More montage art pictures! The first of these new photo montages is called Lake: Evening. It was made after I went for a walk on a chalky path near where I live. The path rises gently through woodland where deer, red squirrels and polecats can be seen (if you're wide awake and on the ball!). At the top of the hill is an area where many of the trees are bowed over and the day I went walking, the sky was particularly interesting, with clouds racing along over the horizon.
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I took a shot of the horizon with one bent tree while the clouds were piling up low in sky and when I got back home I opened it in Photoshop and decided to apply a Flaming Pear filter to it to create a still lake beneath that wonderful sky. I used the Flood Filter to create a calm surface to the lake with one single area where the water ripples outward - the swan reflection was added separately.
I also tweaked the whole thing a bit in the Curves dialogue box to brighten it slightly and used a red filter (Image>Adjustments>Photo Filter) to warm up the highlights a bit. I tried not to overdo it as I wanted the deep blue to be the dominant color but the warm-up filter has given it more interest and helped to create a unique atmosphere.
The swan came from an external resource and I applied the Flood Filter again but this time with a different set of parameters. I don't really have a method for working with this particular filter, I just set the horizon line where I want it and then keep clicking on the dice icon which produces random settings until I find something that pleases me. I maybe tweak things a little afterwards by adjusting the sliders here and there and I suppose I could be more systematic about it but using the dice icon gives you new ideas - and it's more fun doing it this way!


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In the mathematical subject of geometric group theory, the Baumslag–Gersten group, also known as the Baumslag group, is a particular one-relator group exhibiting some remarkable properties regarding its finite quotient groups, its Dehn function and the complexity of its word problem.

The group is given by the presentation

Here exponential notation for group elements denotes conjugation, that is,  for .

History
The Baumslag–Gersten group G was originally introduced in a 1969 paper of Gilbert Baumslag, as an example of a non-residually finite one-relator group with an additional remarkable property that all finite quotient groups of this group are cyclic. Later, in 1992, Stephen Gersten showed that G, despite being a one-relator group given by a rather simple presentation, has the Dehn function growing very quickly, namely faster than any fixed iterate of the exponential function. This example remains the fastest known growth of the Dehn function among one-relator groups. In 2011 Alexei Myasnikov, Alexander Ushakov, and Dong Wook Won proved that G has the word problem solvable in polynomial time.

Baumslag-Gersten group as an HNN extension

The Baumslag–Gersten group G can also be realized as an HNN extension of the Baumslag–Solitar group  with stable letter t and two cyclic associated subgroups:

Properties of the Baumslag–Gersten group G

Every finite quotient group of G is cyclic. In particular, the group G is not residually finite.
An endomorphism of G is either an automorphism or its image is a cyclic subgroup of G. In particular the group G is Hopfian and co-Hopfian.
The outer automorphism group Out(G) of G is isomorphic to the additive group of dyadic rationals  and in particular is not finitely generated.
Gersten proved that the Dehn function f(n) of G grows faster than any fixed iterate of the exponential. Subsequently A. N. Platonov proved that f(n) is equivalent to

Myasnikov, Ushakov, and Won, using compression methods of ``power circuits" arithmetics, proved that the word problem in G is solvable in polynomial time. Thus the group G exhibits a large gap between the growth of its Dehn function and the complexity of its word problem.
 The conjugacy problem in G is known to be decidable, but the only known worst-case upper bound estimate for the complexity of the conjugacy problem, due to Janis Beese, is elementary recursive. It is conjectured that this estimate is sharp, based on some reductions to power circuit division problems. There is a strongly generically polynomial time solution of the conjugacy problem for G.

Generalizations

Andrew Brunner considered one-relator groups of the form
  where
and generalized many of Baumslag's original results in that context.
Mahan Mitra considered a word-hyperbolic analog G of the Baumslag–Gersten group, where Mitra's group possesses a rank three free subgroup that is highly distorted in G, namely where the subgroup distortion is higher than any fixed iterated power of the exponential.

See also
Subgroup distortion

References

External links
Distortion of finitely presented subgroups of non-positively curved groups, the blog of the Spring 2011 Berstein Seminar at Cornell, including van Kampen diagrams demonstrating subgroup distortion in the Baumslag–Gersten group and the discussion of Mitra-like examples

 Geometric group theory
Algebraic structures

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> this seems non-related to the patch.
it is related, like the other hunks.  Currently, libosmo-mgcp.so carries a dependency to libosmogsm.so.  Once we don't build a dynamic library anymore, we need to explicitly link libosmogsm.so from here or we end up with missing symbols.


