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Brock & Salk: What the debut of Jarred Kelenic signifies for the Mariners
May 11, 2021, 11:34 PM | Updated: 11:40 pm
The Mariners are expected to call up OF Jarred Kelenic for his MLB debut this week. (Getty)
BY BRANDON GUSTAFSON
Assistant Editor of SeattleSports.com
In case you haven't heard, the Mariners are expected to call up top prospect Jarred Kelenic for the upcoming homestand, which begins Thursday, May 13, against the Cleveland Indians.
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As was first reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan and later confirmed by 710 ESPN Seattle Mariners insider Shannon Drayer, Kelenic is expected to be in the Mariners' lineup on Thursday, which will be after he's played in only six games in Triple-A Tacoma this year.
Drayer's Story: Timing of Kelenic's debut fits well for both him and Mariners
Kelenic, 21, is a talented young outfielder who is seen as a consensus top-five prospect in all of baseball and on most prospect lists is Seattle's highest-rated prospect.
The Mariners acquired Kelenic between the 2018 and 2019 seasons when general manager Jerry Dipoto and his staff began the "reimagining" of their roster by trading or letting go of older, more expensive players for high-level prospects and younger, cheaper and more controllable talent.
Kelenic, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft out of high school, was the key return for Seattle in a trade with the New York Mets that sent two All-Stars and cash to the East Coast for Kelenic, then-prospect pitcher Justin Dunn and three veterans who each had just one year left on their deals.
When the Mariners acquired Kelenic along with other prospects, he was a top-100 prospect, but he was someone typically begged anywhere between No. 40 to No. 70 or 80 on those lists. Now, he's MLB Pipeline's No. 4 overall prospect and has torn up the minor leagues every step of the way since the Mariners acquired him ahead of 2019.
The Mariners have had other notable prospects debut or receive major playing time since the reimagining/rebuild began, such as former Seattle first-round picks Kyle Lewis and Evan White and first-round picks who the Mariners acquired via trade like Justus Sheffield and Justin Dunn, but none of those players had as much hype around their debut as Kelenic has with his.
Just what does Kelenic's expected MLB debut mean for the Mariners? Brock Huard and Mike Salk discussed that on the latest Brock and Salk Podcast for 710 ESPN Seattle.
Salk admitted a few times that he would have preferred to see Kelenic get more time in the minors and also not come up at a time when the Mariners' lineup is struggling, but he thinks Kelenic coming up to the majors is a massive deal for the organization as a whole as it attempts to turn the corner towards playoff and World Series contention.
"Jarred Kelenic is, in so many ways, the future of this organization. He is the biggest part of this of this whole thing," he said. "… (Kelenic's debut) isn't the only thing that turns the Mariners into a contender eventually, but it might be the biggest single moment. Jarred Kelenic being called up to the big leagues to me signifies the beginning of 'Phase 2' of this whole operation."
Salk said he couldn't "clearly define" what the different phases of Seattle's organizational overhaul are, but in a nutshell, "Phase 2" is "starting to get guys who are going to be part of the future into your lineup and playing every day."
"And Kelenic is really going to be … the first (player) that signifies the changes that you made," he said. "And then the third part will be once you start adding your final pieces, spending money in free agency and actually going after a championship."
For Huard, he sees Kelenic's debut as very similar to the debuts of some of MLB's top young stars.
"This is the Fernando Tatís Jr. to the Padres, (Ronald) Acuña to the Braves, Vlad (Guerrero) Jr. to the Blue Jays," Huard said.
Tatís, Acuña and Guerrero were all top prospects whose debuts coincided with their rebuilding team trending up in playoff contention. Now, all three players are key members of perennial playoff teams. Huard sees Kelenic's debut matching up with the debuts of those three in terms of importance.
"This was the shot in the arm for all of those organizations (after) they all tore it down in a very similar way to the Mariners to tear it down to the studs and build this thing back up," Huard said. "… Each of those organizations had a young phenom, a young superstar, a young star that everybody pointed to and said, 'That's the next (Ken Griffey Jr). That's the next (Alex Rodriguez). That is the face of your organization and that guy has a star power unique to anything you have seen in a long, long time.'"
Tatís and Acuña are two of the top-five position players in baseball and Guerrero appears to be turning the corner towards superstardom, and all three bring something much-needed to their respective teams and have done so since their debuts.
"Let's hope he's that same juice for Jerry and (manager Scott Servais) and the Seattle Mariners beginning Thursday night," he said.
Listen to the entire Brock and Salk Podcast at this link or in the player below.
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It's been a short while, but in retrospect everything has been going well enough that I haven't needed to update.
I guess that's sort of a selfish thing to say.
Girl & Boy is my second novel currently in works and it's been an exciting and nerve-wrecking journey. It's taken twice as long as my first novel, What's A Year To Me?, and it's safe to say it's going to take longer.
I don't mean that in a bad way, I intentionally delayed Girl & Boy (Originally due June 30th) because I have been in talks with publishing houses.
I believe in this story so much that I want to put everything into it. I want this book to come out with a bang, and I don't want to rush it out just because I'm excited.
There have been moments when all I want to do is slam my head into the keyboard, eat profuse amounts of bad food and binge watch TV shows I've seen six hundred times.
The only thing I can do in those times is push through or wait for inspiration to strike, and that's hard. It's hard to determine which one I should do.
Maybe one day I'll figure it out and I can write better because I'll know how to handle it, it feels like I'm in the wild sometimes. But I can still guarantee that writing is getting done and that's what really matters.
Don't be afraid of your ideas: Why writers should never think an idea is a bad one.
Look, I'm gonna be real with you here. If you're looking at your manuscript and thinking of how to make it just right, do you really have time to second guess your ideas?
I say this because when I'm writing, I used to do just that. I'd scratch my notebook full of ideas and laugh and think of how crazy that would be.
Whether you like it or not, your subconscious is what's taking in the very small details of your life, and it feeds off them consistently. Your ideas will come from it, and that idea of your character dying tragically in a fire, may just work to make your story better. It's all about execution, always consider anything possible.
I've started a story countless times, and a lot of the time it ends up completely different to my notes. Just let it all out on your pages. If you're anything like me, your easily distracted when you're stuck. So put it all on paper (or word) and then edit it later if it doesn't work! You'll probably be changing your story anyway, and it will be for the better. Which brings me to my next point.
For the love of god, be adaptable to change!
When your editor says this or that needs to be changed, it does not mean that idea was wholeheartedly bad and you should go live in a cave and die alone. It means that idea does not fit in that spot, or doesn't fit to the theme of your book. Novels are all about progression, and if that spark of creativity was too much, then whatever. Feed it to your subconscious, make it into something else. Because that's what you're good at, that's what writers are good at!
So don't be afraid of your ideas. Embrace every possibility, and find where the big ones fit into your story. Oh, and write it all down. Because ideas fade in about ten seconds. I timed it, it's true.
I felt as though I had to get this off my chest somehow, but it's been stirring in my head for quite some time now.
Feel free to add your suggestions below, let's discuss!


