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April Showers bring May flowers...
Happy April everyone! We know that April showers bring May flowers, but that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun and stay entertained while we wait out some literal and figurative gloomy weather in hopes of a brighter May.
For the time being, the library remains closed in coordination with local/federal directives. The trustees will reassess the situation regularly. Please do not return borrowed materials to the library at this time.To read more about the Library's response to COVID-19/coronavirus, please click here.
Ancestry now available at home
For a limited time, Ancestry Library is available for at-home use. Have your library card handy and do a deep dive into your family genealogy. This resource gives access to thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records and lots more! This typically in-library-use-only resource is the gold-standard for family historians, so get started today.
The WPL Film Club in your home theater
Hello Folks,
For those of you who missed our previous Film Club screenings, a number of those movies are available on Hoopla or Kanopy. Here is a listing and where you can access them. Also, I'm more than halfway through the 10,000+ titles on Hoopla to see which ones I can recommend, so I'll have a list coming up soon!
–Doc Crane
If you've never missed a film club screening and want something new, you can get started with some great picks from the "Emerald Isle." Check out our Youtube Channel for an intro to a few selections of Irish films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfKHRZCJ3ho
Film Series– Hitchcock in the Afternoon
The 39 Steps (Originally Screened February 22, 2018)
Based on the classic espionage novel by John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps involves one of Hitchcock's favorite themes: an innocent man on the run. Robert Donat plays the affable Mr. Hannay, an average fellow who encounters a mysterious woman claiming to be a spy pursued by enemy agents. When she is murdered, Hannay becomes the lead suspect, and his only chance for exoneration is to stay one step ahead of police and spies alike. Not Rated, 86 Minutes, 1935
This film is available here: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12211330
Film Series– 641.5: Food on Film
Mostly Martha (Originally Screened January 17, 2019)
Ever-precise Martha is the head chef at a French restaurant in Hamburg. All other concerns in her life are secondary, which proves a problem when she is forced to take in her young niece and also get along with a newly arrived and a very out-of-the-box Italian sous-chef. In German with subtitles. PG, 109 minutes, 2001
This film is available here: https://www.kanopy.com/product/mostly-martha
Film Series– Massachusetts on Film
The Thomas Crown Affair (Originally Screened June 5, 2019)
Norman Jewison returns to Massachusetts and actually films in-state, offering an exercise in essential cool as he sets icons Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen against a backdrop of fusty old 1967 Boston. McQueen plays a jaded millionaire who stages a heist of his own bank (for the fun of it), only to find himself in a romantic duel with Dunaway's oh-so glam insurance investigator. Consider it a historic artifact with lots of 60's innuendo, smoking, and ecological damage. Rated R, Some violence (mild by current standards) 104 minutes, 1968
Film Series– The Dames
Howard's End Scheduled for March 19, 2020––POSTPONED)
Dame Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter CBE star opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Hopkins in Merchant & Ivory's adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel about two progressive sisters drawn into a chauvinistic upper-class Tory family. Rated R with smoking, brief violence, and English bloody-mindedness, 105 minutes, 1992
This film is available here: https://www.kanopy.com/product/howards-end
For a expanded list of Film Club titles that you can watch from home, visit https://www.westonlibrary.org/book-nook/film-club-recommends .
Learn from home with Tumble Book Library
Hey parents- how are you holding up? Remember that our Youth Services librarians are hosting Virtual Storytime on Facebook Live at 3 PM on weekdays. Gather around your computer or mobile device and visit the Weston Public Library Facebook page for a fun story!
If you need something different to keep the kiddos learning and entertained, check out Tumble Book Library- free, educational, and always available eBooks and games.
eBooks, read-alongs,
and games
K-Grade 6
Math eBooks
Talking with kids about COVID-19
We know talking with kids about this topic can be tough, so we put together some resources to help get the conversation started. First is a pictureboook you can view and print for free, Be a Coronavirus Fighter! by Songju Ma Daemicke & Helen H. Wu. It is available here:
https://yeehoopress.com/coronavirus-picturebook/
One resource we really love for the preschool crowd is from PBS. A combination of videos and games with familiar friends like Daniel Tiger, Elmo, and Curious George make this topic accessible and less scary.
We know parents and other caregivers might need help reassuring children during these difficult times. Check out the CDC's tips for talking about COVID-19 with kids.
The WPL is celebrating National Poetry Month in a number of ways. We've started by sharing some of our favorite classic poems on our YouTube channel. Check out our "National Poetry Month" playlist here and be sure to let us know what your favorite poems are in the comments!


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Leading Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Support and Applaud the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's National Day of Racial Healing, January 16, 2018
CONTACT: Elana Needle, 201.248.9724
New York, NY – In today's divisive environment, pausing to recognize the significance of and need to participate in a National Day of Racial Healing (#NDORH) is vitally important. On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, many organizations, individuals, and communities will be taking collective action during the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's second annual National Day of Racial Healing to celebrate our racial diversity and reinforce and honor our common humanity. Among these organizations are the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Racial Equity Anchor Institutions ("The Anchors"). The Anchors will be creating space to celebrate the diversity that makes America so vibrant, and continue our collective work engaging people from all racial, ethnic, religious and identity groups in robust efforts to increase understanding, communication, caring, and respect for one another.
Advancement Project, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Demos, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Congress of American Indians, National Urban League, PICO Network, Race Forward, and UnidosUS are a collaborative of nine leading national racial equity anchor organizations supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Together, we work to promote racial equity, advance racial healing, and ensure that all children, families, and communities — no matter the color of their skin — have genuine opportunities to reach their full potential.
In the next few weeks, WKKF and its Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) initiative, along with collaborating organizations, will carry out a variety of events to mark the second National Day of Racial Healing. The TRHT community and its corporate and non-profit partners represent a collective network of nearly 300 million Americans.
To participate in local events, please check the National Day of Racial Healing's website. Participate online by following the hashtag #NDORH. Below, the Anchor organizations laud the Kellogg Foundation's efforts to foster environments where the essential act of racial healing and community building can thrive, helping us to advance a more just and equitable world.
Advancement Project
"The story of people of color in the United States is one of resistance, survival, humanity and resilience," said Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of Advancement Project's national office. "On The National Day of Healing we pay tribute to that story and recommit ourselves to the fight for racial equity. With the understanding that victory is inevitable when we fight, we will build on the successes of our ancestors and our young leaders on the streets paving the path to victory. Our timeline does not depend on who is in office – opponents of equality have been losing power since before the country was founded. Together, we will tear down systemic barriers to our freedom once and for all."
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
"Our nation's diversity is one of its greatest strengths. Our history includes countless stories and events that demonstrate the determination, perseverance, and values of its diverse people. Yet, the beliefs and systems that perpetuate racial discrimination, injustice, and oppression still persist. The National Day of Racial Healing is an important reminder that we must all be courageous in sharing our truths and our stories; be open to learning from and acknowledging one another's histories; and remain steadfast and undivided in our commitment towards achieving racial equity for all communities."
– Kathy Ko Chin, President & CEO, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
"Over the past year we've experienced acts and expressions of racism that have left us sickened as a nation. Yet even as we respond to these firestorms, we must remember that the most damaging kind of prejudice smolders just beneath the surface, in the form of racially coded language and discriminatory policies that allow a narrow few to profit from the pain of others. Fury cannot douse this hatred. Only honesty can: honesty about our past and our present, as well as the prejudices that each one of us carries. We must summon the courage to make ourselves vulnerable, and the vision to see a world in which all children and families can thrive. Only then can we move forward as a country and a 'demos'—a people."
– Heather McGhee, President, Demos
"Healing begins with understanding — an understanding of and respect for the racial, cultural, political, and spiritual diversity that holds the key to what this country aspires to be — the greatest democracy on earth. From America's original peoples to its newest arrivals, we must acknowledge one another's distinct humanity, and affirm the fundamental truth that when we create an environment where all of us can prosper, America is better for it."
– Jacqueline Pata, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians
"With hate crimes on the rise, the nation cannot afford to ignore the poisonous influence of the racial resentment flowing beneath our society's surface," National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said. "Hate is rooted in fear, and fear is rooted in ignorance. Only through honest engagement with our brothers and sisters from all racial, ethnic, religious and identity groups can we achieve understanding, empathy and mutual respect."
PICO National Network
"While current circumstances may suggest otherwise, we know racial healing is not only possible, but closer than it may appear," Scott Reed, executive director of PICO National Network. "More than any other time in our nation's history, there is growing acknowledgement of the harms of white supremacy and a commitment to do the work until the humanity of people of color is uncontested."
"We're all fighting for racial justice, but key to that is advancing racial equity," said Glenn Harris, President of the new Race Forward. "Institutions across sectors are thinking about equity, particularly racial equity. Communities of color have been working on solutions that will benefit us all, and we're grateful to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for helping to lift up those solutions and connect them across the country."
UnidosUS
"There are politicians trying to pit American communities against each other, to make us afraid of each other. If we take the bait, it makes our country weaker, not stronger. This National Day of Racial Healing is a reminder that our nation is stronger when every one of us can contribute and share ideas, and when everyone's basic rights and dignity are respected. We need to embrace ideas that unify us as a diverse people and make our country stronger, and we need to speak out against discrimination and prejudice when we see it."
– Janet Murguía, President & CEO, UnidosUS
Contact: Zerline Hughes, Managing Director of Communications
How Organizing Saved My Life: My Road to Racial Healing January 19, 2021
By Chris Bufford, Campaign Strategist For the last 12 years, I have used organizing as an outlet for my pain and anger. I use my disappointment with the education system to fuel me to fight for counselors, not cops. I was 14 years old when I learned first-hand how the existence of Black youth is criminalized. I was walking home late at night and a police officer pulled up alongside of me. He asked me where I was headed. I told him, "I'm heading home from a friend's house." He continued to follow me down the street, watching me from…
Healing Communities of Color Beyond Wellness January 19, 2021
By Flavia Jimenez, Managing Director of Organizational Development & Leadership We are our only relevant hope We are our only possible medicine –what is unveiled? the founding wound by Adrienne Maree Brown When organizations discuss plans to address the impact that systemic racism and the violence of white supremacy have on staff, we often lack the language to openly discuss viable options. Perhaps it is because the wounds are too deep and too raw. Where do we even begin to bring a framework to folks who live and work with the pain? What do we do about…
Leading Civil Rights & Racial Justice Organizations Observe the National Day of Racial Healing January 19, 2021
Leading racial equity organizations will pause to participate in the 5th Annual W.K. Kellogg National Day of Racial Healing (#NDORH) on January 19, 2020.
Advancement Project National Office Applauds Nomination of Civil Rights Leaders to Biden-Harris U.S. Department of Justice January 8, 2021
"Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke are formative civil rights leaders with decades of experience fighting discrimination, ensuring equity and safeguarding all Americans."
Voting in the 2020 Election October 9, 2020
We know that voting is an important way to advance our fight against systemic racism. But the ongoing pandemic has created significant challenges in getting out the vote—challenges made even worse by opportunistic and racist government officials who are leveraging this crisis to make voting more complicated and less accessible to Black and Brown people. That's where you come in. Voters need help understanding how to vote during a pandemic. Here you can find: Scripts to make online videos Memes and gifs to share on social media Messaging guides GOTV Graphics Videos to share…
Advance The Ball October 6, 2020
Stand Up and VOTE Advancement Project National Office and the Washington Football Team are working together to advance racial justice and equality in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. By encouraging civic engagement and providing mutual aid, we can help to build the power of Black and Brown communities. Together, we're giving the DMV a playbook for making their vote count. Voter education is particularly important this year, when so many people will be voting by mail for the first time. The deadline to register to vote is Tuesday, October 13 in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Go to…
Women Did That! 100 Years of the 19th Amendment August 18, 2020
One hundred years ago today, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote was ratified. Women's suffrage was a century-long fight achieved through protest, advocacy and the legendary work of trailblazing women of color including Sojourner Truth, Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells. These women organized to combat racist policies, elect people of color to public office and create community institutions that provided mutual aid to their communities. Today, the nation cannot deny that women of color are a "…
Map the Truth Coronavirus Social Justice Guide & Webinar August 10, 2020
Advancement Project National Office along with our national allies Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Consulting, Demos, and The Opportunity Agenda have released Map the Truth, a COVID-19/Coronavirus Social Justice Guide. This guide is a reflection of the love, unity and uplifting positivity that we collectively aim to spread amongst all impacted communities. Now, with the continuing threat of this global pandemic, that truth has become more important than ever. Collectively, we proudly commit this social justice guide to be a beacon of truth that helps uplift and support directly impacted communities to…
National Organizations Release COVID-19/Coronavirus Social Justice Guide August 6, 2020
Advancement Project National Office, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Consulting, Demos & The Opportunity Agenda announce the release of Map The Truth, a COVID-19 Social Justice Guide.