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The 2019 Concerto Competition 'String Classics' is open to violin, viola, cello, and double bass instrumentalists and offers applicants the opportunity to prepare a selection of the most well-known classical era concerti.
Auditions will be held on the evening of Wednesday 22 May 2019 at the Old Museum, Bowen Hills and the winner/s will perform with the BPO in our fourth concert of the 2019 on Sunday 29 September under the baton of Chen Yang.
Applications close on Wednesday 8 May 2019 at 5pm or when all available audition spots have been filled. To apply, just fill in your details in the online form.
- An audition fee of $20 is payable by each applicant by EFT and must be received no later than 5 March 2018.
- Prize money of $500 will be awarded to the winning applicant.
- No travel expenses will be covered as part of the competition and applicants from Brisbane and its surrounds are encouraged to apply in order to best satisfy the rehearsal schedule.
- Applicants are requested to prepare all movements of their chosen concerto.
- Piano accompaniment is welcome but is not mandatory. A grand piano will be available for use on the evening of auditions.
- The audition panel may not necessarily hear all prepared material and may request particular sections to be performed at its discretion.
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International School of Dakar Senegal
Welcome to the website of the International School of Dakar. As our mission states, ISD is an independent, English-medium international school which offers, in a nurturing environment, a rigorous, US-based, PK-12 curriculum enriched to reflect the needs and diversity of its international student body and faculty.
American International School of Brazzaville Congo
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Just for fun here are some recent forecasts from some of Australia's leading economists.
The consensus seemed to be that the Reserve Bank will be happy to sit pat for six months and then raise rates by 100 basis points through next year. The ANZ's Warren Hogan was the hawkish outlier of the group, predicting 150 or 170 points over the next 18 months.
Interest rates are set to rise and commercial property values will skyrocket.
Inflation and GDP will surprise on the low side in the September quarter. Remember, the June quarter had a booming terms of trade (which is now languishing), fiscal stimulus (which is now finished) and two interest rate moves by the RBA which could drain consumer confidence and spending, especially when combined with house price nerves and debt concerns. Therefore I expect the RBA to keep rates on hold for the next 6 months (with some independent upward moves of mortgage rates by banks), with a possible stimulatory move by the RBA next year.
On a different note, for those who want a little more insight into Australia's own residential mortgage backed securities market, this piece from Adam Dellaverde might pique your curiosity.
Can you put dates and sources to them?
Sorry Cam but I think you're going to be wrong. Australians are out there buying homes and durables again (thankfully at a more subdued level than late 2009)and from what I can see full time employment is getting stronger.
I'll have $10 on stronger growth than you have predicted.
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At a stormy town hall meeting angry voters shouted down Rep. Joe Wilson over his response to a health care question.
Remember that congressman who yelled "you lie" to former President Barack Obama while he gave a speech to a joint session of Congress?
The New York Times reports that Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican, had his own words thrown back at him during a contentious town hall meeting on Monday.
Although the Republicans now control Congress and the White House, they have been unable to keep their promise to replace Obamacare with a better system. Some GOP lawmakers have not scheduled town halls during their Easter recess over fear of facing angry constituents back home.
That's a comforting spin for the Republicans. The reality is that some GOP lawmakers fear for their safety at town halls.
Politico reported that House Republicans held a closed-door meeting in February to discuss safety measures for themselves and staff when they face constituents who are concerned about the repeal Obamacare.


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New Research: Antidepressants Can Cause Long-Term Depression
Shortly after Prozac became the best-selling drug in the world in the early 1990s, I proposed that there was little or no evidence for efficacy, but considerable evidence that the drug would worsen depression and cause severe behavioral abnormalities. I attributed much of the problem to "compensatory changes" in neurotransmitters as the brain resists the drug effect. Since then, in a series of books and articles, I've documented antidepressant-induced clinical worsening and some of its underlying physical causes. Now the idea has gained ground in the broader research community and has recently been named "tardive dysphoria."
It has been apparent for many years that chronic exposure to SSRI antidepressants frequently makes people feel apathetic or less engaged in their lives, and ultimately more depressed. In my clinical experience, this is a frequent reason that family members encourage patients to seek help in reducing or stopping their medication. SSRI-induced apathy occurs in adults and includes cognitive and frontal lobe function losses. (See Barnhart et al., 2004; Deakin et al., 2004; Hoehn-Saric et al., 1990). It has also been identified in children. Adults with dementia are particularly susceptible to antidepressant-induced apathy.
A recent scientific study by El-Mallakh and his colleagues reviewed the antidepressant literature and concluded that any initial improvements are often followed by treatment resistance and worsening depression. They compare this problem to tardive dyskinesia, caused by antipsychotic drugs, and call it tardive dysphoria, "an active process in which a depressive picture is caused by continued administration of the antidepressant." Based on rat studies, they hypothesize that "dendrite arborization" — an increased branching growth of nerve cells — caused by chronic antidepressant exposure, may be the cause.
In a meta-analysis of 46 studies, Andrews et al. (2011) found the relapse rate for antidepressant-treated patients (44.6 percent) was much higher than for placebo-treated patients (24.7 percent). Andrews also found that the more potent antidepressants caused an increased risk of relapse on drug discontinuation. A 2010 Minnesota evaluation of patient care in the state found that only 4.5 percent of more than 20,000 patients were in remission at 12 months, indicating that they had become chronically afflicted with depression during and probably as a result of their treatment.
Andrews et al. (2011), like El-Mallakh et al. (2011), stress what I had first described as compensatory mechanisms. SSRI antidepressants block the removal of serotonin from the synapses between neurons, in effect trying to flood these synapses with serotonin. Many studies confirm that the brain attempts to compensate for the impact of the SSRIs by reducing the brain's capacity to respond to serotonin. This leads to a loss of serotonin receptors that can reach 60 percent. Blockade of serotonin reuptake causes a potentially harmful adaptive response in the form of a persistent hypertrophy of the reuptake mechanism. Additional studies show persistent biochemical changes in the brain following exposure to SSRI antidepressants.
In addition, I have been describing direct toxic effects on the brain that can account for the emotional deterioration of these patients. Prolonged SSRI antidepressant use can produce abnormal cell growth in the rat brain (neurogenesis) and decreased thalamic volumes in children (tissue shrinkage from cell death). Thus far, most researchers have not yet begun to take into account or to face these more gross threats to the integrity of the patient's brain after prolonged exposure to antidepressants. Meanwhile, drug-induced changes in brain cell structure and number, when found as a result of taking illegal drugs, are always touted as a reason not to take these drugs.
Antidepressants are the second most prescribed group of drugs in America. Yet evidence continues to converge on the dangerousness of antidepressant drugs. Given the difficulty showing any effectiveness even in the short-term, the use of these drugs becomes more and more problematic. On top of that, the antidepressants produce serious withdrawal reactions, making it difficult and at times life-threatening to withdraw from them, even with the recommended clinical supervision and slow taper. Psychiatry has always been slow to respond to scientific evidence that its treatments are harmful. Often, as in this case, psychiatry flouts science. The public will have to develop its own resistance to taking antidepressant drugs.
Originally published in The Huffington Post.
November 16, 2011 Dr. Peter Breggin Dr. Breggin's Most Recent Blogs, Huffington Post Blog


