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George Benjamin Luks (13 de agosto de 1867 - 29 de octubre de 1933) fue un artista estadounidense, identificado con la Ashcan School of American Painting.

Después de viajar y estudiar en Europa, Luks trabajó como ilustrador de periódicos en Filadelfia, donde se convirtió en parte de un grupo muy unido, dirigido por Robert Henri, que se dispuso a desafiar los valores refinados impuestos por la influyente Academia Nacional de Diseño. Sus pinturas más conocidas reflejan la vida de los pobres y los más necesitados del Lower East Side de Manhattan.

Juventud

Luks nació en Williamsport, Pensilvania, hijo de inmigrantes centroeuropeos. Su padre era boticario y su madre pintora y música aficionada. La familia Luks finalmente se mudó a Pottsville, en el sur de Pensilvania, cerca de las minas de carbón. En este entorno, aprendió sobre la pobreza y la compasión al observar a sus padres ayudar a las familias de los mineros del carbón.

Luks comenzó su vida laboral en el vodevil. Con su hermano menor tocaron en el circuito de vodevil de Pensilvania y Nueva Jersey a principios de la década de 1880 cuando aún eran adolescentes.  Dejó las actuaciones cuando decidió seguir una carrera como artista. Luks supo desde muy joven que quería ser artista y estudió brevemente en la Academia de Bellas Artes de Pensilvania antes de viajar a Europa, donde asistió a varias escuelas de arte y estudió a los Viejos Maestros. (Se convirtió en un particular admirador de la pintura española y holandesa, especialmente de la obra de Velázquez y Frans Hals.) La energía y la técnica de Manet también atrajeron a Luks.  Más tarde fue a Düsseldorf, donde vivió con un pariente lejano, supuestamente domador de leones retirado, y tomó clases en la Escuela de Arte de Düsseldorf. Después abandonó Düsseldorf por las esferas más estimulantes de Londres y París. En 1893, regresó a Filadelfia, donde finalmente encontró trabajo como ilustrador para la Philadelphia Press.

"La experiencia de Luks como artista-reportero del Press resultó fundamental para su carrera, no tanto por el trabajo que realizó como por los amigos de toda la vida que adquirió".  Trabajando en ese periódico, conoció a John Sloan, William Glackens y Everett Shinn. Estos se reunían para reuniones semanales, tanto sociales como intelectuales, en el estudio de Robert Henri, un pintor de talento varios años mayor que ellos. Henri animó a sus amigos más jóvenes a leer a Whitman, Emerson, Zola e Ibsen, así como el libro Talks on Art de William Morris Hunt y Modern Painting de George Moore. Irritado por las limitaciones de la Tradición Genteel, quería que consideraran la necesidad de un nuevo estilo de pintura que hablara más de su propio tiempo y experiencia. Henri fue un persuasivo defensor de la descripción vigorosa de la vida ordinaria; creía que los pintores estadounidenses necesitaban evitar los temas refinados y el pulido academicismo y aprender a pintar más rápidamente.  En Luks, tenía un oyente atento, pero también un hombre que nunca se sentiría cómodo en el papel de acólito.

En 1896, Luks se mudó a Nueva York y comenzó a trabajar como dibujante para el New York World de Joseph Pulitzer, donde una de sus asignaciones fue dibujar la popular serie de tiras cómicas Hogan's Alley. Luks comenzó a dibujar Yellow Kid después de que su creador, Richard F. Outcault,  se cambiara al New York Journal de W.R. Hearst.   Durante su tiempo como ilustrador allí, vivió con William Glackens.  Junto con Everett Shinn y Robert Henri, Glackens animó a Luks a dedicar más tiempo a la pintura seria.  Lo que siguió fueron varios años productivos en los que Luks pintó algunos de los ejemplos más vigorosos de lo que se llamaría "arte Ashcan".

"Los ocho"

El rechazo de muchas de sus pinturas por las exposiciones de la poderosa y conservadora Academia Nacional de Diseño motivó a los seguidores de Henri a formar su propio grupo de exhibición independiente. Compuesto por Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson y Maurice Prendergast, el grupo expuso como "Los Ocho" en enero de 1908. Su exposición en las Macbeth Galleries en Nueva York fue un evento significativo en la promoción del arte estadounidense del siglo XX. Aunque los estilos de "Los Ocho" diferían mucho (Davies, Lawson y Prendergast no eran realistas urbanos), lo que unificó al grupo fue su defensa de las oportunidades de exposición libres del sistema de jurados, así como su creencia en el contenido y las técnicas de pintura que eran no necesariamente sancionadas por la Academia.  La exposición itinerante organizada por John Sloan que siguió a la muestra de Nueva York llevó las pinturas a Chicago, Indianápolis, Toledo, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Bridgeport y Newark y ayudó a promover un debate nacional sobre el nuevo realismo que representaba la escuela Ashcan. Feeding the Pigs y Mammy Groody de Luks fueron vistos como ejemplos de esta nueva visión que muchos amantes del arte no estaban dispuestos a aceptar.

Escuela Ashcan

Luks pintó temas de la clase trabajadora y escenas de la vida urbana, los sellos distintivos del realismo de Ashcan, con gran entusiasmo. "Hester Street" (1905), en la colección del Museo de Brooklyn, capta la vida de los inmigrantes judíos a través de la representación vigorosamente pintada de Luks de compradores, vendedores ambulantes, paseantes casuales y curiosos espectadores con la variedad étnica que caracterizó a la Nueva York de principios de siglo. La obra de Luks tipifica las escenas de la vida real pintadas por los artistas de la Escuela Ashcan. Hester Street también demuestra la capacidad de Luks para manipular con eficacia composiciones llenas de gente y capturar expresiones y gestos, así como detalles de fondo arenosos.  Allen Street (1905) y Houston Street (1917) tienen el mismo éxito en este sentido. El Lower East Side fue una rica fuente de material visual para George Luks.

La Escuela Ashcan desafió con éxito a las instituciones académicas de arte, y la autoridad de la Academia Nacional de Diseño como árbitro cultural declinó a lo largo de la década de 1910. En un momento en que la ficción realista de Theodore Dreiser y Frank Norris ganaba una audiencia más amplia y cuando los periodistas llamaban la atención sobre las condiciones de los barrios marginales en las ciudades estadounidenses, los pintores de Ashcan desempeñaron un papel en la ampliación del sentido de lo que es un tema adecuado para el arte. Sin embargo, la diferencia entre los escritores realistas y los periodistas de mentalidad social, por un lado, y los pintores, por el otro, era que los artistas de Ashcan no veían su obra principalmente como una crítica social o política.

El primer uso conocido de la terminología "lata de cenizas" ("ash can") para describir el movimiento fue de Art Young, en 1916,  pero el término se aplicó más tarde no solo al círculo de Henri, sino también a pintores como George Bellows (otro alumno de Henri), Jerome Myers, Gifford Beal, Glenn Coleman, Carl Sprinchorn y Mabel Dwight e incluso a los fotógrafos Jacob Riis y Lewis Hine, quienes retrataron los barrios obreros de Nueva York de una manera a veces brutalmente realista.

En 1905, Luks pintó dos de sus obras más famosas, que son íconos de la escuela Ashcan: The Spielers, ahora en la colección de la Addison Gallery of American Art, y The Wrestlers, ahora en la colección del Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston.

Estas dos pinturas también ilustran aspectos radicalmente diferentes del temperamento de Luks. En The Spielers, dos chicas jóvenes bailan frenéticamente y sus rostros alegres forman un atractivo contraste con sus manos mugrientas.

Luks retrata la capacidad de los niños de clase trabajadora para experimentar placer a pesar de sus circunstancias. Sentimental o no, pintó la verdad, tal como la veía, como escribió su amigo Everett Shinn.  The Wrestlers, por otro lado, es un testimonio de la bravuconería masculina, un enorme lienzo suntuosamente pintado en el que un hombre fornido ha sido tumbado en la lona por otro; el rostro del luchador derrotado, al revés, nos mira fijamente. La pose está contorsionada, cada músculo sobresale y la pintura refleja el sudor y la tensión del combate.

Luks era respetado como un maestro de los fuertes contrastes de color. Cuando fue entrevistado sobre el tema, dijo: "¡Te contaré el secreto! El color es simplemente luz y sombra. No necesitas rosa, gris o azul mientras tengas volumen. El rosa y el azul cambian con la luz o el tiempo. El volumen perdura."

