Duncan Murdoch just posted a youtube video presenting an animation clip of a 3d rgl object.
1. Design a shape to be displayed, and then play with the animation functions to make it change over time. Use play3d to do it live in R, movie3d to write the individual frames of the movie to .png files.
2. Use the ffmpeg package (not an R package, a separate project at http://ffmpeg.org) to convert the .png files to an .mp4 file. The individual frames totalled about 1 GB; the compressed movie is about 45 MB.
3. Upload to Youtube. I'm not a musician, so I had to use one of their licensed background tracks, I couldn't write my own. I spent a lot of time picking one and then adjusting the timing of the video to compensate. Each render/upload cycle at full resolution took about an hour and a half. It's a lot faster to render in a smaller window with fewer frames per second, but it's still tedious. It's easier to synchronize if you actually have a copy of the music locally, but Youtube doesn't let you download their music. So the timing isn't perfect, but it's good enough for me!
Wonderful work Duncan, thanks for sharing!
I already wrote about R-bloggers on the R mailing list, so it only seems fitting to write about it more here. I will explain what R-bloggers is and then move to explain what I hope it will accomplish.
R-Bloggers.com is a central hub of content collected from bloggers who write about R (in English) and if you are an R blogger you can join it by filling in this form.
I built the site with the aspiration to help R bloggers and users to connect and follow the "R blogosphere". When I am writing these words, R-bloggers already has 17 blogs in it, and I hope for many (many) more.
What does R-Bloggers offer it's visitors?
Discover (for all): Find new R blogs you didn't know about. And Search in them for content you want.
Follow (for people who don't use RSS): Enter your e-mail and subscribe to receive a daily digest with teasers of new posts from participating blogs. You will more easily get a sense of hot topics in the R blogosphere.
Connect (for facebook users): Click on "Fan this site" to become a "fan" of R Bloggers. You can then "friend" other people and share thoughts on our wall. Or just by leaving comments on the blog.
Participate (for bloggers): Add your R blog to get increased visibility (for readers and search engines) with permanent links on our Contributors sidebar. Your blog will also gain visibility via our e-mail digest and through your presence on the main page with posts.
Who started R-Bloggers (and way)? R Bloggers was started by Tal Galili (well, me). After searching for numerous R blogs I decided that there must be more R blogs our there then he knows about, and maybe the best way for finding them is to make them find him.
One is that of the web 2.0 power users. That is, people who know what RSS is and use it, maybe evern write their own blogs. These people have only one problem (as I see it) that R-bloggers tries to solve, and that is to know who else lives in their ecosystem. Who else they should follow.
For that, google reader recommendation system is great, but not enough. A much better system is if there was a one place where all R bloggers would go, write down their website, and all of us would know they exist. That is what R-bloggers offers for the power users. I think this is also why over 20 of them subscribed to the site RSS feed.
BTW, The origin of this idea came to me when I was trying to find all the dance bloggers for my wife (who is a dance researcher and blogger herself). After a while we started http://www.dancebloggers.com/ while knowing of only 10 bloggers. They list now has over 80 bloggers, most of which we would have not known about without this hub.
The same thing I am trying to do for the R community, that is way I hope more R bloggers would write about the service – so their network of readers which includes other R bloggers would add themselves and we will all know about them.
If that was my only purpose, a simple directory would have been enough. But I also have a second one and that is to help the second audience.
The second audience I am thinking of are people of our community who are not so much early adopters (and actually quite late adapters) of the new facilities that the new web (a.k.a: web 2.0) provides.
To them the all RSS thing is too much to look at, and they are used to e-mails. And because of that they are (until now) disconected from many of the R bloggers out there, simply because it is in-efficient for them to go through all these blogs each day (or even week). So for them, to see all the content in one place (and even get an e-mail about it) would be (I hope) a service. I believe that's why 5 of them (so far) has subscribed via e-mail.
I also hope teachers will direct their students to this as a resource for getting a sense of what people who are using R are doing.
Another thing that hints me about the R community is seeing how the "facebook fan box" is still empty. Which tells me that (sadly) very few R users are actively using facebook as a means for connecting with the outer networks of people out there.
All I wrote also explains why R-bloggers will only take feeds of bloggers and only (as much as can be said) their posts that are centered around R (hence the website name 🙂 ).
It both follows what Gabor talked about – having a site who's content is only about R. But also what I wish, which is to have "content" in the sense of articles to read (mostly). And not so much things like news feeds of wikipedia or new packages published.
One of the exciting new frontiers for R programming is of creating website interfaces to R code. At the forefront of this domain is a young and (very) bright man called Jeroen Ooms, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at useR 2009 (press the link to see his presentation).
New features include 1D geom's (histogram, density, freqpoly), syntax mode (by clicking the tiny arrow at the bottom), and some additional facet options. And some minor improvements and fixes, most notably for Internet Explorer.
datafile, none of this should be a concern.
Supported browsers are IE6-8, FF, Safari, and Chrome, but a recent browser is highly recommended. As always, feedback is more than welcome.
The datafile from the demo is available at http://www.yeroon.net/ggplot2/myMovies.csv.
I wish the best to Jeroen, and hope to see many more such uses in the future.
A great long list of R related texts, for free download, can be found here.
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Today I noticed a call for R users to gather around a single campfire for one hour and share their questions and answers.
Please forward this to other people you know who might like to join.
Q. Why would I want to join an inexplicable R mob?
A. Tons of other people are doing it.
A. Stackoverflow was built specifically for handling programming questions.
reward people who are happy to help and discourage MLJs (mailing list jerks).
Q. Do the organizers of this MOB have any commercial interest in stackoverflow?
regularly made available for download by the public.
(2) The mob should form at precisely 4 minutes past the hour and not beforehand.
providing links to your questions.
on IRC (freenode). To do this, install the Chatzilla extension on Firefox.
bottom of the screen. Then chat.
around to answer questions and give "up votes" to good questions and answers.
instructions for R MOB #3.
I am waiting to see who else will join the fun.
I guess this is not the number one post I would like to start with on this blog, but I feel the time is right for it (community-wise).
I'll move on to the subject matter in a moment, but first a short intro: This blog is written by Tal Galili. I am an aspiring statistician who also loves to use R for his work. At the same time I am also a WordPress blogger, writing mainly at www.TalGalili.com where I can use my native language (Hebrew) for self expression.
This combination of statistics and blogging will lead me to sometimes much less statistical, but more Web/Open-Source oriented posts like this one. So for the statisticians in the audience I extend my apologies and invite you to wait for future posts which will be more fully focused on Statistics and R.
And now for the topic at hand. . .
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. If you wish to download R, please choose your preferred CRAN mirror.
The R language has become a de facto standard among statisticians for the development of statistical software,and is widely used for statistical software development and data analysis.
Basic questions about R like how to download and install the software, or what the license terms are, are answered in the answers to frequently asked questions section.
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, …) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible.
One of R's strengths is the ease with which well-designed publication-quality plots can be produced, including mathematical symbols and formulae where needed. Great care has been taken over the defaults for the minor design choices in graphics, but the user retains full control.
R is available as Free Software under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License in source code form. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms and similar systems (including FreeBSD and Linux), Windows and MacOS.
R is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R. The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistical methodology, and R provides an Open Source route to participation in that activity.
a well-developed, simple and effective programming language which includes conditionals, loops, user-defined recursive functions and input and output facilities.
The term "environment" is intended to characterize it as a fully planned and coherent system, rather than an incremental accretion of very specific and inflexible tools, as is frequently the case with other data analysis software.
R, like S, is designed around a true computer language, and it allows users to add additional functionality by defining new functions. Much of the system is itself written in the R dialect of S, which makes it easy for users to follow the algorithmic choices made. For computationally-intensive tasks, C, C++ and Fortran code can be linked and called at run time. Advanced users can write C code to manipulate R objects directly.
Many users think of R as a statistics system. We prefer to think of it of an environment within which statistical techniques are implemented. R can be extended (easily) via packages. There are about eight packages supplied with the R distribution and many more are available through the CRAN family of Internet sites covering a very wide range of modern statistics.
R has its own LaTeX-like documentation format, which is used to supply comprehensive documentation, both on-line in a number of formats and in hardcopy.
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The Rock Creek Railway was one of the first electric streetcar companies in Washington, D.C., and the first to extend into Maryland. It was incorporated in 1888, started operations in 1890, and by 1892 ran some five miles from the Cardoza/Shaw neighborhood of D.C. to Chevy Chase Lake, Maryland.  On September 21, 1895, Rock Creek Railway purchased the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company and the two formed the Capital Traction Company.

