical bases for (...) this claim, however, present several issues and inconsistencies. Here, we suggest that shared intentionality can be approached as an interactional achievement, and that by studying how our closest relatives, the great apes, coordinate joint action with conspecifics, we might demonstrate some correlate abilities of shared intentionality, such as the appreciation of joint commitment. We provide seven examples from bonobo joint activities to illustrate our framework. (shrink)
How apes get into and out of joint actions : Shared intentionality as an interactional achievement.Emilie Genty, Raphaela Heesen, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Federico Rossano, Klaus Zuberbühler & Adrian Bangerter - 2020 - Interaction Studies 21 (3):353-386.details
Sequence organization and timing of bonobo mother-infant interactions.Federico Rossano - 2013 - Interaction Studies 14 (2):160-189.details
In recent years, some scholars have claimed that humans are unique in their capacity and motivation to engage in cooperative communication and extensive, fast-paced social interactions. While research on gestural communication in great apes has offered important findings concerning the gestural repertoires of different species, very little is known about the sequential organization of primates' communicative behavior during interactions. Drawing on a conversation analytic framework, this paper addresses this gap by investigating the sequential organization of bonobo mother-infant interactions, and more (...) specifically, how individuals solicit carries from one another. It shows how bonobos establish participation frameworks before producing a carry request gesture and how the ensuing communicative actions can be organized in adjacency-pair sequences. Moreover, the timing between the initiation of an action and its response is similar to what has been documented in adult human interaction. Finally, it outlines some of the orderly practices bonobos use to deal with the absence of response from the addressed participants in carry sequences. Keywords: adjacency pair; pan paniscus ; conversation analysis; gestures; interactional time; sequence organization. (shrink)
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Playful expressions of one-year-old chimpanzee infants in social and solitary play contexts.Kirsty M. Ross, Kim A. Bard & Tetsuro Matsuzawa - 2014 - Frontiers in Psychology 5.details
'Unwilling' versus 'unable': Do grey parrots understand human intentional actions?Franck Péron, Lauriane Rat-Fischer, Laurent Nagle & Dalila Bovet - 2010 - Interaction Studies 11 (3):428-441.details
Intentional Action in Philosophy of Action
Intentions in Philosophy of Action
Chimpanzees are mindreaders: On why they attribute seeing rather than sensing.Robert Lurz & Vincent Andreassi - 2022 - Philosophical Psychology 35 (6):814-841.details
There Is No Special Problem of Mindreading in Nonhuman Animals.Marta Halina - 2015 - Philosophy of Science 82 (3):473-490.details
There is currently a consensus among comparative psychologists that nonhuman animals are capable of some forms of mindreading. Several philosophers and psychologists have criticized this consensus, however, arguing that there is a "logical problem" with the experimental approach used to test for mindreading in nonhuman animals. I argue that the logical problem is no more than a version of the general skeptical problem known as the theoretician's dilemma. As such, it is not a problem that comparative psychologists must solve before (...) providing evidence for mindreading. (shrink)
Contrasting the Social Cognition of Humans and Nonhuman Apes: The Shared Intentionality Hypothesis.Josep Call - 2009 - Topics in Cognitive Science 1 (2):368-379.details
Meaning and Ostension in Great Ape Gestural Communication.Richard Moore - 2016 - Animal Cognition 19 (1):223-231.details
It is sometimes argued that while human gestures are produced ostensively and intentionally, great ape gestures are produced only intentionally. If true, this would make the psychological mechanisms underlying the different species' communication fundamentally different, and ascriptions of meaning to chimpanzee gestures would be inappropriate. While the existence of different underlying mechanisms cannot be ruled out, in fact claims about difference are driven less by empirical data than by contested assumptions about the nature of ostensive communication. On some accounts, there (...) are no reasons to doubt that great ape gestural communication is ostensive. If these accounts are correct, attributions of meaning to chimpanzee gestures would be justified. (shrink)
Animal Communication in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Animal Minds, Misc in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Evolution of Language in Philosophy of Language
Pragmatics, Misc in Philosophy of Language
Communicative Signaling, Lateralization and Brain Substrate in Nonhuman Primates: Toward a Gestural or a Multimodal Origin of Language?Adrien Meguerditchian & Jacques Vauclair - 2014 - Humana Mente 7 (27).details
Language is a complex intentional, syntactical and referential system involving a left-hemispheric specialization of the brain in which some cerebral regions such as Broca's and Wernicke's areas play a key-role. Because nonhuman primates are phylogenetically close to humans, research on our primate cousins might help providing clues for reconstructing the features of our ancestral communicative systems. In the present paper, after emphasising the tight relation between gestures and language in humans, we underlie the specific significance of communicative gestures and of (...) the progressive control of the oro-facial system and the vocal tract in the course of the language evolution. For this purpose, we will then review the findings related to the features, the lateralization and brain correlates of both vocal and gestural systems in nonhuman primates. (shrink)