Aunque Luks es más conocido por sus representaciones de la vida de Nueva York, también pintó paisajes y retratos y fue un consumado acuarelista. Su percepción visual era aguda, sin importar el género, señaló el crítico de arte Sadakichi Hartmann.  En años posteriores, pintó retratos de sociedad (por ejemplo, Society Girl). Sin embargo, su estilo no fue uniforme a lo largo de su carrera. The Cafe Francis (1906) contiene más toques impresionistas que sus habituales escenas oscuras de la vida urbana de la clase baja,  y su interés por la precisión documental varió. Sulky Boy (1908), por ejemplo, representa al hijo de un médico del Hospital Bellevue que trató a Luks por alcoholismo, pero se nota que Luks estaba más preocupado por representar el comportamiento del niño que en transmitir una representación auténtica del entorno.

Al igual que Henri y Sloan, Luks también fue maestro, primero en la Arts Students League en West 57th Street en Manhattan y, luego, al otro lado de la calle en una escuela que él mismo estableció, que permaneció abierta hasta el momento de su muerte. Una alumna suya, la pintora Elsie Driggs, lo recordaba como una fuerza carismática en el aula.  Disfrutaba de la adulación de sus alumnos y era un gran narrador. No estaba interesado en predicar los principios del arte moderno; su compromiso era con el realismo y la observación directa.

Su obra también fue parte del evento de pintura en la competencia de arte en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1932.

Personalidad

Luks era un rebelde nato y una de las personalidades más distintivas del arte estadounidense. "Es Puck. Es Calibán. Es Falstaff", escribió su contemporáneo, el crítico de arte James Gibbons Huneker.  Como muchos de los expresionistas abstractos posteriores rara vez podía retractarse de un desafío. Se enorgullecía de ser conocido como el "chico malo" del arte estadounidense, le gustaba caracterizarse a sí mismo como creado completamente por sí mismo y minimizó la influencia de Robert Henri, o cualquier contemporáneo, en su desarrollo artístico.  Era dado a declaraciones hiperbólicas y, a menudo, era intencionalmente vago sobre los detalles autobiográficos, prefiriendo mantener un aura de misterio automitificante. Se sentía tan a gusto en una taberna como en un museo o una galería. Luks siempre fue un gran bebedor, y su amigo y antiguo compañero de cuarto, William Glackens, a menudo tenía que desvestirlo y llevarlo a la cama después de una noche de borrachera y libertinaje.  Aunque muchas fuentes confirman esta tendencia, también lo caracterizan como un hombre de buen corazón que se hizo amigo de las personas que vivían al límite y que se convirtieron en sujetos de sus obras de arte. Los ejemplos de esto son numerosos: por ejemplo, Widow McGee (1902) o The Old Duchess and The Rag Picker (ambas de 1905), en las que Luks retrató con sensibilidad a mujeres mayores y desvalidas que conocían las duras realidades de la calle.  Luks era una paradoja: un hombre de enorme egoísmo y una gran generosidad de espíritu.

Muerte
Luks fue encontrado muerto en un portal por la policía en las primeras horas de la mañana del 29 de octubre de 1933, después de una pelea en un bar.  Ira Glackens, el hijo de William Glackens, escribió sobre la muerte de Luks que, contrariamente al relato del periódico que afirma que el pintor había sucumbido cuando se dirigía a pintar el cielo del amanecer, había sido asesinado a golpes en un altercado con uno de los clientes de un bar cercano. A su funeral asistieron familiares, ex alumnos y amigos del pasado y del presente. Fue enterrado con un chaleco bordado del siglo XVIII, una de sus posesiones más preciadas.  Luks se casó dos veces pero no tuvo hijos. Está enterrado en el cementerio de Fernwood en Royersford, Pensilvania.

Exposiciones seleccionadas

 1904: Club Nacional de las Artes (Luks, Glackens, Henri, Sloan, Davies, Prendergast)
 1908: Exposición de The Macbeth Galleries de The Eight
 1913: The Armory Show (se incluyeron seis pinturas de Luks)
 1937: Realistas de Nueva York, Museo Whitney de Arte Americano
 1943: The Eight, Museo de Arte de Brooklyn
 1992: Pintores de un nuevo siglo: los ocho y el arte estadounidense, Museo de Brooklyn
 1994: George Luks: Las acuarelas redescubiertas, Museo de Arte de Canton
 1995: Vidas metropolitanas: los artistas Ashcan y su Nueva York, Museo Nacional de Arte Americano
 1997: Galería Owen, Nueva York, 1997
 2000: City Life Around the Eight, Museo Metropolitano de Arte
 2007: Los placeres de la vida: el pincel con el ocio de los artistas de Ashcan, 1895-1925, Sociedad histórica de Nueva York
 2009: Los ocho y los modernismos estadounidenses, Museo de Arte de Milwaukee

Lista seleccionada de obras de arte

 El carro del carnicero (1901), Instituto de Arte de Chicago
 La sombrerera (1905), Museo de Arte de Toledo
 The Spielers (1905), Galería Addison de Arte Americano
 Los luchadores (1905), Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston
 The Rag Picker (1905), colección privada
 La vieja duquesa (1905), Museo Metropolitano de Arte
 Hester Street (1905), Museo de Arte de Brooklyn
 The Cafe Francis (1906), Instituto Butler de Arte Americano
 Mujer con guacamayos (1907), Instituto de Artes de Detroit
 Niño malhumorado (1908), Colección Phillips
 La guitarra (Retrato del hermano del artista con su hijo) (1908), Museo de Arte Americano de Westmoreland
 El río de Nueva York, Nueva York (1910), colección privada
 Niñeras, High Bridge Park, colección privada
 Niño con béisbol (1925), Museo Metropolitano de Arte

Alumnos
Sus alumnos incluyeron a Norman Raeben, Elsie Driggs y John Alan Maxwell .

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Marrón, Milton. Pintura estadounidense desde el Armory Show hasta la Depresión. Princeton: Prensa de la Universidad de Princeton, 1955.
 Gambone, Robert L. La vida en la prensa: el arte popular y las ilustraciones de George Benjamin Luks. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
 Glackens, Ira. William Glackens y la escuela Ash Can: el surgimiento del realismo en el arte estadounidense. Nueva York: Corona, 1957.
 Hughes, Roberto. Visiones americanas: la historia épica del arte en América. Nueva York: Knopf, 1997.
 Huneker, James Gibbons. beduinos. Nueva York: Scribners, 1920.
 Cazador, Sam . Pintura y escultura americana moderna. Nueva York: Dell, 1959.
 Kennedy, Isabel (ed. ) Los Ocho y los Modernismos americanos. Chicago: Prensa de la Universidad de Chicago, 2009.
 Loughery, John. "El misterioso George Luks". Arts Magazine (diciembre de 1987), págs. 34–35.
 O'Toole, Judith Hansen. "George Luks: un legado artístico". Nueva York: Owen Gallery (catálogo sin paginar), 1997.
 O'Toole, Judith Hansen. "George Luks: pícaro, narrador y realista" (págs. 91-108) en Elizabeth Kennedy (ed. ). Los Ocho y los Modernismos Americanos. Chicago: Prensa de la Universidad de Chicago, 2009.
 O'Toole, Judith Hansen. "George Luks: Las acuarelas redescubiertas". Canton, OH: Museo de Arte de Canton (catálogo de la exposición), 1994.
 Perlman, Bennard B. Pintores de la Escuela Ashcan: Los Ocho Inmortales. Nueva York: Dover, 1979.

Enlaces externos

 Ejemplos de la obra de Luks 1
 Ejemplos de la obra de Luks 2
 Ejemplos de la obra de Luks 3
 Ejemplos de la obra de Luks 4
 Catálogos de exposiciones de George Luks (pdf completo) de las bibliotecas del Museo Metropolitano de Arte
Artistas de historietas de Estados Unidos
Ilustradores de Estados Unidos
Artistas de la ciudad de Nueva York
Pintores del arte moderno
Pintores de Estados Unidos del siglo XX
Pintores de Estados Unidos del siglo XIX
Fallecidos en 1933
Nacidos en 1867

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Croatia defender Dejan Lovren's nightmare club performance when he faced Harry Kane and Tottenham last October is irrelevant, he said on as he prepared to take on the England striker again in this evening's World Cup semi-final.
Lovren has been a rock for Croatia at the World Cup and did not want to dwell on the memories of his performance for Liverpool against Tottenham where he was substituted after 31 minutes in a 4-1 defeat.
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Lovren said that Croatia would not feel any ill-effects after being taken to extra-time in both of their knock-out matches against Denmark and Russia.
"It's not the same if you play two 90-minute games, but I believe we have had ample time to recover," he said. "I'm perfectly fit and ready and I can say the same for my team mates. We know what is at stake, and in such moments you forget any fatigue you may feel because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

