Clay Buchholz makes his long-awaited return from the disabled list when he faces reigning AL Cy Young award winner David Price and the Rays on Tuesday at Tropicana Field. Buchholz spent more than three months on the disabled list with a shoulder injury. Red Sox manager John Farrell said Buchholz will be on a 75-80 pitch limit against second-place Tampa Bay, which enters the three-game series 7½ games behind Boston in the AL East. '€œAt a certain point, yeah, I didn'€™t really think I'€™d be able to throw or let it go again. That'€™s what I was feeling. That feeling'€™s gone, and I feel good now,'€ said Buchholz after a bullpen session Sunday. '€œMentally I'€™m ready. I think that'€™s what everyone was questioning -- mental toughness and everything. But I know my body better than everybody else does. I'€™m comfortable pitching now. There'€™s nothing wrong that'€™s come up.'€ Through more than two months, Buchholz was enjoying his best season of his seven-year career. In 84 1/3 innings, the righty produced career highs in ERA (1.71) and WHIP (1.02), and his best strikeout-per-nine ratio (8.5) since 2008. He also posted an unblemished 9-0 record. Buchholz made his last start on June 8, a 7-2 win against the Angels, when he gave up two runs in 6 2/3 innings. Buchholz faced the Rays at Fenway Park in his third start of the season, and he dazzled. He struck out a career-high 11 in eight innings and allowed just two hits and zero runs. Price, who led the AL in ERA (2.56) and wins (20) en route to winning the 2012 AL Cy Young award, enters Tuesday'€™s game on a cold streak. His ERA over his last five outings sits at 4.78. In his last start, Price was roughed up the Angels for six runs and 11 hits in seven innings. The 11 hits were the most Price has allowed since May 10, 2012. It'€™s been a strange up-and-down season for Price, who went on the disabled list for a triceps injury on May 16, after a putrid start against the Red Sox in which he lasted only 2 1/3 innings. His ERA at the time was 5.24. On July 2, Price made his first start in a month and a half, and the rest clearly did him well as he morphed back into the Cy Young version of himself. From that date to Aug. 9, Price'€™s ERA was 1.40. In 64 1/3 innings, the lefty walked just two batters and struck out 44. In back-to-back games at Fenway Park, Price went a combined 16 1/3 innings and allowed just two runs in a pair of wins. After the ups and downs, Price'€™s ERA has settled at 3.51 entering Tuesday'€™s game. Red Sox vs. Price (LHP) Dustin Pedroia (48): .286/.375/.452, 1 HR, 4 doubles, 3 RBIs, 6 walks, 7 strikeouts David Ortiz (39): .235/.333/.324, 3 doubles, 4 RBIs, 5 walks, 7 strikeouts Jacoby Ellsbury (36): .206/.250/.441, 1 HR, 1 triple, 3 doubles, 1 RBI, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts Mike Napoli (28): .296/.321/.556, 2 HR, 1 double, 1 walk, 14 strikeouts Daniel Nava (19): .056/.105/.056, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts Shane Victorino (19): .235/.316/.235, 1 RBI, 2 walks, 1 strikeout Jonny Gomes (18): .176/.222/.235, 1 double, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts John McDonald (15): .214/.267/.357, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 walk Jarrod Saltalamacchia (14): .083/.214/.167, 1 double, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts Will Middlebrooks (10): .500/.500/.900, 1 HR, 1 double, 3 RBIs, 2 strikeouts Ryan Lavarnway (9): .222/.222/.333, 1 double, 4 strikeouts Stephen Drew (8): .000/.125/.000, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts Brandon Snyder (6): .333/.333/.833, 1 HR, 1 RBI David Ross (5): .400/.400/1.600, 2 HR, 2 RBIs, 1 strikeout Quintin Berry (2): .000/.000/.000 Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mike Carp have not faced Price. Rays vs. Buchholz (RHP) Ben Zobrist (40): .118/.250/.147, 1 double, 2 RBIs, 6 walks, 6 strikeouts Luke Scott (39): .219/.359/.500, 2 HR, 3 doubles, 5 RBIs, 6 walks, 8 strikeouts Evan Longoria (36): .219/.306/.313, 3 doubles, 1 RBI, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts Matt Joyce (25): .286/.363/.333, 1 double, 2 RBIs, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts Jose Molina (22): .350/.364/.400, 1 double, 4 RBIs, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts Yunel Escobar (20): .200/.368/.400, 1 HR, 2 RBIs, 4 walks, 1 strikeout Desmond Jennings (18): .200/.250/.267, 1 double, 1 RBI, 3 strikeouts Kelly Johnson (14): .100/.308/.100, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts David DeJesus (12): .333/.500/.444, 1 double, 3 walks, 1 strikeout Sean Rodriguez (12): .300/.273/.400, 1 double, 1 RBI, 3 strikeouts Delmon Young (9): .111/.111/.111, 2 RBIs, 2 strikeouts James Loney (6): .000/.333/.000, 2 walk Sam Fuld (5): .250/.400/.500, 1 double, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 strikeout Chris Gimenez (4): .000/.250/.000, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts Jose Lobaton and Wil Myers have not faced Buchholz.


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The Mystery Schools by Grace F. Knoche. Behind the world's religions, philosophies, and sciences lies the hidden source of humanity's inner life and spiritual sustenance. Through the intellectual awakening of infant mankind millions of years ago, to the subsequent misuse of knowledge which led to the foundation of Mystery colleges by great sages and seers, The Mystery Schools traces this movement back to the earliest times.
It describes the role of the brotherhood of adepts in discovering, disseminating, and preserving the truths of nature and man, and discusses the purposes and methods of the Mysteries, the pattern of esotericism, routes of initiation, and the Mystery schools today.
"A Mystery school is a university of the soul, a school for the study of the mysteries of the inner nature of man and of surrounding nature. By understanding these mysteries, the student perceives his intimate relationship with divinity, and strives through self-discipline and devotion to become at one with his inner god.
This book attempts to present certain fundamental lines of teaching which it is hoped will give a more or less clear picture of what a Mystery school really is. Full and specific knowledge of the Mystery schools – where they have been, where now they function, what are their chief characteristics – has not been given out. The student can find, however, a generous amount of information scattered here and there in the literatures of the past and can build up for himself a coherent picture of the pageantry of the Mystery schools, a picture which will turn into the reality of experience only as he becomes inwardly prepared through lifetimes of dedication and the study and practice of the ancient wisdom." – Foreword
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Good cop, bad mayor
By Editorials
Nov 15, 2014 | 4:10 AM
A tale of two Bills. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News)
Never has it been clearer that Mayor de Blasio is not where he has to be for the good of New York: on the same page as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.
Bratton is standing foursquare in opposition to two misguided pieces of City Council legislation that would impede lawful action by police. He nailed the bills as "part of an ongoing effort to bridle the police and the city of New York."
Meanwhile, the mayor, a study in mush, refuses to stand solidly with Bratton, apparently for fear of alienating the anti-stop-and-frisk constituencies that carried him into City Hall.
Bratton says of the two measures: "We are trying to make this city safe, and any unnecessary burdens that are being placed on the department are going in just the opposite direction."
De Blasio responds, when asked whether he will veto them: "You know, we obviously have to protect the rights of our people, but we also have to make sure that we're not, in any way, undermining the ability of law enforcement to do its job. So, I have some concerns that, you know, I need to hear answered in this process."
What process? What more does the mayor need to hear? His police commissioner has spoken. Has the mayor so little confidence in Bratton's judgment that he might actually sign laws vehemently opposed by his top cop?
From the beginning of their relationship, many New Yorkers wondered whether de Blasio, elected on a promise to fix an NYPD that "unfairly targets people of color," and Bratton, a politically savvy cop's cop, could come into sync.
Both have insisted that there is "no tension," as Bratton put it, and that "we share a vision," as de Blasio put it, as tensions seemed evident.
The strain showed most prominently when de Blasio placed Bratton on an equal plane with the Rev. Al Sharpton at a City Hall forum.
Then came marijuana. Early this year, Bratton called decriminalizing pot "a major mistake and something I will never support." But there he was with de Blasio this week doing just that.
One of the proposed laws that has drawn Bratton's opposition would expose cops to criminal charges for using chokeholds, a restraint that contributed to Eric Garner's death on Staten Island.
The NYPD has banned the maneuver except in life-and-death situations and is developing training every officer will receive about using force near the neck. Those steps are sufficient, especially since a cop who harms someone with an unjustified chokehold is already subject to criminal prosecution.
The second bill would loonily require cops to get a written or recorded okay before conducting a search of a car, house or person — after notifying the individual that he or she has a constitutional right to refuse the search. The may-I-please caution would apply when cops lack a warrant or probable cause for a search.
Above and beyond the mandates of the U.S. Supreme Court, such a warning would terminate numerous preliminary investigations.
Bratton is right about both bills. By refusing to stand with him, de Blasio opens the commissioner to second-guessing and undercuts Bratton's authority in pursuit of political considerations.
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Q: mini-Kanren, core.logic, clojure: Reasoned Scheme Exercise 60 This is NOT homework -- the solution is already in the text. I just failed to understand the solution.
Problem
(run* (q)
  (let [a (== true q)
        b (== false q)]
    b))

Correct Solution
(false)

My believed solution
()

My Confusion
Apparently the "a (== true q)" line is NOT executed, since only b is the goal. This confuses me. My mental model so far for logic programming has been:

*

*consider all possible assignemnts to q

*output the ones that manages to pass through the entire program
Thus, the "a (== true q)" forces q = true, which makes it impossible to satisfy the "b (== false q)" line.
However, apparently only "thigns needed to compute the goal" are executed. What's going on? What's the right mental execution model for core.logic / mini-kanren?
Thanks
(BTW, I'm clearly in the wrong, since mini-karen + core.logic agre with each other -- I just want to understand what I'm doing wrong.)