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The Biggest Loser at CNBC's Republican Presidential Debate Wasn't Even On the Stage
By Scott Bixby
Boulder, Colorado — At the conclusion of CNBC's Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday night, campaign emails from the press offices of every candidate trumpeted their participant as the night's victor. While the question of who walked away a winner from the University of Colorado Boulder's Coors Event Center might still be a matter of contention, the biggest loser of the night was easy to find: journalists.
The debate, ostensibly organized around the theme of "Your Money, Your Vote," marked a turning point in the Republican race for the White House, as the assembled candidates decided that it was in their political interest to go after "the mainstream media," several hundred representatives of which watched in varying grades of frustration, bewilderment and smug agreement from a filing center only a few hundred feet away.
The debate's moderators, CNBC hosts Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood, were largely helpless as candidate after candidate dismissed their questions as partisan, contentious or in the service of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. The trio's performance, alternately unfocused and vapid, drew sharp criticism from other political journalists and commentators watching the debate who openly wondered if the moderators knew what they were talking about.
The onslaught began when Sen. Marco Rubio deflected a question over his voting record by questioning the neutrality of the Sun-Sentinel, a major Florida newspaper which on Wednesday called on Rubio to resign over missing Senate votes in order to campaign.
"I read that editorial this morning with a great amusement," he said. "It's actually evidence of the bias that exists in American media today."
Quintanilla asked Sen. Ted Cruz about the budget deal reached by the White House and Republicans in Congress, questioning whether Cruz's opposition to the deal demonstrates that he's "not the kind of problem solver American voters want?"
The Texan senator smelled blood and lashed out. "Let me say something at the outset: The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media." The crowd erupted in some of the loudest applause of the night.
"This is not a cage match," Cruz continued. "And if you look at the questions: 'Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math? John Kasich, will you insult two people over here? Marco Rubio, why don't you resign? Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?' How about talking about the substantive issues?" As the audience roared, Quintanilla tried in vain to regain control of the conversation but Cruz charged on.
"The contrast with the Democratic debate, where every fawning question from the media was, 'Which of you is more handsome and wise?' ... Nobody watching at home believes that any of these moderators have any intention of voting in a Republican primary. The questions that are being asked shouldn't be trying to get people to tear into each other."
It got worse from there. Later in the debate, Rubio railed against journalists and mainstream media organizations as partisan organs devoted to Clinton's election.
"The Democrats have the ultimate super PAC. They're called the mainstream media," Rubio said before berating journalists who praised Clinton's performance in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi last Thursday.
"It was the week she got exposed as a liar," Rubio said. "But she has her super PAC helping her out — the American mainstream media."
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, never one to forego a fight, jumped in. "We have ISIS attacking us and we're talking about fantasy football?" Christie said, dismissing a softball question lobbed at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. "Let people play. Who cares?"
When Harwood attempted to interrupt Christie's long answer, the pugnacious governor responded, "Do you want to answer, or do you want me to? Even in New Jersey what you're doing is called rude."
Source: Mic/CNBC
Not a new story: The debate's anti-media tone echoed a longstanding American belief that reporters and the companies that employ them are in the bag for the Democratic Party. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, confidence in American media's ability to report "the news fully, accurately, and fairly" has plummeted to all-time low of 40%, with only 27% of Republicans stating that they trust the media. Journalists are frequently seen as less trustworthy and honest than taxi drivers, police officers and even lawyers.
It's a winning strategy for the Republican candidates — few of whom will lose a single vote by bashing journalists. To wit, following the debate, the chairman of the Republican National Committee released a statement railing against the network.
"While I was proud of our candidates and the way they handled tonight's debate, the performance by the CNBC moderators was extremely disappointing and did a disservice to their network, our candidates, and voters," Reince Priebus said. "NBC should be ashamed of how this debate was handled."
At least some in the media filing center felt that the candidates had a point.
"I hate to say it, but I think Cruz is right," a reporter for Breitbart News, a conservative news and opinion website, told Mic. "I'm sick of covering these debates — I feel like I know so much more about the Democratic candidates than the Republican ones. The way these questions are framed are just geared at making them fight."
When reminded that the media didn't pit the candidates against each other — they did, when they signed up run for president — she shrugged. "Well, yeah, but CNBC didn't do y'all any favors. That's for sure."