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Interfaith service, Sydney, THIS Sunday 21 April, 3pm *Book Club news including Anne Deveson's new book * Retreat at Mana * Links to supportive talks and articles * Bookstore support * A beautiful prayer of appreciation for this day.
Welcome to this month's Universal Heart Newsletter – and to Book Club news also. And if you are near or in Sydney this Sunday please also know how very welcome you would be at this month's interfaith service. It's special and rather sad because Ian Pearson, minister at Pitt Street, is leaving after 10 years, and after seven years committed involvement with our services there. We are celebrating those years with even more music than usual, and a hugely uplifting theme and readings. Everyone is welcome – and do take a minute to pass this invitation on to others. (Details of the service at the end of this newsletter.) I notice people always leave feeling lighter and uplifted. And oh how badly we all need that.
It's been my impression, from the news and from social media, that the painful, painful events at the Boston marathon have renewed for so many of us a determination to live appreciatively every day. That inspired my choice of prayer at the end of this newsletter. Just as crucially, it is a reminder how imperative it is to keep up our peace making efforts so that small as well as great acts of violence become a thing of the past. Is that a pipe-dream? I don't believe so. It does, though, take people committing individually as well as collectively to a life of peace, justice and care…the very values we promote, think about and share here at the Universal Heart Network. That confidence is also shared in Waging Peace, a new memoir from the wonderful Anne Deveson which is my choice for this month's Universal Heart Book Club.
I'd love you to visit the Book Club regularly. There are now many choices to guide you towards books worth reading – and for those of you keen to write there are articles that support that, including one this month from Sophie Masson on "Authors Unlimited" a new e-publishing initiative from the Australian Society of Authors. Through the Book Club or directly you can effectively support this Network by buying virtually any book through the "Stephanie Dowrick Bookstore" which is a far from glamorous website, but is well run by Collins/Seek. All books are discounted, and each book sold returns a small % which is our sole support for this Network. As always, I send heartfelt thanks to those of you who are choosing this way of buying your books – it really helps.
This year's Easter Retreat which ended earlier this month was particularly lovely. If you had considered it but missed it know that I will be teaching again at the wonderful Mana Retreat Centre, Coromandel, New Zealand, from 3-6, 6-9 October. The three additional days are for those who want extra time, silence, rest and reflection. I cannot begin to describe to you how effectively a retreat helps our inner peace-making – where outer peace-making must always start. It is also a profoundly refreshing way to spend time with other people – and yourself. Please enquire now, even though it is some months away. The retreats fill and I always want there to be places for Universal Heart Networkers. Shuttles or ferry available from Auckland. Mana can help organise that. Retreat details and booking at their website: web address is http://www.manaretreat.com Telephone: (NZ) 07 866 8972.
Details follow in full for this Sunday's interfaith service. Plus a most beautiful verse from the yogic tradition. I'd love you also to take a quiet moment to think who might benefit from your sharing of any part of this email.
And, to close, a quiet moment to wish you peace of mind, love and laughter in the month ahead.
These services are genuinely inclusive and may meet your needs for a time of peace and renewal. We offer readings and reflections from different traditions, shared prayers and brief meditations, a short inspirational talk and always beautiful music. This Sunday we farewell dear Rev Ian Pearson, and will also host Reverend Hilary Star from Auckland Interfaith community. Details: Pitt Street Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000. Nearest cross Street is Park. Some street parking available. Excellent public transport (nr Town Hall). We do ask you to arrive a little before 3pm as we must start promptly. The service is about 75 minutes with tea and coffee afterwards for those who can stay. You can also join the community singing with Sydney Sings director Liz Lecoanet at 1.15-2.15pm (before the service). A lovely treat.
Look to this day. For it is life.
In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence.
For yesterday is now a dream.
Tomorrow is just a vision.
But today, when lived well, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness.
And every tomorrow, a vision of hope.


Pippin Barr (Assistant Professor, Design and Computation Arts) along with his collaborator David Wolinsky (creator of the Don't Die interview series) has created and released the first season of the new podcast GAMETHING, an interpretive and strange series of audio responses to diverse videogames. From Alone in the Dark (1992) to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012), Pippin and David offer their responses rather than their opinions. Guest-hosted by a Markov-chain generated poet.


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Q: ASP.NET (4.8) with AppPool Identity - How to impersonate current user during a single HTTP Client request instead of App Pool Identity I have an ASP.NET Framework 4.8 app that runs in IIS under the App Pool Identity, but I have several HTTP Client requests in the app to services on the same machine that need to execute as the current user instead of the App Pool Identity. What's the best way to do this?
I've tried the impersonation solutions I've found on StackOverflow, but those didn't work, and the HTTP requests still ran as the App Pool Identity.

A: Here is an example of how to set a user "abc" as impersonation authentication.
This is a Framework 4.8 Web Form application generated from visual studio by default.
I add "Response.Write(System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name);" in the default.aspx to show which user is being used now.

If you check this website you can find it is using the APP Pool identity.

Now in the IIS Authenticaion module: disable "Anoymous Authentication";enable "Windows Authentication"; enable "ASP.NET Impersonation" and set up your user.

After this set up, you can see it is user "abc" now

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Q: How to reset a systemd timer? Somehow my ubuntu got confused and it set the time a month ahead. apt-daily.timer got triggered and run at the false time. Now the time is correct but as the timer ran in the future, systemctl list-timers say apt-daily.timer will run again in a month!
I need to find a way to solve this.
I've looked at the wrong column -last- in systemctl list-timers.
I should have looked at "next". As the answer, I guess it got corrected automatically. So the question was tainted. I am sorry.
I guess stopping and starting resets the timer too.

A: I would expect timers to be corrected automatically but as you indicate this is not happening try:
systemctl stop apt-daily.timer
systemctl start apt-daily.timer


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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;

[RequireComponent(typeof(ParticleSystem))]
public class ParticlesController : MonoBehaviour
{
	public Color    color = Color.white;
	public Vector3 segmentDir = new Vector3(1.0f, 0, 0);
	public float StartAngle = 0.0f;

	private Mesh m_Mesh;
	private int[] m_Indices;
	private Vector2[] m_UVs;

	ParticleSystem.Particle[] particles;
	ParticleSystem mPrSystem;
	int mCurrCount = 0;

	static int MaxValueToHide = 10000;

	private int mVertexCount = 0;
	void Awake ()
	{
		mPrSystem = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>();
		mPrSystem.Play();
	}

	void Start()
	{
	}

	void LateUpdate() {
		UpdateSegments();
	}

	public void UpdateSegments()
	{
		if(particles == null) {
			return;
		}

		mPrSystem.SetParticles(particles, mPrSystem.particleCount);
	}

	public bool IsReadyToUse()
	{
		return mPrSystem.particleCount > 0;
	}

	public void SetVertexCount(int aCount)
	{
		if(particles == null) {
			particles = new ParticleSystem.Particle[mPrSystem.particleCount];
			mPrSystem.GetParticles(particles);
		}

		if(mCurrCount > aCount) {
			for(int i = aCount; i < mPrSystem.particleCount; i++) {
				particles[i].position = new Vector3(0, MaxValueToHide, 0);
			}
		}

		mCurrCount = aCount < mPrSystem.particleCount ? aCount : mPrSystem.particleCount;

		if(aCount > mPrSystem.particleCount) {
			Debug.LogError("SetVertexCount(): vertex count > particles cache");
		}
	}

	public void SetPosition(int aIndex, Vector3 aPosition)
	{
		if(aIndex < 0 || aIndex >= mCurrCount) {
			return;
		}

		particles[aIndex].position = aPosition;
		if(aIndex > 0) {
			Vector3 dir = (particles[aIndex].position - particles[aIndex-1].position);
			particles[aIndex].rotation = AngleAroundAxis(segmentDir, dir) + StartAngle;
			if(aIndex == 1) {
				dir = -(particles[0].position - particles[1].position);
				particles[0].rotation = AngleAroundAxis(segmentDir, dir) + StartAngle;
			}
		}
	}

	public void SetColor(int aIndex, Color aColor)
	{
		if(aIndex < 0 || aIndex >= mCurrCount) {
			return;
		}

		particles[aIndex].color = aColor;
	}

	public void SetScale(int aIndex, float scale)
	{
		if(aIndex < 0 || aIndex >= mCurrCount) {
			return;
		}

		particles[aIndex].size = scale;
	}

	static float AngleAroundAxis ( Vector3 dirA, Vector3 dirB ) {
		float res = Vector3.Angle(dirA, dirB);
		res *= Vector3.Dot(Vector3.up, Vector3.Cross(dirA, dirB)) < 0.0f ? -1.0f : 1.0f;
		return res;
	}
}

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Newsela: Many Animals are Shifting from Day to Night to Avoid People
Many Animals are Shifting from Day to Night to Avoid People
"Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says.
Scientists have long known that human activity disrupts nature. Many mammals will travel to remote areas or move around less to avoid contact with people. They also become more vigilant, and cut down on the time they spend looking for food.
The latest research found even activities like hiking and camping can scare animals. These human activities drive animals to become more active at night.
"It suggests that animals might be playing it safe around people," said Kaitlyn Gaynor, who led the study. She is an ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley. "We may think that we leave no trace when we're just hiking in the woods, but our mere presence can have lasting consequences."
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Le vol 759 Pan Am était un vol régulier assuré par un Boeing 727 de la compagnie américaine Pan Am au départ de l'aéroport international Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans. Le , l'appareil s'écrase dans la banlieue de la Nouvelle-Orléans sur des maisons de la zone résidentielle de Kenner, tout près des pistes de l'aéroport de la Nouvelle-Orléans. Les 138 passagers à bord et 7 membres d'équipage ainsi que 8 personnes se trouvant au sol y perdent la vie.

