yeah the upgrades are a tad over the top!
Makes the upgrades in another ressource than present or decrease the amount of presents needed.
Or makes the building already at the fourth level.
theres hardly place for 9x9 as it is, I dont see any use for 12x12. Please point me to a usefull location?
I don't think the upgrade cost is too high given what is the cost of the buff and its radius, which seems to be large enough to me as well.
The only thing I really don't like about this building is its design, I mean it's OK around Christmas, but for the rest of the year it just won't fit.
what was it, about 50k gems? that's just insane. Or 10k in presents? (im rounding here).
The buffs work on Pumpkin Fields and the Fairy Tale Castle. I like them, but they are very cheap to trigger.


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This week's Makers 1-on-1 interview features Susan Hazel Rich, the illustrator behind Hazelmade, a home goods brand featuring her sketches and designs. If your brand markets to illustrators or visual artists, this 1-on-1 interview with Susan will give you some important insights to help you connect with makers like her.
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Stanford University Departments of Physics, Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory
LevLab Where Quantum Matters
Y. Guo, V. D. Vaidya, R. M. Kroeze, R. A. Lunney, B. L. Lev, and J. Keeling
Emergent and broken symmetries of atomic self-organization arising from Gouy phase shifts in multimode cavity QED
Physical Review A 99, 053818 (2019). pdf
Selected for Editors' Suggestion
Featured in Physics Synopsis: A Step Toward Simulating Spin Glasses. pdf
arXiv:1810.11085 pdf
Y. Guo, R. M. Kroeze, V. D. Vaidya, J. Keeling, and B. L. Lev
Sign-changing photon-mediated atom interactions in multimode cavity QED
Physical Review Letters 122, 193601 (2019). pdf
R. M. Kroeze, Y. Guo, and B. L. Lev
Dynamical spin-orbit coupling of a quantum gas
R. M. Kroeze, Y. Guo, V. D. Vaidya, J. Keeling, and B. L. Lev
Spinor self-ordering of a quantum gas in a cavity
Physical Review Letters 121, 163601 (2018).
Y. Tang, W. Kao, K.-Y. Li, S. Seo, K. Mallayya, M. Rigol, S. Gopalakrishnan, and B. L. Lev
Thermalization near integrability in a dipolar quantum Newton's cradle
Physical Review X 8, 021030 (2018).
See Editors' Choice Watching magnetic atoms thermalize in Science
See News: Quantum Physics A tiny version of this physics toy is revealing quantum secrets in ScienceNews
See Synopsis Pathway to Quantum Thermalization in APS Physics
See Research Highlight Towards thermalization in Nature Physics
See Article Toy inspires experiment on behavior of quantum systems in Stanford News
Y. Tang, W. Kao, K.-Y. Li, and B. L. Lev
Tuning the dipole-dipole interaction in a quantum gas with a rotating magnetic field
arXiv:1803.10867 (2018). pdf
V. D. Vaidya, Y. Guo, R. M. Kroeze, K. E. Ballantine, A. J. Kollár, J. Keeling, and B. L. Lev
Tunable-range, photon-mediated atomic interactions in multimode cavity QED
Physical Review X 8, 011002 (2018). pdf
Selected for a Viewpoint in APS Physics:
H. Türeci, A Multimode Dial for Interatomic Interactions, pdf
F. Yang, A. J. Kollár, S. F. Taylor, R. W. Turner, and B. L. Lev
A Scanning Quantum Cryogenic Atom Microscope
Physical Review Applied 7, 034026 (2017). pdf
J. Fortágh and A. Günther, Sensing Magnetic Fields with a Giant Quantum Wave, pdf
A. J. Kollár, A. T. Papageorge, V. D. Vaidya, Y. Guo, J. Keeling, and B. L. Lev
Supermode-density-wave-polariton condensation
Nature Communications 8, 14386 (2017). pdf
K. E. Ballantine, B. L. Lev, and J. Keeling
Meissner-like effect for synthetic gauge field in multimode cavity QED
W. Kao, Y. Tang, N. Burdick, and B. L. Lev
Anisotropic dependence of tune-out wavelength near Dy 741-nm transition
Optics Express 25, 3411 (2017). pdf
N. Q. Burdick, A. G. Sykes, Y. Tang, and B. L. Lev
Anisotropic collisions of dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in the universal regime
New Journal of Physics 18, 113004 (2016). pdf
See accompanying Perspective "Smashing Magnets" by Igor Ferrier-Barbut. pdf
Y. Tang, A. G. Sykes, N. Q. Burdick, J. M. DiSciacca, D. S. Petrov, and B. L. Lev
Anisotropic expansion of a thermal dipolar Bose gas
L. D. Carr and B. L. Lev
Viewpoint: An Arrested Implosion
APS Physics 9, 55 (2016). pdf
N. Q. Burdick, Y. Tang, and B. L. Lev
A long-lived spin-orbit-coupled dipolar Fermi gas
A. T. Papageorge, A. J. Kollár, and B. L. Lev
Coupling to Modes of a Near-Confocal Optical Resonator Using a Digital Light Modulator
Optics Express 24, 11447 (2016). pdf
Y. Tang, A. Sykes, N. Burdick, J. Bohn, and B. L. Lev
s-wave scattering lengths of the strongly dipolar bosons 162Dy and 164Dy
Erratum: Physical Review A 93, 059905(E) (2016). pdf
N. Y. Yao, S. D. Bennett, C. R. Laumann, B. L. Lev, and A. V. Gorshkov
Bilayer fractional quantum Hall states with dipoles
Y. Tang, N. Burdick, K. Baumann, and B. L. Lev
Bose-Einstein condensation of 162Dy and 160Dy
Special Issue: Focus on New Frontiers of Cold Molecules Research
arXiv:1411.3069
A. Kollár, A. Papageorge, K. Baumann, M. Armen, and B. L. Lev
An adjustable-length cavity and Bose-Einstein condensate apparatus for multimode cavity QED
N. Q. Burdick, K. Baumann, Y. Tang, M. Lu, and B. L. Lev
Fermionic suppression of dipolar relaxation
K. Baumann, N. Q. Burdick, M. Lu, and B. L. Lev
Observation of low-field Fano-Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases of dysprosium
Physical Review A, Rapid Communications, 89, 020701(R) (2014). pdf
M. A. Naides, R. W. Turner, R. A. Lai, J. M. DiSciacca, and B. L. Lev
Trapping ultracold gases near cryogenic materials with rapid reconfigurability
Applied Physics Letters 103, 251112 (2013). pdf
X. Cui, B. Lian, T.-L. Ho, B. L. Lev, and H. Zhai
Synthetic gauge field with highly magnetic lanthanide atoms
Physical Review A, Rapid Communications 88, 011601(R) (2013).
arXiv:1303.6004; pdf
B. Dellabetta, T. L. Hughes, M. J. Gilbert, and B. L. Lev
Imaging topologically protected transport with quantum degenerate gases
Physical Review B 85, 205442 (2012). pdf
M. Lu, N. Q. Burdick, and B. L. Lev
Quantum Degenerate Dipolar Fermi Gas
Selected as Editors' Suggestion and featured in Physics Viewpoint
arXiv:1202:4444; pdf
M. Hafezi, Z. Kim, S. Rolston, L. Orozco, B. L. Lev, and J. Taylor
An atomic interface between microwave and optical photons
Physical Review A, Rapid communications 85, 020302(R) (2012). pdf
S. Gopalakrishnan, B. L. Lev, and P. Goldbart
Frustration and glassiness in spin models with cavity-mediated interactions
Exploring models of associative memory via cavity quantum electrodynamics
Philosophical Magazine, 92, 353 (2012).
Special issue in honor of David Sherrington
M. Lu, N. Q. Burdick, S.-H. Youn, and B. L. Lev
Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium
V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and B. L. Lev
Dynamic polarizabilities and magic wavelengths for dysprosium
Physical Review A, 83, 032502 (2011). pdf
M. Lu, S.-H. Youn, and B. L. Lev
Spectroscopy of a narrow-line laser cooling transition in atomic dysprosium
Physical Review A 83, 012510 (2011).
S.-H. Youn, M. Lu, U. Ray, and B. L. Lev
Dysprosium magneto-optical traps
Atom-light crystallization of BECs in multimode cavities: Nonequilibrium classical and quantum phase transitions, emergent lattices, supersolidity, and frustration
Selected for a Viewpoint in APS Physics
S.-H. Youn, M. Lu, and B. L. Lev
Anisotropic sub-Doppler laser cooling in dysprosium magneto-optical traps
Trapping ultracold dysprosium: A highly magnetic gas for dipolar physics
Nature Research Highlights article "Dazzling dysprosium," February 25th, 2010.
PhysicsWorld.com news report "Ultracold magnetic atoms bode well for quantum studies," February 18th, 2010.
S. Kobtsev, B. Lev, J. Fortagh, and V. Baraulia
Powerful narrow-line source of blue light for laser cooling Yb/Er and Dysprosium atoms
Proc. of SPIE 7578, 75782F-1 (2010). pdf
Emergent crystallinity and frustration with Bose-Einstein condensates in multimode cavities
Nature Physics 5, 845 - 850 (2009).
Nature Physics News and Views article by Helmut Ritsch.
arXiv:cond-mat/0903.2254 pdf
B. Fregoso, K. Sun, E. Fradkin, and B. L. Lev
Biaxial nematic phases in ultracold dipolar Fermi gases
H. J. Kimble, B. L. Lev, and J. Ye
Optical interferometers with reduced sensitivity to thermal noise
M. Lara, B. L. Lev, and J. Bohn
Loss of molecules in magneto-electrostatic traps due to nonadiabatic transitions
B. L. Lev, A. Vukics, E. Hudson, B. Sawyer, P. Domokos, H. Ritsch, and J. Ye
Prospects for the cavity-assisted laser cooling of molecules
B. Sawyer, B. Stuhl, B. L. Lev, J. Ye, and E. Hudson
Mitigation of loss within a molecular Stark decelerator
European Journal of Physics D 48, 197 (2008). pdf
B. Sawyer, B. L. Lev, E. Hudson, B. Stuhl, M. Lara, J. Bohn, and J. Ye
