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Basics of SVG and CSS

    can you find a more frustrating combination??

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I am going to assume you are a web developer who is interested in being able to embed
svg's into your website, and while your at it, add some CSS styling to your svg. There is a ton of info out there,
    and this blog is not an attempt at adding to that info.  This blog is to help a beginner get an overall understanding, and
    hopefully be able to avoid a few pitfalls.The following are some useful facts.

Good to know:

There are 2 ways to bring in an SVG. The simple basic way looks like this:

 <img src="path/to/SOME_SVG.sgv" />

The other way, although a little more involved, allows for CSS manipulation. You embed the actual svg code into your html.  You do this by opening your
    svg in a text editor, copying the code, and pasting it into you html. It will look something like this:

    <div>

    <svg> *** </svg>

    </div>

If you inline style an SVG, you cannot apply any CSS rules to it.

There are special rules, 'stroke' and 'fill' that are used to style only svg elements


The Economic Policy Institute has designed an interactive calculator. You select the type of household you have, then the geographic area you live in and it will tell you what it would cost, giving a sample budget, to live securely there. For the Philadelphia area it's about $77,000. (hat tip, John Scalzi).


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J2SE Jobs in England
J2SE Vacancies
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for J2SE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited J2SE over the 6 months to 17 January 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
UK > England
Rank change year-on-year +102 -5 -171
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 173 165 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.38% 0.30% 0.37%
England median annual salary £112,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +60.71% - +3.70%
90th Percentile £142,500 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £112,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +60.71% +3.70% -
J2SE is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 45,171 55,622 65,659
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England 38.73% 39.57% 40.48%
Number of salaries quoted 37,381 45,902 55,472
Median salary % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing J2SE as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Salary Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2SE in England.
Salary Histogram in England
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing J2SE in England over the 6 months to 17 January 2020.
Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the England region over the 6 months to 17 January 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
London +118 162 £115,000 +48.39% 5
Midlands +33 6 £55,000 +29.41% 1
East Midlands - 6 £55,000 - 1
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 17 January 2020, IT jobs citing J2SE also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for J2SE.
1 173 (100.00%) Java
2 153 (88.44%) J2EE
3 139 (80.35%) Finance
4 135 (78.03%) Web Services
5 129 (74.57%) Software Engineering
6 124 (71.68%) Asset Management
6 124 (71.68%) AWS
7 112 (64.74%) Microservices
8 107 (61.85%) Agile Software Development
10 85 (49.13%) Relational Database
11 71 (41.04%) Oracle
12 68 (39.31%) Python
12 68 (39.31%) PostgreSQL
12 68 (39.31%) Front Office
13 66 (38.15%) Fixed Income
14 65 (37.57%) Data Management
14 65 (37.57%) RDBMS
14 65 (37.57%) Sybase
15 62 (35.84%) MySQL
15 62 (35.84%) Docker
15 62 (35.84%) R
15 62 (35.84%) Enterprise Data Management
15 62 (35.84%) Pricing Data
15 62 (35.84%) Dropwizard
15 62 (35.84%) gRPC
15 62 (35.84%) Amazon Aurora
16 46 (26.59%) Amazon EC2
16 46 (26.59%) Amazon S3
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
1 6 (3.47%) PolarLake
2 2 (1.16%) Markit EDM
2 46 (26.59%) Amazon EC2
2 46 (26.59%) Amazon ECS
2 46 (26.59%) Amazon S3
2 46 (26.59%) Amazon SQS
3 35 (20.23%) OpenShift
4 27 (15.61%) AWS Fargate
5 19 (10.98%) AWS CloudFormation
5 19 (10.98%) AWS Lambda
5 19 (10.98%) Serverless
6 11 (6.36%) Slack
1 3 (1.73%) Internet
1 85 (49.13%) Relational Database
2 68 (39.31%) PostgreSQL
3 65 (37.57%) RDBMS
4 62 (35.84%) Amazon Aurora
4 62 (35.84%) MySQL
5 27 (15.61%) Big Data
6 19 (10.98%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (9.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.73%) DB2
1 35 (20.23%) Artifactory
2 32 (18.50%) Jenkins
3 27 (15.61%) GitLab
4 23 (13.29%) RStudio
5 11 (6.36%) Ant
5 11 (6.36%) Eclipse
5 11 (6.36%) Git (software)
5 11 (6.36%) Gradle
5 11 (6.36%) JIRA
5 11 (6.36%) Subversion
2 68 (39.31%) Front Office
3 42 (24.28%) Banking
4 11 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.73%) Local Government
1 134 (77.46%) Developer
1 134 (77.46%) Java Developer
2 106 (61.27%) Java Software Developer
3 99 (57.23%) AWS Developer
4 89 (51.45%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 89 (51.45%) Java Engineer
4 89 (51.45%) Java Software Engineer
4 89 (51.45%) Software Engineer
5 83 (47.98%) AWS Engineer
5 83 (47.98%) AWS Software Engineer
6 55 (31.79%) J2EE Developer
6 55 (31.79%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 36 (20.81%) J2EE Software Engineer
7 36 (20.81%) Java J2EE Software Engineer
8 20 (11.56%) Architect
8 20 (11.56%) Java Architect
8 20 (11.56%) Senior Developer
8 20 (11.56%) Senior Java Developer
9 19 (10.98%) Development Manager
9 19 (10.98%) Finance Manager
3 62 (35.84%) Dropwizard
3 62 (35.84%) gRPC
4 35 (20.23%) Spring
5 27 (15.61%) Lambda Expressions
6 21 (12.14%) Swagger
7 17 (9.83%) JMS
8 12 (6.94%) ActiveMQ
9 11 (6.36%) Apache Camel
9 11 (6.36%) GWT
9 11 (6.36%) Hibernate
10 6 (3.47%) CSS
10 6 (3.47%) JDBC
10 6 (3.47%) JSP
11 1 (0.58%) Java SE
11 1 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.58%) TIBCO EMS
11 1 (0.58%) Ultra Messaging
1 66 (38.15%) Fixed Income
2 62 (35.84%) Pricing Data
3 38 (21.97%) Greenfield Project
4 36 (20.81%) Equities
4 36 (20.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 27 (15.61%) Reference Data
6 21 (12.14%) Derivative
7 4 (2.31%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.73%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.16%) Spread Betting
10 1 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Mobile App
1 6 (3.47%) Android
1 6 (3.47%) Apple iOS
1 6 (3.47%) CentOS
5 65 (37.57%) Data Management
6 62 (35.84%) Enterprise Data Management
7 30 (17.34%) Analytics
8 27 (15.61%) Data Analytics
8 27 (15.61%) ETL
10 23 (13.29%) Mentoring
11 20 (11.56%) Domain-Driven Design
12 19 (10.98%) Performance Management
13 16 (9.25%) Decision-Making
14 11 (6.36%) Scrum
15 8 (4.62%) Test Automation
16 6 (3.47%) Android Development
16 6 (3.47%) Computer Science
16 6 (3.47%) iOS Development
16 6 (3.47%) MVC
4 62 (35.84%) R
5 6 (3.47%) PL/SQL
2 6 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
1 62 (35.84%) Docker
1 35 (20.23%) Kubernetes
1 35 (20.23%) Terraform
1 71 (41.04%) Oracle
2 65 (37.57%) Sybase
3 23 (13.29%) Google
4 20 (11.56%) WorldPay
5 6 (3.47%) Bloomberg
6 5 (2.89%) FIS
7 3 (1.73%) NEC
7 3 (1.73%) Northgate
8 1 (0.58%) StreamBase
8 1 (0.58%) TIBCO
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A Batrachylodes a kétéltűek (Amphibia) osztályába, a békák (Anura) rendjébe és a Ceratobatrachidae családjába tartozó nem.

Előfordulása

A nembe tartozó fajok a Salamon-szigeteken honosak.

Rendszerezés
A nembe az alábbi fajok tartoznak:

Batrachylodes elegans
Batrachylodes gigas
Batrachylodes mediodiscus
Batrachylodes minutus
Batrachylodes montanus
Batrachylodes trossulus
Batrachylodes vertebralis
Batrachylodes wolfi

Források

 Az Batrachylodes az Amphibiaweb oldalon
 Amphibian Species of the World 6.0

Kétéltűnemek

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researcher at The Boeing Company.
held in Hawaii. The Boeing project probably existed before 1992.
researchers or a grant application made to the government.
that might be harder to find and validate.
> Pressed Send too quickly.
> snippets, two of which have the phrase (pp. 419, 427).
> reality" to describe hallucinatory states.
> educational films. The meaning is very close.
>> Levels of representation from complete abstraction to "augmented"
> Other GB citations appear to be mistagged or irrelevant.
>>> and other useful information over real-life images.
>>> equipment; reality as perceived in this way.
>> gaming phrases are evolving.