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Cash was our past, contactless is our present, contextual payments are the future
By Jason Jeffreys, founder of FETCH
$6tn in the next five years, this is how much the world will spend through contactless payments, according to analyst firm Juniper Research. For many of us who have discovered and since relied heavily on contactless payments since its introduction in 2007, either through card, phone, or watch, or those of us who have taken a stroll down a covid-era high-street to see shop windows adorned with "card payment only" signs, this is hardly a surprise. Even the Church of England in 2018 equipped 16,000 religious sites with terminals to allow for contactless donations. So what is behind this rise? And what is next?
The switch from cash to contactless is a transformation of payments that is driven by four key factors: speed, security, accessibility, and hygiene. While businesses and customers alike have felt the immense benefits of the cash to contactless transition, the next iteration goes further by digitally transforming the entire transaction process. It's that potential which pushed me to launch FETCH – technology that allows customers to order and pay from their phone, anywhere. By exploring the benefits already felt by our contactless present, I hope to show you why I'm excited to be part of the contextual payments future.
Aldi is all about low prices and this is achieved with efficiency – that is why their checkout staff are trained to scan as fast as possible, it's why their barcodes are huge, and it's why you can't keep up. It's all in the name of efficiency and cost saving, and contactless payments make this possible.
While increasing the rate of transactions has a direct impact on money through the till, there is an increase in the perceived speed which does wonders to get customers back through the door. Shoppers may have spent an hour or more in-store but their direct interactions with the shop and staff were quick and timely and that's the experience they remember and the impression they build of the brand.
Aldi are not alone in realising this and while it is easy to point to the impact that contactless has had on the retail sector, its revolution has slowly crept into hospitality – an industry notoriously late at adopting new technologies.
High-street coffee shops rely on getting as many people as possible through the doors and back out again. They want as little disruption to your day as possible but more importantly, they want to process as many payments per hour as possible. Cash transactions are slow in comparison to a single tap, so for the coffee shops, this means fewer transactions per hour and money lost. For businesses in this sector who rely on periodic rushes, measuring performance per hour is a necessity and maximising revenue over these short windows is so important.
For reasons obvious to anyone who has been to a crowded hospitality venue, stood at a crowded bar or waited for waiting staff during a busy dinner rush, the businesses in this space already running on contextual ordering systems like FETCH have all reported a vastly improved staff and customer experience in hospitality venues. While it may be difficult to spot how these benefits can be felt in retail, this reality is not bound to fiction or the distant future – it's being pioneered already in retail by Amazon.
In a well documented glimpse into the future of shopping, Amazon's latest Seattle store removes the transaction element completely. Instead, you put your items in your trolley as you go round the shop, and the sensors and cameras accurately and automatically recognise the items, keeping a track and total, before taking payment automatically and digitally through your Amazon account once you walk the trolley back out of the store. Can you imagine standing in a supermarket queue to pay once you've experienced the ease, simplicity and effortlessness of that?
Smartphones have got smarter and they have revolutionised the way we get through the day. From how we discover, connect, and socialise, to how we organise, learn, navigate and search for answers – rarely an hour goes by where we aren't using our phones for something.
As time moved on they only grew to become more capable, responsible for managing more aspects of our lives, and it was only a matter of time before they were capable of handling secure contactless payments. The leap for people to trust their smartphones with just one additional task was tiny.
When you couple this with debit and credit cards being enabled with contactless technology by default, the rise of wearables, and e-commerce growing massively, the results are clear – people are more trusting of online payments, are more familiar with buying in this way, and have more ways of making contactless purchases, than ever before.
In fact, a Mastercard survey in 2016 indicated that Brits carry less than £5 in cash on average, with 14% of people surveyed carrying no cash at all, and 1 in 10 replacing wallets and purses altogether, opting for a simple card in the pocket instead. Figures which have no doubt grown even starker since 2016.
When we take this into consideration with 99% of 16-24 year olds, 98% of 25-34 year olds, and 95% of 35-54 year olds all being smartphone owners, we begin to see the inevitability of contextual payments as the next iteration and how the response to contextual payments will be positive and welcome; something FETCH clients and the vast majority of their customers can all attest to.
Cashless payments means no cash in the till or on-site; no chance of mistakenly accepting fraudulent notes or coins; no trips to the bank to deposit or withdraw cash for the till; the end of time spent counting money every day, and the end of discrepancies which occur from this.
It limits the levels of theft, switches businesses over to an accurate, secure and efficient system, and gives business owners their time back. It makes tax returns, financial planning and forecasting and more all possible, easier and quicker and in short, it makes businesses stronger.
Jason Jeffreys
Contextual payments go further by offering really insightful data of what happens before and after people decide to part with their money; for example, how long they spend browsing before ordering, what they look at, what they've missed, when they order next and more. This means you are informed and can redesign and improve the user journey so it works better for you and your customers, all based on accurate, relevant and timely data.
As contactless payments evolve to contextual ordering, it's important to choose a system that easily integrates with the wider business and your systems so you can continue to access the benefits of contactless. That's why from day 1 of building FETCH I put so much emphasis on ensuring it integrates with one of the biggest and most popular POS systems in hospitality.
Initial adoption has long been the biggest barrier to widespread, sustained use of new technologies and going cash-free is no exception.
Given that the coronavirus thrives and passes through human contact and shared surfaces, going cash-free and contactless was a small, easy and obvious change to implement for businesses to become covid-secure and safer for customers and staff.
FETCH and other contextual payment systems are being used to go beyond this, to keep staff and visitors safe by limiting human contact beyond just payments. In our case, we have allowed hospitality customers to continue to browse, place their orders and pay, just as before, but without the need for repeated human contact at every single stage.
Given the health imperative and coercion from governments, local authorities and health bodies to switch to contact-free operations, businesses who may have once been years away from this change are laying down the infrastructure today out of necessity and it will be no surprise if contactless becomes a staple long after the coronavirus has left.
Post-coronavirus, contextual ordering offers businesses the chance to let the technology take care of these minor tasks, giving staff the space to instead dedicate their time, talent and energy towards elevating the overall experience. It's the health imperative that acts as the gateway to this.
What does this transition mean for businesses? With visible consideration and effort put into hygiene, you are making your customers feel safe and cared for; by making transactions quick and painfree, you are giving your customers time to spend on the experience they came out for in the first place. In the process, you have created the ideal conditions for consumers to spend money and given them the confidence to do so.
I'll end with the picture UK Finance data has painted through multiple annual payments reports: in 2006, 62% of all payments in the UK were made using cash; three years later it dropped to 58%; in 2016 the proportion had fallen to 40%; and just two years after that, cash formed just 28% of all UK payments. With a pre-covid prediction envisaging that by 2028 fewer than 1 in 10 payments will be made by cash, the widespread, covid-induced encouragement, adoption and enforcement of cashless policies in retail and hospitality has surely brought that many years forward.
Contextual ordering is the next inevitable iteration and if you were one of the few who reaped the benefits of going contactless early, you have the chance to be ahead of the curve once more. A welcome future for a multitude of industries is being set around us today.
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Tours in and around Trinidad and Cienfuegos
These World Heritage Cities represent the wealth of Cuba's two richest centuries. The Haitian revolution of 1791 destroyed the sugar and coffee economy of that island, which until then had supplied a third of the world's sugar and coffee production. Many of the Haitian landowners settled in Cuba, bringing with them slaves, equipment, wealth, and knowhow, all of which they put to work in their new land.
Cuba became, almost overnight, the largest importer of slaves in the Caribbean, and the most profitable and prolific exporter of sugar and coffee. The creole Cubans were quick to see the advantages of the system and expanded their lands as rapidly as they could, taking no account of the virgin forests of precious wood which they destroyed for this immense agrarian reform.
After the War of Independence the US government controlled the Cuban economy, and US investors and multi-nationals invested heavily in the export economy and anything associated with it. Until the collapse of the world economy in the 1930's, money making was Cuba's favourite sport. Fortunately large amounts of the wealth were invested in the built environment which is a cultural treasure for today.
Trinidad Tours
Architecture and Culture
Trinidad was the first city in Cuba to be designated as a World Heritage city. Its cobbled streets, squares and colonial buildings preserve a time of elegance and wealth.
African religion
A visit to an Afro-Cuban Cabildo where the sacred congas are kept, and worship is maintain in the traditional style.
Sugar and Slavery
Join us in the exploration of the colonial sugar trade. For a period in the 19th century Trinidad was wealthy beyond belief. Visit the Valley of the Sugar Mills, explore the archeological sites which are once more bringing to life the past. Explore the life of the city which depended on the wealth of both of the trades.
Art in Cuba – Trinidad and its Artists
Visit the studios and galleries of some of Cuba's well known and less established artists. Trinidad has a strong tradition of the crafts, particularly crochet, and embroidery, wood work, ceramics, and basketry. Enjoy meeting artists and artisans, exploring their work and their lives.
Cienfuegos Tours
Architecture in Cienfuegos
Centred on a sheltered, deep water, port, Cienfuegos was the natural successor to the town of Trinidad. Built by Haitian refugees, American sugar barons, and investors in Cuba's wealth, the city of Cienfuegos has a tranquility in its public spaces which belies the frantic money making which underlay it. Our tour takes you to some of the benefits of this enormous personal wealth. A 19th century theatre built to honour the man who first electrified his sugar mills, a 20th century palace built for newlyweds. The beautiful homes which characterize the Malacon and the Punta Gorda make an excellent place to wander. Cienfuegos was recently declared a World Heritage City, and is constantly expanding the restoration, renovation, and repair of its principal streets, to reveal more of their architectural splendour. The tour is led by one of the leading architects responsible for many of the restorations and rebuildings of Cienfuegos' architectural treasures.
Arts in Cuba – Artists and Artisans in Cienfuegos
As in the past, the wealth of Cienfuegos (this time as a refinery and petro-chemical town) allows the arts to florish. Enjoy meeting some of Cienfuegos leading artists and artisans, in their studios and galleries.
Gardens of Cienfuegos
Jardin Botanico
The Jardin Botanico was once the estate of an American sugar baron. He created a marvelous collection of species trees and bamboo. The estate was left to Harvard University, and since the Triumph of the Revolution has been maintained by the Cuban government. Wander these beautiful grounds and enjoy seeing the trees of adventure stories – the bottle tree (remember Swiss Family Robinson), and the cannon trees whose fruit are exactly like cannons and its flower beautiful to see – but hold your nose!
Orchid Garden
This private garden is the home of the second largest and best orchid collection in Cuba. Meet its creator and enjoy exploring his many exotic and indigenous orchids. If you are a collector this tour is a must.


