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Луи XI (; * 3 юли 1423, Бурж, Франция; 30 август 1483, замък Плеси-ле-Тур, Франция) e крал на Франция от 1461 до 1483 г. от династия Валоа.

Наследник на престола. Борба с баща си.

Син е на Шарл VII и Мари д`Анжу. Като дофин, Луи презира баща си и на няколко пъти се опитва да го детронира. Луи е решителен внук на Йоланда Арагонска, която има големи заслуги за запазването на Франция.

Луи взема участие във въстанието на дворянството против Шарл VII ("Прагерия", 1440). Кралят побеждава и прощава на метежниците, след което Луи отива да живее в Дофине. През 1444 година Луи заедно с баща си участва в похода на наемниците в Швейцария и Елзас.

На 24 юни 1436 г. Луи се жени за шотландската принцеса Маргарет Стюарт, дъщеря на Яков I, крал на Шотландия, и Джоанна Бофори, и така се намесва в английските вътрешни борби. По-късно, той планира да върне на трона на Англия братовчед си Хенри VI, защото големият му враг Шарл Смели Бургундски се е съюзява с Йоркската партия в Англия. След смъртта на херцог Шарл Бургундски, Луи вече няма сериозен противник.

След смъртта на Маргарет през 1445, едва 20-годишна, Луи се жени на 14 февруари 1451 г., против воля на баща си, за 8-годишната принцеса Шарлот Савойска, дъщеря на херцога на Савоя. Техният брак е консумиран, едва когато тя навършва 14 години и от него се ражда престолонаследникът Шарл VIII. На искането на баща си да се яви в Париж, Луи отказва и бяга от Дофине в Брюксел, при Филип Добрия, херцог на Бургундия, който радушно го приема (1456). Когато умира Шарл VІІ, Филип, по молба на Луи, присъства при коронацията му в Реймс, въвежда го в рицарски сан и го съпровожда до Париж. Народът възторжено приветства Филип и хладно се отнася към Луи.

Крал на Франция (1461 – 1483)

Военни поражения
Против Луи започва недоволство (1465) – така наречената Лига на общественото благо. Феодалната реакция се възглавява от малкия брат на краля, херцог Шарл II Берийски, от приемника на Филип, херцог Шарл Дръзки, а така и от херцог Франсоа II Бретонски.

През пролетта на 1465 г. големите френски феодали, недоволни от централизаторската политика на Луи XI, решават да обединят силите си за борба срещу краля на Франция. През май същата година упълномощени представители на всички важни феодални владетели на страната се срещат в Париж и влизат в съюз, наречен "Лигата на общественото благо". В състава на Лига влизат Карл Смели, граф Шароле, херцог Шарл дьо Бери, херцог Франсоа II Бретонски, херцог Жан II д'Алансон, херцог Жан II дьо Бурбон, Жан II Лотарингски, херцог на Жак дьо Немур, граф Жан V д'Арманяк, Луи дьо Люксембург, граф дьо Сен Пол, граф Жан дьо Дюноа и сеньор Карл II д'Албре. Херцог Карл Бери, по-малък брат на Луи XI, е обявен за водач на Лигата.

На 16 юли 1465 г. в битката при Монлери френската армия под предводителството на Луи XI е разбита от бургундските войски под командването на Карл Смели. Луи се връща в Корбел като победен, а от там пристига в Париж. Скоро войските на принцовете приближават до Париж и обсаждат френската столица. Луи не се решава да встъпи с тях в директна битка и се старае да скара съюзниците, но след дълги преговори в Шарантон ле Пон е принуден да отстъпи. На 29 октомври, кралят на Франция е принуден да сключи мирен договор с метежните принцове в Конфлан, по който владенията на Луи от всички страни са намалени чрез отстъпки към територии на феодалите и вождовете на лигата. Шарл дьо Бери получава във владение Нормандия. На Карл Смели са предадени френските градове по течението на река Сома. Другите участници в Лигата също получават много земи, права и големи постове.

Политически победи
Чрез хитрост и насилие Луи ХІ покорява едрите феодали:

 Дом д'Арманяк е низвергнат и властта на Луи над Южна Франция става безспорна.
 Подбуждайки враговете против херцог Шарл Смели, Луи търси дружба с Швейцария и сключва "вечен договор" с Хабсбургската династия и швейцарците.
 Помирява се с английския крал Едуард IV.
 След поражението на херцог Шарл Бургундски при Грансон (1476), Луи подкупва швейцарците да продължат войната, утешавайки в същото време Шарл. На 5 януари 1477 година Шарл Смели загива в сражението при Нанси, за голяма радост на Луи ХІ, който веднага измисля как да отнеме бургундските земи от дъщерята-наследница на Шарл, Мария Бургундска. Женитбата на ерцхерцог Максимилиан Австрийски с Мария обърква плановете на Луи, който през есента на 1479 година завзема единствено столицата на Франш Конте.