While serious trucking accidents can occur anywhere in the state of Georgia, the Atlanta area experiences a large number of truck accidents because of highly traveled highways such as Interstate 85, Interstate 75, Interstate 20, Interstate 16 and the I-285 Beltway. These accidents often result in serious personal injury or death. We have handled many of these cases, and have developed a method to quickly respond for the protection of our clients. If you have suffered a severe personal injury in a wreck with an auto or truck, let Slappey & Sadd, LLC review your case before filing a claim or settling with an insurance company. The insurance company settlement process is established to represent the insurance company's best interest for any car or truck accident, not yours. Slappey & Sadd, LLC will evaluate your case and answer all of your questions before pursuing a lawsuit on your behalf.
What Do the Attorneys Do If I am Involved in a Truck Accident?
Our lawyers immediately take steps to secure evidence in truck wreck cases, because we know that the trucking companies and their insurance companies are there to defend the truck driver and deny the harmed families and individuals their rights. We employ accident reconstructionists and other experts immediately to assist us in building the our client's case. It is important to quickly subpoena the available evidence before it is "lost" by the trucking or insurance company, so we are always vigilant about requesting and obtaining the necessary information and evidence before it suddenly disappears. In most cases, we file the lawsuit within a few days of being hired because of the all too common practices employed by trucking and insurance companies to limit their financial obligations for losses they cause in truck accidents and wrecks. We strongly suggest that if you or your family has been harmed by an accident, that you hire quality legal counsel immediately. Based on our experience, we can assure you that the truck and insurance company will have their lawyers and investigators on the case for their protection the same day of the wreck.
Are There a Lot of Truck Crashes in Georgia?
Unrealistic schedules and deadline for truckers.
Driver exhaustion from long periods of driving.
The driver not paying enough attention to the roads.
Difficulty in seeing blind spots from a truck.
Mechanical problems with the truck or conditions on the roads.
What is Being Done to Reduce Tractor Trailer Crashes?
New laws and higher standards have been enacted to fight this growing problem, including mandating fewer hours on the road at a time for truckers and more frequent and effective safety inspections. Although both government officials and trucking companies have acted to lower the rate of trucking accidents, they are still all too common and the injuries sustained can be severe. If you or someone that you know has been involved in a collision with a truck of any form (18 wheeler, flat bed, tanker, delivery vehicle, etc), there is help and you could be entitled to financial compensation for your extensive physical and emotional pain. You should immediately contact a knowledgeable truck accident lawyer who will guide you through the complex legal system to ensure that you get the help you need. Don't let your opportunity for justice elapse.
Accidents involving trucks on the country's highways are far too commonplace. When they happen the outcome can be devastating to all involved. There are a number of likely offenders, including 18 wheelers, semis, flatbeds, gas tankers, small trucks, delivery trucks and trucks carrying hazardous materials.
What Happens When an Accident Takes Place?
The impact of a truck accident depends on a number of factors, such as the speed the truck was traveling, its size and the cargo that was being carried. If a large fully laden 18 wheeler fails to stop when a vehicle in front has braked, the consequences could be devastating. The vehicle taking the impact may be completely destroyed, leaving all the occupants dead. If a truck driver runs a red light and collides with any other vehicles at the intersection, there will certainly be some casualties. Trucks are so big compared to other vehicles that anything such as a pedestrian, a cyclist, a motorcyclist or a car that comes into contact with it are likely to come off very much the worst.
Crashes involving tractor trailers result in some of the most serious injuries, including a crushed torso, multiple fractures, facial damage, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and disfigurement. Many injuries are so serious that lives are lost. Long recovery periods are a feature of truck accidents too.
T-Bone – when the truck hits the side of another vehicle perpendicularly, usually at an intersection.
Poor loading causing load to move or fall.
The causes of commercial vehicle accidents could be due to the company not maintaining the truck adequately so poor quality parts and incorrectly fitted parts could cause an accident. Driver error is the most common cause of accidents. When the driver is to blame it may be due to tampering with the truck's logbook so that he or she can drive longer than the maximum period allowed. This is a dangerous activity and could cause an accident through driver fatigue or driver distraction while the individual has to take his or her mind off the road to talk to relatives on the cell phone or eat a fast food meal to save time.
Whenever an accident does take place, the first at the scene is often a truck company representative who is reluctant to allow the company or the driver to be blamed for the accident. They may already have their defense compiled before anyone can respond. If they decide they can't evade responsibility for the accident they more often than not offer only a token amount in compensation to the victim in the hope that a court appearance can be avoided. This is rarely enough to cover medical costs and loss of earnings while the victim recovers.
What Can You Do If You Are Injured in a Truck Accident?
If you or a member of your family is injured in a tractor trailer accident or someone has been killed you should contact an experienced truck accident personal injury attorney and find out if you qualify to file a wrongful death or personal injury claim. Most attorneys work on a contingency fee basis meaning no upfront fees are payable and the legal fees are paid on settlement. In most states a statute of limitation applies which is normally 2 years from the date of the injury or death.
A car accident can cause devastation, but tractor trailer crashes, truck crashes, and an 18-wheeler crash can result in life changing injuries to those involved. They are large, heavy vehicles and when they hit a person or obstacle, whether at a fast or slow speed, there will be injuries.
What Causes Tractor Trailer Crashes, Truck Crashes and 18-Wheeler Collisions?
There are many varied reasons for these types of truck crashes. Typically, many are due to the careless and negligent action of the driver or the truck company the driver works for.
What Happens When an 18 Wheeler is Involved in an Accident?
As soon as the trucking company hears about the accident, it usually sends along a company team to assess the damage and the cause of the tractor trailer crash. The team, which often includes a representative of the company's insurer, is always quick to erase any evidence that might implicate the driver and the truck company as the cause of the accident. If there have been any serious injuries or even fatalities it could cost the company a lot in personal injury claims. 18 wheelers are enormous vehicles, so if other vehicles or people are involved when the truck crash took place, the injuries could be serious.
The type of injury will depend on the nature of the accident. If the truck driver was distracted and rear ended the vehicle in front when it came to a stop, the driver and passengers of the vehicle that had been struck may have very serious injuries depending on the speed of the truck. The vehicle might have been completely destroyed leaving no life spared. If the truck had managed to slow down before impact the occupants of the vehicle struck would still have had no warning and the their bodies would have been thrust forward giving them no time to brace for the impact. Seat belt injuries could be serious damaging the torso and the shoulders and whiplash could take its hold on the neck.
If tractor trailer crashes are head on collisions, fatalities would be more likely to take place. If anyone survives they would unlikely be able to resume normal lives as the injuries would be life changing.
All is not lost for victims of truck crashes as it is the legal right of a victim that has been injured or killed in such an accident to file a personal injury claim or a wrongful death claim. The first enables the victim to be free of the financial burden of an accident that was not his or her fault and the second compensates the family for their loss.
It is important to hire a truck crash personal injury attorney who can gather sufficient evidence on your behalf to ensure you get the compensation you deserve. Without an attorney you will have to take on the truck company's insurer on your own which will probably mean a token amount will be offered at best – not the full amount.


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Mezinárodní muzeum keramiky Weiden je muzeum porcelánu a keramiky založené v roce 1990 jako pobočkové muzeum Nové mnichovské sbírky v bavorském městě Weiden. Sídlí ve Waldsassener Kasten, které nechal postavit barokní stavitel Philipp Muttone z kláštera Waldsassen v polovině 18. století jako sýpku pro klášterní majetek.

Na zhruba 1 000 m² výstavních ploch jsou vystaveny keramické a porcelánové výrobky od předních německých a evropských výrobců od rokoka až po 20. století, stejně jako exponáty z různých období ze všech částí světa. Do sbírky je zapojeno Státní muzeum egyptského umění, Státní archeologická sbírka, Bavorské národní muzeum a samotná Nová sbírka.

Ústřední součástí muzea je sbírka čínského porcelánu, kterou vytvořil weidenský podnikatel Dr. Wilhelm Seltmann. Sbírku jeho vdova věnovala muzeu v roce 1994. Zaměřuje se na výrobky z dynastie Čching a na rozdíl od srovnatelných sbírek věnuje značnou pozornost také umění z 19. století.

V prosinci 2015 bylo muzeum zařazeno na Červený seznam Německou kulturní radou a zařazeno do kategorie 1 (hrozilo uzavření).

Prohlídkový program pro děti
Rodinné prohlídky probíhají v muzeum keramiky. Děti a mladí tam mohou provést rodinu muzeem a poté keramiku tvořit přímo v místní keramické dílně.

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Externí odkazy

Muzea v Bavorsku
Archeologická muzea
Keramika
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Muzea založená roku 1990

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J. F. Kimball State Park is a pristine site located at the headwaters of the Wood River. This stream flows from the pine forest into open meadow land laced with picturesque quaking aspen surrounded by the southern Cascade Mountains. Wood River offers fine fishing that can be accessed from the park by canoe. Kimball Park offers primitive camping next to a spring-fed lagoon at the beginning of this waterway.
A walking trail connects the campground to the site where the clear spring bubbles from a rocky hillside. The park is a secluded place where you can contemplate the moment while relaxing in the whispering lodgepole pines.


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/*
  ClosureOpt.java

  (P)2001 Laurentiu Cristofor
*/

/*

laur.dm.ar - A Java package for association rule mining
Copyright (C) 2002  Laurentiu Cristofor

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA

The laur.dm.ar package was written by Laurentiu Cristofor (laur@cs.umb.edu).

*/

package laur.dm.ar;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.IOException;

/**

   This class implements the Closure algorithm for finding frequent
   itemsets. This implementation is based on Closure.java and it
   contains a few optimizations.<P>

   (see "Galois Connections and Data Mining"
    by Dana Cristofor, Laurentiu Cristofor, and Dan Simovici
    from UMass/Boston 2000)

   @version 1.0
   @author Laurentiu Cristofor

*/
public class ClosureOpt extends FrequentItemsetsMiner
{
  private static final int INITIAL_CAPACITY = 10000;

  // our collections of itemsets
  private ArrayList candidates;
  private ArrayList k_frequent;
  /// private ArrayList frequent;

  // the counts matrix
  private long[][] counts;

  // the hashtrees associated with candidates and k_frequent
  private HashTree ht_candidates;
  private HashTree ht_k_frequent;

  // this remembers the number of passes over the dataset
  private int pass_num;

  // this keeps track of the current step which also represents
  // the cardinality of the candidate itemsets
  private int step;

  // useful information
  private long num_rows;
  private int num_cols;
  private long min_weight;

  /**
   * Find the frequent itemsets in a database
   *
   * @param dbReader   the object used to read from the database
   * @param cacheWriter   the object used to write to the cache
   * if this is null, then nothing will be saved, this is useful
   * for benchmarking
   * @param minSupport   the minimum support
   * @return   the number of passes executed over the database
   */
  public int findFrequentItemsets(DBReader dbReader,
				  DBCacheWriter cacheWriter,
				  double minSupport)
  {
    // save the following into member fields
    db_reader = dbReader;
    cache_writer = cacheWriter;
    num_rows = dbReader.getNumRows();
    num_cols = (int)dbReader.getNumColumns();
    min_weight = (long)(num_rows * minSupport);

