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Beach, Mary
The Mystery of the Squeaky Floor: Collagen (Collages) with: Original Collage Artwork
Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Verlag Peter Engstler, 2011; 1999. First German Edition; Original Artwork. Softcover; Single Sheet. Including original collage artwork signed & dated by Mary Beach. A unique pairing of two collectibles by Mary Beach (1919-2006), who along with her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002) was at the Paris-based center of cutting-edge cut-up writing & collage art. She was also the mother of Pamela Beach Plymell & therefore the mother-in-law of Legendary..... More
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Poster for Electrische Banane (Electric Banana)
Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Peter Engstler Verlag, 2008. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 16&1/4" x 23&3/8") promoting the publication of a 2008 German edition of Mary Beach's Electric Banana. One of many iterations of this now-classic work influenced & with an introduction by William S. Burroughs, who collaborated with Beach (1919-2006) & her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002). WSB is briefly quoted here in German translation. Beach's daughter Pamela Beach Plymell..... More
Beach, Mary (Burroughs, William S.)
Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1975. Limited First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. "The Electric Banana by Mary Beach is a unique auditory experience approaching the actual found sounds of language as it mutters half a street sign repetitive argument overheard conversations bits of pop songs in millions of minds like some gigantic octopus with myriad tentacles..." (from Introduction by William S. Burroughs) The avant-garde stream-of-consciousness cult classic by Mary..... More
APO-33 Bulletin Number One: A Metabolic Regulator
n/p (distributed by City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA: Beach Books Texts & Documents, 1968. Third Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A Report on the Synthesis of the Apomorphine Formula. The third & final edition of this very rare item by William S. Burroughs, Founding Father of the Beat Generation & among the most influential literary & cultural figures of all time. Preceded by the virtually unobtainable 1965 first edition by Ed..... More
Dead Fingers Talk
London, England: John Calder in association with Olympia Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Published only in the UK, this work combines texts from the Olympia Press editions of Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine & The Ticket That Exploded, along with new additional material, cut-up & folded-in to form a new work. A very rare William S. Burroughs collectible item, in exceptionally great condition with the book mint except for slight..... More
A French-Language William S. Burroughs Bundle: Le Metro Blanc (White Subway), [1] with: Les Garçons Sauvages (The Wild Boys) [2]
Paris, France: Bourgois/Seuil; Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1976; 1984. First French Edition; First French Edition Thus. Softcover. (1) [Shoaf, 26c. p. 39]. Edited and Translated by Mary Beach and Claude Pelieu (and soon after, published) in 1976, "White Subway" was initially released in London by our friend-&-colleague, the great Jim Pennington (through his Aloes Books imprint) in 1973. It compiles sixteen short works of imagination by WSB from the late-fifties to..... More
Il biglietto che esplose
Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizione, 2009. First Italian Edition Thus. Softcover. This Italian translation of The Ticket That Exploded is the first edition issued by this publisher, & is therefore a First Edition Thus. Originally released in 1962 by the legendary Olympia Press in Paris, & with many subsequent editions in the U.S., U.K. & elsewhere, TTTE is a cut-up novel from the period following the breakthrough of Naked Lunch, where..... More
La macchina morbida
William S. Burroughs, 2003. Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizione, 2003. First Italian Edition Thus. Softcover. This Italian translation of The Soft Machine is the first edition issued by this publisher, & is therefore a first edition thus. First published by Olympia Press in Paris in 1961, TSM is another high cut-up production in the wake of Naked Lunch, influenced by Brion Gysin's observation that "writing is fifty years behind painting" in..... More
New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "Listen to my last words anywhere. Listen to my last words any world. Listen all you boards syndicates and governments of the earth. And you powers behind what filth deals consummated in what lavatory to take what is not yours. To sell the ground from unborn feet forever-" (first chapter "Last Words," first paragraph) The third & final volume in..... More
Port of Saints
Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Port of Saints is the mind-boggling story of a man whose alternate selves take him on a fantastic journey through space, time, and sexuality. The last work written by William S. Burroughs before his return to the United States in 1973, PORT OF SAINTS is partly experimental autobiography, partly profound exploration of the concept of sexuality, partly nightmare voyage through..... More
Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, The Wild Boys
New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1988. First edition thus. Softcover. This large-format softcover is the first Evergreen edition of the compendium of three major novels by William S. Burroughs, preceded by a Black Cat edition in 1980 in smaller format & a different cover. This copy is in near mint condition, with only very slight wear to top & bottom corners of spine & residue above & left of..... More
William S. Burroughs: Break Through in Grey Room LP Recording
Belgium: Sub Rosa, 2008. Limited Edition, First Edition Thus. LP. LP is sealed in shrinkwrap. William S. Burroughs' Break Through in Grey Room consists of mid-'60s cut-up tape machine recordings made by WSB in various locations in London, Paris & elsewhere. First released on LP in the early 1980s, released on CD in 1987, reissued in 2001, now released again on vinyl in a limited gatefold edition of only 800..... More
Burroughs, William S., et al
Ambit, No. 20
London, England: Ambit, 1964. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This issue of the quarterly literary journal from the dawn of London's swinging sixties (notice the front cover graphics) features a 3-column cut-up with explanatory author's note by William S. Burroughs, "Martin's Mag". A very significant WSB rarity in exceptionally fine condition, with only mild soiling to outside front & back covers, interior mint. Maynard & Miles C92, pg. 128. 6-1/2" x...... More
Burroughs, William S., Gysin, Brion
The Exterminator
San Francisco, CA: Dave Haselwood Books, 1967. Second Edition. Softcover. First published by the Auerhahn Press in 1960, this is the Second Edition of The Exterminator, with different colors on covers, & a slightly larger format. (Maynard & Miles, A4(b) p. 22) One of 1000 copies. An early & very important collaboration between WSB & Gysin, they both contribute texts & Gysin provides calligraphic illustrations, including on the covers. "The..... More
Little Canto
San Francisco, CA: New College of California, 1991. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "Orange harmonies/ bubbles resonant closed/ literal yarn beans electricity/ chatter angels" (first page) A chapbook with the title poem by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the great American poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist. While Clark's poetry was originally associated mostly with the New York School, this mid-career work is very free-associative & reminds us of the cut-ups of..... More
Guthrie, Hammond
Belfast Insert
Gottingen, Germany: Expanded Media Editions, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Author. This early Cut-Up collection by British author Hammond Guthrie in the tradition of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin was published in Germany by Expanded Media Editions, publishers of WSB's Electronic Revolution. The text is in English. One of 20 numbered copies signed by the author, this is copy #4/20. In near fine condition, with some wear to..... More
Hinkle, Al (Edington, Steven D.)
Last Man Standing...Al Hinkle
Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2011. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. An Interview (by) Steven D. Edington. This is a fascinating interview with Al Hinkle, immortalized as "Ed Dunkle" in On the Road by Jack Kerouac. He participated in some of the adventures that were the basis of OTR, & now many decades later reminisces about Kerouac, William S. & Joan Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg et.al. One of an..... More
Loydell, Rupert M.
The Museum of Improvisation
Bray County Wicklow, Ireland: Wild Honey Press, 2002. First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "A few months ago, you surprised me, awake in the darkest night. Soundbites brought on the jitters, your sarcasm nonsensical rhymes. Beginning to find my way in the dark I imagined the headlines, interviews, headlines, reviews. We seem to live in only one room now, writing mainly for other voices. The tape recorder offers terrible loss and reminders..... More
Pelieu, Claude
Art Into Thick Air: Collagen von Claude Pelieu (Collages by Claude Pelieu)
Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Verlag Peter Engstler, 2011. First German Edition. Softcover. A portfolio of collage artworks by Claude Pelieu (1934-2002), the French writer-artiste who, along with his wife Mary Beach, were in the forefront of the avant-garde. They collaborated with & were close to William S. Burroughs among many other key Beat-&-Beyond figures, & applied WSB's cut-up method to art & writing with their own twist. Mary Beach's daughter, Pamela Beach..... More
Kali Yug Express (First German Edition)
Ostheim/ Rohn, Germany: Peter Engstler Verlag, 2011. First Edition Thus. Softcover. The first German-language edition of the now-classic compendium of cut-up writings & collages by Claude Pelieu (1934-2002), the great French Avant Garde Beat-&-Beyond writer-artist who published prolifically, often in collaboration with or inspired by his wife Mary Beach, William S. Burroughs, Charles Plymell & many others. Plymell's wife, Pamela Beach Plymell, is Mary Beach's daughter, & therefore the Plymells..... More
Pelieu, Claude, et al
Je Suis Un Cut-Up Vivant
Chatou, France: L'Arganier, 2009. First edition. Softcover. Tribute volume featuring a selection of works by Claude Pelieu, including early work & collages, as well as essays, memoirs & poetry about Pelieu by writers & artists including Gerard Malanga, Charles Plymell, Jeffrey Plymell, Pamela Beach Plymell, Victor Bockris, Henri Chopin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Thurston Moore, Roxie Powell, Ed Sanders & many more. A significant gathering of the Beat Generation & its progeny..... More
Pelieu, Claude, Francoeur, Lucien
Ne Cherche Rien Ailleurs Qu'ici
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Editions Trait D'Union, 1999. First Edition. Soft Cover. French text. Poetry, Cut-ups, and more by French-Canadian "King of Rockers" Lucien Francoeur & existential French literary and collage Beat legend, Claude Pelieu. As New.	More
Ploog, Jurgen
Black Maria
Ostheim / Rhön: Verlag Peter Engstler, 1995. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. From the integral and prolific Verlag Peter Engstler comes this slim German-language volume from the late, venerable Jürgen Ploog (1935-2020) -- fellow Burroughsian and celebrated friend of the international authority on Beat Generation studies, the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). Our research indicates that Ploog's "Black Maria" deals in part with philosopher Paul Virilio, "...a media critic and founder..... More
Flesh Film: A Cut-Up Novella
Germany: Moloko Print, 2018. First Edition. Softcover. "The European mainland spawned a remarkable second wave of post-Burroughsian cut-up authors to expand upon his principles and took the technique deep into new territories. Jurgen Ploog belongs to this lineage of vigorous, exciting, cut-up practitioners which includes Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, & Carl Weissner...What Ploog achieves in Flesh film is a text that exists within its own space, drawing on Burroughsian tropes..... More
Wilson, Terry
"D" Train
London, England: Grapheme Publications, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. A novel by Terry Wilson, who co-wrote Here to Go: Planet R-101 with William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin, greatly influenced by the Cut-up technique that they developed. Back cover comments by Burroughs, Gysin and Ira Cohen. In very fine condition with only light spotting to top edge & very minor creases at corners & top & bottom of dj. Very.....	More
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New 'Godfire: Rise of Prometheus' Trailer Released!
in News, Upcoming / by Aaron Whitfield
Dating all the way back to August of last year, we covered an upcoming third person action adventure game based on Greek mythology by the name of Godfire: Rise of Prometheus from Vivid Games, the makers of Real Boxing. At the time details were somewhat readily available, however, fast forward to now and the developers have released a brand new trailer highlighting the combat portion of the game. Built using the Unreal Engine, the same platform utilized by the Infinity Blade franchise, it is safe to expect that the game will nothing but amazing and lots of fun. Referencing back to our previous article, players take on the role of the hero Prometheus as he starts a quest to recover the Godfire Spark and return it to the mortal world. Godfire: Rise of Prometheus will feature a number of dangerous foes and Titan bosses, which should be familiar to fans of Greek mythology. Additionally, players will have full control of Prometheus and his actions as he explores, defeating enemies and solving puzzles to achieve his goal.
If you're just as excited as we are, it's safe to expect the game will land on the App Store sometime in Q2 of 2014 and as any additional information is released, we'll be sure to keep you in the loop as well. Continue reading this post ->
Vivid Games announces 'Godfire: Rise of Prometheus' for iOS, Coming Early 2014!
Independent developer Vivid Games, the company behind hit game Real Boxing, have announced their latest title — Godfire: Rise of Prometheus. Inspired by Greek mythology, Godfire: Rise of Prometheus is a third person action adventure game filled with beasts, giant titans and weapon-based combat. In the game, players assume the role of the hero Prometheus as he starts an epic quest to recover the Godfire Spark and return it to the mortal world. Godfire: Rise of Prometheus will feature a roster of dangerous foes and Titan bosses, which will be familiar to fans of Greek mythology. Players will have full control of Prometheus and his actions as he explores, defeating enemies and solving puzzles to achieve his goal.
"With Godfire: Rise of Prometheus, we're building upon the high standards in graphics and gameplay that we achieved in Real Boxing and taking the Unreal 3 engine to fantastic new heights" said Remi Koscielny, CEO Vivid Games. "To help with this process, we've partnered with Oscar-nominated animation studio Platige Image, to work with us on the design, animation and other graphical elements of the game. We're also giving the game its own distinct visual style by blending the familiar classical Greek aesthetic with new and exciting futuristic elements." added Koscielny.
Godfire: Rise of Prometheus will be released for iOS devices sometime in early 2014. In the upcoming months we should get more information, so we'll keep you updated as time progresses. Continue reading this post ->