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DISCO engineers have just implemented a new "Self-Serve Uploading" capability for ingesting data of less than 10GB to our software as service platform. Instead of sending collected data to DISCO via an ftp connection and then filling out a form, you can now upload data yourself, directly through the DISCO solution interface. Litigation support professionals, in particular, will appreciate the ease and added control this new functionality gives them in getting data into our platform. Here's how it works.
Using the Ingest Natives button in the DISCO interface as shown in the screenshot here, users can easily drag and drop (or browse to) a zip file containing files they want to add to a database. This puts you in complete control of the uploading process and lets you monitor the progress of the upload in real time.
The default mode lets you easily upload files for a single custodian. Simply drag a zip file containing any documents you want to add; select either a new, existing or unknown custodian; and click the upload button. Users also have the option to name an upload (ingest) and/or add a tag or tags to all the documents inside the zip file.
It's simple to add files for multiple custodians by creating a folder per custodian inside the zip file. We try to automatically match the name of the folder with the name of an existing custodian, but as in the single custodian mode, you can always create a new one.
When you've submitted your files, we'll run the upload, ingest data in the background, and let you know via a notification when it's finished.
DISCO users can also view a list of all the upload/ingest sessions that have occurred for a specific database. You can generate a report for all ingests, or only selected ones, with the simple click of a button.
From the list, you can choose a specific upload or ingest and a pop-up card will show you key information about that specific ingest and all the documents added. You can also download a detailed report with details/errors if you want.
Bottom line; DISCO's new Self-Serve Upload capability makes the entire data uploading process easier while giving you complete control in monitoring the ingest and getting an immediate report on the results. The new upload functionality is available immediately thanks to our software as a service continuous deployment model. Be sure to contact DISCO Support with any questions you may have.


Sorry to top post, but I wonder if this is better feedback for the IndieUI group? I've cc'ed Doug Schepers who can probably say where this feedback would be most valuable.
> Implement Web API to return super-sensitive multi-touch coordination, shape, size and strength.
> Touch on screen with any kind and shape of object (finger, gloves, foot, pencil, etc.).
> Currently returns just approximate touch coordination.
> Return data of touch coordination, shape, size and strength (strength could be calculated also to weight). Must works also on multi-touch.
> Resources:Georgia Tech pressure-based sensor https://plus.google.com/+BinyaminLaukstein/posts/SKykHFaESFe is able to return all that data.
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Telepen barcode symbology was designed to encode full ASCII character set without shift character. Wide to narrow ratio is fixed to 3:1. Telepen barcode has 2 different modes: alphanumeric mode and numeric-only mode.
Under both modes, Telepen barcode requires a start character, a check digit and a stop character. Telepen is very compact. It is able to encode 8 characters or 16 digits per inch.


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In the already old-world state of Maine is a white cottage furnished in a style that Teddy Roosevelt may have chosen. Welcome to Sewall House, where yoga, massage and the perfect host-couple make a completely unique B & B experience. Taking only up to eight guests at a time, this is a truly boutique getaway.
Stepping off the plane into Bangor airport means seeing the smiling faces of Sewall House's owner Donna and staff. It feels a little like coming home, and this intimate yoga retreat is designed for precisely that effect. From the soft comfortable beds in turn-of-the-century rooms to the home-made bread baked, this pretty white homestead houses the kind of folk you wish you were related to.
Sewall House is not new to Donna's family. A young Theodore Roosevelt was guided in the woods for three successive seasons and up nearby Mount Katahdin by nature-guide William Sewall, Donna's great-grandfather, and stayed at Sewall House. This, his first exposure to wilderness, healed his lifelong asthma and was a contributing factor to his love of conservation, as well as a lifelong friendship with William Sewall. The tradition continued when Donna purchased the house to keep it in the family in 1997 and opened it as a retreat that summer. Donna has added a sauna, yoga studio and small jacuzzi and kept many of the original historic contents by redecorating using period-style wallpapers and other upgraded touches.
The yoga retreats here are rolling during the warmer months. This means that you can arrive any day of the week and be immediately absorbed into the ongoing activities. Guest numbers are deliberately kept low, with a maximum of eight staying at any one time. This allows flexibility in the scheduling, and an intimate atmosphere in which other guests quickly become friends. Donna recommends a stay of five days, and those who have been time-limited often end up deeply regretting only spending a weekend. While a weekend is a good start, there is something gradual about the relaxation that seeps into the bones here – it takes a while for the spirit to slow down and match its pace with the rest of the rural environment. November through April when the winter months settle on Island Falls, Sewall House is quieter and the continuous retreats cease. This is when private retreats for small groups may be arranged.
None of the activities are mandatory at any time of year which means that if a guest simply wishes to catch up on their sleep, they are more than welcome to do so. Most guests are more involved though, especially in the daily yoga sessions which are run by Donna – a skilled and accredited yoga teacher. Her classes vary in style, branching out from General Hatha into Kundalini and Yoga Nidra with Iyengar and Ashtanga influences, with some meditation and breathing and relaxation techniques thrown in for good measure. All skill levels are catered for and the small group sizes mean that personal attention is in abundance.
The food, by the way, is vegetarian and delicious, leaving even the most dedicated carnivore asking for more.
The mellow sounds of guitar compositions serve as background for the Kundalini Yoga workshops and DVDs that Donna produces.
The Teacher Training Course was first offered at Sewall house in 2009. Since then, a steady stream of dedicated students have come here to complete their three-week, 200-hour certification. Donna takes the classes in either Hatha or Kundalini styles as she is qualified to teach both. It is important that a student is able to commit to the complete course. Although deeply enjoyable, this is not a vacation – studies are intense and the daily schedule can be rigorous as it is 10 hours each day.
Donna offers her 200 hour yoga teacher trainings between May and September.
One of the first lessons learned by all guests at Sewall House is that yoga is not only back-bending and deep breathing. It is a way to elevate the consciousness and be truly aware of your surroundings. Nowhere is this a more pleasant lesson to learn than in the clean air of Island Falls, sitting on the porch watching the sun take its last bow before bed.
In the late 19th century, Island Falls in Maine was a favored getaway spot for president Theodore Roosevelt. Still known for its outdoor activities including the ever-popular fishing holes, Island Falls is a slice of America as yet unburied beneath concrete and malls. There are things to do here year-round – summer is for hiking and swimming, winter for exploring the snowmobile trails and spring and fall for their riotous displays of color and wildlife. The climate is typical of the New England area, with temperatures reaching 26 degrees C (80F) in mid-July and plummeting to -17 degrees C (0F) during chilly February nights.