A: == produces a goal. But you don't pass the a goal to run. So run doesn't know about it. A comparable situation is this:
(defn call [f] (f))

(call
  (let [a #(println "a")
        b #(println "b")]
    b))

The a function is created but not passed to call. So it is never executed.

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Arena II
Women's Artistic Gymnastics
Thread starter macy
Hopefully there's not a thread on this anywhere already, but figured i'd see who else follows it like i do! i really enjoy women's artistic and rhythmic gymnastics since it has some similarities to skating. I usually watch all the big broadcasts here in the US on NBC and the Olympic Channel.
Who do you love watching?
Who are you excited about being a possibility for making 2020?
What about worlds coming up this October?
is Simone Biles really human? (jk )
MissBeeFarm
On the Ice
I originally come from gymnastics. It's my first love, so to speak.
My team are the Russian ladies and I'm especially excited about Mustafina's post-baby come back these days. It would be wonderful if she made the World team. Melnikova has really won me over, too. She was such a mess last year, and always so unhappy with her performances. And now she's regained all her confidence from her junior days it seems. It's great to see. Eremina is wonderful as well. Hopefully her back will hold up during her comeback. Generally I fall in love with Russian juniors and they burn out before turning senior, lol. The life of a fan... [emoji28]
I never ever watch NBC, they are awful. BBC used to be great, but they've gotten a lot more biased as well with the success of the British ladies. But still miles better than whatever crap the NBC is talking about. The commentator from Euros (from the UEG livestream) was amazing! Hopefully we'll hear from him again.
MissBeeFarm said:
I give Mustafina SO much credit for coming back after having a baby. I can't even imagine how difficult that would be and the new things you'd have to adapt to from your body undergoing all those changes. She deserves a medal just for that.
Is Komova still competing? I haven't seen much of her in a while...i always loved watching her lines, she was gorgeous.
and i do agree, NBC is awful with commentating not only in FS but gymnastics too. Tim Daggett is the equivalent to Johnny and Tara. I'd pick BBC over any of them anytime!
Reactions: moonvine
Well, Komova was training for another comeback, which she and the RusFed actually hyped a lot (#KomovaIsBack). She won AA bronze at the Russian Cup earlier this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZTeLw7gxNs (same as Mustafina's comeback competition) However, her difficulty wasn't there yet and she had some minor injury again before Euros.
This weekend she posted some cryptic stuff on Instagram about being able to leave something without regretting it. So who knows if she's still training...
so will Mustafina at least be at worlds? The Russians who competed at worlds last year were pretty underwhelming...but then again pretty much all the women were.
macy said:
Should she be healed enough when the selection takes place she'll make the Worlds team I'd say.
I wouldn't call the Russians from last year underwhelming, and if you do, this year could be even more underwhelming. Last year had Paseka who won Worlds, Eremina who won two medals, Melnikova as a good AA prospect and Ilyankova as a great event specialist. The two who won medals (Paseka and Eremina) are out this year. And who is there to replace them? Simakova is not as good as Eremina in the AA, same goes for Alexeeva. Akhaimova doesn't come close to Paseka on vault and her floor has regressed a lot since last year, so no medal chances there either. Perebinosova is a good bars worker but not as good as Ilyankova. Melnikova getting her mojo back will be the one thing that will definitely be better than last year. And Mustafina is still a question mark for sure. If she makes the Worlds team, I think it'll be as a UB/BB specialist instead of AA. She can win a medal in both events but it won't be easy. So all in all, if you think last year was underwhelming, you sholdn't get your hopes up too high this year.
Sam-Skwantch
"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good"
That dismount tho
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoR3mK9gmVd/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1jlc9fo8k54ah
Sam-Skwantch said:
they did some CRAZY stuff on UB back then did she even do one handstand? it's foreign compared to what's being done today.
Also to answer my own question from earlier, Mustafina is on the worlds roster
Heres the link for the US womens worlds selection camp starting at 3 PM EST
https://youtu.be/1Fdwuy2V9EY
anyone been following the US women at worlds so far? who do you think will make the AA besides simone?
Alexz
I hope this would be helpful:
2018 Artistic World Championships
Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2018
Oct. 29 / Men's Team Final / Olympic Channel / 9-11 a.m. ET (live)
Oct. 30 / Women's Team Final / Olympic Channel / 9-10:30 a.m. ET (live)
Oct. 31 / Men's All-Around Final / Olympic Channel / 9-11 a.m. ET -(live)
Nov. 1 / Women's All-Around Final / Olympic Channel / 9-10:30 a.m. ET (live)
Nov. 1 / Women's All-Around Final / NBCSN / 8-10 p.m. ET (delayed)
Nov. 2 / Event Finals / Olympic Channel / 9 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (live)
Nov. 2 / Event Finals / NBCSN / 10 p.m.-12 a.m. ET (delayed)
Nov. 3 / Event Finals / NBCSN / 10 p.m.-12 a.m. ET -(delayed)
Nov. 4 / Gymnastics Coverage / NBC / 3-6 p.m. ET (delayed)
After a heavy favorite Simone it is pretty much very close. Morgan Hurd probably will get that second spot of USA for AA final. I would say there are more others 7-8 worthy candidates for silver and bronze this year. If at least half of them hit it and go clean with just a minor mistakes.. well... the whole thing for medals will be very close this time.
icybear
Next friday and saturday is going to be difficult with both gymnastics finals and gp helsinki going on
TontoK
Hot Tonto
Alexz said:
I'm a bit of a fair-weather fan of gymnastics. I'll watch on TV, but it has to be served up to me. I don't do fan boards or anything like that.
But this whole Biles comeback has me a bit captivated. As far as the AA title, I can't imagine anyone getting close. She also appears to be a virtual lock for Vault and Floor Gold, as well as the betting favorite on Beam. Some are speculating that with her upgraded difficulty and execution, she's not out of the running for a bars medal, too.
This is a totally dominant athlete. Very impressive.
That said, I'm told that balance beams, like ice, are slippery. You don't win medals on paper. So, good luck to her.
TontoK said:
it really is amazing what she's done and is still doing. i just really, really hope she doesn't get burned out or injured...being at the top as long as she has has to be really exhausting. hoping for the best the next couple years leading up to tokyo.
unless she makes several mistakes, simone is absolutely a lock for AA gold. i think if both riley and morgan do well in prelims its going to be close for that 2nd spot.
Biles is a force of nature. :yes:
I just saw some of Aliya's podium training. She is back in business with her elegance (and a newborn kid). I can't remember anyone of her elite level to make a comeback after pregnancy and still be relatively good and competitive. She is my always problematic favorite.
If Aliya won't get any medal - this World's is officially canceled. I'm sorry but I don't make the rules. :furious:
luckyguy
Match Penalty
The Men's All-Around Qualifications started today:
At the moment is Nikita Nagornyy from Russia in the lead.
http://gymnastics.sport/publicdir/live_results/13335/qual_men.php?app=aa
The complete schedule (men and women) and results are here:
https://live.gymnastics.sport/schedule.php?idevent=13335
i watched a little of her yesterday too, she is a beast for coming back. she is so easy on the eyes to watch, especially on bars
oly2018
Final Flight
I think Riley may have the edge over Morgan for the second spot, but they have been pretty neck and neck. I am still waiting to see who the alternate will be. I think it will be Ragan, but I think they are still deciding between her and Kara Eaker. I love Kara's beam, but I don't understand why the team needs a beam specialist.
SO glad the original poster started this thread. I have been looking for somewhere to talk gymnastics
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Carlisle is a home rule-class city in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,010 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Nicholas County. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 32 and Kentucky Route 36, about halfway between Lexington and Maysville.

History
Carlisle was founded in 1816 when John Kincart donated land to facilitate the relocation of the county seat from Ellisville,  to the north.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Carlisle has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,010 people, 892 households, and 546 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,040 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.10% White, 0.8% African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 892 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 35% of all households were made up of individuals, and 37.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 19, 5.0% from 20 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,112, and the median income for a family was $42,664.

Education
Public Schools:

• Nicholas County Elementary School

• Nicholas County Middle School

• Nicholas County High School

Private Schools:

• New Beginnings Christian Academy

Public Library:

Carlisle has a lending library, a branch of the Nicholas County Public Library.