Déroulement des faits
L'appareil monte de 100 à 150 pieds lorsque l'alarme de décrochage retentit à la suite d'un cisaillement de vent. L'appareil commence à perdre de l'altitude et la piste dessous se termine. Il heurte des arbres situés  après le bout de piste. La hauteur au moment de ce premier impact est de 50 pieds. Il continue à voler encore sur  et finit sa course contre des maisons. Le bilan est de 153 victimes : tous les occupants de l'appareil plus 8 personnes au sol. L'alarme de décrochage n'a apporté aucune aide.

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Handling the Unexpected Byproduct of Success
Liz Greene
Any entrepreneur, executive, or employee will tell you that success is what they're striving for. After all, success means you've done your job well — it's the ultimate achievement. Perhaps that's why we're so often caught off guard by the stress that comes with success. Whether it's the pressure to stay on top, or the feeling of disappointment that one isn't as happy about their achievements as they feel they should be, this stress can eat away at any positive feelings of accomplishment that remain.
Stress in and of itself isn't a negative thing — it's the body's way of responding to a threat. It's designed to help human beings rise to meet challenges — and save their lives in emergencies. However, prolonged stress leads to a state of mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion that can hinder a person's ability to keep up with their work. What's more, it also puts them at risk of major damage to both their mind and body.
It's not unusual for humans to react to stress inappropriately. We snap at our loved ones, experience uncontrollable fits of rage, slip into depression, or just try to bottle everything up. Many even end up turning to drugs or alcohol to help cope with the strain. As a matter of fact, 39 percent of people who receive treatment for substance abuse state that work-related stress is a contributing factor.
When we don't deal with stress appropriately, try to ignore it, or attempt to drown it with drugs and alcohol, we set our bodies up to take the brunt of the damage. Long-term chronic stress can accelerate the aging process, harm the immune system, and even shrink brain tissue — resulting in memory loss and problems with concentration.
The Real Fix
The most important thing to do when battling stress is to face it head on. There are a number of ways to handle it, from everyday exercises to more complex solutions. It all starts with something that, although it sounds ridiculously cliche, can do a world of good — taking a deep breath.
There's a process called Sama Vritti or "equal breaths" that functions as a quick fix when you're overwhelmed. It works by inhaling through the nose for a count of four, and then exhaling for a through the nose count of four. Done for five minutes — or longer — this rhythmic breathing increases the supply of oxygen to the brain and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting a state of calm.
Another way to combat stress is to make a list of all the things that are causing worry or anxiety. Look at each item and ask if there's any way you can deal with the problem and eliminate the stress it's causing. Is it even something you have control over? Once you do that, you can work toward either removing stressors or letting go of the things you cannot control.
Take a moment to talk to your peers who are facing the same manner of stress that you are. Join a group that provides opportunities to share experiences, express anger and concerns, and seek solutions. It's amazing how much just talking about your problems can really help.
If it's all too much and you've reached the point where your mental health is suffering, or you're seeking solace in the bottom of a bottle, it's time to talk to a professional. Doctors and psychiatrists are trained to treat anxiety and depression and can help you get back to square one.
Liz Greene is a dog loving, beard envying, pop culture geek from the beautiful city of trees, Boise, Idaho. You can catch up with her latest misadventures on Instant Lo or follow her on Twitter @LizVGreene.
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The Chestnut King: Book 3 of the 100 Cupboards
Written By: N. D. Wilson
Narrated By: Russell Horton
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Henry's final battle has arrived in the third book of the bestselling 100 Cupboard series, about 100 cupboard doors leading to 100 worlds of adventure!
Hidden cupboards behind Henry's bedroom wall unlocked portals to other worlds that Henry and his cousin Henrietta couldn't resist exploring. But they made one terrible mistake— they released the undying witch Nimiane. Her goal? To drain all life from every world connected to the cupboards. Henry must seek out the Chestnut King to defeat her, but doing so comes at a price—one that will force Henry to make a terrible, irreversible choice. With the fate of the worlds and everyone Henry loves hanging in the balance, will he have the courage to do what is needed to destroy the witch once and for all?
Want to know where the cupboards came from? Don't miss the latest book in the series, The Door Before!
Praise for the 100 Cupboards series:
"A must-read series!" —The Washington Post
"This is my favorite kind of fantasy." —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Chestnut King: Book 3 of the 100 Cupboards
by N. D. Wilson


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Q: resize AVPlayerItem container view based on aspect ratio from video I have a container UIView called videoView. I add a AVPLayerLayer to that view. I do not know how to resize the videoView to be of the same proportions as the avplayer layer. Using videoGravity does not have the desired effect.
AVPlayerItem* playerItem = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:path];

_videoPlayer = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:playerItem];

AVPlayerLayer *layer = [AVPlayerLayer layer];

[_avplayerLayer setPlayer:_videoPlayer];
[_avplayerLayer setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor].CGColor];
[_avplayerLayer setVideoGravity:AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill];
[_avplayerLayer setFrame:_videoView.bounds];
[_videoView.layer addSublayer:_avplayerLayer];

I am using autolayout, and my layout would accommodate a change in the height of _videoView.

A: videoGravity will not change the frame of the view, instead it fills the current frame with the video.
i think you should inspect each video's resolution before playing it and adjust videoView's height constraint (which should be an ivar and constrained to videoView's width) multiplier. videoView width should be constrained to the screen width.


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@interface ViewController : NSViewController

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSButton *playButton;
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@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSComboBox *roomComboBox;

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Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Wim Wenders helms this unusual but intimate documentary following pioneering fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto as he prepares for a fashion show in Paris.
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1989 81 mins
Director: Wim Wenders
In 1989, Wim Wenders was commissioned to make a film about fashion and its place in contemporary society. Initially bemused by the offer, he chose to focus on a designer whose work he was familiar with and felt comfortable in, Yohji Yamamoto. The final product is an intimate portrait of a consummate professional and an engaging exploration of the visual medium.
Notebook On Cities and Clothes gradually transforms from a meditation on our relationship with fashion to an exploration of visual representation, creating a dialogue between the language of fashion and that of film. Both are rapidly changing forms of communication, whose progressiveness is often breathtaking. As Yamamoto constantly searches for new modes of expression, Wim Wenders embraces video technology, which offers more flexibility when recording such a fast-paced world.
Wim WendersYohji Yamamoto
Animation & Artists Moving Image
Lek and the Dogs
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2017 92 mins Director: Andrew Kötting
Andrew Kötting returns with an emotionally affecting and politically resonant multi-genre adaptation of Hattie Naylor's play.
Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1967 77 mins Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk's (The Beast, Immoral Tales) first feature-length work is an existential marital drama set in a bizarre wasteland populated by exotic flora and fauna.
Historical drama 2017 90 mins Director: Niles Atallah
Niles Atallah's wild, inspired history of French adventurer Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, told via puppetry, stop-motion and degraded film stock.
Forgotten the Queen
This short animation intended to accompany Andrew Kötting's feature-length Edith Walks explores the same themes around the life of Medieval queen Edith Swan Neck.
Edith Walks
Documentary 2017 61 mins Director: Andrew Kötting
Andrew Kötting undertakes a pilgrimage in honour of Edith Swan Neck, first wife of King Harold, in this eccentric odyssey in search of English identity.
The Forbidden Room
Animation & Artists Moving Image 2015 119 mins Director: Guy Maddin
Gleeful and hypnotic, Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson's phantasmagoric opus reworks improvised rushes into a demented homage to B-movies.
Paris, Texas
Drama 1984 145 mins Director: Wim Wenders
The late, great Harry Dean Stanton's finest role came as the near-mute Travis, on a journey across America to reunite his family, in Wim Wenders' moving tale of loss and redemption.
Documentary 1999 101 mins Director: Wim Wenders
Cuba's rich and colourful past comes vividly to life in this legendary, Oscar-nominated documentary from director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire).
Alice in the Cities
Road movie 1974 113 mins Director: Wim Wenders
A German writer leaving the USA finds himself unwittingly embarking on a road trip with an eight-year-old girl.
The American Friend
Film noir 1978 121 mins Director: Wim Wenders
Acclaimed director Wim Wenders, with the help of Dennis Hopper, transforms Patricia Highsmith's novel 'Ripley's Game' into a gripping European noir.
Drama-documentary 1996 79 mins Director: Wim Wenders
The origins of German cinema are given life in one of Wim Wenders' most charming and playful films, focusing on pioneering inventors, the Skladanowsky brothers.
Tokyo-Ga
Profiling one of the great directors of World Cinema, Wim Wenders delivers this moving portrait of Japanese auteur Yasujiro Ozu.
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Biopic 1980 90 mins Director: Nicholas Ray
Simultaneously a love letter and a farewell, this documentary charts the last few months of acclaimed director Nicholas Ray through the eyes of Wim Wenders.
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Fantasy 1987 128 mins Director: Wim Wenders
In director Wim Wenders' (Paris, Texas) most metaphysical work, a guardian angel desires nothing more than to be human. Presented in a stunning new restoration.
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Crime 1971 103 mins Director: Wim Wenders
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Michelle Williams teams up with Wim Wenders in this fascinating portrait of the contrasting worldviews between a dedicated missionary and a paranoid war veteran.


