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Soviet War Memorial UK (9.5.2017): Commemorating the Soviet Victory Over Nazi Germany and Exposing Bourgeois Duplicity
09/05/2017 Adrian Chan-Wyles (PhD) Human Interest, Leftwing Political Analysis Leave a comment
The combined military forces of Hitler's Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Soviet Red Army in Berlin on May 8th, 1945, but confirmation of this Soviet Victory over fascism did not reach the Kremlin (in Moscow) until the following day – May 9th, 1945. Although the Soviet Union was an 'ally' of the capitalist West during WWII – recently released UN Papers confirm that the Hitler-admiring Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt of the US, conspired to bring-down the USSR through encouraging its fight against Nazi Germany, whilst covertly supporting various rightwing insurgencies dotted throughout occupied areas of the USSR and Eastern Europe.
When the Soviet Red Army 'liberated' the Ukraine from the disastrous and bloody Nazi German occupation, for instance, it encountered a highly organised 'nationalistic' Ukrainian resistance (often commanded by German officers, and armed with British and US weaponry). The Soviet Red Army, however, moved forever onward toward Germany, pursuing the retreating Hitlerite forces, and was replaced in the area with NKVD forces (a special militarised police). The Soviet Authorities treated this fascist insurgency as an 'internal' matter to avoid the embarrassment of having to publically state that two of its allies – the UK and US – were openly financing and arming fascist insurgencies within the USSR and elsewhere. In a vicious and brutal police action, it took the NKVD two years to break the back of this Western insurgency – with the bulk of the main fighting being over by 1947. However, so entrenched in hateful ideology was the Western Ukraine, that occasional flare-ups of neo-Nazi activity continued into the 1950's, a trend that has been revived in recent times, with David Cameron of the UK and Barack Obama of the US actively supporting a broad EU strategy of weakening modern Russia through neo-Nazi insurgency (particularly via the 'Maidan' neo-Nazi revolt in Western Ukraine).
Of course, despite the fact that various factions of the British Communist Party regularly attend the Soviet War Memorial (including the Communist Party of Britain, the New Communist Party, and the Communist Party of Great Britain – Marxist-Leninist), together with the Stalin Society (an adjunct of the CPGB-ML), the rhetoric of the mainstream politicians that attends remains decidedly 'bourgeois' in nature, and occasionally openly 'anti-Russian' in presentation. This schizophrenic (hypocritical) approach often happens around an ethnic Russian presence of which sees hundreds of individuals and families proudly holding-up portraits of family members who died fighting for the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
Many modern Russians also unfurl Red Flags containing yellow hammer and sickle emblems – making direct pro-Communist statements to each other – and anyone in ear-shot. This Russian presence – which is the entire point of a Soviet War Memorial – is more or less ignored by the hundreds of British people in attendance, and the various representatives of the British Armed Forces – primarily because there is a sense of bourgeois 'embarrassment' with the association of the memorial with historical and contemporary notions of 'Socialism' and 'Communism'.
The simple fact of the matter is that without the Bolshevik Leadership of the USSR – Russia would not have possessed the direction of will-power, nor the material capability to have defeated Nazi Germany. Millions of peasants in the USSR were educated in Socialist duty (and selfless hard work) to build a better human society on Earth – and the extra-ordinary death-toll suffered by the Soviet people is testament to their belief in this Communist ideal. Although the bourgeois (and revisionist) narrative expressed by the British organisers of this event always uses the low estimate of '27 million' casualties, others put the death-toll around at least 40 million (with a probably more accurate figure standing at around 34.5 million – arrived at through the study population shift and change).
Usually, a group of Soviet Veterans are flown to the UK each year to attend these ceremonies and this year just five made the trip. As the years pass, fewer and fewer British and Soviet Veterans remain, and this is seen in dwindling numbers, and the onset of advanced age. This year, for the first time that I have ever seen, the veteran flag bearers were all provided with chairs – as I was told that the youngest is now in their 80's – with many being well into their 90's. These brave individuals in the past have stood for over an hour proudly holding-up their respective flags, but this is not an easy task for those advanced in age.
Of course, the various mixture of British politicians and establishment figures all gave their particular bourgeois 'spin' on the event – which is often sickening to experience, particularly if those in attendance adhere to Socialist or Communist ideals. Obviously not all British Veterans necessarily have such views – but surprisingly many did. Neil Coyle – Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark – expressed the need to be forever vigilant against the resurgence of fascism, and expressed relief that France recently rejected a fascist candidate in that country's national elections (but simultaneously failed to mention that 11 million French people actually voted for that fascist candidate). Obviously, due to Soviet War Memorial's association with the defeat of the political rightwing – no Conservative Party representative was present. However, Simon Hughes – the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, demonstrated enough LibDem duplicity to compensate for the Tory absence. Simon Hughes expressed the expected condemnation of 'fascism', whilst immediately 'negating' his own statement (in typical LibDem fashion) by bizarrely suggesting that individuals can hold 'nationalist' sentiments, but remaining 'helpful' in principle to other countries. This 'White' gentleman (being unquestionably 'at home' in his Eurocentricism), appeared completely 'unaware' that 'nationalism' is the basis of all racism, and therefore the very edifice upon which destructive fascist ideology is built, sustained and manifest in the world.
In all my years of attending the Soviet War Memorial, I have heard the excellent leadership skills of Joseph Stalin eulogised by many attendees, but have never heard any positive references to the British anti-Socialist and Hitler-admiring Winston Churchill, and yet today I heard two very out of place utterances. One was during the general introduction – made I believe by Philip Matthews of the Soviet Memorial Trust – and the second by the LibDem Simon Hughes. This is even more peculiar as this week saw the UN reveal the extent to which Churchill was prepared to go to ensure a Soviet defeat at the hands of the Nazi Germans! Furthermore, any relatively 'sane' individual would never automatically associate the politically rightwing Winston Churchill with the defeat of any form of fascism – particularly as he opposed the development of the Welfare State and the National Health System. Whilst Churchill is renowned for his 'moving' speeches – many do not understand that a team of scriptwriters devised these utterances for him, and whilst he called for unity in the face of Nazi German terror, he sat safely in a Whitehall (bomb-proof) bunker, smoking Cuban cigars and eating caviar – whilst ordinary British people starved and died in pursuit of his vision of racial purity. As a consequence, Churchill was only ever popular throughout the middle class, and was quite literally hated amongst the working class.
Lastly, whilst all present made anti-fascist platitudes to one another, no one mentioned the rise of 'elected' fascism in the UK since 2010, and the rightwing 'Austerity' inflicted upon the British people by the Tory and LibDem Parties. In fact, so bad has been this destructive policy, that thousands of vulnerable, poor, or disabled British died between 2010 and 2015 – as their benefits were suddenly cut, and medical care withdrawn. So bad was this death-toll that after a 2016 investigation, the United Nations found the Tory and LibDem Coalition Government 'Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity' for the deaths of at least 10,000 disabled people. Today, the ordinary people of Britain are living in a democratic system that allows a small middle class to keep electing rightwing governments (including 'New Labour') that deliberately pursue rightwing policies that are hurtful toward the working class. This demonstrates that the fight against fascism is not only in the past (as the bourgeois would have us believe), but exists here and now in the present.
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Is Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (CCE) A Good Stock To Buy?
It was a rough third quarter for many hedge funds, which were naturally unable to overcome the big dip in the broad market, as the S&P 500 fell by about 7% during the quarter. The Russell 2000, composed of smaller companies, performed even worse, trailing the S&P by about 14 percentage points between June 25 and October 30, as investors fled less-known quantities for safe havens. This was the case with hedge funds, who we heard were pulling money from the market amid the volatility, which included money from small-cap stocks, which they invest in at a higher rate than other investors. This action contributed to the greater decline in these stocks during the tumultuous period. We will study how this market volatility affected their sentiment towards Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE) during the quarter below.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE) has experienced a decrease in enthusiasm from smart money lately. At the end of this article we will also compare CCE to other stocks, including Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC), Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX), and Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) to get a better sense of its popularity.
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Now, let's take a peek at the fresh action surrounding Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE).
What have hedge funds been doing with Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE)?
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 28 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a drop of 13% from one quarter earlier. With hedgies' capital changing hands, there exists a few key hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Laurion Capital Management, managed by Benjamin A. Smith, holds the largest position in Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (NYSE:CCE). According to its latest 13F filing, the fund has a $108.8 million call options position in the stock, comprising 1.3% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Millennium Management, run by Israel Englander, which holds a $93.2 million position; the fund has 0.2% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining members of the smart money with similar optimism comprise D. E. Shaw's D E Shaw, Craig C. Albert's Sheffield Asset Management and Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group.
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In 1964, Terry and Diana Taylor established Combined Scientific. The Taylors had been encouraged by Richard and Louise Fall, owners of BioQuip Products (Bio Metal Associates at that time), to offer insect specimens to the entomological community. The owners of these two small companies shared a dream that one day the companies would merge to encompass the entire range of entomological needs – equipment, supplies, books, educational materials, and specimens.
The First Catalog
The company originally conducted business from the family home in Rosemead, California. The first catalog with 31 pages contained listings for 153 arthropod families.
California to Texas
In 1976, the Taylors moved to Fort Davis, Texas, and purchased two railroad box cars from which the business was operated. Many professional and amateur entomologists made the long trip to visit their facility, located in a remote area near Alpine, Texas.
Growing Catalog
From 1970 to 2000, Combined Scientific printed beautifully illustrated catalogs which grew in species offerings from year to year.
In 2000, the last Combined Scientific catalog, #20, provided listings for over 400 families (approximately 9,000 species).
In 2000 the business was sold to Greg and Rod Lewallen who renamed the company Insects International. Catalogs were published, and an increasing percentage of sales was made on their web site. Eventually the business was closed before BioQuip Products stepped up to the plate to purchase the collection.
Last Combined Scientific
Insects International was managed by the Lewellen Brothers until it closed in 2006.
A New Chapter
In August 2009 The inventory of Insects International was sold to BioQuip Products and in March, 2010, the specimens, contained in 1,200 BioQuip insect drawers, was moved to BioQuip's facility in Rancho Dominguez, California. During this major journey the Fall family of BioQuip did an excellent job of recording their adventures!
From 2010 to 2022 BioQuipBugs was managed by Brent (The Bug Guy) Karner with his trusty crew of many buggy hooligans, serving museum quality specimens to customers all over the globe.
BioQuipBugs Today
Due to the closing of BioQuip Products Inc., BioQuipBugs was purchased by entomologist Royce Cumming in 2022 and moved from Rancho Dominguez to his property in Monterey County, California where it resides today!
We look forward to continuing the tradition of providing high quality specimens to individuals and institutions.