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package org.apache.shardingsphere.sharding.rewrite.token.pojo;

import lombok.Getter;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.binder.statement.SQLStatementContext;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.binder.statement.ddl.CreateIndexStatementContext;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.metadata.schema.ShardingSphereSchema;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.metadata.schema.builder.util.IndexMetaDataUtil;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.rewrite.sql.token.pojo.RouteUnitAware;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.rewrite.sql.token.pojo.SQLToken;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.rewrite.sql.token.pojo.Substitutable;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.route.context.RouteMapper;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.infra.route.context.RouteUnit;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.sharding.rule.ShardingRule;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.sql.parser.sql.common.value.identifier.IdentifierValue;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Index token.
 */
public final class IndexToken extends SQLToken implements Substitutable, RouteUnitAware {

    @Getter
    private final int stopIndex;

    private final IdentifierValue identifier;

    private final SQLStatementContext<?> sqlStatementContext;

    private final ShardingRule shardingRule;

    private final ShardingSphereSchema schema;

    public IndexToken(final int startIndex, final int stopIndex, final IdentifierValue identifier,
                      final SQLStatementContext<?> sqlStatementContext, final ShardingRule shardingRule, final ShardingSphereSchema schema) {
        super(startIndex);
        this.stopIndex = stopIndex;
        this.identifier = identifier;
        this.sqlStatementContext = sqlStatementContext;
        this.shardingRule = shardingRule;
        this.schema = schema;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(final RouteUnit routeUnit) {
        String quotedIndexName = identifier.getQuoteCharacter().wrap(getIndexValue(routeUnit));
        return isGeneratedIndex() ? " " + quotedIndexName + " " : quotedIndexName;
    }

    private boolean isGeneratedIndex() {
        return sqlStatementContext instanceof CreateIndexStatementContext && ((CreateIndexStatementContext) sqlStatementContext).isGeneratedIndex();
    }

    private String getIndexValue(final RouteUnit routeUnit) {
        Map<String, String> logicAndActualTables = getLogicAndActualTables(routeUnit);
        String actualTableName = findLogicTableNameFromMetaData(identifier.getValue()).map(logicAndActualTables::get)
                .orElseGet(() -> logicAndActualTables.values().stream().findFirst().orElse(null));
        return IndexMetaDataUtil.getActualIndexName(identifier.getValue(), actualTableName);
    }

    private Optional<String> findLogicTableNameFromMetaData(final String logicIndexName) {
        for (String each : schema.getAllTableNames()) {
            if (schema.get(each).getIndexes().containsKey(logicIndexName)) {
                return Optional.of(each);
            }
        }
        return Optional.empty();
    }

    private Map<String, String> getLogicAndActualTables(final RouteUnit routeUnit) {
        Collection<String> tableNames = sqlStatementContext.getTablesContext().getTableNames();
        Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>(tableNames.size(), 1);
        for (RouteMapper each : routeUnit.getTableMappers()) {
            result.put(each.getLogicName().toLowerCase(), each.getActualName());
            result.putAll(shardingRule.getLogicAndActualTablesFromBindingTable(routeUnit.getDataSourceMapper().getLogicName(), each.getLogicName(), each.getActualName(), tableNames));
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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Regina Ermits, geb. Regina Oja (* 31. Januar 1996 in Tallinn) ist eine estnische Biathletin.

Werdegang
Regina Ermits stammt aus Võru, lebt aber inzwischen im Wintersportort Otepää. Ihr Vater Kristjan war ebenfalls Biathlet und ist seit 2018 Renndirektor des IBU-Cups.

Sie selbst ist seit 2012 Biathletin und hatte im Jahr 2013 ihre ersten internationalen Wettkämpfe bei den Jugendweltmeisterschaften in Obertilliach. Seit der Saison 2013/14 bestreitet sie auch Rennen im zweitklassigen IBU-Cup und nahm auch regelmäßig an Sommerbiathlon-Weltmeisterschaften sowie Jugendeuropa- und Weltmeisterschaften im Biathlon teil. Ihr Debüt im Biathlon-Weltcup hatte sie in der Saison 2015/16 als sie die estnische Mannschaft beim Staffelrennen in Ruhpolding verstärkte. Gemeinsam mit Kadri Lehtla, Kristel Viigipuu und Grete Gaim wurde sie nach Überrundung als 21. gewertet.

Bei den Biathlon-Europameisterschaften 2018 im italienischen Ridnaun nahm Ermits zum ersten Mal an einer internationalen Meisterschaft außerhalb des Juniorenbereiches teil, in der Single-Mixed-Staffel verfehlte sie gemeinsam mit Rene Zahkna als Vierte die Medaillenränge um weniger als 20 Sekunden.

Privates
Im Mai 2022 heiratete Regina Oja den ehemaligen estnischen Biathleten Kalev Ermits und nahm seinen Nachnamen an.

Statistiken

Biathlon-Weltcup-Platzierungen

Olympische Winterspiele
Ergebnisse bei Olympischen Winterspielen:

Weltmeisterschaften

Weblinks

Biathlet (Estland)
Olympiateilnehmer (Estland)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2022
Geboren 1996
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HBO's THE LAST OF US Premiere Pulled In Nearly 5M Viewers
A whole bunch of folks watched HBO's latest genre hit this weekend.
By Scott Wampler · @ScottWamplerBMD · January 17, 2023, 9:52 AM EST
Over the weekend, HBO premiered Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann's The Last of Us adaptation, and all the hype of the past few weeks turned out to be completely justified. Sharply-written, utterly brutal and deeply loyal to its video game source material, the Last of Us pilot was just as excellent as we'd been led to believe it'd be, and - according to a new report over at Deadline - a whole bunch of people were on hand to witness that payoff.
Says Deadline:
"The Last Of Us drew a healthy number for HBO on Sunday night. The videogame adaptation, starring Pedro Pascal, drew 4.7M viewers across linear and HBO Max. It marked the largest debut after House of the Dragon since Boardwalk Empire launched in 2010."
That's a massive start for a show that's already achieved widespread critical acclaim for the entirety of its first season; should it maintain its quality (which, by all accounts, the show does), it's not unreasonable to expect those viewing numbers to go even higher in the weeks ahead.
What did we think? This writer - a massive fan of the Naughty Dog game franchise this series is based on - was blown away by the attention to detail in the Last of Us pilot: every location, every costume, every conversation seemed ripped directly from that 2003 game, and the various expansions made to the material (for instance: an extended prologue featuring Joel's doomed daughter, Sarah) only served to make what was already there even better. Right off the bat, The Last of Us feels like our next big TV obsession.
Nothing further to report at this time, but you can rest assured that we'll be keeping a close eye on the series as it unfolds, as well as its future over on HBO (the current plan is for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II to serve as the basis for a second - and possibly even third - season of the series, depending on its popularity). Stay tuned, gang, and do check out that pilot if you haven't already!
The First Trailer For THE BOOGEYMAN Adaptation Arrives On Sunday
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The Old Military Battle Dress Uniform (BDU)
by backpacks | Mar 17, 2012 | Battle Dress Uniform (BDU)
The Battle Dress Uniform, also known as BDU, was used by the U.S.A. armed forces as their standard combat situations uniform. It was used for combat situations from September 1981 to April 2005. Every branch of the U.S.A. military branch has since replaced the uniform. It officially was unauthorized to wear at the end of April 2008 by the U.S.A. Army. The DEA and SWAT still use BDU uniforms of some type during tactical situations. Battle Dress Uniforms got their name because they were only worn during different kinds of battles. These uniforms can be either plain colored or camouflage colors. In September 1981 the Battle Dress Uniform used two shades of green, one shade of brown, and black. In 1989 a lightweight battle dress uniform came out so the soldiers wouldn't get overheated or dehydrated. The uniform that came out in 1989 was the first camouflaged one approved since the withdrawel from Vietnam by the U.S.A. By 1989 the Battle Dress Uniform completely replaced the uniforms of an olive drab color that were used since 1952. The military branches wanted to be different from each other. Since they wanted to be different, the modern camouflage patterns were developed. The Marine Corps replaced their Battle Dress Uniform before any of the other branches. In June 2001, the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform, which uses a computer generated MARPAT pattern, was approved to wear. By October 1, 2004, the changeover to the MARPAT pattern for the Marine Corps was completed. The Army has mostly replaced their Battle Dress Uniform with a new Army Combat Uniform. Their new uniform has a...
The PALS Tactical Gear System
by backpacks | Jan 25, 2010 | Pouch Attachment Ladder System (PALS)
The Pouch Attachment Ladder System (PALS) Tactical Gear System was created by Natick Industries which focuses on Engineering, Development , and Research for the US Army. PALS is an series of heavy duty nylon webbing that can be used to secure smaller items to larger backpack or tactical vest systems. Originally designed to be used in conjunction with MOLLE backpack systems, it is now compatible with a wide variety of both military and civilian products. The system was first introduced in conjunction with the MOLLE fielding in 2001. Because of the popularity of P.A.L.S. in the US military, the British Army, as well as other armed forces around the globe, has begun adapting the system for their own uses. PALS webbing can be used to secure a variety of objects such as knife sheaths, weapons holsters, ammunition pouches, and radio pockets. The standard PALS grid is comprised of 1″ wide strips of nylon webbing run horizontally, secured to the backing material every 1.5″, and laid 1″ apart. Backing material can be integrated into a variety of items including backpacks and vests. Since the system is fairly universal, just about any storage item can be modified to be able to attach to it. Also, since there are such a large selection of choices in PALS accessories, the items are available in commercial markets to allow military personnel to completely customize their packs and storage capabilities to suit their exact needs and preferences. Since the Pouch Attachment Ladder System is just a simple webbing based unit, a large selection of items can be used to attach storage pouches and accessories to...
ACU Boots
by backpacks | Jan 21, 2010 | Army Combat Uniform (ACU)
Military combat boots are tough. They are designed to be strong and rugged and are made to survive the harsh conditions a solider is going to put them though. ACU boots lace up over and above the ankle. This is to help strengthen and stabilize the ankle to prevent twists and sprains. The boot is also designed to be comfortable to the soldier who is going to have to wear them for an extended period of time. The Army Combat Uniform specifications for the ACU boots are very specific. ACU boots have to meet the following requirements: Boots have to be at least 8 inches in height. Must be made from tan leather. Must have the rough side of the leather out. Have a plain toe. Have tan rubber outsole. No metal zippers, metal cleats or metal side tabs. It's important to note that the ACU boot has no metal components. This keeps the boot light and safe from electrical dangers. ACU Boots will vary slightly in style from manufacturer to manufacturer. They just have to meet the official specifications to qualify as official Army Combat Uniform...
Individual Integrated Fighting Systems (IIFS)
by backpacks | Jan 20, 2010 | Carry Systems
A military pack must help the soldier or marine perform his or her mission effectively with a minimum of interference or discomfort. The system must provide the land warrior enhanced tactical awareness, lethality and survivability. Such a pack must be convenient, light, sturdy, reasonably comfortable, capable of carrying a variety of necessary items, and made of materials that will withstand weather and abrasion. In World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War various backpacks were based on systems of suspenders and belts to which could be attached various items of equipment. Many variations were employed. Such systems might be summarized as one of the later versions, the traditional All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) pack. During those earlier conflicts numerous shortcomings were noted for ALICE and other backpacks furnished to the fighting men. In 1988 a possible replacement built around the concept of a load-bearing vest labeled Individual Integrated Fighting System (IIFS). In more recent times this system has been enhanced to provide for such diverse needs as computers, radios, protective gear and ammunition. In modern combat being able to carry substantial amounts of ammunition while moving on the ground can be crucial. The IIFS can be configured for these numerous purposes and many others. Since 2007 the requirements for counter-insurgency have prompted additional improvements. The weight of the load-carrying vest has been reduced without sacrifice in strength or adaptability. The modularized system has been designed to provide for flexibility in attachments depending on the mission and the tasks associated with that mission. The individual wearing the pack is provided with the most modern means of knowing...
The Modern Army Combat Uniform (ACU)
Throughout the years, the United States Army has had a variety of different combat uniforms each dependent on the current circumstance or placement of the troops. The current combat uniform is known as the Army Combat Uniform. It is the newest adaptation from the former Battle Dress Uniform and the Desert Camouflage Uniform, which were both worn in the 80s and the 90s. As expected with a new class of uniform, there are many changes, and upgrades to the camouflage pattern on the new Army Combat Uniform. The camouflage pattern featured on this new uniform is referred to as the Universal Camouflage Pattern. Instead of different colors and different styles for different environments, this new pattern includes green, gray, and tan in order to work effectively in all environments. One color specifically omitted from the new pattern was black since it does not appear in nature, and it will show definitively through night vision. The colors that are used on the uniform are set into a pixel formation that allows the blended colors to become darker or lighter depending on the amount of sunlight in the area. Another significant step up from the previous uniform which was solely made out of cotton, is that now they are using a nylon-cotton blend that is said to provide more comfort for the soldiers. There are some important regulations that have been put in place for the new uniforms. Soldiers are not allowed to use a starch or any type of dry-cleaning process because it will affect the durability of the uniform. In addition, soldiers are advised to wash the uniforms using...