History
The Rock Creek Railway was founded by Francis Newlands as part of a plan to develop streetcar suburbs in northwestern D.C. and adjacent Maryland. He and his partners incorporated the company on June 23, 1888, four days after the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Electric Railway. In 1890, service began on Florida Avenue between Connecticut Avenue NW and 18th Street NW. The company built an iron bridge across Rock Creek at Cincinnati Street NW (now Calvert Street NW), which was completed on July 21, 1891. On September 16, 1892, the line was extended up 18th Street to the neighborhood now known as Adams Morgan, across the Cincinnati Street Bridge and northward on Connecticut Avenue NW all the way to the District Line. The company also acquired trackage built by Newlands' Chevy Chase Land Company, extending the line to Chevy Chase Lake, Maryland. Along the way it connected to the Metropolitan Railroad's Connecticut Avenue Line, and to the power house at the crossing of the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Chevy Chase. Power was supplied by an overhead trolley wire.

Extensions east on Florida Avenue to North Capitol Street, and north to the National Zoo, were authorized on April 30, 1892, but never built.

On March 2, 1893, a line was added east along U Street NW through Shaw to 7th Street NW, intersecting with several downtown lines and making Adams Morgan more readily accessible from downtown.  This line used the Love Electric Traction Company's system of conduit electrification. Cars changed between the Rock Creek Railway and the Metropolitan Railroad at U and 18th Streets.

On March 1, 1895, Congress authorized the Rock Creek Railway to purchase the Washington and Georgetown as part of an attempt to consolidate the streetcar system. On September 21, 1895, the two formed the Capital Traction Company, the first company created during "the great streetcar consolidation." In that same year, the Kensington Railway started operation from the terminus of the old Rock Creek Railway. It continued down Connecticut Avenue and Kensington Parkway to a stop near the B&O Railroad station and then to Norris Station in 1916. In 1923, Capital Traction began running its cars down the Kensington track.

In 1935, Capital Traction was given permission to replace the streetcar all the way to Kensington with buses. The last streetcars ran on September 15 of that year.  The trolley poles, safety domes, and most of the waiting stations were removed in the following week. The tracks remained for several years, but when the Export Control Act was passed barring the sale of most scrap metal to Japan it had a loophole for old rails, which made Rock Creek rail very lucrative. At that point the tracks in Maryland were pulled up and sold to Japan by the state of Maryland. It's likely the tracks were melted down for use in the Japanese war effort.In 1980, the Chevy Chase Lake waiting station at the northern end of the line was disassembled and moved to Hyattstown, Maryland.

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Street railways in Washington, D.C.
Defunct Washington, D.C., railroads
Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)