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Southern New Hampshire University's FEATuring You
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FEATuring YOU
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European Union Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories
The European Union Police and Rule of Law Mission for the Palestinian Territory, official title EU Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS), is a European Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) mission for the Palestinian territories, based and operational in the West Bank. It is part of the wider efforts of the European Union in support of Palestinian state building in the context of working towards a comprehensive peace based on a two-State solution. It is one of two civilian missions the EU runs in the Palestinian territory, the other being the European Union Border Assistance Mission Rafah (EU BAM Rafah).
EUPOL COPPS has its headquarters in Ramallah, and its objective is to assist the Palestinian Authority in building the institutions of a future State of Palestine in the areas of policing and criminal justice under Palestinian ownership and in accordance with the best international standards. The support of the EU aims at increasing the safety and security of the Palestinian population and at serving the domestic agenda of the Palestinian Authority in reinforcing the rule of law. EUPOL COPPS acts also as a key channel for the efforts of the EU and the wider international community, in its area of responsibility, to improve the situation on the ground and obtain practical results.[1]
1 Establishment
2 Organisational structure
EUPOL COPPS was established following an EU Council decision in November 2005, and builds on the work of the EU Co-ordination Office for Palestinian Police Support (EU COPPS), which was established in January 2005 within the office of the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Ambassador Marc Otte. The initiative followed the expression by EU leaders in June 2004 of their readiness to support the Palestinian Authority in taking responsibility for law and order, and in particular, in improving its Palestinian Civil Police Force and law enforcement capacity.
EUPOL COPPS is composed of 114 unarmed members of staff, 69 of whom are internationals and 45 locals. Most of the staff are secondees from EU member states. EUPOL COPPS has three operational pillars: a Police Advisory, a Rule of Law and a Programme and Evaluation Department. All sections are composed of experienced police officers, magistrates and experts from EU Member States and non EU contributing countries, such as Canada or Norway. Close cooperation between the sections takes place through various thematic groups.
The current Head of Mission is M. Rodolphe Mauget, who succeeded, Kenneth Deane, Henrik Malmquist and Paul Robert Kernaghan. The first Head of Mission was Jonathan McIvor. The Head of Mission receives guidance from EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy through the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process.
^ Katz, Yaakov (2 February 2010). "EU police advisers: We didn't train PA officer who killed soldier". Jerusalem Post. ProQuest 319713255.
http://www.eupolcopps.eu
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/eeas/security-defence/eu-operations/eupol-copps?lang=en
Overseas interventions of the European Union1
See also: Operations of the European Border and Coast Guard · Exercises of the Western Union · Operations of the European Maritime Force · Operations of the European Rapid Operational Force · Missions of the European Gendarmerie Force · Exercises of the European Maritime Force · Operations of the European Corps
[Ground] force (EUFOR)
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Operation Concordia, 2003)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Operation Artemis, 2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Operation Althea, 2004–present)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)
Chad and the Central African Republic (2008–2009)
Central African Republic (2014–2015)
Naval force (EUNAVFOR)
Adriatic Sea (Operation Sharp Guard, 1993–1996)
Somalia (Operation Atalanta, 2008–present)
Mediterranean Sea (Operation Sophia, 2015–2020, Operation Irini, 2020-present)
Military missions
Military assistance mission (MAM), Training mission (EUTM)
Mali (2013–present)
Central African Republic (2016–present)
Somalia (2010–present)
Ukraine (2022–present)
Civilian missions
Police mission (EUPOL, EUPM)
Kinshasa (2005–2007)
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European Union Monitoring Capacity to Armenia (2022–present)
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Jurgen Klopp: I don't watch Jose Mourinho press conferences... should I?
Jurgen Klopp refused to be drawn back into a war of words with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho following Liverpool's 2-1 win at Leicester City.
Goals from Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino ensured Liverpool kept their 100 per cent League record this season despite a second-half blunder from goalkeeper Alisson.
The win sent Liverpool clear at the top of the table, with Klopp's men now nine points ahead of United after the Red Devils' poor start to the season.
Mourinho hit out at his critics in the build-up to the weekend's action, claiming that Klopp and Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino are not subjected to the same kind of pressure as him despite neither manager winning a trophy in England yet.
The Portuguese coach took further aim at Klopp's trophy record by bringing up the fact that the German is yet to win any silverware outside his home country.
When asked about Mourinho's assertion after Liverpool's win at, Klopp replied: "What? What did he say? Now I'm interested."
After having Mourinho's comments explained further, Klopp said: "He's right, that's right. If he is speaking about me. Probably there are a few more managers in the league but you thought it was about me – no problem.
"He is right absolutely. He is probably the most successful manager in the [Premier League] in that moment. I have no problem with that.
"I don't watch Jose Mourinho press conferences - should I? I will start doing that. I cannot say anything about that.
"[I have] no clue what you are talking about to be 100 per cent honest. If he said I didn't win anything outside Germany then he's right - that's easy to see."