Bethesda, Md., Tues., Sept. 11, 2012 — Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that a refined gene therapy approach safely restores the immune systems of some children with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The rare condition blocks the normal development of a newborn's immune system, leaving the child susceptible to every passing microbe. Children with SCID experience chronic infections, which usually triggers the diagnosis. Their lifespan is two years if doctors cannot restore their immunity.
The findings from facilities including the National Institutes of Health, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, are reported in the Aug. 30, 2012, advanced online issue of the journal Blood.
In the 11-year study, the researchers tested a combination of techniques for gene therapy, arriving at one that produced normal levels of immune function for three patients.
"Doctors who treat patients with SCID have had limited treatment options for too long," said Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the NIH. "The research teams and the patients who have participated in the studies have together achieved an impressive advance toward a cure that is welcome news for both the scientific and patient communities."
Gene therapy is an experimental method for treating patients with genetic diseases. It is intended to integrate functioning genes among those naturally existing in the cells of the body to make up for faulty genes. Researchers in the current study tested a set of methods to improve outcomes for children with a particular form of SCID.
"This is a highly rewarding study for those of us in the clinic and lab," said Fabio Candotti, M.D., a senior author and a senior investigator in NHGRI's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch. "Not only have we realized an important advancement in gene therapy, but we have seen a renewal of health in our patients."
While rare, SCID became widely known because of the remarkable boy-in-the-bubble story of the 1970s. The story was based in part on a boy named David Vetter, who lived for 13 years in a plastic isolation unit to protect him from infections. He died following an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant that doctors had hoped would repair his immune system.
SCID has many causes. In one type, a gene that produces the adenosine deaminase (ADA) enzyme becomes mutated and fails to produce the normal enzyme. Without ADA, a chemically altered form of adenosine, one of DNA's building blocks, accumulates in rapidly dividing bone marrow cells, killing them and destroying the immune system in the process. Normal bone marrow makes healthy white blood cells, or lymphocytes, which are the key players in the immune response that reacts against harmful bacteria and destroys cells infected by viruses. ADA deficiency accounts for some 15 percent of SCID cases.
If there is a sibling available whose blood is compatible with the patient's blood, doctors can perform a bone marrow transplant. If not, a form of the enzyme has to be administered by injection regularly to maintain the child's immune system.
Researchers seek to cure the disease by inserting a healthy copy of the ADA gene into continuously dividing bone marrow cells called stem cells. Bone marrow stem cells give rise to all other blood cells, including oxygen-carrying red cells and the white cells of the immune system. The healthy ADA gene would then produce enough enzyme to prevent immune-destroying toxicity.
Getting a healthy, working ADA gene into bone marrow stem cells has proved difficult. Until now, the success of gene therapy for ADA-deficient SCID has been limited to about 10 children in Europe. Now, after 11 years of research, three children who received an optimized form of gene therapy in this U.S. clinical trial have remained well for up to five years and have not required the enzyme-replacement injections.
Together with a research group at UCLA led by Donald B. Kohn, M.D., a senior co-author and professor at UCLA's Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Dr. Candotti's team conducted a gene-therapy trial in 10 patients with ADA-deficient SCID. They used two slightly different DNA insertion vehicles, called retroviral vectors, to deliver the healthy ADA gene into the bone marrow cells of the patients. Retroviruses have the specialized ability to become a permanent part of host cells. Their genome consists of RNA that can be transcribed into DNA, delivering the corrected genetic material to the host cell. The researchers reported the favorable performance of one of the vectors, which will be used from now on.
Four of the patients remained on enzyme-replacement therapy throughout the procedure. The patients experienced no adverse effects, but did not experience a gain of ADA function. The authors suggest that enzyme replacement therapy may dilute the numbers of corrected lymphocytes in the patients' immune systems, diminishing the treatment's effect.
For six additional patients, the doctors modified their gene therapy approach, stopping enzyme-replacement therapy beforehand and treating patients with a low dose of a chemotherapy that depletes stem cells in the bone marrow, making space for the gene-corrected stem cells that had been given the new gene in the laboratory and then returned to the patient's body.
"This step proved to be important," Dr. Candotti said. "By adjusting the chemotherapy dosage, we found its optimal level for enhancing the efficacy of the corrected stem cells."
An additional eight children, most of whom are 1 year old or younger, have been added to a second phase of the study. The younger patients are showing even more favorable response rates to the therapy. "We are encouraged by the outcome of our gene therapy trial," said Dr. Candotti. "We will continue to follow the progress of our patients and to enroll those who can benefit from this promising gene therapy strategy."
For more information about SCID, go to www.genome.gov/13014325/learning-about-severe-combined-immunodeficiency-scid/.
NIH support for this study, in addition to funding from the NHGRI Intramural Research Program, was provided by the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders.
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The NHGRI Division of Intramural Research develops and implements technology to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at its website, www.genome.gov.