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"That is a legitimate issue for us to look at," the Republican presidential candidate said on NBC's Meet the Press program.
Walker said the issue was raised to him during a campaign event earlier this month in New Hampshire. He and other Republican presidential candidates have more commonly called for building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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At the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention (COP-6) in 2013, BCRC-SEA was endorsed as one of the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre (SCRC) and the mandate has been extended until 2023 by decision of COP-9 of the Stockholm Convention in 2019.
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The Most Accurate Way to Measure a Hurricane: Focus on the Pressure Reading
The North Atlantic Hurricane seasons spans from June to November with late August through September usually being the most intense period of the hurricane season.
While news reports focus on a hurricane's wind speed, the real indication of a hurricane's power lies in its pressure.
The lower the pressure, the more powerful (and more destructive) the hurricane.
Also, the faster the pressure drops, the more intense the hurricane.
We're used to higher numbers indicating higher power or strength (like a higher number of knots, miles, or kilometers measured means a stronger hurricane).
High pressure sounds stressful while low pressure sounds relaxed.
But in weather, pressure works exactly the opposite: A lower number means more strength—more intensified pressure—and hence, more destruction.
For example, during the horrifically destructive Labor Day hurricane of 1935 (before hurricanes started receiving names), people with barometric pressure-readers noticed the pressure visibly plummeting before the hurricane hit.
Ultimately, it reached the unusual low of 892 millibars ("mb").
Here is a chart of how they categorize hurricanes:
Category 1: Minimal — Greater than 980 mb or 28.94 in; 119–153 km/h 74–95 mph
Category 2: Moderate — 965 to 979 mb or 28.50 to 28.91 in; 154–177 km/h 96–110 mph
Category 3: Extensive — 945 to 964 mb or 27.91 to 28.47 in; 178–208 km/h 111–129 mph
Category 4: Extreme — 920 to 944 mb or 27.17 to 27.88 in; 209–251 km/h 130–156 mph
Category 5: Terrible — Less than 919 mb, 27.17 in.; more than 252 km/h 157 mph
If barometric pressure lowers by more than 6 millibars in less than 3 hours, the hurricane is considered as "rapidly intensifying."
If it remains the same or lowers by less than 6 millibars, it's considered "holding steady."
You know all those hurricanes predicted to turn monstrous over the past couple years and then didn't?
Well, generally, the best indication lay in their pressure reading.
(Remember: The news focuses on windspeed, which is only the secondary indicator of hurricane force—again, don't disregard windspeed altogether, but look at it within the context of the accompanying pressure.)
For example, a hurricane with a windspeed of, say, 135 mph (low Category 4) and pressure measured at 957 mb (well within Category 3) that also holds steady, will have newscasters hyperventilating about a Category 4 hurricane on the way, with all sorts of terrible predictions.
But that generally won't prove true.
Now, I'm not saying a Category 3 hurricane is something to hang around for or that we should just ignore windspeed, but it was clear from the beginning (by the pressure reading) that it was unlikely to be a real Category 4 hurricane.
And indeed, it generally wasn't.
Sure, it's good to prepare for a Category 3 by treating it like a Category 4.
But so many overhyped warnings cause people to take hurricane forecasts less seriously, which ends up endangering people when they need to take a hurricane forecast seriously—but don't.
Forecast hurricanes yourself by focusing on the pressure.
For example, Hurricane Nora in the Eastern Pacific:
When I checked this a few hours ago, the pressure was the same as now.
Maybe the winds slowed down a bit. I think earlier, the windspeed hit 80mph as opposed to the current 75mph.
But the pressure remains exactly the same.
Hurricane Nora remains a Category 1 hurricane and not a particularly awful one (though people in that area should take responsible precautions).
(Update 90 minutes later: Nora has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm as her windspeed slowed to 70 mph and her pressure weakened from 985mb to 988mb. Again, this was predictable based on her relatively weak pressure & lack of intensification of that same pressure; it held steady for hours.)
Hurricane Ida, however, is more of a concern.
When I checked a few hours ago (late morning, early afternoon), Hurricane Ida's windspeed reached 140mph, but her pressure lay around 948 mb.
As you can see from the chart above, Hurricane Ida's windspeed indicated an average Category 4, but her pressure indicated a strong Category 3.
She was labeled as a Category 4, which makes sense when the pressure-reading remains in Category 3 by only 3 millibars.
But now, Hurricane Ida's pressure plummeted to 933 millibars & her windspeed increased to 150mph:
The windspeed now places Hurricane Ida as a strong Category 4 (4's top windspeed is 156mph).
But the 10mph increase in windspeed isn't the big deal here.
Hurricane Ida's current pressure-reading of 933 millibars not only places her squarely in Category 4, it also shows a massive pressure drop of 15 millibars within only a few hours.
That pressure-drop indicates a rapidly intensifying hurricane in addition to a powerful one.
(Update 90 minutes later: Hurricane Ida's pressure dropped another 3 millibars to 930 mb since I last checked 90 minutes ago. Despite her windspeed & traveling time remaining the same, the drop in pressure indicates an intensifying hurricane, which was predictable by noting the previous drop in pressure by 15 mb AND the rapidity of the drop in pressure within a few hours.)
This means that people in the hurricane's projected path (which is subject to change if winds change direction) need to fortify their homes & possibly evacuate, depending where they are in the path.
People outside the direct path also need to keep tabs on what's happening, both because the weather affects them outside that path & because the winds can suddenly change direction.
It also looks like the hurricane's traveling speed slowed down from 15mph to 13mph, but not sure if that's significant.
If a powerful hurricane travels slowly, it increases the damage because rather than passing through rapidly, it takes its time & just grinds there for a while.
I don't know why the news focuses almost exclusively on windspeed. Maybe because people instinctively understand that better than discussions of pressure & millibars?
You can keep track of North American hurricanes here:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
So remember:
Lower pressure → Stronger hurricane
Rapidly lowering pressure → Rapidly intensifying hurricane
(In other words, the LOWER the number of millibars the MORE POWERFUL the hurricane.)
In the future, you can understand better how to respond to hurricane warnings by keeping an eye on the pressure.
Don't automatically dismiss the hype, but don't get overwrought either.
Always check the pressure.