Magneto-electrostatic trapping of ground state OH molecules
Physical Review Letters 98, 253002 (2007). pdf
Cover of Physical Review Letters, June 22nd, 2007
Science's Editor's Choice "OH Trapped by Magnets," July 13th, 2007.
B. L. Lev, E. Meyer, E. Hudson, B. Sawyer, J. Bohn, and J. Ye
OH hyperfine ground state: from precision measurement to molecular qubits
P. E. Barclay, K. Srinivasan, O. Painter, B. Lev, and H. Mabuchi
Integration of Fiber Coupled High-Q Silicon Nitride Microdisks with Magnetostatic Atom Chips
Applied Physics Letters 89, 131108 (2006). pdf
Cover of Applied Physics Letters, September 25th, 2006.
J. Ye, S. Blatt, M. M. Boyd, S. M. Foreman, E. R. Hudson, T. Ido, B. Lev, A. D. Ludlow, B. C. Sawyer, B. Stuhl, and T. Zelevinsky
Precision measurement based on ultracold atoms and cold molecules
Atomic Physics 20, XX International Conference on Atomic Physics (C. Roos et al., Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. 869, 2006), pp. 80-91.
Also in: International J. Mod Phys. D (IJMPD) 16, 2481 - 2494 (2007). pdf
P. Treutlein, T. Steinmetz, Y. Colombe, B. Lev, P. Hommelhoff, J. Reichel, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, A. Widera, T. Rom, I. Bloch, and T. W. Haensch
Quantum Information Processing in Optical Lattices and Magnetic Microtraps
Fortschritte der Physik 54, 702 (2006).
Also in: Elements of Quantum Information, ed. by W.P. Schleich and H. Walther (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007), pp. 121-144.
A. Hopkins, B. Lev, and H. Mabuchi
Proposed Magneto-Electrostatic Ring Trap for Neutral Atoms
arXiv:quant-ph/0402037; pdf
B. Lev, K. Srinivasan, P. Barclay, O. Painter, and H. Mabuchi
Feasibility of Detecting Single Atoms using Photonic Bandgap Cavities
Nanotechnology 15, S556 (2004).
B. Lev
Fabrication of Micro-Magnetic Traps for Cold Neutral Atoms
Quantum Information and Computation, Vol. 3, No. 5, 450-464, (2003).
arXiv:quant-ph/0305067; Updated version
B. Lev, Y. Lassailly, C. Lee, A. Scherer, and H. Mabuchi
Atom Mirror Etched from a Hard Drive
Applied Physics Letters 83, 395-397 (2003). pdf
arXiv:quant-ph/0304003
H. Mabuchi, M. Armen, B. Lev, M. Loncar, J. Vuckovic, H.J. Kimble, J. Preskill, M.L. Roukes, and A. Scherer
Quantum Networks Based on Cavity QED
Quantum Information and Computation 1, Special Issue, 7-12, (2001).
B. Wixted, B. Lev, and P. Denes
Radiation Hardness Evaluation of the Analog Devices AD9042 ADC for Use in the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 417, 371-376, (1998).
Dy Quantum Gases
Many-Body Cavity QED
SQCRAMscope
Pre-LevLab
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Julie Caouette is a social psychologist who's attending my current mindful reflection workshop, and she's begun an interesting discussion of meditation as studied in the scientific community. She found 231 published studies since 2008. Before that there are another 3,309! The most recent list, with abstracts, is here, for anyone who'd like to peruse them. She also just pointed me to the study of terror management.
3) maintain a deep distrust of absolutes.
Let me first thank Stephen for allowing me to share a few of my insights, from the point-of-view of a social scientist.
Actually, my main point about self-esteem is not so much about it becoming ethical as becoming creative. Non-contingent self-esteem begins with a healthy sense of self, based on well-rounded self-respect and measured by one's capacity to respect others. it not only allows for compassion but actually nurtures it. A competitive sense of self is unhelpful; it presupposes that what's good for you is good for me. It's two-dimensional; it ignores individuality and is distinctly uncreative. Competitiveness actually masks a wish to conform—to actually be rewarded for conforming better than others! Unfortunately, the advertizing and marketing machines of our free market economy pounce on and reinforce that insecurity; it's very profitable. This is a time to not go with the flow. The flow we need comes from exploring who we are in mundane ways, and not in the fantasies that come from comparing ourselves with the most "successful" of society—namely, film stars, billionaires and power-brokers whose images are produced by spin-doctors and not personal acquaintance. Self-esteem has become important today as a remedy to self-loathing, for not being one of the chosen. The result is an proliferation of ersatz success with its accompanying dearth of ethical self-respect and overflow of middle-class anomie. The key is to disable the mechanisms that bind us to this common view and seek our own path. This takes time, is a non-cerebral task, and requires the cultivation of no-effort. Read the Tao te Ching.
My first thought, about self-esteem. It's interesting how you mention about how self-esteem can be changed from being defensive to being more ethical. Social psychologists have had a long interest in the study of self-esteem, and have now moved beyond conceiving self-esteem as uni dimensional. Instead, we now have research into 'contingent' self-esteem,'fragile' self-esteem, 'implicit' vs. 'explicit' self-esteem, etc. And although many people in our society believe that having a high self-esteem is a panacea for many ills (e.g. boosting kids' self-esteem as a tool to help them at school), in fact social psychologists disagree with this point- of-view, and they would argue that self-esteem is not the CAUSE of many of our social problems, but only a SYMPTOM, and that we need to work on other aspects of ourselves, instead of trying to superficially boost our self-esteem. Instead, we need to work on 'fixing' the faulty cognitive processes that lead to unhealthy types of self-esteem.
Here is an interesting article Exploding the self-esteem myth: Boosting people's sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation. Yet surprisingly, research shows that such efforts are of little value in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirable behavior.
Also, there is a Prof in my department (Mark Baldwin) that has been working on the underlying mechanisms of self-esteem for years. He has a cool website about this, with interesting games to help people change their unhealthy thought patterns.
By the way, I think you would thoroughly enjoy studying social psychology. What we try to do is to explore how the individuals are related to their social world by understanding the mechanisms involved in the mind. By using the scientific method, social psychologists seeks to understand the causes of social behaviours and social thoughts: they try to characterize mental processes by finding links between what goes on in the world and what goes on in our heads.
*Allport (1968): Social psychology is the scientific attempt to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other human beings. MAIN ELEMENTS: 1) Social influence (power of social situation); 2) Actual, imagined, implied presence of others; 3) Tripod of cognition, affect, behaviour; 3) Cause-effect template (situation →individual, individual → situation, individual ↔ situation); 4) Focus is the individual.
2) WHY THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR?
* As seen in the definition, a main theme of social psychology is the power of social influence. Are we at the mercy of the social situation? Where is my free will?
* The application of the scientific method to age-old philosophical questions about human behaviour and mental processes gave birth to (social) psychology.
* Examples of such philosophical questions are: Is human behaviour freely chosen or is it determined? What is the nature of human nature (e.g. are we inherently aggressive)?
* By using the scientific method, social psychologists seeks to understand the causes of social behaviours and social thoughts: they try to characterize mental processes by finding links between what goes on in the world and what goes on in our heads.
*Variables that can influence social behaviours and social thoughts are: 1) The actions and characteristics of other persons; 2) Cognitive processes; 3) Environmental variables (impact of the physical world); 4) Cultural context; 5) Biological factors.
* Social psychologists currently recognize that social thoughts (how people think about themselves and others) and social behaviours (how people act in social situations) are two sides of the same coin: there is a continuous, complex interplay between them.
Stephen last night was talking about how, in the schools, we are trained to think… The focus is on the 'thoughts', all the knowledge to be acquired. I agree with Stephen, that schools should be about much more.
Recently, there was a conference co-sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA), where psychologists, along with other major thinkers, including Buddhist thinkers, were asked to 're-think' our education system.