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How to watch The Game Awards 2020
Geoff Keighley's annual video game awards show, The Game Awards, will broadcast live on Thursday, Dec. 10, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The main event starts at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST, following a 30-minute pre-show.
You can watch this year's show right here, via YouTube. The Game Awards 2020 will also stream live on Twitch, Facebook Live, Twitter, Steam, and other platforms.
This year's edition of The Game Awards promises new game reveals — "around 12-15 or so," Keighley said in a recent AMA session on Reddit. While many are still secret, there are some known reveals: We'll get a new look at BioWare's next Dragon Age game, a preview of Among Us' new map, gameplay from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone season 1, and something new from Striking Distance, the studio founded at PUBG Corp. by Dead Space creator Glen Schofield.
The Game Awards will also include, you know, awards. (Here are this year's nominees.) Presenters and performers scheduled to appear tonight include Gal Gadot, Tom Holland, Brie Larson, Reggie Fils-Aime, The Muppets, Stephen A. Smith, Troy Baker, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Christopher Nolan, and Keanu Reeves.
If you can't watch the show live, Polygon will be covering the major announcements and offer a roundup of The Game Awards 2020, which you can find in our StoryStream below.
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ICYMI: Lil' Rev & Sarah Seidman
Last Wednesday we had a musical sing and play along led by ukulele folk musician Lil' Rev. You can still join in the performance or just enjoy as a listener to the Lil Rev as he performs Americana folk songs, spirituals, Jewish songs of peace, Songs of Tolerance, Hope, Faith, Civil Rights, and Protest. Download the music & lyrics for the show here: on Dropbox.
Folk Songs with Lil Rev
Join us for a fun online sing and play-along led by ukulele folk musician Lil' Rev. Song list was picked by Lil Rev and made available to you with chords and lyrics so you can sing and play along. Join in the performance or just enjoy as a listener to the Lil Rev as he performs Americana folk songs, spirituals, Jewish songs of peace, Songs of Tolerance, Hope, Faith, Civil Rights, and Protest.PDF Provided so you can join in on the singing and or strumming. {Most keys as written in the music, some Lil Rev will use a capo and be 1 step or two up or down.}Download the PDF https://www.dropbox.com/s/086k87fqz3x6u88/Puffin%20Folk%20Song%20Sing%20Along%20w%20Lil%20Rev.pdf?dl=0Tip Lil' RevPayPal: lilrev@lilrev.comVENMO: Lil Rev MusicOld School Checks:Lil Rev P.O. Box 1282 Sheboygan, WI 53082For Books & Music: www.lilrev.com
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Last Friday we had Sarah Seidman, the Puffin Foundation Gallery Curator of Social Activism at the Museum of the City of New York and the curator for the ongoing exhibition "Activist New York." Sarah spoke about women political activists from the suffrage movement and the women of color who still couldn't vote after the 19th amendment. It also touched on the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the queer women of color behind activist movements today.
Sarah Seidman, Curator from MCNY, on Women Political Activists
The Puffin Cultural Forum presents Sarah Seidman, the Puffin Foundation Gallery Curator of Social Activism at the Museum of the City of New Yorkand the curator for the ongoing exhibition "Activist New York."The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing voting rights to women. Sarah Seidman will speak about women political activists from the suffrage movement and the women of color who still couldn't vote after the 19th amendment. This talk will also touch on the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the queer women of color behind activist movements today.Join our email list: https://www.puffinculturalforum.org/email-sign-up/
Posted by Puffin Cultural Forum on Friday, August 21, 2020
She Resisted: Strategies of Suffrage, interactive from PBS American Experience
Allison K. Lange, Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women's Suffrage Movement
Susan Goodier, No Votes for Women
Susan Ware, Why They Marched
Patricia Bell-Scott, The Firebrand and the First Lady, Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
Elisabeth Israels Perry, After the Vote and Tetrault, the Myth of Seneca Falls
Elisabeth Israels Perry, What right to vote? There's a lie at the heart of American democracy:


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During the exchange
Libraries and student facilities
Students do not usually need to purchase course books – these are available at the ASA-library in Åbo and at Tritonia Academic Library in Vasa. The Åbo Akademi University library and Tritonia organize information sessions for exchange students so that they can get the most out of the resources and databases provided.
All academic and social services available to Finnish students are also provided to exchange students. Moreover, the computer facilities are of very high standards, and students have access to several computer rooms at the universities. Exchange students will be provided with usernames for e-mail and computers when registering at the university, and will after registration have immediate access to all computer rooms.
The Welcome Party in Åbo hosted by the Rector of Åbo Akademi University is the official welcome party for all exchange and new international degree students on the Åbo campus.
It is also a welcome home party for those students who have returned to Åbo Akademi University from their exchange studies. An invitation is also extended to international coordinators at the different departments as well as those teachers that teach in English. The party is usually held at the end of September.
In Vasa exchange students are invited to the official opening of the academic year.
Finnish ID code
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[Feature] What it takes to be an idol: The academies that train K-pop wannabes
Kids as young as 4 embark on intensive dance and vocal training
By Park Jun-hee
Idol-wannabe Woo Seo-yul plays the guitar. (Park Jun-hee/The Korea Herald)
Seoul's posh Gangnam district is known for its private educational institutes, called "hagwon." Seeing students rushing to hagwon after school is nothing new for Seoulites.
But the number of private academies that offer dance and vocal lessons has mushroomed as more youngsters aspire to K-pop stardom.
Private training systems
Lee Jae-won has run a dance academy in Apgujeong-dong, southern Seoul, for eight years, training young idol-wannabes. Lee's institution systematically instructs trainees with the goal of eventually getting them into big agencies so they can debut as entertainers.
"There are many academies that welcome adults and teenagers, and some even offer classes that focus on auditions, but there are barely any institutes that teach basic skills to young kids," he said.
The institute offers dance courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels. Beginners learn the basics, such as how to use their bodies and do easy dance moves to K-pop music. At the next level they learn more complicated choreography and try out genres like hip-hop and popping.
In South Korea, the average age of a debuting singer is getting younger, and some K-pop powerhouses set age limits for auditions. Lee said this is why he provides thorough training -- because idol hopefuls cannot survive the big agencies' wide trainee pools without the basics.
Lee Yu-chan (left), 9, and Woo Seo-yul, 8, get vocal training. (Park Jun-hee/The Korea Herald)
Lee offers separate classes for boys and girls because male and female trainees need to learn different dance styles. The academy also organizes lessons based on age -- there are classes for grades one to three, grades three to six and middle schoolers, as abilities vary.
While talking about trainees from the academy who got into big-name agencies, Lee fondly recalled one excellent student who is now with Big Hit.
"(The kid) had numerous charms and had many talents tailored to him. But his parents didn't want to see their son onstage. Fortunately, he got into Big Hit two years ago as one of the youngest trainees and aces every end-of-the-month evaluation."
Lee added that apart from gaining the necessary skills, idol hopefuls should know how to be modest and diligent because becoming an A-lister in the music scene isn't a walk in the park.
Wishing to be the next K-pop sensation
"I am a versatile idol-wannabe with a pretty face."
Woo Seo-yul dreams of becoming the next IU, a K-pop superstar. The 8-year-old, who lives in the southwestern Seoul district of Geumcheon, wakes up at 7:30 a.m. for school, attends her elementary school classes from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and then heads out the door for practice.
This scene is peculiar in a nation where academic subjects decide one's future. But now the name of the game is working to become the next global sensation.
Idol-wannabe Woo Seo-yul gets a guitar lesson. (Park Jun-hee/The Korea Herald)
"The industry has been flooding with audition programs that have been aired on the nation's network channels and other streaming platforms," said pop culture critic Kim Hern-sik. He added that K-pop gurus such as Park Jin-young of JYP Entertainment and Lee Soo-man of S.M. Entertainment appear on the show and engage in the scouting process in some cases as well.
He went on to say that in addition to their talent and skills, idol bands are revered because of their wealth and privilege, which is why idol-wannabes hope to be the talk of the town like BTS.
Lee Sun-kyoung, Seo-yul's mother, said she never pictured herself as the parent of an idol hopeful. But now she drives more than an hour to drop her daughter off at a kids' dance academy in the Gangnam district twice a week.
"It's heartbreaking seeing my daughter want to become an idol because everybody wants to be one. My daughter only sings and dances, apart from going to school," Lee said. She added that the tuition was a burden as well.
But Lee thinks her daughter's efforts will eventually pay off.
"I'm aware that the road to a debut is not easy, which is why I'm constantly supporting my daughter. But even if she doesn't become one, hopefully my daughter will be able to showcase her talent as a dancer or a dance teacher."
Big dreams, out of reach
Led by boy band BTS' meteoric rise to stardom over the past few years, more and more K-pop figures have gained immense popularity around the globe among people of all ages.
But that kind of fame is hard to attain. Lesser-known musical artists often confront difficulties in the music scene.
Audition dates for Korean entertainment companies are displayed on posters. (Park Jun-hee/The Korea Herald)
One 27-year-old woman, surnamed Park, was always a would-be K-pop idol in her mind's eye. As a child in the US, she was always fascinated with K-pop, although she never thought she would pursue it as a profession. But at the end of her senior year of high school, she hopped on a plane to Korea after passing an audition for the second season of the survival television program "K-Pop Star," which aired on terrestrial network SBS in November 2012.
After attending 10 auditions in Korea, she got accepted to an agency and finally made her debut. But the experience ultimately ended in disappointment.
"Being in a smaller company has more cons than pros. From the way how staff members of high-ranked broadcasting people treat you, and how you don't get preferential treatment, unlike other bands who entertainment giants house," Park said.
"The bigger your company, the better you get treated."
Favoritism toward big companies affects which shows performers get booked on, she said, as well as screen time, waiting rooms and whether they can make a living.
"Companies invest in trainees, and it takes at least one to three years to pay off until the point when the group starts making money," she said. But Park ended up with more debt than money because she wasn't given the opportunity to promote herself, which was one of the main reasons she decided not to continue her K-pop career.
"Doing what you love and making money sounds almost too good to be true," Park said.
"But when you start to see how hard it is to do so, and not being able to achieve in one to four years, you start to lose the real you. At times, you have got to be a little more realistic, although it means not being able to pursue your dreams."
By Park Jun-hee (junheee@heraldcorp.com)