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Community members move rocks to build the center pier of the bridge across the Rio Montagua. Image Credit: Mike Paddock
By Kelley Christensen
Passion, the desire to help others, and skill sharing define Michigan Tech's Engineers Without Borders student chapter.
Community is one of the Michigan Tech values, nestled nicely with accountability and tenacity, and many an MTU grad hold those values as guiding principles in their lives. But what does it look like to put those values into action? That's the subject of alumnus Mike Paddock's 2020 book, Bridging Barriers: How a Community Changed Its Future with Help From Engineers Without Borders USA Volunteers.
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB) has an ambitious mission: to build a better world by harnessing the transformative potential of engineering. The organization builds bridges, establishes renewable power generation stations, improves access to clean water, and conducts other projects that make it possible for communities to move forward to meet their basic human needs.
Leadership and Service
It's no coincidence that Michigan Tech's student Engineers Without Borders chapter was an early member of the organization; recently retired civil engineer and alumna Cathy Leslie '83 led the organization from 2004 until this year. Read about Leslie's service and advice to students on Unscripted.
Many engineers choose the profession because they want to help other people. EWB offers a long-standing, effective way to channel valuable skills and that desire to be of service into meaningful projects. Students, often among the most passionate about helping communities help themselves, don't have to wait to be fully certified practicing engineers to get involved. They can begin outreach while they work for their engineering degrees. Michigan Tech's student EWB chapter is one of the earliest, and remains active.
Helping communities help themselves is a key EWB tenet. It's important because after the volunteer engineers pack up and head home, citizens will need to sustain the improvements. That's why EWB's volunteer engineers train community members to be able to lead and participate in infrastructure projects. At the same time, they provide student engineers-in-training to hone their technical and leadership skills.
In 2002, EWB was founded, giving structure and professional guidelines to previously ad hoc engineering volunteerism.
Living relatively close to MTU in Wisconsin, Paddock was an early supporter of Michigan Tech's EWB student chapter, one of the earliest such chapters in existence. Faculty members David Watkins and Norma Veurink are the chapter's mentors.
Michigan Tech Engineers Without Border student team members walk down the sandy road in the Bolivian village of Santa Barbara. Through their efforts, the road will be improved so it can be used year-round. Currently during the rainy season it is inaccessible. Image Credit: MTU EWB
In keeping with University philosophy, Michigan Tech's EWB chapter is currently working on two projects. In Guatemala, the group is focused on creating an improved water distribution system. In Bolivia, the goal is to improve a particularly treacherous road.
Josh Langlois, a fourth-year electrical engineering major and project lead for the Bolivia team, says the road is vital to the 50 or so families who live in Santa Barbara, a remote village north of Santa Cruz. The families, who practice subsistence farming, have poor access to surrounding communities, school programs, health care, and community gathering spaces.
"During the rainy season, from November to May, it's hard to get to other places," Langlois said. "We're trying to design and build a new road system for them. The current road, when it's not a river from all the rain, it's all sand. We're adding drainage and building a gravel road instead of sand so it can still be used in the rainy season."
The Bolivia project is getting help from drone tech to build topographic maps—something engineers of earlier generations would have found very beneficial in their work. The group of roughly 30 students working on the project are putting considerable brain power toward analyzing topo data, road design, and figuring out drainage systems and culverts.
The students couldn't go to Bolivia this past summer to work on the project due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but hope they'll be able to return in summer 2021.
"It is very much a real engineering project, with real deadlines," Langlois said.
Michigan Tech EWB Chapter Fall Fundraiser
The Michigan Tech chapter of EWB USA is hosting a fall fundraiser to support the students' work in Bolivia and Guatemala. Alumnus Mike Paddock has donated copies of his book to be included as gifts for those who donate $20 or more to the student chapter.
The team anticipates the road project will take about nine years, which speaks both to the patience of the community and the ability of MTU students to foster lasting partnerships with communities and new students documenting the project and passing along the skills and knowledge they've developed as team members graduate and move into careers.
"We're a team. Everyone in the chapter is there because they want to be there, they want to get things done and do it well for everyone else's benefit," Langlois said.
Despite the chapter's demanding weekly schedule, Langlois said for him and many others in the group, it's a passion project.
"I participate in Engineers Without Borders because I've always had a passion for helping people. Engineers Without Borders gives me a way to do that while using the skills I've learned at Michigan Tech."Josh Langlois
A Legacy of Volunteerism
Michigan Tech's chapter of Engineers Without Borders was one of the earliest of the national organization's charters, and boasts an impressive alumni list. And while EWB didn't yet exist while they were at Tech, Mike Paddock '87 '88 and Cathy Leslie '83 have funneled time and energy into their alma mater's chapter.
Paddock is so committed to helping students hone their skills that he published a book this year to share stories of engineers helping communities—he hopes it will inspire the next generation.
Paddock, honored this year with Michigan Tech's Humanitarian Award for his work with EWB and other organizations, is grateful for his opportunity to serve. It almost didn't happen.
He planned to volunteer when he retired and had more time. But in 1997, he was diagnosed with stage-four non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Paddock realized that time is relative: You have time for what you make time for. Despite a bleak prognosis, Paddock recovered and his cancer went into remission.
"I found myself unexpectedly still here. What do I do with this gift? My wife Cathy and I made up our minds to structure our lives so I could do service engineering."Mike Paddock '87 '88
As Paddock officially entered remission, he saw an article in Michigan Tech Magazine about a senior design project in Bolivia, under direction of Linda Phillips.
"I sent a note, asked if she needed a hand, the next thing you know I was on a flight to Bolivia," Paddock recalled.
MTU EWB team members meet with the community of Santa Barbara in Bolivia. Image Credit: MTU EWB
A Midwife, an Engineer, and a Bridge Over the River 'Assassin'
Bridging Barriers tells the story of an engineer who helped a community solve their water troubles. Paddock's book focuses on how the village of La Garrucha, a remote town in the Guatemalan Highlands, overcame two major barriers: the ferocious and unpredictable Rio Motagua river—one of Guatemala's longest—and a lack of potable water. A midwife named Gavina had grown weary of not being able to help patients access medical care beyond what she could provide; the only way across the Rio Motagua was a foot bridge. Some tried to swim, giving the river its macabre nickname, "the Assassin." Gavina knew that a vehicle bridge would greatly help her community.
A nurse crosses the Rio Motagua using a temporary zip line. Image Credit: Mike Paddock
Paddock tells the story of the projects and offers what he learned from the teacher who inspired his community outreach. "The purpose of the book is to pay forward the lessons I learned from my mentor, named Michael Shawcross, known in Guatemala as Don Mike," Paddock said. "Writing the book wasn't an option—for me it was an obligation. This book tells the story of the bridge project, the potable water project, and outlines 17 lessons learned from Don Mike. I tried to wrap them around fun stories to make it easy reading."
Mike Paddock, his wife Cathy, and Don Mike Shawcross. Image Credit: Mike Paddock
"The desire for any change in a community must come from within the community itself. It takes patience to make sure that the right project is being done for the right people at the right time.""Don Mike" Shawcross
Engineers aren't commonly thought of as good writers. Paddock's knack for storytelling proves that assumption wrong. While weaving Don Mike's lessons for engineers working in developing countries into the story, Paddock brings stories of La Garrucha's people to life. Bridge workers eloped. The structure withstood Hurricane Agatha while other bridges failed. And at one point the entire water committee was arrested, as the community struggled with how to leverage fees to pay for water system and bridge maintenance.
Workers place the trusses that will support the concrete for the bridge. Engineers had to work around the fact that no cranes were available to help place trusses—just people. Image Credit: Mike Paddock
Bridging Barriers also records the 10-year bridge and water system project impact analysis Paddock undertook in 2018. Engineers Without Borders USA uses impact analyses to determine whether volunteer projects truly help the people they are supposed to serve. Were Don Mike, Paddock, and others successful in helping La Garrucha without introducing too many unintended consequences? Paddock, and EWB, wanted to know if the project lived up to the high bar Don Mike set for it: to empower the community to solve their problems.
Community and EWB members discuss ideas for a structure to collect the spring water and protect it from contamination in Guatemala. Image Credit: Laura Schimmel
Paddock said the projects have indeed helped the people of La Garrucha.
"I was overjoyed—not only were the projects working, but once the barriers were removed to the community's progress, they were able to take over and take control of their future," Paddock said of his most recent visit. "They formed health care committees to look for vulnerable people in the community."
"I could visualize Don Mike looking down from above and smiling … in the end, he would have given the program a grade of A-, because, in his words, 'You should always be striving to do better.'"excerpt from Bridging Barriers
As Don Mike's work inspired him, so Paddock's effort serves as an inspiration to the next generation of Michigan Tech engineers. And his work continues on other fronts: Paddock is on sabbatical from EWB in order to serve as a senior technical advisor for COVID-19 with the United Nations Development Programme to help communities access personal protective equipment.
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A vagrant script to set up a VM that sets up these systems:

* arichnad/bitcoin-abe-color-explorer
* arichnad/bitcoin-tx-spent-db-abe (the color explorer)

Usage
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* `./up-first.sh` (wait 15 minutes for VM to provision, then it will reboot the system)
* It takes an hour or two for bitcoind to download the blockchain and for abe to scan.
* `./watch-bitcoind.sh`, `./watch-abe.sh`, `./status-bitcoind.sh`, `./watch-all.sh`, or `./watch-startup.sh`

If you'd like to see how things are going.

Note:  these scripts require you to hit CTRL-C *twice* to exit them.

* back on your host computer, open a browser to:  http://localhost:2750/

You might want to put something like this in your crontab: `@reboot cd ~/CHECKOUT-DIRECTORY/ && ./up.sh >/dev/null 2>&1`

System tests
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* `./enable-system-tests.sh` before running anything.
* After the system boots and the blockchain is downloaded, the system tests will automatically run.
* Run something like this:  `vagrant ssh -c 'tail startup-watcher.txt'`
* Whether or not you enabled system tests before startup, you can always use `./enable-system-tests.sh` and `./run-system-tests.sh` after the system is done downloading the blockchain (`./watch-startup.sh`)

Starting over
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`./destroy.sh` (will print out the colors the server knows about if any and destroy the VM)

License
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MIT (see LICENSE file)

More information
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See http://coloredcoins.org/

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On Jenny Lewis' latest, The Voyager.
A few years back Bethany Cosentino came along with reverb-y, surfy, sugary pop songs that will always remind me of California. It was happy music, fun music and still is. Jenny Lewis' new LP, The Voyager, is just as fun as Crazy For You. The difference? The lyrics are tortured, contemplative, rhetorical questions about dealing with the rapidly approaching middle age of a songwriter who's been famous for her entire life. And beyond the sunshine pop, Lewis' career has been far more varied and pivotal. She started as a child actor in the early 1990s; her band, Rilo Kiley, with then boyfriend, Blake Sennett, began in the late-90s; and she's been making music (on and off) ever since. Her last solo album, Acid Tongue, came out in 2008 but she hasn't been out of the game. She released an album with her (new) boyfriend Johnathan Rice in 2010 and went on a reunion tour with Postal Service last year.
Rilo Kiley has been a very important band in my musical development. Their 2003 Saddle Creek release, The Execution of All Things, will always be one of my favorites—it dropped only a month after Bright Eyes' Lifted and remains one of the pillars of the Saddle Creek sound. It's got that emo, disconnected feel to it, but it's also filled with lush, country-tinged Americana-rock that has often defined Lewis' career. Her two previous solo albums, Rabbit Fur Coat (with the Watson Twins) and Acid Tongue, have a distinct California, Laurel Canyon folk-vibe to them. In the mid-2000s Lewis began spending time around Dawes, Jonathan Wilson and the rest of the Cali crew that grew from the Laurel Canyon resurgence. Those influences are very apparent on Acid Tongue, a complete record that even has Elvis Costello lending a hand.
Through all those years and styles, Lewis always had a pop sound. Whether it was pop country, pop rock, or pop folk, it was undeniable that her sweet voice and catchy melodies were rich with pop sensibilities. The Voyager is her first real pop record. Taking cues from Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan, the album carves through stories of insomnia, depression, loss, rejuvenation and redemption with shiny, popping guitar and soaring melodies.
Certain tracks like the opener, "Head Underwater." even nod to recent California buzz-queens, HAIM. Lewis opens with the line, "I've been wearing all black since the day it started," over a steady thumping bass drum, 80s keys and atmospheric synth before a blast of rhythmic guitar and catchy harmonies come in.
"Just One of the Guys" is one of the most playful songs Lewis has ever penned. "No matter how hard I try to be one of the guys, there's a little something in side that won't let me," she exclaims in the chorus. "Slippery Slopes" is the closest the album comes to resembling anything Rilo Kiley and has some More Adventurous vibes to it. "If you don't wreck it, then I won't wreck it either when I'm out on the road," she sings over heavy 90s-sounding guitars. On "New You" there's a flash of those catchy, folkie acoustics that made Rabbit Fur Coat so fantastic, but it doesn't hit has hard this time around.
Will some early Rilo Kiley diehards find it hard to wrap their heads around such a sunshine-y pop LP? They might, but if they've followed Lewis' career trajectory in the years since Rilo's first LP in 2001, they'll realize that the one thing she has never done is settle. Like her contemporary and close friend, Conor Oberst, Lewis has risen above the conventions of any one genre, band or stereotype to write thoughtful and endearing songs—pop, folk, rock, country or otherwise.