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Aigatinta (en francès Ayguetinte) és un municipi francès, situat al departament del Gers i a la regió d'Occitània.

Geografia

Administració i política
Alcaldes

Demografia

Llocs d'interès
 L'església i la capella, del .
 Un antic molí de vent.
 Un antic castellet.

Personatges il·lustres
 Joseph Raulin (1708-1784), metge particular de Lluís XV de França, nascut a Aigatinta.

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Municipis del Gers

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Q: libatlas.so.3gf: cannot open shared object file I am not able to make sklearn function on my ubuntu 12.04 box. This is the error that I am getting. I am not sure how to get around it?
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE

# gives the below error
ImportError: libatlas.so.3gf: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Here is the output of ls /usr/lib/atlas-base/

A: Atlas does not seem to  be the recommended library. OpenBlas is the recommended library. If Numpy is properly configured  everything will work easily.
Link existing Numpy to Libraries: Link ATLAS/MKL to an installed Numpy
Compile Numpy with OpenBlas: Compiling numpy with OpenBLAS integration
So, in any such problem uninstall existing numpy and try above two links. Everything will work fine. Installation using 2nd link is the best option. Do it once and then never worry about it.

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The cool thing about each run with the PancakeBot is that the affect is immediately demonstrated and points the direction one should go. If using 20% less works; but, doesn't completely fill, then instead of bracketing to +20%, perhaps -10% is the real bracket,. I can visualize children really having a lively discussion about which direction and how much they should bracket.
Miguel Valenzuela Thanks Thomas. I appreciate the ideas and posts. Please keep them coming. I think the idea of switching over to a better forum may be best though at some point.