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Q: Vite not loading static assets Using Vite with Storybook whenever I do something like:
import image from '../local-asset.png

No error appears but the asset doesn't load.
The only solution found is to create a variable like so:
const image = new URL('../local-asset.png', import.meta.url).href

My problem is that the main project I work with uses Webpack, instead of Vite, and I am not sure about it's compatibility.
Also, I might be missing the point on why should we go with this more cumbersome solution than just the shorter, simple import we are used to.
A partial answer was made here. I believe this question goes a bit further.


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Fulham closing in on more signings, says Khan
By Dan Bennett 14/07/2022
Fulham are closing in on further signings, owner Shahid Khan has said in an interview with the club website.
The Whites completed the signing of Andreas Pereira from Manchester United earlier this week and have also added Portuguese midfielder Joao Palhinha to Marco Silva's squad.
And Khan says the club are not far from sealing further acquisitions as they prepare for life back in the Premier League.
"I think we have a couple more, that we're waiting for formalities to be announced," he said.
"Our goal is to strengthen in any way we can. Obviously, the key constraint we have is (Financial) Fair Play rules, so we want to comply with those but other than that we'll have a couple more really high-quality players to be announced in the near future and we have more in the pipeline."
Fulham have been relegated from the Premier League in both of their most recent seasons in the top flight but Khan is optimistic of a change in fortunes this time around.
"My hope is like every Fulham supporter. Our goal is that we want to stay up," he went on to say.
"We are a small but ambitious club that has to comply with the Fair Play regulations, so we've got to generate revenue and then invest it in the club.
"My goal is that this stand (the new Riverside stand) will be close to opening up, generating the revenue that we can invest back in the squad, and become permanent residents of the Premier League. That's our goal long-term."
Fulham confirm signing of Pereira from Manchester United
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Persona 4 Golden Review: A welcome change of pace from Persona 5
A calming vibe permeates the beginning of Persona 4 Golden. The protagonist is not navigating a sprawling Shibuya or the Sangenjaya-inspired streets that lead to Person 5's Café Leblanc. Instead, he is on a train in the opposite direction, leaving the crowded city to spend a year in the countryside.
First released on PlayStation 2 in 2008, Person 4 will soon be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation console and Xbox console, the latter via Game Pass. It marks a new era for the classic Japanese role-playing game, which, apart from a 2020 PC port, has been almost inaccessible to anyone without the PS2 disc or a PlayStation Vita. It's a foreboding pastoral adventure, and strikes a completely different tone than its urban sequel.
Inaba is nothing like Tokyo. You can easily see everything the city has to offer in a day – or a few minutes at a time. But its slower pace makes the seemingly mundane aspects of rural life all the more compelling. Your connections, both with the people and the city itself, are more intimate because of it. And once danger begins to lurk in the background, the stakes become more personal.
It helps that the protagonist has a much more grounded backstory than Person 5the Joker. He is not transferred because of the trial action, but because his parents have moved abroad for work purposes. Her uncle, Ryotaro Dojima, alongside her cousin Nanako, welcomes her with open arms into a cozy home. He is not forced to live in an attic, nor is he frowned upon by everyone he meets because of his "criminal" history. If it weren't for the series of murders and disappearances that ensued immediately after his arrival, it could have been a pleasant, bucolic getaway.
Image: Atlus/Sega via Polygon
The sinister events come as a shock to the citizens of Inaba – especially the students of Yasogami High School. Yosuke Hanamura, the party's first new member, or confidant, was especially close to one of the murder victims. This prompts the protagonist, along with Yosuke and several other students, to form a group and investigate.
The team soon discovers something called the "Midnight Channel", which portends the death of anyone who appears on the screen. Thus begins a countdown on your calendar, a period in which you will have to fully explore a dungeon and defeat the final boss before a lethal fog sets in. Person 5Dungeons here are (mainly) focused on people near you.
The palaces of Person 5 they're equal parts quirky and foreboding, and often contain set pieces and puzzle motifs to break up turn-based combat encounters. Persona 4 Golden's Dungeons, on the other hand, feel more like the Mementos sections of Person 5 – procedurally generated mazes with intermittent battles. In 2023, they feel a bit monotonous. But entering the psychoscapes of your close friends, who are forced to hold a mirror to their hopes, fears and goals, Person 4 provides a more internal experience than its sequel. It's a cathartic story about self-reflection and honesty.
Whenever you're not delving into dungeons, attending school, or investigating crime, you're free to spend your evenings and days off as you please. There is a wide range of activities at your disposal, from sports and cultural clubs to a long list of side missions. Some are only focused on increasing your stats, while others, like a few specific part-time jobs, can unlock new Social links in all. Often, you'll earn points towards both progression systems at once, which results in a synergy that makes for a satisfying use of time.
In the sprawling Person 5, I skipped the activities and even the secondary locations entirely. In Persona 4 Golden it is easier to devote time to mundane tasks with your confidants. It is even easier to forget in the paths of Inaba, to grow attached to the placid corners where you spoke to a confidant: the river bank quite flat where you and Chie practice fighting together; the restaurant you've eaten at a dozen times that sells a special bowl during rainy days; or that table in Junes food court where the group champions victories and reflects on past mistakes.
If you miss me Persona 4 Golden on PlayStation Vita or Steam, it feels right at home on Nintendo Switch (the version I tested myself). The visuals are crisp in both handheld and anchor modes, there are plenty of quality-of-life tweaks around difficulty options and save files, and it runs at 60 frames per second most of the time. , except for scenes involving fog.
unfortunately, Person 4's most problematic content has not been updated or revised in its new iteration. It's still full of sexism tropesand its representation of strange characters remain missing at best, and harmful to the worst. It may be easier to pick up and play than ever, but its content is still intermittently hard to stomach.
Some may be confused by all of this. However, for all the flaws in his script, Persona 4 Golden manages to mine sincere stories from other sources. Persona 5 Royal it is a real amusement park of side activities which can sometimes be overwhelming. In Inaba, however, having fewer distractions allows you to focus on your connections much closer. It will take some time to adjust to being away from the city, especially without a smartphone constantly buzzing to let you know where everyone is at all times. But there is no need for one. You need to bump into a friendly face on your way to the river bank.
Persona 4 Golden will be released on January 19 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The game was reviewed on Switch using a pre-release download code provided by Sega. Vox Media has affiliate partners. These do not influence editorial content, although Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. You can find additional information on Polygon's ethics policy here.
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Manchester City Council spend building local wealth
On Tuesday 12th February, new findings revealing where Manchester City Council spends its money will be presented by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) during Social Value: delivering more for people in Manchester, a local wealth building event at Manchester Friends Meeting House
• Manchester City Council spent £431 million with its top 300 suppliers in financial year 2017/18;
• The proportion of spend with Manchester based organisations has increased from 51.5% in 2008/09 to 71.3% in 2017/18. In monetary terms this is an increase in spend in the Manchester economy of £123 million;
• The proportion of procurement spend with SMEs has increased from 46.6% in 2014/15 to 61.7% in 2017/18;
In addition to the direct benefits, the core findings from the 2017/18 social value survey of the top 300 suppliers to Manchester City Council, revealed that they created:
• An estimated 158,591 hours of volunteering & community sector support activities offered;
• An estimated 665 apprenticeships created in Manchester);
• An estimated 1,302 jobs created in Manchester;
• 1,788 employment opportunities created for 'hard to reach' individuals in Greater Manchester;
• 79% of responding suppliers paid all staff an hourly rate in excess of that advocated by the National Living Wage Foundation.
In 2017/18, Manchester City Council spent £431 million with its top 300 suppliers (by value of contract). CLES has analysed this procurement spend to establish where this money has gone and to understand its impact on the Manchester economy and residents. CLES has been working with Manchester City Council since 2008 to analyse its annual procurement spend and to improve its procurement process so that it addresses local need and brings greater benefits to Manchester's residents and businesses.
CLES has worked with the council's procurement officers to improve the procurement process, so that the social and environmental value of their activities are considered alongside cost, for instance when selecting suppliers. Additionally, Manchester City Council and CLES have worked in collaboration with the supply chain to change their behaviour to deliver social and environmental value; the direct and indirect impacts have included increased job creation and spend in local areas, as well as increased engagement with community initiatives, among other things.
The new findings identify the key changes that have been undertaken in procurement policy and process, and the benefits achieved for the local authority, the supply chain, and the economy and residents of Manchester as a result.
Neil McInroy, Chief Executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies said:
"CLES has been pleased to work collaboratively with Manchester City Council over the last 11 years to progress their procurement process and local wealth building. Manchester with CLES, were pioneers in developing local wealth building, and the learning from this work has inspired many other local councils, places and anchor institution across the UK. In Manchester, the continued and deepening of progressive actions and change is testament to political leadership, officer dedication and supplier support.
Councillor Carl Ollerhead, Executive Member for Finance for Manchester City Council, said: "One of our absolute priorities as a council is to help people who live in Manchester to share in the city's success. We're very clear that one of the key ways we can do that is to squeeze the last drop of positive impact out of our spending, with as much of it as possible staying within the city - helping create and support jobs and stimulate the wider economy".
"We work closely with our suppliers to help them achieve social value for the city, whether through creating employment and skills training opportunities for Manchester people or providing volunteering hours to work with local charities and community organisations.
"Working with CLES has helped us to home in on and capture those benefits."
Russell Feingold Director of CSR at UKFast, said "Businesses have a responsibility to support the communities in which they are based. At UKFast we are passionate about supporting young people in Greater Manchester who need a helping hand, whether that's through training and education, or via the charitable initiatives with which we are involved. Working for an ethically minded employer and having the opportunity to volunteer with meaningful, worthwhile projects also increases employee engagement and morale".
"Consumers are increasingly looking to align themselves with brands that behave ethically and are committed to social responsibly".
For further information, visit: www.cles.org.uk. #localwealthbuilding
Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)