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I have an innate love of stories. And this is the reason what drew me to photography. I believe storytelling matters—it heals and teaches; it inspires and resolves; it enchants us as well as enlightens us. Since then, this has been a core pillar of my career as a photographer.
The aim of these projects is to reveal universal truths about humanity by sharing real stories of human struggles and their eventual triumph. Through these meaningful stories we see how very different people share the same life experiences and how human nature can transcend culture.
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Interview with ERIC LEFFLER, USA
Shooting film is simply fun, and there is often no better motivator for me than that.
Please tell us something about yourself and how you got into film photography?
Eric: I have been a full-time wedding and portrait photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 7 years. My first experience with film was traveling abroad after college with a Minolta X-700 given to me by my uncle. After many years shooting digital, I have now returned to film for some of my paid work and most of my personal work (mostly portraits and travel).
What type of film do you use and what camera do you use it with? Why do you prefer these?
Eric: I have tried many film cameras and film stocks over the past two years in a search to find what I love the most. I keep returning to the Leica M6 and Nikon FE2. For me, there is nothing that provides the same level of joy as holding and using a Leica M camera, and the results are wonderful. I prefer the Nikon FE2 or FM3A when I want something more automated and fast: so simple to use, beautifully made, good for double exposures, great lens options, and just total work horses.
I mix it up with Kodak color films and Ilford HP5 usually for BW. Kodak Gold 200 is probably what I have shot the most of. I also love my Pentax 6x7 and Rolleiflex 3.5E for medium format work.
What do you think film has that digital doesn't have?
Eric: For me a lot of things. For one, a lot of older great cameras that are a joy to use. I like how film makes me shoot, and why it makes me shoot. I shoot mostly digital for my paid work (mostly weddings) and so I like the balance film provides me in my personal work, forcing me to slow things down and value each frame in a much different way.
Do you print your own photographs or are you comfortable having them printed in a lab?
Eric: I have never printed my own work and have only printed a small percentage of my work with a lab, but so far but have fallen in love with the results, especially on fine art cotton rag papers like Hanhnemuhle. Very painterly. I look forward to printing more in the future.
What motivates you to continue making photographs with film? Have you learned anything about yourself through film photography?
Eric: Film motivates me in many ways, many of which I think are shared by most of us who shoot film: the look and feel of the final results, the slower more deliberate process one embraces in using and shooting film, the joy of using older mechanical cameras, the rush of the delayed gratification, and the simple, pure passion for the art of photography. On top of all this, shooting film is simply fun, and there is often no better motivator for me than that.
Are there any photographers that influenced your way of making pictures?
Eric: Thanks to the growing film community on platforms like Instagram, I am inspired by new people daily. Henri Cartier-Bresson's words on the Decisive Moment (youtube this) is perhaps the most beautiful collection of thoughts on the art and approach to photography I have ever heard.
In my return to film in 2014, the videos by the Framed Network and Long Live Film (both on youtube) was also a huge influence and motivation for me.
Do you see any value or merits shooting with film?
Eric: I think these are the same as those factors above that motivate me to shoot it.
What do you think your future is like with film photography?
Eric: I see myself shooting it for my most meaningful work the rest of my life. I love it that much.
Do you have any dream film photography project?
Eric: I'm not sure I have a dream project but I do have a number of personal side projects and goals which motivate me and I think are important for everyone to have. I would love to get better at approaching strangers for portraits. I would also love to shoot more weddings entirely on film. That would be a dream job.
Would you like to offer a few words of wisdom to those who want to try film photography for the first time? What must they learn before venturing into this format?
Eric: I would encourage it whole-heartedly. It will be natural to be intimidated by the process at first, but realize that most of today's modern digital cameras are designed after and work just the same as the older film cameras. Especially cameras with an internal meter and Aperture-Priority mode like the Nikon FE2 and countless others. They all come down to film speed, aperture, shutter speed. You already know how to shoot it. Just embrace and trust the process, follow your vision, and the rewards will follow.
Using a good lab can go a long way as well. I use Indie Film Lab for all my developing and scanning and they are fantastic. I would love to do my own developing someday but right now I am joying the extra time to chase light and create art that using a good lab provides me.
Drop by Eric's website as well as his Instagram folio, and check all his impressive photographs posted there.
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Well now, if you are a passionate film photographer and would like to be interviewed? I'd love to hear from you. Send me an email at mapamelvin@gmail.com with the subject, "Interview me", and share your story, thoughts, and work related to film photography. I'll get back to you as soon as I receive your request for an interview.
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America's 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #28: Intuition II
#28: INTUITION II—193'7"
Unlike many converted commercial craft—this one was launched as a Dutch pilot vessel—Intuition II has teak exterior decks. She also received much softer lines during her conversion to make her look more like a yacht.
Y: 1974/1999; B: Amels, Holland/Vosper Thornycroft (UK), England; N: Builder; H: steel; E: 1/1,330-hp Smit Slikkerveer electric motor and 3/650-hp Deutz-MWMs
America's 100 Largest Yachts 2006 #25: Intuition II
America's 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #28: Pegasus
America's 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #26: Aviva II
World's 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #8: Atlantis II
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Ever since I read a recent blog post by dear daughter about her middle-age mutt, Ace, I've been "writing" this blog post in my head. I have an older dog. Some would say an old dog, but when does a dog truly become old? When do any of us become old?
Puppies generally garner a whole lot more attention than older dogs. Puppies are lively, furry little bundles of cuteness, okay, and let's not forget naughtiness too. An adorable, frolicking puppy can bring out a smile in just about anyone, right?
Sophie looking pretty darn cute as a pup!
Older dogs on the other hand, tend to garner less attention. But of course they don't "demand" attention, not like a pup does anyway. Don't think pups demand attention? Just ask anyone who's ever had one.
No, older dogs are generally far less demanding, oftentimes "asking" for very little beyond having their basic needs met. Older dogs, or at least many older dogs, are quieter, meandering more slowly throughout their day allowing life's activities to unfold, or not unfold.
Older dogs tend to be happy going for that walk or run, but equally content just to sit by your side while waiting for that pat on the head or scratch behind the ears. Naps are fine too; in fact, naps are the ultimate opportunity for the older dog to bask in your presence.
Sometimes older dogs are said to look dignified or wise. I guess this is largely due to the natural graying or whitening of their fur, especially when it occurs around their sweet faces.
Are older dogs wiser dogs?
But when you look into the eyes of an older dog, you do see something there that you do not see when you look into the eyes of a youthful puppy.
Or do we just imagine that we see these things because we want to see them?
I don't know the answers, and it doesn't matter anyway.
Puppies are enormously fun and the joy and energy they bring into a household is something you can actually feel.
But there is something extra special about sharing your life with an older dog too. If we are paying attention, maybe they even have a thing or two to teach us about growing older.
Do you have, or have you ever had, an "older" dog (or cat)?
What do you see when you look into the eyes of an older dog?
We had a 16 year old dog. She was dropped off at our front door one cold winter evening, and according to my husband, would certainly stay for the night. We called the police, no one had claimed her.
We named her Beams, because once in the house, she looked like she was smiling.
She went into heat the next day.
Our kids were young. Eventually Beams would bring home the mittens or hats the kids left somewhere outside. The children adored her, as did we.
She lived to be 16 and lived with us for about 14 of those years. When she grew old, Beams was quieter, but just as loving and just as loved.
Marion, I loved reading about your dear Beams (great name by the way). We've never had a dog live that long. I am hopeful our present two can set some records. Thank you for sharing.
I have a "puppy" now 2 and and older dog who is 13. Both are amazing. Skipper (the pup) constantly begs for attention and is not content unless she is physically touching me. Matilda (the old lady) is happy to be in the same room and occasionally takes herself upstairs for a quiet nap all alone. Both sleep under the covers with me at night. Matilda seems confident and secure with her place in the world. Trusting and trustworthy. Skipper requires constant reassurance that all is well. Both are shelter rescue dogs but Matilda came to our family as a very young pup and was in the shelter for a short period of time. Skipper had done some time on the streets and is still suffering with remnants from that period of deprivation and fear.
I cannot imagine my daily life wihtout these loving and lovable companions!!
Holly, Oh my, you have an interesting household then with a dog on each end of the life spectrum. How fun! Isn't it interesting, amusing and just plain fun to observe the differences and appreciate each of them for those very things. Matilda and Skipper sound just wonderful. Thank you for sharing about them. And I know what you mean about life without them in it being almost unimaginable. I feel the same way about my dogs, and my cat too.
Our two dogs (a boy and a girl) are the same age and were adopted from the same shelter but are not related. They have never been best friends, though they tolerate each other well and stand united when a visitor arrives at the door (in other words, they join together as attack dogs!).
The girl is serious and smart and always on protective watch; the boy is relaxed without a care in the world. Both are now 13.
Relaxed Boy was diagnosed with doggie diabetes in December (FYI: if your dog's breath smells like acetone, get him to a vet immediately; ketosis is a sign of diabetes, as is increased thirst and urination). We give him insulin shots twice a day. He is now completely blind. His eyesight was fading due to cataracts, but the diabetes stole the rest of his sight.
He used to love to stare into my eyes when I petted him. It's really sad that we no longer can do that. I would have done it more if I'd known his sight would fade in a matter of weeks.
He has lost about 90% of his hearing. It's been a challenge resetting our environment so he is safe and still happy. He is no longer able to go up stairs which means he must sleep alone downstairs. He has adapted and now LOVES having the couch completely to himself (instead of having to share a bed with us humans).
Guard Girl LOVES having the upstairs all to herself, and revels in being able to sleep at the food of our bed all alone. So despite the dramatic shifts in their lifestyles, each has found a way to be happy despite their new limitations.
I'd say they are a fine example of making lemonade out of lemons. I can learn a lot from them on how to adapt with grace on my cancer journey.
Thanks for writing about your beloved pets. I don't know what I'd do without mine!
Renn, I am so glad you shared about your two dear dogs. I'm sorry to hear about Relaxed Boy's recent diabetes diagnosis (and thanks for the tip). It must be hard and so sad to watch him lose his sight. And yes, I bet you do miss looking into those eyes… and the loss of hearing, yet another challenge. It sounds like you are all adapting and figuring out your household's "new normal" (sorry, probably bad to use that). Your dogs are a fine example of making do, and as you said making lemonade out of lemons. Pets teach us so much if we're paying attention. Give those two dear ones a pat on the head from me. Thanks for sharing about them.
Our cat will be 20 in November. He is very sedentary but did try to pull a whole chicken (in three layers of plastic) off the refrigerator shelf the other day. He doesn't understand that he is blind, deaf, and really can't smell anymore. In his dreams he is ready to run around outside and bring home a snack.
Caroline, That is an old cat! I guess cats do live longer than dogs on average, or so I've heard. That's a funny story about the chicken. Everybody can still dream, right? Even a cat! Thanks for reading and sharing about your cat.
Dogs are so wonderful. My dog lived till about 13 ish, and she became more and more dear with each day. Older dogs are most certainly special.
Catherine, They are wonderfully special indeed. Thanks for sharing about your older dog.
We have a Welsh Pembroke Corgi (just like the Queen of England, LOL) who is just adorable, named Tucker. He sat by my side throughout all my treatments and I find some of my most peaceful and introspective moments are often found walking with him. Elsie looks like a real love.
Claudia, Tucker sounds very special and I know what you mean about those peaceful and introspective moments while spending time with him. And yes, Elsie is a real love. Thanks for sharing about Tucker. I love Corgis.
Your post really moved me. I'm a dog lover since the age of 7 when i got my first dog. I like dogs more than some people! When I look into a dog's eyes I see love. It's not for nothing that dog spelled backwards is G-d.
Tobey, I like dogs more than some people too! I have always had a dog in my life. Well, not always, but almost always. I plan to always have one too. Thanks for reading and commenting. I'm pleased you were moved by my post. You be well too.
oh, my, just looking into dear Elsie's face and her eyes – yes, so much love and quiet but profound wisdom. what a dear, dear companion she must be.
I have my Sadie, a mix of border collie and blue hound heeler. she lost her whole family, her home, her toys, everything when the woman of a couple, having adopted Sadie at age 6 weeks, decided she no longer wanted to invest time in talking her for walks, etc. at just 11 months old – gave her partner an ultimatum – "it's me or the dog." I am fairly positive the gentleman rues the day he gave up Sadie and turned her into a shelter. but happily, she was rescued from an underfunded facility in VA and brought up here with 6 other dogs, all whom were on a kill list. All of them, including Sadie were adopted into new homes and families.
we found her in less than 24 hrs. and from the moment she was finally home, she was the most gentle, playful, obedient girl – an absolute joy to us. just one year later my Beloved was dx'd with cancer. Sadie was always at his side, laying along his broken leg, walking down the stairs with him, protecting and making sure he was okay. at night while laying next to him while watching tv, she always nestled close to him, falling asleep with her head in his lap. when we would offer her a treat, and still to this day, she sits patiently, takes the treat and holds it in her teeth, then locks eyes with me that I know is her way of saying "thank you". after Hugh died, she laid on the rug in the front hall, waiting for him to come home, never leaving her spot for food or drink. after several hours, she paced through each room of our home, still looking for him. she grief shed her fur for 7 mos. but now, 6 yrs' old, she has returned to her sweet puppyish self – she loves everyone, and is as loving and protective as ever. I taught her how to fetch the NYT's from the driveway, and to bring the (one piece of) mail into our house – big jobs that earn yet another treat! she lives with an attitude of gratitude, gives tons of smiles to the people she encounters on our walks each day, and is ever present for me when I am sad and in the throes of grieving, nuzzling my face, then laying quietly alongside of me for however long I need her to comfort and love me. when she was grieving for Hugh, I was so desperate to help her understand – I asked Hugh to have a little talk with her so she would know that he is always near and still loves her. within a short period of time, she returned to me in full and fine fettle, and I do believe that she understood. she is so sensitive and gentle – everyone, even those who are not dog lovers, loves Sadie. we have a big, fat toad, named Freddy, who comes to live on our front porch the past 2 summers. last week he took up residence once again – now each time we go in/out, Sadie reaches her face down close to Freddy and gives him a gentle, licky kiss! soon Sadie and I will be in training so she can be a therapy dog at our cancer center.
please give your dear Elsie a gentle pet from Sadie and me, and tell her she is a good dog.
I loved this post! I can totally relate, though I've never had a dog, but the same thing can be said about cats. I have a six-year-old tuxedo cat (Ninja's double) and a 15-year-old brown tabby. As she ages, I try to make her more comfortable. She has taught me a lot. Like puppies, kittens are loads of cuteness and fun, but I think kitties are more destructive in the house. That's why I only adopt adult cats, plus they are less likely to find homes than kittens.
I'd like to think that animals gain wisdom as they age. And an aging companion can be the best one. Their needs are simpler.
By the way, my older cat has always acted like a kitten to some extent. She still runs around the house and causing mischief. Her vet jokingly says that's not "normal," but as we all know, what is normal anyway?
Beth, I'm glad you liked the post. I know you are more a cat-oriented gal, and they are pretty darn precious as companions too. It's nice how they generally live longer. Dogs' lives are so short. I like to think all of us, our pets included, grow wiser with age, but who knows? Regardless, spending time with an aging pet is something special. Thanks for reading and sharing about your sweet cats.
Nancy, we have a ten year old shepherd/aussie mix who came from a kill shelter in the south. The story was that her mother was a puppy mill shepherd who had a mixed breed litter. I did see her brother who looked like an aussie, and my dog, Keema, looks like a petite shepherd. She's always been fearful: we call her "Keema the brave"–but she does the best she can, and is a complete love. She tolerates my daughter's tough little "sato dog" from Puerto Rico–who is now 7.
When my granddaughter was born, my daughter's dog was disgusted, but Keema adored her immediately.
I've always had dogs and couldn't imagine life without one.
Recently, I was offered a Portuguese Water Dog puppy, and although it was enticing, we decided that Keema would be miserable. So, just one aging dog at this point.
Every night I wrap my arm for lymphedema, and every night Keema jumps onto the bed and keeps me company and turns what could be an ordeal into an opportunity to tell her how amazing she is.
Kira, Thank you for sharing about your dear Keema. Our pets do the best they can too. I like how you put that. Sometimes we expect too much perfection from them… I cannot imagine myself ever not having a dog either. Pets bring so much into our lives. They enrich them; I guess that's what it boils down to. I'm glad you have your amazing Keema in your life.
Elsie is a special dog to me. She has a look that just says "love" to me. I don't even get quite that same look from my own dog.
I really enjoyed reading all these comments because it shows how special every dog is. As a blogging friend of mine wrote one time, aren't we all lucky to each have ended up with the "best" dogs?
It makes me so sad to imagine life without my dog, but it helps to know every dog is special. I've had friends lose their beloved dogs recently and it gives me hope to see them adopt new dogs and eventually love and bond with them just as much.
Dogs help me to appreciate every day and I hope I can always have at least one.
Lindsay, I think you're right about that look Elsie gives you. I know she has a special love for you. I loved reading all the comments too… It makes me sad to imagine that too, but I also know the memories are forever and as you said, every dog that comes into our lives is special. Thanks for reading and taking time to comment.
My dog is 10 1/2, and we have been together for 9 1/2 of those years. Her first year probably was not a good one, as I found her in a high kill shelter in South Florida. When she picked me, she had pneumonia and was severely underweight. She had obviously been abused, when I tried to pet her she would cower and cry. I worked with her and with lots of love, good food and patience, she is now a happy healthy senior dog. I don't think I would have made it through my breast cancer treatments without Daisy by my side. I have no other family and she was always there for me. I often wonder who rescued who?
Nancebeth, Your Daisy sounds just wonderful. Good for you for rescuing her and transforming her life, but then again, it sounds like she transformed yours as well. I'm so glad she's been there for you through the cancer chaos and beyond. Thanks so much for sharing about her. And yes, that's a good question!