Home » Champagne Dreams » Miss Jaye & Friends Help You Keep It Local This Small Business Saturday!
Miss Jaye & Friends Help You Keep It Local This Small Business Saturday!
Small Business Saturday is a wonderful time to show some love to local businesses and independent artists – and do we have an exciting event coming up to help you do just that!
Miss Jaye and Champagne Dreams Productions have teamed up with some other residents of the commercial space in the St. John's Block building to host a fantastic day of shopping, activities, and refreshments to help you relax, do some holiday shopping, and maybe even get a little perspective on your life! Join us Saturday, November 24 from 12 to 5 for a day of holiday cheer and an array of independent vendors and service providers!
Meg Morley may be a top notch legal professional, but that doesn't mean she doesn't love a little bit of glam and pampering! She'll be there with some amazing Mary Kay products (always at the top of someone's gift list!) and offering facial treatments and satin hands demos, and you can enter your name for a chance to win a fantastic door prize!
The Lovely Dozen Bellydance Studio is a great place to let loose and have some fun while learning about dance and culture! The Lovely Dozen will have dance demos during the day and will have a variety of metaphysical supplies for sale as well as some gorgeous, hand-crafted consignment items from the independent artisans at Grey Fox Supplies!
And of course Miss Jaye will be on hand, opening up the CDP "branch office" with very special guest, Mama Champagne (who we hear is bringing refreshments!). You can shop a small selection of brand spankin' new Miss Jaye merch, including mouse pads and mugs and all three 2019 calendar designs, as well as Miss Jaye's hand-crafted jewelry in her Fit For A Queen Designs line!
In addition to the regular residents of the office block, we're inviting some fantastic friends to the party as well, including psychic medium Debbie Kuryn, who will be available for readings, and author RoxAnne Moore, who will be signing copies of her book Out of the Blue. You never know who is going to be added to the event next, so be sure to check out the event page on Facebook, let us know you're coming, and have a great time while supporting independent local businesses!
The Saint John's Block building is in downtown Grand Forks, on the corner of Demers and 3rd! The most up to date information on vendors and scheduling will be available in the Facebook event, so check that out to get a full list! Can't wait to see you!


Read this review of our Dirt Farmer, 2014 over at Texas Wine Lover web site.
We are reviewing a new wine from Bingham Family Vineyards called Dirt Farmer. I couldn't think of a more appropriate name for a wine made by a lovely family who are multi-generation cotton, peanut, and wine growers.
The aromas swirl around the bowl and coat the nasal passages with prominent red fruits like black cherries, plumbs, and even a hint of fig. There are also earthy tones to the nose. The palate showcases these same red fruits and earth, but also teases with nuances of chocolate. Yummy! The wine ends with a moderate finish.
Order now for the convenience of having it shipped to your home or office.
Or check out one of these upcoming events.
Tasting on Friday, August 26th, 2016 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Steven Kreuger will be serving tastes of our Dirt Farmer tonight, Friday, August 26, 2016. He will also be serving tastes of our High Plains Sunset rose' as well from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Also tonight, the Dirt Farmer, Cliff Bingham will be in our Grapevine tasting room to give an update on how harvest is going this year.
Come by for a glass of Dirt Farmer.


When a despot king discovers ancient technology that could help him destroy his enemies he is outsmarted by an old digital human that invades his mind with a plan to conquer the real world. | Logline It!Logline It!
Mandavirmais Samurai Asked on October 28, 2018 in SciFi.
So…. what's the plot? What's the script about?
And who is the protagonist? Who is the audience supposed to identify with and root for?
And who is the antagonist/nemesis?
What is the objective goal that frames the plot?
As Blake Snyder (of "Save the Cat" fame) might say were he still in the land of the living: that's hiding the game ball. A logline shouldn't give away the ending, of course, but it has to show the game ball, the object or objective that everyone is fighting over.
This sounds like the setup to the story, not the story itself.
Richiev Singularity Reviewed on October 28, 2018.
Agree with Richiev and dpg.
A logline should ideally be under 35 words or so. You've used 31 just on the inciting incident. It's never easy, particularly with some of the world building you are trying to do but, in my opinion, the following things are unnecessary – "Golden Kingdom", the fact it's a "metal" cave, actually… the cave itself is irrelevant too, the technology comes from the "Old Ones", that they're fighting a "sacred war". This could reduce the inciting incident down to "When he discovers ancient technology that could destroy his enemies"… you can then leave the character description for the next bit… "a (insert characteristic) Emperor…".
While we're on the inciting incident, this should be an event that upsets the balance in the protagonist's life thus creating his goal to correct it. The inciting incident here is about this ancient technology and the goal… well there's not really a goal at the moment but it's either something to do with destroying his enemies or to do with this digital human. I imagine it's more likely something to do with the latter and, if that's the case, the inciting incident should line up with this and be about the digital human invading his mind.
He shouldn't be sending a search party, he should be going himself. Otherwise the action for the audience is simply him waiting for them to return… that's not visually interesting. Send him out – a protagonist should be proactive.
Basically, strip this back and work out what is essential information that the reader needs to know to understand your story. Find an inciting incident and a goal that are on opposite sides of the same scales and tie it all together.
Before: When the emperor of the Golden Kingdom finds out there is a metal cave filled with ancient technology from the Old Ones that could destroy his enemies in the sacred war, he sends a search party to retrieve everything, but he is surprised by a digital human with a secret plan who invades his mind.
After: When a despot king discovers ancient technology that could help him destroy his enemies he is outsmarted by an old digital human that invades his mind with a plan to conquer the real world.
Still a work in progress. There are two other characters besides the emperor/king that I think could be protagonists. It's possible I will change things to have a more proactive protagonist.