    // initialize the collections
    candidates = new ArrayList(INITIAL_CAPACITY);
    k_frequent = new ArrayList(INITIAL_CAPACITY);
    /// frequent = new ArrayList(INITIAL_CAPACITY);

    // initialize the hash tree
    ht_k_frequent = new HashTree(k_frequent);

    // The initial candidates are all 1-itemsets
    Itemset is;
    for (int i = 1; i <= num_cols; i++)
      {
	is = new Itemset(1);
	is.add(i);
	candidates.add(is);
      }

    // we start with first pass
    for (step = 1, pass_num = 1; ; step++, pass_num++)
      {
	// reinitialize the counts matrix
	counts = new long[candidates.size()][num_cols];

	// check for user-requested abort
	checkAbort();

	// compute the weight of each candidate
	if (step == 1)
	  // during step 1 we do not need to use a hashtree since it
	  // is trivial to determine whether an itemset of size 1
	  // is or is not contained in a row
	  weighCandidatesWithoutHashTree();
	else
	  weighCandidates();

	// check for user-requested abort
	checkAbort();

	// during this step if candidates are of cardinality k
	// we will find out all k+1 frequent itemsets and place
	// them in k_frequent. Thus we skip one pass over the
	// dataset compared to the Apriori approach.
	evaluateCandidates();

	// we increment the step according to the above optimization
	step ++;

	// if last pass didn't produce any frequent itemsets
	// then we can stop the algorithm
	if (k_frequent.size() == 0)
	  break;

	// if we also examined the top itemset (the one containing
	// all items) then we're done, nothing more to do.
	if (step >= db_reader.getNumColumns())
	  break;

	// check for user-requested abort
	checkAbort();

	// generate new candidates from frequent itemsets
	generateCandidates();

	// exit if no more candidates
	if (candidates.size() == 0)
	  break;
      }

    return pass_num;
  }

  // this procedure performs the first scan of the database
  // and computes the weight of each candidate
  private void weighCandidatesWithoutHashTree()
  {
    try
      {
	Itemset row = db_reader.getFirstRow();
	// also we update the counts table here
	for (int i = 0; i < row.size(); i++)
	  for (int j = 0; j < row.size(); j++)
	    counts[row.get(i) - 1][row.get(j) - 1]++;

	while (db_reader.hasMoreRows())
	  {
	    row = db_reader.getNextRow();
	    // also we update the counts table here
	    for (int i = 0; i < row.size(); i++)
	      for (int j = 0; j < row.size(); j++)
		counts[row.get(i) - 1][row.get(j) - 1]++;
	  }

	// update weights for candidates according to the
	// information collected in counts[][]
	for (int i = 0; i < candidates.size(); i++)
	  ((Itemset)candidates.get(i)).setWeight(counts[i][i]);
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
	System.err.println("Error scanning database!!!\n" + e);
      }
  }

  // this procedure scans the database and computes the weight of each
  // candidate
  private void weighCandidates()
  {
    ht_candidates.prepareForDescent();

    try
      {
	Itemset row = db_reader.getFirstRow();
	// also we update the counts table here
	ht_candidates.update(row, counts);

	while (db_reader.hasMoreRows())
	  {
	    row = db_reader.getNextRow();
	    // also we update the counts table here
	    ht_candidates.update(row, counts);
	  }
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
	System.err.println("Error scanning database!!!\n" + e);
      }
  }

  // this procedure checks to see which itemsets are frequent
  private void evaluateCandidates()
  {
    Itemset is, is_cl;

    for (int i = 0; i < candidates.size(); i++)
      // if this is a frequent itemset
      if ((is = (Itemset)candidates.get(i)).getWeight() >= min_weight)
	{
	  // compute support of itemset
	  is.setSupport((double)is.getWeight()/(double)num_rows);

	  // write itemset to the cache
	  try
	    {
	      if (cache_writer != null)
		cache_writer.writeItemset(is);
	    }
	  catch (IOException e)
	    {
	      System.err.println("Error writing cache!!!\n" + e);
	    }

	  // then add it to the frequent collection
	  /// frequent.add(is);

	  // now look for closures of this itemset.
	  // we're looking to add to this itemset new
	  // items that appear more than min_weight times
	  // together with this itemset.
	  // we start looking for such items starting from
	  // the next item after the last item of this itemset
	  // (this is in accordance with the way we generate candidates)
	  for (int item = is.get(is.size() - 1) + 1;
	       item <= num_cols; item++)
	    if (counts[i][item - 1] >= min_weight)
	      {
		// create a new itemset
		is_cl = new Itemset(is);
		is_cl.add(item);
		// set the weight and support of this new itemset
		is_cl.setWeight(counts[i][item - 1]);
		is_cl.setSupport((double)is_cl.getWeight()/(double)num_rows);

		// write itemset to the cache
		try
		  {
		    if (cache_writer != null)
		      cache_writer.writeItemset(is_cl);
		  }
		catch (IOException e)
		  {
		    System.err.println("Error writing cache!!!\n" + e);
		  }

		// add it to the frequent and k_frequent collections
		/// frequent.add(is_cl);
		k_frequent.add(is_cl);
		ht_k_frequent.add(k_frequent.size() - 1);
	      }
	}

    // reinitialize candidates for next step
    candidates.clear();
    ht_candidates = new HashTree(candidates);
  }

  // this procedure generates new candidates out of itemsets
  // that are frequent according to the procedure described
  // by Agrawal a.o.
  private void generateCandidates()
  {
    ht_k_frequent.prepareForDescent();

    if (k_frequent.size() == 0)
      return;

    for (int i = 0; i < k_frequent.size() - 1; i++)
      for (int j = i + 1; j < k_frequent.size(); j++)
	if (!getCandidate(i, j))
	  break;

    // reinitialize k_frequent for next step
    k_frequent.clear();
    ht_k_frequent = new HashTree(k_frequent);
  }

  // this procedure tries to combine itemsets i and j and returns
  // true if succesful, false if it can't combine them
  private boolean getCandidate(int i, int j)
  {
    Itemset is_i = (Itemset)k_frequent.get(i);
    Itemset is_j = (Itemset)k_frequent.get(j);

    // if we cannot combine element i with j then we shouldn't
    // waste time for bigger j's. This is because we keep the
    // collections ordered, an important detail in this implementation
    if (!is_i.canCombineWith(is_j))
      return false;
    else
      {
	Itemset is = is_i.combineWith(is_j);

	// a real k-frequent itemset has k (k-1)-frequent subsets
	if (ht_k_frequent.countSubsets(is) == is.size())
	  {
	    candidates.add(is);
	    ht_candidates.add(candidates.size() - 1);
	  }

	return true;
      }
  }
}

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Indie News Beat: The Shifting Stigma
Unless you were living under a rock last month, you'll have heard about Hugh Howey's incendiary new website in which he and an anonymous friend collate a mass of book sales data to show that self-published titles are taking more and more of the spoils. Cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth from nearly everyone (it seemed), given that so much data analysed in such depth was perhaps bound to be open to selective interpretations.
Over on Publishers Weekly, Smashwords founder Mark Coker took a more sober approach, pointing out that: "What matters is the directional trend, and the strong social, cultural and economic forces that will propel the trend forward in a direction unfavorable to publishers." In an excellent article which is a must-read for all Independent Authors, Coker goes on to describe how the perception of stigma is shifting. From just a few years ago, when self-publishing had "failure" written all over it, we're now moving to a point where traditional publishing is getting its share of negativity: the lousy royalties on e-books and their own vanity imprints ready to fleece the unsuspecting Indie, which Coker politely calls "misguided". The more heated the debate gets, the more useful it is to listen to a cooler head. Continue reading "Indie News Beat: The Shifting Stigma"
Author Chris JamesPosted on March 11, 2014 March 10, 2014 Categories Indie News BeatTags Author earnings, creative process, indie stigma27 Comments on Indie News Beat: The Shifting Stigma
Tumblr Tutorial: Get Up and Running
Last Friday, Kat Cantwell introduced us to Tumblr, where all the young'ns hang out. So how about we show those young whippersnappers our awesome books? They don't know what they've been missing. We just have to figger out how to use this newfangled Tumblr thingie. Honestly? It's easier than WordPress or Blogger. Let me show you why.
The first thing you need to do is go to Tumblr.com and set up an account. It's super fast (they're not kidding).
Just follow the steps above – #1 through #3, then click Sign up (#4). That will bring you to a new screen where they ask – oh no, not that – your age, and to read the T&C. Then click Done! (#7) and you are signed up. You'll receive an email asking you to confirm your membership. It's that simple. Continue reading "Tumblr Tutorial: Get Up and Running"
Author K.S. BrooksPosted on March 11, 2014 March 10, 2014 Categories Staff Articles, TutorialsTags author blogs, Tumblr17 Comments on Tumblr Tutorial: Get Up and Running
Attention-getting Tactics for Authors
A while back, I attended a festival of romance. It was one of those events where authors get together, mingle with publishers, sell some books, make connections and so on. There were workshops and other events where we got to meet and greet.
One of these events was a readathon. It was staged in a shopping centre. The idea was for a steady line of writers to keep an audience entertained with excerpts from our books. In reality, most of the public was more interested in shopping and ignored us. One writer, however, grabbed their attention. She belted out Jon Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer ahead of her reading. People came to a rapid halt and listened. It was a crowd stopper. Continue reading "Attention-getting Tactics for Authors"
Author Carol WyerPosted on March 11, 2014 March 10, 2014 Categories Staff ArticlesTags author marketing, free publicity for authors31 Comments on Attention-getting Tactics for Authors