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On 17 June 1940 the British troopship Lancastria was sunk off the port of Saint-Nazaire in Brittany. More than 3,000 people lost their lives. A unique record of the disaster was captured by amateur photographer Frank Clements. The Lancastria, a converted Cunard liner, was carrying an estimated 6,000 passengers including both servicemen and civilians and women and children when it was bombed by German planes and sank within minutes.
At the time, news of the disaster was suppressed by the British Government because of the impact it might have on the country's morale. It was not until nearly six weeks later, on 26 July 1940, that the world discovered what had happened. The New York Times broke the story, printing the dramatic pictures of the disaster.
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Interview with Misha Bushyager of New Agenda Publishing
Published on November 15, 2018 November 14, 2018 by Mephit James
Today we're going to be talking about the upcoming game Orun, currently up on Kickstarter! Misha Bushyager of New Agenda Publishing was kind enough to answer a few of my questions but let me cut to the chase: you should go and back this Kickstarter. I did and then I listened to the episodes on She's a Super Geek and was glad I did so. Then I read this interview and I was doubly-glad I did so. It's great and I recommend you check it out!
Misha Bushyager is a long-time GM and author; you can check out her writing at BlackGirlGameworks.com. She's also one of the lead authors for Orun as well as a marketing manager and she's the GM featured on She's a Super Geek's campaign linked above. She's really funny and has been doing an awesome job keeping up energy on the Orun Kickstarter. Read on to see what she has to say about the game and why you should back it!
Mephit: How did you get started playing and writing RPGs? Have you and your team always been interested in sci-fi games or is this a new thing for you?
Misha Busyhager: I started playing in college when a group of guys invited a buddy and me to play in an Earthdawn campaign they were starting. Over the years I've played Shadowrun, RIFTS, Cyberpunk, as well as tons of high, urban, and weird fantasy, horror, and everything in between. I started writing as an extension of running games and fan fiction, specialized settings, detailed back stories. You know, the usual.
The team came together as an extension of a Black Game Designers group on G+. The three of us geeked out over our mutual love of Star Wars and Star Trek and the rest is history
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M: Give us the elevator pitch for Orun: what are the games inspirations and what sorts of stories can you tell in the game?
MB: In Orun, you play an envoy of the Oluru, beings who ascended but came back to help the rest of the worlds, called a Djali or Luminary. Not quite ascendant themselves, the Luminaries travel to different worlds as advisers, troubleshooters, and peacekeepers in a galaxy that hit its peak and then lost the secret. They explore lost star systems and ultimately help enlighten worlds and their people with problems but small scale and large.
M: Orun is described an a "Afro-Centric Space Opera," which is a very intriguing term. Why was it important for you that the African aspect of Orun be listed as a central part of the setting? What are some examples of how the Afro-Centric part of Orun comes out in the game?
MB: All three of us wanted to create something different from the usual quasi-European model that so many games follow. We clicked early on the idea of using our own African roots as inspiration and incorporate a lot of Yoruban and Igbo influences and concepts. The Orisha, Oluru, even the name Orun, which mean "heaven" all came from our research.
M: The term "Post-Apotheosis" also appears in the description of Orun. What does "Apotheosis" mean to you all and how does it fit into the big picture of Orun and how player characters interact with the galaxy?
MB: An apotheosis is the pinnacle of development or an ascent to deification. In Orun, the worlds were given the secret to ascend to higher planes of existence, but then lost it and are now trying to rediscover it. The players are not only trying to reach that goal personally but are trying to help everyone else reach it as well. Their small-scale actions have far reaching effects.
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M: What are some unique things about the game mechanics in Orun? How did you write the function of the game to reflect the end result you hoped to see?
MB: We wanted to balance the crunchier style Eloy [one of the other authors] has with the more narrative style I have so we kept the system simple. The Horizon System uses 2d10 + a skill + an aura with a sliding scale of difficulty. We wanted to allow the system to tell all sorts of stories so we kept the skill list and auras flexible. Basically, if you can make a case for using a particular skill and aura combo, go for it.
M: There are an awful lot of options coming out in the stretch goals for this Kickstarter campaign. How do you weave so many different threads into a coherent whole?
MB: The species were something we wanted to include from the beginning, same with the art, With the additional writers, we gave them some loose guidelines on things we wanted to see, and let them come up with ideas they were passionate about but that could be done with a few pages.
M: All those species sure are exciting. There are ten different ones by my count! What's one of your favorite places, people, or things in the bewildering universe of Orun?
MB: Why don't you ask me to pick a favorite child? Under duress I'd say the Karok, because I have a soft spot for mechs and small cute critters with over-sized bad attitudes, and the B'Bocci, because they are unlike any other aquatic based species I've seen.
M: Sorry about that! I didn't mean to put you on the spot: every parent has a favorite but you shouldn't have to say it publicly. Hope the end of your Kickstarter blows up!
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The first book on Hitchcock that focuses exclusively on his work with actors
Alfred Hitchcock is said to have once remarked, "Actors are cattle," a line that has stuck in the public consciousness ever since. For Hitchcock, acting was a matter of contrast and counterpoint, valuing subtlety and understatement over flashiness. He felt that the camera was duplicitous, and directed actors to look and act conversely. In The Camera Lies, author Dan Callahan spotlights the many nuances of Hitchcock's direction throughout his career, from Cary Grant in Notorious (1946) to Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960). Delving further, he examines the ways that sex and sexuality are presented through Hitchcock's characters, reflecting the director's own complex relationship with sexuality.
Detailing the fluidity of acting -- both what it means to act on film and how the process varies in each actor's career -- Callahan examines the spectrum of treatment and direction Hitchcock provided well- and lesser-known actors alike, including Ingrid Bergman, Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Robert Walker, Jessica Tandy, Kim Novak, and Tippi Hedren. As Hitchcock believed, the best actor was one who could "do nothing well" - but behind an outward indifference to his players was a sophisticated acting theorist who often drew out great performances. The Camera Lies unpacks Hitchcock's legacy both as a director who continuously taught audiences to distrust appearance, and as a man with an uncanny insight into the human capacity for deceit and misinterpretation.
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Dan Callahan is the author of Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman, Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave, The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960, and The Art of American Screen Acting, 1960 to Today. He has written about film for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Nylon, The Village Voice, and many other publications.
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Why Trae Young is not the next Steph Curry
April 03, 2018 / Melody Butts
Since Ballislife and Hoopmixtape began documenting Trae Young's epic high school performances in Lake Norman, Oklahoma, the Young/Steph Curry comparison has seemed practically ubiquitous. With the NBA celebrating spacing the floor and shooting the three, it's only fitting that fans and analysts alike want to identify the second coming of the twotime MVP and single-season three-point record holder.
Emerging onto the scene as a freshman at Oklahoma, Trae Young has been the subject of national attention for his monster statline and bold shot selection. He currently leads the nation in both points per game–dropping just under 30 a night–and assists per game at about nine and a half per. On the surface, the Curry comparison seems logical; both players are below-average sized for their league, rely on the three-point shot for a substantial part of their scoring, are known for shooting off the dribble from outrageous distance, and the list goes on.
But, taking a closer look into both of their combined bodies of work, it is pretty clear that Trae Young is not Steph Curry. Starting from their high school careers, Young and Curry traveled down two significantly different paths. Curry, despite putting up huge numbers in high school, was rated a 3-star recruit and received only one power five offer, from his father's alma mater, Virginia Tech. He had to earn attention from his performance in college, and he did so in a very poised, consistent manner. Young, on the other hand, was a five-star recruit that was offered by practically every major program in the country, and the hype surrounding his name was apparent before he even played a college game. A lot of this hype was even created by Curry and the precedent that he has set as a three-point dominant guard.
The next difference comes from their respective play in college. Although the stats appear similar between Curry's freshman year and Young's current year, Curry put up his numbers consistently throughout the season while leading his team to a five-loss season, with Davidson winning 17 of its last 18 regular season games. One could argue that Oklahoma plays a tougher schedule than Davidson did, but the adjusted RPI (statistic factoring strength of schedule) labels Oklahoma as 35th and Davidson as 48th in 2006, which is not as glaring of a difference. Conversely, Young's Sooners have lost seven of their last nine and are currently on the cusp of mediocrity as the 40th rated team in the nation in BPI. Additionally, in the games against tough competition, Young's play has seen a significant decline from the early season padding against weaker non-conference opponents. Since conference play, Young has only shot above 50% three times out of 14 games, including a stretch where he went 1-17 from three. It's clear that his high points and assists per game statistics are a result of his insane usage rate: top four in college basketball history since the statistic was first implemented. Close to six turnovers per game, Young leads the category by a whole turnover per game, and his per game total is nearly three times Curry's in 2006. Although Curry took some deep shots in college, his game was much more composed and under control, and he never went through cold stretches, both individually or on a team level, like Young has this year. The limitless range and crazy dribble into shot combinations was a skill he developed while learning to navigate the NBA style of play.
Looking toward the NBA, there are a few physical differences between the two. By the time he was drafted, Curry measured in at a true 6'3" with long arms, still undersized for NBA standards but respectable for a point guard. Although listed at 6'1", Young appears to be even a few inches shorter than that, and the biggest criticism he's received from NBA scouts has been his lack of length, athleticism, and ability to finish against more athletic defenders. Without possessing superior physical attributes, Young will look to produce using his ball-handling and shooting ability that has been fairly ineffective against better Division-1 opponents.
All of this is not to say that Trae Young has hit his ceiling or that he won't make it in the NBA. He still will be a lottery pick and could end up having a very successful NBA career. However, concerning efficiency and consistency of play and overall player development on an individual level, Trae Young is not Stephen Curry.
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Q: EJB Transaction problems I have an EJB which purpose is to copy users from another system to mine, by either creating the user if missing, or updating the existing user that has the same id. Three methods are used:
@Schedule(second = "0", minute = "0", hour = "0", persistent = false)
@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.SUPPORTS)
public void timer(){
    updateUserDB();
    // Some other stuff
}