Ever needed a repair from the council? How long did you have to wait? Was it done to a decent standard?
Following our own walkabout, we reported 11 communal repairs on the Rockingham Estate in one day. We believe our council, and their contractors, are failing to keep our homes safe and secure.
John wrote the petition with the Southwark Group of Tenants Organisations that kept the telephone repair line free to call.


Antibody was affinity purified using an epitope specific to 53BP1 immobilized on solid support. The epitope recognized by A300-273A maps to a region between residues 1925 and the C-terminus (residue 1972) of human tumor protein p53 binding protein 1 using the numbering given in entry NP_005648.1 (GeneID 7158).Immunoglobulin concentration was determined by extinction coefficient: absorbance at 280 nm of 1.4 equals 1.0 mg of IgG.
Detection of human and mouse 53BP1 by western blot. Samples: Whole cell lysate (50 µg) from HeLa, HEK293T, and mouse TCMK-1 cells prepared using NETN lysis buffer. Antibody: Affinity purified rabbit anti-53BP1 antibody A300-273A (lot A300-273A-5) used for WB at 0.1 µg/ml. Detection: Chemiluminescence with an exposure time of 3 minutes.


Thank you for a year when you chose to stay honest, decent, and true!
In the bloodied streets of Metro Manila, or the flooded villages in Northern Mindanao, Christmas may seem like an unwelcome visitor today, bearing not gifts but bags of burden and bad memories. The past 12 months have not been easy for many of us here and in other parts of the world, that if only we could end the year soon enough and bury it.
Yet, the season is not so much about giving as it is about thanksgiving. It's not so much about the merrymaking as it is about celebrating what others have done for us to ease life a bit, to make things better, to give us hope.
There's logic to why Christmas comes at year's end. It's an annual dose of cheer that we all need in a world made more complex and demanding by our wishes that no longer match its humble beginnings in a manger. It's a constant reminder of the reality that we often fail to see – that the intangibles are enough for Christmas, especially in the toughest of times: family, friends, community; a sense of purpose, a meaning to what we do.
At Rappler, we are grateful for many reasons this season.
For the days when you helped us survive the torrent of hate and scorn.
For the times when you exposed the lies and confronted the fake.
For the grief that you shared so that others may learn.
For the questions you never got tired of asking.
For the passion that you put in the work that you do.
For the acts of courage that you showed as they knocked on your doors.
For the peace that you built in the cities that they seized.
For the wars that you fought to defend the innocent.
For the money that you made that helped people's lives.
For the love that you expressed in small and big ways.
For the blessings that you spread with no expectation of returns.
For the little steps that you've done to make this a more caring world.
And for the year when you chose to stay honest, decent, and true.
Thank you, from all of us at Rappler.


