1830 – Charles X of France, abdicated the throne of France. His son, Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angouleme, also abdicated his claim, twenty minutes later. Charles would be the last King of the mighty House of Bourbon.
1858 – The future Queen Emma of the Netherlands is born in Germany. She was the wife of William III of the Netherlands, and would serve as regent for her young daughter, Wilhelmina, after her husband's death in 1890. She stepped down as regent in 1898 as Wilhelmina turned 18. She remained active as the popular Queen mother until her death.
1868 – Constantine I of Greece is born in Athens to King George I and Queen Olga. He had actually been king twice, the first time from 1913-1917, when he abdicated in favour of his son Alexander. Alexander died suddenly just a few years later, and a national referendum was voted on, where the people decided to bring Constantine back as King. After his second abdication, he was forced into exile in Italy, where he died in 1923.
1100 – King William II of England was shot by an arrow while hunting and died. He was the eldest son of William the Conqueror, an succeeded him in 1087. He had a difficult relationship with the church. William was called "William Rufus" do to his red-faced appearance. He had no legitimate children, and would be succeeded by his younger brother as Henry I.
1589 – French King Henry III died at age 37. He was a younger son Henry II and Catherine de Medici. Before he was King of France, he was actually elected as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1573 until 1575. He became King of France in 1574 after the death of his elder brother, Charles IX. He died at the hand of a Catholic assassin, Jacques Clement, who thought Henry was too tolerant of Protestants.
1559 – King Henry II of France was mortally wounded in a jousting tournament. He would not die immediately. Henry hung on for several days, due to the efforts of his royal surgeon, but he would succumb to his injuries and infection on July 10. Henry had asked for his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, but she was denied access to the King by his wife, Catherine de Medici. The new King was his 15 year old son, Francis II.
1688 – William, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of the Netherlands received a letter from seven British nobles asking him to invade Britain and take the throne along side his wife, Princess Mary Stuart. They asserted that the infant son of King James II and VII was an impostor, and the were unhappy with James' Catholic rule, and the idea of it continuing. William's wife, Mary, was also James' daughter, but a Protestant, and William was James' nephew and third in line for the British crown. William would successfully invade later that year, in what is now called the "Glorious Revolution".
1470 – The future Charles VIII of France is born to King Louis IX and Charlotte of Savoy. He succeeded his father in 1483, when just thirteen years old. His elder sister, Anne of France, served as regent along side her husband, Peter, Duke of Bourbon, until Charles took the reigns of government in 1491. He married Anne of Brittany, and they would have four children, none of which survived childhood. He also began the French invasions into Italy, but they would be postponed in 1498, when he suddenly died of a head injury at age 27.
1964 – In not so dead royalty, Alexandra, Countess of Fredericksborg is born in Hong Kong to part British, part Asian, and part Austrian parents. In 1995, she married Danish Prince Joachim of Denmark and had two sons with him. They divorced in 2005, and she remarried in 2007, losing her title of Her Royal Highness and Princess, but retaining her Countess title.
1670 – Princess Henrietta of England, died in France at just age 26. When she was three years old, she fled England with the rest of her family, and was just five when her father was executed. She would live in the court of her cousin, Louis XIV, and marry Phillippe, Louis' brother, and also her first cousin, in 1660, after her brother's restoration as King Charles II. She had two daughters with him, who went on to be Queen consorts of Spain and Sardinia, and was a key player in the secret Treaty of Dover, which attempted to reconcile France and England.
1743 – The Battle of Dettingen took place in Bavaria, Germany, as part of the War of Austrian Succession. The battle was fought between the French, and the "Pragmatic Army" which consisted of the Austrians, Hanoverians, and the British, led by King George II himself. It would be the last time a British monarch personally led troops in battle. They were called the Pragmatic Army because they were fighting to uphold the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, which outlined that Maria Theresa of Austria would succeed her father. The battle would be a win in favor of the Pragmatic forces.
1462 – The future Louis XII if born the Orleans branch of the royal Valois family. He succeeded his cousin, Charles VIII in 1498. He was married a total of three times, First to Joan of France, his cousin, whom he was able to get an annulment from after his accession. The case behind the annulment was far from solid, and was granted by Pope Alexander VI, for political reasons. He married again to Anne, Duchess of Brittany, who was his predecessors widow. The marriage produce 2 daughters, Claude, who became Queen consort as the wife of Francis I, and Renee, who became Duchess of Ferrara. Louis married again after the death of Anne, to Princess Mary Tudor, the younger sister of Henry VIII, in 1514. The marriage would be extremely short, due to Louis' death in 1515.
1550 – Charles IX of France is born to Henry II and Catherine de Medici. Because he was a younger son, he was Duke of Orleans from birth. He succeeded his brother, Francis II, when he was just ten years old, with his mother as regent. His reign was dominated with the bloody French Wars of Religion, and late in his reign he witnessed the horror of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. In 1574, he became fiercely ill with tuberculosis, from which he died that year when he was 23. His younger brother, Henry succeeded him as Henry III.
1458 – Alfonso I of Aragon died in Naples, Italy. He was King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death. He was married to Maria of Castile after his accession, but they had no children. His illegitimate son, Ferdinand, succeeded him in Naples, and his brother John, succeeded him in his Spanish lands.
1269 – Louis IX of France issues a proclamation that declares all French Jews must wear a yellow badge identifying themselves or be fined.
1850 – Crown Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway was married in Stockholm to Princess Louise of the Netherlands. It was not a happy marriage, due to their incompatible personalities, and Carl's numerous affairs.
1566 – James VI of Scotland is born at Edinburgh Castle as the only child to Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. In 1567, his mother was forced to abdicate in his favor, making James king before his first birthday. He would rule under a series of regents until he was 16. However in 1603, James was named the successor of the childless Queen Elizabeth I of England, making him the first ruler of the entire island. He would rule Scotland for 57 years, the longest at the time. He had some difficulties with the English Parliament, and even plots against his life. Under James, the literary community in the Isles continued to flourish, as well as exploration in the new world. He died at age 58, to be succeeded by his son, Charles I.
1896 – Wallis, Duchess of Windsor was born today in the US, as Bessie Wallis Warfield. She would marry twice, and while living as Wallis Simpson in Britain, she met the Prince of Wales, and future king Edward VIII. Edward's intention to marry her after his accession to the throne caused a constitutional crisis which led to his abdication in 1936, before his coronation. They married in France in 1937, and lived abroad for the rest of their lives as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
1282 – Eleanor de Montfort, Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon died giving birth to her only child. She was the daughter of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England, and thus a granddaughter to King John I. in 1275, she was married to the Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, by proxy, and finally officially in 1278. She was only about 30 years old.
1584 – Francis, Duke of Anjou, died at age 29 of malaria. He was the youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, and thus the younger brother to three French kings, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Despite being Catholic, he was heavily involved in the Dutch wars, fighting on the side of the Huguenots. He was also the last suitor to Elizabeth I of England, and she was said to be quite fond of him, but the marriage never took place, due to the unpopularity of the match in England.
1787 – Princess Sophie Helene Beatrice, the youngest daughter of French King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, died just before her first birthday. She had been having convulsions for five or six days, and had been growing new teeth.
1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico is killed by a firing squad. He was an Austrian Archduke as the grandson of Emperor Francis II, and a younger brother of Franz Joseph I. He had spent time in the Austrian Navy, and was married to Charlotte of Belgium. In 1859, he was offered to Imperial Crown of Mexico, which he refused, then refused again in 1861. In 1863 he accepted the crown and lost is Austrian royal status. However, the Mexican monarchists were not in the majority and he was quickly overthrown and captured. He had tried to implement several liberal reforms, and wanted to help the people, but was short sighted in his affairs.
1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches a sermon which inspires Louis VII of France and his wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, to join on the Second Crusade. The Crusade would be a massive failure.
1492 – The Alhambra decree is issued in the Spanish country of Castile ordering 150,000 Jewish residents to convert to Christianity to be expelled.
1360 – Philippa of Lancaster is born in England to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Duchess Blanche, and thus was a granddaughter of Edward III of England. Her brother would later become Henry IV of England. She would later marry John I of Portugal and have six surviving children with him who would include King Edward of Portugal and the famous Henry the Navigator. She was widely loved in Portugal as a symbol of everything a good Queen and woman should be.
1519 – The future Henry II of France is born to Francis I and Queen Claude of France. He became King 1547 and married the infamous Catherine de Medici. He would die suddenly at 40 after an injury jousting. This would leave his wife to act as regent for his teenaged son, Francis II. Two of his other sons would also become kings as Charles IX and Henry III.
1718 – Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain is born in Madrid to King Phillip V and Elizabeth Farnese. She was of the Spanish Bourbons and related to French King Louis XIV. In 1750, she would marry Joseph I of Portugal, and serve as Queen consort until his death in 1777. She would also be regent for her husband during his last illness, then act as an advisor when her daughter, Maria, became Queen of Portugal.
1723 – Frederick V of Denmark and Norway is born in Copenhagen. He would succeed his father, Christian VI at age 23 in 1746. He kept Denmark out of wars during his reign, and was also an active Freemason, and set up the first Lodge in Norway.
1547 – King Francis I of France died at age 52. He was known as a warrior or knight king, because he was personally involved in fighting with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of England. He is also credited with being a major influence in the French Renaissance, and was even a patron of Leonardo DaVinci. He also sponsored exploration of the New World. He was also the first European monarch to form an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, and even sent an ambassador to Morocco.
1621 – Phillip III of Spain dies at 42 in Madrid. History has not been kind to Phillip, who has been described as a "miserable monarch" and a weak king who left governing to his ministers. He was also King during the Thirty Years War. Among his children he can number Phillip IV of Spain, a Holy Roman Empress, and a Queen consort of France.
1671 – Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany died in London at age 34 of probable breast cancer. She was the first wife of the future James II and VII, before his accession. Later, her daughters with James would become both Queen Mary II and Queen Anne of the United Kingdom.