Той става първият крал, който успява да обедини Франция в една единна територия и слага началото на една силна съвременна монархия.

Последни години

Година преди смъртта на краля, братовчед му херцог Шарл ІV, и последен херцог Анжуйски (1480 – 1481), умира и му оставя със завещание всичките си владения, включително и претенциите за Кралство Неапол. Тези претенции по-късно се предават и на следващите френски крале, които се впускат в редица войни в Италия. Също така след смъртта на Шарл ІV Анжу, френската корона получава провинциите Прованс и Анжу.

Луи XI е суеверен човек, който се обгражда от астролози. С интерес към науката, той веднъж дори осъжда на смърт един човек, който отказва да послужи за опитно свинче в научен експеримент.

През 1483 година тежко болният крал на Франция Луи XI, за 4 месеца до своята смърт, поканва Свети Франциск от Паола във Франция, в своя замък Плеси-льо-Тур. Свети Франциск духовно наставлява краля и е с него и при неговата смърт. Луи умира същата 1483 г. и е наследен на трона от сина си Шарл VIII, който е 13-годишен.

Деца
От втората си съпруга Шарлот Савойска(1440 — 1483) има 8 деца:
 Луи (1458 – 1460)
 Йоахим (Жоаким) (1459)
 Луиза (1460)
 Ан дьо Божьо (1461 — 1522); омъжена от 1473 г. за Пиер II (1438 — 1503), херцог Бурбон.
 Жана Френска (1464 — 1505); омъжена от 1476 г. за Луи XII Орлеански (1462 — 1515), крал на Франция от 1498. Бракът е анулиран.
 Франсоа (1466)
 Шарл VIII (1470 — 1498), крал на Франция от 1483 – 1498 г.
 Франсоа (1472 — 1473)

Източници
 Луи XI :
 Lettres de Louis XI, édition et notes de Joseph Vaesen et d'Étienne Charavay, Société de l'histoire de France et Librairie Renouard, Paris 1883 – 1909, 11 tomes;
 Lettres choisies, introduction, notices et notes de Henri Dubois, Le Livre de poche, " Lettres gothiques ", 1996, 576
 Филип де Комин /Philippe de Commynes/ :
 Mémoires, édition critique par Joël Blanchard, Genève, Droz, " Textes littéraires français ", 2007, 2 tomes, CLXXII et 1757
 Mémoires, introduction, édition, notes et index de Joël Blanchard, avec la collaboration de Michel Quereuil pour le glossaire, Le Livre de poche, " Lettres gothiques ", 2001, 894
 Mémoires, présentation et traduction par Joël Blanchard, Paris, Pocket, " Agora ", 2004, édition : 2009, 794
 Mémoires, édition bilingue, traduction et notes de Jean Dufournet, GF Flammarion, Paris 2007, tomes I et II (Livres I-VI), 451 et 560 , (ISBN 978-2-0807-1220-2) et(ISBN 978-2-0807-1221-9)
 Joël Blanchard (éd.) :
 Commynes et les procès politiques de Louis XI. Du nouveau sur la lèse-majesté, Paris, Picard, 2008, 183 (édition du procès du comte de Saint-Pol, connétable de France, 63 – 172).
 Procès de Jacques d'Armagnac, édition critique du ms. 2000 de la Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, introduction de Joël Blanchard avec la collaboration de Jean-Patrice Boudet, Frédéric F. Martin et Olivier Mattéoni, Genève, Droz, " Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance ", 2012, 1024
 Thomas Basin, Histoire de Louis XI, édition et traduction de Charles Samaran, Les Belles Lettres, " Classiques de l'histoire au Moyen Âge ", 1963 – 1972, 3 tomes, 356 p. , 366 et 464

Крале на Франция
Валоа
Хора от Център-Вал дьо Лоар

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Q: Why is the padding between the bootstrap columns getting lost I am pretty new to bootstrap and have been beating my head up with the following problem. Whenever I use the following code, the padding between the columns is getting lost.

But whenever I move the class col inside the column, then the code works exactly as expected.

Following is the CSS class that I am using

A: When you use the second version you get a margin created by the div you added,
if you add a margin to the .col css class you should see the difference.
You can take a look here for a more detailed answer about how to work with the columns in bootstrap with a similar issue

A: The padding is not getting lost. In Bootstrap, col-sm-* has 15px padding. Remember, the background color fills entire the width of the cell, padding included.
You're putting the bg color on the column with padding, and in the other case it's on the inner column that doesn't have padding.
Put the background-color and a border, only on the col-sm-4. and you'll see the difference. The padding is there, and the same in both cases...
http://www.codeply.com/go/lf2V9vlIsr

A: Bootstrap does not add space between the columns, it adds space inside each column. So if you put another div inside each column that will give the space you want.
The way I look at it is the columns only act as containers for the actual content, which goes inside them.
jsfiddle of the kind of thing I think you should do instead: https://jsfiddle.net/bqadptzL/
CSS:
.col {
  /* just to demonstrate */
  background-color: red;
}

.box {
  background-color:gray;
  min-height: 500px;
}

HTML:

                  Content

                  Content

                  Content

If you look at the grid system examples, you will see there is no space between the columns, only inside them. http://getbootstrap.com/css/#grid
Hope that helps.
Sidenote: you should not put columns inside columns, you should only put columns inside rows. But you can put rows inside columns. So you can alternate row - column - row - column, not row - column - column. This is how Bootstrap system is meant to work.