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"I can't tell you how many times I've accidentally created a new folder while trying to go up."
Totally agree with you. Hate that.
A semi-related annoyance in Vista and W7 is that, in explorer, the behavior of the backspace button has changed. Previously it always did "go up", but now it does "go back", unless you don't have any back history, in which case it does "go up". Talk about a stupid change. If anyone has a patch or something that will fix this, please let me know!
Seems to me the ribbon would be terrible in some applications and isn't something *everyone* should use, but it does work well, at least for casual usage of complex apps, in others.
It's worth nothing that the ribbon still lets you have one toolbar that you can completely customize yourself, so you don't have to keep switching ribbon tabs for those commands you find yourself using all the time.
It's not a patch and it won't affect the File Open dialogs, but you could try using one of the alternative file managers.
I like Opus the best (and I've written some introductory guides to it on my website) but there are a few other good ones (and some awful ones too, of course). Don't suffer with Explorer, especially with how bad it is on Vista and Win 7.
I dislike ribbon enough that I switched to OpenOffice.org - I know keyboard shortcuts for most of the commands that are on ribbon, and the few commands for which I used the menus in the past are now gone (unless you add them to the one toolbar they still let you customize). Also, I don't like any of the three colour schemes offered by ribbon.
As for the Vista/7 file dialogs, I'm also bothered by the backspace key reassignment (and because they broke the tab order, so you now need two Shift+Tabs to get from text entry to file list). Haven't found a workaround yet though.
I could have sworn that Backspace in Explorer was fixed in Windows 7. That change was one of the things that really drove me crazy about Vista, since I use Explorer through the keyboard all the time, and I was happy when it was bound to Go Up in Windows 7 RC again. I'm going to be pissed if they reverted it back to broken again in RTM.
As for OpenOffice.org, it's funny that you mention that, because I've been using OOo for a while and I'm considering going back to MS Office. There are too many things I miss in recent versions of Word and Excel that aren't in Writer and Calc -- at least, in the version of Office right before the Ribbon was added. AutoFilter is missing some features in current versions of Calc, and I keep running into annoying limitations in Writer, like only being able to bind ONE style to an outline level.
Right click -> undo. The most fun command of all, you can never tell what it un-does.
You can use ALT+UP to go one folder up and not back.
> I could have sworn that Backspace in Explorer was fixed in Windows 7.
It definitely wasn't. I'm still running RC7100 at work, and it's bound to Go Back there.
I know this is being picky but I don't see "creating a new folder" as a destructive command. Mind you I've used backspace to navigate and right-click in the file list to create a new folder for so long I've forgotten the buttons are there.
That's actually not supposed to happen, since the point of the reopen command is to keep current settings. You're saying that you lose the appended files when the reload occurs? Sounds like a bug.
Yeah, I know this is missing. Cheesy way: export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub\Accelerators\Main in the Registry Editor.
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Halfway to the Stars
Stories from San Francisco and beyond
Literary London: The Best Places for Book Lovers to Visit
Writers have lived and worked in London for centuries, making a name for themselves and finding inspiration in its city streets. Some of literature's greatest characters lived here. This city is such a wonderful place for book lovers to explore.
These are the memorable literary spots I visited during my trip:
Charles Dickens Museum
Charles Dickens is a beloved English author with a rags-to-riches story. He had a rough childhood where he endured difficult conditions working in a factory at one point. This experience inspired two of his novels, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. In adulthood, he began his writing career as a journalist who also wrote fiction. His novel The Pickwick Papers began his literary success.
He wrote some of his best-loved novels—including The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and Nicholas Nickleby—at his house on 48 Doughty Street. This was also where his eldest two daughters were born and where his sister-in-law Mary died. It was while living here that he rose to international fame as a writer.
His home is now the Charles Dickens Museum. It houses a large collection of material related to him. There are over 100,000 items including furniture, personal effects, paintings, photographs, letters, manuscripts, and rare editions. The museum also offers special exhibits to complement its permanent displays.
I enjoyed exploring the house. It was a great way to get a glimpse into how Dickens and his family lived. It was also interesting to learn how popular he was in his time—the equivalent of a pop star in the Victorian era. People eagerly anticipated the next chapters of his serialized novels.
As someone who loves both classic literature and historic homes, I found this museum an inspiring place to visit.
King's Cross Railway Station
King's Cross, a major railway station on the north edge of central London, provides high-speed train services to destinations throughout England and Scotland.
More importantly, King's Cross is the starting point of the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter. In the books, the train uses a secret platform, Platform 9¾, which witches and wizards can access by going through the brick wall barrier between Platforms 9 and 10.
The Books and Films vs. Real Life
In real life, Platforms 9 and 10 are actually separated by two train tracks, making it impossible to go through any brick wall. They filmed the relevant scenes at Platforms 4 and 5.
The station is popular among fans for its Harry Potter-inspired installation: a plaque saying "Platform 9¾" and part of a luggage trolley made to look like it's disappearing into the wall.
When I visited, there was a long line of people waiting to take their photo at the installation. An official photographer took snapshots you could buy prints of. An assistant was there to lift your scarf and make it look like you were speeding through the barrier.
I didn't think this was worth falling in line for. The shop a few steps away was more interesting. The Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9¾ is a great place to get some Harry Potter merchandise such as wands, shirts, sweaters, scarves, and chocolate frogs.
In the end, I'd recommend the Harry Potter Studio Tour over this touristy plaque-and-shop combo any day. The Studio Tour is just an hour away from London by public transit, and it's the best place in the world for a Harry Potter fan to visit. In addition to sets, props, costumes, and concept art from the films, the Studio Tour has similar Platform 9¾ installations for you to take your photo at, as well as all the merchandise your money can buy.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum is an 1815 townhouse recreated to resemble the 221B Baker Street apartments described in Arthur Conan Doyle's famous stories. The museum features period room exhibits, wax figures, and Holmes memorabilia.
In the stories, 221B is a suite of rooms on the first and second floor of a house (i.e. second and third floor for Americans) above a flight of 17 steps. The main study, which overlooks Baker Street, and Holmes's bedroom are on the first floor. Watson's bedroom is on the floor above.
The Story Behind 221B
When the Sherlock Holmes stories were first published, street numbers on Baker Street didn't go as high as 221. Doyle presumably chose this number on purpose. However, street numbers were reallocated in the 1930s, assigning the 215–229 block to a building occupied by the Abbey Road Building Society. The society started receiving so many letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes that they had to appoint a secretary to deal with them.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum was established in 1990 at 239 Baker Street. The Westminster City Council assigned number 221B to it to coincide with its opening. Now, the museum is officially at 221B Baker Street and has the exclusive right to receive letters for Sherlock Holmes.
The study was my favorite part of the museum. It was an amazingly detailed recreation. There were Victorian rugs and wallpapers, place settings at the dining table, medical books, chemistry equipment, and a violin resting on a chair. There was a cozy fireplace in front of Holmes and Watson's armchairs. Hats and pipes were laid on the coffee table for visitors who wanted to use them for a photo op. I'd been transported to Victorian London, waiting for Holmes and Watson to arrive so they could take my case.
Holmes and Watson's rooms were interesting to see as well. There were also a few dioramas from the stories, which I didn't like that much; the statues were a bit creepy. All in all, I enjoyed this museum.
I do think the admission fee (£15) was rather steep for an interior recreation and a few dioramas. I don't think it would be worth it to you if you're not a Sherlock Holmes fan. I wish they had some material on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the many adaptations of Sherlock Holmes that came out after the books (Granada's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and BBC's Sherlock, for example).
If you decide not to enter the museum, the ground floor shop is available to everyone. It features a good selection of Sherlock Holmes merchandise you can see and buy, including some deerstalker hats.
Westminster Abbey has history going back thousands of years. While the church showcases stained glass, paintings, and other important artifacts, what it's best known for is its tombs. Many significant people in Great Britain's history are buried or commemorated here.
Westminster Abbey started as a small Benedictine monastery. Then King Edward built a stone church in the 1040s. Then King Henry III rebuilt it in 1245 and turned it into the building that stands here today—an architectural masterpiece as well as a church dedicated to regular worship and special celebrations. This church has seen plenty of kings and queens coronated, 17 monarchs buried, and 16 royal weddings.
Westminster Abbey is one of England's most prominent Gothic structures. It uses characteristic Gothic features such as pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, rose windows, and flying buttresses. It also incorporates some English features like single aisles, sculptural decoration, elaborate moldings on the main arches, and the lavish use of polished marble for the columns.
The Abbey is a gem for lovers of literature. The Poets' Corner, a section in the south transept, holds several tombs of poets, playwrights, and novelists. Notable people buried here are Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Browning, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. There are also memorials to famous writers like Shakespeare (buried in Stratford-upon-Avon) and Jane Austen (buried in Hampshire). It was such a meaningful experience to see the tombs and memorials of authors who inspired me in my younger years.
I should note that it was very crowded when I visited, and I suggest going early in the day. Unlike my experience at Sagrada Familia, the large crowd at Westminster Abbey made it feel more like a museum than a church. That's saying something, considering photography was prohibited here, except for the courtyard and the cloisters around it.
The admission fee (£20) was steep for a place of worship, but it was worth it to experience visiting once. The included audio guide didn't point out all the notable tombs. If you're looking to visit the tombs of any specific people buried here, you're better off using a map.
A week in London definitely wasn't enough for a book lover like me. Here are the places on my wish list for next time:
The British Library is the second largest library in the world based on the number of catalogued items. It's a working library and most of it is off-limits to non-members. But there are two particular sections I'd like to see here that are open to the public:
King's Library
The King's Library is the biggest draw here: a glass tower six stories tall, right in the center of the building. The tower contains a set of 65,000 printed items collected by King George III from 1763 to 1820.
George III's Collection
When George III came into power in 1760, there wasn't a substantial royal library. He inherited only small collections located in various residences. He decided to create a new library worthy of an 18th century ruler. So he bought private libraries, had his agents attend book sales, and took advantage of the closure of Jesuit libraries. He acquired some donated books and some contemporary books straight from their authors. Eventually, he gathered an impressive collection—and this is the King's Library we can admire today.
Many of the books are displayed behind UV-filter glass. The environment-controlled system maintains the right light, temperature, and humidity needed to preserve the collection. It's a working library, and volumes are retrieved throughout the day for readers who need to work with them.
Treasures of the British Library
This exhibit, located in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery, showcases more than 200 literary and cultural treasures. These include hand-painted books, early printed books, maps, and various works of historical, scientific, and musical significance.
Magna Carta in the British Library
Here are some of the items I want to see:
Gutenberg Bible (1455)
Magna Carta, one of only four copies
Leonardo da Vinci's notebook, handwritten by the man himself
Handel's Messiah, in the composer's hand
Original scores and/or handwritten music by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Chopin
Beowulf manuscript
The Canterbury Tales manuscript
Shakespeare sonnets and plays
Original drafts of works by Charles Dickens, H.G. Wells, and Jane Austen
As I read through this list, I don't know how I could have neglected the British Library during my visit to London. It's going to be top priority on my next itinerary.
London Bookshops
There are plenty of bookshops in London. I'd love to visit at least a couple of these:
Any Amount of Books — Secondhand books, including rare books and first editions. Books spilling out of the walls. £1 paperbacks on the sidewalk.
Foyles Flagship Store — Literary institution on Charing Cross Road. Five floors filled with a comprehensive selection of new and secondhand books from small and large publishers alike.
Persephone Books — Storefront of Persephone Books, a publisher that reprints neglected or out-of-print fiction and nonfiction by mid-20th century writers, mostly women. Selection of 100+ books currently, all published with a trademark gray jacket, endpapers, and a matching bookmark.
Daunt Books — Independent bookstore with multiple locations. Original location is in Marylebone: an Edwardian style store with long oak galleries. Originally a travel specialist store; now has a more general collection, both fiction and nonfiction, arranged by country.
Daunt Books
Quinto & Francis Edwards — Rare and antique books on the ground floor. General inventory in the basement.
Cecil Court — Late Victorian thoroughfare whose shopfronts haven't changed in more than a century. The shops are specialists in rare and antique books, maps, and prints.
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is an iconic sight in London. The building is only 20 years old, but it's a faithful reconstruction of the Elizabethan playhouse associated with Shakespeare. It was modeled based on evidence from 1599 and 1614.
The admission fee (£13.50) buys you a ticket to the exhibit and a tour of the open-air theater. The exhibit offers a primer on Shakespeare's history and London as he would have experienced it.
As a working theater, they stage Shakespeare plays as well as other productions.
This is a play split into two parts, both of which are showing at the West End as of this writing. It's based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, with a script written by Jack Thorne, and directed by John Tiffany.
The Play's Synopsis
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
Taken from the official website.
I hope this is still showing when I next visit London. As a Harry Potter fan, I'd absolutely love to see it.
Did I miss any great places for book lovers to visit in London? Let me know!
Photo credits: Westminster Abbey interior photos by Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Magna Carta by James Joel. King's Library by Takashi Hososhima. Daunt Books by Al Case. Globe Theatre exterior by givingnot@rocketmail.com. Globe Theatre interior by M. Cheung. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Manuel Harlan.
Date: May 2015 / Category: England, London, United Kingdom
Brittani	 2 years ago	 /Reply
Such a wonderful post! Will definitely check out the rest of the blog!
Nick	 7 months ago	 /Reply
Great post! And you must come on the London Literary Pub Crawl next time you are in town and see where Charles Dickens lived twice, the Proles Pub from George Orwell's 'Nineteen-Eighty-Four', the pub where Anthony Burgess, author of 'A Clockwork Orange' was threatened by a real gang of thugs; where Dylan Thomas fell in love with his wife and where Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot used to hold literary lunches. And where a current crop of London writers live, work and play. And don't worry too much about the Pub Crawl bit – the booze is optional. We're all about the literature!
Curt Mortenson	 6 months ago	 /Reply
You missed Foyles on Charing Cross Road.
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Can you guess what Laurence's secret is?
It's the year of 2009, at 14 rue du Maine in Paris, in the apartment of a woman named Laurence.
The main character isn't at home. Equipped with Polaroid cameras, guests were invited to examine her apartment thoroughly and photograph any relevant evidence in order to discover Laurence's secret. Signs of a struggle, a suspicious red stain on the carpet, a blood-stained toothbrush, coffee beans in her handbag.... What happened here?
During a month, BETC and Addict Aide invited over 7000 people to come and visit a reconstruction of Laurence's apartment, follow clues and try to discover her secret, thanks to an Escape Game concept.
Not one of them was able to reveal Laurence's secret.
character. The truth is something quite different, yet just as troubling. In 2009, Laurence Cottet was a wealthy woman who had a good career with a senior position in a large French company.
But Laurence was an alcoholic.
And all of the signs in her former apartment bear witness to this fact. The signs of a struggle? The effects of an overall attitude of letting things go: broken furniture that hasn't been replaced, a wine stain on the carpet that was never cleaned. The toothbrush? A sign of physical deterioration due to a high level of alcohol consumption: bleeding gums are one of the first signs of liver damage. The coffee beans? Chewing coffee beans is demonstrated to be an effective way to hide the smell of alcohol on the breath.
difficult to spot the signs of alcoholism in someone close to us.
" It's only with the keys to understanding an addiction that we will be in a position to correctly detect and interpret the signs that characterise an addiction. AddictAide provides these keys so that addicts can get started on the road to recovery. " Michel Reynaud, chairman of the Actions Addictions Fund and initiator of the portal addictaide.fr.
photogenic alcoholism, Laurence's story is true. She invites us behind the scenes of her life and tells us her story: her struggle in everyday life as a chronic alcoholic woman, embodied in her former apartment, which has been carefully reconstructed with her own furniture and clothing from the time.
Laurence has now recovered and with Addict Aide she wants to bring a hopeful message: alcoholism is neither a weakness nor an inevitability, it is a disease that can be treated, for those that are ready to accept that they need help.
" The secret of Laurence is also the daily reality of millions of women just like her, struggling each day with the pressing need to drink, imposed on them by their disease and the pressing need to keep up appearances, imposed on them by society. " Amine Benyamina, Addiction Psychiatrist, one of the developers of the portal Addictaide.fr.