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Abril Books
History /
Armenia /
Armenian Smyrna/Izmir
The Aegean Communities
Richard G. Hovannisian	(Editor)
(ISBN: 978-1568591582)
Mazda Publishers, Inc.	(Publisher)
2012	Costa Mesa
From early antiquity, the Armenian people developed a rich and distinctive culture on the great Armenian highland plateau extending from Asia Minor to the Caucasus. On that crossroad, they interacted on many levels with civilizations of the Orient and Occident. Also from early times, Armenian colonies and communities were established beyond the highland, along the seacoasts of the Black, Mediterranean, and Aegean seas and onward to other continents. One such community was that of Smyrna along the Ionian coastline, which figures so heavily in Hellenic civilization and biblical history. The natural harbor of Smyrna attracted merchants from around the world, and from the Middle Ages onward Armenian settlers arrived from throughout Asia Minor and from their troubled homelands stretching eastward to the plain of Ararat, Karabagh, and northern Iran. Although numbering barely 25,000 persons when the surrounding towns and villages are taken into account, the Smyrna community stood out in its prosperity and adoption of Western modes and styles. Its merchants flourished in the Italian city states and as far west as Manchester, England, and participated in the eastern trade as far as Persia and the Indian Ocean. Smyrna, more familiar as Izmir in Turkish and modern usage, played a key role not only in Armenian commercial history but also in the national process of intellectual, cultural, and social enlightenment. Schools and churches, dramatic and musical groups, and athletic and sporting associations thrived there in the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century until the swift demise of the entire community in the chaos and Great Fire of 1922. All these aspects are presented in this volume.
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Daily high temperatures decrease by 7°F, from 68°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 73°F.
Daily low temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 57°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 63°F.
The month of November in Quejas experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 47% throughout the month.
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Quejas, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is essentially constant, remaining around 28% throughout.
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during November in Quejas is essentially constant, remaining about 3.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 6.4 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.
Over the course of November in Quejas, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 52 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 48 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 38 seconds.
The earliest sunrise of the month in Quejas is 7:03 AM on November 1 and the latest sunrise is 31 minutes later at 7:34 AM on November 30.
Daylight saving time is observed in Quejas during 2019, but it neither starts nor ends during November, so the entire month is in standard time.
The chance that a given day will be muggy in Quejas is decreasing during November, falling from 6% to 0% over the course of the month.
The average hourly wind speed in Quejas is gradually increasing during November, increasing from 11.5 miles per hour to 12.1 miles per hour over the course of the month.
The hourly average wind direction in Quejas throughout November is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 38% on November 24.
The average surface water temperature in Quejas is gradually decreasing during November, falling by 3°F, from 64°F to 62°F, over the course of the month.
The average accumulated growing degree days in Quejas are increasing during November, increasing by 263°F, from 4,140°F to 4,403°F, over the course of the month.
The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Quejas is gradually decreasing during November, falling by 0.8 kWh, from 3.1 kWh to 2.3 kWh, over the course of the month.


'Black Sesame Milk Jelly' is a popular dessert in Japan. I make it using my Panna Cotta recipe and adding Black Sesame Seeds Paste to it. If you don't want to use cream, use just milk. It looks yucky? It does, doesn't it? Tastes yummy, though! See the gelatine-free 'Chia Seeds' version as below.
In Japan we have 'Neri-goma' that is Sesame Seeds processed to paste, almost same as Tahini but it has stronger fragrance because seeds are toasted before being processed. If you have 'Suribachi (Japanese mortar)', it is quite easy to make the paste.
Toast 3 to 4 tablespoons Black Sesame Seeds using a saucepan for a few minutes or until aromatic. Place the toasted Sesame Seeds in 'Suribachi (Japanese mortar)', food grinder or small food processor and grind into paste. If you use small food processor, adding 1 tablespoon Milk helps the process.
Add Milk to the Sesame Paste and process again. You may wish to strain the mixture to remove the hulls.
Place Milk & Sesame Seeds mixture, Cream, Sugar and Starch in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until Sugar is dissolved and the mixture thickens. Remove from heat.
Add soaked Gelatine and mix well until gelatine dissolves. Add Rum or Brandy and Vanilla Extract, mix well.
When the mixture is cool enough, pour into glasses. Place them in the fridge and leave to set.
If you want more sesame flavour, make topping paste by mixing Sesame Seeds Paste and Icing Sugar. Whipped cream would be also nice for topping.
Gelatine-free Version: Add 1/2 cup Black Chia Seeds instead of Gelatine and mix well. Pour into glasses. Place them in the fridge and leave to set.


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Q: How to correctly load columns of dates and times from an excel file? I'm trying to read an excel file as a dataframe; for this purpose I used two different methods:
library(xlsx)
df = read.xlsx("file.xlsx",sheetIndex = 1)
library("readxl")
my_data <- read_excel("file.xlsx")

File file.xlsx has several columns, in particular two of them contain dates and times. For example:

for dates, and

for times. These results are not read correctly from the above lines of code:
> df$Date.pub
 [1] 44293                          44293
 [3] 44294                          44294
 [5] 44295                          44295
 [7] 44295                          44300
 [9] 44300                          44300
 [11] 44279                                              24/03/2021
 [13] 44295                          44295
 [15] 44300                          44300
 [17] 44300                          44300
 [19] 44300                          44300
 [21] 44300                          44300
 Levels:                     24/03/2021 44279 44293 44294 44295 44300
> my_data$`Date.pub`
 [1] "44293"      "44293"      "44294"      "44294"      "44295"      "44295"
 [7] "44295"      "44300"      "44300"      "44300"      "44279"      "24/03/2021"
 [13] "44295"      "44295"      "44300"      "44300"      "44300"      "44300"
 [19] "44300"      "44300"      "44300"      "44300"

I have many files, so I cannot work on each file individually. How can I correctly load columns of dates and times from the excel file?