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Maserati MC20 (Photo by Motor1)
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The Modena marque also developed the MC12 for GT1 regulations, which made its debut in the FIA GT championship in 2004 and enjoyed fantastic results in the category – extending its success by winning the first FIA GT1 Championship title in 2010.
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Patrick Flandrin (né le ) est un physicien français, directeur de recherche au CNRS, chercheur à l'École normale supérieure de Lyon ainsi que membre et président (2021-2022) de l'Académie des sciences.

Biographie
Après un diplôme d'ingénieur d'ICPI Lyon (aujourd'hui CPE Lyon) en 1978, Patrick Flandrin a soutenu une thèse de Docteur-Ingénieur en 1982 à l'Institut national polytechnique de Grenoble et obtenu un Doctorat d'État ès sciences physiques en 1987 au sein du même établissement.

Il a rejoint en 1982 le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), où il occupe actuellement un emploi de directeur de recherche de classe exceptionnelle.

Affecté de 1982 à 1990 à l'ICPI Lyon — où il a été responsable du laboratoire de Traitement du signal de 1987 à 1990 —, il a rejoint en 1991 l'École normale supérieure de Lyon, où il a créé un groupe  au sein du laboratoire de physique.

Parmi différentes responsabilités au niveau national, il a été directeur de la structure CNRS coopérative GdR ISIS de 2002 à 2005, et président du GRETSI (l'association française de traitement du signal et des images) de 2009 à 2019.

Élu membre de l'Académie des sciences en 2010, il en est le vice-président pour la période 2019-2020 et le président en 2021-2022.

Contributions scientifiques
Patrick Flandrin est un spécialiste de traitement du signal. Depuis sa thèse en 1982, il a conduit des activités de recherche dans trois directions principales.

Il a d'abord contribué à des avancées fondamentales en analyse temps-fréquence, avec le développement d'approches générales destinées à l'analyse, la décomposition et le traitement de signaux non stationnaires.

Il a également pris une part active dans le développement de la théorie des ondelettes depuis son tout début, avec des contributions pionnières et largement citées à l'analyse multirésolution de processus invariants d'échelle, ouvrant la voie à de nombreuses applications dans des domaines aussi variés que l'ingénierie biomédicale ou la modélisation du trafic internet.

Plus récemment, tout en revisitant un certain nombre de questions fondamentales en analyse de séries temporelles non stationnaires à l'aide de méthodes nouvelles, pilotées par les données, il s'est intéressé à l'étude de systèmes complexes spécifiques, liés aux activités humaines, marquant un infléchissement vers des approches basées sur les réseaux.

Ouvrages

 Temps-Fréquence, Hermes (Paris), 1993 ( ed.) et 1998 ( ed.)
 Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis, Academic Press (San Diego), 1999
 Explorations in Time-Frequency Analysis, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge), 2018

Prix et distinctions
 1991 : Prix scientifique Philip Morris en mathématiques
 2001 : Prix Michel-Monpetit de l'Académie des sciences
 2001 : Wavelet Pioneer Award de l'International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
 2002 : Fellow de l'Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
 2009 : Fellow de l'European Association for Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP)
 2010 : Médaille du mérite de l'École normale supérieure de Lyon
 2010 : Élu membre de l'Académie des sciences
 2010 : Médaille d'argent du CNRS
 2011-2012 : Distinguished Lecturer de l'IEEE Signal Processing Society
 2014 : Chevalier des Palmes académiques
 2017 : Technical Achievement Award de l'IEEE Signal Processing Society

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Page sur le site de l'Académie des Sciences

Physicien français
Membre de l'Académie des sciences (France)
Naissance en juin 1955
Élève de l'Institut polytechnique de Grenoble
École normale supérieure de Lyon
Directeur de recherche au CNRS