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Jackie and Ryan
Look at who was the first to be all dressed up and ready for Jackie & Ryan's wedding day. This friendly face was the first to greet me as I entered Jackie's apartment to photograph her getting ready.
Their pup managed all the activity in the room well, cuddling up with the bridesmaids as Jackie's hair and makeup were styled by Korena from Sonia Roselli.
And look at these big, blue eyes! This cutie is Jackie's niece…
…and this is the baby's mom and dad, Jackie's brother and sister in law.
Soon enough, Jackie was ready to get into her gown. A few extra set of hands made for quick work.
Jackie's sister was all smiles as she watched the preparations.
A few final details to put in to place…
…and this bride was ready to walk the aisle!
Ryan was ready to go, too, as he waited at Union Station- just around the corner from the apartment- for his first look at the bride.
The bride and groom spent a few minutes taking it all in…
…and then we began taking photos around the gorgeous interiors of the station.
A friendly passer-by stopped to offer congratulations between photos.
Ryan gave his bride a quick smooch…
…and then we made our way back outside.
Jackie and Ryan shared a mini-session with their furry pal and then said good-bye.
What a gentleman!
It was a perfect day for traveling around the city, and we were going to make the most of it!
The wedding party joined up with us for their turn in front of the camera.
A kiss wrapped things up on the bridge…
…so next up was the garden at the Art Institute.
Look at these pretty ladies! There was plenty of love to go around.
The Art Institute's garden is always a scenic treat for photos…
…so we set our next grouping of pictures somewhere a bit more gritty.
Jackie & Ryan, showing some love for the city.
A colorful backdrop for a colorful couple!
After a whirlwind trip taking photos throughout the city, we arrived at Chicago Illuminating Company where the ceremony and reception were held.
Jackie snuck in to get a look at the details, which she and Kelly from Clementine Custom Events had worked hard to plan and prepare.
Soon after, Jackie was being escorted down the aisle by her father.
Her mom was in the front row, beaming with pride.
Ryan's grandparents were there, too, both smiling as the ceremony began.
Ryan and Jackie delivered their vows…
…and then a friend gave a reading in their honor.
Ryan's dad listened intently during the ceremony.
With vows and rings exchanged, Jackie and Ryan were declared married.
The newlyweds made their way out of the ceremony area…
…and Jackie was quickly attended to by her bridesmaids before family pictures began.
Jackie couldn't help beginning portraits with a laugh by photobombing some family shots.
Check out these fancy feet!
With family portraits wrapped up, Jackie, Ryan and I ventured inside to enjoy cocktail hour.
It goes without saying that everyone was enjoying themselves.
After cocktails, Jackie and Ryan made their big entrance.
They were greeted by Ryan's father…
…and then everyone sat down to enjoy a delicious meal, prepared by Limelight Catering.
Jackie's dad led off the toasts by thanking everyone for sharing the day with the family.
Ryan's Best Man gave a speech in honor of the newlyweds.
And then Jackie's sister and Maid of Honor honored the marriage with their toasts.
The dancing began with parent dances. Jackie and her father warmed up the floor by dancing first.
And then Ryan took a turn with his mother.
Finally, the happy couple shared their first dance as husband and wife.
Then the guests joined in, with Jackie's mom and stepdad being one of the first couples to hit the floor.
Jackie's brother and sister weren't shy about showing off some of their moves.
Max from Style Matters had everyone on their feet!
All the guests were having a great time…
…and no one more so than Jackie and Ryan!
Congratulations on your marriage, Jackie and Ryan! Thank-you for sharing your day with me!