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U nder darkened sky, I rolled up on my bicycle to the New Haven Green flagpole. It was cool out, making me grateful for the professorial green tweed coat I was wearing.
It wasn't typical cycling gear, but this wasn't a typical ride. This was New Haven Bike Party's Nerd Ride—the theme changes every month—with a timely back-to-school twist. As a crowd of cheekily dressed bikers and their decked-out two-wheelers slowly formed, we were greeted by the ride's labcoat-wearing frontman, Kurt Weseman, who would lead us along our eight-mile path while towing a speaker blasting the night's soundtrack.
New Haven Bike Party has been pedaling since July 2015, a few months after founder Coby Zeifman moved to the area. He'd experienced his first Bike Party while living in California, riding with the hugely popular San Jose chapter. "I was really drawn to San Jose Bike Party's message: 'We're not San Francisco, we're a lot of big box stores and sprawl, but we should get together and make something that's unique and our own,'" he recalls to me over the phone. After leaving the Bay, he took a two-year sojourn to South Korea to teach English, starting up a Bike Party event in the city of Changwon—"That's how I learned to run Bike Party," he says—before coming to New Haven.
This past July, Zeifman moved to Seattle, but the local rides ride on. He's passed the handlebars to a team of five local bike partiers, who now design and route each event, which usually takes place on the second Friday of the month. Weseman is one of the five, along with Taylor Holdaway, David Malinowski, Kai Addae and Sam Greenberg, all passionate cyclists. The Nerd Ride was their second event as leaders, the first being a beachy "Surf's Up!" ride last month. "They've done a fantastic job," Zeifman proudly says from afar.
"What is this?" someone yelled from their car as we zoomed by. "Bike Party!" half the group shouted back.
Even though it was a Friday, the downtown streets were mostly empty and quiet, perhaps because it really is back-to-school season. We pedaled up College Street and up Prospect, turning onto Sachem before passing Yale's new Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray Colleges. From Winchester Avenue, we headed towards King/Robinson Interdistrict Magnet School, where the group took a breather in the parking lot. Then we wove our way through the Southern Connecticut University campus and to the second break spot of the night: the hulking Goffe Street Armory, where an impromptu dance party broke out. Back in the saddle, we returned to denser downtown, to the tune of cheers from passerby and mostly-encouraging honks from drivers.
The ride itself was the easiest 8 miles I've ever experienced on a bike. The speed is fairly slow, in part because it's paced to the lead rider, who had the heavy speaker in tow. Both Zeifman and the new organizers say that before each ride, the route factors out as many hills as possible for maximum bikeability, while more experienced riders wait at each intersection to make sure nobody's left behind.
New Haven Bike Parties usually finish at a downtown business for socializing on legs instead of wheels. Nerd Ride ended up at appropriately geek-friendly Barcade, where Greenberg handed out tokens for games.
The after-ride hangouts have a purpose. "It's definitely bringing the community together. Not just biking together, but getting to talk to each other, getting to talk about each others' bikes, to talk about resources in the area," says Addae, adding that for those new to the city, both Bike Party and the afterparty can provide an introduction to New Haven' bars and neighborhoods, in addition to new friends.
New Haven Bike Month is in May, but it could just as easily be this month. The day after the Bike Party, the Closer to Free Ride raised money for cancer work at Yale-New Haven's Smilow Hospital. This Friday is the New Haven Grand Prix, with racers barreling through a downtown course next to a concurrent pizza fest. Even as I left Barcade, the Elm City Party Bike—which has no relation to Bike Party—was parked outside.
Written by Anne Ewbank. Photo 1 by Anne Ewbank; photos 2-3 by Sam Greenberg.


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Q: Using an Elastic Load Balancer with a single EC2 instance on AWS I'm using the AWS Free Tier, which gives me one free EC2 microinstance and one free Elastic Load Balancer, if I understand things correctly.
I understand that usually ELBs are used when you are using multiple EC2 instances. I don't really want to run multiple instances if I can help it, and 90% of the time my single EC2 instance seems to handle the traffic that is thrown at it, but occasionally it gets unresponsive and needs to be rebooted. It doesn't seem to do this automatically.
I read the ELBs will restart microinstances that it dubs "unhealthy" (unresponsive to multiple ping attempts). So one idea I had was to create a single ELB, assign my single EC2 to it, and therein create an easy "auto-reboot if it gets stuck" situation.
I've set it up, and it didn't balk or bark at me, but I was wondering if I'm understanding this right. I'm fairly new to server administration and only just getting into concepts like micro-instances and ELBs and whatever, though (like all fools) I think I understand the basics of it.
Is this a good idea? Is there an easier way to accomplish this? I've tried to Google and search for other people doing this same thing and not found anyone, but I can't tell if that's because it won't work or because nobody else is foolish enough to try and use a single EC2 micro instance for all of their traffic. I am deeply suspicious that it is a bad idea since I don't see anyone else talking about it, and while I am fairly clever about some things, I'm not too confident about being clever in these sorts of matters!
Thanks for your help!

A: Amazon's Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) distributes requests to healthy instances that have been assigned to it. It does not restart or modify those instances (or their number). It determines 'healthy' instances via a health check - typically polling a given location.
What you are asking for is to 'maintain 1 healthy instance' - that is an auto scaling task. Auto scaling will allow you to define a group of instances (typically including an AMI to launch, the instance type, one or more availability zones to launch the instances in, and the number of instances to maintain (minimum/maximum)), as well as policies by which to scale up and down with. An autoscaling policy returns an ARN (Amazon Resource Name - a reference to a resource).
Once you have your auto scaling group setup, all you need to do is trigger your scaling policies when an instance becomes unhealthy. If you look closely at the health check that you setup with ELB, you will notice that you can setup an alarm - and that alarm is actually a Cloudwatch alarm.
You can setup your own Cloudwatch alarms, or set them up through ELB's health check - just specify the --alarm-actions to trigger the auto-scaling ARN when your unhealthy node criteria is met.
ELB isn't technically required in this setup - auto scaling will do the job on its own. What ELB does do for you is provide a DNS address you can access your instance(s) by (and also some sort of error message when a backend is unavailable). (With auto scaling on its own, you would need to re-associate your elastic IP with the new instance when it launches (which can be scripted)).
Finally, just to clarify:
CloudFlare is not an AWS service - it is a CDN (and is somewhat well known for mitigating DDoS attacks). Amazon's equivalent service is CloudFront - you don't need either of them for restarting instances. What you do need is CloudWatch - Amazon's monitoring service). The free tier does cover both Cloudwatch and a few alarms.


Do you would like to buy family area furniture for your home? You must be experiencing emotional maturity that you want to finally leave from your parents' house and initiate by yourself. Possible reasons could possibly be you might be moving on to college, or even want total independence from elders. But it might be seems not easy at all specially when you are focusing on a strong budget and wish the most cost effective items for Sending Animals Cow Accent Cabinet. You definitely want the top for your home as this is the place where you will end up moving into from now on.
Since you're practically a novice to these types of things, you will need help on where you can purchase these items. There is not much worry in relation to stuff like these because there are many stores offering affordable family area furniture for people as you. Or you may opt for second hand furniture to avoid wasting lots of money. If you would like the very best in support of the most effective on your family room and exercise which has a very tight budget, this article will demonstrate how.
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Irish start-up Exceedence has opened the equity crowdfunding campaign to the public after securing almost 60% of the targeted amount for the roll-out of a cloud-based financial modelling software for renewable energy projects.
The campaign opened to the crowd on the Crowdcube platform earlier today – August 8, 2018 – and has already raised £146,000 or 58% of the £250,000 target.
According to Exceedence, the 58% of the round was pledged from its own network of colleagues, customers, and partners in Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa.
Asia-based marine data specialist company OceanPixel – active in the development of tidal energy sector in the Southeast Asia – is the lead investor in the round, Exceedence revealed.
Financial modelling for renewable energy projects can be costly and, according to Alcorn, no current solution gives all of the key players a proper 'big picture' view.
To amend this, Exceedence has purpose-built the software to provide a 'helicopter view' for such projects, helping to assess whether they will make or lose money, and to identify and manage risks effectively.
Currently in excess of $330 billion is spent per year on renewable energy projects globally and, according to Exceedence, at least 4,000 companies around the world could make use of this software.
Posted on August 8, 2018 with tags Crowdcube, crowdfunding, Exceedence, Exceedence Cloud, financial modelling, fintech, marine renewables, renewable energy.