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Galileo initial services available
press release and video
Europe's own Galileo satellite navigation system has begun operating, with the satellites in space delivering positioning, navigation and timing information to users around the globe.
Today, the European Commission, owner of the system, formally announced the start of Galileo Initial Services, the first step towards full operational capability.
Further launches will continue to build the satellite constellation, which will gradually improve the system performance and availability worldwide.
ESA has overseen the design and deployment of Galileo on behalf of the Commission, with system operations and service provision due to be entrusted to the European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency next year.
After five years of launches there are now 18 satellites in orbit. The most recent four, launched last month (see liftoff replay), are undergoing testing ahead of joining the constellation next spring.
The full Galileo constellation will consist of 24 satellites plus orbital spares, intended to prevent any interruption in service.
ESA Director general Jan Woerner noted, "For ESA, this is a very important moment in the programme. We know that the performance of the system is excellent. The announcement of Initial Services is the recognition that the effort, time and money invested by ESA and the Commission has succeeded, that the work of our engineers and other staff has paid off, that European industry can be proud of having delivered this fantastic system."
Paul Verhoef, ESA's Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, added, "Today's announcement marks the transition from a test system to one that is operational. We are proud to be a partner in the Galileo programme. Still, much work remains to be done. The entire constellation needs to be deployed, the ground infrastructure needs to be completed and the overall system needs to be tested and verified. In addition, together with the Commission we have started work on the second generation, and this is likely to be a long but rewarding adventure."
Initial ServicesGalileo is now providing three service types, the availability of which will continue to be improved.
The Open Service is a free mass-market service for users with enabled chipsets in, for instance, smartphones and car navigation systems. Fully interoperable with GPS, combined coverage will deliver more accurate and reliable positioning for users.
Galileo's Public Regulated Service is an encrypted, robust service for government-authorised users such as civil protection, fire brigades and the police.
The Search and Rescue Service is Europe's contribution to the long-running Cospas–Sarsat international emergency beacon location. The time between someone locating a distress beacon when lost at sea or in the wilderness will be reduced from up to three hours to just 10 minutes, with its location determined to within 5 km, rather than the previous 10 km.
Finding your wayLike all satnav systems, Galileo operations rely on the extremely precise measurement of time – around 10 billionths of a second on average.
Because all electromagnetic waves, including radio, travel at a fixed speed – just under 30 cm each billionth of a second – the time it takes for Galileo signals to reach a user receiver yields distance measurements. All the receiver has to do is multiply the travel time by the speed of light.
A minimum of four satellites must be visible to pinpoint position: one each to fix latitude, longitude and altitude, with another to ensure synchronised timings. More satellites provide a greater level of service coverage and precision.
The public will begin benefiting as Galileo-capable devices enter the marketplace: 17 companies, representing more than 95% of global supply, now produce Galileo-ready chips.
'Galileo System Time' is set to become an important utility in its own right, essential for synchronising worldwide banking, power and data networks.
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Private finance initiative
PFI will ultimately cost £300bn
Repayments on contracts will grow to £10bn a year by 2017-18, say Guardian figures, and government is still striking new deals PFI contracts: read the full list here
PFI schemes for new hospitals could end up costing NHS trusts 12 times as much as the capital outlay. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Denis Campbell, James Ball and Simon Rogers
Thu 5 Jul 2012 16.08 EDT
The cost of Britain's controversial private finance initiative will continue to soar for another five years and end up costing taxpayers more than £300bn, according to a Guardian analysis of contracts that were sanctioned by the Treasury.
Despite recent coalition criticism suggesting that the government was going cold on the scheme, recently published figures indicate that repayments will continue ballooning until they peak at £10.1bn a year by 2017-18.
The 717 PFI contracts currently under way across the UK are funding new schools, hospitals and other public facilities with a total capital value of £54.7bn, but the overall ultimate cost will reach £301bn by the time they have been paid off over the coming decades.
Much of this difference is due to ongoing running costs built into the contracts, but the schemes have also been criticised for providing poor value for money compared with the interest rates the government would pay if it borrowed money directly to pay for the schemes.
Last week, South London Healthcare Trust, which runs three hospitals in south-east London, was placed in administration by the health secretary as it struggled to meet the cost of its PFI obligations.
Dave Prentis, general secretary of the union Unison, said on Thursday night: "The NHS is just the start of the story.
"We're sitting on a PFI debt time bomb, and the sheer scale of the burden paints a seriously grim picture for the future of our public services."
PFI had left the UK with a "staggering mountain of debt," Prentis said.
The Treasury said on Thursday that it expected to make an announcement soon following a "fundamental review" of PFI and a search for alternatives, initiated by ministers late last year amid concern that too many of the deals represent poor value for money. Ministers recognised the concern felt about PFI and had already acted to make savings, added a spokeswoman.
The Treasury said that future liabilities under PFI total about £242bn (once existing payments are taken into account) and that this figure would shrink to £122bn if it were adjusted for future expected inflation. Nonetheless, details of the contracts compiled by the Treasury make clear that some NHS organisations will end up paying almost 12 times the initial sum over what is usually a 30-year contract.
For example, while the capital cost of rebuilding Calderdale Royal Hospital in Yorkshire is £64.6m, the scheme will end up costing Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust a total of £773.2m. Similarly, the cost of building the new Walsgrave district general hospital in Coventry will jump from an initial £379m to an eventual £4bn.
Most of the 717 contracts analysed were agreed under Labour, but a number have been signed recently and were agreed by the coalition.
In 2007-08, the total annual repayment cost of all PFI schemes in the UK was £5.78bn. But by 2017-18 that will have almost doubled to £10.1bn in a decade, and repayments will cost at least £9bn a year for the decade after that.
The Treasury document also reveals that 39 further PFI projects were being procured in March this year, with total capital costs of £5.36bn, despite senior ministers including David Cameron and George Osborne having heavily criticised Labour's extensive use of PFI while in office.
These deals will add tens of billions of pounds more to the £301bn price tag.
The cost of PFI Photograph: Graphic
Before the 2010 election, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg condemned PFI as "a bit of dodgy accounting – a way in which the government can pretend they're not borrowing when they are, and we'll all be picking up the tab in 30 years".
In opposition, Osborne pledged that the Conservatives would stop using PFI and denounced Labour for relying so much on a source of finance that he said was "totally discredited". "We need to find new ways to leverage private-sector investment. Labour's PFI model is flawed and must be replaced," he said in November 2009.
But Margaret Hodge, chair of the powerful Commons public accounts committee, said the coalition had failed to come up with the promised alternative since coming to power. She accused ministers of extending PFI in effect through a recent scheme to encourage housing associations to build new social housing using borrowed money – a move she warned could put the viability of some of them in doubt by overloading them with unwanted debt.
Hodge said that "inevitably" some public services would have to be cut in coming years as sectors such as the NHS struggle to meet rising PFI repayments at a time when budgets are expected to remain tight. The squeeze on public spending is expected to last until 2017 or even beyond.
"£301bn is a hell of a lot of money," Hodge added. "The irony is that we privatised the buildings but nationalised the debts. It's crazy."
The huge sums revealed in the Treasury's list have renewed concerns about the wisdom of using PFI to build a wide range of public , facilities when the eventual costs are so much higher.
For example, Barts Health NHS Trust in London says the construction of new medical facilities at its two main sites will cost £1.1bn, but the document reveals that the eventual cost will be £7.1bn by the time the contract is fully paid off in 2048-49.
That will cost the trust an average of £115m a year at today's prices for the entire duration of the contract, the trust confirmed.
"The full business case clearly demonstrated that the private finance initiative option provided the best solution for the delivery of services and value for money for the NHS, compared with the publicly funded alternative," said a Barts spokeswoman.
"Our new hospitals replace outdated, awkwardly configured buildings with fantastic new facilities that meet the challenge of providing healthcare to a local population with some of the most challenging health needs in the UK."
A Treasury spokeswoman said: "The government has already taken action to drive savings in PFI and as part of its review of PFI aims to deliver a new, cheaper model, which will ensure a fair deal for the taxpayer now and in the longer term.
"The government has for the first time published a clear assessment of PFI liabilities."
An aide to George Osborne said : "Under Labour PFI offered little value for money and was hidden off balance sheet by Ed Balls and Gordon Brown.
"We have already driven savings in existing PFI projects, made the value for money criteria much stricter and for the first time published our PFI liabilities in the whole of government accounts."
Liberal-Conservative coalition