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Pounding beats. EBM, industrial, electro, noise.
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27 July, the Feast of Blessed Titus Brandsma, Priest & Martyr, O.Carm.
Blessed Titus, Martyr, pray for your Order, and the entire Carmelite Family.
From the Order of Carmelites
Born in the Frisian city of Bolsward, Holland, in 1881, Bl. Titus Brandsma joined the Carmelites while still young and was ordained priest in 1905. He undertook further studies in Rome and was awarded a doctorate in philosophy at the Gregorian Pontifical University.
Returning to Holland, he taught in a number of schools before taking up a post as Professor of Philosophy and the History of Mysticism at the Catholic University of Nijmegen where he was later appointed Rector Magnificus. A noted writer and journalist, in 1935, he was appointed adviser to the bishops, for Catholic journalists. He was noted for being ready to receive anyone in difficulty and to help in whatever way he could. In the period leading up to and during the Nazi occupation in Holland, he argued passionately against the National Socialist ideology, basing his stand on the Gospels, and he defended the right to freedom in education and for the Catholic Press. As a result, he was imprisoned. So began his Calvary, involving great personal suffering and degradation whilst, at the same time, he himself brought solace and comfort to the other internees and begged God's blessing on his jailers. In the midst of such inhuman suffering, he possessed the precious ability to bring an awareness of goodness, love and peace. He passed from one prison or camp to another until he arrived in Dachau where he was killed on 26th July 1942. He was beatified as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on 3rd November 1985.
TITUS, A MODEL FOR PEACE AND FORGIVENESS
Living in Nazi occupied Holland, being arrested and made a prisoner by the Nazis and, eventually, being sent to die in the concentration camp of Dachau, were all extreme circumstances which tested Titus' commitment to peace and reconciliation. His witness during these events offers us inspiration, concrete examples of how he practiced what he preached, and models for us the presence of faith in the most inhuman conditions.
Titus' courage and advocacy of peace did not come out of nowhere: both his close ties to the medieval mystics of the Lowlands and his vocation to the Carmelite order rooted him in both an active involvement in the world and in the springs of contemplative prayer, which nourished his active life. He was a self-described "lover" of Jan van Ruusbroec, the medieval Flemish mystic, who described the Trinitarian pattern to the Christian life: just as God expresses Godself through the Trinity, so too, the Christian who experiences the fruits of contemplative prayer, is driven back into the world in incarnate this Love. Titus' active life as spiritual advisor to the Dutch Catholic press, as professor at the Catholic University, and as vocal opponent of Nazi policies, was the public forum in which he incarnated the fruits of his prayer life. He was also known as a peacemaker within Carmel, at the university, and on the numerous committees where he served. There are numerous anecdotes of his small acts of charity and efforts toward reconciliation which show why he was considered "a permanent enemy of discord." This permanent dialectic between love and works avoids the "bare vacancy" of self absorbed prayer about which Ruusbroec warned.
Titus articulated his particular view of society, which grounded his vision of peace. In 1931 in a speech to a Catholic peace group, he lamented the sense of inevitability that led to World War If ("the Great War") and which continued to permeate the plans of much of Europe. Since self-interest of individuals and nations continued to be paramount, he acknowledged that a cycle of war and rearming appeared inevitable unless thinking changed. He stated that such exclusive focus on self-interest subverted the real purpose of society, which, he argued, was to be "a means of rendering another a service". If offering service to one's neighbor or adjacent country were the goal, he suggested that strife between individuals and nations would be replaced by an ethic of cooperation and respectful dialogue. Much as he opposed the Nazi policies, Titus always spoke well of the German people and wished publicly for reconciliation between the two countries, even after Germany invaded the Netherlands in World War II. We should consider today, over 50 years later, how our country's policies might be different if "rendering a service" were seen as a national goal.
Titus' teachings on peace and forgiveness were probably put to the most radical test during his seven months as a prisoner of the Nazis. He was subjected, not only to loss of freedom and appalling prison conditions, but to brutal mistreatment by his captors, including medical experimentation. Two particular incidents stand out as concrete examples of his response to these extreme conditions of suffering. Once another Dutch prisoner challenged him about his admonition that the prisoners should pray for their Nazi captors. How could they be expected to do that, the other Dutchman asked, when they were being mishandled and terrorized by the guards? With typical humor and realism, Titus replied, "You don't have to pray for them the whole day! The good Lord will be happy with one prayer". Always lovingly cognizant of the gap between the human ideal and the reality of human limitations, Titus counseled a practical, achievable goal. Secondly, the nurse, who administered the fatal injection in the "hospital" at Dachau, testified at his beatification process that he had given her his rosary at the end and said "What an unfortunate girl you are. I shall pray for you". His response, the nurse said, was instrumental in bringing her back to the practice of her faith.
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Due to yearly variations in PDCNB tournament schedules and individual country selection deadlines it has been decided, after consultation with the PDC, to implement a uniform annual cut-off date for all Nordic and Baltic countries with regards to World Cup of Darts player selection.
The annual Cut-off date has been set as the 30 th April.
Highest placed PDC Tour Card Holders* and/or PDPA associate Members** on PDC Order of Merit.
Highest placed PDC Tour Card Holders* and/or PDPA associate Members** on PDC European Tour Order of Merit.
Highest placed non PDPA members on PDC or PDC European Tour Order of Merit.
** Q-School entrants that did not achieve full tour status.
The selection process is built on preserving the integrity of the tournaments organised by the PDC and PDC Nordic & Baltic. Not only does it prioritise and reward players already committed to the PDC and PDPA, it also rewards players that have shown sustained commitment to the PDC Nordic & Baltic tour but as yet have not entered Q-School. The PDCNB tour is an excellent gateway to the world of professional Darts for all Scandinavian and Baltic players.


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Wowie Zowie, it's that TV show about Essex!
To celebrate the amazing appearance of the brave The Only Way is Essex boys and girls at our Zombie Battle London experience, we've all gone a bit TOWIE crazy at Wish HQ.
We're slightly more tanned, there are many more vowels crammed into very word we utter and we've had practically every body part jazzled.
All you need to do is head over and checkout our Zombie Battle London experience (or our other zombie experiences around the UK).
See you at 10pm on ITV2!


I last went north a year and a half ago for my granddaughter's college graduation. Since I was heading that way I got a 'since you are coming anyhow' request from my son, could I head there (NY) first and stay with the kids for the weekend while they headed to FL for a wedding? I was happy to do it. But I didn't anticipate that turning on the oven to heat up a slice of pizza and then noticing that the puppy had pooped on the foyer floor, would result in the smoke alarm going off during the poop clean up, which caused me to hurriedly flush said poop, causing the toilet to overflow… and my grandson to call down from upstairs, "Is everything alright down there, Mimi?" Eventually it was, with help from the kids..
I'm reliving that memory because my other take-away from that weekend was that I spent it freezing to death. At the end of May! So I went on a quest for warm slippers, and these were the only ones to be found, and they caused my daughter and granddaughter to roll their eyes at my fashion choices. I didn't care, I think the only place I went during that visit that I didn't wear them was the actual graduation itself.
Can visualize your attire and you look great! BTW it is currently 4 degrees!
I'll have these things with me next time I visit you, even if it's in July, just in case!