@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.SUPPORTS)
public void updateUserDB(boolean delta) {
    // Find users in external system
    for(every user in the external system) {
        createUser(externalUser);
}

@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRES_NEW)
private void createUser(User externalUser) {
    try{
        em.persist(user);
        em.flush();
        return;
    }catch(Exception e){} // Logs
    em.clear(); // Make sure the user is removed from the persistence context (or it will try to add it again if an error occured at the next flush
    context.setRollbackOnly(); // Rollback if error occured

The scenario I'm looking for is to persist all users, if an error occured, I want to log this and rollback that single persist and then continue with the rest of the users. So REQUIRES_NEW on createUser() makes sense. In otherwords, there should be x number of transactions started in total, where x is the number of users.
Problem
Documentation of EJB only covers if a method being called should start a transaction or not, but how should I annotate the calling ("client") methods; timer() and updateUserDB correctly? NOT_SUPPORTS and SUPPORTS causes the ejb to throw a TransactionRequiredException when reaching em.persist(user) inside createUser(), which I think makes no sense because createUser() should be allowed to start a new transaction when called from a SUPPORTS method. If I annotate the calling methods with REQUIRED, no users are persisted at all, it seems like the rollback affects a larger transaction then, instead of the small (per user) transaction.
How should these three methods be annotated to get the desired effect?
Edit
Setting both calling methods to Required makes JTA not throw an exception, but the transaction is rolled back every time for some reason, even if I remove context.setRollbackOnly().

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Obsessive compulsive disorder, commonly known as OCD, is an anxiety based disorder which can take over a sufferer's life to the extent where every day they are severely affected by it.
It is estimated that one in 50 people will suffer from it at some point in their lives, which equates to around one million people in the UK*.
The thoughts cause anxiety which leads you to perform various actions to check. Unfortunately, if you suffer from OCD the relief you get is only temporary, which is why treatment is the most effective way to overcome your problems.
Once you've had an assessment your practitioner can discuss the most suitable form of treatment for you.


The cozy and eclectic Mama's Melrose feels like a traditional "Little Italy" mom and pop that's been transported to California and adorned with movie memorabilia. The large dining area is cleverly split into several smaller spaces, and the feel is very welcoming.
The menu is very much "home-style Italian" and includes several flatbreads and traditional pasta dishes, along with wood grilled specialties such as tuna over Vegetable risotto and pork osso bucco with garlic polenta.


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Q: How to change label background color dynamically in Kivy I try to make a simple ToDoList program.There are add, remove and do it buttons. But I have some bugs about labels color. When I click "DO IT" button label color change in scrollview but when I click remove button when some of them done, colored labels change. I did using canvas. How can I fix this problem?
class Home(Screen):

    def __init__(self,**kwargs):
        super(Home,self).__init__(**kwargs)

    def addWidget(self):
        task_input = self.ids.task_input.text
        newListItem = EachTask(text=task_input ,
        id=str((len(self.ids.add_field.children))) )
        print(newListItem.id)
        self.ids.add_field.add_widget(newListItem)
class EachTask(BoxLayout):
    def __init__(self, text= "", **kwargs):
        super(EachTask,self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.ids.label.text = text

    def Do_Task(self,instance):
        child = instance.parent.parent
        with self.canvas.before:
            Color(.5,1,.2,1, mode='rgba')
            Rectangle(pos=child.ids.label.pos, size=child.ids.label.size)

kv_file
<FlatButton@ButtonBehavior+Label>:
    font_size: 15

<Home>:
    BoxLayout:
        id: home
        orientation: "vertical"
        spacing: 5
        #space_x: self.size[0]/2
        canvas.before:
            Color:
                rgba: (1,1,1,1)
            Rectangle:
                size: self.size
                pos: self.pos

    ##########HEADER#######
        BoxLayout:
            id: header
            size_hint_y: None
            height: 50
            canvas.before:
                Color:
                    rgba: (.85,.7,.2,1)
                Rectangle:
                    size: self.size
                    pos: self.pos
            Label:
                text: "TO DO LIST"
                font_size: "20sp"
                bold: True
                size_hint_x: .9
            FlatButton:
                text: "Back"
                size_hint_x: .1
    ####################################
        ScrollView:
            canvas.before:
                Color:
                    rgba: (1,1,.2,.2)
                Rectangle:
                    size: self.size
                    pos: self.pos
            BoxLayout:
                id: add_field
                size_hint_y: None
                height: self.minimum_height
                orientation: 'vertical'
                spacing: 2   #Spaces between childs
    #####################################################
        BoxLayout:
            id: input_field
            size_hint_y: None
            height: 80
            TextInput:
                id: task_input
                focus: True
                size_hint_x: .9
                multiline: False
            Button:
                font_size: "40sp"
                size_hint_x: .1
                text: "+"
                on_release: root.addWidget()
                id: button1
                color: 1,0.5,0.5,1
#######################################################
<EachTask>:
    size_hint_y: None
    height: 50
    id: each_task
    BoxLayout:
        Label:
            size_hint_x: .8
            id: label
            canvas.before:
                Color:
                    rgba: (1,.2,.2,.2)
                Rectangle:
                    size: self.size
                    pos: self.pos
        Button:
            size_hint_x: .1
            text: "X"
            on_release: app.root.ids.add_field.remove_widget(root)
        Button:
            size_hint_x: .1
            text: "DO IT"
            on_release: root.Do_Task(self)

A: The following enhancements are required to the kv and py files to solve the problem.
Method 1 - Kivy automatically created & added an ObjectProperty, rgba
Kivy automatically created & added an ObjectProperty

If the widget doesn't have a property with the given name, an
  ObjectProperty will be automatically created and added to the widget.

kv file

*

*Add a class attribute, rgba and initialize it to default colour, (1, .2, .2, .2) to class rule, <EachTask>:

*Replace label's colour to root.rgba
Snippets - kv file
<EachTask>:
    rgba: (1,.2,.2,.2)    # Kivy auto created & added ObjectProperty, "rgba"
    ...
    BoxLayout:
        Label:
            size_hint_x: .8
            id: label
            canvas.before:
                Color:
                    rgba: root.rgba
                ...

py file

*

*Remove all the codes in method Do_Task()

*Add self.rgba = [.5, 1, .2, 1] whereby self refers to the current widget i.e. EachTask object.