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J Virol. 2003 Jan;77(2):1084-91.
Nonneutralizing antibodies to the CD4-binding site on the gp120 subunit of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 do not interfere with the activity of a neutralizing antibody against the same site.
Herrera C1, Spenlehauer C, Fung MS, Burton DR, Beddows S, Moore JP.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
We have investigated whether nonneutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to the gp120 subunit of the envelope glycoprotein (Env) complex of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) can interfere with HIV-1 neutralization by another anti-gp120 MAb. We used neutralizing (b12) and nonneutralizing (205-42-15, 204-43-1, 205-46-9) MAbs to the epitope cluster overlapping the CD4-binding site (CD4BS) on gp120. All the MAbs, neutralizing or otherwise, cross-competed for binding to monomeric gp120, indicating the close topological proximity of their epitopes. However, the nonneutralizing CD4BS MAbs did not interfere with the neutralization activity of MAb b12. In contrast, in a binding assay using oligomeric Env expressed on the surface of Env-transfected cells, the nonneutralizing MAbs did partially compete with b12 for Env binding. The surface of Env-transfected cells contains two categories of binding site for CD4BS MAbs. One type of site is recognized by both b12 and nonneutralizing CD4BS MAbs; the other is recognized by only b12. Binding assays for Env-gp120 interactions based on the use of monomeric gp120 or Env-transfected cells do not predict the outcome of HIV-1 neutralization assays, and they should therefore be used only with caution when gauging the properties of anti-Env MAbs.
10.1128/jvi.77.2.1084-1091.2003
Inhibition of MAb b12 binding to monomeric gp120 by MAbs 205-42-15, 205-43-1, and 205-46-9. (a) The binding of MAbs b12 (○), 205-42-15 (⧫), 205-43-1 (▪), and 205-46-9 (▴) to gp120 was measured. An optical density at 490 nm (OD490nm) of 0.20 in this assay represents an assay background (∗). (b) The inhibition of biotin-labeled b12 binding to gp120 by MAbs 205-43-1, 205-42-15, and 205-46-9 was measured. The effect of the absence of competitor in this assay is also noted (×).
Nonneutralizing Antibodies to the CD4-Binding Site on the gp120 Subunit of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Do Not Interfere with the Activity of a Neutralizing Antibody against the Same Site
J Virol. 2003 Jan;77(2):1084-1091.
MAbs 205-42-15, 205-43-1, and 205-46-9 do not interfere with neutralization of HIV-1 JR-FL by MAb b12. MAbs 205-42-15, 205-43-1, and 205-46-9 at the concentration indicated, with or without (⧫) MAb b12 at 0.01 (○), 0.1 (▵), or 1 (□) μg/ml, were mixed with HIV-1 JR-FL for 1 h prior to addition to PBMC (a, b, and c) or mixed with the HIV-1JR-FL Env-pseudotype virus for 1 h prior to addition to HeLa-CD4-CCR5 cells (d, e, and f). The outcome of infection was determined, and the percentage neutralization by the input antibodies was determined. The data points overlapping the y axis were derived in the absence of MAb (i.e., at 0 μg/ml).
Titration curves for CD4BS MAb binding to cell surface Env. HEK 293T cells were cotransfected with pPPI4-gp140Twt and pDsRed2-N1. The immunostaining procedure was performed with different concentrations of b12 (•) or 2G12 (○), 205-46-9 (▪), 205-42-15 (⧫), or 205-43-1 (▴) followed by 10 μg of FITC-labeled goat F(ab′)2 anti-human IgG/ml. Nonspecific fluorescence due to the secondary antibody was subtracted from the mean of the fluorescence intensity values. The data shown were obtained from two independent experiments of similar design. The half-maximal binding concentrations for each MAb were 2.83 μg/ml for b12, 0.57 μg/ml for 205-46-9, 0.27 μg/ml for 205-42-15, 0.46 μg/ml for 205-43-1, and 2.43 μg/ml for 2G12.
AIDS Vaccines/immunology
CD4 Antigens/metabolism*
Epitopes/immunology
HIV Envelope Protein gp120/chemistry
HIV Envelope Protein gp120/immunology
HIV Envelope Protein gp120/metabolism*
HIV-1/immunology
Neutralization Tests
AIDS Vaccines
CD4 Antigens
Epitopes
HIV Envelope Protein gp120
AI39420/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
R01 AI039420/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States