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Q: Compiler instantiates the function in a template class even without invoking it I had a wrong perception that template function in a class is instantiated only if it's invoked. See the below simple code:
template<typename T>
struct A
{
  T *p;
  T& operator * () { return *p; }
};

int main ()
{
  A<int> ai;   // ok
  int i = *ai;  // works fine
  A<void> av;  // compiler complains even "*av" is not called
}

Just while declaring A<void>, compiler errors out as:
error: forming reference to void

I tried to specialize the function for void outside the template as below:
template<>
void A<void>::operator * () {}

But it doesn't help and gives error as:
error: no member function 'operator*' declared in 'A<void>'

Is there any way to fix this with C++03 ?

A: What about
template < typename T >
struct ReferenceOrVoid
{ typedef T& Value; };

template < >
struct ReferenceOrVoid < void >
{ typedef void Value; };

template<typename T>
struct A
{
    T *p;
    typename ReferenceOrVoid < T > :: Value
    operator * () { return *p; }
};

Of course it depends what you want A to behave in case T is void. You can also specialise the whole A struct for void, of course.

A: I think it is sufficient if you give the function a different return type for void:
template <typename T>
struct is _void {
    enum { value = false };
};
template <>
struct is_void<> {
    enum { value = true };
};

struct A {
    ...
    typename enable_if<!is_void<T::value>, T&>::type
    operator*() {
        ...
    }
};

Since the signature may still be checked you may need to use a conditional type, e.g., making it void when instantiated with void:
template <bool, typename T1, typename>
struct conditional {
    typedef T1 type;
};
template <typename T1, typename T2>
struct conditional<false, T1, T2> {
    typedef T2 type;
};

A: The signature of the function will be instantiated, the body of the function will not. T is substituted in the whole class definition, no matter if you're using the function or not. Note that this:
template<typename T>
struct A
{
  T *p;
  T *operator * () { return p->aklsdjlkasjd(); }
};

int main ()
{
  A<void> av;
}

Will compile since you're not using operator*.

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OPINION — Of all of the questions left unanswered after the Judiciary Committee hearings for Brett Kavanaugh ended last week, the hardest one to know for sure might also be the most important for the long-term health of the country — can the Senate be saved after everything that happened last week?
Can the Senate function again after those same Democrats used the first hour of Kavanaugh's previous hearing to try to shut the process down before it began, before the Supreme Court nominee ever answered a single question, and before the sexual assault accusations against him were publicly known?
It's hard to see the old Senate virtues of comity and cooperation ever playing much of a role in the future after Sen. Tom Cotton randomly hate-tweeted Democratic senators during the hearings and garnered zero reaction from his colleagues. ".@SenFeinstein has lost all control of her committee staff & members," one tweet read.
".@SenBlumenthal lied for years about serving in Vietnam, which is all you need to know about his courage & honesty," Cotton wrote of Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
So much for the gentleman from Arkansas.
And where were Sen. Amy Klobuchar's fellow senators when Kavanaugh asked her if she, the daughter of an alcoholic, had ever gotten blackout drunk after she pressed him on his own memories while drinking? Another era would have seen a chairman's gavel come down on a witness who spoke to a senator that way. But we're not in another era.
The depths of dysfunction were on full display Sunday night in a single comment Sen. Jeff Flake made in an interview with 60 Minutes, after the Arizona Republican struck a last-minute compromise with committee Democrats to allow a one-week FBI investigation into the accusations against Kavanaugh.
If the Senate completely breaks down after this week, the reality is that the Kavanaugh nomination won't have been the cause of it.
"A lot sooner than you think" came in three years later, when McConnell, back in the majority, sat on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, arguing that Obama was a lame-duck president, even though he had nearly a year left in his term.
At the time, Texas Sen. John Cornyn ominously wondered why any Democrat would want the nomination, since Senate Republicans would essentially beat them until they broke. "I think they will bear some resemblance to a piñata," Cornyn told a group of reporters.
But even those Senate battles pale in comparison to the 1987 nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Within one hour of President Ronald Reagan's announcement of his pick, Sen. Ted Kennedy delivered an epic take-down of the dystopia that he promised would follow in "Robert Bork's America." When Bork was voted down by the Senate, the damage to the nominations process in that era was done.
As ugly as the Bork nomination process was, and even after Reagan's next nominee was forced to withdraw over previous drug use, the Senate found a way to move forward, eventually confirming Justice Anthony Kennedy to the court by a vote of 97-0.
Despite the fact that Brett Kavanaugh called his nomination process "a national disgrace," I'd argue that the hearings were in fact a reflection of the nation itself — divided, distressed and highly partisan in the heat of the moment.
Yet the process, led by GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, also managed to give voice to sexual assault survivors on a national platform for the first time in history. And it yielded a rare compromise among senators that gave those same survivors hope that their stories matter and that they are being seen and valued, maybe for the first time in their lives.
Will changed minds be the final outcome? Maybe not. But their voices have at the very least been heard.
Outside of the Judiciary Committee last week, progress was quietly moving forward on the kinds of basic box checking that has tripped senators up in past years. They even got the government funded — open for business on Oct. 1 and in no danger of shutting down for the first time in several years.
Maybe the Senate was functioning the entire time, even when it looked broken from the outside looking in.