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package goconfig_test

import (
	. "../goconfig"
	"bufio"
	"os"
	"strings"
	"testing"
)

func testGet(t *testing.T, c *ConfigFile, section string, option string, expected interface{}) {
	ok := false
	switch expected.(type) {
	case string:
		v, _ := c.GetString(section, option)
		if v == expected.(string) {
			ok = true
		}
	case int64:
		v, _ := c.GetInt64(section, option)
		if v == expected.(int64) {
			ok = true
		}
	case bool:
		v, _ := c.GetBool(section, option)
		if v == expected.(bool) {
			ok = true
		}
	default:
		t.Fatalf("Bad test case")
	}

	if !ok {
		t.Errorf("Get failure: expected different value for %s %s", section, option)
	}
}

// Create configuration representation and run multiple tests in-memory.
func TestInMemory(t *testing.T) {
	c := NewConfigFile()

	// test empty structure
	if len(c.GetSections()) != 1 { // should be empty
		t.Errorf("GetSections failure: invalid length")
	}

	if c.HasSection("no-section") { // test presence of missing section
		t.Errorf("HasSection failure: invalid section")
	}

	_, err := c.GetOptions("no-section") // get options for missing section
	if err == nil {
		t.Errorf("GetOptions failure: invalid section")
	}

	if c.HasOption("no-section", "no-option") {
		// test presence of option for missing section
		t.Errorf("HasSection failure: invalid/section/option")
	}

	// get value from missing section/option
	_, err = c.GetString("no-section", "no-option")
	if err == nil {
		t.Errorf("GetString failure: got value for missing section/option")
	}

	// get value from missing section/option
	_, err = c.GetInt64("no-section", "no-option")
	if err == nil {
		t.Errorf("GetInt failure: got value for missing section/option")
	}

	if c.RemoveSection("no-section") { // remove missing section
		t.Errorf("RemoveSection failure: removed missing section")
	}

	if c.RemoveOption("no-section", "no-option") {
		// remove missing section/option
		t.Errorf("RemoveOption failure: removed missing section/option")
	}

	// fill up structure
	if !c.AddSection("section1") { // add section
		t.Errorf("AddSection failure: false on first insert")
	}

	if c.AddSection("section1") { // re-add same section
		t.Errorf("AddSection failure: true on second insert")
	}

	if c.AddSection(DefaultSection) { // default section always exists
		t.Errorf("AddSection failure: true on default section insert")
	}

	if !c.AddOption("section1", "option1", "value1") { // add option/value
		t.Errorf("AddOption failure: false on first insert")
	}
	testGet(t, c, "section1", "option1", "value1") // read it back

	if c.AddOption("section1", "option1", "value2") { // overwrite value
		t.Errorf("AddOption failure: true on second insert")
	}
	testGet(t, c, "section1", "option1", "value2") // read it back again

	if !c.RemoveOption("section1", "option1") { // remove option/value
		t.Errorf("RemoveOption failure: false on first remove")
	}

	if c.RemoveOption("section1", "option1") { // remove again
		t.Errorf("RemoveOption failure: true on second remove")
	}

	_, err = c.GetString("section1", "option1") // read it back again
	if err == nil {
		t.Errorf("GetString failure: got value for removed section/option")
	}

	if !c.RemoveSection("section1") { // remove existing section
		t.Errorf("RemoveSection failure: false on first remove")
	}

	if c.RemoveSection("section1") { // remove again
		t.Errorf("RemoveSection failure: true on second remove")
	}

	// test types
	if !c.AddSection("section2") { // add section
		t.Errorf("AddSection failure: false on first insert")
	}

	if !c.AddOption("section2", "test-number", "666") { // add number
		t.Errorf("AddOption failure: false on first insert")
	}
	testGet(t, c, "section2", "test-number", int64(666)) // read it back

	if !c.AddOption("section2", "test-yes", "yes") { // add 'yes' (bool)
		t.Errorf("AddOption failure: false on first insert")
	}
	testGet(t, c, "section2", "test-yes", true) // read it back

	if !c.AddOption("section2", "test-false", "false") { // add 'false' (bool)
		t.Errorf("AddOption failure: false on first insert")
	}
	testGet(t, c, "section2", "test-false", false) // read it back

	// test cycle
	c.AddOption(DefaultSection, "opt1", "%(opt2)s")
	c.AddOption(DefaultSection, "opt2", "%(opt1)s")

	_, err = c.GetString(DefaultSection, "opt1")
	if err == nil {
		t.Errorf("GetString failure: no error for cycle")
	} else if strings.Index(err.Error(), "cycle") < 0 {
		t.Errorf("GetString failure: incorrect error for cycle")
	}
}

// Create a 'tough' configuration file and test (read) parsing.
func TestReadFile(t *testing.T) {

	tmp := os.TempDir() + "/__config_test.go__garbage"
	defer os.Remove(tmp)

	file, err := os.Create(tmp)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Test cannot run because cannot write temporary file: " + tmp)
	}

	buf := bufio.NewWriter(file)
	buf.WriteString("[section-1]\n")
	buf.WriteString("  option1=value1 ; This is a comment\n")
	buf.WriteString(" option2 : 2#Not a comment\t#Now this is a comment after a TAB\n")
	buf.WriteString("  # Let me put another comment\n")
	buf.WriteString("    option3= line1\nline2 \n\tline3 # Comment\n")
	buf.WriteString("; Another comment\n")
	buf.WriteString("[" + DefaultSection + "]\n")
	buf.WriteString("variable1=small\n")
	buf.WriteString("variable2=a_part_of_a_%(variable1)s_test\n")
	buf.WriteString("[secTION-2]\n")
	buf.WriteString("IS-flag-TRUE=Yes\n")
	buf.WriteString("[section-1]\n") // continue again [section-1]
	buf.WriteString("option4=this_is_%(variable2)s.")
	buf.Flush()
	file.Close()

	c, err := ReadConfigFile(tmp)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("ReadConfigFile failure: " + err.Error())
	}

	if len(c.GetSections()) != 3 { // check number of sections
		t.Errorf("GetSections failure: wrong number of sections")
	}

	opts, err := c.GetOptions("section-1") // check number of options
	if len(opts) != 6 {                    // 4 of [section-1] plus 2 of [default]
		t.Errorf("GetOptions failure: wrong number of options")
	}

	testGet(t, c, "section-1", "option1", "value1")
	testGet(t, c, "section-1", "option2", "2#Not a comment")
	testGet(t, c, "section-1", "option3", "line1\nline2\nline3")
	testGet(t, c, "section-1", "option4", "this_is_a_part_of_a_small_test.")
	testGet(t, c, "SECtion-2", "is-FLAG-true", true) // case-insensitive
}