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Q: Why is single-value tuple plus list is more efficient than appending a number? Assume we need to append single number 1 to array a.
In Python we have 5 obvious ways:

*

*a.append(1)

*a += [1]

*a += 1,

*a.extend((1,))

*a.extend([1])
Let's measure it with timeit :
from timeit import timeit

print(timeit("a.append(1)", "a = []", number=10_000_000))
print(timeit("a += [1]", "a = []", number=10_000_000))
print(timeit("a += 1,", "a = []", number=10_000_000))
print(timeit("a.extend((1,))", "a = []", number=10_000_000))
print(timeit("a.extend([1])", "a = []", number=10_000_000))

Here is the console's output:
5.05412472199896
5.869792026000141
3.1280645619990537
4.988895307998973
8.05588494499898

Why is third one more efficient than others?

A: The creation of a tuple (1,) is optimized away by the compiler. On the other hand, the list is always created. Look at dis.dis
>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis('a.extend((1,))')
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_METHOD              1 (extend)
              4 LOAD_CONST               0 ((1,))
              6 CALL_METHOD              1
              8 RETURN_VALUE
>>> dis.dis('a.extend([1])')
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_METHOD              1 (extend)
              4 LOAD_CONST               0 (1)
              6 BUILD_LIST               1
              8 CALL_METHOD              1
             10 RETURN_VALUE

Notice, it takes less byte-code instructions, and merely does a LOAD_CONST on (1,). On the other hand, for the list, BUILD_LIST is called (with a LOAD_CONST for 1).
Note, you can access these constants on the code object:
>>> code = compile('a.extend((1,))', '', 'eval')
>>> code
<code object <module> at 0x10e91e0e0, file "", line 1>
>>> code.co_consts
((1,),)

Finally, as to why += is faster than .extend, well, again if you look at the bytecode:
>>> dis.dis('a += b')
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_NAME                1 (b)
              4 INPLACE_ADD
              6 STORE_NAME               0 (a)
              8 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
             10 RETURN_VALUE
>>> dis.dis('a.extend(b)')
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_METHOD              1 (extend)
              4 LOAD_NAME                2 (b)
              6 CALL_METHOD              1
              8 RETURN_VALUE

You'll notice for .extend, it that requires first resolving the method (which takes extra time). Using the operator on the other hand has it's own bytecode: INPLACE_ADD so everything is pushed down into that C layer (plus, magic methods skip instance namespaces and a bunch of hooplah and are looked up directly on the class).

A: Ok, to sum up, what @juanpa.arrivillaga, @Samwise and @Barmar mentioned:
a += (1, ) is equiualent to a.__iadd__((1, )) but without loading methods. If we look at dis:
>>> dis.dis("a.__iadd__((1,))")
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_METHOD              1 (__iadd__)
              4 LOAD_CONST               0 ((1,))
              6 CALL_METHOD              1
              8 RETURN_VALUE

>>> dis.dis("a += (1, )")
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_CONST               0 ((1,))
              4 INPLACE_ADD
              6 STORE_NAME               0 (a)
              8 LOAD_CONST               1 (None)
             10 RETURN_VALUE

>>> dis.dis("a.append(1)")
  1           0 LOAD_NAME                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_METHOD              1 (append)
              4 LOAD_CONST               0 (1)
              6 CALL_METHOD              1
              8 RETURN_VALUE

You can see that in first and third cases we needed to use LOAD_METHOD before call and this is most resourse-mean part, whilst += have direct disassembler
Btw, first case is more worse than previous five and got 8.292503296999712 on timeit

A: The difference between the tuple and list is entirely due to the difference in how much time it takes to create each.  This is easy to verify by timing the list/tuple creation on its own, and by timing the += operation independently of the creation of the objects being added:
>>> timeit("b = [1]", number=10_000_000)
0.447727799997665
>>> timeit("b = (1,)", number=10_000_000)
0.17419059993699193
>>> timeit("a += b", "a, b = [], [1]", number=10_000_000)
0.5244328000117093
>>> timeit("a += b", "a, b = [], (1,)", number=10_000_000)
0.5320590999908745

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The Wiknatanja (Wik Ngathanya) were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

Languages
Wiknatanja was one of the Wik languages.

Country
Norman Tindale estimate Wiknatanja lands to encompass some  on the coast around mouths of the Kendall River.

Alternative names
 Wik-Ngartona.
 Wik-Natan.
 Wik-ngatona.

Notes

Citations

Sources

Aboriginal peoples of Queensland

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text:
from pyhunt.deploy import WMIEXEC
from pyhunt.deploy_smb import CMDEXEC
from multiprocessing import Process, Pool
from time import sleep

class HuntScan:
    def __init__(self, usr, pwd, domain, hashes=''):
        self.targets = []
        self.__currentpath = ''
        self.surveyfile = "survey/survey.ps1"
        self.tgtdestdirectory = "c:\\windows\\temp"
        self.__status = {}
        self.requiredfiles = ["survey/sigcheck.exe", "survey/sigcheck64.exe"]
        self.components = []
        self.__receiver = None
        self.__username = usr
        self.__password = pwd
        self.__domain = domain
        self.__hashes = hashes
        self.protocol = "SMB"
        self.shell = None

    def run(self):
        try:
            if self.__hashes == '':
                if self.protocol == "WMI":
                    executer = WMIEXEC('dir', self.__username, self.__password, self.__domain, None, None, "ADMIN$", scanObject=self)
                else:
                    executer = CMDEXEC(self.__username, self.__password, self.__domain, None, None, None, None, "SHARE", "ADMIN$", 445, scanObject=self)

            else:
                if self.protocol == "WMI":
                    executer = WMIEXEC('dir', self.__username, '', self.__domain, self.__hashes, None, "ADMIN$", scanObject=self)
                else:
                    executer = CMDEXEC(self.__username, self.__password, self.__domain, self.__hashes, None, None, None, "SHARE", "ADMIN$", 445, scanObject=self)

            threads = []
            cap = 1
            running = 0
            for t in self.targets:
                p = Process(target=executer.run, args=(t,))
                p.start()
                threads.append(p)
                running += 1

            for p in threads:
                p.join()

        except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt), e:
            import traceback
            print traceback.print_exc()
            print str(e)

    def addTargetList(self, tgt):
        self.targets = tgt

    def __str__(self):
        retVal = self.__domain + "\\" + self.__username + "\n" + str(self.targets) + "\n" + "Survey File:  " + self.surveyfile + "\n" + "Protocol:  " + self.protocol + "\n" + "Required Files:  " + str(self.requiredfiles) + "\n"

        return retVal

#h = HuntScan("user", "pw", "localhost", "")
#h.addTargetList(["192.168.149.141"])
#h.addTargetList(["10.1.1.20"])
#h.run()


There are two domestic airlines: SANSA and Travelair. Demand for seats is high, so try to book as far in advance as possible. The majority of Costa Ricans do not own cars, so public transportation is quite well developed, although connections between towns other than san Jose are limited. Most multi-destination trips will require backtracking into San Jose and then catching another bus outward again.