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Image from Ed Harris' new website.
Harris, a former interim City Council member who is endorsed by the San Diego County Democratic Party, is facing an uphill battle against Faulconer, who is running for his first full term as mayor after winning a special election two years ago.
The new website asks voters whether Faulconer is doing enough on the convention center, public safety, street repairs, a new football stadium and helping the homeless.
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Xu Wenjing was born in 1894 in Linhai, Zhejiang, courtesy name Jingzhai, the third of six siblings. He was talented and mastered every art he studied, including seal-making, ancient etymology, qin playing and qin making, calligraphy, painting, literature and poetry, and the making of seal clay (the red cinnabar paste used as ink on Chinese seals). His own brand labeled "Zhini Shanguan Seal clay" is widely acclaimed among painters and calligraphers. His older brother Yuanbai (1893-1957) was a guqin master of the Zhejiang school, and a master of Chinese music theory in addition to qin performance and qin making. Master Wenjing's qin skills were also acquired from his older brother, and later from his brother's Buddhist master Daxiu Shangren.
The Xu brothers, with their shared passion, once lived by the shores of the West Lake in Hangzhou, writing poems, creating paintings, playing chess, and even playing and making qins together. The two also attended the events of the Jinyu Qin Society in Shanghai in 1933 to 1934. In 1935, the two siblings moved to Nanjing along with their work, and established the Qingxi Qin Society promoting the instrument through regular gatherings, teaching, and local radio broadcasts. Unfortunately, with the declaration of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the society was disbanded under the fire and smoke of conflict.
Xu Wenjing and his family fled south to the British colony of Hong Kong to take refuge from the turmoil in the 40's. From this historical turning-point, it can be said, that the art of qin-making was transmitted south. At the age of 45, Master Wenjing continued displaying his talents in the qin, poetry, calligraphy, painting, seal carving and paste-making, including establishing his Zhini Shanguan to continue his plans to further refine his quality seal clay paste.
Southbound literati grew rapidly in number in the 1950's, adding a strong cultural atmosphere to a rapidly industrializing Hong Kong, of which Master Wenjing has definitely left his mark. Perhaps due to nostalgia for the elegant gatherings of the scholarly arts in the mainland, he gathered qin collectors, calligraphers, painters, writers, thespians, musicians, vocalists, cultural and education experts under one roof, all taking turns to express their talents with various instruments, voices, and brushes. Talent shone through every seam and music circled the pillars for a period of time.
However, amidst the prosperity, Master Wenjing could not help but feel growing anxiety, as his eye ailments worsened and his wife returned to the mainland having not grown accustomed to Hong Kong life. It was during this increasingly difficult and dark period of his life, that he handed one of the qins awaiting repairs under his care to the "Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee Instrument Makers" nearby, and hence began his ties to Choi Cheung-Sau and many subsequent qin players.
Master Xu's eyes failed to respond to medical treatment and he became completely blind by 1957. When he passed away at the age of 81 years old in 1975, he left behind a significant collection of works, including an anthology Xihu Baiyi ("Hundred memories of West Lake", scribed by Mme. Tsar Teh-Yun), a seal-script magnum opus Guzhou Huibian ("Anthology of Ancient Seal-script Vocabulary"), seven self-crafted handmade qins, his tradition and artisanship of qin-making, and a collection of couplets collected in the Jingzhai Shi'er Qinming (" Twelve qin inscriptions by Jingzhai"), displaying his dedication and insistence on the scholarly arts with a calm touch in the face of his own deprivation. Master Xu originally planned to make a dozen qins to match his planned twelve inscriptions in his Shi'er Qinming, but his plan never actualized past seven qins before he was incapacitated.
"Those who have come, hath gone with the yellow crane," the author would like to take this chance to record a small vignette among qin fellows: a nameless qin (in the author's own collection) collaboratively made by Master Xu Wenjing and his disciple Choi Cheung-Sau, as well as the qin Minghe ("Sounding Crane") handcrafted by Master Xu Yuanbai and later passed down to Yao Bingyan and Yao Gongbai, once met in the study Jingrong Shuwu, a Qing dynasty building in Sha Tau Kok, on May 29, 2011. With time's passing, the Xu brothers could meet again in spirit since their separation in 1940, seventy-one years ago!
Located in room 06 on the fifth floor of the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre is "Choi Fook Kee Chinese and Western Musical Instrument Makers Company, the only instrument maker in Hong Kong producing guqins. The owner, Mr. CHOI Cheung-Sau, courtesy name Yiwen, is the sole transmitter of Xu Wenjing's qin-carving artisanship.
Choi Fook Kee Makers now focus on the carving of qins, although before the 1970's the shop focused on all kinds of Chinese and Western instruments. Therefore, most Chinese musicians in Hong Kong recognize this time-honoured brand, and even call the present owner "Choi Fook Kee," as if the shop and the owner are one and the same entity. We disciples all call him "Choi Sifu," and the walls of his workshop are filled with recognition plaques from all over Hong Kong, including one from the calligraphy master Zhong Tong that reads "A lineage of fine instrument makers," a modest description of this workshop owner's unique history that covers over three generations.
Choi Wai-King had great plans. Just as his son Choi Cheung-Sau was born in 1934, he and his wife along with other children and several assistants moved to Hong Kong, where they set up in Central, the "Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee Instrument Makers, Company" (or "Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee" for short.) The original Choi Fook Kee in Shantou was still operated by Choi Chun-Fook and his other sons, until it was merged into the public-private Shantou Instrument Makers after 1949.
"Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee" struggled to survive those tumultuous years. The shop was closed during the Japanese occupation as Choi Wai-King and all of his staff farmed the mainland countryside. The factory restarted from scratch in 1945, and moved numerous times in the coming two decades. It is during this era that Xu Wenjing met Sifu Choi. In the early 1950's, Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee moved to Junction Road in Kowloon City – which wasclose to Mr Xu's residence. Xu, then suffering from fading vision, handed Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee a qin for repairs. Choi Cheung-Sau, who was then aged 18 or so, was sent to meet Master Xu to learn more about the instrument as the workshop had no experience of qin construction.
Sifu Choi then frequented Mr. Xu's house, and was illuminated by Xu's collection of qins and calligraphic works, and by his intellect. He was fascinated by the anecdotes of qin lore as well as the music itself. He spent many of his after-school hours and even skipped school to spend time with Xu, and even pleaded with Mr Xu to take him as a disciple in qin-carving. Although Sifu Choi was supposed to be next in line for the workshop and was talented in the trade, Xu was hesitant. Nonetheless, Sifu Choi continued to take care of Mr. Xu and was finally granted his wish.
From then onwards, Sifu Choi would passionately bring his tools with him to learn the art of qin-carving in Master Wenjing's home. Although Xu's vision/eyesight by then was blurry at best, his hands were adept, and he clearly instructed Choi on the dimensions and shapes of qins, as well as various technical tips and tricks. Xu would then check Choi's work by carefully feeling over every inch, checking the curvature, thickness, nayin sound poles and strips, and the downward dip by the bridge. He would knock the boards of the instrument with his knuckles to test its resonance, and measure its size with his fingers with due precision, which would impress any carpenter. Carpentry procedures such as sawing, drilling, shaving, and polishing were handled by the young Sifu Choi, while mortar and lacquer work was something Master Xu happily obliged. It was a pleasure just to hear Sifu Choi recount those days when their spirits connected and the arts were transmitted down to the next generation!