Notable people
Betty Blake, Steamboat preservationist.
Daniel Boone, pioneer, folk hero
Gatewood Galbraith, political activist
Bela M. Hughes, pioneer
Robert T. McCowan, Ashland Oil Vice Chairman and UK Board Director
Barbara Kingsolver, writer
Thomas Metcalfe, moved to a farm in Carlisle

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Cities in Kentucky
Cities in Nicholas County, Kentucky
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Illegal Immigrants at Columbia University Issue Outlandish List of Demands
30 May, 2017 by	Dave Blount
Having figured out that no one is going to deport more than a tiny percentage of them, illegal aliens are escalating their demands:
Illegal immigrants at Columbia University are demanding free health coverage along with mandatory "sensitivity training" for professors and staff.
"Sensitivity training" means brainwashing people with the concept that by being in the country illegally, Third World colonists are "oppressed" and "marginalized" and therefore deserve special rights and privileges at the expense of people who belong here.
"We refuse to amend or change any of these demands," the group UndoCU began their 13-point list.
The list includes need-based funding for illegal aliens. Emory University already offers free tuition for illegal aliens who say they can't pay.
[Columbia] devotes an entire page on its website to listing the resources it offers for such students, noting that it has designated a liaison between undocumented students and the administration, arranged pro-bono legal representation, and even provides support from Counseling and Psychological Services.
But none of that is enough for the illegal aliens at Columbia, because nothing you give looters and moochers will ever be enough.
The time has come for regular Americans to make a demand of their own for a change: a row of catapults at the border to send crybully illegal aliens on their way home.
An excellent means of enforcing immigration law.


ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday claimed that over half the population of the Afrin region in northern Syria in which his army launched an invasion was Arab and that the Kurds there were from elsewhere.
"We house about 3.5 million Syrians [as refugees]. We want to send them back to their land in no time," he said, as intensive aerial and ground attacks continued to target US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions and population centers in Afrin.
Erdogan's televised remarks reminded of a 1970s Syrian Ba'athist regime's policy of creating an "Arab belt" in the north of the country by expelling the Kurds and resettling Arabs.
The regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein engaged in a similar and more decisive Arabization campaign in the Kirkuk Province in the second half of the 20th century.
After last year's military takeover of Kirkuk by the Iraqi army and Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi militias, the Kurdistan Region accused Iraq of restarting policies of Arabization.
Over the past year, Erdogan has repeatedly claimed that Afrin, with its some 360 villages and towns, was Arab, an allegation state-owned Anadolu Agency illustrated to justify the much-threatened military intervention.
He also insisted the operation—that has so far killed over a dozen civilians—was not targeting the Kurds, but "terrorists," on the ground the YPG is linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that is fighting the Turkish state over government suppression of Kurdish demands of self-rule.
In the same speech, Erdogan denied the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire and said Turks were the real victims of a genocide.
Later in the day, he discussed the Afrin offensive with the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli, Anadolu reported.
"Let Afrin be destroyed and the terrorists there be burned," Bahceli had said earlier.


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Cabrera MB, Bogan S, Posadas P, Somoza GM, Montoya-Burgos JI, Cardoso YP. J. Fish Biol. 2017 Jul;():. 10.1111/jfb.13370.
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I've been using EXIFtool for a long time and today I decided to register in the forum to ask a question.
Greenshot.exe (see programme on http://getgreenshot.org/downloads/).
According to the About section of programme, it's x64, and it's, in fact, installed in <Program Files> instead of <Program Files(x86)>. However, EXIFtool 10.53 says it's x86.
Thank you in advance for your help and congratulations on this great piece of software!
The MachineType in the PE COFF header indicates an Intel 386 or later, so ExifTool reports this as 32-bit. According to this post, this should work. Perhaps try some of the other methods shown here to see what they say.
Thank you very much for your quick answer and excuse me for my late response. I appreciate the information you've provided.
The advantage of using EXIFTool is that you don't need to run the application to know whether it's x86 or x64. If I understood well, the developer didn't write the correct information on the EXE file and that's why EXIFTool displays x86 instead of x64. I guess I could write to the developer to make them know.
Perhaps try some of the other methods shown here to see what they say.
I downloaded the program mentioned and tested it with the methods mentioned in that link. Windows classifies the program as 64 bit. Exiftool 10.55 returns it as Win32 EXE.
Thank you for your testing. I only wanted to say that Win32 (file type) corresponds to both x86 and x64 (machine type). EXIFTool shows "Win32 EXE" for file type and "Intel 386 or later, and compatibles" (x86) for machine type. I've double-checked and I'm using the 64-bit version of the programme.
Thank you: I've just sent you the file.
I got the file, thanks. I'll see what I can do to identify it properly, but this will take some work.
I was wondering if there's been any progress on this issue.
No progress yet, sorry. I did a bit of research so far but didn't find anything useful.
This is still on my list to look into in more detail, but the time scale at this point is months since I am about to go on a 3 week vacation starting monday.
I hope you don't mind me asking if there are any updates about the issue. I suppose it's not a big deal for people using EXIF, but it would be nice to know that the detection of the x86 or x64 architecture is accurate.
Thanks for reminding me. I'll bump this up on my to-do list.


Looking for a great WordPress portfolio plugin to show off your work? If you're any type of creative, you probably have a collection of work that you share with prospective clients or employers.
While there are plenty of great free portfolio themes and premium portfolio themes, the advantage of a portfolio plugin is that you can integrate it into an existing theme or site.
So if you have already have a WordPress site, or if you're just in love with a theme that doesn't have portfolio functionality, using one of the plugins on this list is what you want.
As the name suggests, Essential Grid is a grid plugin, not specifically a portfolio plugin. But if you think about it, most portfolios are just grids! And Essential Grid also has some other features that make it a great option for portfolios.
Essential Grid is pretty flexible because it lets you display any content in your portfolio.
One simple implementation would be to just upload images and create what is essentially a gallery of your work.
But Essential Grid also lets you create grids from posts or post types. So you could also create a custom post type for portfolio items and then use Essential Grid to display that content, complete with links to the full portfolio item where a visitor can learn more about the project.
Or, if you're a filmmaker, you could use videos in your grid to showcase your reel – Essential Grid supports players for both videos and audio files.
Basically – if it works well in a grid, Essential Grid will let you do it.
One of the most relevant features for portfolios is that dynamic filter feature you saw from the example. With it, you can tag your portfolio items and then let visitors filter them as desired.
Essential Grid also includes a ton of templates that you can use to create more interesting portfolio layouts. And if those templates aren't enough, Essential Grid also includes a visual builder if you want to create your own.
Finally, if you want to let visitors see your work in more detail without requiring them to click through to a different page, Essential Grid supports lightbox functionality, including a neat lightbox feature to let visitors play videos in the lightbox.
There's no free version of Essential Grid. You can purchase the full plugin for $27 at CodeCanyon.
You can probably guess from the name that this is another grid plugin that's easily adaptable to work as a portfolio plugin.
In fact, you'll notice a lot of similarities between Essential Grid, so your decision will probably come down to the templates/styling of each.
Like Essential Grid, The Grid is also quite flexible because it lets you include a variety of content types.
So you can do the same thing – you could just include a simple portfolio of images or videos. Or, you could create a Portfolio post type and actually link to separate pages for each individual portfolio item.
This list is pretty much identical to Essential Grid.
The Grid offers that same filterable portfolio feature that lets visitors sort by tag without a page reload.
You can also choose from a bunch of pre-made templates or build your own template using a drag-and-drop skin builder.
Finally, The Grid also has lightbox functionality.
Again, I'd say that for most portfolio users, styling is the most notable difference.
One area where The Grid differs significantly (!) is pricing. Whereas Essential Grid will cost you $27, The Grid weighs in at just $26. So you can take that dollar and treat yourself at McDonalds.
Unlike the previous two plugins, WP Portfolio is specifically marketed as a portfolio plugin. While you can use it for anything, this plugin really excels if you're a web designer looking to show off complete websites that you've built.
The reason? Your visitors will be able to preview the entire website in a popup that looks a lot like the WordPress Customizer.
For this example, I'll give you two screenshots because it's essential to what makes WP Portfolio unique.
Then, once a user clicks on a portfolio item, it opens this full-screen view that's kind of like a lightbox. What's different from your average lightbox, though, is that the website preview is fully interactive.
You can see a live version of this effect at the Astra Starter Sites library – it's the exact same idea (the Astra team basically just rebundled this functionality as the WP Portfolio plugin).
Again, WP Portfolio excels when it comes to creating a portfolio of websites that you've built.
But that's not all it can do – you can also create portfolios of images or videos. Those types use a more traditional lightbox approach.
Finally, you can also create images that link to separate pages for individual portfolio items.
You can also include search functionality for especially large portfolios. And you also get infinite scroll to let people view everything, as well as lazy loading to avoid slowing down your site by loading all of the portfolio items at once.
There's no free version. The paid version starts at $49. Or, you can also get it as part of Brainstorm Force's bundles.
Let's go back to the grid plugins! Media Grid is another solid option that lets you put together your portfolio items in a flexible grid. One neat thing here is that you can add a search box to your portfolio display, which might come in handy if you want to display an especially large portfolio.
So, as you saw above, you can let people play different media types right from the portfolio. Or, you can also link through to the full post if needed.
You can either create your portfolio items from static content – like a specific set of videos or images. Or, you can also use dynamic content, like the latest posts from a Portfolio custom post type.
I already pointed out the fact that you get both tag filters and the search box.
Media Grid also supports lightbox popups so that visitors can see each portfolio item in more detail.
Media Grid costs $25 at CodeCanyon.
Go Portfolio is a popular portfolio plugin that comes with a ton of pre-built portfolio demos that you can plug-and-play into any WordPress theme.
Go Portfolio works a lot like the grid plugins in that you can include both "basic content" (images, videos, audio, etc.) as well as pull in WordPress posts or post types.
So if you could, for example, embed playable videos from YouTube or Vimeo in your portfolio.
It also has the option to add tag filters, as well as lightbox support, including an option to play videos in a lightbox.
Go Portfolio costs $24 at CodeCanyon.
FAT Portfolio is a dedicated WordPress portfolio plugin with some neat display options.
One of the unique things about this plugin is that it includes carousels and sliders in addition to the more traditional grid approach that a lot of the other plugins offer.
While FAT Portfolio can also do grids, I'll give you a look at one of the carousel portfolio types because, again, I think that's what makes this plugin unique on this list.
FAT Portfolio supports both images and videos, including an option to use post types as the portfolio items so that you can link to separate pages for each item.
You can also use FAT Portfolio to embed a Flickr or Instagram gallery, which might come in handy if you're a photographer and want to show off the work you're posting on social media.
FAT Portfolio includes the same tag filter option as the other plugins. But what's cool is that you can also add filterable tags to carousels (these work without a page reload).
You can also open portfolio items in a lightbox gallery if desired.
FAT Portfolio costs $22 at CodeCanyon.
Which WordPress Portfolio Plugin Should You Use?
That rounds up our list, but which of these portfolio plugins is actually right for you?
Well, I think a large part of that depends on what type of work you need to display.
If you just want to display some images in a grid or pull in content from a "portfolio item" post type that you've created, you'll probably be happy enough with any of the grid plugins. If you have any specific needs, you'll want to poke around the feature list and demos – for example, some have better video players than others. But at a high level, they're all doing mainly the same thing.
If you're looking to show off websites that you've built, give WP Portfolio a look because the way it offers a live preview is pretty unique.
And if you're looking to showcase video or audio, definitely make sure to pick one that lets you embed the player right in the portfolio. A lot of them will do it, but I especially liked the way Essential Grid handles externally embedded videos (example here).
Have any other questions about creating a portfolio with a WordPress plugin? Let us know in the comments!