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The Mermaid Collector
Erika Marks
More than a century ago, lighthouse keeper Linus Harris left his beloved wife and waded into the ocean with three other men to reunite with their mermaid lovers. The mysterious Mermaid Mutiny of 1888 has become legend for the residents of Cradle Harbor, Maine, honored by the town's Mermaid Festival every August, when wind chimes are hung from seaside porches to drown out the alluring sound of mermaid song.
For thirty-five-year-old Tess Patterson, the legend is more than folklore; it's proof of life's magic. A hopeless romantic who is profoundly connected to the ocean in which she lost her mother, Tess ekes out a living as a wood-carver and longs to find a love as mystical as the sea. But when she's hired to carve the commemorative mermaid sculpture for the coming festival, a chance to win the town's elusive acceptance might finally be in her grasp.
For Tom Grace, life's magic was lost at eighteen, when the death of his parents left him to care for his reckless brother, Dean. Now thirty-five and the new owner of Cradle Harbor's prized lightkeeper's house, Tom hopes the quiet town will calm Dean's self-destructive ways. But when Tom discovers Tess working on her sculpture, an unlikely and passionate affair ignites between them that just might be the stuff of legend itself—even as it brings to the surface a long-buried secret that could tear everything apart.
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Marks returns to coastal Maine for her flat second novel (after Little Gale Gumbo). Mermaid lore plays a big part of life in Cradle Harbor in fact, the town's annual Mermaid Festival pays tribute to the legend of four local sailors who were allegedly seduced by mermaids. When woodcarver Tess Patterson is chosen to create a mermaid statue for this year's festival, she sees it as her opportunity to find acceptance among Cradle Harbor's stodgy natives and gain the recognition that her late mother, a free-spirited artist, never managed to earn. But it's the arrival of another outsider who'll help Tess finally feel at home. How a Chicago boy came to inherit the harbor lighthouse keeper's cottage is a source of consternation for the town's historical society, but Tom Grace, whose parents were killed years ago in a car accident, intends to move in and make do. The two outcasts connect instantly, but they must relinquish their tragic pasts in order to move forward together. Marks has built a memorable and richly detailed setting, but her romance lacks conflict and conviction.
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The Mermaid Collector is great modern story with an intriguing back story and even better historical story about the light house. I was fully engaged by the Mermaid Collector's multiple stories.
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Neuroimaging studies have reported structural and physiological differences that could help understand the causes and development of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Many of them rely on multisite designs, with the recruitment of larger samples increasing statistical power. However, recent large-scale studies have put some findings into question, considering the results to be strongly dependent on the database used, and demonstrating the substantial heterogeneity within this clinically defined category. One major source of variance may be the acquisition of the data in multiple centres. In this work we analysed the differences found in the multisite, multi-modal neuroimaging database from the UK Medical Research Council Autism Imaging Multicentre Study (MRC AIMS) in terms of both diagnosis and acquisition sites. Since the dissimilarities between sites were higher than between diagnostic groups, we developed a technique called Significance Weighted Principal Component Analysis (SWPCA) to reduce the undesired intensity variance due to acquisition site and to increase the statistical power in detecting group differences. After eliminating site-related variance, statistically significant group differences were found, including Broca's area and the temporo-parietal junction. However, discriminative power was not sufficient to classify diagnostic groups, yielding accuracies results close to random. Our work supports recent claims that ASD is a highly heterogeneous condition that is difficult to globally characterize by neuroimaging, and therefore different (and more homogenous) subgroups should be defined to obtain a deeper understanding of ASD. Hum Brain Mapp 38:1208–1223, 2017.
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Savor California is returning to the San Francisco Fancy Food Show for the 9th time in our 1,000-square-foot booth filled with the best products from the Golden State.
These companies will be showcasing everything from soup to nuts -- literally! Ones with an * are new to the Savor California booth at this show.
* Beth's Community Kitchen has grown and expanded to bring her famous Heavenly Little Cookies (above) and many other baked specialties made with locally sourced ingredients to Mill Valley and the whole country.
* Caley & Cobb makes gourmet cooking super convenient with their Sofi Award-winning risotto, rub and dips mixes, such as the one used to make the cheese ball, above.
Cathy's Sassy Sauce has taken the inspiration for her simmer-grill sauces (above) from cocktails. Football-fan-tested at 49er football tailgate parties, they include Tailgate Bloody Mary, Fiesta Margarita, and Aloha Mai Tai.
* Cocoa Parlor makes premium organic dark chocolate bars that are fairly traded, sustainably grown, and responsibly harvested, made from single origin Peruvian chocolate. Its sister company, Tonic Scene, makes raw chocolate bars.
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D'Vine Crush (above) will be introducing two new energy bars with wine flavor profiles: Bountiful Bubbles Citrus Cuvée and Noble Rot Rapture Plum Port. Plus new Crush Bites.
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* Keep It Real Food's products contain no grain at all: diabetes-friendly, gluten-free, and paleo diet compatible. Granola, cookies, snack bars (Seed & Nut bar, above), crackers, dessert bars.
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Maisie Jane's California Sunshine Products specializes in dry-roasted gourmet nuts and snacks, with no preservatives. Products range from raw organic almonds to savory flavored almonds and sweet chocolate almonds. Organic snack packs.
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Mrs. A's Salsa Buena is an exceptional blended fresh salsa loaded with cilantro and just the right amount of heat. All natural, with no additives or preservatives.
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Pollen Ranch has been hand collecting fennel pollen and dill pollen as a spice for over a decade. The highest quality, wild crafted signature fennel and dill pollens make their teas, salts and spice blends unique.
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Sauce Goddess' sauces, spice rubs, and salted caramel corn are carefully crafted from extensive knowledge of exotic seasonings, peppers and vinegars. Sauces and spice blends are below.
* Silk Road Soda's Mediterranean-style beverages are refreshing and organic, with a delicate balance of sweet and savory. Light and effervescent with a subtle note of vinegar in three flavors, below: Pomegranate Mint, Cucumber Mint, Original Mint.
Sonoma Brinery Farm-fresh produce and all-natural processing with no heat, pasteurization, artificial flavors, additives or preservatives produce refrigerated, fresh, healthy, crisp and crunchy pickles and sauerkraut (below).
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Taylor Brothers Farms is the world's largest organic prune grower and processor and a leading producer and global distributor of prime quality conventional prunes and prune products.
The Frosting Queens makes all-natural, gluten-free frostings with real butter in resealable pouches, below. Ready to use or eat right out of the pouch.
Tsar Nicoulai Caviar, below, produces California Estate Caviar from their own aqua farm, plus domestic and other roe. For over 30 years, Tsar Nicoulai Caviar has sustainably cultivated world-renowned caviar from 100% American White Sturgeon.
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Director: Michael LoPorto, Choreography: Geoffrey Doig-Marx, Musical Direction: Justin P. Cowan, Artistic Director: Owen M. Smith.
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Thanks to community donations, families in need who qualify for free or reduced lunch can register to get basic school supplies on a first come, first serve basis for the 2017-18 school year. Please note that if your student received school supplies from the North County School Readiness Day event in the past, the School Readiness Day event has ended.
Looking for school supply lists? You'll find them here.
If your family qualifies for free or reduced lunch and has a need for backpacks and school supplies, please register online by August 11. Families who register will receive an email in mid-August with information about the days and times that school supplies will be available to pick up at your child's school.
If you are not able to register online, please call the Battle Ground Public Schools Family and Community Resource Center at 360-885-5434 after August 14.
Thank you to our community volunteers and partners: Battle Ground Education Foundation, Battle Ground Elks Lodge, Lewis River Rotary and Public School Employees that make this possible for students in Battle Ground Public Schools!