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Q: Normalize JSON API data to columns I'm trying to get data from our Hubspot CRM database and convert it to a dataframe using pandas. I'm still a beginner in python, but I can't get json_normalize to work.
The output from the database is i JSON format like this:
{'archived': False,
 'archived_at': None,
 'associations': None,
 'created_at': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 21, 17, 56, 24, 739000, tzinfo=tzutc()),
 'id': 'xxx',
 'properties': {'createdate': '2019-12-21T17:56:24.739Z',
                'email': 'xxxxx@xxxxx.com',
                'firstname': 'John',
                'hs_object_id': 'xxx',
                'lastmodifieddate': '2020-04-22T04:37:40.274Z',
                'lastname': 'Hansen'},
 'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 22, 4, 37, 40, 274000, tzinfo=tzutc())}, {'archived': False,
 'archived_at': None,
 'associations': None,
 'created_at': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 21, 17, 52, 38, 485000, tzinfo=tzutc()),
 'id': 'bbb',
 'properties': {'createdate': '2019-12-21T17:52:38.485Z',
                'email': 'bbb@bbb.dk',
                'firstname': 'John2',
                'hs_object_id': 'bbb',
                'lastmodifieddate': '2020-05-19T07:18:28.384Z',
                'lastname': 'Hansen2'},
 'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 19, 7, 18, 28, 384000, tzinfo=tzutc())}, {'archived': False,
 'archived_at': None,
 'associations': None,