What does jet lag have anything to do with food you may ask? Well, there may not be any obvious link between these two subjects. However, for me if I am feeling extreme fatigue with day time sleepiness then I may not be enjoying or appreciating any meals put in front of me. I also find jet lag to be a huge waste of time. Instead of being productive you end up sleeping and feeling tired most of the day with some restless and sleepless nights.
Recently I flew back to Boston from Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) just in time to celebrate my husband's birthday. The entire trip took nearly 40 hours of travel time including sitting around at different airports. Because of the ice storm causing days of delay in Texas my husband's plane landed a few hours after me. I ended up waiting for him at Logan (airport). I was not properly dressed for the cold weather but luckily my husband had his thick sweater and wool hat to lend me. Once outside of the airport we also had to be in this unusually long line of people waiting for a taxi. Even after midnight there must have been over a hundred people waiting patiently in the frigid cold. Once home I tried to adjust to the current time zone quickly. I slept for the night and woke up the next morning at around 7 am.
Fortunately for me I have had jet lag only twice in my life (once from traveling for the first time on a plane to the United States--35 years ago, and also my first trip to Europe--20 years ago) and I must tell you that it was not the most pleasant feeling. Some people like my husband deal with jet lag by taking melatonin (over-the-counter supplement) at bedtime to help his body regulate sleep and wake cycles. My flight attendant/professional traveler/neighbor, Inge finds that adjusting one hour per day gets her body acclimated to the current time zone. My friend and nurse practitioner colleague, Deb tells me she stays up all night packing for her trip and ends up being so tired that she would sleep off her jet lag. By the time she gets to her destination she has already fooled her body into adjusting to the local time.
Over the years I have come up with a solution that works for me on how to prevent jet lag. At least it worked everytime for the last 20 years of traveling. My secret for combating jet lag is that during the flight I would sleep at every possible moment and hydrate with plenty of fluid, preferably decaf liquid. Lucky for me I usually sleep even before take-off. I normally wake up when the flight attendants make their way by me with food or drinks. It is as though I have this instinct to just know when it is feeding time even while deeply asleep! I once sat (on the plane) next to a retired Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist who told me the cabin (of the plane) may lack oxygen causing me to sleep easily. Now that is one interesting theory I had not considered until I met him. Once home I try to adjust to the local time. If I land during the day time then I stay awake without taking any naps (which can be quite difficult at times). If it is night time then I sleep. It's that simple for me.
Here is an interesting article about artificial light and disruption of circadian rhythms,"Screens May Be Terrible for You, and Now We Know Why". This article makes me ponder if watching airline movies/shows and using your own personal screens (kindle, ipad, laptop, and etc) during those long flights increase your risk of circadian rhythm disruption and cause your jet lag to worsen.


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As of January, we have resumed our use of targeted savings accounts! I missed this system so in the last 2.5 years when our life has been in flux: becoming funemployed, living apart, moving to Seattle, and having a baby. But said baby is over six months old now and things are much more predictable, so we're back to using targeted savings.
But pressing "play" on our targeted savings system again is not like starting it up from scratch. When we first started up our targeted savings accounts, we were kinda broke. I mean, we had retirement savings, but we were living paycheck-to-paycheck in terms of our cash on hand. We had an anemic emergency fund and whatever we had been paid in the previous month to pay for both our regular and irregular expenses. And that sucked.
So we started using targeted savings accounts to turn our irregular expenses into regular, fixed expenses. We set up relatively small monthly savings rates to our targeted savings accounts and pulled from them whenever we incurred an irregular expense. All that is the same this time around, except the expected expenses have changed.
Here's what's different: When we started up our targeted savings accounts last time, we didn't have any savings. They were built up completely by the monthly savings rates. This was quite difficult for about the first year because we still had to pay for irregular expenses as they came up, even though we hadn't had sufficient time to build up the savings. This time around, we have some cash savings so we can pre-fill some of the targeted savings accounts.
This means that our current system is a bit more varied than our last one. We still have the proactive system of saving on an ongoing basis for predictable future expenses. But in addition, we have various amounts of money set aside for expenses that might occur at any time. Once those expenses do occur, we will refill our targeted savings accounts up to their starting balances. This refill money will probably usually come from budget leftovers, but could also come from money saved in other targeted savings accounts if we come in under budget on some expenses.
Here's an example to illustrate both of these aspects of the accounts. Our "Cars" targeted savings account will cover regularly occurring expenses like biannual insurance, annual registration, and annual inspection. We know when these expenses will occur and in what approximate amounts, so we have a savings rate set up to fund them ($79.44/month). But in addition, we have $400 already sitting in the account, designated for repairs and maintenance, which could occur at any time. Once we do incur a repair/maintenance cost that draws down that $400, we will refill that amount with available cash flow, probably over a few months. There's no big rush to get the account back up to $400 (plus the ongoing savings), though ideally it would be back at that level before we incur the next repair/maintenance cost.
You can see the starting balances and savings rates in each of our targeted savings accounts in our budget report from January.
This is a new type of system for us – both proactive and reactive saving – and it's only possible because we had savings left over from last time we built up our targeted savings accounts. At that time, we just kept saving and never really considered when an account was "full" with respect to our spending needs over the coming year. Under this system, we know when we can stop saving into one account and divert money to another.
There is a snag that we're struggling with right now: The refill money relies on us having leftover money from our regular monthly budget. The $800/month that we're already funneling into our targeted savings accounts is just about all the cash flow we can anticipate having, so there either isn't much left over from our budget or sometimes we have a deficit (like in January). I can see in our projections that our necessary saving into the targeted savings accounts drops quite a bit in June, so at that point we can probably do more to refill the starting balances of the targeted savings accounts – that is, unless new expenses start popping up on the horizon! If we never seems able to refill what we've spent out of the starting balances, we're going to have to make more serious cuts to our regular monthly budget.
The other big change this time around is that we haven't literally opened new savings accounts to house our targeted savings, but rather we are letting the balances stay together in our checking account. I have a separate spreadsheet that keeps track of the current balance of each targeted savings bucket. This is due to laziness only, and if it looks like the monthly spending part of our checking account is encroaching on the started savings part, I'll separate everything out under different accounts.
Has your system of targeted savings accounts evolved over its tenure? Do you keep pockets of savings available for spending at any time and then pay yourself back?
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We've always just had one big slush fund in savings (and some taxable stocks as a secondary emergency account). Back when we were broke, I'd have a list of all our expenses for the semester/year.
Now I have a spreadsheet where some of the expenses are a black box… I know what our average cc spending is, but I don't know how much is insurance vs. fancy coffee. I have in the past looked at, for example, how much of each paycheck we're spending on fixed vs. variable expenses and just how much we are paying for insurance each year, but since everything kind of evens out and stays pretty predictable I don't actually need to know the minutia.
That seems like a nice spot! You know how to examine the details when called for, but you don't have to continually keep track of them.
We have targeted savings, but contribute monthly to them. Since it is hard to estimate what is needed in them, after 12 months, we look at what we actually spent and readjust the monthly contributions. I know my husband and I want to take a more expensive vacation for our 5 year anniversary in 1.5 years, so we upped our vacation account contributions so we'll have enough. But if our plans change and we're up for something similar, we can cut back on that automatic savings. But in all honesty, since traveling is something we both value, we may just keep at that savings level so we can do more trips in the future. But then we have a pet-emergency fund too, that after a while, we can stop putting so much in unless we have another major emergency.
Working in fundraising with limited budgets, I'm not a fan of general savings accounts for all expenses; I like having multiple accounts so there's an accurate level of what is available for each category. While yes, you could take from one account to help with a super emergency, it's nice to see that yes, you do have $2,500 in your vacation account on top of your $10,000 in your home repair fund, so you can go on vacation this year.
This sounds similar to what we're doing now except that I'm planning to continually adjust our savings rates instead of doing it once per year. But once per year would be easier! We just don't have the cash flow to over-save at the moment.
That's what I like about targeted savings accounts, too! Now I have to look at a spreadsheet instead of Mint to see the different balances, though.
Where do you stash your cash when you're saving up for something?
Targeted savings takes some work, but most of it is in the planning and estimating costs, so that sort of takes as much time as you'll let it.