Golf skills need to be precise. Depending on the amount of time you have available to work on your game, you need to set reasonable expectations. That being said, if you have strategy, structure and purpose behind each time allotted to golf, you should be able to raise your expectations on the course.
CLOSED SPORT you decide when you do your routine and static over the ball. You can control the pre-shot routine and set up.
Above University of Houston Coach, Jonathan Dismuke discusses with our competitive junior group how their team strategizes practice. Coach Dismuke led Texas A&M to a national golf team championship in 2009.
When you are ready, go!
POST-SHOT Routine Realize what a good shot is.
Apply closure. Put club away or take off glove and relax.
No relation to warm up and score that day.
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David and pro Stuart liked the compact head but Stuart felt the face was a little deep to be consistent off the fairway. He enjoyed the performance off the tee though. Alan found it easy to get airborne and enjoyed excellent dispersion. Michael wasn't keen on the more compact head though.
Three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington has had a hand in designing Wilson's latest fairway offering and he is so confident in the performance that he has put both the 3 and 5-woods in his bag – praise indeed. The design sees a large radius sole that allows the head to sit well on all lies to give confidence at address, while the centre of gravity has been placed low for a high ball flight. Wilson have also incorporated a three-zone variable thickness face which expands the sweetspot right across the face so is very forgiving.