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, född 4 december 1986 i Kochi prefektur, är en japansk före detta fotbollsspelare.

Kusunose började sin karriär 2009 i Vissel Kobe. 2012 flyttade han till Matsumoto Yamaga FC. Han avslutade karriären 2013.

Källor

Japanska fotbollsspelare
Spelare i Vissel Kobe
Spelare i Matsumoto Yamaga FC
Födda 1986
Levande personer
Män
Personer från Kochi prefektur


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import os, inspect, sys
import argparse

import numpy
import scipy
import math

from scipy import ndimage

from osgeo import gdal
from osgeo import osr
from osgeo import ogr
from which import *

import config
import colorsys

force 	= 0
verbose	= 0

class Landsat8:
	def __init__( self, outpath, scene, rgb ):

		self.rgb_file			= os.path.join(outpath, rgb)
		self.pan_file			= os.path.join(outpath, scene + "_B8_4326.tif")
		self.output_file		= os.path.join(outpath, rgb + ".PS_BROVEY.TIF")

	def linear_stretch(self, data):
		# clip bottom and top 2 percent of the points
		zeroes = (data == 0)
		data
		max_cut = numpy.percentile(data, 98)

		# we need to move the Zeroes out of the way to find the bottom 2%
		data[zeroes] = max_cut
		min_cut = numpy.percentile(data, 2)
		data[zeroes] = 0

		data = scipy.misc.bytescale(data, min_cut, max_cut)
		return data

	def process(self):
		if verbose:
			print "Opening Pan File", self.pan_file
		pan_ds = gdal.Open( self.pan_file )
		if pan_ds is None:
			print('ERROR: file no pan data:')
			sys.exit(-1)
		pan_band 	= pan_ds.GetRasterBand(1)
		pan_data 	= self.linear_stretch(pan_band.ReadAsArray(0, 0, pan_ds.RasterXSize, pan_ds.RasterYSize ))

		if verbose:
			print "Opening RGB File", self.rgb_file

		ds = gdal.Open( self.rgb_file )
		if ds is None:
			print('ERROR: file no data:')
			sys.exit(-1)

		if verbose:
			print "Read red band"
		red_band 	= ds.GetRasterBand(1)
		red_data 	= red_band.ReadAsArray(0, 0, ds.RasterXSize, ds.RasterYSize )

		if verbose:
			print "Read green band"
		green_band 	= ds.GetRasterBand(2)
		green_data 	= green_band.ReadAsArray(0, 0, ds.RasterXSize, ds.RasterYSize )

		if verbose:
			print "Read blue band"
		blue_band 	= ds.GetRasterBand(3)
		blue_data 	= blue_band.ReadAsArray(0, 0, ds.RasterXSize, ds.RasterYSize )

		# Change RGB to HSV

		RasterXSize = ds.RasterXSize
		RasterYSize = ds.RasterYSize
		RasterCount = ds.RasterCount

		driver 		= gdal.GetDriverByName( "GTiff" )
		dst_ds 		= driver.Create( self.output_file, RasterXSize, RasterYSize, 3, gdal.GDT_Byte, [ 'INTERLEAVE=PIXEL', 'COMPRESS=DEFLATE' ] )

		sum_data	= red_data + green_data + blue_data
		mask		= (sum_data == 0)
		sum_data[mask]	= 1

		mult		= pan_data / sum_data
		mult[mask]  = 0

		r			= red_data 	* mult
		g			= green_data * mult
		b			= blue_data * mult

		if verbose:
			print "write red band"
		dst_ds.GetRasterBand(1).WriteArray(r, 0, 0)
		dst_ds.GetRasterBand(1).SetNoDataValue(0)

		if verbose:
			print "write green band"
		dst_ds.GetRasterBand(2).WriteArray(g, 0, 0)
		dst_ds.GetRasterBand(2).SetNoDataValue(0)

		dst_ds.GetRasterBand(3).WriteArray(b, 0, 0)
		dst_ds.GetRasterBand(3).SetNoDataValue(0)
		if verbose:
			print "write blue band"

		dst_ds = None
		ds		= None

if __name__ == '__main__':

	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate Landsat8 Floodmap vectors')
	apg_input = parser.add_argument_group('Input')
	apg_input.add_argument("-f", "--force", 		action='store_true', help="Forces new product to be generated")
	apg_input.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", 		action='store_true', help="Verbose on/off")
	apg_input.add_argument("-s", "--scene", 		help="Landsat Scene")
	apg_input.add_argument("-rgb", "--rgb", 	help="Landsat RGB")

	options 	= parser.parse_args()
	force		= options.force
	verbose		= options.verbose
	scene	 	= options.scene

	rgb	 		= options.rgb

	outdir		= os.path.join(config.LANDSAT8_DIR,scene)

	app 		= Landsat8(outdir, scene, rgb)

	app.process()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
using System;

namespace A
{
	public static class A
	{
		public static string Test_1 (this string s)
		{
			return ":";
		}
	}
}


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Döda män klär inte i rutigt (eng: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid) är en amerikansk komedifilm från 1982 i regi av Carl Reiner, med Steve Martin och Rachel Ward i huvudrollerna. Filmen är både en hyllning och en parodi på film noir och pulp detektivfilmer från 1940-talet.

I filmen varvas nyinspelat material med klipp från 1940- och 50-tals detektivfilmer. Sålunda medverkar ett stort antal filmstjärnor från den tiden i filmen, däribland: Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Brian Donlevy, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Charles Laughton, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price, Barbara Stanwyck och Lana Turner.

Handling
Privatdetektiven Rigby Reardon får besök av den vackra Juliet Forrest vars far tagit livet av sig. Hon misstänker att det är fråga om mord och vill att Reardon utreder det.

Om filmen
Filmen består delvis av klipp ur filmerna Inringad! (1942), Glasnyckeln (1942), Kvinna utan samvete (1944), Förspillda dagar (1945), Hämnarna (1946), Den vita lögnen (1946), Humoresque (1946), Utpressning (1946), Mörk passage (1947), Glödhett (1949), Johnny Eager (1941), Den heliga lågan (1942), Vilse (1946), Stormen kommer (1949), Illdåd planeras? (1941), Notorious! (1946), Jag kämpar ensam (1947), Ursäkta, fel nummer! (1948) och Nakna nerver (1950).