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Will the Swart Decision Motivate Out-of-State Companies to Seek California State Franchise Tax Refunds?
In California, there are an array of state tax agencies and state taxes. Among those taxes are two parallel tax obligations: franchise tax and income taxes. From these two parallel obligations, businesses will owe one or the other, but not both. Generally, businesses located in or doing business in California are subject to the franchise tax. Businesses with income from sources located in California but not necessarily actively engaged in business in the state are typically subject to the income tax. Businesses subject to the franchise tax are always liable for, at least, the $800 minimum, annual tax. Businesses that pay state income tax are not subject to a minimum tax amount. Our Sacramento tax return lawyers explain more below.
This dual track taxation system generates a fair amount of litigation including Swart Enterprises, Inc. v. California Franchise Tax Board. Many out-of-state companies question why they should have to pay California state tax when their business has little to no active involvement in the state. Swart opens the door to the possibility that companies may be able to seek a refund for income taxes paid.
Swart Arose out of a Passive Investment into a California Company
Swart Enterprises is a family-owned business incorporated and operated in Iowa which also runs a farm in Kansas for sales of beef products in Nebraska. Swart has few links to California since it does not have any physical premises in the state, does not own property, has no employees in the state, and does not sell or market its products or services in California.
The sole link between California and Swart Enterprises is a $50,000 investment into Cypress Equipment Fund XII, LLC which resulted in Swart becoming a member of the LLC. Swart's membership interest in the LLC was 0.2 percent. Swart does not direct or otherwise interfere with Cypress's daily business operations. In fact, the membership agreement contained language expressly prohibiting "Members other than the Manager [taking] part in the control, conduct or operation of the Fund…"
In 2010, the California FTB demanded that Swart file a California corporate franchise tax return on the basis that Swart was actively engaged in business in California through its investment in Cypress. Essentially the FTB asserted that under section 23101, "A foreign business entity (partnership, LLC, or corporation) is considered doing business in California if it is a member of an LLC that is doing business in California" and under section 23151, corporations doing business in the State of California must file a tax return and pay the annual minimum franchise tax of $800.
Swart paid the tax plus interest and penalties under protest.
A Passive Investment in an LLC Does Not Constitute Doing Business in California
At trial, the trial court found that a passive investment into a manager-run LLC did not constitute active business activities in California. At appeal, the Fifth Appellate district affirmed the trial verdict under substantially similar reasoning. The essential part of the courts ruling holds that the term "doing business," for the purposes of franchise tax obligations, is "actively engaging in any transaction for the purpose of financial or pecuniary gain or profit." (§ 23101, subd. (a); see Cal. Code Regs., tit. 18, § 23101 (Regulation 23101).) However, merely holding a passive investment of 0.2 percent when the investor has no authority or control over the management of the LLC is not "active engagement" and thus cannot constitute "doing business" in California. As such, Swart was not subject to the franchise tax or the minimum tax.
The impact of this ruling is likely that out-of-state corporations will be able to petition the California Franchise Tax Board for the return of franchise tax paid under similar circumstances. That is, your company may qualify for a tax refund if it has made passive investments into California and has few or no active business activities in the state. While the matter is still subject to appeal to California's Supreme Court, businesses can be to file refund applications immediately.
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If you love the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, then you need to thank the Justice League. DC Comics' seminal superhero superteam not only preceded the Avengers by several years; Justice League's popularity directly led to the creation of both of Marvel's iconic supergroups.
According to Sean Howe's excellent book Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, in 1961 the company that would become Marvel Comics was in need of a hit to boost flagging comic book sales. The answer to the company's quandary came to them unexpectedly when founder Martin Goodman played a fateful game of golf with the head of DC Comics, Jack Liebowitz. During the game, Liebowitz allegedly bragged to Goodman about how DC's biggest surprise hit came from combining their most popular characters like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman into a team-up title.
After finishing the back nine, Goodman went back to his editorial ace in the hole, Stan Lee, and ordered him to steal the idea and make the Marvel version. But Stan Lee, who by this point had been working in comics for 20 years, didn't want to make a bland team of superheroes. So, at his wife's encouragement, Lee injected his own ideas into a brand new team of characters and passed the concept along to his most trusted artist, Jack Kirby, to bring to life.
The result wasn't anything like what Goodman had asked for. In fact, it was unlike anything in superhero comics at the time. These superheroes argued, they had emotional crises, and they felt like real living, breathing people. They were the Fantastic Four, and their comic sold like gangbusters. Issues flew off the shelves, fan mail poured in, and thus began the Marvel Universe as we know it today.
Over the next two years, Marvel found themselves with hit after hit as the dynamic duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created memorable heroes like Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Hulk, and the Wasp—all of whom had fantastical powers and complicated personal lives. When they finally paired them up in 1963, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers were born. But little do many fans know that this auspicious beginning owes a major debt of gratitude to Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League, especially if the tales are to be believed. Oh, and golf. Gotta give it up for golf.
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Lawsuit Claims A Transgender Girl Is Ruining Her Classmates' Lives By Peeing
Posted by Zack Ford | May 7, 2016 | PERSONAL FREEDOMS, POLITICS AND OPINION | 0 |
Last year, Illinois' District 211 fought hard to maintain discrimination against a transgender girl (identified only as "Student A") who simply wanted access to the same facilities as other girls. Eventually, the district agreed to comply with the Department of Education's mandate that the student be accommodated. Now, though, a group of conservative parents and students (and their conservative lawyers) have filed a federal suit to challenge those accommodations.
A group of 51 families (73 parents and 63 students — most of whom have maintained anonymity), represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Thomas More Society, claim that allowing Student A access to locker rooms harms their kids' rights by infringing on their privacy. The families even call themselves "Students and Parents for Privacy." The way the suit reads, these students' lives and educational experiences have been devastated by the stress of having to coexist with a transgender classmate.
The suit describes multiple forms of trauma these girls have apparently experienced knowing a transgender student might be in the restroom, including anxiety, fear, fright, apprehension, humiliation, intimidation, degradation, stress, embarrassment, discomfort, and loss of dignity.
But what this suit is really about is rejecting transgender people. These families claim they have a right to disregard who Student A is, and they claim that they are victims simply because she is going about her life. The complaint is long and detailed, which makes it easy to reveal these motivations.
An Identity Erased
The suit's biases are evident from the very first page, where it denies Student A any legitimacy to her gender identity. It opens by identifying her as a "biologically male student who perceives himself [sic] to be female." This notion that gender identity is merely a self-perception, as opposed to a core identity, is repeated throughout the complaint. Male pronouns and the term "biological male" are used to describe her throughout.
The bias against transgender people was further evident in a press conference the lawyers held announcing the suit on Wednesday. Jocelyn Floyd from the Thomas More Society explained, "We sympathize with children who have difficult personal issues to work through, but a young man [sic] shouldn't be permitted to deal with those issues in intimate settings with a 14-year-old girl." Floyd also demanded the government stop its "bullying tactics" of imposing a "dangerous social experiment" and "extreme political agenda" on schools.
The Bigots Are The Victims
District 211 previously refused to let Student A use the girls' locker room, requiring her to use private changing rooms elsewhere in the school before phys ed class or other activities. What's perhaps most ironic about the lawsuit is that it claims that those same alternatives are unacceptable accommodations for the girls in the suit. Rather than being ostracized for who they are, like Student A experienced, they claim to have been ostracized for their intolerance.
"Students who use the stalls are ridiculed and harassed by other students to such an extent that the stalls are not a practical option," the complaint claims. It details how when one student used the private changing stall, "other girls who were in the locker room began calling her names, including 'transphobic' and 'homophobic.'" When "word spread," she was further "harassed by other students in the hallways." The poor student now wears her gym clothes under other clothes to avoid changing for phys ed at all.
Students who use the stalls are ridiculed and harassed by other students to such an extent that the stalls are not a practical option.
Other students in the suit simply haven't bothered to ask for separate locker rooms or restrooms because the District has communicated that objections to sharing a locker room with someone transgender is "born of bigotry, ignorance, and a lack of education." For that same reason, the students "are afraid to be named publicly in this lawsuit, for fear that other students and their schools will retaliate against them."
But whether they asked for accommodations or not, the suit makes clear that no accommodation other than removing Student A from the girls' facilities would suffice. There are gaps in the private stall, for example, so they might accidentally see through the cracks and unintentionally see Student A changing. And even if Student A used them, she would still have to walk through the locker room to get to them.