Here's how to keep track of the top two contenders, according to a recent CNN poll, for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination: Only one of them has his own signature brand of chocolates.
Mike Huckabee, the brandless and downscale former governor of Arkansas, can't help but feel outclassed when he compares himself with his nearest rival, the tornado of noise and hair that is Donald J. Trump.
Trump has it all: a television show, helicopters, buildings, bottled water, resorts, a clothing line, a home-furnishings collection, hotels, casinos, and, oddly, his own brand of tea. (You don't think of Trump as a tea drinker, do you?) He's an unstoppable licensing machine, and has his name on more things than a Central Asian dictator — he floods the zone with Trump-this and Trump-that, until it almost doesn't matter whether he's as rich as he says he is or as brilliant at business, because once you get to the Trump tea and the Trump dining-room set, it's all so exhausting you're ready to accept the Trump version of Trump without debate.
Donald J. Trump is an unembarrassable self-love machine. A relentless name-stamper. A roaring glutton for credit and praise. In other words, Donald J. Trump possesses, along with his resorts and his chocolates, everything it takes to be president of the United States.
Whatever you can say about Donald J. Trump — he's a malignant narcissist; he's a serial fantasist; he's a bad credit risk; he's a shameless self-promoter — you can also say about almost every single member of the United States Senate. What is the Senate, after all, but a 100-member collection of Trumpy egos, Trumpy bluster, and Trumpy hairdos? And whatever you can say about Donald J. Trump — he's childishly needful of attention; he's hilariously ignorant of world affairs; he's awfully free-spending when it's someone else's money — you can also say about most of the men who have served as president of the United States.
What none of those mini-Trumps had, though, is the maxi-Trump's instinct for public attention. Trump is a practitioner of the Me Everywhere school of marketing — the goal of which is to be always in the spotlight, always in the news, and to use that attention as leverage in his Trump-name licensing deals. Lending his name to a resort development fetches a higher price if his television show is popular (it is), and his television show's popularity helps plump up book sales, which in turn gets him media attention, which drives up his presidential buzz, which makes his show more popular and his name more valuable, which sells (presumably) more Trump Vegas condos and boxes of Trump tea.
In this perfectly efficient system, no amount of attention or notoriety is ever really harmful — not the past financial trouble, not the Dairy Queen twist of hair on his head — because all of it can be used to recharge the batteries of Donald J. Trump. Nothing is ever shameful or embarrassing. Every shred of media attention gets used to drive a higher price for some piece of the Trump Universe. On good days, I guess, it helps him make better deals with creditors and shareholders. On less good days, it probably just moves some chocolate. Either way, Trump is making money.
#page#The sophisticated crowd may be appalled at his grasping tackiness, but Trump knows what they don't — "tacky" is a word that has no meaning in America in 2011. In fact, "tacky" may never have meant anything — America, after all, was built partly by blowhards and foghorns like Donald J. Trump. What is unspeakably low-rent on Tuesday — tattoos, illegitimacy, the word "anyways" — becomes acceptably normal by Thursday. The folks at NPR and The New Yorker don't know that. Trump does.
Which is why the signature issue of the Donald J. Trump '12 campaign seems to be, for now, the exact location of Barack Obama's birth certificate. Trump, to be blunt, is a "birther" — one of those folks who simply cannot be convinced that Barack Obama was born on American soil.
It doesn't seem like a very Trump-like plank. What you might expect from a Donald J. Trump is a robust denunciation of the Obama Debt. Or a fierce America Firstism. Or, maybe, a tax-cutting crusade. Birtherism seems like a low-class neighborhood from which to base the political rise of Donald J. Trump.
And yet: There are lots of people in America who do, actually, want to know where the birth certificate is, and, for now, following the strategy of Me Everywhere, that's a great place to start the ball rolling. No serious political figure in America is taking up the birther crusade — it's tacky, for one thing — but then, no serious political figure in America has his own brand of neckties. And that makes it a perfect issue for Donald J. Trump. The Trump rule is: First, grab the spotlight; then, monetize.
Donald J. Trump is a man of mystery, of course, and we have no way of knowing whether he's really running for president or just trying to sell some home furnishings. I'd submit that he doesn't know, either, for sure. It may make financial sense, down the line, to actually make a run for it — think of the licensing! think of the Trump Presidential Seal on golf towels and pain relievers! — and spend some time monetizing the Oval Office. On the other hand, it's a time-consuming and inefficient use of the Trump name, which goes so effortlessly on buildings and men's suits and gold-bar-shaped chocolates.
They come in three flavors, by the way. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and my favorite, deluxe nut.
Deluxe nut. Which I think might make a wonderful Secret Service code name, should it come to that.