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Lady Macbeth at Opera Carolina - Announcement and Interviews
Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)
Published on October 29th, 2019 11:50 PM
Opera Carolina, a company Opera Lively is very fond of, is presenting in a week one of ...
Maria Stuarda at Piedmont Opera in Oct 2019 - Announcement and Interviews
One of our very favorite opera companies, the excellent Piedmont Opera, is presenting Donizetti's Maria ...
The Elixir of Love at Piedmont Opera - Interview with Jodi Burns (Adina)
Published on March 12th, 2019 02:31 AM
Dear readers, please see our interview with David Blalock [here], for Piedmont Opera's L'Elisir d'Amore ...
The Elixir of Love at Piedmont Opera - Interview with David Blalock (Nemorino)
Published on March 3rd, 2019 06:10 AM
The Exclusive Opera Lively Interview with David Blalock
One of our favorite ...
Mini interviews with the Carmen artists at Opera Carolina
Published on January 22nd, 2019 07:59 PM
The excellent Opera Carolina is currently presenting a run of Carmen, and Opera Lively ...
Interview with Leyla Martinucci - Maddalena in Rigoletto at Opera Carolina
Opera Lively has attended and reviewed an extraordinary performance of Rigoletto at Opera Carolina in Charlotte, NC, USA. It's a must-see show; there are two more opportunities to see it on February 15 and 17, 2018; find a link to tickets on the press release page by clicking [here]. Read our review of the opening night [here], which includes many production pictures. Prior to the show we interviewed the three principal singers in the title role and the roles of Gilda and the Duke [read them (here)]. Upon attending the show in person, we were pleasantly surprised with the singer who did Maddalena, the charming and beautiful Italian mezzo-soprano Leyla Martinucci, who sang very well her part, including, being very audible during the famous quartet, which is not always the case in other renditions of this opera we've heard in person or in recordings. After the show when we went to meet the artists, we asked Leyla to also grant us an interview. She kindly accepted, resulting in this piece below. Enjoy! ...
Contemporary chamber opera Family Secrets at North Carolina Opera
Published on January 31st, 2018 12:53 AM
The contemporary Chamber Opera Family Secrets: Kith and Kin will have its staged world premiere in Raleigh, NC, on February 15-16, 2018 at 7:30 PM, in a production by North Carolina Opera. This is a very interesting show. Keep reading for more information. ...
Rigoletto at Opera Carolina - Interviews with the Artists
Published on January 11th, 2018 02:40 AM
As usual, we are starting our coverage of our beloved partner company Opera Carolina's winter opera, which this season will be Verdi's spectacular Rigoletto on February 11, 15, and 17, 2018. See the Press Release by clicking [here], where you will find links to tickets and other information about the show.
Opera Lively will attend and review the show. We interviewed the artists who are singing the three leading roles.
Press Release for Opera Carolina's Rigoletto in February 2018
The Barber of Seville at Greensboro Opera - Interviews with the Artists
Published on January 1st, 2018 11:37 PM
Our partner company Greensboro Opera has been putting together some very compelling shows ever since the company's rebirth under the leadership of Artistic Director David Holley. This time, the company will be presenting Rossini's The Barber of Seville with a very good cast. We at Opera Lively know some of the singers already from other productions and can vouch for their quality, and the ones until unknown to us look great when we look at their artistic biographies and video clips. It's always great to see a well-sung production of this beloved opera, so, dear readers, don't miss it! There will be two performances: on January 12 at 7:30 PM, and January 14 at 2 PM, at the UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Click [here] for tickets, and [here] to know more about the cast. Opera Lively is interviewing the singers; see below. THE REVIEW OF THE SHOW IS NOW IN. CLICK [HERE]
Silent Night at Piedmont Opera
Published on September 21st, 2017 02:07 PM
Our beloved company Piedmont Opera will present in Winston-Salem, NC, the extraordinary American contemporary opera Silent Night, a 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner, with music by Kevin Puts and libretto by Mark Campbell.
The performances are scheduled for Friday October 27 at 8 PM, Sunday October 29 at 2 PM, and Tuesday October 31 at 7:30 PM, at the Stevens Center. Tickets ($20 to $98) can be found by clicking [here] (after you click, scroll down to find the links to the three dates).
We are aware that many in our community are not deeply in love with contemporary opera. Well, they shouldn't be any less excited about Silent Night than about any of the beloved works of the standard repertory.
Unlike many other contemporary operas, Silent Night has had enormous success everywhere it's been shown with many sold-out performances in the United States (Saint Paul, Philadelphia, San Jose, Atlanta, Kansas City, Detroit, and Cincinnati) and abroad (Calgary and Montreal, Canada; Frankfurt, Germany; and Wexford, Ireland). It is melodious, very theatrical, poignant, and just darn beautiful.
Its source material is the excellent Oscar-nominated 2005 movie Joyeux Noël (or Merry Christmas, which will be shown in Winston-Salem at the a/perture cinema on October 22 at 3 PM - tickets [here]) depicting a real-life episode of World War I in December 1914, when an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allowed soldiers from opposing sides to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Cyrano at Opera Carolina with interviews with the singers and the composer
Our partner company Opera Carolina will be presenting a contemporary opera on Saturday November 4 at 8 PM (a performance that Opera Lively will attend and review), and Thursday November 9th at 7:30 PM, in Charlotte, NC, USA, at the Belk Theater of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. The work is Cyrano, with music by David DiChiera, and a French libretto (with projected English titles) by Bernard Uzan, who is the stage director for this production. The opera premiered at the Michigan Opera Theater in 2007, and had subsequent performances by Philadelphia Opera and Florida Grand Opera. It is based on Cyrano de Bergerac, the famous stage play by Rostand that has inspired an opera by Alfano and several movies, such as Roxanne (spelled in the movie with two Ns) with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah. ...
Exclusive Interviews with Piedmont Opera's Silent Night artists
Published on September 23rd, 2017 01:20 PM
The excellent company Piedmont Opera in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is presenting the phenomenal, ...
Events - Triangle Wagner Society - Jay Hunter Morris
Published on September 12th, 2017 02:51 AM
The Triangle Wagner Society (TWS) in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (the Triangle area in North Carolina, USA) has two exciting September 2017 events. They've had an enthusiastic response but they still have additional room. If you haven't already done so, please reserve your spot at both events by contacting Margie Satinsky at margiesatinsky@icloud.com or 919 383-5998.
Friday, September 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Tenor Jay Hunter Morris, who has sung in many operas by Wagner and who will appear in the NC Opera production of Cold Mountain, will join the TWS for an informal program at a private home in Chapel Hill. He'll talk about "What It's Like to Sing a Six Hour Opera" followed by Q & A. The event is free and open to members only (click [here] to become a member) . The specific address and driving directions will be provided to all those who are coming.
Jay's career highlights include performances at major opera houses around the world. In 2013 he won a Grammy for his portrayal of Siegfried at the Metropolitan Opera, performed his first Tristan in Valencia with Zubin Mehta and appeared in the Gurrelieder in Vienna with Kent Nagano. He was seen on PBS in the role of Captain Ahab in the San Francisco Opera's production of Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick. Other recent appearances include the role of Teague in Cold Mountain in Santa Fe and Philadelphia, Tristan in Warsaw and Beijing, Siegfried in Budapest and Houston and Ahab in LA and Dallas. He will perform Siegfried in a new production in Helsinki with Esa Pekka Salonen. In 2013 Jay's book Diary of a Redneck Opera Zinger was published by Opera Lively Press (buy it by clicking here).
Jay as Siegfried (photo credit Ken Howard):
Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Bryan Gilliam, PhD, Professor of Music and Germanic Languages and Bass Fellow at Duke University will be Triangle Wagner Society's guest for a lecture on "The Influence of Wagner on Strauss". Thanks to the hospitality of TWS member Nancy von Hoenacker, the event will be held at SearStone, 17001 Searstone Drive, Cary, NC 27513 (Winston Clubhouse Ballroom). The event is free for members and $15/person for those who wish to come as a guest.
Dr. Gilliam was the TWS's first guest speaker in 2016 and the Society is delighted to welcome him back. Dr. Gilliam is an internationally recognized expert on Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss who speaks regularly in both Salzburg and Bayreuth. He's written extensively on late 19th and early 20th century German music including Rounding Wagner's Mountain: Richard Strauss and Modern German Opera (2014).
NC Opera has two upcoming performances of Jennifer Higdon's opera Cold Mountain, Thursday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 1 at 2:00 p.m. at the Memorial Auditorium (UNC Chapel Hill campus, North Carolina). Jay Hunter Morris will be singing the role of Teague. Visit www.ncopera.org for tickets which are selling out fast but are still available, starting at $25.
At Opera Lively, we are happy to support the Triangle Wagner Society. Join it for the annual dues of $100, by visiting www.trianglewagnersociety.com - this is a good occasion to join, to have access to Jay's members only talk.
The Society depends on annual dues and donations to support their growth. Please consider making a donation today. Additional information is available at the web site above (they accept credit card payments through PayPal). If you have questions, contact Jane Lynch, Secretary/Interim Treasurer, at janilu@mindspring.com or call (919) 383-5998.
La Fanciulla del West at Opera Carolina - interviews
Published on April 16th, 2017 11:38 PM
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Our excellent partners Opera Carolina will be showing a Puccini opera that is rarely staged around here: La Fanciulla del West.
This opera that is notable for its exquisite written-through score and was Puccini's own favorite is inaugurating an important step for Opera Carolina: its first international cooperation, with the Teatro di Giglio in Puccini's hometown of Lucca, Italy, the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, and the New York City Opera.
Charlotte will have the privilege of counting on world-class major star Marcello Giordani in the leading male role, and acclaimed Italian stage director Ivan Stefanutti. Sets and digital projections were built by Opera Carolina. New costumes are by Atelier Nicolao, Venice, Italy. Maestro Meena conducts.
La Traviata at Opera Carolina - Mini-interviews with the artists
Published on December 15th, 2016 12:22 AM
Our esteemed partner company Opera Carolina is continuing its season, and after the success ...
The Barber of Seville at Opera Carolina - Interviews with the artists
Published on October 6th, 2016 12:47 AM
It's that time of the year again: our beloved Opera Carolina is restarting its season, and it is with a crowd favorite: The Barber of Seville. Opera Lively will be attending the opening night and publishing a review as usual, and is doing brief exclusive 6-question interviews with the trio of principal singers: Hyung Yun as Figaro (it's our first time talking with him but not the first one we see this excellent baritone on stage), our good friend Victor Ryan Robertson as Count Almaviva (this is our third interview with him), and the excellent Kathryn Lewek as Rosina (who granted us a great interview when she sang Lucia in Charlotte).
Interview with Elizabeth Caballero singing Nedda and Zemfira for Opera Carolina
Opera Lively is starting the coverage for our partner Opera Carolina's double bill of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Rachmaninoff's Aleko, which is having its US professional premiere by a major company. Escaping the usual Cav-Pag, it is indeed an excellent idea to pair these two operas with similar storylines and even some musical moments that appear to cross-reference each other (which is certainly coincidental because they were composed simultaneously, miles apart).
The show will run three times at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in downtown Charlotte, NC, on Sunday April 10 at 2 PM, Thursday April 14 at 7:30 PM, and Saturday April 16 at 8 PM. Tickets ranging from $19 to $150 can be purchased by clicking [here].
Interview with Jeffrey Gwaltney singing Canio for Opera Carolina
Opera Lively is continuing the coverage for our partner Opera Carolina's double bill of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Rachmaninoff's Aleko, which is having its US professional premiere by a major company. Escaping the usual Cav-Pag, it is indeed an excellent idea to pair these two operas with similar storylines and even some musical moments that appear to cross-reference each other (which is certainly coincidental because they were composed simultaneously, miles apart).
Interview with Alexey Lavrov singing Silvio and Aleko for Opera Carolina
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Paulo Szot
Leah Crocetto
Rene Barbera
Robert Ward, opera composer
Marilyn Taylor and Richard Ollarsaba
Eric Mitchko, NC Opera Director
James Allbritten, conductor and artistic director
Yegishe Manucharian
Dawn Pierce
Dina Kuznetsova
Vasily Ladyuk
James Meena, conductor and opera company director
Liam Bonner
Robynne Redmon
Richard Ollarsaba, 2nd. interview
Janine Hawley
Kristin Schwecke
Timothy McDevitt
Philippe Pierce
Jessica Cates
Nicole Rodin
Fernando Portari
Yunah Lee
Thaddeus Strassberger, stage director
Vivica Genaux
Martin Smolka, opera composer
Dr. Philip Gossett, opera scholar
Amanda Echalaz
Jana Sykorová
Elizabeth Caballero
Bryan Hymel
Frédéric Chaslin, conductor and opera composer
Sylvia Sass, soprano, librettist, and painter
Leon Botstein, conductor and music college president
Marko Ivanovic, opera composer
Yvonne Fontane, mezzo and stage director
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Andriana Chuchman, Liam Bonner, Nathalie Paulin, Michele Angelini, Frédéric Gonçalves, and Jason Ferrante
Saimir Pirgu
François Roussillon
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Michael Spyres
Jay Hunter Morris
Jill Gardner, Raúl Melo, and Todd Thomas
Peter Volpe
Kyle Pfortmiller, Shawn Mattey, and Maria Aleida
Kevin Puts, opera composer
Magdalena Kozena
Maestro Marco Armiliato
Angela Brown, Leann Sandel-Pantaleo, stage director David Paul
Janinah Burnett, Chad Johnson, Mark Walkers
Markus Beam, Brian Banion, Leah Wool, Victor Ryan Robertson, Kevin Glavin
George Shirley, Hilda Harris, Martha Flowers, Leona Mitchell
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Jessica Pratt
Mark Schubin, media engineer at the Met
George Benjamin, composer
Barbara Hannigan
Melody Moore
Christian Räth, stage director
Ginger Costa-Jackson
Ryan McKinny
Paul Appleby
Laurent Pelly
Tammy Coil (American premiere of Written on Skin)
Jake Gardner, Cecelia Hall, Elizabeth de Trejo, and Tyler Nelson
Myron Michailidis
Sarah Connolly
Noah Stewart
Joyce El-Khoury
Luretta Bybee and Elizabeth Kataria
Harry Bicket
Victor Ryan Robertson
Othalie Graham
Brenda Harris, Gordon Hawkins, Andrew Gagenstad, Brian Arreola, and Ola Rafalo
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Christopher Purves
Sarah Jane McMahon
Massimo Cavalletti
Martin Crimp, playwright
Christopher Maltman
Eva-Maria Westbroek 2nd interview
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Brandon Jovanovich
Joelle Harvey
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Paul Appleby 2nd Interview
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Layla Claire
Heidi Stober
Composer Mark Abel
Qian Yi
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Paulo Esper, director and producer
Luiz Fernando Malheiro, conductor
Scott Hendricks
Kate Lindsey
Laurent Naouri
Nadja Mchantaf
Stéphane Degout
Nicolas Mansfield
David Robert Coleman
Otto Katzameier
Bernard Foccroulle
Sandrine Piau
Sabine Devieilhe
Maestro Riccardo Muti
Salvatore Sciarrino, contemporary composer
Julie Fuchs
Andreas Homoki
Stéphanie d'Oustrac
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Holiday Lighthouse Ornament
Lighthouses are sources of inspiration and comfort. Sturdy structures with an ever-beaming light, lighthouses guide sailors to safety during dark skies and tempests. As beacons of light, they symbolize the Light of Christ, Jesus love and His guidance throughout the year and the holiday season.
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Santa's Train is stocked up and ready to deliver. At first glance you will discover the first of many secrets, the beautifully crafted scene inside. Look close for a sweet surprise candy cane anyone?
State Of Washington Ornament
Washington State, the Evergreen State sees people flock by the millions to visit. Tourists stop along the Puget Sound to see whales migrating and visit the Space Needle to catch a glimpse of Mount Rainier. Washington produces over half the country's apples each year.
Lighthouse Ornament
Lighthouses are sources of inspiration and comfort. Sturdy structures with an ever-beaming light, lighthouses guide sailors to safety during dark skies and tempests. As beacons of light, they symbolize the Light of Christ, Jesus love, and His guidance throughout the year and the holiday season.
Food Truck Ornament
Food trucks were once known for serving cheap greasy food. Today, food trucks are popping up around the country serving some of the tastiest and healthiest plates around. Food trucks offer variety and novelty, are fast, and are often healthier and cheaper than most other alternatives.
Canadian Flag Ornament
The Canadian Flag consists of a red maple leaf, the widely recognized symbol of Canada, on a white section between two red fields. The white areas represent peace and honesty, and the red symbolizes hardiness, bravery and strength. This national flag was introduced on February 15, 1965.
Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains was established in 1890. The park is home to the highest point in the lower 48 states, Mount Whitney. It is also famously known for giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree.
St. Louis Arch Ornament
The St. Louis Arch is 630ft tall, making it the tallest monument in the Western hemisphere. It represents the expansion of the United States westward and is also known as the Gateway Arch. The Arch also represents coming together, which is also shared by many during the holiday season.
Teepee Ornament
The teepee is a symbol of the nomadic tribes of Native Americans. At first glance, it may just look like a weak and simple structure. But, teepees have stood the test of time to provide shelter from wind, rain, heat and cold. Teepees are still used today but mostly for ceremonial purposes.
Helicopter Ornament
Unlike their fixed-wing cousins, rotorcraft can access remote locations which don't have the space to take-off or land. Although they are not fast, helicopters can be used in search and rescue, as well as fire-fighting, since they can carry heavy equipment and/or water, and can hover in otherwise inaccessible places.
Historic Route Sign Ornament
Established in 1926, Route was one of the original U.S. highways. Its 2,400 mile route from Chicago to Los Angeles travels through some of the most celebrated portions of the American West. It became known as the "Main Street of America." It symbolizes Americans' love of the automobile and wide open spaces.
Surf's Up Wagon Ornament
Load up the Woody with your waxed boards, wetsuit and a bunch of friends it's time for Dawn Patrol at the beach! Relive the surfing safaris of your youth, the lazy days spent catching the perfect wave. Hang ten!
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Perched 205 feet above the ocean in beautiful Oregon, the Heceta Head Lighthouse still beams its light 21 miles out to sea. The lighthouse and light keeper's home were built in 1894 and are still used today as a functioning lighthouse and B&B
Niagara Falls Ornament
Niagara Falls is a collection of three waterfalls that sit on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Known for its beauty and hydroelectric power, Niagara Falls welcomes millions of visitors each year. At its peak, as much as 225,000 cubic feet of water rush over the falls each second.
Palace Guard Ornament
The official guards of the royal residences in the United Kingdom are a popular attraction for tourists. These guards maintain strict attention and professionalism at all times, even when teased and taunted. Despite popular belief that the guards are purely ceremonial, they are fully operational and highly trained soldiers of the British Army.
Santa's NP Express Tender
Santa s North Pole Express Tender is pre-lit and ready to display. Upon lighting your cottage, you will immediately discover the first of many secrets, the beautifully crafted scene inside. Santa has something for everyone on this train. Can you find your gift?
Gondola Ornament
The most popular gondola ride is through the canals of Venice. Gondoliers serenade riders as they float beside buildings. For centuries the gondola was the major means of transportation through Venice. Today, it is the most romantic transportation.
State Of Wisconsin Ornament
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The Land of the Midnight Sun is the largest state in the Union, has 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the country and has been inhabited since 10,000 B.C. In 1964, the strongest earthquake in North America shook Prince William Sound (9.2 magnitude). North to the future is the state's motto.
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Look for the helpers in your community and you ll find hard-working men and women out in a snowstorm plowing the roads to keep travelers safe. They work around the clock keeping the roads safe so everyone can make it home in time for Christmas.
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All Aboard Train Depot has a small hole on its underside designed to borrow a standard bulb from your tree to light up the cottage. Upon lighting your cottage, you will immediately discover the first of many secrets, the beautifully crafted scene inside. What time does the Santa Train arrive? Looks like someone is checking their watch, who is that?