And these girls see Student A all the time. "One Girl Plaintiff saw Student A four times in one week in the restrooms," the suit claims. "Other Girl Plaintiffs have experienced Student A staring at them in the restroom, which makes them uncomfortable." They are now avoiding restrooms as much as possible "so they will not have to risk using the restroom with a male student present. This may increase their risk for various health conditions, like bladder infections."
Other Girl Plaintiffs have experienced Student A staring at them in the restroom, which makes them uncomfortable.
Even private restrooms, like the one in the nurse's office, are insufficient. The complaint points out that it is too far away, so there is not enough time to use it and get to class on time. Besides, "this facility for changing is inferior to the locker room facilities provided for boy students."
Avoiding Student A in the restrooms creates the same problem; "because there are only five minutes between classes, any student leaving one restroom to hunt for another is almost certain to be tardy." The restrooms are so far apart that "there is not enough time for a Girl Plaintiff who is uncomfortable sharing a restroom with a biological male to leave the restroom she already walked into, walk to another restroom a distance away, attend to her personal needs, and then get to class on time."
What's ironic about these claims is that these are the exact same accommodations that were originally offered to Student A. Because they intentionally burdened and segregated her, the Department of Education rejected these required alternatives as not sufficiently meeting her needs. In fact, because transgender students are already vulnerable to bullying and ostracization, such segregation has a compounding effect that can result in severe consequences for their mental health.
The suit doesn't try to offer any solutions for Student A — in fact, it doesn't seem to care that she is accommodated at all — but it makes clear that the very alternatives to full equality that were supposedly good enough for her are insufficient for the other girls.
In doing so, these families are arguing that being transgender and being intolerant of transgender people as parallel experiences. They are explicitly demanding that the bigoted students' sense of comfort take priority over the transgender student's inclusion.
Transgender Inclusion = Sexual Harassment
But actually, the suit goes further. It insists not only that the girls are uncomfortable, but that simply allowing Student A access to girls' facilities amounts to ongoing sexual harassment.
"The Locker Room Agreement and Restroom Policy create a hostile environment where Student Plaintiffs experience sexual harassment and loss of dignity at the hands of their school every day," the suit claims.
The Locker Room Agreement and Restroom Policy create a hostile environment where Student Plaintiffs experience sexual harassment and loss of dignity at the hands of their school every day.
Another section of the complaint asserts, "Allowing people to use restrooms or locker rooms that are designated for the opposite biological sex violates privacy and creates a sexually harassing hostile environment." Furthermore, "Exposure to opposite-sex nudity creates a sexually harassing hostile environment."
"It is the significant and real differences between the biological sexes that creates the hostile environment, which is harassment." And that so-called harassment is "ongoing and continuous" because it occurs every time one of the girls uses any of the facilities.
In other words, Student A doesn't even have to be in the bathrooms or locker rooms to make these girls feel like they're being sexually harassed. It's the mere possibility that she could enter that constitutes harassment — simply because she is transgender. Her mere existence in the school is "threatening and humiliating" and interrupts their opportunities for education.
The Real Motives
In between all of these claims of sexual harassment and violations of privacy are the real motives behind this lawsuit. It's not a coincidence that the language rejects transgender identities; these parents explicitly admit that they want to impose their anti-transgender religious beliefs.
Here are a few excerpts from the complaint that spell out this intention:
Some of the student and parent members of Students and Parents for Privacy are devout Christians whose faith requires that they preserve their modesty and not use the restroom, shower, or undress, in the presence of the opposite sex.
These students and parents also believe that they should not be in the presence of a member of the opposite sex while that person is using the restroom, showering, or undressing.
Some of the Parent Plaintiffs object to the Locker Room Agreement and Restroom policy for religious reasons because of their sincerely held religious beliefs about modesty and other religious doctrines.
Though the complaint does challenge the Department of Education's trans-inclusive rules on procedural grounds and arguments about privacy, many of the legal claims are actually based on religious violations. The suit actually claims that the families' religious freedom has been violated under the Illinois state Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the federal RFRA, and the First Amendment's guarantee of free exercise of religion.
The suit is basically an admission that these families wish to discriminate against transgender students for purely ideological reasons ("other religious doctrines"). Because of this supposed burden to their beliefs about modesty, the suit asks not only for an injunction of the policies, but for damages as well.
As Slate's Mark Joseph Stern recently laid out, religious rejection of trans identities is at the root of most opposition to trans equality and inclusion. Claims about safety and privacy in the restroom are just a pretext, which is obvious because of the fact there has never been a single incident of trans people somehow taking advantage of nondiscrimination protections to harm anyone.
Just like anti-gay activists pivoted from religiously condemning homosexuality quite blatantly to instead using incomprehensible arguments about defending the institution of marriage, Stern argues that "anti-trans activists today are pulling a similar trick."
"Their hostility toward trans people remains fundamentally religious," he wrote. "The same Christian denominations that lined up against the validity of same-sex marriages have lined up against the validity of the trans identity."
This lawsuit seems to be a perfect example of this facade is used. Though the talking points are about privacy, the cause of action is about religious beliefs. ADF, which regularly defends the "religious freedom" of religious conservatives, is constantly working to resist transgender protections, warning schools not to adopt inclusive policies and urging states to pass laws that discriminate against transgender people by promising to defend schools that follow such laws. It is no coincidence they are the lead attorneys on this case, along with the Thomas More Society, which is a Catholic law firm known for its anti-abortion and anti-gay legal work.
Edwin Yohnka, director of communications and public policy for the ACLU of Illinois, which has defended Student A, called the lawsuit "a sad development by groups opposed to fair and humane treatment of all students." He noted that it is "only a small percentage of adults who insist on perpetuating these non-controversies by perpetuating ugly distortions about a vulnerable group of young people."
According to Yohnka, ADF and the Thomas More Society merely "seek to stigmatize and ostracize those they dislike, ignoring both the facts and the law on the side of equality and justice."
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Fox News v. Fox News Latino: AP Style Guide Edition
Written by Solange Uwimana
Published 04/03/13 5:03 PM EDT
Fox News and Fox News Latino are again reporting the same story using different lenses to appeal to both their conservative audience and a growing Latino culture.
The Associated Press announced this week that it would no longer refer to undocumented immigrants as "illegal immigrants," saying:
The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term "illegal immigrant" or the use of "illegal" to describe a person. Instead, it tells users that "illegal" should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.
Explaining the change, AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll stated that the wire service was "ridding the Stylebook of labels" in other areas and to be consistent, the term "illegal immigrant" will no longer be used. The new entry reads in part: "illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant. Acceptable variations include living in or entering a country illegallyor without legal permission."
Carroll further said that the term "ends up pigeonholing people or creating long descriptive titles where you use some main event in someone's life to become the modifier before their name."
In an article reporting the AP's move, Fox News Latino featured a photo of a woman holding up a sign that read, "No human being is illegal":
The Fox News Latino article, headlined " 'Illegal Immigrant' Dropped From Associated Press Stylebook," referred to the term "illegal immigrant" as "controversial" and included quotes from racial justice organization The Applied Research Center, which publishes Colorlines.org.
By contrast, FoxNews.com highlighted the story on its front page with a picture of what appeared to be immigrants climbing over a border fence. The headline on the photo read: "AP Rules: Don't Call Him an... 'ILLEGAL?'"
The front page was later updated to feature the photo as a smaller image with a new headline reading: "What's In A Name? AP Under Criticism for Nixing 'Illegal Immigrant'":
The actual article about the AP's decision also included a photo of what appeared to be border crossers:
Fox News' article promoted the conservative notion that the AP made the style change to influence the immigration debate.
Fox News and Fox News Latino have repeatedly tailored coverage of the same news event to pander to their respective audiences.
In a magazine interview earlier this year, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes stated that "Republicans haven't used the right language" on immigration but argued that it was ridiculous to claim that "Fox News Latino is softer on Latinos than Fox News in general."
However, Fox News Latino has acknowledged that it avoids using the term "illegal immigrant" because the "word illegal is an accurate description for actions, but not individuals," according to former managing editor Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush.
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Q: Dragging on canvas JavaScript I've been using the mousedown, mousemove, and other touch events, but none of them seemed to solve my problem.
My goal is to try to get an object that follows the user's finger or mouse. I tried using mousemove, and it worked, but only on the computer. On a mobile device it failed, only following the beginning of the tap, and nothing else.
I think the problem might be caused because on a computer, if the mouse is clicked and dragged, the computer perceives it as a drag. On mobile, a drag might mean you are not done with the tap.
Any ideas on what to use, or what the problem is?
Thank you in advance!
Here's some example code
document.addEventListener("mousemove", function(e){
    var x = e.pageX;
    var y = e.pageY;
});