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Samsung Galaxy S8 Mini rumoured to be in the works
Cat Hood | July 5, 2017 12:21 pm BST
Samsung is building a mini version of its flagship Galaxy S8 that we could see launch as early as this summer, it has been reported.
Dubbed the Samsung Galaxy S8 Mini, the scaled down smartphone will be a deadringer for Samsung's latest 2017 flagship phones, the Galaxy S8 and larger Galaxy S8 plus, with a few software and design tweaks to suit its miniature form-factor.
According to IT Home , the Chinese tech website that sparked the rumour, the Galaxy S8 Mini will feature a 5.3in touch display inside the same bodyshell design as the Galaxy S8, keeping the curved-edge design to retain that compact feel. The 18:5:9 wide-aspect ratio will stick, but there's no word on the specific display spec.
Rather than the Snapdragon 835 that runs the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, the Galaxy S8 Mini will come with a Snapdragon 821 processor. It will also pack in 4GB of RAM and a modest 32GB of built-in storage. It will also have the same Iris Scanner featured in Samsung's current flagship duo.
Samsung has typically offered no hint that the rumoured Galaxy S8 Mini is indeed in production – let alone whether it'll get the summer release date that's being bandied about. It hasn't launched a mini version of any of its smartphones since it followed up the Galaxy S5 with the Galaxy S5 Mini, so it'll be interesting to see what its diminutive newcomer will have to offer.
Related: Samsung Galaxy S8 vs the iPhone 7
What features would you like to see in the Galaxy S8 Mini? Let us know in the comments.


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C°Mantics is an entertainment company specializing in music and video production, talent booking and artist management. The company provides the entertainment industry and promoters with a multitude of services including: online marketing, PR campaigns, talent acquisition and negotiations and broad-spectrum consultations and promotion. C°Mantics prides itself on working closely with each artist to empower and promote each individuals career and artistic expression with the highest integrity in the industry.
AMEN BK
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Amen Ben Koussa, also known by his stage name Amen BK, is a rapper and a songwriter. His music genre would be defined as poetry on a rap beat fused with World melodies. Advocate of conscious art, his lyrical content reflects various perspectives of themes with a loyal positive approach.
Debut & Career
He was born in Tunisia, where he devoted himself to his music. In the suburb of Tunis, Amen BK started crafting Rhythm and Poetry at an early age. He joined a local crew, called Mafio XMC's, back in the early 2000's. This was a great way for him to develop his skills and gain production experience. By 2003, he and his group mates had released a street tape and made appearances in local events, before the crew got disbanded the following year.
Around 2008, Amen BK formed the band Empire. They released numerous singles that had an impact on the Tunisian Hip Hop scene. The group succeeded to build a solid reputation that contributed to multiple tours, media appearances, and an international peace collaboration with the Hip Hop ambassadors "Remarkable Current" in 2011.
In 2012, he and his fiancée started the groundwork of an independent record label. The following year, he got married and moved to the USA to be with his wife. Always in touch with his creativity, he continued working on solo works and exploring new styles, while featuring with other artists. The year 2015 marks a significant milestone of his career, as he finished his first album. The project is set to be fully released in 2016, through the record label C°MANTICS that his wife launched.
When it comes to the style part of his works, diversity is the key feature. Different genres influences, like Classical, Blues, Jazz, Soul, Rock, Funk, Reggae, R&B, Flamenco, Opera and Desert Blues, compose the notes of his songs to make it borderless and timeless. Always faithful to his Hip Hop rhythm, he incorporates his words layered on this melodic variety.
His academic background plays an important role in architecturing his lyrics. He adopts numerous school of structures, from classicism to post-modernism, to create a deep rhythmic poetry based on imagery and figures of speech. Amen BK never hesitates to introduce motifs to color his verses. His delivery methods differ from one song to another but they also get their share of diversity from storytelling to first point of view narration.
The content is always focused on conscious music that is meant to have positive insights from a World Citizen standpoint. It calls for peace, cultural coexistence and tolerance. It also covers social issues and a contemporary reflection on society. Other topics are the center of concerns; citing corruption, extremist ideologies and hostile political doctrines with a call to reform and thoughtful action. In addition, it also addresses spiritual matters and puts the spotlight on intimate subjects, like unconditional love, family values and life experiences. Despite the conscious essence of the majority of Amen BK's music, it also includes an "easy-going" chapter too, to make it a richer and a well-rounded experience.


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$7,623 of $15,000 Funded 50% of Goal
In the early 1930s according to Msgr. O'Connell, the little Flower Foundation established by the priest at the Seminary of the Galveston Diocese, provided the difference between starvation and survival for the seminarians. The Galveston Diocesan Council of Catholic women asked to include this need in their work and voted to do so at their Convention in 1931. In 1933, the Catholic Clergy Student Fund was incorporated. In 1959, the Galveston Diocese became the Galveston- Houston Diocese and in 2004 Saint John Paul II established the second Texas Archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Galveston –Houston.
The purpose of this corporation is to raise funds to be used in the education of young men to the Priesthood. The established policy is to invest the donations received through the enrollments and otherwise, paying the income from it annually to the Archdiocese of Galveston- Houston Archdiocese to be used to educate young men in the Roman Catholic Priesthood. This Corporation was organized, exists and operates now as a function of the Galveston Houston Archdiocese Council of Catholic women and is subject to the ultimate control of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese.
As members of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, we support the Catholic Clerical Student Fund. All contributions to this fund go to help support St. Marys' Seminary in its mission to train priests, deacons, and lay parish leaders for our Diocese.
Here's How You Can Participate:
Enroll your loved ones for their Birthday, First Communion, Baptism, Confirmation, Wedding or Anniversary. You may also enroll a deceased loved one. Spiritual favors for those enrolled, as well as the donors to the "Fund" are many. Both will be remembered often in Masses at St. Mary's Seminary, as well as in the prayers of the Seminarians, and by those assisted by the 'Fund" in their Masses after ordination.
Three Ways to Enroll:
1. Enroll one person for a year for a donation of $3 (or couple for $6)
2. Enroll whole family for a year for a donation of $10
3. A lifetime enrollment of a person for a donation of $25
For cards and more information contact your local Parish Contact or click here to enroll someone online.