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Hamilton Toplines: November 7-13, 2020
Last week's U.S. election coverage from Russian state media continued to feature familiar themes, including claims of fraud, criticism of mainstream media coverage of the election, and condemnation of social media platforms for election-related issues. While RT also covered last week's CISA-issued statement about the security of the U.S. election, the preponderance of coverage amplified allegations of election malfeasance, including a retracted allegation of postal fraud. Russian diplomats and state media also trumpeted the Russian-brokered peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan following weeks of hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian state media emphasized Russia's role in the peace deal, the idea that Russia had saved Armenia, and the idea that Armenia should be grateful to Russia, while also providing coverage of unrest that followed the announcement of the deal. While Russian state media coverage of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine announcement was fairly limited, they warned that much is unknown about the vaccine, relayed Russian officials' claims that the Sputnik V vaccine is just as—or more—effective than the new vaccine, and questioned the logistics of vaccine distribution plans in the United States. A small amount of content covered alleged controversies involving Pfizer. This response comes amid a steady beat of Russian state media and officials touting Russia's vaccine progress, as well as global orders for Sputnik V. After relatively sparse coverage of U.S. politics during the election, Chinese state media finally dedicated significant space to the U.S. elections last week, with nine of the ten most-shared Chinese state media stories on Facebook covering the election. China's Foreign Ministry congratulated president-elect Biden on November 13, sparking a wave of congratulatory tweets from several embassies and diplomats. While most coverage of Biden was positive or at least neutral, his declaration to the Japanese prime minister that the United States considers the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands (disputed between Japan and China) as part of Japan drew some criticism from Chinese state media and an official rebuke from the MFA. The news that the U.S. Department of Commerce would delay the enforcement of a ban on TikTok was also covered by every Chinese state media outlet (as well as by a few diplomats) and framed as an "easing-off amid the changing political landscape." Iranian state media similarly acknowledged Biden as the winner of the election last week, while continuing to deride U.S. democracy and its institutions as chaotic, broken, and illegitimate. Trump was mentioned by name 106 times in official Iranian tweets, while Biden was mentioned only 47 times. Finally, Iranian diplomats sought to remind neighbors that the United States is an inconsistent ally, and that regional relationships endure, while overseas patronage cannot be relied upon.