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Q: when i have upload docx file, content are storing in database How can i save image and insert image name in database? I have upload a docx file, all text are inserting into mysql database.
but i want upload docx file such as
word image
How can i save Image1, Image3, Image4 and insert these into option_one, option_three, option_four.
Here is database format:
mysql database

A: .docx files are in fact zip files.
You will have to save the uploaded file, rename it as a .zip file then unzip its contents.
You will then have access to the full size images stored inside the .docx

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Abstract: Hexapod robot has many advantages,including joint degrees of freedom,good stability,high load capacity,terrain adaptability and so on. It can be applied to some of the places that humans can not reach or is likely to endanger human life, special occasions,and its superior performance has been the focus of attention at home and abroad.
In this work,a six-legged robot platform for a variety of terrain would be designed. in order to realize its autonomous crawling gait and good posture control,The paper has summarized the background and the goal of its topic and has made the simple introduction of the bionic hexapod robot. Through the research of the motion of the six feet of the robot, This design has determined the foot structure. using the analysis of 3 degrees of freedom realizes the forward motion and turning motion of the robot. Picturing of the component and assembly mapping of the bionic hexapod robot as well as the inspection of related parts which ensures the feasibility of the machinery design are both included in the total design.


In Poitiers has been realized a stationary transcritical flow of water in a flume that possesses the analogue of a black hole horizon for long-wavelength surface waves. I will discuss the significance of this achievement within the field of Analogue Gravity. The horizon has been probed via the scattering of an incident co-current wave, which partially scatters into counter-current waves on either side of the horizon, yielding three outgoing waves (of which one has negative energy) rather than two in the absence of transcriticality. The measured analogue grey-body factor (i.e. the reflection coefficient) is in good agreement with the prediction of the non-dispersive theory, where the kinematical description in terms of an effective spacetime metric is exact. One also sees the emergence of characteristic peaks in the two-point correlation function of free surface deformations, one of which indicates the presence of a horizon and in quantum settings would be used to demonstrate the presence of the thermal analogue Hawking effect.


Turkmen national dresses were presented at the "West Ethnology Fest" in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, with the message "material cultural heritage will inspire the future."
In the final day of the cultural show, hosted by the Ethnographic Museum, a member of the Moscow member of the Association of Handicraft Masters, Professor Korpegul Khudayberdieva held a master-class dedicated on the national costume of Turkmenistan.
In her lecture, Khudayberdieva told about every variety of national costume and noted that the red color for the Turkmen people is a symbol of natural strength and has magical protective properties. "That is why, unlike other nations, the wedding dress of a Turkmen girl consists of a silk dress and a head robe in red color," the Professor explained.
A separate part of the presentation was devoted to the skills of Turkmen jewelers. Since ancient times, jewelry made of silver and gold, gracefully encrusted with natural stones, have been an integral part of women's dresses, and the total weight of jewelry decorating the wedding clothes of a Turkmen girl reaches 16-20 kilograms.


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Club News 20 April, 2022 haverfordwestcounty
Having secured our place in the JD Cymru Premier for next season with the 2-0 win over Barry Town United last Friday, Haverfordwest County now face a big game at the Ogi Bridge Meadow this Saturday against Cardiff Metropolitan.
The Bluebirds currently find themselves ninth in the standings, however, we are just a solitary point off seventh, and a victory will give us a great chance of jumping up two places and qualifying for a play-off place for next season's Scottish Challenge Cup.
Ahead of Saturday's game, we have announced that entry for all spectators will be FREE, as we look to finish the season on a high.
The support of our fans at the Meadow has been fantastic all season, and has really helped to push the team on in the may difficult moments we have faced along the way.
We hope this offer will help to drum up as much support as possible and, in turn, help to push the team on as we search for the victory we need.
If you are planning to attend Saturday's game, make sure you get in touch with your friends and family to convince them to join you for what promises to be an exciting game!


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#ifndef CSSFontFace_h
#define CSSFontFace_h

#include "core/css/CSSFontFaceRule.h"
#include "core/css/CSSFontFaceSource.h"
#include "core/platform/graphics/FontTraitsMask.h"
#include "wtf/Forward.h"
#include "wtf/HashSet.h"
#include "wtf/PassRefPtr.h"
#include "wtf/RefCounted.h"
#include "wtf/Vector.h"

namespace WebCore {

class CSSSegmentedFontFace;
class FontDescription;
class SimpleFontData;

class CSSFontFace : public RefCounted<CSSFontFace> {
public:
    static PassRefPtr<CSSFontFace> create(FontTraitsMask traitsMask, PassRefPtr<CSSFontFaceRule> rule, bool isLocalFallback = false) { return adoptRef(new CSSFontFace(traitsMask, rule, isLocalFallback)); }

    FontTraitsMask traitsMask() const { return m_traitsMask; }

    struct UnicodeRange;

    void addRange(UChar32 from, UChar32 to) { m_ranges.append(UnicodeRange(from, to)); }
    const Vector<UnicodeRange>& ranges() const { return m_ranges; }

    void addedToSegmentedFontFace(CSSSegmentedFontFace*);
    void removedFromSegmentedFontFace(CSSSegmentedFontFace*);

    bool isLoaded() const;
    bool isValid() const;

    bool isLocalFallback() const { return m_isLocalFallback; }

    void addSource(PassOwnPtr<CSSFontFaceSource>);

    void fontLoaded(CSSFontFaceSource*);

    PassRefPtr<SimpleFontData> getFontData(const FontDescription&, bool syntheticBold, bool syntheticItalic);

    struct UnicodeRange {
        UnicodeRange(UChar32 from, UChar32 to)
            : m_from(from)
            , m_to(to)
        {
        }

        UChar32 from() const { return m_from; }
        UChar32 to() const { return m_to; }

    private:
        UChar32 m_from;
        UChar32 m_to;
    };

#if ENABLE(SVG_FONTS)
    bool hasSVGFontFaceSource() const;
#endif

    enum LoadState { NotLoaded, Loading, Loaded, Error };
    LoadState loadState() const { return m_loadState; }

private:
    CSSFontFace(FontTraitsMask traitsMask, PassRefPtr<CSSFontFaceRule> rule, bool isLocalFallback)
        : m_traitsMask(traitsMask)
        , m_activeSource(0)
        , m_isLocalFallback(isLocalFallback)
        , m_loadState(isLocalFallback ? Loaded : NotLoaded)
        , m_rule(rule)
    {
        UNUSED_PARAM(rule);
    }
    void setLoadState(LoadState);

    FontTraitsMask m_traitsMask;
    Vector<UnicodeRange> m_ranges;
    HashSet<CSSSegmentedFontFace*> m_segmentedFontFaces;
    Vector<OwnPtr<CSSFontFaceSource> > m_sources;
    CSSFontFaceSource* m_activeSource;
    bool m_isLocalFallback;
    LoadState m_loadState;
    RefPtr<CSSFontFaceRule> m_rule;
};