ABSTRACT. Interval data analysis of CV discrete choice responses delivers efficiency gains which must be weighed against the risk of introducing strategic response bias. Efficiency gains are also achievable by improved bid design. We assess these gains on median WTP estimates first in an empirical application, then by means of a Monte Carlo experiment comparing three different bid designs. Improved, but sub-optimal, bid design delivers comparable gains to those achieved by one and two follow-up questions. The first follow-up captures more than 50% of the efficiency gain provided by a second follow-up.
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FIGHTING IS A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR NEF 38'S HORNSTRA AND BEAUDRY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Portland, Maine (April 15, 2019)
Fighting families are a familiar story line in combat sports.
Boxing fans can trace the lineage of names such as Frazier, Patterson, Mayweather, Camacho and Chavez. Mixed martial arts enthusiasts have long cheered for the brothers Diaz, Nogueira and Shamrock.
Even in the smaller circle of New England Fights, regular followers know the father-and-sons angle of the Bang family, as well as some notable domestic partnerships that have stepped into the cage separately on the same night.
"NEF 38: Stormborn" will serve up a unique variation on that theme Saturday, April 27 at Aura in Portland. That's where two parents, both of whom took a two-year hiatus to bring a son into the world, will take that renewed purpose of their lives into the cage for the first time.
With their 15-month-old son almost certainly somewhere in the building, the Dover, New Hampshire-based couple of Keegan Hornstra and Adina Beaudry will be at center stage. Hornstra (3-10) takes on Zenon Herrera (1-7) in a battle of professional welterweights, while Beaudry (2-0) tackles an amateur strawweight scrap with Traci Baldwin (1-0).
Young master Niklaus is never far from mom and dad when they're hard at work training, either in nearby Somersworth at Nostos MMA or in Saco, Maine, at Evolution Athletix.
"It means everything to have him there," Hornstra said. "He's definitely growing up with it, not just the fights but the full training experience."
Beaudry said that when Niklaus sees one of his parents lifting weights, it's standard procedure for him to pick up one of the lighter kettle bells, himself.
"It's fun to watch him do that, but having him there is also definitely the biggest challenge for me," Beaudry said. "The thing that's a little different is that I work from home, so he's with me almost all the time. So of course he's there with me when I train, but it's kind of hard to turn off mom and concentrate on what you're doing when your child is crying in the corner."
Then again, sweating it out and daydreaming about combative challenges are strong family traditions.
Hornstra started karate so young that he also can't remember exactly what age it was, although he said there is photographic evidence of him in uniform at 7 or 8.
Martial arts instilled him with confidence, but perhaps also set him up for a dose of humility, as he moved into middle school.
"Karate was something my parents put me in to help me channel some of my over-activity," Hornstra said. "Then in probably sixth or seventh grade, I got in a little bit of a physical altercation with another kid. As it turned out, his father was a boxer, and I suddenly discovered I had a little bit to learn about boxing."
That experience encouraged Hornstra to broaden his stand-up routine, including Muay Thai study. After joining the United States Army, he gravitated to grappling, then Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Once his enlistment was over, Hornstra pursued MMA as a natural outlet for putting together all those disciplines. Including amateurs, he's a veteran of 21 cage fights.
"I've always been competitive. I don't do sedentary things very well," Hornstra said. "And even though I enjoy working out, running and traditional gym stuff, that in and of itself isn't enough for me unless I'm applying it in something like MMA. Some guys can be happy with that. Everything I do has to have a purpose."
In addition to his break for the transition to fatherhood, Hornstra has devoted much of the past two years to training other MMA fighters on the boxing side of the ledger. One notable pupil is Zac "Rocky" Richard, who will battle Tom Pagliarulo for the vacant NEF amateur featherweight championship at Stormborn.
Hornstra also enjoys helping train his child's mother and sees her as a major player in New England's still-developing roster of female fighters.
"She comes from a great background at Seacoast BJJ," Hornstra said. "The thing about most female fighters is, men are naturally aggressive. You'll find girls that want to fight, but a lot maybe are doing it because their boyfriend does it, and they don't have that natural inclination. She naturally likes to fight. She doesn't back down from anything."
Beaudry also started out in karate as a teenager.
"I've done grappling, catch wrestling, Muay Thai, all the different martial arts disciplines," she said.
"About four years ago I was looking for something to bring it all together. It has been completely different."
Even after motherhood, Beaudry said it will be a challenge for her to bulk up to 115 pounds for the bout with Baldwin. She would like to see the dawn of a true atomweight (105) division in the area but doesn't envision enough fighters on the horizon at present.
Beaudry and Hornstra train under the talented duo of Nate Libby and Taylor Costantino at Evolution. All the while, the thought of two much less experienced eyes watching them serves as a driving force.
"I think he'll definitely have a natural appreciation for it, just from being around us and being around the gym," Beaudry said of her son. "We definitely plan to place him into some form of martial arts, just because it's good for kids in their development. Ultimately it will be his decision how far he wants to go with it. We won't push him."
Do they worry about Niklaus turning 18 someday and tackling the inherent risks of the cage?
"I would enjoy it," Hornstra said, "but I think it might be a little different for his mother."
The eye roll and shrug were audible in Beaudry's voice.
"There are a lot of things in the world that worry me a whole lot more than the idea of him fighting," she said.
NEF's next mixed-martial-arts event, "NEF 38: STORMBORN," will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Aura in Portland, Maine with a bell time of 7 pm. Tickets are on sale now at www.AuraMaine.com.


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package org.apache.camel.component.mail;

import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.apache.camel.component.mock.MockEndpoint;
import org.apache.camel.test.junit4.CamelTestSupport;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.jvnet.mock_javamail.Mailbox;

/**
 * Unit test for Mail replyTo support.
 */
public class MailReplyToTest extends CamelTestSupport {

    @Test
    public void testMailReplyTo() throws Exception {
        Mailbox.clearAll();

        String body = "The Camel riders";

        MockEndpoint mock = getMockEndpoint("mock:result");
        mock.expectedMessageCount(1);
        mock.expectedHeaderReceived("Reply-To", "noReply1@localhost,noReply2@localhost");
        mock.expectedBodiesReceived(body);

        template.sendBodyAndHeader("direct:a", body, "Reply-To", "noReply1@localhost,noReply2@localhost");

        mock.assertIsSatisfied();

        Mailbox mailbox = Mailbox.get("christian@localhost");
        assertEquals(1, mailbox.size());
        assertEquals("noReply1@localhost", ((InternetAddress) mailbox.get(0).getReplyTo()[0]).getAddress());
        assertEquals("noReply2@localhost", ((InternetAddress) mailbox.get(0).getReplyTo()[1]).getAddress());
        assertEquals(body, mailbox.get(0).getContent());
    }

    @Test
    public void testMailReplyTo2() throws Exception {
        Mailbox.clearAll();

        String body = "The Camel riders";

        MockEndpoint mock = getMockEndpoint("mock:result");
        mock.expectedMessageCount(1);
        mock.expectedHeaderReceived("Reply-To", "noReply1@localhost, noReply2@localhost");
        mock.expectedBodiesReceived(body);

        template.sendBody("direct:b", body);

        mock.assertIsSatisfied();

        Mailbox mailbox = Mailbox.get("christian@localhost");
        assertEquals(1, mailbox.size());
        assertEquals("noReply1@localhost", ((InternetAddress) mailbox.get(0).getReplyTo()[0]).getAddress());
        assertEquals("noReply2@localhost", ((InternetAddress) mailbox.get(0).getReplyTo()[1]).getAddress());
        assertEquals(body, mailbox.get(0).getContent());
    }

    protected RouteBuilder createRouteBuilder() throws Exception {
        return new RouteBuilder() {
            public void configure() throws Exception {
                from("direct:a")
                    .to("smtp://christian@localhost?subject=Camel");

                from("direct:b")
                    .to("smtp://christian@localhost?subject=Camel&replyTo=noReply1@localhost,noReply2@localhost");

                from("pop3://localhost?username=christian&password=secret&consumer.initialDelay=100&consumer.delay=100")
                    .to("mock:result");
            }
        };
    }
}


Julianne Moore is doing everything right when it comes to style!
The actress has been checking out shows in the City of Light during Paris Fashion Week while doing press for her new movie "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," so she's been keeping busy.
Every time the Oscar winner steps out she hits the mark with her fashion choices.
This time it's a half-up-half-down top knot with a fringed-back teal suede dress AND sunnies that we're totally verklempt over.