Rollista i urval
Steve Martin - Rigby Reardon, privatdetektiv
Rachel Ward - Juliet Forrest
Reni Santoni - Carlos Rodriguez
Carl Reiner - Field Marshall VonKluck

Externa länkar

Filmer 1982
Amerikanska komedifilmer


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A positive start for the first Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) clinic in Ghana marks the beginning of a new chapter for girls' participation in STEM education.
11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science – and a reminder that today, many women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science education and careers.
Ghana is no exception. Girls' participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in secondary schools is still lower than that of boys. There are many factors that influence girls' participation in science, including a false belief among girls that science-related subjects are more suited for boys.
To increase girls' participation in STEM-related courses in secondary schools and higher levels of education, the UNESCO Accra Office and partners are organising STEM clinics in selected districts in Ghana. These run on a quarterly basis to sensitise girls to various STEM-related careers that girls can pursue (e.g. teaching, medicine, laboratory work, or telecommunications engineering).
STEM clinics have a strong potential for increasing girls' interest in science. Girls have a unique opportunity to interact with young female scientists and learn from the wide range of opportunities offered by the study of STEM subjects. Interactions with role models boost girls' confidence about participating in STEM-related courses and helps to challenge the negative perceptions they may have about pursuing a career in STEM.
In December 2016, UNESCO Accra in collaboration with the Girls' Education Unit of the Ghana Education Service organised their first STEM clinic in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region, which is among the lowest performing districts for girls' participation in STEM. "Currently, there are only 29 girls reading pure science (physics, chemistry, biology) out of 855 girls in the three Senior High Schools in the Jasikan District. This is not good enough. Through the STEM clinics, we will improve these statistics in the coming years", said Ruth Matogah, Girls' Education Officer in Jasikan District.
Over 200 primary and secondary school girls participated in the one-day event in Jasikan District. At the start of the STEM clinic, very few participants raised their hands when asked if they would like to choose science at Senior High School; however, about 80% of participants raised their hands when asked the same question at the end of the day. It is still early to measure the impact of this intervention, yet it is encouraging to see the girls' inspiring smiles as they left the venue of the STEM clinic.
This activity is part of a broader project in Ghana under the UNESCO-HNA Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education to improve the quality and relevance of girls' learning. The UNESCO Accra Office will support the organisation of additional STEM clinics in the same district as well as in four other districts throughout 2017. The UNESCO-HNA Project Steering Committee in Ghana will plan follow up visits to evaluate preliminary results of the STEM clinics.


After having taught in various teaching positions for almost fifteen years, I feel like a competent teacher who enjoys every new teaching experience. In my lessons I always get to know my students better as individuals so I can approach them on a personal level. I believe that directing attention to the student as an individual affects their motivation. The TEFL course here at Oxbridge has been an intense one-month work and I had the opportunity to teach the students in real context - visiting them at their workplaces in Barcelona. I think the course helped me to understand the student´s needs better and prepared me for teaching abroad. The skills I learned in the course included teaching skype lessons, creating teaching materials for my students, developing interpersonal skills in an international team of other TEFL students and relying solely on my teaching skills as a non-Spanish speaker.
I am fluent in Slovak, English and Czech language but have studied Russian and German too. In the future I would like to learn Catalan and Spanish as I want to work here after finishing the degree.
I started to teach children in kindergarten in 1999 during my studies. Since then I have taught at public courses for adults and teenagers. I taught Business English courses at the University of Economics in Bratislava for five years. Currently I am teaching in a small language school in Malacky but have taught in companies in Bratislava as well.
I have been teaching English language for twelve years now to various age groups and levels. This includes employing various syllabi and techniques. Alhough, I had never studied to become a teacher, I used these different methodologies based on my own consideration and experience. It was only in the Oxbridge TEFL course that I learned to consciously focus on developing my skills as a teacher. The intensive study included learning the fundamental terminology, grammar review, language analysis, lesson planning, teaching skills and teaching proficiency. However, there is not the only "right" approach to put these skills in practice. Each teacher has his unique style that carries his personal touch. Apart from the learned skills, the teaching styles differ based on the personality of the teacher.
In my teaching approach I do not rely on one method only as it might get boring for the students by the time to perform activities based on the same techniques. I am an advocate of the use of any available forms of instruction if they fulfil the goal. Changing the activities and trying on different approaches/methods/techniques to teaching L2 might keep the students motivated to experience various learning situations. I think it is only by trying more methods/techniques that one can develop a model lesson structure that works for a particular student or a group.
Knowledge about our students will enable us to refine lesson plans, class discussions, comments, topics, and activities so that they become more effective learning experiences. References to student´s interests, backgrounds, knowledge, and even anxieties can make the class seem more personal and reflecting to student´s needs.
Motivation of the student can be internal, which means the student is motivated to learn out of his own initiative. External motivation may not always be the best as this comes from external factors that make the student learn the language, e.g. parents demanding a teenage student to learn. The best situation is when the student is motivated from within, e.g. likes the language and wants to learn it. Otherwise it is the responsibility of the teacher to motivate his students in the class to make progress. To do that, the teacher should be positive, praise the students´ advancement however big or small it is and come up with engaging content to learn. Innovative techniques and the use of the modern devices are already incorporated in schools which stay relevant and up-to-date in terms of technology and premises.
Affective factors play an important role in systematic variation and can be linked with the use of interlanguage. For example, learners in a stressful situation (such as speaking in front of public or a formal exam) may produce fewer correct target language forms than they would in a comfortable setting. This clearly interacts with social factors, and attitudes toward the interlocutor and topic also play important roles. Affective factors are emotional factors that influence how easily the student is able to pick up a language. Some of them, like intelligence or age we can´t influence but the other affective factors (attitudes, motivation, anxiety), can be dealt with to some degree if the teacher tries to make an effort and works with the student.
Language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing are so called macro skills. Developing each of them used to be included in most widely used methodologies. Some methods nowadays don´t channel all four macro skills to be taught. For example direct method does not incorporate practising writing skills but draws mainly on reading, speaking, sometimes listening to recordings or watching videos. First language acquisition does not include writing as well, it is at later stages that students learn to write at school. I think, that when the students learn L2 in a classroom, writing skills should be a part of a syllabus, whereas writing skills do not necessarily have to be included in conversational courses. Therefore, we can conclude, that the choice of the skills that will be practised depends on the student´s needs. For example, in an S1 course writing should be included, because it teaches from the early stages the correct spelling of the vocabulary which is in English different from the way we pronounce the words, apart from other languages such as Spanish or German.
Language areas: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling are so callled micro skills, which are the subclasses of the four macro skills. I believe that all language areas should be practised by picking up the graded language to be taught correctly.
In communicative approach (and not only in that), grammar is not explained as a form but in its natural context in the text, heard communication or otherwise. We focus on the function of the grammar, not its form, in the beginning when we introduce the piece of language. If we do not concentrate on writing or studying the form, we should closely observe and correct the flaws in using the right grammar in the speech acts when we use that grammar in context.
Vocabulary teaching approach varies with different grous of students. Beginners should learn many cognats as this makes it easy to use the language at the erly stages. The techniques which are suitable include drawings, pictures, miming, examples. More advanced students develop their vocabulary using techniques like brainstorming, synonyms, definitions, logical conclusion and othes.
The structure of the course syllabus that describes what contents are to be taught in a course and in what order is to be selected according to the student´s needs. Teaching with textbooks usually supports grammatical syllabus. Oxbridge system that draws on the direct method applies lexical and functional syllabi which practise also the micro skill – pronunciation.
1-2 min) Greeting the student, asking about his/her weekend or a day at work. Asking how they are.
1-2 min) Asking a few randomly selected questions to activate the mind of the student and prepare him for the lesson. E.g. Is it Monday? Are you French? etc.
3-4 min) Revision (if applicable) of the vocabulary from the previous lesson by asking open questions using the recycled vocabulary.
Introduce vocabulary that can later be used to introduce the verb "to eat". Use materials (visuals, multimedia, realia, video) that you have prepared, and can be actively used.
Repetition is a teacher controlled practice. At this stage the teacher corrects the student and praises the students when they answer correctly.
15 min) Introduce the verb "to eat".
10 min) use the new vocabulary plus the numbers to create sentences.
5 min) Wrap up activity would practise production skill where the student will create senteces. In this activity the teacher asks the students questions which contain the target language. In the one-to-one class the two interlocutors are the teacher and the student, whereas if there are more students in the class, the interchange is between the students.
Activities that have proven to be successful come from different methodologies. We mainly draw on communicative method and its sub-branch Task Based Learning activities where students complete meaningful tasks preparing them for real life, like arranging sth. over the phone, complaining about the bad service or booking tickets. These tasks include role plays and put language use in context. Important is to select engaging context to avoid repetition of topics. Correction of mistakes is not immediate as we focus on completing the tasks rather than grammatical correctness.
Materials I would choose for this lesson would include pictures of different food some of which students already may have known, like cheese, chocolate, apple, pasta, etc. Generally in my approach I make use of games, songs, stories, videos, magazines, websites, board games, realias, drawings, whatever else comes handy.
Practice of Target language would be caried out as a free practice in the form of open questions which contain the vocabulary from TL. By answering the questions right the students demonstrate the knowledge of the TL.
Interaction conditions are created by the teacher who should contribute to providing a welcoming environment. This is not as challenging as it may sound. It is about realizing the ways that some students may be less confident or advanced than others and how this affects them. Treating students with consideration and interest, and encouraging them to treat each other likewise is a good way to progress in learning.
The teacher´s role in an adult classroom should be that of researcher of learners´s needs, communication facilitator as well as role model. The same applies to teaching children or teenagers with adding prominence to other roles such as psychologist, friend, but also an authority to his/her students so the teacher can deal with difficult situations that might occur in the class that do not occur in adult classes.
Student´s roles have evolved over the years from a passive recipient who responds to teachers questions when he is asked to an active student who learns through self-management skills. The student knows what he/she needs to learn and the teacher is interested in those needs to fulfill them. This also serves as motivation.
The vehicular language of the classroom would be English as a second language because the students need to learn to think in this language. By using solely English in the classroom we press the students for understanding by having the language repeated. Moreover, relying on just English we enable the students whose mother tongue is different from the official language of the country we are teaching in participate in a class.
Interlanguage is a language that the student creates during the process of learning the target language L2 from the mother language L1. This is beause of different language systems of L1 and L2. To correct the mistakes that appear at this stage the teacher must consider the right approach to keep the student motivated.
Evaluation such as positively written report or assessment of the student´s skills is a good way but will not suffice in all situations. Therefore, with classes that prepare for language exams it is necessary to do some testing.
Grading our language, especially when our method of teaching is predominantly based on communication, is a natural method we try to use for different leves of students. I believe, that in more general way, we might use both finely tuned input and roughly tuned input. The first being graded language, the second being one level higher than the actual level of the student.
My approach to teaching English language would change considering differences between teaching beginners and advanced students. Age is also an important factor to consider while preparing the syllabus and how it is going to be taught.