Are you having problem to brighter skin of your Facebook Messenger? Sometimes it affects your eye sight when you grab your phone every time you check messages from dark room right?
Now, Facebook Messenger is bringing to its user the Dark Mode feature which really helped protecting our eyes from brighter mode.
To activate this Dark Mode, you have to do some little changes in the settings of your messenger.
1. Pick a chat with any of your friends. Click your friend profile were you can see chat's setting.
2. Usually you can find the default thumbs up emoji in most chats setting, click and change it to the moon emoji by selecting it on the available emoji provided.
3. Your almost done, an alert message will pop-up saying the feature can now be enabled.
4. Lastly, head to App Settings and you'll find a Dark Mode toggle. Tap on it to enabled it.
That's it and your done, the moon emoji will forever stored in App Settings, for you to change the skin of your Facebook Messenger easy to turn it back off and on.


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Digital Marketing & Ad Tech News
Google's Search Domination Is Eroding Because of Amazon, Apps
By George P. Slefo. Published on January 10, 2018.
The Web3 shift: How advertisers can survive and win
Illustration by Ad Age
Google's share of search ad revenue is declining and will continue to erode each year, as increased competition from players like Amazon and Apple chip away at the tech titan's stranglehold, according to a new report by Forrester.
Digital ad revenue is expected to generate $85 billion this year, nearly half of it from paid search advertising—and most of that, in turn, spent with Google. Yet the overall search market on mobile is growing, and that growth isn't going to Google but instead to rivals such as Amazon, Pinterest and Apple, says Brandon Verblow, an analyst at Forrester.
"We show that Google's share is eroding not because anyone is cannibalizing it, but because there are other sources of search that are incrementally increasing the size of the market overall," Verblow says. "Google won't capture all of it."
As offline dollars shift to mobile, the search category itself will continue to grow, but unlike desktop—where Google had little competition—mobile has a number of niche players who are capturing growth.
Google's search market share has seen a decline each year from 88 percent in 2011 to 78 percent in 2016, Forrester says. Although Google's search ad biz grew at a solid low-teens rate over that period, the market as a whole grew faster, Forrester says, with mobile spawning more competition for Google.
Forrester says Amazon is exploiting Google's "weakness" in online shopping, as shoppers are increasingly starting their product searches on Amazon instead of Google. According to the report, consumers are 2.5 times more likely to find out about the brand of a recent purchase from Amazon versus any other search. "This erosion is likely to continue" for Google, the report said.
Verblow adds that CPG marketers are also likely to greatly increase their ad spend on platforms like Amazon, which has its own search ad business.
"Google is not going to cede shopping to Amazon," Verblow says. "And while Amazon Alexa seems to be the leader in terms of voice search, I would definitely not count Google out of that segment. Google could turn out to be the dominant player in the voice category and gain market share right away."
George P. Slefo
George P. Slefo is the technology reporter at Ad Age. He previously covered murder and mayhem for the Chicago Sun-Times and prior to that, the Middle East from Amman, Jordan. Slefo is also a veteran of the United States Army.
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Henri Daussi Loots was born in 1932 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Antwerp, located in the heart of Europe has been at the center of the world's diamond trade for over five centuries and continues to be known today as the diamond capital of the world.
Diamonds and creating the finest jewelry has forever been a Loots family tradition.
Henri was taught the art of diamond cutting by his father Jozef Loots who inherited the skills from his father. How to place different facets onto a rough diamond, turning it into a beautiful brilliant gem, and ultimately designing and creating a one of a kind jewel that will present the diamond at its utmost potential beauty.
Henri went on to become a respected diamond cutter and build an international reputation. Specializing in large and valuable diamonds, Henri was commissioned to study and cut diamonds for many of the world's most acclaimed jewelry brands. Diamonds are the hardest substance on earth. You can only cut a diamond by using other diamonds. In the past, no one had ever managed to cut into a diamond, only being able to place facets onto a diamond.
Henri always trusted and believed cutting and placing facets into a diamond was possible and made it his purpose. It would open up a whole new spectrum of potential diamond shapes. After years of work, Henri designed a special and unique diamond polishing wheel, called a scaif, which allowed him to finally cut facets into a diamond. Using this new groundbreaking tool, he cut the first perfect heart-shaped diamond. Since diamonds are a symbol of love and commitment, the heart-shaped diamond became an international sensation.
Henri went on to create many more incredible diamond shapes and sculptures, many of which are on display in museums around the world. Henri passed on his knowledge, experience, and fascination for diamonds to his sons Jef and Dirk Loots who continued to grow their father's legacy. Today Henri Daussi is lead by Bart, Jeff, and Kristiaan Loots, grandsons of Henri. "Our family tradition of cutting beautiful diamonds and creating incredible jewels will forever keep true to its heritage. We are humbled and honored that our Daussi creations go on to be enjoyed and cherished by generations of families to come. We respect this opportunity and will never compromise on our commitment to quality, responsibility, and integrity."
- Jeff Loots


WILLIAM PESEK. Toyota driving into a fierce economic storm.
What GM used to be to America, Toyota is to Japan: a weathervane for macro trends. On Friday, the carmaker admitted it is downhill from now.
The good news, according to CEO Akio Toyoda's much-awaited update on sales and earnings on Friday, is that Japan's most important company is holding its own. It posted a surprisingly strong 19% profit rise in the first quarter.
The bad news: this is the top tick. Toyota expects a full-year net profit drop of 15%.
This article was published by the Asia Times on the 3rd of August 2018. It was written by William Pesek.
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A timely reminder of the tremendous power and national influence of the big Japanese corporations like Toyota. This child Trump has the attention span of a goldfish. He fixates only on whatever it is that just happened to him in his little pond. So accordingly he has no interest nor understanding of the history, and the economic conditions that led to Pearl Harbour.