// Test writing and reading back a configuration file.
func TestWriteReadFile(t *testing.T) {
	tmp := os.TempDir() + "/__config_test.go__garbage"
	defer os.Remove(tmp)

	cw := NewConfigFile()

	// write file; will test only read later on
	cw.AddSection("First-Section")
	cw.AddOption("First-Section", "option1", "value option1")
	cw.AddOption("First-Section", "option2", "2")

	cw.AddOption(DefaultSection, "host", "www.example.com")
	cw.AddOption(DefaultSection, "protocol", "https://")
	cw.AddOption(DefaultSection, "base-url", "%(protocol)s%(host)s")

	cw.AddOption("Another-Section", "useHTTPS", "y")
	cw.AddOption("Another-Section", "url", "%(base-url)s/some/path")

	cw.WriteConfigFile(tmp, 0644, "Test file for test-case")

	// read back file and test
	cr, err := ReadConfigFile(tmp)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("ReadConfigFile failure: " + err.Error())
	}

	testGet(t, cr, "first-section", "option1", "value option1")
	testGet(t, cr, "first-section", "option2", int64(2))
	testGet(t, cr, "Another-SECTION", "usehttps", true)
	testGet(t, cr, "another-section", "url", "https://www.example.com/some/path")
}


On the left, my first <terrible> attempt at drawing a sculpture of "Diana the Huntress" from the Paris Louvre Museum way back in 2013. On the right, I present to you my second attempt at drawing it after a serendipitous encounter with a copy of the same statue at the Plaster Cast Museum in Berlin!
I visited the Plastercast Museum in Berlin along with a sketching club event and encountered a bevy of beautiful casts of very famous sculptures from around the world. We had 2 hours to go around, pick the ones we liked and sketch them. These were the three that I was able to cover in that time.


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Husband arrested in killing of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop
Kenya's Agnes Jebet Tirop celebrates after winning in the women's 5000m during the IAAF Diamond League competition on May 30, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. -
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The husband of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop has been arrested and will be charged with her murder after Kenyan police launched a nationwide manhunt and found him in the coastal city of Mombasa trying to flee the country, authorities said.
Ibrahim Rotich was arrested just before 9 p.m. Thursday, police said, but only after crashing his vehicle into a truck in a car chase with police and escaping a first attempt by officers to apprehend him about 460 kilometers (285 miles) from Mombasa. He was finally arrested hours later in the eastern city.
Rotich was detained a day after Tirop, a two-time world championship bronze medalist, was found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Mombasa on the other side of the country. The 25-year-old Tirop's body was found in a pool of blood with stab wounds in the abdomen, police said.
Rotich was immediately identified as the prime suspect and police said he went on the run after making a tearful phone call to his family confessing he had done something terrible.
Rotich was arrested alongside another man he was traveling with and had Tirop's cell phone with him, police said.
The Directorate for Criminal Investigations said Rotich was being questioned at a police station and would be charged with murder.
Rotich and Tirop were married in a traditional Kenyan ceremony but were estranged at the time of her killing. Their families had convinced them to try to reconcile and they had apparently met this week to do that.
Tirop was a rising star in Kenya after winning the 2015 world cross-country title at the age of 19, the second youngest athlete ever to win that event. She also claimed bronze medals in the 10,000 meters at the 2017 and 2019 world championships and finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics.
Last month, she broke the world record for the women-only 10-kilometer road race.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was one of many who expressed outrage at her killing. Kenyatta, who is on an official visit to the United States, said Tirop was a "Kenyan hero" and ordered police to find her killer.
The Kenyan track federation suspended all its events in the country for two weeks in a mark of respect for Tirop.
Another female athlete killed in Kenya
Nairobi River sewage and industrial pollution seeps into food and water
Up to 6 million birds are on the verge of dying in Western Kenya
Kenyan teacher uses old laptop batteries to power bikes
Telling the heroic stories of ancient African history (Inspire Africa)
From the slum to global acclaim, Kenya's fashion brand 'LooksLike Avido'
Laboratories in Kenya and Tanzania train rats to detect tuberculosis
Kenya to boost tax revenues and limit borrowing
Slain Kenya LGBTQ activist laid to rest as investigation continues
Kenyan company turning newspapers into pencils, cutting deforestation in the process


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Kabi Lungchok Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, It lies on East Sikkim district and North Sikkim district. This constituency falls under Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency.

This constituency is reserved for members of the Bhutia-Lepcha community.

Members of Legislative Assembly
 2009: Thenlaytshering Bhutia, Sikkim Democratic Front
 2014: Ugen Nedup Bhutia, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha

Election results

2019

See also

 Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
 Kabi Lungchok
 North Sikkim district

References

Assembly constituencies of Sikkim
Mangan district

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ATLANTA, July 6, 2017 – Rural Sourcing Inc. (RSI), the leading provider of US-based IT outsourcing services announced today that it has been named "Atlanta's Best of the Best Small Business" and for the third year in a row as one of "Atlanta's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®."
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Caravane is a roving concert in the jazzy world of Randa Ghossoub, a Lebanese-Canadian artist who has lived between Beirut, Africa, Europe and Canada, enabling her to illuminate her music in several colours. This is a journey across continents and styles, reflecting the artist who has succeeded in blending the essence of East and West with delicacy and flair.
Accompanied by experienced musicians – Taurey Butler on piano, Eric Lagacé on bass, Wali Muhammad on drums, Cameron Wallis on saxophone and Omar Abou Afach on violin – Randa will offer pure delight to eardrums roaming aboard a swinging and melancholic caravan.