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Kristina Zakrisson (born 2 March 1956) is a Swedish social democratic politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1994 to 2010 and has been Mayor of Kiruna Municipality since 2011.

External links
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Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats
Living people
1956 births
Women members of the Riksdag
Members of the Riksdag 1994–1998
21st-century Swedish women politicians
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Bill Cosby's Wife, Children Have Not Visited Him In Prison
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COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (CBS/AP) — Bill Cosby has been moved to the general population but hasn't had any visits from family four months after arriving at a Pennsylvania state prison.
The 81-year-old Cosby, who is legally blind, has been moved out of special housing where he spent time getting acclimated, a prison spokeswoman said. He still has inmates assigned to help him throughout the day, given his age and disability.
Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said he doesn't expect Camille Cosby or their daughters to visit the prison, which is about 20 miles from a family estate in the Philadelphia suburbs. Cosby is serving a three- to 10-year term for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand there in 2004.
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"He doesn't want to have them in that environment," said Wyatt, who visits regularly. "Why put them in that position, to make it turn into some form of a circus?"
Camille Cosby made just one brief appearance at each of her husband's two criminal trials, and their three surviving daughters stayed away. Cosby's wife of more than 50 years did, however, file an ethics complaint against the trial judge last year, accusing him of bias in the case.
She continues to strategize on her husband's behalf behind the scenes, Wyatt told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Cosby, after being moved last week, now has a single cell in a two-story unit at the newly built SCI-Phoenix in Montgomery County. Wyatt said he's in a unit reserved for veterans, something the prison would not confirm. He had earlier been in a private cell and day room near the infirmary.
Cosby believes he is a "political prisoner," targeted for his social and political views much like heroes Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, Wyatt said.
"He said, 'They want to entrap me to say I'm remorseful, or to say I did something I didn't do.' I'm not going to fall for it," Wyatt said.
Inmates at Phoenix are awakened at 6 a.m. and back in their cells by 8:45 p.m.
They can spend several hours a day in the gym or exercise yard, and other time in the library, classroom, day room or visiting area, state prison spokeswoman Amy Worden said. Wyatt said that Cosby gets up before dawn to do leg lifts and crunches in his cell, and has been working on new creative projects.
"He hasn't stopped thinking about the things that he's going to do when he gets out," Wyatt said.
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Last month, Wyatt claimed a drone was spotted over the prison, while Cosby was in the prison yard.
A jury at a retrial last year convicted Cosby of three counts of felony sex assault. He is appealing the conviction.
Dozens of women have accused Cosby of sexual assault or misconduct over a 50-year span, including five who testified at the retrial. Cosby and his lawyers and agents have repeatedly called the encounters consensual.
Cosby, a Philadelphia native, rose to fame in the 1960s as the first black actor to star in a primetime television drama with the hit show, "I Spy." He became known as "America's Dad" for his portrayal of family man Cliff Huxtable on the top-ranked "Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992, a show that helped his fortune reach an estimated $400 million.