Master Xu only took two disciples in his lifetime, Choi Cheung-Sau for qin-carving and Teng Siu-Wah for qin playing. In the development of Hong Kong's guqin tradition, his decision particularly with the former was influential in that Choi would become the master of qin-carving in Hong Kong, servicing qin players in Hong Kong and beyond. Particularly precious is his impartial, honest transmission of the arts, in establishing a qin-making research class, and then creating a batch of qin players who can also make and repair the instrument.
Sifu Choi's success in acquiring qin-carving techniques meant that "Hong Kong Choi Fook Kee" added qins into the service repertoire of their workshop. In the early 1960's, the qin was still a low-production item, while the workshop toiled away in the manufacturing of other instruments, particularly guitars. The workshop's name was renamed "Choi Fook Kee Chinese and Western Instrument Makers" ("Choi Fook Kee Instruments" for short), and employed some staff. In 1969, the workshop moved to the Kwun Tong Industrial Complex, Ngau Tau Kok district, where Sifu Choi, then aged 35, oversaw production, a milestone marking the third generation of Choi Fook Kee. They finally settled into this location, and Sifu Choi saw this as his place of business for the next 39 years. According to Sifu Choi, he made over 200 qins himself, averaging 7 to 10 qins per year. What made Sifu Choi decide to pass on the art of qin-carving?
In 1992, just as things were smoothly progressing in business and family life, Sifu Choi, then aged 58, suffered an acute health problem, which required immediatesurgery. Facing this daunting turn in life and uncertain whether he could recover, Sifu Choi disbanded his workshop staff and focused on his health in a full-pitch struggle against his disease.
Luckily, due to early diagnosis and treatment, he recovered. Looking at his road in life, Sifu Choi pondered seriously the question of retirement, but felt he couldn't abandon the workshop, which meant decades of his blood and sweat. As he faced this difficulty, several qin players and close associates decided to ask him again to teach them the art of qin-carving in order to transmit the craft to the next generation. Sifu Choi was so humble and did not immediately accept, but after repeated requests and encouragement from Mrs. Choi, "Choi Fook Kee Instruments" started its first qin-carving study group in July 1993.
The author was one of those fortunate enough to be among the first participants. We gathered every Saturday, studying how to make qins in 3-hour long sessions either in the morning or afternoon. Although a "class" in name, due to the varying rate of progress among the disciples, it was ultimately still a one-on-one tutelage from Sifu Choi himself. We each had our own workbench, and Sifu Choi would only accept qin players as students – his sincere wishes being to preserve the art. He wanted his disciples to see qin-carving as an artistic and personal pursuit for refinement rather than as a means to attaining material profit. He demands the same of both his male and female students, in his meticulous demands for every carpentry process involved: Sifu Choi would demonstrate in person, and we'd all reference from each other. Within the walls of the workshop, the relationship between peers and between master and student was amiable and full of laughter.
The class since its inception in July 1993 has been ongoing for 18 years and is still in process. During this time, the Kwun Tong Industrial Complex was reclaimed by the government, and Choi Fook Kee Instruments moved to its present location in 2008. For these 18 years, Choi Cheung-Sau has successfully taught the art to players such as YUNG Hak-Chi, TSE Chun-yan (Victor), Cheung Shun-yi, Lau Chor-wah, Sou Sitai, Wong Shu-chee, Ng Ying-Wai, Siu Yat-tong, Yu Kin-tim, Lee Chun-yuen, Au Siu-kam, Kwan Ga-hui, Ding Hong (of Macao), Lam Siu-ling, Ho Chun-wah, Tse Wai-keung, Kwok Gang-ming, Lau Ho-ying, Pun Tak-wing, Lam Tze-chiu, Tong Wan-hoi (of Macao), Fung Chi-hung, Yuen Chi-tai. Later students who are still able to produce their first qins include: Huang Bat-mui, Ho Wing-tze, Law Siu-lung, Zhong Siu-sang, Hung Kam-tung, Lie Leung-hing, Lee fei, Chan Kui-pang. Also, Lo Siu-wah is studying both qin and zheng construction at the same time from Sifu Choi, which totals 33 disciples to date. Together, they founded the "Choi Cheung-sau Qin-carving Association" in 2011.
– His generous act of opening a class to pass on the flame of his expertise was indeed an act rarely seen in China or even the whole world at the time or even today. His continued dedication even after these 18 years is a role model to us all.
– Since the 1960's, despite an increasingly Westernized society in Hong Kong, as well as the health crisis and the prospect of facing a workshop alone, Sifu Choi was still dedicated to the making of quality qins – this can be said to be a legend for the history of Hong Kong in the past half-century.
– Sifu Choi was determined to study under Xu Wenjing, and persisted until he got through despite repeated refusals. His dedication and sincerity has in turn been reciprocated with a turn in his life that brought him to greatness. This spirit is a role model to the younger generation.
– His care for fellow qin players and attitude toward qin-making as an art rather than a commercial pursuit is a respectable virtue scholar-literati. His selection of only qin players as students and equal treatment of the sexes reveal his pure spirit.
– Against worldly common-sense, Sifu Choi openly divulged the secrets of his trade and abandoned the deviant practice of leaving trade secrets within the family. His unselfish act and broad spirit gains the respect and admiration of us all.
– Sifu Choi, with his roots deeply settled in Hong Kong, faithfully completed his mission as a qin-carving master connecting the past and future. Yet, he is humble about his identity as a "qin maker", and does not gloat in the name or prestige of a master. Sifu Choi would always recount how many of us were his faithful customers who then became friends, and then his students. The bonds of master and disciple – of both tutelage and friendship, are best represented in the bonds of Choi Fook Kee!
Thanks to Master Xu Wenjing and Sifu Choi Cheung-sau, a large group of Hong Kong and Macanese qin players were able to experience the satisfaction of qin-making, as well as the pleasure of playing an instrument crafted by their own hands. In the strokes of splitting, drilling, carving, and polishing, Sifu Choi has imparted to our generation a new understanding of our instruments, and made a small stride on the long road of tradition. Thus I wrote this essay to record the grace of Great Master Xu Wenjing and Master Choi Cheung-Sau, as well as the endeavouring spirit of my fellow peers.
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Thanks for a detailed explanation of this sloka. Though I have known this sloka for a while, I have never given such meticulous attention. Also your additional references and notes (siddhi etc) that you typically use in your blog is very enlightening. The very word "natarAja" always makes me pause for thoughts. May be because I grew up in chidambaram, where the Lord dances in formless form. May he bless you so you can shower us with more such lessons.
Many thanks for your stupendous contribution in teaching Saṁskṛtam!
However, with your kind permission I would like to point out an error in this post that may have crept in inadvertently.
While analyzing the meter of this chandas above, in the fourth quarter you have wrongly taken ए as a short syllable. This is a common mistake as ए erroneously looks short in comparison to ऐ. In fact both these letters are दीर्घ. Therefore, only the second quarter in the above chandas example is in upendravajrā, while the rest three are in indravajrā, thereby making the entire chandas an upajātī that you have correctly pointed out.
Also you have mentioned above that "it is said to have 14 variations!" A little mathematical (binary) explanation of that. 2 items (here indravajrā and upendravajrā) can be arranged in 4 places (here quarters) in 2^4 ways (2 raised to 4) that is 16 ways. However, to satisfy the conditions of upajātī, it cannot have all quarters in either of the chhandas (i.e. what it would make indravajrā or upendravajrā). Therefore the total variations of upajātī = 16-2= 14.
Thanks once again for your effort.
नमो नमः श्रीमन् "विद्यार्थी"-महोदय !