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Category Archives: Conservation News
Russel Friedman Wins PURE Award for Contribution to Experiential Travel
Posted on January 1, 2019 by Cindi LaRaia
September 2018 – The late Russel Friedman – one of Wilderness Safaris' co-founders, a pioneer of sustainable ecotourism, a champion for vulture conservation and a true safari industry stalwart – has received the 2018 PURE Award for his enormous contribution to experiential travel. The awards were announced at an exclusive ceremony held during the PURE Life Experiences travel trade show in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 11 September 2018.
Russel played an instrumental role in the growth and success of Wilderness Safaris and its non-profit partners, Children in the Wilderness and the Wilderness Wildlife Trust
Now in its sixth year, the PURE Awards are held annually to celebrate excellence in the field of high-end experiential travel. After the judging panel selected a shortlist of finalists for seven categories, PURE attendees voted for the most deserving initiative in each one.
"It is an honour to accept this award on Russel's behalf and we'd like to thank PURE and our valued network of travel trade partners for giving him this esteemed and much-deserved recognition", said Wilderness Safaris Chief Sales Officer, Dave Bennett. "Although we were deeply saddened to say farewell to Russel in February 2018, we are proud to celebrate his legacy and to receive this recognition for the numerous achievements he made to sustainable ecotourism in Africa".
In the 1970s, Russel had been instrumental in founding the Vulture Study Group and pioneering a change in attitudes to these birds (hence his nickname 'Vulcha'), and by the early 1980s was running the country's most influential natural history book dealer and publisher. It was through the book business that he met Colin Bell and Chris MacIntyre, the other two founding partners of Wilderness Safaris. He supplied them, and a host of other naturalists, with books and material for their overland safaris into Botswana and Zimbabwe from Johannesburg. It wasn't long though before he joined the fledgling business – in 1984, quickly making a substantial impact not only with his conservation ethos, but also his considerable business acumen.
Russel's enormous contribution to the development of Wilderness Safaris is one that is not widely enough known. As its longest-serving co-founder, Russel played a pivotal part in its growth and development, over the years taking on roles of Trustee of the Wilderness Wildlife Trust, Chairman of Children in the Wilderness (CITW), while still being a core member of the Vulture Study Group, an avid mountain-biker and passionate patron and cyclist leader of the annual Nedbank Tour de Tuli mountain bike fundraising event; not to mention an adventurous traveller and fun-loving, loyal and committed friend and family man.
Through all Russel's travels, he made friends with guests and donors far and wide, spreading the Wilderness story and raising thousands of dollars to ensure the sustainability and success of CITW, as well as for the Wilderness Wildlife Trust. Russel knew that in order for conservation to be successful, it was vital to ensure that the people living in or adjacent to wilderness areas directly benefitted from ecotourism as well.
He made an incredible contribution to the empowerment of Africa's people and the protection of its wilderness areas and is enormously missed, not only by his family but by many in the vulture conservation community, the book dealer and publishing world, the cycling fraternity and of course, several generations of CITW and Wilderness Safaris employees who he mentored and guided.
"To this day, after some 34 years of passionate commitment, Russel was still an integral part of our Wilderness family and business. It is with deep gratitude that we remember him and the role he played in our lives, the life of the company and to experiential travel as a whole", Dave concluded.
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Video from recent White Rhino translocation where Uma Thurman came along for the ride
Posted on January 21, 2016 by Cindi LaRaia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VfCH94pGJMY
Wilderness Safaris Partners with Governments to Move More Rhino to Safety
Posted on March 30, 2015 by Cindi LaRaia
March 2015 – Wilderness Safaris, in partnership with the Botswana and South African Governments, is delighted to announce the next phase of its pioneering rhino translocation programme, which began as far back as 1999. The project partners have signed the purchase agreement for a further significant addition of both Critically-Endangered black rhino and Near-Threatened white rhino to bolster existing Botswana populations, with operations taking place in the first half of 2015.
Since the project's first reintroductions, under this joint programme, of white and black rhino into the Okavango Delta in October 2001 and November 2003 respectively, populations of both species have grown and the country has proven its credentials in being able to provide a safe habitat for these charismatic and dramatically threatened species.
While white rhino have generated the majority of media attention in the last few years of intense poaching pressure in South Africa and certainly continue to bear the brunt of this assault today, black rhino are far more threatened, totalling a global population of less than 5 000 individuals (white rhino number around 20 000 individuals). "As a result of this, and on the back of a very healthy white rhino population already in existence in the Okavango, we have focused our recent efforts over the last few years on black rhino in particular. During the course of 2014, we were honoured to have facilitated the reintroduction of further black rhino into the Okavango Delta in several complex and delicate operations", says Wilderness Safaris Group Conservation Manager, Kai Collins.
Following the next phase of translocations – valued at well over R7 million – Wilderness Safaris will have moved nearly 1% of the continent's remaining black rhino population to Botswana through its Rhino Reintroduction Project, the success of which has already been measured in the number of calves born in the wild. (Please note that specific figures and locations are not mentioned in order to avoid drawing unwelcome illicit attention and to ensure the ongoing safety and security of the rhino.)
"With South Africa's rhino poaching crisis showing no signs of abating, it has become absolutely critical that we continue to take decisive action in ensuring the ongoing survival of the species. Together with our long-standing partners, we are in the fortunate position of having the necessary relationships, infrastructure and people in place to expedite this process, and in doing so, continue to make a meaningful impact on rhino conservation. With each operation, we gain invaluable experience and insight that shape our strategies and plans for the future – not only in terms of moving the rhino, but also in ensuring their ongoing safety", adds Collins.
Once released into the wild, the rhino are constantly monitored by Wilderness Safaris' Rhino Monitoring Officers, the Botswana Defence Force, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks' specialised Anti-Poaching Unit and officers of Rhino Conservation Botswana, in order to ensure that they are not exposed to any potential threats.
"We are extremely thankful for the ongoing support of our partners in the Botswana and South African governments and their respective conservation agencies – especially the unheralded efforts of the guys on the ground in the Botswana Defence Force and the Wildlife Department's Anti-Poaching Unit. We also could not have achieved this without our sponsors, including the Wilderness Wildlife Trust, International Rhino Foundation, the Tiffany & Co Foundation, Empowers Africa, and a number of very generous anonymous individual donors, to name a few, who have enabled us to embark on this next phase of the project and ensure its success", concludes Collins.
Click here to watch a short, inspirational video on the Botswana Rhino Reintroduction Project.
Zeros for Rhinos – a Fundraising Safari with Great Plains Foundation
Posted on April 21, 2014 by Cindi LaRaia
A SAFARI FOR FREE?
WELL, FOR THE RHINOS!
Great Plains Conservation has committed alongside industry partners to undertake a relocation of rhinos on a magnitude never done before – to relocate no less than 100 rhino from South Africa to safe havens in Botswana. By mid-2015, this relocation operation will take place with an assertive and elaborate anti-poaching force and strong commitment to save this species.
Our fundraising campaign, Zeros For Rhinos, will ensure this relocation initiative is a success; striving to rescue this treasured species from spiraling to extinction. What is gained is the knowledge that we all collectively stopped a species from meeting its maker. Great Plains Foundation, our non-profit partner, will raise the funds to do it, and every dollar counts.
As a fundraiser, Great Plains Conservation has contributed a limited number of safari bednights to the Great Plains Foundation. The cost of your stay in these three camps goes to the fundraising efforts of the Zeros for Rhinos initiative!
Join us at Zarafa, Selinda or Selinda Explorers camps
an exclusive way of experiencing Africa while contributing to this tremendous initiative!
Included in this limited offer are value-add surprises in camp.**
Can't come on safari? We'll miss you, but you can still contribute to the Zeros for Rhinos campaign. Any amount counts and matters – $10 from many people will very quickly add up.
Want to know more about this initiative and how we will do it? Read a Q&A with Dereck Joubert here.
**Applicable seasons: Now – 31 May 2014 and 01 Nov 2014 – 31 May 2015 (excluding 19 Dec '14 to 10 Jan'15). A 20% non-refundable reservation is required upon confirmation reservation. Cancelled travel is subject to cancellation penalties, as funds will be committed to the Zeros For Rhinos effort. If the Zeros for Rhinos reserve is not met then funds may be applied to other projects administered by Great Plains Foundation. Full Terms & Conditions available.
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andBeyond and Great Plains join forces to translocate up to 100 rhino
Posted on February 19, 2014 by Cindi LaRaia
&BEYOND AND GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION JOIN FORCES TO TRANSLOCATE UP TO 100 RHINO
With rhino poaching at an all-time high in South Africa, two of Africa's leading conservation companies, Great Plains Conservation and &Beyond, have joined forces to safely translocate up to 100 rhino from South Africa to the safe haven of Botswana.
"There is a battle for Africa's wildlife raging as we speak. Rhinos are being poached at a rate of one every nine hours and the official number is 1 004 dead in 2013 alone. The unofficial number, because we simply do not find them all, is well over 1 000. Like everyone, I've been watching this desperate situation worsen, which is why Great Plains Conservation and &Beyond have decided to take action. This is not a Great Plains Conservation project or an &Beyond one, it is a global one that we can all play a role in, small and large. I don't believe in branded conservation — it needs to be something we all get behind to save a species," says Dereck Joubert, Great Plains CEO.
"Botswana has an excellent security system in place to protect these endangered animals and will be a safe haven for the relocated rhino. Translocations are fundamental to secure the ongoing survival of endangered species and this groundbreaking project aims to protect the species for future generations to enjoy. A project this size requires a strong partnership and a huge resource pool to pull it off. We are therefore very pleased to be joining forces with Great Plains Conservation for this mass translocation. We share the same mission and operating ethos and together we believe we can make this happen," says Joss Kent, &Beyond CEO.
Having successfully translocated six rhino from South Africa to Botswana last year, &Beyond's conservation team will lend its expertise to the project. Up to 100 rhino will be captured and safely transported from South Africa and released in Botswana's remote wilderness. Each rhino will be tagged and microchipped for research and monitoring purposes. A dedicated anti-poaching team will then work in conjunction with the Botswana government agencies to monitor the animals using the latest technology.
This operation will cost USD8 million and both Great Plains Conservation and &Beyond will announce specific fundraising initiatives to enable tourism stakeholders, travel partners, tour operators and guests to help save this iconic species and ensure Africa's Big Five remains for future generations to enjoy.
The battle to save the rhino from extinction won't be won tomorrow; however, with joint initiatives such as this, the battle won't be lost tomorrow either.
Great Plains wins at PURE Awards 2013
Posted on November 19, 2013 by Cindi LaRaia
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION IS THE
"MOST LIFE-ENRICHING EXPERIENCE"
Great Plains Conservation is thrilled to receive the award for Most Life-Enriching Experience at the inaugural and prestigious PURE Awards 2013 last night at the close of the PURE Life Experiences show at the Palais des Congrès, Marrakech.
The award is described by PURE as "truly transformational, thought-provoking and perspective-shifting travel experiences that help the individual reconnect with both themselves and the world around them."
The selection process is rigid, starting with initial nomination by 'PUREists', a collection of the world's elite buyers and sellers of experiential travel services. It is then judged by a distinguished panel of visionaries in travel: oceanographer and explorer, Sylvia Earle; actor and director, Edward Norton; environmental entrepreneur, Colin Bell; award-winning author and adventurer, Richard Bangs; and sustainable architect, German del Sol.
On describing Great Plains Conservation's co-founders, Dereck and Beverly Joubert, Sylvia Earle commented: "The Jouberts convey their passion and deeply held conservation ethic and respect for the natural world that is unsurpassed, no matter what the setting, but especially in their beloved African plains. This is conveyed to those fortunate enough to travel in their presence."
Dereck Joubert, Great Plains Conservation CEO, feels particularly honoured and says the award "encapsulates exactly what we set out to do at Great Plains Conservation: create experiences which spotlight the spiritual, personal, cultural and environmental Africa. Through these experiences we change lives and create conservation ambassadors – a positive outcome in the face of many challenges on the continent."