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Inside the Rich and Timeless Sets of Mulan
Disney's new live-action retelling of the classic tale was filmed in China and New Zealand
By Mara Reinstein
Mulan and her fellow warriors march through Imperial City in the new live action adaptation of the film, available on Disney+ September 4. In this version, they are not led by Captain Li Shang, and Mulan's dragon sidekick Mushu and her grandmother are also absent, but new characters are introduced. Courtesy of Disney
Note: This story has been updated to address the controversy surrounding the filming in Xinjiang.
The story of Hua Mulan dates all the way back to ancient times of the Qing dynasty, when legend had it that the Chinese maiden disguised herself as a man to spare her ailing father from joining the war and protecting the Imperial City emperor. But the stunning and richly hued Mulan (available on Disney+ now), based on the 1998 animated film of the same name, is intended to be timeless.
"The tale has been retold again and again, so we were told from production as well as from the Chinese government that we weren't supposed to be specific about the time frame or the cities where it takes place," production designer Grant Major tells Architectural Digest. "We based designs on the Tang dynasty era but didn't stick to that." Besides, he adds, "it's a Disney movie, so everything should look romanticized and family-friendly."
While Mulan's training and battle sequences were shot in New Zealand, the film has been under scrutiny since its release because of the scenes filmed in China's Xinjiang province. Located in the northwest area of the country, it's a region where over 1 million Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim, Turkic ethnic group, have been detained—and, per leaked documents, physically and mentally abused—in mass internment camps since 2017, according to the U.S. State Department. China has defended its practices in Xinjiang, and on September 8, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in a press conference, "There has never been such a thing as 'reeducation camp' in Xinjiang. The education and vocational training centers in Xinjiang as well as other counterterrorism and deradicalization measures taken there have led to positive outcomes, making important contributions to the global fight against terrorism and radicalization."
The film's end credits thank several Chinese government bodies, including the Publicity Department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Committee, Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security, Turpan Municipal Tourism Administration, and Turpan Municipal Culture Relics Bureau. The studio did not respond to a request for comment. In a tweet on September 8, Amnesty International called on Disney for more transparency, writing, "@Disney, can you show us your human rights due diligence report?" Human rights advocates are also speaking out to condemn the camps. Asia Society senior fellow Isaac Stone Fish called the film a "scandal" in the Washington Post, while Hong Kong activist Nathan Law called for a boycott.
From a production design standpoint, Major, who previously worked on The Meg and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2 in China, along with set decorator Anne Kuljian and the rest of the production team, spent months in and around Xinjiang to do legwork research before the cameras rolled. (Chinese academics were consulted as well.) Thanks to the meticulous detailing, layouts, and structures of the local buildings, "we could extrapolate what we found and just use our creativity to make it feel right."
Major modeled Mulan's Tulou after real traditional Chinese homes, which he visited.
Photo: Jasin Boland
A prime example? The historic Tulou dwellings where a nonconformist, free-spirited Mulan (played by Chinese actress Liu Yifei) lives with her family. As he explains it, the stunning and insular residential buildings were built by members of the Hakka community in the mountainous areas of the southeastern Fujian province toward the end of China's Song dynasty from 960–1279 A.D. "to keep the baddies out." Major toured some of the 46 still-in-existence Tulous that have been listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as World Heritage Sites. "I cherry-picked all the nicest details out of the ones we went to see," he says. The team built a mud-brick exterior four stories high, inserted stone slabs for the groundwork, and used natural red timbers to frame the individual apartments. "We tried to make it as colorful and perky and pretty," he says.
This shot of Imperial City was filmed at the Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base.
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The Imperial City, with its lily-pad-dotted gardens and golden-roofed temples, appears equally idyllic. "Again, it's supposed to look romantic and ageless," he says. Filmed on the lot at Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base (a popular tourist destination and outdoor location for many Tang dynasty–era sets), the outdoor scenes were transformed for the movie. "We took what was there and augmented things quite majorly to turn it into a location," he says.
By contrast, the palace of the emperor (Jet Li) is regal and imposing. Exteriors were filmed at the Hengdian Studios in the Zhejiang province; interiors were constructed on a soundstage. The throne room set was so intricate that the production team first built a three-dimensional scalable model—complete with red fabric to sub for the columns—to help director Niki Caro and cinematographer Mandy Walker map out the shots and light the set. (Kuljian "got the hanging lanterns and floor lamps made," he adds). As for the throne, it sits eight feet high with encrusted gold-leaf dragon motifs. Major's team sculpted it in a workshop from scratch "using a lot of imagination because there was no visual reference," he says.
The ceiling of the emperor's palace was added in postproduction using visual effects.
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Grand set pieces aside, Major notes that Mulan is essentially a road movie, because the titular character starts from home and engages in battle with her comrades in the wilderness until she reaches the palace. And many of the scenes set against the rugged landscapes—including the climactic avalanche—were actually filmed in the Ahuriri Valley in his native New Zealand. The training camp sequence is a personal favorite: "It's just beautiful and surrounded by snow-capped mountains," he says. "Our builders put up with gales and snowstorms to make the set, but by the time we filmed it in the spring, the snow was still on the mountains and the sun came up and it was beautiful."
And when the sun set on the Mulan production, Major felt proud to work on a project that honors females and was primarily crafted by females. "It's a girl-power film," he says. "Mulan is a very strong female, which is fantastic." Time will tell whether that positive message is overshadowed by unfortunate circumstances in the region.
Liu Yifei, who plays Mulan, did many of her own stunts, including horseback riding and martial arts.
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#include "b02_SimpleGLShading.h"

#include "DebugLog.h"
#include "GLWrapper.h"
#include "SimpleShader.h"

/*
 * local constants for the test case:
 */

static const char vertex_src [] =
"                                        \
   attribute vec4        position;       \
   varying mediump vec2  pos;            \
   uniform vec4          offset;         \
                                         \
   void main()                           \
   {                                     \
      gl_Position = position + offset;   \
      pos = position.xy;                 \
   }                                     \
";

static const char fragment_src [] =
"                                                      \
   varying mediump vec2    pos;                        \
   uniform mediump float   phase;                      \
                                                       \
   void  main()                                        \
   {                                                   \
      gl_FragColor  =  vec4( 1., 0.9, 0.7, 1.0 ) *     \
        cos( 30.*sqrt(pos.x*pos.x + 1.5*pos.y*pos.y)   \
             + atan(pos.y,pos.x) - phase );            \
   }                                                   \
";

static const float vertexArray[] = {
     0.0,  0.5,  0.0,
    -0.5,  0.0,  0.0,
     0.0, -0.5,  0.0,
     0.5,  0.0,  0.0,
     0.0,  0.5,  0.0
 };

/*
 * Constructor and destructor are dummy ones. Only descriptions are set, and other activities are
 * done when calling the virtual benchmark API
 */

b02_SimpleGLShading::b02_SimpleGLShading() :
    phase(0),
    phase_loc(0),
    offset_loc(0),
    position_loc(0)
{
    setName("GLES2 Shading test");
    setDescription("This test renders a simple shading scene");
}

b02_SimpleGLShading::~b02_SimpleGLShading()
{
}

/*
 * initBenchmark() shall initialize all required resources for this test case. If initialization fails,
 * false must be returned to indicate core benchmark not to continue execution. Parent class MESSAGE()
 * method can be used to output information about the initialization
 */
bool b02_SimpleGLShading::initBenchmark(void)
{
    ss = new SimpleShader();
    if (false == ss->fromFiles(vertex_src, fragment_src))
    {
        DebugLog::Instance()->MESSAGE(2, "Shader program object failed\n");
        return false;
    }
    ss->linkProgram();

    position_loc  = GLWrapper::Instance()->GLGETATTRIBLOCATION(ss->getProgramObject(), "position");
    phase_loc     = GLWrapper::Instance()->GLGETUNIFORMLOCATION(ss->getProgramObject(), "phase"   );
    offset_loc    = GLWrapper::Instance()->GLGETUNIFORMLOCATION(ss->getProgramObject(), "offset"  );

    if ( position_loc < 0  ||  phase_loc < 0  ||  offset_loc < 0 )
    {
       DebugLog::Instance()->MESSAGE(1, "Error: Unable to get uniform location\n");
       return false;
    }

    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLVIEWPORT (0, 0, display->getDisplayWidth(), display->getDisplayHeight());
    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLCLEARCOLOR(0, 0, 0, 0);

    // If we have errors in GL pipe, then abort.
    if (GLWrapper::Instance()->getGLErrors() > 0) return false;

    return true;
}

/*
 * destroyBenchmark() shall free all resources allocated by the initBenchmark() method. The core shall
 * call this method once the benchmark case has been run.
 */
bool b02_SimpleGLShading::destroyBenchmark(void)
{
    return true;
}

void b02_SimpleGLShading::Render(void)
{
    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLCLEAR ( GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT );

    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLUNIFORM1F ( phase_loc , phase );

    phase = phase + 0.5f;

    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLUNIFORM4F ( offset_loc  ,  0.0 , 0.0 , 0.0 , 0.0 );
    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLVERTEXATTRIBPOINTER ( position_loc, 3, GL_FLOAT, false, 0, vertexArray );
    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLENABLEVERTEXATTRIBARRAY ( position_loc );
    GLWrapper::Instance()->GLDRAWARRAYS ( GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 5 );

    // get the rendered buffer to the screen
    GLWrapper::Instance()->EGLSWAPBUFFERS(display->getEGLDisplay(), display->getEGLSurface());
}

/*
 * renderSingleFrame()
 */
bool b02_SimpleGLShading::renderSingleFrame(float deltatime)
{
    Render();
    return true;
}

/*
 * getRenderStatistics()
 */
bool b02_SimpleGLShading::getRenderStatistics(RENDER_STATISTICS *rs)
{
    return true;
}