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"Uh-huh. Whatcha doing?" Her friend's cheery voice did nothing to help clear the fog.
"What time is it?" Another yawn poured from Skye.
"Two in the afternoon," Winnie replied. "But um…what about a pet raccoon?"
With a wave, Skye stepped back so Winnie could enter her small townhome rental in San Antonio. With all the bills from her wedding that didn't happen, it was all she could afford. "Come on in."
Winnie shuffled inside as Skye explained the weird greeting. "I've got a neighbor who's convinced I have a pet raccoon because she finds one in the dumpster every morning."
"Well, you do get points for the most original greeting I've ever heard." Winnie chuckled.
If it were anyone other than Winnie, Skye would be running around her place, trying to pick up the dirty dishes, the mountain of laundry on her couch, and turning on the wax warmer. They'd only known each other roughly a year, and during that time, they'd become the best of friends.
"Sorry for the mess," Skye said, pushing the mass of laundry that had accumulated on the couch aside so Winnie could sit.
Winne dropped into the seat. "Are you doing okay?"
Okay. If Skye said yes, it'd be a lie and Winnie would know it based solely on the state of her home. Pulling her robe closed as she sat in the recliner she parked herself in day after day, she said, "Not really."
"I know it has to be hard." Winnie would know since she was maid of honor at Skye's…her heart hurt at the thought of the word.
By now, Skye and her then-fiancée, Robert Faulks, would be going on four and half months of marriage. Instead, she was paying caterers for food that was never eaten, flowers, the venue, the DJ…each wanting their piece of her already-eaten pie.
Tears threatened to pour yet again. "I just wish I'd known…" If only it were only the bills, it'd be hard, but possible. Those added to the other thing…
"Skye, you can't keep living like this. It's been almost three months. Are you really going to let that jerk live in your head and ruin your life? I know it was terrible what he did. I'm not saying it wasn't."
"You don't understand." Skye groaned.
"Then explain it to me. I've offered to help with the bills. You know how Bear feels about him."
A snort popped out of Skye. Her friend had married a billionaire, and Bear West was the sweetest man on earth. As soon as he found out what happened, he'd offered to help. Skye just didn't feel right about that. The bills were just money. They weren't what was wrecking her heart.
Winnie slipped off the couch and kneeled in front of Skye, pushing back her hair. "Tell me what's going on. I love you, Skye."
Lifting tear-filled eyes to Winnie, Skye held her gaze. "I'm pregnant."
"I kinda suspected," replied Winnie, smiling.
"You did?" A tiny sliver of relief flowed through Skye.
"Does Robert know?"
"Yeah, I told him the night before. He was a little upset but said we'd get through it. The next day…" Skye sniffed. "Poof. Gone."
"Oh, sweetheart." Winnie inhaled through her nose and huffed. "Well, he's not worth the dirt he walks on then. You and the baby are better off without him."
Placing her hand on her stomach, Skye let the word baby roll through her mind. It's not that she didn't want the baby, she just knew being a single mom wouldn't be easy. Plus, how was she going to tell her parents? At twenty-eight, they'd most likely say she should have been smarter. Picturing the disappointment in their eyes made her cringe.
"And stop that right there!" her friend practically growled. "A baby is a gift. Maybe not an expected gift sometimes, but a gift nonetheless." Winnie patted her hand. "And just because you're a florist doesn't mean you aren't doing something important. You make people happy with your flowers. The only way I think you could make it more wonderful is if you moved to Caprock Canyon, but that's for purely selfish reasons."
Skye met Winnie when she married Bear. They'd chosen Skye's shop A Floral Skye in Amarillo as their florist. Skye had like them immediately. Down to earth, sweet, and friendly. From there Skye's friendship had blossomed—so to speak. Skye's cousin Ashley Alvarez was managing the shop currently which was a blessing too. If not for her, the Skye couldn't imagine the mess she'd be in.
If only Skye's parents felt the way Winnie did. They hadn't been the most supportive in the world. Her dad owned a construction company and her mom managed it. Together they were a force and because of their business savvy, they'd expanded into Dallas, Houston, and soon Santa Fe. It'd been an unspoken expectation that she'd join the family business since her older sister, Jen, and her older brother, Andy, had joined them.
Taking both of Skye's hands, Winnie squeezed them. "Okay, the pouting and pining and all that is over. I've got a plan."
Skye's eyebrows knitted together. "Easier said than done."
"Well, yeah," Winnie replied, looking around the room. "You're living in a cave. You need some sunshine, good food, and…I have a favor I need to ask."
"What kind of favor?" Skye quirked an eyebrow up.
"The kind that needs some buttering up before I ask." Winnie shot her a wide, cheesy grin.
Buttering up? "What could you possibly be asking me?"
Her friend shook her head. "Nope. I need a near food coma for this one."
Skye's jaw dropped and then her eyes narrowed. "I'm not putting a fork to my mouth without some explanation."
"Oh yeah? How about filet mignon with a mushroom and red wine infused demi-glace with baby carrots slow cooked in organic honey along with bacon-wrapped asparagus? And for dessert? Crème brûlée pecan pie with chocolate drizzle."
Using the back of her hand, Skye wiped her mouth, expecting saliva covering it. It wasn't anything super special, but…Winnie's cooking. The woman could throw down a mean meal. Plus, Gabby's pie? She could pull secrets from the CIA with that sort of confection. Totally worth the two-hour drive too. "You're evil."
"It's a big favor."
"I guess I could, at least, hear you out." She gave a weak smile.
"Absolutely. You are free to say no, but…" Her friend seemed to decide against the rest of the sentence and shook her head.
"When is this food coma of a meal going to be cooked?"
"Have you got any plans tonight?"
A grunted laugh came from the back of Skye's throat. "No."
Winnie stood. "Okay, then get yourself together, and I'll see you at the restaurant tonight at eight-thirty."
Skye tilted her head. "It's Sunday. You close at seven on Sunday's."
"This is a special dinner. Just dress like you normally would and I'll see ya at the restaurant." Winnie walked to the door. "I'll see you tonight." She opened the door and paused. "And keep an open mind. We're not just talking about you anymore. We've got a baby to think of too."
Just like Winnie West. If there was a problem, it wasn't faced alone. "I know. I'll see you tonight."
Skye tapped on the door of Winnie's restaurant and then ran her hand down the front of her maxi dress. She'd paired it with a light sweater and flats to round out the casual feel of the outfit. If nothing else, she was comfortable and her nearly three-month-along belly wouldn't be in the spotlight. It was just a pooch at the moment—well…a bigger one since she wasn't exactly skinny to start with, but comfort was something high on her want-list as of late.