I always appreciate a good store name, and one of of my all-time favorites on Fifth was the long departed Queen in Bazaar, which sold electronics & other miscellaneous stuff. Queen in Bazaar. The combination of fractured English, punchy sales pitch & faint romance was a real pleasure. A name worth a hundred smirking Eponymys. I don't think about it that often, but when I do I'm immensely cheered. Last night, walking along the avenue, the name popped into my head, and I was trying to think what block it had been on. 14th? 13th perhaps? I went by 11th, the Dreamy's Mattress store, & right above the orange awning, surrounded by scaffolding, like some message from the gods, there it was, uncovered. How strange is that?
I've walked past this Wig Drop box on Van Brunt many times, but today was the first time I ever saw an actual donation.
Shelter from the elements is rapidly disappearing on the 4th Avenue F & G platforms, as the asbestos removal kicks in. At least I think that's what's going on.
5th Avenue between Prospect & 17th was still blocked off this afternoon, and there were still plenty of Fire Department & Red Cross staff at the scene. Also still there - a crowd of stunned onlookers. Most of the block on the eastern side of Fifth looks pretty devastated, with damage also extending up 17th.
Read this EV Grieve piece about visits to the late Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge. Quite a scene.
IMBY looks at the current state of the OTB corner.
Today saw the last post by Andy Vernon Jones, who has been photographing Red Hook residents & their neighbourhood for the last couple of years. If you haven't checked out any of his excellent portraits before, take a look.
Go on. Do it. And check out this great blog while you're at it.
The tenderness of late afternoon light on Fifth Ave.
Perhaps the handful of people who follow this blog are tired of this kind of thing. I can never get enough of these modest, painted brick buildings, & their quiet moments of glory. Double click on the image to see that streaked window up close.


It is mid March 2011 already and I haven't made a post since before Christmas last year…. the truth is that I have just been taking time out to reflect and spend more time with family and friends.
I did, however, have a wonderful trip to Africa late in January… a photography trip organized by Ryan Snider of Socially Responsible Safaris and David Duchemin, world and humanitarian photographer.
The other photographers on the trip were a fantastic group and we exchanged ideas, forged friendships and had many funny moments together. I just loved Kenya, the landscape, light, people and, of course, the extraordinary wildlife. A picture is worth a thousand words though…. here are some of my favourite images from the trip.