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December 17, 2015 By yvonne Leave a Comment
A few years ago, a neighbor, having just switched antidepressant drugs, walked into his daughter's room, exchanged a few words and then walked into the bathroom and blew his brains out. At the time, according to news agencies, there had been a rise in suicides among individuals taking anti-depressants, particularly in the population that was switching their prescription. My neighbor became one of those statistics.
I do not remember whether my neighbor had been on Paxil (Paroxetine) or had just switched to Paroxetine. However, the British Journal of Medicine recently published a re-analysis of Paroxetine. Unfortunately, the corrected analysis showed that Paroxetine indeed increases risks of suicide in young people and adolescents.
There were clinically significant increases in harms, including suicidal ideation and behaviour and other serious adverse events in the paroxetine group and cardiovascular problems in the imipramine group.
Conclusions Neither paroxetine nor high dose imipramine showed efficacy for major depression in adolescents, and there was an increase in harms with both drugs.1
A study funded by SmithKline Beecham (SKB; subsequently GlaxoSmithKline, GSK), the British multi-national pharmaceutical company that produced Paxil, had been done in 2001 that claimed no association between Paxil and suicide.
A group of international researchers concerned by the amount of selective reporting of outcomes found in research papers created an initiative called "restoring invisible and abandoned trials" (RIAT). Doing their own research into publishing undisclosed outcomes or correct misleading publications, the initiative has been actively seeking and correcting publications that fit this profile. Their findings dispute the claims made by GSK regarding Paxil.
According to the British Journal of Medicine (BJM)
We acknowledge the work of the original investigators. This double blinded randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of paroxetine and imipramine compared with placebo for adolescents diagnosed with major depression was reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) in 2001, with Martin Keller as the primary author.2
According to BJM
The RIAT researchers identified Study 329 [study done on Paroxetine] as an example of a misreported trial in need of restoration. The article by Keller and colleagues, which was largely ghostwritten,3 claimed efficacy and safety for paroxetine that was at odds with the data.4 This is problematic because the article has been influential in the literature supporting the use of antidepressants in adolescents.
Martha Rosenberg, an award-winning investigative public health reporter, found that the 22 doctors and researchers listed as authors in the original research paper
were not authors at all and that the research was actually written by a medical communication company (MCC) that GSK hired. Such ghostwriting is disturbingly common in establishing drug safety.
"You did a superb job with this," wrote the paper's first "author," Brown University's Martin Keller to Sally Laden, a ghostwriter working for the MCC Scientific Therapeutics Information. "It is excellent. Enclosed are rather minor changes from me. In 2006, Keller, former Brown Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, acknowledged that GSK had given him tens of thousands of dollars during and after the time the study was conducted.
When RIAT approached GSK in 2013 asking whether they would produce a corrected paper on the side effects of paroxetine, GSK
did not signal any intent to publish a corrected version of any of its trials. In later correspondence, GSK stated that the study by Keller and colleagues "accurately reflects the honestly-held views of the clinical investigator authors" and that GSK did 'not agree that the article is false, fraudulent or misleading.'
Research studies are not cheap to perform. Thus, many pharmaceutical studies are based on how much money the potential drug can produce rather than on the efficacy of the drug. We live in times when money speaks much more loudly than services or health [please check the many articles in this blog that I have written on the abuses expressed by pharmaceutical companies].
Although there are governmental bodies in place that have been created to protect consumers, often these bodies turn a blind eye. In fact, the health industry presently is one of the largest profit bearing industries and when there is a lot of money involved, much gets overlooked. Obviously not all drugs produced have fraudulent studies or focus their studies on the monetary benefits rather than the health benefits of a drug. But there are too many drugs being allowed on the market that have not been sufficiently researched.
Access to primary data from trials has important implications for both clinical practice and research, including that published conclusions about efficacy and safety should not be read as authoritative. The reanalysis of Study 329 illustrates the necessity of making primary trial data and protocols available to increase the rigour of the evidence base.
Pharmaceutical companies have to take more responsibility than small print warnings scrolling across the bottom of the Television screen as idyllic scenes with a soothing voice-over laud the benefits of a drug. They also need to reflect on the potential impropriety of buying doctors a huge lunch in order to have their ear regarding the latest and greatest drug they are marketing. On the other hand, doctors need to take more time to do their own research before prescribing a drug and consumers need to be more vigilant in the doctor's office.
copyright Yvonne Behrens 2015
Filed Under: Health Tagged With: BJM, GSK, Paroxetine, Paxil, pharmaceuticals, research, RIAT