The door opened, and Winnie greeted her with a smile as she waved her inside. "You look so good."
"I think I killed an entire pack of razors trying to get my legs shaved. With my luck, I'll need a plumber to fish out the Tribble I put down the drain."
Winnie cackled. "Oh, my goodness. You are a mess."
Skye shrugged. "It's the truth." Her gaze raked across the restaurant and landed on a table that looked like it was set for two. "Is it just us?"
"No, but first, I need your promise to keep an open mind—"
"NO! I am not interested—" She tried to move to the door and Winnie caught her.
She clapped a hand over Skye's mouth. "Listen for a second. Will you listen?"
Slowly Skye nodded and Winnie withdrew her hand. "I'll lick you the next time you do that," Skye said.
"Then don't make me do it." Her friend huffed and ushered Skye to the table, pulling out a chair for her. "Now, open mind and don't talk until I'm done."
"Fine." Skye lowered herself into the seat. "I'll listen, but I get some of that crème brûlée to take home."
"Whatever," Winnie said, taking her seat across from Skye. She took a deep breath. "Okay, I have a good friend. Bear's best friend, Bandit Ochoa."
Skye remembered Winnie mentioning the man. He'd been wonderful to Winnie. "Is this the same man who let you use this restaurant space?"
"Yep, same sweet man." Winnie grinned. "His grandfather found him a little over a year ago now, and he's been taking care of the man until he passed away a few weeks ago."
Skye's shoulders sagged. "That's awful." In the back of her mind niggled, and that has what to do with me?
"It hit him pretty hard. His grandpa was a generous man. From what Bandit's said, his grandpa has several charities here in the states as well as abroad, plus several businesses that employ thousands of people." Winnie waved her hand around the restaurant. "I mean, if it wasn't for Bandit, I wouldn't have this place."
Skye blew out a big puff of air. "Sounds like the guy was loaded. Also sounds like he tried to give back too." Nice guy. Still didn't answer the question buzzing in her brain.
"He was loaded. Like…billionaire loaded."
Good thing Skye wasn't drinking. Winnie would be wearing it. "Billionaire?" Then the word duh pranced through her mind. He couldn't have all those charities and businesses if he didn't have that kind of money.
"Yeah, and this is the part where you come in." Winnie hesitated. "The part where you need to have an open mind."
Narrowing her eyes, Skye braced herself and nodded, she could already tell she wasn't going to like it.
"His grandfather left a condition that Bandit has to fulfill before he can inherit the money. And it's a big condition."
Winnie chewed her lip. "Now, if you knew Bandit, you'd know he wouldn't do it if it weren't for the consequences of not doing it."
"Oooookay." If Winnie didn't get to the point soon, Skye was going to poke her with a fork.
"If he doesn't do this thing, then the money stops going to all those charities and businesses. It'll sit in the account and just do nothing."
"And this thing Bandit has to do is…?" She let the sentence trail off so Winnie could answer.
"He has to get married and stay married for a year."
Skye opened her mouth to speak, but words failed her. Poor guy. "And that has what…to…do…" Her eyes widened as she realized why she'd been lured to the middle of nowhere with the promise of food. She poked her chest with her index finger, blinking. "You want me to marry him?" The last word hit an octave high enough to make Mariah Carry jealous.
Winnie chewed her lip and nodded, her eyebrows knitting together. "Skye, he's sweet and kind and loving and wonderful. I also know you don't want to get married, but you have bills from the wedding and…" Winnie pointed to Skye's tummy. "And a baby to consider. We could make this mutually beneficial."
"So he's wanting to purchase a wife for a year?" Still trying to wrap her mind around the situation.
"Uh, well…" She grimaced. "He may not know about that part yet."
Skye sucked in a sharp breath, palming her forehead. "Oh, Winnie. What are you doing?"
"I love him, and I love you. And both of you need something the other has. He needs a wife, and you need a college fund. Plus, you'd get to spend Christmas with me." Her worried look morphed into a smile like this whole thing didn't sound bizarre. "He'll be living in Caprock Canyon which means you'd get to eat my cooking, Gabby's pies, and Bandit's famous cinnamon rolls."
Even with the promise of those hip busters, Skye still felt like she was in the middle of a prank gone wrong. "This is a lot to take in. Marriage isn't something you just do. I just…"
"I know, and I know it's a lot to think about. That's kind of why I invited you here. So you could meet him and make an informed decision."
Skye's eyes widened. "Tonight? Have you lost your mind?" She looked down at herself. "I look like a bohemian hobo. If you have told me—"
"You look beautiful, and if I told you, you would never have come."
She opened her mouth to disagree and clamped it shut. Nope, she would have put the kibosh on it the very second Winnie uttered it. "Winnie, I just got out of a relationship. I'm pregnant. The last thing I need is a man making things even messier. He's not going to want to take care of another man's child."
"Just meet him. That's all I ask. Just give him a chance. Please." Winnie leveled the most pitiful, sad face Skye had ever witnessed. "Please. I will drive to Amarillo every weekend for six months and cook you whatever you want."
Her eyes went to her hairline. "Really?" One eyebrow remained lifted. "And all I have to is meet him?"
"Yes, and no you can't say hello to him and leave." She gave Skye a menacing look. "Have dinner with him. Talk to him. Then really think about it."
"Fine, but only because you're going to be putting miles on that sweet little F-150 you've got. And, you better be prepared to cook up a storm cause mama is eating for two."
Winnie stuck her hand out. "Deal."
Skye held in a gasp. Winnie was entirely too eager to make this wager. "You think I'm gonna change my mind, don't you?"
"Yep." She popped the p at the end of the word.
"You're a…" Skye didn't finish the sentence as a knock came from the front door.
Winnie jumped to her feet. "Wonderful person and now I have to answer the door." She flashed a wide smile and nearly danced to the door.
Groaning, Skye slouched forward. What she should be doing is marching right out of there after giving Winnie a chewing out. Instead, her gut said she needed to think this through. Whether that was from hunger or the promise of a college fund, she wasn't sure. Maybe a lot of both?
Fine. She'd meet the man, have a fantastic meal, and wish Bandit Ochoa the best of luck in finding a woman to marry as she happily carted herself and the sack of crème brûlée home.
Satisfied with her level-headed response, she pulled her shoulders back and smiled. This was going to be a breeze.