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Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
Queen Elizabeth II in the House of Lords in May during the state opening of Parliament. A wave of encouragement and support erupted after news of her coronavirus infection.Credit …Pool photo by Chris Jackson
By Sunday afternoon, the news that Queen Elizabeth II had contracted the coronavirus had filtered through London with news alerts on phones bringing the information to many going about their weekend business. But as the general public and political leaders reacted, many were quick to reflect about how the news came as the government plans to roll back the last remaining coronavirus restrictions.
A number of people said that the queen's illness had driven home just how susceptible the broader population was to the virus.
"It doesn't have boundaries, that's what it's telling us," said Hussein Ahmed, 34, who was waiting for a bus in North London. "It does not give a damn about whether you are the queen or a king or a normal civilian, a person in high power; you are getting it. "
Gail Smith, who was walking with her friend in blustery rain in North London, said that they had seen the news and were sad and concerned for the queen. But, they added, they were not surprised to see that it had reached royal circles because there were still so many people becoming infected in London and across the rest of Britain.
"She must be the most protected high-profile person, and she's elderly," Ms. Smith said. "And she is generally quite a healthy person, but it shows how difficult it is to protect people from this."
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A wave of encouragement and support from across the nation and further afield erupted on social media on Sunday after Buckingham Palace first announced the news, with politicians and commentators weighing in.
"I'm sure I speak for everyone in wishing Her Majesty The Queen a swift recovery from Covid and a rapid return to vibrant good health," Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain wrote on Twitter.
I'm sure I speak for everyone in wishing Her Majesty The Queen a swift recovery from Covid and a rapid return to vibrant good health.
– Boris Johnson (orBorisJohnson) February 20, 2022
Other members of the government also expressed support, including Sajid Javid, the British health secretary, who wrote on Twitter that he wished "Her Majesty The Queen a quick recovery."
The chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, wished her "a speedy recovery" in his post, while the home secretary, Priti Patel, added "God save the Queen" at the end of her tweet.
Members of the opposition Labor Party also expressed their support via social media. "Get well soon, Ma'am," Keir Starmer, the party's leader, wrote on Twitter.
The 95-year-old queen, Britain's longest-serving monarch, marked the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne this month.
It was not lost on many that her infection came as the government was preparing to scrap the last restrictions and considering how people could learn to live with the coronavirus.
"24 hours before #BorisJohnson announces end of covid restrictions Queen confirmed to have virus," Andrew Pierce, a political commentator with The Daily Mail, a tabloid, wrote on Twitter"Will he now change his mind?"
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The timing of the queen's positive test was also front of mind for many on the streets of London on Sunday as they braved a gusty and windy morning.
Matt Treadwell, 47, who works in mental health for the National Health Service, said it was a further signal that the pandemic was not yet over.
"It's not a great thing for a 90-something-year-old lady to have, so I guess we are sort of wondering about how serious it is going to be," Mr. Treadwell said of the queen. But he was quick to reflect on the government shift in tone around the virus at what is still a critical time.
"The fact that no other country in the world is doing this at this time as far as I can tell does not fill me with enormous confidence," he said. "It's a political decision."
Others pointed out that the coronavirus infection was the last of an already long series of difficulties that the queen had faced not even two months into the year, including the settlement of a sexual abuse lawsuit by her son Prince Andrew; an inquiry into a charity run by her eldest son, Prince Charles; and Charles' own positive virus test.
"What more can this year throw at Her Majesty?" asked Paul Brand, editor of Britain for the ITV News channel.
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Police watchdog investigates man's death in Winnipeg police custody
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Posted November 4, 2020 3:59 pm
The IIU says it's investigating after a 40-year-old man died in the custody of Winnipeg police early Wednesday.	 THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after Winnipeg police say a man arrested early Wednesday died in custody.
Police released very little information about the incident Wednesday morning, only saying a man arrested during a traffic stop in the Elmwood area around 1 a.m. died after he "was observed to be in medical distress" while in custody.
Read more: IIU investigating after man dies in RCMP holding cell
They say the man was given first aid before being taken by ambulance to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba gave more details in a release later Wednesday.
Early this morning, officers arrested a male. While in custody, the male was seen to be in medical distress, first aid was administered. He was transported to hospital and has since been pronounced deceased. The IIU has been notified and will assume investigative responsibility.
— Winnipeg Police (@wpgpolice) November 4, 2020
According to the IIU, the traffic stop was related to drug offences and happened in the lane of Talbot Avenue.
The watchdog's account says a 40-year-old man was taken into custody and taken to the WPS central processing unit and placed under observation.
They say the man was "observed to be in medical distress and unresponsive" around 3:11 a.m. and died after receiving first aid and after being taken to St. Boniface Hospital by ambulance.
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Because the investigation involves a fatality, the IIU says a request for a civilian monitor will be made to the Manitoba Police Commission.
The police watchdog is asking anyone with information or video footage that may help investigators to contact the IIU at 1-844-667-6060.
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Aerial America
Some people like to hop in a car to take a road trip across America, visiting as many landmarks as possible along the way. Since such a trek can take a while to complete, taking a flight across America might be a better option for some people. "Aerial America" takes viewers on such a flight, offering rare looks at some of the nation's best-loved landmarks from high in the sky. Cameras capture the history and pageantry of America as they zoom over busy cityscapes and quiet, rural lands. Many episodes focus on a specific state, showcasing highlights of the state's beauty, while others revolve around themes such as the best small towns and natural wonders found in the country.
Air Disasters
Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.
Air Warriors
"Air Warrriors" puts the spotlight on some of the airplanes that have been used by American forces in combat battles through the years. The program profiles the dedicated pilots and other team members who fly and maintain the aircraft. Rarely seen combat footage and pilots' stories help bring to life the journeys that have been taken by the flying machines, which include a plane-chopper hybrid that saves lives and an attack helicopter that is called the Black Death by America's enemies.
Eight Days That Made Rome
Award-winning historian Bettany Hughes takes viewers on an adventure, from the defeat of the Carthaginian Empire, Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River, and Constantine's conversion to Christianity. Her travels take her across Italy's ancient sites and into the psyches of the emperors, gladiators, and generals of the Roman Empire. Join her as she explores the rise and fall of one of history's most incredile reigns -- and it all took eight days.
Disasters at Sea
Shipwrecks of massive scale have rocked the world and baffled investigators, as the truth of what happened is often lost to the depths of the ocean. This series examines some of the most mysterious sea disasters within the past 50 years. These include an icy fight for survival on an Antarctic cruise, the mysterious sinking of cargo carrier MV Derbyshire in 1980, and the largest cold water rescue in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. Investigators look into the true story of the Mary Celeste, what was left behind in shipwrecks, and what might cause a crew to abandon ship.
Wild Castles
Europe's abandoned castles, once homes to royalty, are now being overtaken by wildlife and natural environments.
Some of the world's famous relics have secrets behind them that contribute to their complete stories. "Secrets" explores the mysteries relating to some of these historic landmarks to reveal the truths behind them. The latest research and forensic techniques are used to find out the stories behind the fabled cities, monuments and remnants featured on the show. Episodes include Egyptian historians on a mission to decode the mysteries of the Great Sphinx, archeologists unearthing secrets of Richard III, and an investigation into whether the bust of Nefertiti is real or a hoax.
The Pacific War in Color
The Pacific War was unlike any other conflict. Witness the scale and scope of it and the savagery used by the varying parties. Attacks such as Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki that were the major pieces of the war to all the smaller conflicts in between. Viewers see color combat footage from those who experienced it firsthand-- marines, airmen, and sailors. Footage also reveals the brutal reality of life on the frontline during this major conflict.
Hell Below
Stories of some of the greatest and deadliest submarine patrols of World War II.
America in Color
In the early years of TV, from its invention in the 1920s until the mid-'60s, most shows were broadcast in black and white before color TV gained in popularity and become economically viable for broadcasters. That means many historic pieces of video -- including rare home movies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Nixon-Kennedy debate -- have all been relegated to being viewed in the colorless format. "America in Color" looks to change that by restoring and colorizing archival footage from the early 20th century through the '60s. Producers meticulously researched the original colors to make sure the tones are correct when they use revolutionary methods to add the proper hues to footage that looks different than when people have seen it previously. Each episode of the hourlong series highlights newly restored footage from a specific decade in the history of the medium. Actor Liev Schreiber narrates the five-part series.
Angkor Revealed
Follows an archaeological team in Cambodia as it uncovers the mysteries of Angkor Wat.
China From Above
China is a land full of extreme contrasts with its great blending of skyscrapers and ancient civilizations. The steep river valleys and harsh desert landscapes provide an epic cross-country journey that spans nearly 5,000 years of history. Soar over the valleys and other natural wonders like Mount Everest and man-made wonders like the Great Wall of China. With incredible aerial views and stories from those on the ground, take a step into exploring the landscapes of China.
Drinks, Crime and Prohibition
Prohibition failed to see America sober. It weakened the country's respect for the law, organized crime became more pronounced, and the streets were turned into warzones. However, because of it, it caused an expasion of the United States prison system and federal criminal law enforcement. Delve deep into the area of speakeasies, the 1920s, bootlegging, and the legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks in the United States from 1920 to 1933.
Aerial Africa
Soar above the majesty of Africa with "Aerial Africa" to experience and see parts of the country that can be seen by air. The series highlights the natural beauty of the African landscapes including --the wildlife rich savannahs and straight into the deep history and earliest civilizations. Viewers also explore famous personalities of those who left a very permanent imprint on the country including a Xhosa boy who grew up to be Nelson Mandela, and Scottish explorer Dr. David Livingstone. Fly above Western Cape, the Wild South Coast, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia.
Combat Ships
Some of the greatest warships have gone on to shape the history of the world and have even pushed their crews into unbelievable and incredible acts of bravery. Take a look at the very first submarine which is rumored to have lurked beneath New York harbor during the Revolutionary War, the smaller ships that rescued thousands from Dunkirk, or the destroyer in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Over the years, conflicts and wars have prompted extreme advances to ship designs and now they are faster, stronger, and smarter than ever before.
Rock 'N' Roll Inventions
Technology has significantly changed the music industry over the years, with inventions like the electric guitar and synthesizers changing the way music is performed and heard. This documentary series tracks the history of inventions in music, with each episode built around a theme, including devices that allow people to listen to music and how technology has changed the experience of going to a rock `n' roll concert. From the wind-up gramophone to digital downloads and concerts utilizing laser shows and giant video screens, the series runs the gamut from early innovations to the latest technology. Among the people discussing the evolution of innovations are musical artists Moby, Martha Reeves and Graham Nash.
The Russian Revolution in Color
Motivation and key moments in the Russian Revolution revealed through footage, personal accounts and letters.
Carriers at War
These super carriers have always been a vital part of the U.S. Navy. These powerful metal beasts are capable of carrying billions of dollars' worth of aircraft to hostile locations to bring air power against the enemies. This is an in-depth look at what makes these super carriers function and into everyday life aboard their decks. Viewers get a look into how they are built and to the jobs required to keep them all running smoothly.
The Middle East has an impact on religious, scientific and cultural development in the West.
Stories From the Vaults
Every year millions of people visit Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian Institution, which includes the National Air and Space Museum and the National Portrait Gallery among the sections of the multifaceted complex, but they don't see everything there is to see. In this series, actor Tom Cavanaugh takes viewers behind the scenes of the tourist attractions and into the private rooms, high-tech vaults and cutting-edge research labs that aren't part of the museums' regular tours. Cavanaugh reveals artifacts and rarely seen treasures that visitors miss. The show discusses each object's origin, how it is being preserved and studied, and what each thing might tell us.
Mighty Cruise Ships
A behind-the-scenes look at the voyages of a variety of cruise-ship voyages.
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Given that we fully remember Reese Witherspoon when she was 18, we're finding it hard to believe that she now has an 18-year-old daughter herself, but facts are facts. The duo walked the red carpet together last night for the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards, and it seems that as Ava Phillippe gets older, she and Witherspoon only look more alike. Phillippe, who will make her debutante debut next month in Paris wearing Giambattista Valli Haute Couture (she'll be one of just six Americans), posed alongside her mom in a printed tea-length dress and platform sandals. And speaking of being 18, we dug up a photo of Witherspoon on the red carpet at the same age in 1994, and the similarities between the mother and daughter are uncanny, from their hair to their face shape.
Below, see for yourself how much Witherspoon and her daughter, Ava, look alike these days.
Next up, see how grown up Heidi Klum's adorable daughter is now.