A: For touchscreen input, you will have to use the touch-event API.
These API includes

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*touchstart

*touchend

*touchcancel

*touchmove

Alternatively, if you can experiment with the new pointer event APIs.
With that you can write code similar with using mouse's event. e.g.

*

*mousedown > pointerdown

*mouseup > pointerup

*mousemove > pointermove

This specification integrates various inputs from mice, touchscreens, and pens, making separate implementations no longer necessary and authoring for cross-device pointers easier. Not to be mistaken with the unrelated "pointer-events" CSS property. -- caniuse

However, it is not well supported by other browser yet. See pointer's browsers compatibility
Fortunately, there is a polyfill for that https://github.com/jquery/PEP

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Canon's innovative new EF – RF optical adapter, the Mount Adapter EF-EOS R 0.71x, converts light transmission from full-frame to the Super 35mm image format. It extends the angle of view and optical sensitivity, while seamlessly integrating with the camera's optical corrections. This unit greatly expands the list of compatible lenses by including Canon's renowned line of EF lenses.
In addition to the flanges of the RF mount, four screws securely attach the adapter to the EOS C70 camera. Once mounted, the adapter maintains a similar angle of view of your full frame lenses on the Super 35mm sensor, while boosting the speed of the attached lens. The adapter also carries all EF information through to the RF contacts, so, on certain EF lenses*, full DPAF and metadata will be available with EOS C70 camera, working much as they do on a native EF mount.
*RF lenses, EF-M lenses, and EF-S lenses are excluded from the EF lens series. Compatible EF lenses are "EF16-35mm F2.8L III USM", "EF24-70mm F2.8L II USM" and "EF24-105mm F4L IS II USM". As of September 24, 2020. With the firmware update provided free of charge, the corresponding lenses will be expanded sequentially. Even if you do not update the firmware, you can use the EF lens, but it is recommended to use the firmware update in order to effectively use the function linked with the camera.
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The family-sized Hunter Herald 8 Double Sided warms up your room in an instant.
This generous stove gives a lot and asks very little. The Herald 8 delivers a maximum heat output of 11kW, and is fully CE approved, so it's just perfect for big family rooms. Designed to burn cleanly (for fewer emissions), this stove can be used with logs or approved solid fuel. Situated in a vast chimney, it makes a sensational centrepiece.