Digital fabrication has suggested the supplanting of labour via robotics since it affords substantial increases in speed and accuracy in the development of architectural components. This potentiality might offer solutions for architectures on the verge of extinction due to vanishing skilled labour. This research investigates the possibilities of using new manufacturing techniques to replace the historic artisans with digital master craftsmen, specifically re-developing the Mashrabiya. The work looks at several case studies in architecture and 3D printing; bridging the gap between historically relevant climactic design strategies and digital or parametric design and fabrication. This paper concludes with a summary of a parametrically developed Mashrabiya screen system developed by the authors that is programmable based on core criteria found in the archetype and is currently being explored for product development. The work contributes to the developing body of knowledge surrounding the applications and implications of technologies that enable mass customization.
Citation : Headley, D., Almerbati, N., Ford, P., and Taki, A. (2015) From Research to Practice: Exploring 3D Printing in Production of Architectural Mashrabiya. Living and Learning: Research for a Better Built Environment, 49th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, Melbourne, Austrailia, December 2015, pp.1009–1017.


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ISO 3166-2:ME — стандарт Міжнародної організації зі стандартизації, який визначає геокоди. Є частиною стандарту ISO 3166-2, що належать Чорногорії. Стандарт охоплює двадцять одну общину країни.

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Кожен геокод складається з двох частин: коду Alpha2 за стандартом ISO 3166-1 для Чорногорії — ME та додаткового двохсимвольного коду, записаних через дефіс. Додатковий код утворений двохсимвольним числом. Геокоди общин є підмножиною коду домену верхнього рівня — ME, присвоєного Чорногорії відповідно до стандартів ISO 3166-1.

Геокоди Чорногорії

Геокоди 21-ї общини адміністративно-територіального поділу Чорногорії.

Геокоди прикордонних для Чорногорії держав
  — ISO 3166-2:HR (на заході),
  — ISO 3166-2:BA (на південному заході),
  — ISO 3166-2:RS (на північному сході),
  — ISO 3166-2:AL (на південному сході).

Див. також
 ISO 3166-1
 ISO 3166-2

Посилання
 http://www.iso.org/iso/ru/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-3_2011-12-13.pdf
 http://statoids.com/ume.html

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Q: WebApi2 CORS runs on IIS8 in Windows Server 2012 I can communicate with my CORS WebApi perfectly by access via different port numbers in my local IIS7.5 Windows7 server however once I deployed the code to the live server which is Windows 2012 server running IIS8 it returned "No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present" error, are there some specific settings I need to configure for the live server which I did not require to on my local machine?

A: Is it possible that you have WebDav enabled on the IIS8 server? It could be consuming the request and not making it to your Web API CORS code.
http://brockallen.com/2012/10/18/cors-iis-and-webdav/

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