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Home Arts & Entertainment Priscilla Herdman Encore
Priscilla Herdman Encore
Author: Nicole Plett. Published in U.S. 1 Newspaper on March 15, 2000. All rights reserved.
As folksinger Priscilla Herdman prepares for this,
her 10th performance for the Princeton Folk Music Society, currently
celebrating its 35th anniversary year, she still remembers the first
time, when the area folk music enthusiasts "took a chance with
"The first time was a Jean Redpath cancellation," says Herdman,
in an interview from her home in the upper Hudson River Valley. "They
called me on three or four days' notice. They had an audience and
no singer. That was in May, 1978, the year after I released my first
album, `Water Lily,' and they took a chance with me."
The self-described "singer-songfinder," an interpretive singer
who has been hailed by Rolling Stone for "her elegant, perfect
pitch voice," with 10 albums to her credit and 25 years on the
national scene, performs a program of traditional and contemporary
songs at Christ Congregation Church, on Friday, March 17, at 8:15
In a folk music scene crowded with singer-songwriters, Herdman has
built a repertoire of what she considers some of the finest songs
ever written.
"I see myself as a singer. I see myself as an interpreter, as
someone who can take a song and make it something unique for myself,
maybe different from the way the songwriter would interpret it, but
without changing the intent or its feeling," says Herdman. "I
try to make it my own but also to do justice to the song in that process."
Growing up on a tree-lined street in Eastchester, New York, Herdman,
the youngest of four children, discovered her singing voice at an
early age. Her father was an electrician with his own business, and
her mother was the company bookkeeper.
"Both of my parents liked to sing, but it was my mother, Ellen,
who was the most musical. She had a wonderful voice and had played
guitar, banjo, and ukelele when she was a young woman." After
marriage and motherhood, the instruments were put in the attic, but
eventually her sister Susan brought them back to light, taking the
guitar off to college with her. "That old guitar had captured
my heart, and on my 16th birthday, a new guitar from K-Mart started
me on my way," says Herdman.
"I always seemed to love melodies and would make up songs and
sing them walking around the house — until my brother started
making fun of me, and then it became a more private thing. I also
loved songs from musical theater. Later I had 45s from shows like
`Carousel' and `Oklahoma' and I used to sing my brains out, singing
anything that had to do with musical theater." At 18 she was earning
her way through college in Iowa and New York playing in bars, coffee
houses, and church basement folk clubs.
"We listened to a lot of music on radio and television. We had
television when it first came out, my dad being an electrician, of
course. We saw Lawrence Welk, and my mom loved Mitch Miller. We had
tons of Sing Along with Mitch records."
After a three-year stint at the University of Iowa, during which she
began her coffeehouse performances in Iowa City, Herdman came back
east in the early 1970s, and, at her father's urging, finished her
degree at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, moving directly
into a job in the New York fashion industry.
Describing herself as a "painfully shy" young person, Herdman
recalls the process by which she gained enough confidence to become
a solo performer. "Singing helped me grow and be more outgoing,
and if the audience liked you it was intoxicating," she says.
"I think what happened was that when I saw that a woman like Joan
Baez could get up with a guitar and connect with all those people,
it felt like something I could do on my own."
"In the '60s, a guitar and a voice was all you needed. We never
had any classical music at home, but I used to rent classical records
from the library." In college, as an art major, she also took
up vocal lessons, but her teacher was a poor match and devastated
her hopes for developing her voice. She did not study with a voice
teacher again until she was 28 and had already been signed to Philo
"I took lessons with Odetta, who reassured me that I had a natural
voice. I had to learn to breath, to develop control, and take care
of what was there, like a runner who has to have training to use their
muscles in their right way."
In 1976, encouraged by a contract with Philo Records, Herdman gave
up her day job and moved to Philadelphia to become a professional
singer. Her first album, "The Water Lily," was released in
1977, and she began to tour, one of the few women performers on the
folk revival scene.
"When I got connected to Philo, I was 27. I had not gone after
them, but a friend sent them a tape of a live performance. One day
I heard a knock at the door, and it was the people from Philo Records.
"My first album included seven songs by a turn-of-the century
Australian folk poet, Henry Lawson, who is obscure to Americans, but
well known in Australia. It was unique. The words were set to music
by me and by others." Philo musicians Jay Ungar, fiddle and mandolin,
and Abby Newton on cello performed with Herdman on her debut album,
musicians she continues to work with. Newton is her collaborator and
co-producer.
In 1990, she began performing with Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen. Their
first collaborative CD, "Voices," was released in 1990, and
in 1997, "Voices of Winter."
Although she is coming up on her 18th wedding anniversary, Herdman
still likes to tell the tale of how she came to move to Pine Plains
in 1982, a small town of 1,000 in New York's Hudson River Valley,
where she met and married Dick Hermans all within the space of six
"I moved here after I was held up at gunpoint — for the second
time — in front of my house in Philadelphia," says Herdman.
Having made the decision to move, her friends helped her figure out
where to.
"We looked at all the places I work — Boston, Montreal, Albany,
New York, and the Hudson Valley — and located the upper Hudson
Valley as the center."
The hold-up was in October, and Herdman spent November and December
looking for rentals, finally putting an ad in the paper for something
"remote but not isolated." The first call was the house she
eventually took, a small, 1820 house in Pine Plains, a town of about
1,000. Because she could not afford rent and utilities by herself,
her friend referred her another friend who had a bookstore in a small
town nearby called Millerton. "They had our records in their store
and offered to help me find a roommate," she says.
"When I called the store the guy who answered the phone asked,
`By the way, which house is it?' It turned out it was right next door
to his own. His house was converted into three apartments, and he
didn't want to live with his renters any more. Pretty soon he said
`I'll share the house with you.' We met and settled it with a handshake.
Then I asked, `By the way, do you smoke?'
"He paused and replied, `I gave it up.' And when I asked, `When?',
he replied, `Right now.' Six months later we married," she concludes
with gusto.
Dick Hermans continues as an independent bookseller
and co-owner of Oblong Books and Music in nearby Millerton. For the
past 25 years he has also broadcast a four-hour live show for WKZE
in Connecticut called "Harmony Junction." Today the couple
are parents of a teenage daughter, and Hermans is a volunteer member
of the Pine Plains School Board.
Herdman describes her daughter, Suzanna, born in 1985, as "my
most wondrous release." Now a teenager, Suzanna has a special
interest in musical theater. Becoming a mother also gave a wondrous
boost to Herdman's career when she released "Stardreamer: Nightsongs
and Lullabies," in 1988. Co-produced with Abby Newton, as a gift
for both of their young daughters, the album won top honors from parents
organizations, and continues to break sales records. It has produced
two sequels, "Daydreamer" (1993), and her most recent solo
recording of 1998, "Moondreamer," which she describes as a
collection of lullabies for adults and children.
"Forever and Always," Herdman's album of love songs released
in 1994 on the Flying Fish label, remains an adult favorite. A bouquet
of songs spanning centuries and continents, it opens with John McCutcheon's
"This Time of Year," includes a stunning rendition of the
traditional "The Water is Wide," and takes in a unique a cappella
interpretation of Billy Joel's "And So It Goes," performed
with trio members Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen. Bill Staines' "Music
To Me" is included on the album, with Staines contributing the
harmony. Anne Hills also wrote the closing, standout track for the
album "Follow That Road," a lovely melody that features a
broad interval leap that Herdman bridges as effortlessly as if it
were a quiet chat.
"I had asked Anne if she would write a song for the album,"
Herdman recalls. "She was working on a few different ones at the
time, but when she sang this one to me over the phone, it passed my
tear test. `I think that's the closing song,' I told her."
"It's a love song to anyone," she continues, "to an old
sweetheart, to your sister, to your kid who doesn't come home enough.
It's one of my all-time favorites."
Herdman describes her process of putting together an album as "an
excruciating process involving everything from the key that the song
is in, the instruments, and the content. I look for a good story and
a beautifully crafted tune," she says. "The language or the
poetry of the song has to be wonderful.
"The unifying factor in any album is how the songs relate to each
other, as if they were a collection of short stories," she says.
"I look at myself a little bit as an editor, looking at material
and grouping it so that it makes sense, and takes you somewhere."
— Nicole Plett
Priscilla Herdman, Princeton Folk Music Society,
Christ Congregation Church, 55 Walnut Lane, Princeton, 609-799-0944.
$12 at the door. Friday, March 17, 8:15 p.m.
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Rosses Point (Irish: An Ros) (co-ordinates 54.3090 -8.5705) is a lovely seaside village situated about five and a half miles north-west of Sligo Town.
The beach at Rosses Point is very safe, with none of the unfortunate dangers which are present in the neighbouring resort of Strandhill.
Rosses Point has three beaches, each of which is divided by a rocky outcrop, with fairly shallow water and hardly any large waves, making Rosses Point an extremely safe day out for all the family.
The poet William Butler Yeats and his brother, the artist Jack B Yeats, spent many of their summer holidays at Elsinore Lodge (now sadly in ruins), in Rosses Point.
Elsinore Lodge belonged to the Middleton Family, grandparents of the famous Yeats brothers and owners of the Sligo Shipping Company and was built by a smuggler called John Black and is said to be haunted by the ghosts of smugglers tapping on the windows at night.
The Metal Man is a 3.7 metre (12 ft) high marker buoy statue, placed offshore by local seafarers in 1821 to point boats towards the deep channel in towards Sligo Harbour. The Metal Man is maintained by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
The "Waiting On Shore" Statue is located at the entrance to the cark park of the RNLI lifeboat station, and depicts a woman holding her arms out to sea, reaching out for lost soul's.
May God with you abide.
The Rosses Point Golf Club clubhouse was was designed by George O'Connor and built on its current site in 1912, this was updated and modernised in 2005 with the modern clubhouse retaining the beautiful Tudor style facade that exudes old world charm.
The Rosses Point Golf Club, hosts the annual West of Ireland Golf Championship.
There are also plenty of walks, things to see and beautiful scenic views all scattered around Rosses Point.


For a family of three prices vary depending on which plan (Silver, Gold, Gold Plus, or Platinum Plans) you choose. You can fill out a Quote form for IMG and get specifics for your family.
Annual premiums with a $10,000 deductible range from $778 (Silver) or $896 (Gold) to $1,224 (Gold Plus), or $4,813 (Platinum). Note that these are ANNUAL premiums. The first time I looked at the premium list I thought they were monthly and they scared me off until I realized they were Annual. Other lower prices are available if you want to exclude coverage for the U.S. and Canada and only have coverage outside these countries.
Provides coverage for all sorts of ailments from emergency evacuation to Hospitalization, Intensive care, surgery, out-patient care and accidental emergencies. Adult and child wellness coverage varies. Adult wellness is not covered under the Silver Plan but has $250 per period of coverage that 's not subject o deductibles or co-insurances for those 30 years of age or over after 12 moths of continuous coverage. the Platinum plan provides $500 per period for those 18 and older after 6 months of continuous coverage. You can see the IMG Global Medical benefits list here. If you're planning on having a baby be sure to look at the Maternity Rider for details (See info below). For adventurers and others there's a variety of riders available for your adventure coverage and even life insurance plans.
You can choose from $100 (on Platinum) or $250 (Silver, Gold and Gold Plus plans) up to $10,000 per period of coverage. 50% of deductible is waived when within the PPO network.
No coinsurance within the PPO network in the U.S. or when given medical care in the outside the U.S. and Canada. Coinsurance inside the U.S. and Canada is 80% of the next $5,000 of eligible expenses after the deductible, then 100% to the overall maximum per period of coverage.
Life time maximums of $5,000,000 per individual (Silver, Gold, and Gold Plus) and $8,000,000 for platinum.
Depending on the plan you get $50,000 (Silver) up to the maximum limit (Gold, Gold Plus, & Platinum Plans) Also they're not subject to deductible or coinsurance.
Add $2,500 to pretty much any of the insurance plans (it's already included in the PlatinumPlan) if you want coverage for having a baby. However there's a 10 month waiting period before you get 50% maternity coverage for the 11th and 12th months. Then you'd have to pay your premium and maternity rider for the next year before you'd start having full maternity benefits starting with your 13th consecutive month of coverage.
Maximum of $250,000 for the first 31 days.
Reviews of IMG Insurance are mixed with some who love it and some who despise it.
HTH offers programs ranging from annual plans for global living to short-term travel medical insurance to trip cancellation coverage. Since we're missionaries here's their specs on the Global Navigator plan.
HTH Worldwide coverage includes preventative care for children and adults, annual physicals, x-rays, etc. Of course they're is always the "covered expenses" disclaimer which means they can review the bill on a case-by-case basis to determine if it is eligible.
In general, the Global Navigator Plan provides 100-percent for most international (Inpatient, outpatient, preventative and more) coverages. US (in network) coverage is about 80-percent and U.S. (out-of network) coverage is about 60-percent. See the list of specifics here.
*Based on a young family of three, the plan with a $2,500 (international) deductible costs. Pricing and coverage is subject to change. Check with the insurance company for current rates.
International deductible varies from $125 up to $2500.
$250,000 maximum benefit for emergency medical evacuation.
Reviews of HTH Worldwide Insurance are mixed.
We have had very good experiences with Medishare. We highly recommend them. They paid over $50,000 last year for breast cancer treatment. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get all the paperwork processed but it saves a lot of money and pays for out of country bills.
We had MediShare for 2 yrs. I had an emergency room visit last year and then surgery a few months later, they were not related to each other and the bills were being sent back, reviewed going to collection because medi share kept telling us not to pay yet. very frustrating trying to keep a good testimony with people everywhere and the "Christian" medi share group is blowing it for you!
NOTE: Pricing and coverage is subject to change. This review of international insurance options is not intended to be comprehensive or current past the date it was originally written (May 2011). Follow the links to the individual insurance company for current rates.
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How happy have you been using IMG Global Medical Insurance? I am thinking about taking out the same policy, but wondering how your experience has been thus far. Have you had any problems processing claims or found coverage to be lacking in any areas? Thank you for your help!
I've had no problems with IMG…however, I've never had any claims. I do find them a little tough to contact from here in Guatemala. We're going to be having a baby early next year so I'll have a really good idea of how they handle claims soon! I'll try to post an update!