So summer time is here once again which can only mean one thing: no new game releases to play. So what do I find myself doing? I again continue pouring more hours into games like League of Legends or Team Fortress 2, which by design has no end, all while I have a giant backlog of games which will only be made larger by the Steam Summer Sale.
This gave me the thought that many people have every year, which is to start playing some of the many backlog titles we all have. I mean, in my Steam library alone, I have so many great games like Witcher 2, Fallout New Vegas and even Walking Dead. (I'm almost embarrassed to have not finished them, let alone start.) These all award-winning titles were purchased and installed over the course of the last few Steam sales, and I still have 0 hours logged in. These are just the tip of my new-found summer oasis.
Why do many of us gamers treat even some of the best games released in recent years like E.T for Atari? We all spend our hard-earned money (or at least someone's hard-earned money) and just abandon the games to darkest depths of our library. Now I know that we are in a hay-day for games, with the new consoles finally starting to pick up steam (see what I did there?) with recent launches like Watch Dogs, UFC, Wolfenstein and the next Transformers, but that's it for bigger launches until August. So as gamers, what do we do until then?
So I challenge each of you to put down your normal go-to game and dust off your game collection, whether it be physical or digital, and show a forgotten game some love to break up the monotony of gaming. Even if you play it for just an hour, it will make you appreciate your love of gaming so much more to play something new. So what are you playing from your Summer Oasis?


This member of the finch family might possibly be mistaken for a Greenfinch, except for the fact that the Siskin is smaller and has such a distinctive pair of yellow bars on each wing. The Siskin pictured here is a male, with the almost black crown and small patch under the chin; the female is not so bright and is noticeably brown-striped on the head and under the chin.
Many Siskins are winter visitors; however, there is also a resident population, particularly in the north of Britain. They generally nest in fir trees, building from twigs, grass, moss, hair, feathers and wool. The four or five eggs in a clutch, laid in April, May or June, are bluish-white with lilac and brown spots.
Siskins eat seeds and small insects, and they will readily come to bird tables in quiet gardens.


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Puppeteer who performed Sesame Street's Big Bird, Oscar, dies at 85
Published 08/12/2019 in Entertainment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought boyish vulnerability to Big Bird, the towering yellow-plumed character, during 50 years on the groundbreaking children's television show "Sesame Street" and even made garbage-loving Oscar the Grouch loveable, died on Sunday at the age of 85, the Sesame Workshop said.
Spinney, who suffered from the movement disorder dystonia, had provided only Big Bird's voice since 2015 while another puppeteer was in the costume.
"We at Sesame Workshop mourn his passing and feel an immense gratitude for all he has given to Sesame Street and to children around the world," the show's co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney said in a statement on Sunday.
Big Bird, Oscar and Spinney were part of "Sesame Street" when it made its debut Nov. 10, 1969, with the goal of entertaining and educating young children, especially those in low-income families.
Spinney announced his retirement at age 84 in October 2018 after completing episodes that were to be aired in 2019 to mark the show's 50th year.
With Spinney inside, Big Bird danced with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, sang at Carnegie Hall, passed out Emmys, appeared on the cover of Time magazine and toured China with Bob Hope. He performed with everyone from Johnny Cash to Michael Jackson.
Spinney's career inside the Big Bird costume was portrayed in the 2015 documentary "I Am Big Bird." The film covered some of his darker moments, including suicidal thoughts after his first wife left him and took their kids, and the jealousy he felt when the character Elmo became more popular than Big Bird.
The beloved Big Bird was a fluffy pear-shaped mass of yellow-dyed turkey feathers set atop spindly legs and standing more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall. At first he was a dim-witted goof but Spinney developed him into a character whom children could relate to – an excitable naïf with the sensibilities of a 6-year-old who was learning letters and numbers just like the young viewers who adored him.
Big Bird was often flustered but persevered with the help of his neighbors on Sesame Street, where puppet creatures and humans lived side by side.
"Through Big Bird I've learned things that have changed my life, lessons that have stayed with me even when I'm not in the puppet," Spinney said in his book, "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch)". "I'm certain that being a bird has made me a better person."
In a statement announcing his retirement, Spinney said: "Even as I step down from my roles, I feel I will always be Big Bird. And even Oscar, once in a while."
HAND IN THE HEAD, HAND IN THE WING
Spinney said Big Bird's voice was actually his own, just a little higher, but bringing him to life was physically demanding. He had to keep his right hand straight up in Big Bird's head while his left arm was in the costume's left wing. He operated the right wing by pulling on a cord and used an interior video monitor to see what was going on in front of him.
Spinney was close to Jim Henson, the man behind "Sesame Street" and the Muppets puppet troupe, and he wore the full Big Bird costume when he sang the Muppet anthem "Bein' Green" at Henson's funeral in 1990.
Big Bird and death also were part of one of most memorable moments on "Sesame Street." Actor Will Lee, who played storekeeper Mr. Hooper, died in 1982, and it turned into a lesson for children as the show's cast gathered around Big Bird to explain the loss of the friend who had made him bird-seed milkshakes.
"When we finished there were tears on all the actors' faces," Spinney said in an interview on the "Sesame Street" website. "When I came out of the suit, I had to have a towel because I had been crying."
Spinney also gave life to Big Bird's antithesis, Oscar the Grouch, the furry green creature who offered his curmudgeonly views on the goings-on on Sesame Street. Oscar lived in a garbage can and sang about his love of trash – "anything dirty or dingy or dusty, anything ragged or rotten or rusty."
Spinney said the gravelly voice he gave Oscar was an imitation of the tough-talking New York cab driver who took Spinney to the studio the day he was to debut the character.
Spinney grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, and developed his interest in puppets as a child. He said he never had a desire to be seen by the audience.
He pursued puppetry in his spare time while in the Air Force by starting a kids' show for a Las Vegas television station. Once back in Boston, he was part of the "Bozo the Clown Show" before Henson brought him to Sesame Street.
Spinney credited his 1979 marriage to Debra Gilroy, who worked for the company that produced "Sesame Street," for turning his life around.
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package slaq.meta

import java.sql._
import slaq.{ResultSetInvoker, UnitInvoker}

/**
 * A wrapper for a row in the ResultSet returned by DatabaseMetaData.getClientInfoProperties().
 */
case class MClientInfoProperty(name: String, maxLen: Int, defaultValue: String, description: String)

object MClientInfoProperty {
  private[this] val m = try { classOf[DatabaseMetaData].getMethod("getClientInfoProperties") }
  catch { case _: NoSuchMethodException => null }

  def getClientInfoProperties: UnitInvoker[MClientInfoProperty] = {
    ResultSetInvoker[MClientInfoProperty](_.metaData.getClientInfoProperties()) { r =>
      MClientInfoProperty(r<<, r<<, r<<, r<<)
    }
  }
}