}

#endif


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In October 2018, Robertson won his first ranking title at the 2018 European Masters, defeating Joe Perry 9–6 in the final, despite never previously having gone beyond the quarter-finals of a ranking event.
He began the 2013–14 season by qualifying for the Wuxi Classic and whitewashed Graeme Dott 5–0 in the first round, before losing 5–4 to Scott Donaldson in the last 32. Robertson lost in the last 64 of four other ranking events during the season. He had a very good season in the European Tour events as he reached the quarter-finals of the Bulgarian Open where he was beaten 4–2 by Neil Robertson. Robertson had a very eventful tournament at the Bluebell Wood Open as Stuart Bingham made a 72 break in the deciding frame of their second round match, before Robertson cleared the table with a 73 break to win. In the last 16 he came back from 3–0 against Vinnie Calabrese to triumph 4–3 and reach another quarter-final, where Ding Junhui defeated him 4–1. Robertson finished 20th on the Order of Merit which saw him qualify for the Finals for the first time in his career, but he lost 4–2 to John Higgins in the opening round.
Robertson played at the venue stage of eight ranking tournaments this year, the most he has reached in any one season. However, he was unable to win past the last 32 in any of them. He had another good season in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events, losing in the semi-finals of the Asian Tour's Haining City Open 4–3 to Oliver Lines which saw him finish eighth on the Order of Merit. His other semi-final came on the European Tour at the Gdynia Open where he was whitewashed 4–0 by Mark Williams. Robertson was ranked 15th on their Order of Merit. He qualified for his second World Championship by edging Xiao Guodong 10–9 on the final pink. Robertson made a 106 break to level his first round tie with Marco Fu at 5–5, but would go on to lose 10–6. His ranking of 41st in the world was the highest Robertson has finished a season at that point in his career.
At the Haining Open, Robertson reached the semi-finals by knocking out Xiao Guodong and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh from the fourth round stage, but he lost 4–2 to Ding Junhui. He reached the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in his career by beating Darryl Hill 6–2 and Barry Hawkins 6–4 at the International Championship and then lost 6–3 to Marco Fu. Robertson saw off Michael Wild 4–3 and Michael Holt 4–1 in reaching the third round of the Welsh Open, where he was thrashed 4–0 by Ronnie O'Sullivan. He lost 5–1 to Judd Trump in the second round of the China Open and 10–2 to Alan McManus in the last round of World Championship qualifying. Robertson's end of season ranking of 34 is the highest he has ever finished a year in his career.
Robertson reached the last 16 of a ranking event for the second time by beating Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–0 and Martin O'Donnell 4–3 at the Riga Masters and was defeated 4–1 by John Astley. He also recorded the event's high break of 138. Robertson was thrashed 5–0 by Shaun Murphy in the second round of the World Open after he had eliminated Wang Yuchen 5–1 in the opener. He won through to the third round of both the UK Championship and Welsh Open, but failed to pick up a frame in losses to Oliver Lines and Scott Donaldson respectively. Robertson defeated Cao Yupeng 10–8, Oliver Lines 10–4 and Rod Lawler 10–6 to qualify for the World Championship and played Mark Allen in the opening round. In a close match he was edged out 10–8.
Robertson qualified for two ranking events during the 2012/2013 season. The first of these was the Shanghai Masters by beating Tian Pengfei, Jack Lisowski and Anthony Hamilton, but he was defeated 4–5 by Jin Long in the wildcard round in Shanghai. His second appearance at a ranking event was at the China Open by seeing off Robbie Williams and Joe Perry in qualifying and this time came through the wildcard round with a 5–1 defeat of Wang Yuchen, compiling his highest competitive break of 142 in the process He faced Neil Robertson in the last 32 and was whitewashed 0–5. Robertson had a consistent season in the ten Players Tour Championship events, with his best result being a last 16 loss to Andrew Higginson in the Scottish Open, to finish 45th on the PTC Order of Merit. Robertson's season ended when he was beaten 3–10 by Liang Wenbo in the third round of World Championship Qualifying, to be placed world number 52 in the rankings.
Robertson qualified for one ranking event in the 2011–12 season, the World Open, thanks to wins over Andrew Norman, Ken Doherty and Rory McLeod, before seeing off amateur Zhou Yuelong in the wildcard round at the event in Haikou, China. In the first round of the event proper he played Mark Allen and was beaten 1–5, with the Northern Irishman later going on to win the tournament. Robertson reached the semi-finals of Event 7 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series, where he lost 0–4 to Matthew Stevens. He played in 11 out of 12 of these events, also picking up a last 16 finish in Event 4 to be placed 31st on the PTC Order of Merit, just outside the top 24 who made the Finals. Robertson finished the season ranked world number 55, inside the top 64 who automatically retained their places for the 2012–13 season.
In the 2010/11, Robertson continued to rise up the rankings. He also qualified for the main draw of a ranking event for the first time, at the 2011 World Snooker Championship. He defeated Xiao Guodong, Tony Drago, and former world champion Ken Doherty to qualify for his Crucible debut. He won the first frame of his first round match against Mark Selby only to lose the match 10–1.
Robertson also won the EASB Pro-Ticket tour for a second time in April 2009, to finish as England's Number one Amateur for the second time, which guaranteed him a place on the World Snookers main Professional tour for the third time for the 2009/10 season. He also added the English Amateur Championships to his portfolio of victories, by beating David Craggs 9–8.
His third return to the professional main tour ranks in 2009/10, saw him rise up the ranks, to number 63 in the world. He got off to a terrific start in the first event, the Shanghai Masters, where he won his first three qualifiers, and then faced former world champion Graeme Dott. Despite taking a 4–1 lead, Robertson lost 4–5.
He was on the main tour for 2002–03 where he was the youngest player on the tour. He qualified for the main tour again in 2007–08, by becoming the number One Ranked English Amateur, through winning the EASB (English Governing Body) pro-Ticket Tour Rankings.
Jimmy Robertson (born 3 May 1986) is an English professional snooker player.
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Q: Error Saving Image to Photo Library iOS/Mac Catalyst App Swift I have built an iOS app that saves the image from a UIImageView to the user's photo library.
This works on iOS but when I am trying to add support for Mac to this app using Apple's Mac Catalyst product in iOS 13/macOS Catalina, the image does not save and I am shown an error message.
The code I am using to save the photo is copied below:
@objc func export(sender:AnyObject) {
    UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(self.previewImageView.image!, self, #selector(image(_:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:)), nil)
}

@objc func image(_ image: UIImage, didFinishSavingWithError error: Error?, contextInfo: UnsafeRawPointer) {
    if let error = error {
        print("Error saving: \(error)")
        let ac = UIAlertController(title: "Save error", message: error.localizedDescription, preferredStyle: .alert)
        ac.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default))
        present(ac, animated: true)
    } else {
        let ac = UIAlertController(title: "Saved", message: "Your image has been saved to your photos.", preferredStyle: .alert)
        ac.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default))
        present(ac, animated: true)
    }
}

The error message in the alert view is "Unknown Error" but here is the error message that is printed in the Xcode console:
[GatekeeperXPC] XPC connection error to assetsd getSystemLibraryURLReadOnlyServiceWithReply: : Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service on pid 0 named com.apple.photos.service was invalidated." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The connection to service on pid 0 named com.apple.photos.service was invalidated.}

Error saving: Error Domain=ALAssetsLibraryErrorDomain Code=-1 "Unknown error" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown error, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000cfe4f0 {Error Domain=ALAssetsLibraryErrorDomain Code=-1 "Unknown error" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown error, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000d01680 {Error Domain=ALAssetsLibraryErrorDomain Code=-1 "Unknown error" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Unknown error, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000d03930 {Error Domain=com.apple.photos.error Code=41002 "Unable to obtain photolibraryd XPC proxy for getResourceWriteOnlyServiceWithReply:. photolibraryd could have crashed" UserInfo=0x6000017be600 (not displayed)}}}}}}

Do you know why this error is occurring and if there is anything I can do to get more information on how to fix this error or anything else I can try?
Thank you.

A: I was able to save the images to MacOS through this Mac Catalyst App using the following code in Swift;
func insertImageMac(image : UIImage, albumName : String) {
    let collection = fetchAssetCollectionWithAlbumName(albumName: albumName)
    if collection == nil {
        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollection(withTitle: albumName)
            }, completionHandler: {(success, error) in
                if error != nil {
                    print("Error: " + error!.localizedDescription)
                }

                if success {
                    let newCollection = self.fetchAssetCollectionWithAlbumName(albumName: albumName)
                    self.insertImage(image: image, intoAssetCollection: newCollection!)
                }
            }
        )
    } else {
        self.insertImage(image: image, intoAssetCollection: collection!)
    }
}

func fetchAssetCollectionWithAlbumName(albumName : String) -> PHAssetCollection? {

    let fetchOption = PHFetchOptions()
    fetchOption.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title == '" + albumName + "'")

    let fetchResult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(
        with: PHAssetCollectionType.album,
        subtype: PHAssetCollectionSubtype.albumRegular,
        options: fetchOption)
    let collection = fetchResult.firstObject as? PHAssetCollection

    return collection
}

func insertImage(image : UIImage, intoAssetCollection collection : PHAssetCollection) {
    PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
        let creationRequest = PHAssetCreationRequest.creationRequestForAsset(from: image)
        let request = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(for: collection)
            if request != nil && creationRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset != nil {
                request!.addAssets([creationRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset!] as NSFastEnumeration)
            }

        },

        completionHandler: { (success, error) in
            if error != nil {
                print("Error: " + error!.localizedDescription)
                let ac = UIAlertController(title: "Save error", message: error!.localizedDescription, preferredStyle: .alert)
                ac.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Done", style: .default))
                self.present(ac, animated: true)
            } else {
                let ac = UIAlertController(title: "Save success", message: "Image saved", preferredStyle: .alert)
                ac.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Done", style: .default))
                self.present(ac, animated: true)
            }
        }
    )
}

...and calling it inside my button function with the image;
insertImageMac(image: myImage, albumName: "AlbumName")