etc.
Trying to put it into a dataframe using this code:
import hubspot
import pandas as pd
import json
from pandas.io.json import json_normalize
import os

client = hubspot.Client.create(api_key='################')

all_contacts = contacts_client = client.crm.contacts.get_all()

df=pd.io.json.json_normalize(all_contacts,'properties')
df.head

df.to_csv ('All contacts.csv')

But i keep getting an error that i can't resolve.
I have also tried the
pd.dataframe(all_contacts)

and
pf.dataframe.from_dict(all_contacts)

A: The all_contacts variable is a list of dictionary-like elements. So to create the dataframe I have used list comprehension to create a tuple that only contains the 'properties' for each dictionary-like element.
import datetime
import pandas as pd
from dateutil.tz import tzutc

data = ({'archived': False,
         'archived_at': None,
         'associations': None,
         'created_at': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 21, 17, 56, 24, 739000, tzinfo=tzutc()),
         'id': 'xxx',
         'properties': {'createdate': '2019-12-21T17:56:24.739Z',
                        'email': 'xxxxx@xxxxx.com',
                        'firstname': 'John',
                        'hs_object_id': 'xxx',
                        'lastmodifieddate': '2020-04-22T04:37:40.274Z',
                        'lastname': 'Hansen'},
         'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 22, 4, 37, 40, 274000, tzinfo=tzutc())},
        {'archived': False,
         'archived_at': None,
         'associations': None,
         'created_at': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 21, 17, 52, 38, 485000, tzinfo=tzutc()),
         'id': 'bbb',
         'properties': {
             'createdate': '2019-12-21T17:52:38.485Z',
             'email': 'bbb@bbb.dk',
             'firstname': 'John2',
             'hs_object_id': 'bbb',
             'lastmodifieddate': '2020-05-19T07:18:28.384Z',
             'lastname': 'Hansen2'},
         'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2020, 5, 19, 7, 18, 28, 384000, tzinfo=tzutc())})
df = pd.DataFrame([row['properties'] for row in data])
print(df)

OUTPUT:
                 createdate            email  ...          lastmodifieddate lastname
0  2019-12-21T17:56:24.739Z  xxxxx@xxxxx.com  ...  2020-04-22T04:37:40.274Z   Hansen
1  2019-12-21T17:52:38.485Z       bbb@bbb.dk  ...  2020-05-19T07:18:28.384Z  Hansen2

[2 rows x 6 columns]

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In the monastic tradition there is a practice called statio, which is the commitment to stop one thing before beginning another. Imagine, instead of rushing from one appointment to the next, that between each one you pause, you breathe just five long slow breaths. Imagine how this might transform your movement from one activity to another. Or even when you move from one room to another, allow a brief pause on the threshold between spaces. God lives inside our breath and so every breath can become a resurrection.
For the Celtic monks, thresholds were sacred places. The space or the moment between – whether physical places or experiences – is a place of possibility. Rather than waiting being a nuisance, or a sense that you are wasting time, it is an invitation to breathe into the now and receive its gifts.