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Q: wrapping/using a ServicedComponent I've been given a lump of code that has a ServicedComponent in it. I'm wrapping it up so that I don't have to expose the client code to yet another assembly dependency. The problem I'm having is injecting the connection string so that the Construct override will use the correct db.
Any ideas?
Thanks In Advance,
Josh Robinson

A: I had the same issue and I had to use the registry to read the connection string from. I understand (but have not verified) that it is possible to get a per-component .config file - see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/florinlazar/archive/2003/12/04/41369.aspx


Antiparos does not have an airport or a big port but it is reachable by a 7-minute ferry boat ride from Paros island. You can see the daily ferry schedule from Pounda (Paros) to Antiparos here.
Paros is reachable by boat or by plane, from Piraeus (the port of Athens) or Rafina and from the other Cycladic islands like Mykonos or Santorini.
Ferry tickets from Piraeus (the port of Athens) or Rafina to Paros are available online. It is highly recommended to book your ferry tickets to Paros well in advance (especially if you plan to take a car to the island) if you are planning on visiting the island during the months of July and August. Visitor traffic is at it's peak during this time. By booking a round trip ticket you can expect considerable discounts on your ticket prices as well. Loyalty cards will get you a discount on the car fee.
When you arrive at Paros or Antiparos some transportation options for consideration are renting a car, motorbike, bicycle or, you can look for the local bus itineraries.
It's possible to find direct international flights to Mykonos, from where you can reach Paros by high-speed boat. Contact Easyjet or Eurofly for more information. The island of Antiparos welcomes you!
Piraeus Port Authority S.A, provides telephone information services for all the itineraries from the Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrion ports.
The number 14541 has an average waiting time of no more than 20 seconds and one-off charge (no time charges).
Scheduled and extraordinary departures and arrivals.
The service is available exclusively via live chat throughout the 24 hours a day, all year round.
The annual passenger traffic through Piraeus Port is approximately 20,000,000 passengers.


The research, by Jennie Zhang and Taha Yasseri from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, aims to give an insight into what happens on dating sites after users match.
The team says their paper, "What Happens After You Both Swipe Right: A Statistical Description of Mobile Dating Communications" is one of the first large scale quantitative studies to look at the way mobile dating sites are used.
Zhang and Yasseri said: "Mobile dating applications (MDAs) have skyrocketed in popularity in the last few years, with popular MDA Tinder alone matching 26 million pairs of users per day.
"In addition to becoming an influential part of modern dating culture, MDAs facilitate a unique form of mediated communication: dyadic mobile text messages between pairs of users who are not already acquainted.
Over a two year period, Zhang and Yasseri looked at how 400,000 heterosexual singles in 30 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States communicated online.
The researchers looked at 19m messages on an unnamed dating app, measuring who initiated conversations, the number of replies received, how long it took users to reply, and the length and content of the messages.
This enabled the team to look at general data trends around dating app use, and how singles behaved when actively using the platforms.
Even though the study looked at a 50/50 split between male and female users, it was found that on the whole, men sent more messages that women – 56% to 44% – with men initiating conversation 79% of the time.
And of this figure, the researchers found that half of all messages were reciprocated within a time bracket of eight hours.
However, their data showed that a massive 39% were never replied to, and 11% of all conversations didn't exceed two messages.
And if users did begin to converse, an average of nine messages were sent, only resulting in an exchange of phone numbers if the chat reached an average of 27 messages.
Women were also more likely than men to reply to initial messages in conversations, with the researchers saying interviews with users found that men usually swiped right "way more often" than women, paying less attention to profiles.
Yasseri spoke about the conclusions of the study, saying: "This is probably sad to some people, but reassuring to others who think there is something wrong with them because nobody is responding to their messages.
To read more about the study and its findings, please click here.


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namespace UpBeat.Web.UnitTests.Controllers.TrackGridController
{
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using NUnit.Framework;
    using AutoMapper;
    using Moq;
    using UpBeat.Services.Contracts;
    using UpBeat.Web.Areas.Administration.Models;
    using UpBeat.Web.Areas.Administration.Controllers;
    using UpBeat.Data.Models;
    using System.Web.Mvc;
    using Kendo.Mvc.UI;

    [TestFixture]
    public class ListTracks_Should
    {
        [Test]
        public void ReturnJsonContainingTracks_WhenCalled()
        {
            // Arrange
            var mapperMock = new Mock<IMapper>();
            var trackServiceMock = new Mock<ITrackService>();
            var dataSourceRequest = new DataSourceRequest();

            var trackGridViewModel = new TrackGridViewModel()
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Some track grid model",
                PreviewUrl = "https://source-site/source-file.mp3"
            };

            var trackDbModel = new Track()
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Some track grid model",
                PreviewUrl = "https://source-site/source-file.mp3"
            };

            var tracksList = new List<Track>() { trackDbModel };
            trackServiceMock.Setup(x => x.GetAll()).Returns(tracksList);

            mapperMock.Setup(x => x.Map<Track, TrackGridViewModel>(trackDbModel)).Returns(trackGridViewModel);

            // Act
            var trackGridController = new TrackGridController(mapperMock.Object, trackServiceMock.Object);
            var jsonResult = trackGridController.ListTracks(dataSourceRequest) as JsonResult;
            var dataSourceResult = (jsonResult.Data as DataSourceResult).Data.GetEnumerator();
            dataSourceResult.MoveNext();

            // Assert
            Assert.AreSame(dataSourceResult.Current, trackGridViewModel);
        }

        [Test]
        public void ReturnJsonWithNoTracks_WhenDatabaseIsEmpty()
        {
            // Arrange
            var mapperMock = new Mock<IMapper>();
            var trackServiceMock = new Mock<ITrackService>();
            var dataSourceRequest = new DataSourceRequest();

            var trackGridViewModel = new TrackGridViewModel()
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Some track grid model",
                PreviewUrl = "https://source-site/source-file.mp3"
            };

            var trackDbModel = new Track()
            {
                Id = 1,
                Name = "Some track grid model",
                PreviewUrl = "https://source-site/source-file.mp3"
            };

            var tracksList = new List<Track>() { };
            trackServiceMock.Setup(x => x.GetAll()).Returns(tracksList);

            mapperMock.Setup(x => x.Map<Track, TrackGridViewModel>(trackDbModel)).Returns(trackGridViewModel);

            // Act
            var trackGridController = new TrackGridController(mapperMock.Object, trackServiceMock.Object);
            var jsonResult = trackGridController.ListTracks(dataSourceRequest) as JsonResult;
            var dataSourceResult = (jsonResult.Data as DataSourceResult).Data.Cast<object>().ToList();

            // Assert
            Assert.AreEqual(dataSourceResult.Count, 0);
        }
    }
}


When planning exercises for forecasting and quantification, especially for family planning products and contraceptives.
When to use When planning exercises for forecasting and quantification, especially for family planning products and contraceptives.
Amount of training / TA required No training required to utilize manual, but a one week training on forecasting, quantification, and procurement planning can be particularly helpful. For technical assistance, anywhere from 3-5 weeks for 2-3 advisers would be required.
Advantages Includes information on three different methodologies to be used when forecasting need for health commodities. Topics range from general methodological considerations to special considerations when forecasting for HIV/AIDS prevention programs.
Limitations Focuses on contraceptives, family planning products, and HIV and AIDS prevention programs. Other quantification guides should be consulted if forecasting needs for other types of commodities.


How Far is Fort View Towers?
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Short, long, straight or curly – your hair and it's fullness is an expression of your unique style and personality. But if you start losing your hair it can affect your confidence and self-esteem.
Over 56 million men and women in the United States suffer from thinning or baldness, but over 60% of medical hair loss and thinning hair can bemanaged, controlled or reversed without the need for surgical options. Hair re-growth in women has almost a 90% success rate and in men it is about 65%.
Involutional alopecia is a condition where the hair gradually thins with aging. More follicles go into the resting phase and the remaining hairs become shorter and fewer.
There is androgenic alopecia or male pattern baldness which is a genetic condition. It can occur in both men and women and can start as early as ones teens.
Alopecia areata is patchy hair loss in children and young adults. This often reverses itself.
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Marco Pino or Marco da Siena (1521–1583) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance and Mannerist period. Born in Costalpino and first trained in Siena, he later worked in Rome and in Naples, where he died. He was putatively a pupil of the painters Beccafumi and Daniele da Volterra. The biographer Filippo Baldinucci also says he worked for Baldassare Peruzzi.