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5 Ways to Simplify Recycling at Home
December 16, 2015 September 5, 2019 by Beautycounter
Getting your kids to recycle snack wrappers and scrap paper isn't always easy, but thanks to these five hacks from Danny Seo, editor in chief of Naturally, Danny Seo, it'll be child's play. According to Seo, the key is to make recycling as convenient and accessible as possible. By strategically placing bins in different areas of your house—and utilizing your neighborhood's free recycling services—you'll encourage your family to dispose of items properly. Keep reading for Seo's tips.
"Keep a small recycling bin for things like cardboard boxes and empty plastic bottles. You no longer need to take the caps off shampoo and conditioner bottles; even though they are a different resin, modern recycling facilities can sort them."
"In terms of large bins, most trash haulers provide you with their own recycling bin. I request the large one with wheels, instead of the small basket-style one, for two reasons: One, you can load it up and skip recycling weeks until it's full, since the wheels make it easy to move. Second, the lid keeps pests out of the bin. The basket-style bins are just too open, and a gust of wind can knock recyclables away and into the streets."
"I like to have a large galvanized bin with a lid for office paper. I bring it to a free Paper Retriever bin at a local school; you dump it in the recycling bin, and the school makes money from the paper that's recycled. The galvanized bin in my office looks good and encourages magazines, copy paper, and other paper to be recycled."
"Place a bin designed for old textiles—not just clothes, but towels and other items. The majority of clothing donated to stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army aren't actually resold in their shops. They're sold to textile recyclers where fiber from the fabric is recycled into things like insulation and cleaning rags. That's why the charities take everything and anything and why you should feel free to donate even the most ruined pair of jeans."
"Empty your junk drawer of rechargeable batteries. It's illegal to toss them in the trash. The nonprofit Call2Recycle has recycling bins that are free to use in stores like Lowe's, Home Depot, and Best Buy. Just put your old cell phones, laptop batteries, and batteries from cordless products—like power drills or even a battery-operated toothbrush—right into the bin. They'll get recycled free of charge and will be made into new metal and plastic products."
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Aljona Sergejevna Fomina (Russisch: Алёна Сергеевна Фомина) (Sebastopol, 5 juli 1989) is een tennisspeelster uit Oekraïne die sinds oktober 2017 uitkomt voor Rusland. Fomina begon met tennis toen zij vier jaar oud was. Haar favoriete ondergrond is hardcourt. Zij speelt rechtshandig en heeft een tweehandige backhand. Zij is actief in het internationale tennis sinds 2010.

Sinds medio augustus 2021 schrijft zij zich op toernooien in als Aljona Fomina-Klotz.

Loopbaan

Enkelspel
Fomina kwalificeerde zich in 2009 voor het eerst voor een ITF-toernooi in Charkov. Zij stond in 2014 voor het eerst in een finale, op het ITF-toernooi van Telavi, hier veroverde zij haar eerste titel, door de Israëlische Saray Sterenbach te verslaan.

In 2022 speelde Fomina voor het eerst op een WTA-hoofdtoernooi, op het toernooi van Gaiba, waar zij als alternate mocht meedoen.

Dubbelspel
Fomina behaalde in het dubbelspel betere resultaten dan in het enkelspel. Zij debuteerde in 2006 op het ITF-toernooi van Kiev (Oekraïne), samen met landgenote Julia Sagan. Zij stond in 2012 voor het eerst in een finale, op het ITF-toernooi van Batoemi (Georgië), samen met landgenote Anna Shkudun – zij verloren van het Russische duo Joelija Kalabina en Jevgenija Pasjkova. Vier weken later veroverde Fomina haar eerste titel, op het ITF-toernooi van Antalya (Turkije), samen met de Noord-Macedonische Lina Gjorcheska, door het duo Alice Matteucci en Barbara Sobaszkiewicz te verslaan. Tot op heden(januari 2023) won zij 26 ITF-titels, de meest recente in 2023 in Monastir (Tunesië).

In 2014 speelde Fomina voor het eerst op een WTA-hoofdtoernooi, op het toernooi van Rosmalen, samen met de Duitse Christina Shakovets. Zij stond in 2021 voor het eerst in een WTA-finale, op het WTA 125-toernooi van Belgrado, samen met landgenote Jekaterina Jasjina – zij verloren van de Wit-Russinnen Volha Havartsova en Lidzija Marozava.

Na het bereiken van de halve finale op het WTA-toernooi van Portorož 2022 maakte Fomina-Klotz haar entrée op de mondiale top 150.

Haar hoogste notering op de WTA-ranglijst is de 113e plaats, die zij bereikte in januari 2023.

Posities op de WTA-ranglijst
Positie per einde seizoen:

Palmares

WTA-finaleplaatsen enkelspel
geen

WTA-finaleplaatsen vrouwendubbelspel

Gewonnen ITF-toernooien enkelspel

Externe links

 Origineel profiel van Aljona Fomina op de website van de ITF

Oekraïens tennisser
Russisch tennisser


Pic of the truck the day I brought it home.
F2 12V head, DIS Ignition, Holley 5200 carb, custom intake better brakes, and some cleanup/updates on the exterior including some factory chrome wheels I grabbed on a visit to the yard.
Added my 1986 Mazda B Series Truck!


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Home News K 2022
Strong interest from exhibitors for Messe Düsseldorf / 3,000 registrations for next year's trade fair
"K 2022" is being held from 19 to 26 October in Düsseldorf (Photo: Messe Düsseldorf)
Messe Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf / Germany; www.messe-duesseldorf.com), the organiser of "K 2022" (www.k-online.com), is looking at the next year with optimism: by the end of its sign-up period on 31 May 2021, 3,000 exhibitors had registered for the world's largest trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, the company said. Erhard Wienkamp, managing director of Messe Düsseldorf, was quoted as saying, "K 2022 will again occupy the entire fairgrounds. When talking to exhibitors we feel that there is an enormous demand for personal exchange on a global level."
The K trade fair is scheduled for 19 to 26 October 2022. As at previous events, the range of exhibits will include not only machinery and equipment, raw and auxiliary materials, semi-finished products, technical components and reinforced plastic products. Additionally, the fair will be dedicated to three leading themes – the "megatrends" of circular economy, digitalisation and climate protection. A special show, titled "Plastics Shape the Future", has also been planned. The "Science Campus" forum for science and research is also expected to be held.
At "K 2019" two years ago, 3,333 exhibitors from 165 countries presented their products and services. According to the organisers, 225,000 visitors came to see the trade fair in 2019 (see Plasteurope.com of 24.10.2019).
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Johnson Controls to merge with security provider Tyco
World headquarters to be in Cork, Ireland
Kent Wainscott
Tom Swigert
Johnson Controls announced Monday that the company will merge with fire and security provider Tyco International.In a news release, Johnson Controls said its shareholders will own about 56 percent of the combined company.VIDEO: Johnson Controls to merge, move global headquarters overseasTyco shareholders will own about 44 percent of the combined company.The new combined company will be under Tyco International and will be renamed Johnson Controls PLC, and will be globally headquartered in Cork, Ireland.The primary operational headquarters for North America will be in Milwaukee, where Johnson Controls is currently based.There has been speculation for months that the company would build a 50-story headquarters tower near the Milwaukee lakefront.A spokesman wouldn't comment when WISN 12 News asked about that, saying, "It's too early to speculate on plans regarding any specific location, including Milwaukee."But Mayor Tom Barrett remains optimistic."I'm very bullish on that. Our conversations have been very, very positive with Johnson Controls. I don't know whether this changes that dynamic in any way," Barrett said. Gov. Scott Walker told WISN 12 News that Monday he was planning to talk with the CEO to learn more about the company's plans."I heard about it in the media, but I want to talk to him first to get greater details," Walker said. Current Johnson Controls CEO Alex Molinaroli will serve as CEO for 18 months after the deal closes while George Oliver will serve as president and chief operating officer. After 18 months, Oliver will become CEO and Molinaroli will become executive chair.You can read the announcement from the company here.
Johnson Controls announced Monday that the company will merge with fire and security provider Tyco International.
In a news release, Johnson Controls said its shareholders will own about 56 percent of the combined company.
VIDEO: Johnson Controls to merge, move global headquarters overseas
Tyco shareholders will own about 44 percent of the combined company.
The new combined company will be under Tyco International and will be renamed Johnson Controls PLC, and will be globally headquartered in Cork, Ireland.
The primary operational headquarters for North America will be in Milwaukee, where Johnson Controls is currently based.
There has been speculation for months that the company would build a 50-story headquarters tower near the Milwaukee lakefront.
A spokesman wouldn't comment when WISN 12 News asked about that, saying, "It's too early to speculate on plans regarding any specific location, including Milwaukee."
But Mayor Tom Barrett remains optimistic.
"I'm very bullish on that. Our conversations have been very, very positive with Johnson Controls. I don't know whether this changes that dynamic in any way," Barrett said.
Gov. Scott Walker told WISN 12 News that Monday he was planning to talk with the CEO to learn more about the company's plans.
"I heard about it in the media, but I want to talk to him first to get greater details," Walker said.
Current Johnson Controls CEO Alex Molinaroli will serve as CEO for 18 months after the deal closes while George Oliver will serve as president and chief operating officer. After 18 months, Oliver will become CEO and Molinaroli will become executive chair.
You can read the announcement from the company here.