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Two-armed robot adapts to changes on the factory floor
The US robot developer Rethink Robotics has announced a "groundbreaking" technology that will allow its Baxter collaborative robot to adapt to changing, real-world environments. The Robot Positioning System – part of the latest upgrade to Rethink's Intera software – helps users to re-deploy robots after common plant-floor disturbances such as tables being bumped or fixtures being moved.
The technology enables the two-armed Baxter robots to switch between tasks without retraining by using environmental markers – called Landmarks – in conjunction with its embedded vision system. The robot recognises the locations of the markers and, if these change slightly, can mark the new locations and adjust its movements accordingly. By adapting to common changes on the plant floor, Rethink Robotics says it is making it easier for manufacturers to deploy Baxter across a variety of applications.
"Manufacturing robots have always been caged, not only to protect the workers around them from harm, but also to protect their precisely configured environments from being disrupted by those same workers," explains Rethink Robotics' CEO, Scott Eckert. "With Baxter, we brought the manufacturing robot out of its cage by making it safe enough to work next to people. Now, we've made it safe for the robot to work effectively in real-world conditions as well, by allowing it to adapt to everyday variations that people naturally produce."
Users can define an operating environment with up to 20 Landmarks, saving time and resources when switching the applications that Baxter is working on. The new software allows the robot to adapt quickly to changes of up to ±50mm horizontally and within ±10 degrees of rotation. The result is an automation system that can adapt readily to common variations in its environment – saving time and helping to keep production lines running.
Rethink's Baxter robot is designed to operate safely alongside human co-workers
One of the first customers to use the new technology, Michigan-based Praxis Packaging Solutions, had to be able to reconfigure its production lines rapidly.
"We need our people and our automation to effectively work in a semi-structured, and sometimes variable, manufacturing environment," explains Chris Hager, Praxis' information technology manager. "Rethink's Baxter robot, particularly with the new Robot Positioning System, provides a solution that can finally adjust to the changing conditions of our work cells. No other robot built for manufacturers can come close to providing the flexibility and adaptability of Baxter."
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The Legend of Zelda Deku Shield by a Fan Looks Amazing
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A real version of the Deku Shield from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been created from scratch by a fan.
The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's most popular series, so it inspires tons of fan-made cosplay and other projects. The latest cool fan creation comes from Reddit user u/batterymassacre, who recreated the Deku Shield from fan favorite The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and it translates just as well into real life as I hoped it would. Check it out for yourself below:
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As an early game item players can buy in the Kokiri Shop, most The Legend of Zelda fans know this item bearing the Kokiri symbol by heart. f you are wondering what other games the Deku Shield has been in, it has made appearances on Young Link in both Super Smash Bros Melee and Super Smash Bros Ultimate and is part of Lana's moveset in Hyrule Warriors. Due to its popularity, many fans have gone about recreating the Deku Shield from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but u/batterymassacre's may be the the best due to how refined it looks with its polished wood stain.
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The Legend of Zelda series continues strongly to this day, with a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild currently in development over at Nintendo. As for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Nintendo 64 version is available on the Wii U's eShop; that being said, you can also pick up Grezzo's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D remake for the Nintendo 3DS.
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Is there any way to do this?

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Does Swimming Harder make you Better?
Runners who increase mileage improve.
Cyclists who increase intensity improve.
Runners or cyclists who increase leg speed go faster.
But the vast majority of swimmers have very different outcomes. Often, they go slower. And even when they go faster, it's not for long--because the increased effort isn't sustainable.
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3 C. atriplicifolia L. St. terete; lvs. petiolate, smooth, glaucous beneath, palm-ate-voined, angularly lobed and dentate, the lower subcordate; fls. corymbed, erect; invol. 5-flowered. - N. Y. to Ga. and I11. St. 3 to 5f high, leafy. Lvs. alternate, the lower ones as largo as the hand, with large, unequal teeth or lobes, hds, small, ovoid-cylindric, whitish, loosely corymbous at the top of the branches. JI. - Sept.
4 C. diversifolia Torr. & Gr. Plant not glaucous; st. striate-angled; lower Iva. ovate, obtuse, repand-toothed, upper 3 to 5-lobed, somewhat hastate; kds., corymbs and fls. as in the preceding (of which it seems to be a variety). - Swamps along the Chattahoochee, Fla. Plant 2 to 3f high. May.
3 to 7' long, 2/3 as wide, veins converging to the apex. Hds. oblong, 5-leaved and 5-flowered, white. May. - Jl.
6 C. ovata Ell. St. terete; lvs. glaucous beneath, 3 to 5-veined, ovate and oval, entire or undulate-margined, contracted at base into petioles; corymb fastigiate.- Macon, Ga. (Mettauer), Ala., Fla., in moist woods. St. smooth, glaucous, 3 to 4f high. Lower lvs. on long petioles, rather obtuse; upper ones nearly sessile, rather acute. Scales broad-linear, acute. Jl. - Aug.
4 to 6 long, diminishing upwards. Scales linear, acute. Aug., Sept.
85. CINERARIA, Less. (Lat. cinereus, ash-colored ; for its soft, white down.) - Hds. radiate; rays pistillate; invol. scales in one row, scarious on the margin; recept. naked, flat; ach. beatless, obcom-pressed; papp. capillary. - Greenhouse shrubs with mostly alternate leaves.
1 C. amelloides Willd. Leaves opposite, ovate, smooth; peduncles each bearing a single head with blue rays. - Shrubby, 2 to 3f high. S. Africa.
2 C. speciosa Schrad. Lvs. alternate, reniform, denticulate, on inflated petioles; hds. in a simple raceme terminating the simple stem, with yellow rays. -Shrub 4 to 6f high, † Siberia.
3 discolor Willd. Lvs. alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate, smooth, white beneath; hds. corymbous, with yellow rays. - Shrub 3 to 4f high. † Jamaica.
4 C. lanata Willd. Lvs. roundish, 7-angled, cordate, woolly beneath; hds. solitary on each peduncle; rays white within, of a vivid purple outside. - † Canaries. Very beautiful.
5 C. populifolia H. K. Lvs. somewhat angular, cordate, downy beneath, the petioles appendaged; hds. corymbous; rays red. - The florists have produced many hybrids of superior beauty; as the Rosy Morn, Jenny Lind, Vicar of Wakefield, etc.
86. SENE'CIO, L. Groundsel. (Lat. senex, an old man; the word is synonymous with Erigeron.) Involucre of many equal scales or invested with a few shorter ones at base; flowers all tubular, , or usually radiate and rays ♀; receptacle not chaffy; pappus simple, capillary and copious.- A vast genus embracing 600 species of herbs and shrubs. Lvs. alternate. Fls. mostly yellow, exceeding the invol.
1 S. vulgaris L. St. paniculate, erect, angular; lvs. sinuate-pinnatifid, dentate, amplexicaul.-(1) A weed growing about houses, in waste grounds, rubbish, etc. N. States. St. 18' high, leafy, branching, generally smooth. Lvs. alternate, thin, bright green, the radical ones stalked. Fls. without rays, terminal, scattered, yellow, appearing all summer. § Eur.
2 S. aureus L. Radical lvs. ovate, cordate, crenate-serrate, petiolate, cauline ones lyrate-pinnatifid, dentate, terminal segments lanceolate; ped. subumbellate, thick; rays 8 to 12 ; ach. glabrous. - Ц Plant with varying forms, in meadows, woods, (U. S. and Brit. Am.), with golden yellow fls. St. smoothish, striate, erect, 1 to 2 f high, simple, or branched above, terminating in a kind of umbellate, simple or compound corymb. Lower stem lvs. lyrate, upper ones few and slender. Ped. more or less thickened upwards. Scales linear, acute, purplish at apex. Rays spreading about 1. May - Aug.
έ lanceolatus. Radical lvs. lanceolate, acute, cauline lanceolate, pinnatifid at base - Shady swamps, etc.
3 S. obovatus Ell. Tomentous when young, at length glabrous; root lvs. obovate or roundish, crenale, with an attenuated sessile base, cauline few, small, cut-pinnate; corymb small; rays 10 to 12; ach. glabrous. - Va. to Fla. St. a foot high, nearly leafless. Lvs. mostly radical, near 3' broad and long, often slightly petioled; the upper lvs. rapidly diminished. Rays spreading about 1'. May.