Among his pupils in Messina was his son-in-law, Antonio Spanò.  Fabrizio Santafede was his pupil in Naples.

References

1520s births
1590s deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Siena
Italian Mannerist painters


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Nella metrica italiana, per verso sciolto s'intende un verso non rimato, cioè sciolto dalla rima, non legato ad altri dalla rima. Qualunque verso può trovarsi sciolto all'interno di una strofa e in tal caso è detto anche verso irrelato. Ma il verso sciolto per eccellenza nella nostra tradizione poetica, l'unico usato da solo in sequenze più o meno estese, è l'endecasillabo sciolto.

Storia
La storia dell'endecasillabo piano sciolto attraversa tutta la storia della poesia italiana.

Si trova già nel poemetto satirico duecentesco Mare amoroso. Ma è nel Cinquecento che ha la sua consacrazione: Gian Giorgio Trissino lo adopera come metro eroico ne L'Italia liberata dai Goti (1547-48) e Annibal Caro lo usa per rendere l'esametro latino nella sua celebre traduzione dell'Eneide (edita postuma, 1581).

Da allora diventa il verso principe della traduttologia italiana: nel Seicento Alessandro Marchetti tradusse Della natura delle cose (edito postumo, 1717) di Lucrezio; nel Settecento, Anton Maria Salvini volgarizzò un'infinità di opere classiche greche, tutte in endecasillabi sciolti di scorrevole fattura, attirandosi la critica che sembrassero prosa; di grande impatto nell'ambiente letterario dell'epoca fu la traduzione dei Canti di Ossian di Melchiorre Cesarotti, ammirata e lodata anche all'estero; nell'Ottocento, Vincenzo Monti tradusse lIliade (1810), portando l'endecasillabo sciolto alla sua perfezione, e Ippolito Pindemonte lOdissea (1822).

Intanto venne anche usato come metro lirico da Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Saverio Bettinelli e Andrea Cornaro, nei Versi sciolti di tre eccellenti moderni autori (1757), e come metro tragico dall'Alfieri. Ugo Foscolo compose il proprio capolavoro, Dei sepolcri (1807), in 295 endecasillabi sciolti; Giacomo Leopardi lo sublimò in alcuni dei Canti (è il metro de L'infinito). Manzoni lo usò in Urania (1809), Pascoli nei Poemi conviviali (1904), Gozzano ne Le farfalle (1914).

Attualmente l'endecasillabo sciolto è l'unico verso tradizionale tuttora diffuso nella moderna poesia versiliberista.

Note

Bibliografia
 Pietro G. Beltrami, La metrica italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1991, pp. 105-112.
 W.Th. Elwert, Versificazione italiana dalle origini ai giorni nostri, Firenze, F. Le Monnier, 1973, pp. 107-110.
 Sandro Orlando, Manuale di metrica italiana, Milano, Bompiani, 1993, pp. 67-68.
 Giuseppe Sangirardi - Francesco De Rosa, Breve guida alla metrica italiana, Milano, Sansoni, 2002, pp. 146-149.

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//  commands.hpp
//  HRM-CCPU
//
//  Copyright © 2015 Lewis Fox.
//  Licenced under The MIT License (MIT)
//

#ifndef commandsg_hpp
#define commandsg_hpp

#include <cstdint>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

const int16_t SpecialFlag = 0x4000;
const int16_t Empty       = 0x7FFF;

enum Commands:uint8_t {
    INBOX,
    OUTBOX,
    COPYTO,
    COPYFROM,
    ADD,
    SUB,
    BUMPUP,
    BUMPDN,
    JUMP,
    JUMPZ,
    JUMPN,
    COMMENT,
    LABEL,
    LCOMMENT,
    DEFINE,
    INVALID
};

const uint16_t IsIndexOf = (1 << 0xC);

typedef std::vector<uint16_t> Program;
typedef std::vector<int16_t> Values;

struct RunInfo {
    Values memory;
    Values input;
};

std::pair<Program, RunInfo> setInstructions(std::istream &in);

#endif /* commandsg_hpp */


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«Цветок ночи» () — немая мелодрама 1925 года.

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События фильма разворачиваются в Калифорнии в 1856 году. Мошенники отбирают золотой прииск под названием Flor de Noche (т.е. Цветок ночи) у дона Джеральдо Виллалона, потомка испанских грандов. Его дочь Карлотта влюбляется в Джона Бассета, помощника нового управляющего, и, несмотря на запрет отца, отправляется с ним на танцы. Там её навязчиво пытается увлечь танцевать пьяный Дерк Билант, управляющий прииском. Эта сцена происходит на глазах у Бассета, он неправильно истолковывает ситуацию и отвергает девушку. Карлотта признается отцу, что непослушанием опозорила имя Виллалонов, и тот совершает самоубийство.

Далее она отправляется в Сан-Франциско, танцует в дансинг-холле и заводит знакомство с Люком Рэндом, который возглавляет организацию линчевателей под названием Комитет Бдительности. Рэнд предлагает помочь вернуть прииск, и Карлотта, уязвленная отношением Бассета, соглашается, но затем понимает, что тем самым поставила жизнь Бассета под угрозу, и пытается остановить Люка. В итоге Бассет убивает Рэнда, и влюбленные воссоединяются.

В ролях
 Пола Негри — Карлотта Виллалон
 Джозеф Доулинг — Дон Джеральдо Виллалон
 Юкка Трубецкой — Джон Бассет
 Уорнер Оулэнд — Люк Рэнд