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Creature Feature: Ringneck snake
Posted by The Ethogram on March 17, 2020 March 18, 2020
To readers with ophidiophobia, or the fear of snakes, Ireland should be high on your vacation destination list. Popular legend attributes the Emerald Isle's lack of legless reptiles to the actions of St. Patrick. He is said to have banished all snakes from Ireland in the 5th century AD after the serpentine critters attempted to attack him during a 40-day fast. However, fossil records indicate otherwise. Ireland, like many other islands, is void of snakes due to its distance from other major land masses that snakes inhabit. Although land bridges between Ireland and the European continent existed in the past, they were engulfed by rising seas before snakes were able to cross them. As a result, snakes never slithered through the fields of Ireland.
According to legend, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland in the fifth century AD. The fossil record indicates that snakes never colonized the island before it was cut off from other land masses by the sea [Source]
In contrast, many mainland countries boast a bounty of snakes; the United States, for instance, has over 100 snake species. The state of California alone, which is six times larger than Ireland, is inhabited by over 50 snake species! From boas to sidewinders, striped racers to king snakes, venomous rattlers to harmless gopher snakes, not to mention a whole slew of garter snakes . . . how to choose just one species to feature?
In case you're hesitant to hop aboard the snakes-are-awesome train, let's start with a species that is shy, small, non-venomous, and strikingly beautiful: the ringneck or ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus). The ringneck snake is one of only a handful of snake species found across nearly all of the continental United States. This makes it a ubiquitous member of American herpetofauna (i.e., the group of animals including reptiles and amphibians). Although you might think their wide geographic range makes them easy to find, ringneck snakes are in fact quite cryptic. This is due, in part, to their nocturnal nature and tendency to hide under logs, rocks, leaf litter, or debris [1].
A ringneck snake found in Florida. Note that this animal was being handled by a trained herpetologist (scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians) for research purposes. Although they are not venomous to human, if you are lucky enough to see one in the wild yourself, please enjoy from a distance and do not attempt to touch it. [Photo taken by: Stevie Kennedy-Gold]
Ringneck snakes are rather wee—some snake lovers might even say adorable—with most growing to around 40 cm, or slightly longer than a foot. Female ringnecks are larger than males, a common pattern among snakes [2]. Sexual size dimorphism, or the difference in body size between different sexes, is influenced by requirements of the female reproductive system to support egg development as well as competition between individuals. For instance, among snakes, it is more common for males to be larger than females in species where males must physically fight for access to female mates [2].
The prairie ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi), one of more than a dozen subspecies, has a black dorsal side and bright yellow to red underside with prominent block spots. [Photo taken by: Peter Paplanus, Source]
The scientific name for ringneck snakes refers to the characteristic band around their neck and their spotted underside (Diadophis from the Greek words diadem meaning "headband" and ophios meaning "serpent"; punctatus from the Latin punctum meaning "holes" or "spots"). The bodies of ringneck snakes are predominantly black, brown, or green-grey, but their ventrum (belly) is bright yellow to orange-red with scattered darker spots or bands. Like many broadly distributed species, they show geographic differences in their appearance and behavior. Ringnecks are divided into multiple subspecies that differ in their geographic distribution, habitat preference, size, and appearance, and each subspecies has a different variation on the common color and spotting pattern [3].
Ringneck snakes eat earthworms, small insects, and salamanders, and they are preyed on by birds, small mammals, and other snakes. One interesting ringneck behavior is their defensive tail-coiling posture. When threatened by an approaching predator, ringneck snakes will coil their tail and display their brightly-colored ventral side (see picture below). They may also do this when approached by humans—remember, snakes see you as a predator, so they are much more frightened of you than you are of them! The tail-coiling display is thought to be an aposematic display, a conspicuous signal to predators warning them not to attack.
A Pacific ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus amabilis) exposes its bright red underside in a defensive tail coiling display. [Photo taken by: J. Maughn, Source]
When it comes time to breed in spring, the romantic acts of ringnecks and other snakes are a little unorthodox. During copulation, the male snake bites the female around the neck (lizards actually do this too); without arms, they have to hold on somehow! Females may mate with multiple males before laying a clutch of 3–10 eggs, which develop for around two months. The sweet baby snakelings hatch in early fall, at only 8–11 cm long (about as long as your pointer finger) [1].
Much like humans sloughing off skin cells on a daily basis, reptiles also routinely shed their skin, a process called ecdysis. Unlike us, snakes typically do this in one go. Ecdysis allows snakes and other reptiles to continue growing and remove parasites that latch onto their body. Snakes on the brink of shedding may be extra crabby; herpetologists refer to individuals in this state as being "in the blue" or "in the grey". This is because snakes lack eyelids and instead possess a single scale that covers their eye, which begins to push away from the eye as a snake prepares to shed. When this happens, the snake's eye has a blue or grey appearance and its vision is impaired. With limited vision, the animals can be feistier than normal and, though usually docile, they may be more keen to strike. Although we should always be cautious and keep our distance around wild animals, snakes "in the blue" should be given an extra wide berth. As mentioned earlier, ringneck snakes are rather reclusive and shy, often hiding during the day in their forest, grassland, and marsh habitats. It can be challenging for researchers to study cryptic species such as ringnecks because it is difficult to accurately map their distribution and gather basic information about their behavior. One solution to this problem is citizen science! Platforms such as iNaturalist, one of the largest citizen science projects in the world, allow anyone—from students to casual nature lovers to urban bird watchers—to record and get help identifying plants and animals they encounter in the wild. Citizen scientists have logged over 6,000 sightings of ringneck snakes on iNaturalist. You can download the iNaturalist app on your smart phone and begin logging your own encounters with wildlife!
Location of ringneck snakes sightings recorded by citizen scientists on iNaturalist.
Hopefully you are now convinced that snakes, like the ringneck, are not only scaly and slithery but fascinating and beautiful creatures. It was a quirk of geography, and not St. Patrick, that deprived the Emerald Isle of these infamous animals, but perhaps even the celebrated saint would not have been so zealous about banishing snakes from Ireland had he gotten to know them a bit better.
Jessica Schaefer is a PhD student in the Animal Behavior Graduate Group at UC Davis. She studies the behavioral ecology and mating systems of species from limpets to lizards to birds.
Stevie Kennedy-Gold is the collection manager for the Section of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. She loves the desert and "herping", and her research focuses on ecology of reptiles, including the effects of competition between species on their behavior.
Yung, J. (2000). Diadophis punctatus, Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 12, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diadophis_punctatus/.
Shine, R. (1994). Sexual size dimorphism in snakes revisited. Copeia, 2, 326–346.
Uetz, P. and Hallermann, J. Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1776), Reptile Database. Accessed March 12, 2020 at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Diadophis&species=punctatus.
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Q: Linux-Live-system inc. Ruby 1.9 on USB-Stick with r/w-Partition well guess that many of you have great expertise on Linux. I currently have some issues with creating a linux-live-medium.
i have a box with OpenSuse-Linux Version 11.3 with all nice things. Several languages run very well: Perl, Python, PHP! All is very well! BTW - i am very glad that Perl runs very nice.
But I am not able to install Ruby 1.9. Everytime i want to do that i end up with Ruby 1.8.7. I want to testrun some ruby-code. Therefore i need Ruby with the following gems
mechanize
nokogiri
utf8_utils
I heard of a Linux-Live-medium that is able to run with all the wanted things including Ruby 1.9.
Therefore the Live-medium is installed on a USB-Stick with R/W partitions. Is this possible.
I am not a linux-expert - but with all the expertise here i think it is possible to create such a USB-Stick. (...with Ruby 1.9 and all with all that extensions)
I love to hear from you!
best regards
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A: This will actually be a better solution for you- use RVM:

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*https://rvm.io/
Then you can easily switch back and forth from 1.8 to 1.9 as desired and make 1.9.2 your default.  Just read their docs carefully, it really makes gem management a lot easier.

A: Debian/Ubuntu includes both Ruby 1.8.x and 1.9.x - and essentially duplicates most packages in 2 flavors: for 1.8 and 1.9. That might be enough for your purposes - although YMMV, of course.
Yet another solution is RVM that karudzo already mentioned.
Yet another solution is virtualization: simplest form of it would be just chrooting. Most modern Linux systems have an ability to install itself based from some root directory (SuSE has install into given directory functionality, Debian/Ubuntu have debootstrap - and then just running chroot /path/to/that/directory - you'd end up in essentially another system installed cleanly in separate directory.


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Q: Why do I get the exact same matrix when changing the correlation? I'm trying to create artificial correlated data using the genCorData function, in the simstudy package. I'm running the following in R:
set.seed(1234)
n=50
p=200
X=genCorData(n=n,mu=rep(0,p),sigma=rep(4,p),rho=0)
X=X[,-1]

beta = rnorm(p)
y <- as.matrix(X)%*%beta + rnorm(n) # calculate response

intercept <- mean(y)
y <- y - intercept

Why do I get the exact same X, and therefore, y, when I change the rho parameter. I've tried with 0, 0.3, and 0.9. They all lead to the same output. Why is this? And how do I generate correlated data?

A: There are two issues with the code.  First, you need to specify a correlation structure with a nonzero rho; from the documentation,
"... if a [correlation] matrix is not provided, then a structure and correlation coefficient rho must be specified."
Second, X as returned by genCorData is a list, not a matrix, so you should convert to a matrix first, before trying to delete the first column.
The rewritten code looks like:
set.seed(1234)
n=50
p=200
X=genCorData(n=n,mu=rep(0,p),sigma=rep(4,p), rho=0.0)
X = as.matrix(X)[,-1]

beta = rnorm(p)
y <- X%*%beta + rnorm(n) # calculate response

with output:
> head(y)
          [,1]
[1,] -41.69473
[2,] -21.92404
[3,]  22.59085
[4,] -71.62128
[5,] -22.43739
[6,] -10.92288

and with nonzero correlation:
> set.seed(1234)
> n=50
> p=200
> X=genCorData(n=n,mu=rep(0,p),sigma=rep(4,p), rho=0.4, corstr="cs")
> X = as.matrix(X)[,-1]
>
> beta = rnorm(p)
> y <- X%*%beta + rnorm(n) # calculate response
> head(y)
          [,1]
[1,] -65.01533
[2,] -41.70743
[3,]  42.23017
[4,] -36.72938
[5,] -38.53522
[6,] -12.85205


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Q: Is it possible to splice buffers in C++ with zero copy? Suppose I have two buffers:
uint8_t* buf1[100];
uint8_t* buf2[10];
uint8_t* buf3[90];

Where buf1 is full of data and I need to pass 10 bytes of this data to buf2 and the rest to buf3. Is there a way to do this without copying?
If not, is there a high level library (like std::vector) in which splicing is possible without copying?

A: No, this is not possible.  The three buffers are distinct objects with different addresses.  Therefore, some form of copying is necessary.
You can use a span:
span<uint8_t*, 10> buf2(buf1, 10);
span<uint8_t*, 90> buf3(buf1 + 10, 90);

span is not in the standard library as of C++17, but it is available in the GSL.  See What is a "span" and when should I use one?.