Snippets - py file
def Do_Task(self, instance):
    self.rgba = [.5, 1, .2, 1]

Method 2 - Explicitly declaring rgba
kv file

*

*Replace rgba: (1,.2,.2,.2) with root.rgba
Snippets - kv file
<EachTask>:
    ...
    BoxLayout:
        Label:
            size_hint_x: .8
            id: label
            canvas.before:
                Color:
                    rgba: root.rgba
                ...

py file

*

*Add import statement, from kivy.properties import ListProperty

*Declare class attribute, rgba of ListProperty type and initilaize it to default colour, [1, .2, .2, .2] in class EachTask()

*Remove all the codes in method Do_Task()

*Add self.rgba = [.5, 1, .2, 1] whereby self refers to the current widget i.e. EachTask object.

Snippets - py file
from kivy.properties import ListProperty
...
class EachTask(BoxLayout):
    rgba = ListProperty([1, .2, .2, .2])
    ...
    def Do_Task(self, instance):
        self.rgba = [.5, 1, .2, 1]


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The U.S. may not 'believe' in climate change. But we're the only one doing something about it
Jon Gabriel
opinion contributor
In a selfless effort to save the planet, Legoland theme parks are banning plastic straws. The 75 billion plastic bricks Lego sells annually, however, are here to stay.
"Like many of our guests, we are concerned about the negative environmental impact associated with the disposal of plastic straws," CEO Nick Varney of Merlin Entertainments, which operates the parks, stated in a press release. "It is something we can act on immediately as we continue to assess how we minimize the use of plastics within our business."
The largest Legoland park includes 42 million plastic Lego bricks, but thankfully there won't be any plastic straws. Those might harm Gaia.
'Belief' without action is useless
Our attitude toward the environment is an odd one. Activists will praise Legoland for their anti-straw PR campaign, but few will ask them to discontinue the little bricks that their business was built upon.
It seems every other week, we're subjected to another warning that the planet is minutes from destruction thanks to climate change. Despite these apocalyptic predictions, saying that you care about the environment is far more important than doing something about it.
Claiming that you "believe" in climate change is useless without action.
The G20 summit in Argentina was just the latest example of praising talk over action. Every country signed on to a "nonbinding communiqué" that promised to "continue to tackle climate change, while promoting sustainable development and economic growth." Every country but the U.S., that is.
Why are their emissions still rising?
Nineteen nations "believe" in climate change. How are they backing up their statement of faith?
China was praised for signing on to the Paris Climate Agreement and in Argentina reaffirmed its commitment to controlling greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, however, China increased those emissions by 1.7 percent.
India, the fourth largest source for CO2, saw their emissions grow by 4.6 percent in 2017. Luckily for them, they too were praised for signing that "nonbinding communiqué."
Overall, the European Union raised their CO2 output by 1.5 percent.
France, home of the Paris Agreement, is leading the diplomatic effort to save the planet. They increased their greenhouse gas emissions by 3.6 percent.
Pollution in France will likely rise further this year from the burning cars alone. French President Emmanuel Macron announced a sharp increase in gas and diesel taxes last month. This sparked the largest riots seen in Paris in nearly 50 years as yellow-vested citizens blockaded roadways, burned vehicles and damaged artwork and infrastructure.
Maybe we care more than they do
If the nations paying lip service to climate change aren't meeting their goals, imagine how poorly the oil-drilling, coal-mining Americans must be doing. President Donald Trump was pilloried for withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and for being only G20 leader who refused to sign the climate change statement in Argentina.
From 2016 to 2017, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 2.7 percent. Emissions from large power plants declined 4.5 percent since 2016, and nearly 20 percent since 2011. All without signing a piece of paper in Paris or Buenos Aires.
MONTINI:Trump's daffy, dangerous climate change denial
While other leaders fly fleets of jets around the world to clink non-GMO champagne flutes, America is quietly getting the job done. With a booming economy and surging energy production, we're drastically cutting CO2 emissions through technological innovation rather than government mandates and international pressure.
America might not "believe" in environmental apocalypse, but it cares a great deal about clean air and a healthy environment. Looking at the evidence, we care far more than the rest of the world does, despite their grand summits and nonbinding communiqués.
Jon Gabriel, a Mesa resident, is editor-in-chief of Ricochet.com and a contributor to The Republic and azcentral.com. Follow him on Twitter at @exjon.
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La fuente de Ceres es una fuente escultórica de Barcelona situada en la plaza de San Jorge —también conocida como Mirador del Llobregat—, en la montaña de Montjuic. Fue creada en 1830 por Celdoni Guixà. Esta obra está inscrita como Bien Cultural de Interés Local (BCIL) en el Inventario del Patrimonio Cultural catalán con el código 08019/1446.

Historia y descripción
Esta fuente, también conocida como El Surtidor, se instaló inicialmente en el término de la entonces independiente villa de Gracia, a la altura del actual paseo de Gracia con la calle de Provenza, donde fue inaugurada el 28 de junio de 1830. Posteriormente, en el transcurso de la revuelta de las Quintas de 1870, el general Eugenio Gaminde situó en este lugar sus cañones, protestando por el emplazamiento de la fuente, que dificultaba su estrategia. Entonces, el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona aprobó su traslado, y el 14 de mayo de 1874 se colocó en la plaza Blasco de Garay —actual plaza del Surtidor—, en el Pueblo Seco. Este emplazamiento no acabó de convencer al consistorio, ya que el monumento era demasiado grande para una plazuela de pequeñas dimensiones, y con el cambio de siglo, cuando se empezó a urbanizar la montaña de Montjuic, se pensó en ponerla en este lugar. Finalmente, en 1918 fue instalada en la plaza de San Jorge, cerca de la estatua ecuestre del santo obra de Josep Llimona.

La fuente está dedicada a la diosa romana Ceres, protectora de la agricultura, advocación muy apropiada para su emplazamiento original en la villa de Gracia, entonces mayoritariamente rural. En el siglo XIX era corriente dedicar las fuentes a personajes mitológicos, y en la ciudad condal hubo varios ejemplos, como la fuente de Hércules o la fuente de Neptuno; a la misma Ceres hubo dedicada una fuente en el jardín del General, desaparecida en 1877 al construirse el parque de la Ciudadela.

Está formada por un estanque circular con diversos surtidores de agua, sobre el que se alza una columna con cuatro delfines en la base, que vierten agua por la boca. Esta columna tiene un capitel en forma de almeja, sobre el que se sitúa la estatua de la diosa, vestida con túnica y llevando en la mano unas espigas de trigo. La resolución de la obra es en un estilo clasicista de aire académico, no en vano su autor se formó en la Escuela de la Lonja, siendo discípulo de Salvador Gurri.