Multitasking Video Games that Stimulate the Brain
September 24, 2013 By yvonne 5 Comments
Back in 2006, I was sitting at a dinner table with my husband, a friend of ours (to whom my husband was also a consultant), and a Scientist. The Scientist, who had been involved in creating a computer program to help children with learning disabilities (a program our friend was using in her Rehabilitation Center) was excitedly sharing with us that the same group that had created this program for children with learning disabilities had just come up with a new program to help re-stimulate the aging brain.
My maternal grandmother had succumbed to dementia. She had been living alone for many years and although she had been living in a small French town where she knew many people and she had had a livelihood as an artist, arthritis had set in, impeding her ability to go out and paint. My father, diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, also developed memory loss. My mother-in-law, a brilliant woman who was living with us at the time, in her 93rd year (albeit that is a nice old age) started to loose her mind. It is not comfortable watching someone who was such a part of life fade into nothingness. I suppose it will happen to many of us if something else does not get to us first, but…I digress. Back to the dinner.
Needless to say, when I heard about this program, my ears pricked up and I recognized that this would be the next big step in extending the aging process. I asked the Scientist how I could learn more about the program. Our friend agreed that this program could be incorporated into her business, but that I would remain an independent representative of the company providing the Brain Fitness Program, Posit Science.
I loved the program and I loved introducing it to people. Because it was the first of its kind, there were a lot of rough spots that the company kept tumbling over. Some of it was proving the claims they were making, but most of it had to do with "meeting those profits." In the end, they never permitted their representatives to own a part of the company or even be a franchise, thus it could never develop into a business for me. At around the same time that I recognized this, the company decided to only market via the internet. Nevertheless, the concept is a sound one and since that time, other companies have developed their own programs.
Just recently, I came across an article that spoke about a Scientist who is using video games to the same effect. In reading the article in The New York Times, I see that some of the same arguments are being put forth that were constantly surrounding the Brain Fitness Program: what are the positive effects; what are the negative effects; what are the long-term effects. In spite of this, there seems to be positive responses for this new study:
The latest research was the product of a four-year $300,000 study done at the University of California, San Francisco. Neuroscientists there, led by Dr. Adam Gazzaley, worked with developers to create NeuroRacer, a relatively simple video game in which players drive and try to identify specific road signs that pop up on the screen, while ignoring other signs deemed irrelevant.
Studies have shown that multi-tasking abilities diminish with age, starting in one's '20's! By the time people reach their '60's, the ability to multi-task has dropped by 64%.
But after the older adults trained at the game, they became more proficient than untrained people in their 20s. The performance levels were sustained for six months, even without additional training. Also, the older adults performed better at memory and attention tests outside the game.
"That is the most grabbing thing here," Dr. Gazzaley said. "We transferred the benefits from inside the game to different cognitive abilities."
In spite of these findings, the Scientists remain cautious. It is not just playing video games that will re-stimulate one's aging attention span and Dr. Gazzaley emphasizes the need to remain within the confines of scientific rigor. His study does include a further validation of the effectiveness of video games:
The researchers created a second layer of proof by monitoring the brain waves of participants using electroencephalography. What they found was that in older participants, in their 60s to 80s, there were increases in a brain wave called theta, a low-level frequency associated with attention. When older subjects trained on the game, they showed increased bursts of theta, the very types of bursts seen regularly in people in their 20s.
"We made the activity in older adults' prefrontal cortex look like the activity in younger adults' prefrontal cortex," said Dr. Gazzaley, referring to a part of the brain heavily involved with attention.
All of this sounds very positive to me. I still believe in the benefits of re-stimulating our neurons through interactive technology. But I also appreciate that the brain is a sensitive organ which we are still in the process of understanding and, thus, understand the Scientists' caution. In the meanwhile, just in case, I will buy myself some video games…..
Filed Under: The Boomer's Corner, Yvonne's Blog Tagged With: aging brain, dementia, research, stimulating, video game
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Q: wkhtmltopdf in docker-compose: No such file or directory: b'/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf' I am trying to install wkhtmltopdf in docker-compose. The package is installing correctly, but when I try to use it in flask app, I get an error:
Exception in thread Thread-1:
server_1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
server_1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pdfkit/configuration.py", line 21, in __init__
server_1  |     with open(self.wkhtmltopdf) as f:
server_1  | FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf'