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Pokemon go needs no introduction. It gathered the attention of people around the world as soon as it was launched. Gamers loved the new concept of live gameplay. Soon it became the latest trend in the gaming community. The gameplay of Pokemon go is one of its kind. Pokemon go introduced the concept of walking around in real time to catch different types of Pokemon. It uses Live GPS for tracking your movement. Pokemon all spread here and there on the map. You need to physically reach the Pokemon by walking to that location in order to catch it. It is too much fun. Hence, you should download the game today. Below are the steps to download the Pokemon go apk.
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Adeboyejo getting physical this spring
Published 12:00 pm Thursday, April 7, 2016
By Davis Potter
With the loss of two of Ole Miss' key targets out wide, Quincy Adeboyejo is working on becoming a more physical threat in the receiving corps. (Bruce Newman)
Quincy Adeboyejo has specialized as a speedy slot receiver his first three years at Ole Miss. Now he's trying to round out his game heading into his final season.
Adeboyejo has been working inside and out this spring with the departures of Laquon Treadwell and Cody Core, who are both preparing for this year's NFL Draft. Speed has been the rising senior's signature trait since signing with the Rebels out of Cedar Hill (Texas) High in 2013, but Adeboyejo, now the most experienced receiver on the roster, could shift to the outside at times in the fall to help fill the production left behind by Treadwell and Core, who combined to catch 119 passes for 1,797 yards and 15 touchdowns a season ago.
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Adeboyejo had 604 receiving yards and was second to Treadwell in touchdown receptions (7) last season, but it's what Adeboyejo is doing without the ball in his hands this spring that's been his primary focus as he prepares for the possibility of an even bigger role come the fall.
"Just one thing I've really been trying to work on is being more physical," Adeboyejo said. "I've been playing not only inside but also trying to get some work on the outside. That calls for you got to be more physical blocking on screens and stuff."
Adeboyejo had an example to go by the last few seasons in Treadwell, whose crunching blocks downfield became just as common as a touchdown catch. But Treadwell played anywhere from 210 to 230 pounds during his career while Core also weighs more than 200 pounds, bodies more equipped to take on bulkier linebackers and defensive backs.
"It is a mindset, and when I first got out there (this spring), I really didn't know how physical you actually had to be," Adeboyejo said. "I got pushed around a few times. I had to come out there with a different mindset and block harder than the first days I was out there."
Adeboyejo said his attempt to pack on pounds "hasn't really been working," but he'll continue to try to bulk up this summer with a specific weight in mind that won't interfere with his biggest asset.
"That's one thing I'm going to try to do is to get up to 205," Adeboyejo said. "I've never been there, so I don't know what it'll feel like, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to sustain my speed."
Most of the intense blocking for receivers in the Rebels' offensive scheme comes on bubble screens, and it's "always a crucial block" that turns out to be the difference in a short play and an explosive one, receivers coach Grant Heard said. Adeboyejo has to make up for his lack of bulk with sound technique, something he's continuing to hone as he attempts to morph into a complete receiver.
"He's really worked on it because when he first came in, blocking was not his deal," Heard said. "It wasn't. He just wanted to catch balls. He's taken on the role of trying to do it, and he's doing a heck of a job right now."
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If you're ever in UK in the summer, check out the Red Arrows performance to see if they're coming anywhere near you. I guarantee you will not be disappointed with their performance. Today I'll take you on a walk through an unusual landscape and stop on the way to watch this remarkable performance.
In 2014 I went on a walk to Caesar's Camp near Farnborough in UK, this was a kill two birds with one stone walk. The first bird is the walk itself. Caesar's Camp is located on a hillfort which is 177m above sea level and dates back to the Iron Ages. It has an invaluable heathland with many natural wildlife habitat and protected species. When I went in July, the heathland was covered in beautiful purple heather in many places. That alone makes it a lovely walk.
This walk is probably one the most interesting ones that I've done in England due to its diverse landscape. There were mild undulating terrain as I started off my walk towards the woods. Then the landscape gradually changed from open heathland to towering trees.
I even found this fallen tree on the ground, luckily I managed to walk across it without falling off!
The most interesting thing about Caesar's Camp is that it is owned by the MOD – the Military of Defence in UK and is used for military training. There were quite a lot of signs around warning walkers of the danger and not to wander off piste which added a little bit of excitement for us ramblers. However, I believe the MOD training is conducted in another part of this area which is closed off to the public otherwise it would be rather inconvenient and dangerous to do combat training when you have walkers roaming around!
Not long after I came out of the woods I approached a wide sandy track. This is another unusual feature of this walk because it looks like you're on a beach but you're not really. The wide track is man made so the military and their vehicles can come through for training easily.
Now I've finally got to where I want to be – the hilltop to watch the Red Arrows. That's where you can see dots of people at the back, and is the second bird of my killing two birds with one stone walk.
Here's my viewpoint from the hill top looking to The Farnborough Airshow. The Red Arrows were performing as part of The Farnborough Airshow, the world's second largest air show after the Paris one. These two are held every alternate year, Farnborough in even years and Paris in odd years. I arrived just in time to see the A380. You may think there's nothing special about the A380 as they're flying all over the world now, but remember this was 2014, and the A380 made its inaugural flight in 2015, so this is where things happen in the aviation industry.
The highlight of the day was of course watching the Red Arrows perform. Here's them ready to take off, and then performing in mid air. I wish you could hear the roar of the engines and the excitement all around, it's absolutely electrifying.
Isn't this remarkable? I've you enjoyed this so far, make sure you're following me because I do have some videos from the day but I need to edit them first before I can share them with you. Stay tune for next time!


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Heliconia an Identification Guide
by Fred Berry and W. John Kress
Heliconia, large tropical flowers native to Central and South America and some islands of the South Pacific, have become favorite horticultural subjects throughout the world. Many cultivated varieties are available from florists as cut flowers or potted plants in regions where they cannot be grown outdoors and others are commonly used as ornaments for landscaping in the tropics.
Fully illustrated with color photographs that capture the reds, yellows, greens, and pinks of long-lasting heliconia blooms, this field guide is the definitive source for easy and efficient identification of 200 species, varieties, hybrids, and cultivars of the genus Heliconia. Botanical and horticultural names are given for each species, along with a brief description of morphological features, blooming time, habitat, and geographic distribution.
Tropical Flower Cultivation: The Heliconias
by Bryan Brunner
Continuing where the "Heliconia Bible" by Fred Berry and John Kress left off in 1991, this book offers a comprehensive review of heliconia cultivation, not only in the tropical garden but also in subtropical and even protected temperate regions. Completely bilingual (English/Spanish), it covers topics such as taxonomy, botany and ecology, propagation and culture, genetic improvement and cultivar nomenclature, cut flowers, other uses for heliconias, and more.
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Citizens Budget Commission of New York
Letter City Budget
Letter to the FCB on GASB 49 Requirements
Submitted to the Financial Control Board
I am writing to express the Citizens Budget Commission's views on the issue to be considered at the Financial Control Board's special meeting on April 30, 2008. We are aware that the FCB's procedures do not include public participation at the meeting, but we hope you will share this letter with the Board members before or at the meeting.
The current requirements in State law for the City of New York to prepare a financial plan and to end its fiscal year with a budget balanced in accord with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, in effect for roughly three decades, have served the City well. It has recovered remarkably well from its 1975 brush with bankruptcy and gained a reputation in the credit markets as having sound financial management practices. The enforcement of this requirement by the Financial Control Board was seen by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and many outside observers as a key factor in developing these sound practices, and extending the life of the FCB beyond 2008 was a widely supported way to enhance the City's standing and the soundness of its practices.
Because the City's required adherence to GAAP standards for year-end results has served New Yorkers so well, it should be altered only if a new rule imposes extreme hardship and only for as short a period as is necessary to adjust to the new standard. The Mayor's request, to be considered at the April 30 meeting, for a deferral in the application of the Government Accounting Standards Board's Statement No. 49 (promulgated in December 2006 and effective for the City on July 1 , 2008) to the City's balanced budget requirement should be judged in terms of these criteria.
We urge that, in responding to this request, the Board make clear on the public record two points. First, that any deferral will be temporary; there is no intention to grant, in effect, permanent or long-term exemptions. The GAAP standard has proved valuable, and it should not be abandoned. It should be made clear that, notwithstanding any brief emergency deferrals, the FCB supports the application of all current GAAP requirements.
Second, any deferral granted should be as brief as is necessary and practical; that is, for one year. Three arguments have been made at various times for a deferral or exemption. As indicated below, two should be rejected, and the third warrants only a one-year delay.
GASB 49 may be useful for reporting purposes, but it is not appropriate for budgetary practices. As noted in the first point above, this argument should be rejected. Outlays that GAAP define as operating expenditures should be included in a balanced budget, and the City and the FCB should continue to accept the best available standard, the GASB rules, as the basis for defining a balanced budget. It is not appropriate to pick and choose the accounting rules an entity wants to follow.
Applying GASB 49 would require a significant amount of spending now in the capital budget and financed with long-term borrowing to be paid from current operating revenues; this would force difficult choices between the expenditures for remediation covered by GASB 49 and other operating expenditures such as hiring police officers and teachers. This is true, but should be rejected as an argument against compliance. Borrowing is appropriate for investments in assets with a long-useful life and permits the long-term benefits to be paid for by the multiple generations who benefit from the investment. The remediation expenses affected by GASB 49 do not create a useful asset and should not be financed with borrowing. This is the basic logic of the GASB. The City should use its budget process to address the difficult tradeoffs among multiple services to taxpayers, and the affected remediation expenditures should be one of the priorities addressed in budget debates.
The City does not have sufficient information to comply with GASB 49. This is true, in part because City officials did not seek to develop such information in a systematic way until nearly one-year after adoption of GASB 49. The Office of Management and Budget is now working with outside consultants to develop the necessary information. There is typically a tradeoff between the time required for a task and the resources and energy devoted to it; if the job is given sufficient priority, the City and its consultants should be able to develop a method for reasonable compliance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009. Only the minimum necessary delay should be granted.
Thank you for considering and sharing the views of the Citizens Budget Commission
Charles Brecher,
Executive Vice President and Director of Research
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