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Rustic yet refined, this spring classic unites the familiar flavors of strawberries and rich, buttery pastry. Although this galette needs no embellishment, basil-infused cream and sugared leaves lend a sophisticated touch to each slice.
1. Make the basil cream: Combine cream, basil, and sugar in a heatproof bowl. Set bowl over a small saucepan of simmering water, and stir until sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or up to 2 hours for a more pronounced basil flavor). Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Add mascarpone, and whisk until medium peaks form. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.
3. Make the dough: Pulse flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor to combine. Add butter, and pulse until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Add ice water, and pulse until just combined (dough will still be crumbly). Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or overnight).
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out a 10-inch round, and transfer to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. Make the galette: Cut strawberries lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Reserve end pieces for another use. Toss slices with 1/4 cup sugar and the cornstarch, and immediately arrange them in concentric circles on dough. Start 1 inch from edge, overlapping slices slightly. Fold edge of dough over berries. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
6. Whisk together yolk and water. Brush dough with the egg wash, and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Dot berries with butter. Bake until crust is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.
7. Transfer to a serving plate. Serve warm with basil cream and fried basil.
Both the basil cream and sugar leaves can be prepared ahead.
I have made this over 20 times since it appeared in the magazine. For family I just toss the strawberries in pell-mell and bake. It tastes fabulous either way. I tried the fried basil one time, it tasted like fried fish skin...won't repeat that. I often omit the marscapone cheese in the basil cream, but love the freshness the basil adds. The more I make it the better my crust turns out. I take the left over dough, roll it out and cut it with a biscuit cutter. I press the small dough round into the bottom and a little up the sides of a muffin tin and fill with whatever fruit I have available...it makes a great little tart for kids lunches or a quick snack.
Thsi may be taboo, but a store-bought pie crust would suffice. I made a galette with one l found in my freezer and my guests were impressed. FYI.. I made that my little secret!
What a hit! I had no problems with the the dough. The basil cream add the special touch to this desert.
I tried the galette eventhough it wasn't presentable to anyone else. (It leaked) It is very tasty, indeed. I would try it again maybe after practicing on a few smaller ones or learning how to get the right consistency of the dough. Maybe I just had a bad dough day!
I just made this and am very disappointed. The dough cracked in the oven, the juice leaked out and burnt on the baking sheet. Maybe it takes practice? It is a good thing I wasn't making this for something special. To me the best part is the basil cream.
Basil cream... what a great idea-adds such a surprise hint of flavour to the final product. Strawberries gave of a lot of liquid which didn't quite shape up with the cornstarch... maybe add a touch more. Otherwise a fantastic recipe!
Fabulous! I made without the basil and received rave reviews.
The picture for this galette is not very appealing. That said, In n n n n n ve made it twice and itn n n n n n s delicious. The crust is buttery and flakey and the warm strawberries (in season, of course) burst with sweet flavor. I piled the strawberries in the middle of the dough as opposed to tediously layering each individual slice. With that change, it took about 5 minutes longer to bake. Also, no basil accompaniments are necessary. If I could post a photo I would.


Bio from her website: In Judy Howard's real life, the death of her husband gave the soon to be author a wake-up call, reminding her that life is short. After discovering her gift for writing, Howard sold her pet grooming business, which she had operated since the age of eleven, and engaged full throttle into her new passions of writing and traveling.
Today Judy Howard's writing career expands across many genres, including memoir, romantic mystery, reality fiction, travel and young adult, but the theme is always the same - overcoming life's difficulties.
Sportster the Cat accompanies the author in their Winnebago motor-home as she travels across the country writing, lecturing and presenting seminars.
Missing the excitement of working at the pet salon, Sportster has pounced onto his own new career as a talented ghostwriter with his first book, ACTIVATE LION MODE. He is busy scratching out the second book in his Feline Fury Series.
Howard took a creative writing class in Hemet through the Mt. San Jacinto College, and after a 10-minute writing exercise about the color red, she was hooked. "Words just kept coming out – I couldn't stop the flow" says Howard, "I continued the class because I discovered I liked it and it seemed I had a natural talent for writing".
Three books later with two more in the making, Judy Howard knows who she is and what she wants to do for the rest of her life – "I am a writer… I need to write!". The crazy thing is she never ever thought about writing before she took the creative writing class and certainly never thought that she would write a book. All her years living through adversities she felt as if she had something to express "and now I have found the outlet" Howard said gratefully.
Last December Judy was honored as the Arts Council Menifee's "Artist of the Month". She has been chosen for her body of work, support of the organization and her involvement with the local community.
1. Where are you currently living? My mailing address is San Bernardino, California but I travel full-time across the country in my Winnebago motorhome with my cat.
Writing is hard! I am what they call in the writing profession, a "Pantser." I write like I live – By the seat of my pants. Seven years ago I took a creative writing class for fun and became astounded by the world it opened up for me. It was like opening a wonderful book of adventure.
What I have discovered is, that writing is a love affair. It began as a whim and turned into a passion I cannot give up. By the time I realized how difficult writing can be, I was already addicted. And now, I cannot NOT write.
I began writing when self-publishing was just taking off. I choose that route for several reasons.
I have always been self-employed so I could not imagine partnering with any entity.
I chose to publish through Createspace because it was a division of Amazon and in my opinion, Amazon is IT.
eBooks are a must. I know authors who have done very well with only eBooks. Personally I travel the country as a motivational speaker and present seminars about writing. I sell a lot of books during these venues. So of course I do both.
I have queried top agents at conferences but I have to admit my attitude was not humble. I didn't really want one, for the reasons I stated earlier. I only wanted them to want me.
Querying agents is a talent all of itself.
7. Do you have any suggestions or helps for new?
I always emphasize during my seminars that I knew absolutely nothing about writing when I began seven years ago. I had been a dog groomer since I was eleven years old. I know that 80% of folks have thought about writing a book, but I was not in that group. Since I began, I have remained in the top 10% of Amazon's author ranking.
It helps to become a workaholic.
8. What was one of the most surprising things you learned with your creative process with your books, editing, publishing or illustrating?
The most surprising, amazing, and rewarding thing I have discovered is the fact that through my writing, I have changed people's lives! My book COAST TO COAST WITH A CAT AND A GHOST, has instilled courage in others to overcome their grief or difficulty they have experienced and begin in a new and exciting direction. My book, MASADA'S MARINE, has allowed the public and military families to walk in a veteran's shoes, to see and experience his or her life through their tearful eyes. A writer can change lives. A writer can make a difference.
10. Do you have any tricks or tips to help others become a better writer (please be as specific and information as you possibly can)? A good critique group is priceless. They must be loving, encouraging but they must also give constructive criticism for a writer to grow. Again study, study, study.
I believe the more I discover about myself, and the deeper I delve into the devious and surprising twists of my own personality, the more I am able to allow my characters to do the same.
12. What makes yours or any book stand out from the crowd? My story or any other must allow the reader to discover an aspect of life and their possibilities that they never imagined could exist. That is the magic!!
I do most all of the social media, Facebook, Twitter, Blog – even the cat, Sportster, Blogs. I present seminars about the craft and about inspiration.
Since I began my writing career, I had always thought my goal was to become a New York Times Best Selling Author. But like the characters in my stories, I have evolved, too. Today I want to change people's lives and thus, the world. I am sure a bestselling book will be a by- product of my achievement, but really, my goal is simple, I want to make the world a better place.


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#include <aws/cloudfront/model/CookieNames.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/xml/XmlSerializer.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/StringUtils.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSStringStream.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Xml;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace CloudFront
{
namespace Model
{

CookieNames::CookieNames() :
    m_quantity(0),
    m_quantityHasBeenSet(false),
    m_itemsHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

CookieNames::CookieNames(const XmlNode& xmlNode) :
    m_quantity(0),
    m_quantityHasBeenSet(false),
    m_itemsHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = xmlNode;
}

CookieNames& CookieNames::operator =(const XmlNode& xmlNode)
{
  XmlNode resultNode = xmlNode;

  if(!resultNode.IsNull())
  {
    XmlNode quantityNode = resultNode.FirstChild("Quantity");
    if(!quantityNode.IsNull())
    {
      m_quantity = StringUtils::ConvertToInt32(StringUtils::Trim(Aws::Utils::Xml::DecodeEscapedXmlText(quantityNode.GetText()).c_str()).c_str());
      m_quantityHasBeenSet = true;
    }
    XmlNode itemsNode = resultNode.FirstChild("Items");
    if(!itemsNode.IsNull())
    {
      XmlNode itemsMember = itemsNode.FirstChild("Name");
      while(!itemsMember.IsNull())
      {
        m_items.push_back(itemsMember.GetText());
        itemsMember = itemsMember.NextNode("Name");
      }

      m_itemsHasBeenSet = true;
    }
  }

  return *this;
}

void CookieNames::AddToNode(XmlNode& parentNode) const
{
  Aws::StringStream ss;
  if(m_quantityHasBeenSet)
  {
   XmlNode quantityNode = parentNode.CreateChildElement("Quantity");
   ss << m_quantity;
   quantityNode.SetText(ss.str());
   ss.str("");
  }

  if(m_itemsHasBeenSet)
  {
   XmlNode itemsParentNode = parentNode.CreateChildElement("Items");
   for(const auto& item : m_items)
   {
     XmlNode itemsNode = itemsParentNode.CreateChildElement("Name");
     itemsNode.SetText(item);
   }
  }

}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace CloudFront
} // namespace Aws