Outside the docker-compose it works properly and this package path is /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf:
$ which wkhtmltopdf
/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf

Server Dockerfile
FROM debian:buster

RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y \
        curl \
        libxrender1 \
        libjpeg62-turbo \
        fontconfig \
        libxtst6 \
        xfonts-75dpi \
        xfonts-base \
        xz-utils

RUN curl "https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_amd64.deb" -L -o "wkhtmltopdf.deb"
RUN dpkg -i wkhtmltopdf.deb

ENTRYPOINT ["wkhtmltopdf"]

FROM python:3.8.5
RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY . /usr/src/app
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
CMD ["python", "api.py"]

docker-compose.yml
version: "3"
services:
    server:
        build: ./api
        expose:
            - 5000
    client:
        build: ./
        ports:
        - "7000:80"

A: So I came back to this issue after over a year and found the solution so thought I'd share, might be useful to someone.
This is the the Dockerfile of python service (flask to be precise) running with wkhtmltopdf installed inside of a container:
FROM python:3.9-slim

WORKDIR /app
COPY . .

RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y wget fontconfig libfreetype6 libjpeg62-turbo libpng16-16 \
    libx11-6 libxcb1 libxext6 libxrender1 xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base libfontconfig1 \
    fontconfig-config libx11-data libxau6 libxdmcp6 xfonts-utils ucf fonts-dejavu-core \
    ttf-bitstream-vera fonts-liberation libbsd0 libfontenc1 libxfont2 \
    x11-common xfonts-encodings \
    && wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_arm64.deb \
    && dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_arm64.deb

RUN pip install gunicorn
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

ENTRYPOINT ["gunicorn", \
    "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", \
    "--workers", "8", \
    "--threads", "2", \
    "--access-logfile", "-", \
    "--log-file", "-", \
    "main:app"]

I install necessary dependencies and wkhtmltopdf from github releases. I use arm64 build but if you need you can change architecture.
e.g. amd64 arch: https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_arm64.deb
Then you can use it in the python service with a library like pdfkit:
import pdfkit
pdfkit.from_string(pdf_content, 'output.pdf')

If the library will have difficulties with finding an executable installed in the container, here's a solution too:
import subprocess
import pdfkit

executable = subprocess.run(['which', 'wkhtmltopdf'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode().strip()
config = pdfkit.configuration(wkhtmltopdf=bytes(executable, 'utf-8'))
pdfkit.from_string(pdf_content, 'output.pdf', configuration=config)

Hope it helps!


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How about (and who can) make warzone to sent useful data like: research events (completed\started), scores, gamestats (kills, loses, etc from mp_menu ) and most important states of a game (started (player list), WIN\LOSE\Disconnect events) and gameLobbyID (sid). All this just simply send to local stdout (dont sent it over net or something), even raw binary without preparations (however it would be nice to have some kind of protocol ) How hard it could be to do this ?
This will help a lot at creating useful external apps like launcher on which I have been working for quite a while.
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Quick idea: perhaps you can try different --debug= levels and parse the output?
NoQ wrote: Quick idea: perhaps you can try different --debug= levels and parse the output?
Not sure if it would be used, but I would not be opposed to adding it, if someone else did the work. It is the kind of thing that has to be coded by the person doing the design on the frontend. Coding a protocol like that in the dark simply won't work.
I would definitely use that in my project, the guy who made a WZBlue would do something it that time.
Well we need some kind of tool for gathering data (better later that never). So put this all on 3rd party app. or at least give them something they can work with.
Per wrote: It is the kind of thing that has to be coded by the person doing the design on the frontend.
I may do that if anyone from dev team would spent some time to do stuff on warzone's source code side.


At 9am on the 26th March 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as US Marines officially secured the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the Pacific.
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On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World War.
The United Nations General Assembly established UNICEF to provide help for children in countries affected by World War II.
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On the 1st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World War.


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Q: Login de React js y Firebase agradeceria su ayuda para crear un login usando firebase y reactjs, si hay alguna libreria y si se puede conectar por correo y contraseña.
saludos...
Cuento con este codigo en auth.jsx, pero tengo un error en el metodo flecha, no se como solucionarlo, en app.js solo se manda a implementar. Gracias!
import React, {useState} from  'react';
import 'firebase/auth';
import { useFirebaseApp } from 'reactfire';

export default (props)=> {
    const [email, setemail]= useState('');
    const [password, setpasword] = useState('');

    const firebase = useFirebaseApp(),

    const submit = async ()=> {
        await firebase.auth().createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email,password);

    }

    return(

                Correo electronico
                <input type="email" id="email" onChange={ (ev)=> setemail(ev.target.value)}></input>

                Contraseña
                <input type="password" id="password" onChange = {(ev)=> setpasword(ev.target.value)}></input>