After having had a confrontation and being very hurt by a family member, ending with me having a meltdown and depression that has lasted nearly a week now, I just gave my immediate family a group text. In it I explained what I need from them, which is a show of empathy and protection or an explaination of why I am underserving of it. They responded they would abide moving forward. Here's hoping should I fall into it again, they will have my back and actually show they care. I don't even care if they fake it. Let them just give me some support in hopes of controlling this emotional disorder. Is it possible simple, honest communication can get my needs met?
Please no negative feedback from anyone, only support if you wish to comment at all.
Kudos to you for being able to be open and honest with them about your needs. I hope all goes well and you're able to get the support you need.
I think putting the emphasis on supporting each other as a thing that family members do is a great idea.
I think it's a great idea to send a message to your family, outlining your needs.
My asking for what I need, once again, did not work. They won't even fake empathy. More tears, every night now. I'm not going to be satisfied until I push everybody away.
Tonight was a little better. He was open and supportive. I apologized for reeling over the family rift as I have. My mood is swinging like crazy. I'm wearing myself out. It's getting better each day.
I've come through the horrible family rift in my own mind and am feeling better. I was the only one who made the effort to make peace. That's how it's always been. I say 'in my own mind' because the act of my niece refriending me and my calling my mother and acting like nothing happened gives me a sense of relief from the extreme depression I suffered this past month over this.
As far as the actual family rift, it is what it is. They truly have no empathy for me. Over something as stupid as a difference of political opinion, they want nothing to do with me. They really did 'disown' me and never called me again. They didn't call for a month, and I doubt they ever would. My mother, dad, and sister truly wrote me off over nothing. That's how little I mean to them.
My kids were told of what happened because I want their empathy and for them to see the family as they truly are. I have no issues with my kids.
My husband who has no empathy and no traits of 'defender' took no actions to help until he had to hear me cry and ***** about it for a month, finally getting through to him about the effort he could have taken to help, which he finally did. So, yeah, I had to manipulate him. But, ultimately that eased my suffering because it got my niece to just refriend me and end this.
It's unfathomable to me why my whole family didn't act the way I would think a family is supposed to act, to have said to my niece that unfriending her very emotionally unstable aunt over BS was a bad thing to do and just undo it. But, mine is a truly uncaring, mean family and that's why they don't have my back. They really don't even like me. That's why.
So, I'm glad that's over for my sake. I don't want to get into it with anyone over anything again. I'll stay away.
It appears that we are at peace. But, really we are estranged. I'll never forget this hurt.
From here on out, my immediate family will not need to show any empathy to me or defend me because I'll stay away from conflict.


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Trump's candidates are leading big in Arizona before primaries
As Arizona voters prepare to cast their ballots in the Tuesday primaries, candidates endorsed by President Trump are maintaining their leads days before the election.
According to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports, Trump-endorsed Republican Kari Lake leads her opponent, Karrin Taylor Robson, by nearly double-digits ahead of the state's gubernatorial race. Lake is ahead of Robson, who is supported by Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., by nine percent.
If Lake prevails in her primary, she will likely face off against state Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, D-Ariz.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Trump-backed businessman and author Blake Masters is maintaining his double-digit lead over second place challenger, businessman Jim Lamon. Masters is currently 12 points ahead of Lamon.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich, R-Ariz., who led his opponents until receiving backlash from President Trump for "doing nothing" during his investigation of Arizona's 2020 presidential election, polled third in the Senate race with 16 percent.
The Republican Senate nominee will face off against incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, who is unopposed in his primary.
In his bid for Arizona secretary of state, state Rep. Mark Finchem led his closest challenger, Beau Lane, by 11 percent.
President Trump's endorsements have been crucial to many candidates seeking to secure victory. In the gubernatorial races, 10 out of the 13 Trump-backed candidates won their races, most recently including Republican Dan Cox.
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This year's bridal wear shows off a beautiful variation in necklines.
A classic and elegant trend is the illusion neckline. Here at The Wedding Room we have a fabulous collection of illusion neckline dresses. Featured above is Vienna one of our LM by Lucan Mandongus dresses. Vienna features an embroidered illusion neckline over a sweetheart bodice.
Styled with elegant long gloves a truly vintage yet chic look is created.
Here at The Wedding Room we simply love this neckline as it gives the bride some coverage yet is not a block area of fabric, creating the perfect balance of femininity and elegance.


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text:
import React, { Component } from 'react';

import FeedbackListItem from './FeedbackListItem';

import type { Feedback } from '../../utils/globalTypes';

type Props = {
  feedback: Feedback[],
  displayModal: (feedback: Feedback, index: number) => void
};

class FeedbackList extends Component {

  feedbackItemClicked: (feedback: Feedback, index: number) => void;

  constructor(props: Props) {
    super(props);

    this.feedbackItemClicked = this.feedbackItemClicked.bind(this);
  }

  feedbackItemClicked(feedback: Feedback, index: number) {
    const { displayModal } = this.props;
    displayModal(feedback, index);
  }

  render() {
    const { feedback } = this.props;

    const listItems = feedback.map((fb, i) => {
      let markClass = '';
      switch (fb.mark) {
        case 1:
          markClass = 'seen';
          break;
        default: markClass = '';

      }

      return (

          <FeedbackListItem
            index={i} feedback={fb} handleClick={this.feedbackItemClicked}
            markClass={markClass}
          />

      );
    });
    return (

        {listItems}

    );
  }
}

export default FeedbackList;


How well was the Sun observed during the Maunder Minimum?
In this paper we examine how well the Sun and sunspots were observed during the Maunder Minimum from 1645 to 1715. Recent research has given us the dates of observations by Hevelius, Picard, La Hire, Flamsteed, and about 70 other observers. These specific observations allow a 'lower estimate' of the fraction of the time the Sun was observed to be deduced. It is found that 52.7% of the days have recorded observations. There are additional 12 observers who provide general statements that no sunspots were observed during specific years or intervals despite diligent efforts. Taking these statements to mean, unrealistically, that every day during these intervals was observed, gives an 'upper estimate' of 98% of the days. If the general statements are relaxed by assuming that 100 ± 50 days per year were actually observed by these diligent observers, than our 'best estimate' is that 68%±7% of the days during the Maunder Minimum were observed. In short, this supports the view that the Maunder Minimum existed and was not an artifact of few observations. Some sunspots are probably still missed in modern compilations, but the existence of a prolonged sunspot minimum would not be threatened by their discovery in future research. Additional support for intense scrutiny of the Sun comes from a report of a white-light flare in 1705 and from the numerous reports of new sunspots entering the disk of the Sun.
2.NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 926GreenbeltU.S.A.