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ESCATEC helps Azuri bring light and power to Africa
ESCATEC, a leading EMS innovator, has helped commercialize a novel design of solar power charging station for its client Azuri Technologies. The Indigo™ unit has a solar panel, two LED lamps and control unit with a charging point for a mobile phone. It has already won several major awards and is now in mass production in ESCATEC's Malaysian production facilities. In rural Africa, the typical source of light is a kerosene lamp, which is not only unhealthy and dangerous, but also expensive. It is not uncommon for people to be spending $2 a week on kerosene and a further $1 on mobile phone charging. The challenge until now has been the upfront capital expense of a solar lighting system. Azuri has solved this by creating a Pay As You Go business model for users. Customers pay a one-off install fee of around $10 and then purchase a weekly scratchcard for around $1.50, cutting their weekly energy spend by as much as 50% and benefiting from better quality illumination. The customer tops up their system with an Indigo scratchcard just as they would their mobile phone. A one-time top-up code is texted back and then input into the device's keypad, enabling it to be used as much as required for a week. After around 18 months, the unit is completely paid for and can be permanently unlocked. "With Indigo we get permanent light and phone charging, don't have to look for kerosene, and we're saving $5 per week. So I'm very happy for that" - Moses, Indigo customer in Kenya. "The vast distances and costs of installing traditional infrastructure in Africa have meant that mobile telephones have leapfrogged over the stage of landlines," explained Nigel Preston, VP Product Management at Azuri. "Indigo provides the same leap for electricity over hardwired mains, using a mobile, solar powered unit. 600 million Africans currently lack mains electricity so, whilst almost everyone has a mobile phone, they typically have to travel several kilometers to pay to get it charged. We needed a product that could withstand the extremes of temperature, be rugged and reliable, but, above all else, it had to be affordable. The build cost had to be as low as possible without compromising the quality, which is why we went to ESCATEC with our product. They offer a rare combination of top notch design and development backed up with a high volume manufacturing capability. Doing both means that they really do understand how to design for manufacture. They were able to view the entire project holistically, turning our prototype design into a commercial device, through component sourcing to mass production." Gerhard Klauser, General Manager at ESCATEC Switzerland explained, "Our location in Switzerland enables us to have a close working relationship with Azuri who are based in the UK. Face to face meetings are easy to arrange so they were able to be really 'hands on' at every stage as we optimized their design for manufacture. The initial low volume production run was done in our facility here and then transferred to our factory in Malaysia for volume runs. As we deliberately use the same production equipment, this is a simple and very reliable transfer process that we have done many times for customers. This gives them a gateway to the high volume, low labor cost benefits of production in Asia but with a local contact to ensure that everything always runs smoothly." Nigel Preston, added, "What really impressed me about ESCATEC was their professionalism in dealing with the complexities of design and production, and in solving the numerous challenges that were put in front of them before they became issues for us." Reliable, quality illumination can change people lives. Children can study at home and their grades improve. Shops can stay open past dusk. People can work in the evening to earn more money and improve the quality of their lives. Having a reliable source of electricity is similarly transformational - especially as mobile phones are now a vital tool for communications, information, entertainment and banking. "Indigo is a simple and effective way to transform the life of millions of people and we are very proud to be making this happen," concluded Nigel. ESCATEC
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Q: What is the best way to access an element from 2d array saved as a hash value? I have a hash, its values are 2 dimensional arrays, e.g.
hash = {
"first" => [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],
"second" => [[7,88,9],[6,2,6]]
}

I want to access the elements to print them in xls file.
I did it in this way:
hash.each do |key, value|
  value.each do |arr1|
    arr1.each do |arr2|
      arr2.each do |arr3|
        sheet1.row(row).push arr3
      end
    end
  end
end

Is there a better way to access each single element without using each-statement 4 times?
The desired result is to get each value from key-value pair as an array, e.g.
=> [1,2,3,4,5,6] #first loop
=> [7,88,9,6,2,6] #second loop
 #and so on

A: hash = { "first" =>[[1, 2,3],[4,5,6]],
         "second"=>[[7,88,9],[6,2,6]] }

hash.values.map(&:flatten)
  #=> [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], [7, 88, 9, 6, 2, 6]]

A: Isn't it as simple as something like:
hash.each do |k,v|
  sheet1.row(row).concat v.flatten
end


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Q: Syntax highlighting for C code in Orion text editor embedded in HTML I'm trying to get C syntax highlighting get to work for my HTML app.
I'm embedding Orion editor. For now only JavaScript syntax highlighting is working, but I think it should be possible to get C highlighting as well, because the git repository at https://github.com/eclipse/orion/tree/master/editor/releases/latest/stylers features "stylers" also for Java and C.
Here's my setup code:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/latest/built-editor.css"/>

This markup code successfully creates an edit box with JavaScript highlighting:

// JavaScript
function() { }

Here's the code for C that's not working (the data-editor-lang="c" attribute is a guess, cannot find documentation for this):

// C/C++
int main() {
    volatile float x = 12.f;
}

Here's Java version (but it works if I change orion/editor/releases/latest/ to orion/editor/releases/5.0/):

// Java
class X extends Y {}

I get these error messages when I test this HTML:
Error: undefined missing orion/editor/stylers/c/syntax built-editor.js:297
Error: undefined missing orion/editor/stylers/text_x-java-source/syntax built-editor.js:297

A: After some trial and error I got syntax highlighting for javascript working when using only the Orion client. Same strategy might work for you:
 requirejs.config({
    baseUrl : '.',
    paths: {
        'orion/editor': 'lib/orion',
        'jquery': 'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min'
    }
  });

-
require(['orion/editor/built-editor', 'orion/editor/stylers/application_javascript/syntax'], function(edit, syntax) {

    var deferred = new $.Deferred();
    deferred.resolve(syntax);

    edit({
          className: "editor",
          lang:'js',
          grammarProvider: function(){
             return deferred.promise();
          }
   });
});

Another option might be to use built-codeEdit instead of build-editor for the client. Also see
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion/How_Tos/Code_Edit


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Осветници () су тим суперјунака, који се појављују у стриповима у издању Марвела. Тим се први пут на окупу појавио у стрипу Осветници () број 1 1963. године. Створили су их писац Стен Ли и цртач Џек Кирби. Иако немају сталну поставку јунака, слоган под којим се боре је увијек исти: "Нема тог зликовца којег Осветници заједно не могу да побједе".

Историја тима
Осветници су свјетски најмоћнији јунаци, окупљени да се боре са непријатељима које нико други не би могао побједити. Група је почела са случајним састанком Ајрон Мена (), успјешног индустријалца који се претворио у модерног витеза, непобједивог двојца Човјека Мрава () и Осе (), Тора (), асгардијског бога грома и Невјероватног Хулка () који су се ујединили да би побиједили Торовог злог брата Локија (). Човјек Мрав је предложио да јунаци остану заједно као тим, а Оса је предложила да се називају "као нешто шарено и драматично, као... Осветници".

Ајрон мен (Тони Старк) је обезбиједио групу финансирањем, опремом високе технологије и донирајући своје пребивалиште на Менхетну да служи као њихов штаб, Осветничка Вила. Тонијев батлер, Едвин Џарвис (), постао је главни слуга њихове виле и начелник штаба, али и њихов цјењен пријатељ, повјереник и савјетник групи. Већи дио овог раног скептицизма фокусиран је на монструозног Халка, који је напустио тим у наступу бијеса, али се тим знатно побољшао након што су одледили дуго изгубљеног ратног јунака, Капетана Америку (), који је постао камен темељац тима. Захваљујући у великој мјери његовом присутству, екипа је освојила А-1 безбједносни статус и брзо је постала најцјењенији суперјунак тим своје генерације. Овај новонастали престиж је крајње тестиран када су се преостали оснивачи повукли из активне дужности због личних разлога, остављајући Капетана Америку на миру да води списак нових неочекиваних регрута, свих бивших криминалаца: стрелца одметника Хокаја (Соколовог Ока) () и мутираних терористичких близанаца Квиксилвера (Брзог Сребра) () и Гримизне Вјештице (). Јавност је збуњена, али Ајрон Мен се надао да њихова рехабилитација може надокнадити ранији неуспјех са Халком.

Нови регрути током раних година тима укључују: Мачеваоца () (изложен као двоструки агент, касније протјеран), Херкулеса (), Црног Пантера (), андроида Визију () и Црног Витеза (). Ванземаљскијунак Капетан Мар-Вел () је постао један од најватренијих савезника Осветника током Кри-Скрал Рата (). Црна Удовица () се придружила тиму након неколико година као незванични савезник. Реформисани Мачевалац је у тим довео своју загонетну љубавницу Мантис (), иако је он погинуо штитећи је од Кенга Освајача, а она је убрзо напустила Земљу да би испунила своју судбину како је прорекла Небеска Мадона.

У групи су се налазили људи, мутанти, роботи, ванземаљци, па чак и бивши злочинци. Познати су по свом бојном узвику: "Осветници, окупите се!" ().

У медијима ван стрипа
Године 2012. је изашао филм Осветници којег је режирао Џос Видон. Филм је постигао многе рекорде у заради. Други део филма Осветници: Ера Алтрона је изашао 2015, трећи део Осветници: Рат бескраја 2018. и четврти део Осветници: Крај игре је изашао 2019. године.

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Here are two smaller off-the-chart projects we're really proud of. One is a tri-fold leaflet for an independent eyewear company and the other is a new design for Mash's Wing Ranch. Not related at all (except to us as we did both in the same week) but we're proud of these designs and it's good to know we're helping local businesses sell more specs and chicken!