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In March's Minnesota Housing board meeting the agency introduced new staff, commented on the legislative session, made changes to housing programs, and provided an update on homelessness in Minnesota. Commissioner Tingerthal began by offering support for the governor's supplemental budget and its initiative to address racial inequities in Minnesota. Agency staff informed the board on altered scoring procedures for the Community Impact Fund and approved the extension of a rental rehab deferred loan pilot. Cathy ten Broeke, the state Director to Prevent and End Homelessness, updated the board on new homelessness trends and commented on the new two year action plan. Read below for further detail.
In her opening remarks, Commissioner Tingerthal expressed excitement over the governor's supplemental budget. She said that the $5 million appropriation for downpayment assistance would be a timely investment given it would enable lower income families to achieve home ownership in the current low interest environment. This proposal, $1 million in homeownership capacity funds and coupled with a $250,000 appropriation to create a guarantee fund for landlords who rent to tenants with blemished records were all part of the governor's equity package. Tingerthal added that legislative hearings on these proposals have gone well.
Also related to the legislative session, Tingerthal informed the board that in the coming week a new state tax credit proposal would likely be introduced. It would piggyback on the federal 4% housing tax credit and would provide gap financing to assist with using this federal resource.
Tingerthal introduced the Agency's new chief financial officer, Kevin Carpenter. Carpenter comes to Minnesota Housing from the City of Minneapolis where he had served in a similar capacity over the previous five years. Tingerthal also introduced Fatima Moore, legislative intern, and a participant in the Citizens League program to bring people of color to the Capitol. Katherine Teiken was introduced as the "energy fellow," who will help the Agency foster relationships between utilities and the development community.
In an edit to the scoring for the Community Impact Fund (Challenge funds for homeownership) board chair John DeCramer asked whether the Agency was making it hard for new groups to participate in the program, and whether mentoring was available. Staff responded that part of the application process asks for identification of implementation partners and this is a route for new organizations to become familiar with the program.
The board approved an extension of the Rental Rehab Deferred Loan pilot. This program is a funding source for owners of smaller Greater Minnesota rental properties needing repairs. The board also approved funding for eight program model applications and one project specific applications. One new administrator was admitted to the program, Headwaters Regional Development Commission in Bemidji. Staff will provide the board an analysis of the program in May of 2017.
In approving the Consolidated Action Plan, which identifies the use of federal housing and community development resources administered by the state, new board member Terri Thao asked about the effectiveness of citizen engagement initiatives to reach impacted communities. Staff responded that the Agency was looking at community outreach alternatives, including tools like YouTube videos, which would be employed this summer as part of the outreach connected with the draft 2017 Affordable Housing Plan.
Cathy ten Broeke the state's Director to Prevent and End Homelessness provided an update on the new two-year Action Plan and the current status of homelessness in Minnesota. She said that the state recently experienced declines in homelessness particularly for families with children. She added that the 2016 Point in Time data would be out in the next couple of weeks. Tingerthal said that all the commissioners on the state council had embraced the goals; they acknowledged that stable housing is the place to start before other goals can be met. Included in the goals for which the Agency is responsible are 5,000 new housing opportunities by 2020 for those at-risk of homelessness.
Commissioner Tingerthal said while the current trends in homelessness are good, the tight rental market, with associated rising rents, is a cause for concern. Board member Thao asked about tracking those that are doubled up or couch hopping. ten Broeke said that this phenomenon was hard to track though staff knew that it was a significant way that homelessness manifests in Greater Minnesota and among households of color. Board member Stephanie Klinzing said that the perception now is that government is there to provide housing to homeless families, but the best that her community can do is provide two weeks in a motel.


Letsdeal.no is celebrating its fifth year offering online discount offers in Norway, and indeed, five year of continuous growth.
For the second year in a row, FINN.no has been ranked as the company with the best reputation among Norwegians.
After an unfortunate comment that proved his ignorance about France's No. 1 classifieds site, which caused a media frenzy, Nicolas Sarkozy visited Leboncoin last week.
VG, Aftenposten and SvD took home several prestigious awards at the ceremony in London.
The report presents the latest thought leadership from industry pioneers on the future of journalism, platforms, and whether the two can ever peaceably coexist.
Aftonbladet, Stavanger Aftenblad and VG are the winners of Schibsted Journalism Awards 2016 in the categories Best Storytelling,Best Innovation and Best Scoop.
At today's Annual General Meeting Marianne Budnik was elected new member of the Board. Torbjörn Ek is new employee representative from Sweden.
Today, Schibsted Media Group released its Q1 2016 report. EBITDA excluding investment phase increased 25 percent to NOK 635 million.
FINN.no won the Customer Satisfaction Award for 2016 when BI Norwegian Business School announced the results of the Norwegian Customer Satisfaction Barometer.
Schibsted Norge's biggest sites FINN and VG will today, April 26, transfer the entire inventory to the new Appnexus platform.