                <button onClick = {submit}>Acceder por Correo</button>

    )
}


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Every Godzilla Easter Egg In The Dragon Ball Anime
Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, being a huge Godzilla fan, found ways to give classic Toho monsters cameos in the original Dragon Ball anime.
by Nicholas Raymond
The creator of the Dragon Ball franchise, Akira Toriyama, has always been a huge fan of Godzilla, and eagle-eyes fans of the series may have noticed that Toriyama quietly found ways to express his love for the Japanese pop culture icon by including Godzilla Easter eggs in some of his shows, including the first Dragon Ball anime.
Toriyama has been paying homage to Godzilla as far back as the 1978 manga, Wonder Island. Toriyama made direct references to Godzilla throughout the 1980s anime series, Dr. Slump. Godzilla was also seen in the manga The Adventures of Tongpoo. With this in mind, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Toriyama would insert the King of the Monsters into his most popular work, the Dragon Ball series.
Related: Dragon Ball Z: All The Lore Retconned By Dragon Ball Super
Toriyama's original Dragon Ball series, which consisted of 153 episodes, first aired in Japan in 1986 and lasted until 1989. Taking place years before the events of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball centered on the story of a young Goku. But unbeknownst to Goku and the gang, some of their adventures were witnessed by classic Toho monsters, like Godzilla. Here's every Godzilla cameo and reference in Dragon Ball.
In an episode of Dragon Ball, the body of villain Tambourine is found. He was killed by Goku, but since Goku was believed to be dead at the time, Mai briefly imagined that Godzilla was actually responsible or Tambourine's death. Later in Dragon Ball Z, the dragon Porunga was summoned after gathering the Dragon Balls. A nearby police officer wondered if the monster was Godzilla.
Baragon
Baragon is a four-legged, horned kaiju who has appeared in a few Toho films, including Destroy All Monsters and as one of the three guardian monsters in Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Baragon makes a cameo at Capsule Corporation when he sticks his head out of a bush and scares away a police officer. This version has black skin instead of red.
Rodan, one of Godzilla's closest allies in Toho movies and one of the four main Titans featured in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, is briefly seen flying through the sky in an episode of Dragon Ball. Since the world of Dragon Ball is populated with dinosaurs, monsters like Rodan fit seamlessly into the show.
In the semifinals of the World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku faces off against Krillin. In the crowd of human spectators is King Ghidorah (via ComicBook), who just stands by and calmly watches the fight. Ghidorah is only visible in that brief shot. Of all the Godzilla cameos in Dragon Ball, Ghidorah sticks out in a sort of humorous way, considering that the character is surrounded by humans who don't seem to be too concerned about the presence of a three-headed dragon.
More: How King Of The Monsters Directly Sets Up Godzilla vs. Kong
Nicholas Raymond is a staff features writer for Screen Rant. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Montevallo. He is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, "A Man Against the World." Nicholas' love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, foreign cinema, and wuxia. He also has interests in ancient history. His favorite actors are Tyrone Power, Charlton Heston, and Eleanor Parker. His favorite film is Casablanca, and his favorite director is Alfred Hitchcock. He can be reached by email at cnrmail@bellsouth.net and on Twitter at @cnraymond91.
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Sex in Psychotherapy: Sexuality, Passion, Love, and Desire in the Therapeutic Encounter
Lawrence E. Hedges
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Sex in Psychotherapy takes a psychodynamic approach to understanding recent technological and theoretical shifts in the field of psychotherapy. Lawrence Hedges provides an expert overview and analysis of a wide variety of new perspectives on sex, sexuality, gender, and identity; new theories about sex's role in therapy; and new discoveries about the human brain and how it works. Therapists will value Hedges's unique insights into the role of sexuality in therapy, which are grounded in the author's studies of neurology, the history of sexuality, transference, resistance, and countertransference. Clinicians will also appreciate his provocative analyses of influential perspectives on sex, gender, and identity, and his lucid, concrete advice on the practice of therapeutic listening.
Introduction: "Boy Meets Girl": A Just-so Story about Sexuality. Part I: Perspectives for Considering Sex, Sexuality, Gender, and Gender Identity. The Natural/Religious/Biological Perspective. The Infant-Caregiver/Erotic Interaction Perspective. The Personal Identity Perspective. The Perspective of Dissociation, Otherness, and Multiple Selves. The Postmodern/Social Constructionist Perspective. The Race/Ethnicity/Sexuality Perspective. The Perspective of Mimetics. The Perspective of Trauma and Transgenerational Ghosts. The Intersubjective Perspective. The Relational/Thirdness Perspective. Part II: Published Accounts of Sex in Psychotherapy. Some Relational Countertransference Issues. Developmental Listening. Listening Perspective I—The Personality in Organization: The Search for Relatedness. Listening Perspective II—Symbiosis and Separation: Mutually-dependent Relatedness. Listening Perspective III—The Emergent Self: Unilaterally Dependent Relatedness. Listening Perspective IV—Self and Other Constancy: Independent Relatedness.
Part III: Three Extended Case Studies Illustrating Sex and Sexuality in the Transference, Resistance, and Countertransference of Psychotherapy. Dora: Eros in the Transference. Ted: Eros in the Resistance. Charles: Eros in the Countertransference. References.
Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D. Psy.D., ABPP, is a psychologist-psychoanalyst specializing in psychoanalysis and long-term intensive psychotherapy, as well as the advanced training of psychotherapists. He holds teaching and supervising appointments at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute, the California Graduate Institute, and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine. He is author of numerous books and papers, including Listening Perspectives in Psychotherapy, Interpreting the Countertransference, Terrifying Transferences: Aftershocks of Childhood Trauma, and Facing the Challenge of Liability in Psychotherapy: Practicing Defensively. He is director of the Listening Perspectives Study Center and holds Diplomas from the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Forensic Examiners.