Véase también
 Arte público de Barcelona
 Fuentes de Barcelona

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

Ceres
Esculturas urbanas de Barcelona del siglo XIX
Arquitectura de 1830
España en 1830
Bienes culturales de interés local de Barcelona
Mitología romana en el arte


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The Irrepressible Bluebill to be Featured on the 2021-22 Federal Duck Stamp
Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 6:54 by Ian Nance
(Screenshot: USFWS)
Perched on my desk is one of my favorite decorations, a preening bluebill skillfully mounted by the wonderful Steve Fijalkowksi. I splashed the drake several years ago at Merritt Island on an otherwise slow hunt, its iridescent purple head the mark of a mature bird.
They're not the most celebrated of waterfowl, but I've always enjoyed hunting bluebills, especially late in the season on the Gulf Coast where gigantic flocks accumulate on the shallow flats. When they want to feed or roost in a particular spot, the birds don't give up. If you can find those locations, the shooting potential is far more than the two-bird limit will allow.
Bluebills are more-correctly known as lesser scaup. My knucklehead buddies and I refer to them as "bloobs." No matter the nomenclature, the species will be featured on the 2021-22 Federal Duck Stamp. Incorporated into the striking depiction of this ubiquitous diver duck is a lanyard of duck calls blending in with the reeds. There's a reason for this which we'll get to at the end.
For the moment, here's an excerpt of the press release from the US Fish & Wildlife Service:
"After two days of competition, Richard Clifton of Milford, Delaware, emerged as the winner of the 2020 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his painting of a single lesser scaup drake. The announcement was made via live stream at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia.
Clifton's acrylic painting will be made into the 2021-2022 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or 'Duck Stamp' which will go on sale in late June 2021. The Service produces the Federal Duck Stamp, which sells for $25 and raises approximately $40 million in sales each year. These funds support critical conservation to protect wetland habitats in the National Wildlife Refuge System for the benefit of wildlife and the enjoyment of people.
This year, the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, approved the allocation of more than $48 million from the fund, made up partly of Duck Stamp dollars, to support the acquisition of lands from willing sellers for the Refuge System. The new areas provide additional access to the public to some of the most spectacular places available for hunting, fishing, birdwatching, hiking and other outdoor activities.
'Hunters and anglers are the backbone of American conservation, and the Duck Stamp is one of the many ways they contribute to conserving America's waterfowl and wetlands throughout the country,' said Secretary Bernhardt. 'I encourage everyone, including those who do not hunt, to buy a Duck Stamp as it makes a real impact in conserving wildlife species and wetlands habitat.'
Since it was first established in 1934, sales of the Duck Stamp to hunters, bird watchers, outdoor enthusiasts and collectors have raised more than $1 billion to conserve over six million acres of habitat for birds and other wildlife and provide countless opportunities for hunting and other wildlife-oriented recreation on our public lands.
'For more than 80 years, millions of waterfowl hunters have made a difference in protecting our nation's birds and their habitats,' said Aurelia Skipwith, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 'The Trump Administration has prioritized protecting our wildlife and their habitats and provided access to some of the most spectacular places available for hunting, fishing, birdwatching, hiking and other outdoor activities.'
Waterfowl hunters age 16 and older are required to purchase and carry the current Federal Duck Stamp. Many non-hunters, including birdwatchers, conservationists, stamp collectors and others also purchase the stamp in support of habitat conservation. Additionally, a current Federal Duck Stamp can be used for free admission to any national wildlife refuge that charges an entry fee.
This is Clifton's second Federal Duck Stamp Contest win. His art previously appeared on the 2007-2008 Federal Duck Stamp.
In addition to Clifton, James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, placed second with his acrylic painting of a flock of lesser scaup, and Joseph Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota, took third place with his acrylic painting of a flock of lesser scaup.
This 2020 contest now has a permanent theme of 'celebrating our waterfowl hunting heritage' and it will be mandatory that each entry include an appropriate waterfowl hunting scene and/or accessory. Of 138 entries submitted to this year's competition, seven entries made it to the final round of judging. Eligible species for this year's Federal Duck Stamp Contest were the gadwall, brant, cinnamon teal, lesser scaup and red-breasted merganser. View the online gallery of the 2020 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest entries.
The hunting heritage aspect of this stamp is a neat wrinkle to positively promote our pastime. In this rendition, the calls are subtly incorporated into the scenery. Look forward to seeing how future artists paint the hunting angle into their work.
Congrats to Mr. Clifton and all of the other contestants. To faithfully capture the minute details and nuances of any waterfowl species in this medium is true mastery.
Me – I just hope to tag a pair of bloobs each winter as they wheel into the decoys. The financial contributions gained through the Duck Stamp program goes a long way to ensuring this can happen.
Categories: Conservation, Hunting	| Tags: bluebills, federal duck stamp


For many birds, fish, and mammals, migration is about survival. For millions fleeing war and persecution today, the motivation is no different. A guest of ten years in Australia, my experience of being so warmly accepted here has been an immense privilege. To those seeking asylum within our communities, I wish to extend the same true welcome.


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Q: Boost asio io_service run exception adn restart from multiple threads I was wondering what happens when an exception is thrown inside a handler function when using boost asio's run() function on the io_context from multiple threads. My thread function which calls the run operation on the io_context looks like this:
while(!io->stopped() && *stop == false) {
    try {
        auto cnt = io->run();
    }catch(std::exception &e) {

    }

    if(io->stopped()) {
        break;
    }
}

The number of threads is 1..N. The documentation states that any subsequent calls to run() must call restart() first but restart() must not be called when there are still any active calls to run() which I can't know because there may be still threads calling run().
What is the solution for this when there is just one io_context and many threads calling run()

A: You're right that you need to catch/handle exceptions.
The solution to your conundrum is quite simple: run() should actually not be called in a loop. This realization helps because it let's you realize that once run(); exited normally, you can always do a break;.
More generically speaking, you could also inspect the return value of run/poll{*} member functions: if it returns zero then the service ran out of work.

*

*See also Should the exception thrown by boost::asio::io_service::run() be caught?

*The updated documentation is (mutatis mutandis) identical https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_77_0/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service.html#boost_asio.reference.io_service.effect_of_exceptions_thrown_from_handlers.

A: A normal exit from run requires a call to restart in order for subsequent calls to run to not return immediately. Throwing an exception is not a normal exit so it is fine to call run again immediately.
Your code could just be:
while(true) {
    try {
        auto cnt = io->run();
        break;
    }catch(std::exception &e) {

    }
}


Your eye should immediately go to the lower part of this picture. (No, not the cheerleader's legs, President Bush's socks).
In a break from the hard-core discussion of Washington politics, the frustrations of driving, travel and national spelling bees – let's get back to the topic of … SOCKS!
President George H. W. Bush has taken to wearing outlandish socks, as many of you may be aware from past posts about his, and my, ankle apparel. And, tomorrow, June 12, is his 89th birthday. So, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation is celebrating by asking everyone to wear their craziest pair of socks and posting a picture. For details: http://www.georgebushfoundation.org/socks.
There also is a pretty funny riff on the presidential sock habit by Barbara Bush here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx5ZE5nE9X8.
So, join the fun, put on nutty socks, and celebrate "41's" 89th!
A great post! Keep 'em coming!