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A203D posted 14/03/2015, 12:46
@Mafuba. ShroudedDarkenss and DigitalDevilSummoner tried to tell people that FF13 was a great game with great success... Well look how that turned out. You can bet the Final Fantasy fans will keep repeating that for years and years to come. We're not going to forget how we told you so.
Kresnik posted 10/01/2015, 11:04
Well this certainly had to crawl to 1m.
Mafuba posted 24/10/2014, 07:42
@A203D What you said had nothing to do with what Shrouded said. Infact you pretty much just repeated yourself.
@ShroudedDarkness. Its FF13, no on cares about it. The sales prove that FF13 did indeed greatly damage the series. Final Fantasy has been killed on Xbox because of FF13.
ShroudedDarkness posted 19/07/2014, 02:33
Did they just adjust down again? This was at over .90 just a month ago if I remember correctly.


there is an opportunity to really be in touch.
base and really know what your teen is doing.
in some families, they miss out on an opportunity to know each other better.
chore. Even worse are those who never sit down at the same time to eat.
The priority of sharing mealtimes should be a closer more open relationship.
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Former foster parent and day-care mom, Independent Living Program director for teens, Guardian- Ad- Litem and State Mediator for the courts, I have worked with youth for over 30 years. Now I use my writing and training services to teach parents and share my experiences. My husband Dan and I run Parenting Consultation Services which offers in-home family services locally and training nationwide.
"Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking."
"You won't get to see the big dipper, if you are afraid of the dark."
"The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust."
We have met the enemy, and "they" is "us."
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One night, one night is all it takes for someone to go from a perfectly clean record to a DUI charge. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding the charge, prosecutors take DUIs seriously, and they typically call for severe consequences. So what repercussions does a juvenile face when a judge convicts him or her of an underage DUI charge?
Colorado, like most states, has a "zero tolerance" policy when it comes to underage drinking and driving. Any juvenile found to have a BAC above 0.02% while behind the wheel is likely to face an underage DUI conviction.
Education and treatment program for alcohol or drugs (at your own expense).
It is important to note that a first-offense UDD conviction is a Colorado class A traffic infraction. Therefore, it is not considered a crime under Colorado law; subsequent convictions, however, are misdemeanor criminal offenses.
Fine of up to $300.
Many people believe that juvenile DUI convictions aren't a big deal: clearly this is not the case. The consequences and ramifications of a UDD conviction can have lasting impacts on a juvenile for years to come. If you or a loved one are charged with a UDD, it is crucial that you fight for your rights.
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I know I posted the 3 door Vauxhall Corsa but I haven't post the 5 door so here it is. It will have a very similar profile to the Tigra and the Astra. The 3 and 5 door will duebt at the British Motorshow in July. The 3 door will look different from the 5 door. Here it is in minimal disguise. It could be snapped in Germany undergoing a series of tests.
For the first time an additional side window will be added. The last side window is in disguise but the outline can be seen alsoa smaller front window under disguise will be put on the production model. The mirrors will be place behind the small front window just like the Grande Punto. Based on the Fiat Grande Punto it will be much bigger and wider than the current car. Prices will be similar to the Punto too. The Grande Punto is priced at £7,594 for the base model going all the way upto £12,295.


In many countries too many children fail to complete a full cycle of basic education. There are also too many children and youth who do not make the progress expected due to various exclusions, some of which are silent. These include over-age entry and progression, poor attendance, low achievement, disability, under-nutrition, HIV/AIDS orphanhood and the impact of migration.
These problems are particularly acute in Africa. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals are intended to shape international development through to 2030. Goal number 4 focuses on education. It sets the goal of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Progress was made in working towards the earlier Millennium Development Goals. But there's still a need to accelerate movement towards providing universal access to education worldwide.
Why is this so challenging and why is it so challenging in Africa in particular? The problems are certainly very complex as reflected by the 10 targets associated with the education goal. How we advance further will be one of the main questions to be addressed by almost 200 delegates at an international conference in Ghana.
Major progress has indeed been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment rates in schools. This is particularly true for women and girls. And basic literacy skills have improved tremendously.
But bolder efforts are necessary to make even greater strides for achieving universal education goals. For example, the world has achieved equality in primary education between girls and boys. But few countries have achieved this target at all levels of education.
equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.
It is necessary to learn from what has been achieved so far and also from what has not worked. This highlights the need for rigorous evaluation and for education research. The International Conference on Education Research for Development in Africa provides a space in which to address the question of what role education research can play.
Among its themes are critical discussions about education for development in Africa, innovative practices in education and access and equity. The list of themes also includes gender and education, education quality and assessment, inclusive education and teachers and alternative basic education.
The conference will consider innovative practices in education. Finding better ways of improving digital literacy on the part of teachers and technology integration in schools may well hold the keys to making greater strides.
Other topics on the agenda include: STEM education, mathematics education, teacher training and development and donor roles and the politics of education in Africa.
The first conference was organised around the theme of "Harnessing Education Research for Evidence-Based Development". It focussed mainly on Ghana but highlighted needs that must to be addressed more boldly across the continent. This included the wide attainment gap between high and low achievers. Also in focus was the urgent need to improve basic education for all and disparities between urban and rural areas.
This year's conference marks the establishment of the first African Education Research Association outside South Africa. The latter will enable a focus for African scholars on the needs of the continent. The initiative is being linked to a new journal on education and development in Africa. This will provide a platform for nurturing the next generation of African scholars in this field.
This new platform responds to the need for an independent forum in which African voices, and scholars who work with African colleagues, can share evidence-based insights into educating the next generation. There is a need to find a new balance among stakeholders who shape public policy. Focus needs to shift to evidence and rational dialogue rather than sporadic responses to funding initiatives that have insufficient resources dedicated to research and evaluation. This is the only way in which long term impact can be achieved.
As the SDGs are adopted it is more important than ever that the locus of control of development is driven by African public intellectuals who can speak truth to power.
Brian Hudson, is a Professor of Education, and Kwame Akyeampong is a Professor of International Education and Development. They both teach at the University of Sussex.


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Pakistan logs over 4,000 COVID-19 cases for second straight day
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Next 48 hours critical for US President Donald Trump: source
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID-19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were "very concerning", a person familiar with his health said on Saturday.
The source's assessment of the Republican president's medical status came after a team of doctors told reporters at a press conference earlier on Saturday that he was "doing very well."
One of those doctors said Trump had told them "'I feel like I could walk out of here today.'"
The source, who asked not to be identified, said the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of Trump's care.
Trump, 74, left the White House and was moved to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre near Washington on Friday just hours after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
The New York Times said the decision to transport Trump to the hospital came after he had experienced difficulty breathing and his oxygen level dropped, prompting his doctors to give him supplemental oxygen, according to two sources that the newspaper said were close to the White House.
White House doctor Sean P. Conley told reporters outside the hospital on Saturday that Trump had not experienced difficulty breathing, and was not given oxygen at Walter Reed.
"The team and I are extremely happy with the progress the president has made," Conley said. He declined to give a timetable for Trump's possible release from the hospital.
Trump tweeted praise for the medical staff at Walter Reed, and other institutions that have joined them, saying they are "amazing" and that with their help, "I am feeling well!"
Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!!Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!
The White House has said Trump will work in a special suite at the hospital for the next few days as a precautionary measure. He had no public events scheduled on Saturday.
The diagnosis was the latest setback for the Republican president, who is trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the November 3 presidential election.
Trump has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus pandemic from the outset, even as the disease has killed more than 200,000 Americans and hammered the US economy.
Conley said Trump had received a first dose of a five-day course of Remdesivir, an intravenous antiviral drug sold by Gilead Sciences Inc that has been shown to shorten hospital stays. He is also taking an experimental treatment, Regeneron's REGN-COV2, one of several experimental COVID-19 drugs known as monoclonal antibodies, as well as zinc, Vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and aspirin, Conley has said.
Trump announced on Twitter early on Friday that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had contracted the virus.
He is at high risk because of his age and weight. He has remained in apparent good health during his time in office but is not known to exercise regularly or to follow a healthy diet.
A number of other prominent Republicans have also said they tested positive for COVID-19 since Trump's announcement, including Republican Senators Mike Lee, Thom Tillis and Ron Johnson, former White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
Vice President Mike Pence, who would take over presidential duties if Trump became severely ill, tested negative, a spokesman said. The former Indiana governor, 61, is working from his own residence about three miles from the White House.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was himself hospitalized with COVID-19 in April, told reporters on Saturday he had no doubt Trump would make a strong recovery.
"He's a naturally obviously very resilient character and I'm sure he'll come through it very well," Johnson said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message to Trump and his wife on Saturday, wishing them a speedy recovery, Chinese state TV said.
Election day looms
The Trump campaign on Friday suspended in-person campaign events involving the president or his family. But Pence will continue stumping for the president and Trump's campaign said on Saturday that Pence will host an October 8 event in Peoria, Arizona.
Trump's campaign manager, Bill Stepien, also tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and will work from home, according to a senior campaign official.
Biden pulled ads attacking Trump off the air but otherwise continued his campaign, traveling to Michigan on Friday after testing negative for the virus.
In a Twitter post on Saturday, Biden urged Americans to don masks. "Don't just do it for yourself. Do it for the people you love."
Pence's October 7 debate with Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will go forward as planned, organisers said.
The virus could complicate Trump's push to install conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court.
Lee and Tillis are both members of the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to begin hearings on Barrett's nomination on October 12.
On Saturday, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said all Senate floor activity would be rescheduled until after October 19, but committee work, including Barrett's confirmation hearing, would continue.
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Islamist backlash over Elton concert
Jonathan Gray
A performance by Elton John sparked outrage among Morocco's anti-gay conservatives.
Islamists were furious at the gay pop star's visit, while the royal palace, government and his many fans backed his appearance last night.
Authorities had beefed up security but no riots or violence was reported, said Rabat's governor, Hassan Amrani. About 50,000 people attended the free concert in a wealthy neighbourhood of the capital, he said.
Other entertainers performing at the festival include Sting, Mika and Carlos Santana and Arab music stars. But in an apparent move to defuse possible tensions, Sir Elton was the only festival artist who dodged local media.
In a sign of Sir Elton's popularity, several thousand of his fans appeared to know his lyrics by heart -- even though most people in the French and Arabic-speaking country know little or no English.
"He is a very big name in the music world, he's a great artist. And his private life is nobody's business," said Leila Hassan, a 43-year-old housewife.
The tension over the concert is part of a tussle between conservatives and modernisers in a nation that criminalises homosexuality but has long been famous for a swinging party scene.
Morocco has attracted gay celebrities such as designer Yves Saint Laurent and writer Paul Bowles, and recently saw the launch of its first gay magazine.
The dispute is between organisers for the Mawazine Festival that invited Sir Elton and the Justice and Development Party, or PJD, Morocco's largest official Islamist group.
It illustrates the growing rift between Western-leaning Moroccan authorities and the more conservative Muslim movements that are on the rise in the kingdom.
"We're an open party, but promoting homosexuality is completely unacceptable," said Mustapha Ramid, a leader and spokesman for the PJD.
Like nearly all Arab and Muslim countries, Morocco is officially hostile to homosexuality.
Homosexual practices are a crime punishable by fines and prison sentences of six months to three years, but in practice, they are almost never applied.
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At a time in which exhibitions dedicated to 1960s and 1970s Italian art are suddenly multiplying in Italy, Venice's Peggy Guggenheim Collection (a foundation that, even though it is American, has always promoted Italian art, with particular attention to these years) presents IMAGINE. New Imagery in Italian Art 1960–1969. A black-and-white exhibit, or rather a visual offering, as defined by its curator Luca Massimo Barbero, who puts on display some of the symbols and metaphors of a decade that left a strong imprint on contemporary Italian art.
Mara Sartore: How did the idea of putting on this exhibit come about?
Luca Massimo Barbero: There's a special curiosity surrounding the birth of imagery. I have long been interested in monochromes and, having been the curator of an exhibition dedicated to Azimut/h in 2014, a research-and-analysis investigation into the late 1950s and the early 1960s, I began to wonder about what was happening then to the so-called avant-gardes. I started off from Mario Schifano himself, an artist that has sometimes been tackled in an insufficiently exhaustive manner, with the overt intention of dismissing his greatest works. Sometimes, there is a tendency to envelop the artists' biographies in myth, neglecting the reason why they are so important, by which I mean the quality of their work. I have worked on this new show in order to overcome these common pitfalls and so as to affirm the centrality of the work itself. It is a purely visual event, which kicks off from a 1960 black monochrome by Schifano, a tiny and extraordinary picture, paired up with Cinema and Figure, a work by Fabio Mauri from 1960 as well. I started off from this zeroing idea which we could define "baroque", and I moved all the way on to the arrival of a new imagery, without relying on "comfort zones", that is, the comfortable definitions and labels implied by referring to specific schools. I want to place the public in front of the works of art.
MS: The period upon which this exhibition is focused is rather short, lasting from 1960 to 1969. What's so special about these years?
LMB: There are fundamental gestations that do not take place over a long period of time but within a determined span that is ascribable to some very definite events. The transition of Italian painting happened with Azimut/h from 1959 to 1963, and then there was a sort of continuity with Schifano's 1960 monochromes, with the subsequent birth of a type of germinal painting that went from 1963 to 1965, followed by the emergence of other currents and other conceptual forms of expression. Everything happened by 1969.
MS: The main theme, or the leitmotif, is therefore tied to a historic moment and to the implications of the term "image", which you analyse in the catalogue's introduction too. I wonder, however: are there any interpersonal biographical connections among these artists that, according to you, have led to such a creative continuity?
LMB: As always, in the exhibits we suggest concepts from the works of art themselves… I think that now, especially as regards the new generations—which are far less burdened and faster, and need to understand what is taking place—going back to looking at the whole work of a specific artist is very important. Rather than telling about the Piper club or the exhibited artists' wild nights in Rome or Turin, I am interested in showing how Schifano painted.
LMB: My exhibits make up dialogues among the various works of art, even if these are not evident dialogues—they are hidden, so to say. I do not put on display the relationships among the artists and this does not intend to be an exhaustive journey. I never quote the terms "Pop art" or "Arte povera", I willingly give these two labels up, of which we can, in a way, rid ourselves. This is an exhibition against orthodoxy, so I started over by "showing the letters of the alphabet" so that each visitor can construct his or her own sentence. Obviously, the exhibit comes into being also because there are relationships, which have been questioned and juxtaposed creating schools and thus subdividing artists into different currents. But what took place from 1960 to 1969 happened simultaneously; in the end, we are dealing with the same artists, whom I have chosen emblematically, illustrating their contiguity, i.e. showing how they worked elbow-to-elbow within the scope of their diversity, but without labelling them by school or some other category.
I meant to show how this generation responded to the zeroing which in Milan was done in a way, in Turin in another way, and in another way yet in Rome. This allows us to become unhooked from a purely international dependence; we have finally understood that 1960s Italian art is a totally independent art. It is made up of assonances and affinities rather than friendships. I could display Mario Schifano and Domenico Gnoli's Tunisian holiday, but their biography is something that others can dig up for themselves.
MS: What influenced them artistically and how did they influence one another?
LMB: There is a quite beautiful word in German, Zeitgeist, which means "the spirit of an era". We are not talking about being influenced, but about being inspired by a Zeitgeist that I think is much more contemporary than the non-spirit of contemporary art (that, however, assimilates that "alphabet"). Without these artists and their imagery, whether by hand or with non-painting media, no new alphabet would have come into being for the coming thirty years, which have by now become fifty.
MS: Would you like to illustrate the conjunction elements you used to construct your "visual offering"?
LMB: We're talking of eleven rooms. All of them are very powerful, dense, and vigorous. Some works extend from the ceiling all the way down to the floor. To me, the ideal public would be one person per room, sitting on the floor. Images emerge from a monochromatic screen, which is anything but pop. I keep saying that the term "pop" has trivialised anything in colour, and that is the reason why I opted for this black-and-white display. No one ever takes into consideration the fact that, whereas the United States go on celebrating the capitalistic and mass-media industrialisation of their repertoire of images—the paintings of some American pop artists produce Pavlov's instinct: the public looks at them, recognises them as food, starts to salivate—Italian artists come out of their studios and encounter Rome's baroque, Turin's baroque, or Milan's cathedral. The Italian artist can have an extraordinary feel of the contemporary, but never experiences that American-style massification inasmuch as it does not belong to us Italians. Even today, were it not for technological devices, we would not be so metropolitan. Our works of art are exquisitely painted by hand and have outstanding titles such as Nostalgia for the Infinite, or A Winter through the Museum. We have great painters like Schifano, who is one of the most capable and most gifted painters that Italy and Europe have produced over the past fifty years. Artists like Domenico Gnoli, probably less known to the greater public, with his "staring obsession", have a quasi-pathological way of looking up close and denying physicality. I like what he declared in the 1960s, when he said that he was well aware of American painting, but he was an Italian metaphysical artist.
So this is an exhibit that goes counter to what one would expect: instead of ending up in some sort of screaming zoo of trivial and banal pop images, visitors will often encounter symbols and metaphors. The difference between the United States and Europe is that in the former they think in terms of brands while we Europeans express ourselves through symbols and "coats of arms", that is emblems, shields, tales, history, events. We are heraldic, and therefore so are our colours, so are the signs, and the symbols that bespeak profound, stratified narrative enterprises. Behind every image of ours, there is a story, but there is also its ambiguity. This exhibit, therefore, is about the beauty of our art, the wealth of our meanings, it is about our language.
MS: Would you tell us how you have laid the works around in the eleven rooms?
LMB: Each room has a theme: after Matter and Screen, Image as Apparition, A New Mythology, two rooms are dedicated to Mario Schifano and two to Domenico Gnoli, while other sections focus on Image, Photography, Historic Chronicle, and the last two rooms explore The Form of Metaphors, the Forms of Nature. The whole journey is dotted with monographic and collective displays and recounts the development and birth "of the image" on up to the exhibit's final segment, when images become metaphors, symbols, or even metaimages: almost Dadaist objets trouvés, very rare plexiglass works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Jannis Kounellis's roses. The objective is that of recounting the richness of a language which, even though it would become more conceptual and less pictorial, was always ironical and rich, and never banal; its mystery was common to all the artists on show. And here lies the triumph of the image: in the 1960s we have, on one hand, the monochromes, while on the other hand there's the optical image and photorealism. The group of artists I selected is emblematic and my "visual offering" does not mean to be exhaustive. As a matter of fact, that is why I would not use the term "exhibition".
LMB: It is very minimalist, featuring white and grey walls, great rhythms, and white spaces. The floor is made of rope, something that kind of brings to mind the 1960s spaces, with a clean opaque quality, so that the works play their own music. In every room the connections between them are rather evident, even at a formal level. The catalogue published by Marsilio is an integral part of the exhibit and will clarify those nexuses are references that the show does not explicitly reveal.