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The Florida Dance Education Organization is set to bring together both teachers and students from the dance community for their annual conference, which is in its 15th year. This is the second consecutive year that it's being held in Miami — the conference will then move to a different part of the state.
"Because we're a state organization, we host the conference somewhere different every two years," said Daniel Lewis, managing director of the Florida Dance Education Organization.
Lewis is a fixture in Miami's dance community, having established the dance program at New World School of the Arts. He used to be treasurer of the FDEO and when he retired, they brought him in as managing director.
"Even when my term as treasure expired they didn't have to convince me to stay on," he said. "Education became a huge focus of my life after I retired from New World so I became involved with FDEO, Arts for Learning and Thomas Armour Youth Ballet."
Getting involved with FDEO, which is the state affiliate of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), is important to Lewis because it's just one more way he fuels his passion for education. He feels education is the ideal way to incorporate dance into all the school systems. It's a way to ensure that children get the opportunity to see what the arts are all about, and also to discover where their talent lies. "Hopefully education helps you find where your talent best works," he said.
The FDEO Conference is for both teachers and students and costs only $50, which is great for students because they get to attend master classes and workshops and also gain admission to the Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler, which is the closing event on Oct. 21.
Those who registered early also received complimentary tickets to Miami City Ballet's opening 2017-18 season opener "Jewels" on Oct. 20.
Highlights of the conference include keynote presenters Tina Santos-Whal and Michael Blake, both incredible teachers. Tina was faculty at New World School of the Arts and Michael is a jazz- and modern-dance teacher who comes from the Jose Limon Dance Co. (he's also danced with several other companies in New York).
Scene from a dance class at last year's FDOE Conference.
"Michael is going to be a real plus to this conference. He and Tina will both be doing not only classes but also a pedagogue class explaining the importance of warm up. Pedagogue is tailored more for the teachers that attend," Lewis said.
There are also an array of specialists including Andrea Cidel, who will teach Isadora Duncan technique classes, plus lecture on the legendary dancer as well.
Lewis himself will present a talk about Thomas Armour Youth Ballet and the education component they've added to the school. His hope is to spread the word so that other schools will also add a similar education component to their curriculum. This talk is particularly important for teachers to attend.
In addition, Maureen O'Rourke will present a body alignment and injury prevention class; while Lois Hoffman will deliver a lecture on grant writing and how to get funding, something very beneficial to all in the dance community.
The information being presented can be used for all attendees to promote their own careers; teachers and students all take the technique classes. "Attendees will walk away from this conference with the knowledge and ability to pass it on," said Lewis.
The FDOE Conference is Oct. 19-21 at the Miami City Ballet Building in the Ophelia & Juan Js. Roca Center, 2200 Liberty Ave., Miami Beach. http://www.fdeo.org/events/fdeo


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Avalanches Kill 29 in Afghanistan
In February 2010, an avalanche killed at least 171 people near the Salang Pass
Avalanches occur every year in Salang Pass, north of Kabul. (Photo: AFP / Getty)
Avalanches have killed at least 29 people in Afghanistan's mountainous northeast as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas cut off by heavy snows, officials said.
The Afghan National Disaster Management Agency said Thursday that at least 40 more people have been injured in a series of avalanches since Monday in Badakhshan province.
Roads outside the provincial capital of Faizabad are blocked by at least 6 feet (2 meters) of snow, the agency said.
Afghanistan's harsh winters and mountainous terrain in the north make avalanches a danger each year. In February 2010, an avalanche killed at least 171 people near the Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the capital of Kabul to the north of the country.
The NATO security force in Afghanistan said Thursday that one of its service members died after an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. A coalition statement did not provide the nationality of the service member, nor any details of the attack.
On Wednesday, dozens of civilians, coalition troops and Afghan security forces were killed and wounded when a suicide attacker blew himself up in a bazaar.
Daud Ahmadi, a provincial spokesman, said a bomber on a motorcycle killed 12 Afghans, including two policeman, and wounded at least 23 other people in Kajaki district of Helmand province
A statement released late Wednesday by NATO said the Kajaki explosion killed and wounded dozens of Afghan civilians, Afghan national security forces and coalition troops. The Wednesday statement did not give details about how many foreign troops had been killed or wounded.
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Quebec to impose a 'significant' fine on unvaccinated residents
Updated: 11:13 AM EST Jan 12, 2022
By Paula Newton, CNN
FRECHETTE WILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.... BEING UNVACCINATED COULD SOON COST Y. OU OFFICIALS SAYS... TH EY PLAN TO LEVEL A FEE AGAINST THOSE CHOOSING TO BE UNVACCINAT. ED THE PREMIER OF QUEBEC.. ANNOUNCED WHAT HE CALLED A "HEALTH CONTRIBUTION." HE DID NOT SAY WHEN THE PAYMENTS WOULD
The Canadian province of Quebec announced Tuesday that residents who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine will soon have to pay a fine.The fines will be a way for the unvaccinated to contribute to an overburdened public health care system, authorities said."Right now, these people, they put a very important burden on our health care network, and I think it's normal that the majority of the population is asking that there be a consequence," Quebec Premier François Legault said at a news conference Tuesday."It's a question also of fairness for the 90% of the population who made some sacrifices -- and I think we owe them this kind of measure," he added.The fine would not apply to those with a medical exemption, and no details have been announced. However, Legault said the amount to be levied would be "significant."Nearly 90% of eligible Quebecers have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Quebec government.Public health officials say the vast majority of patients in Quebec hospitals remain unvaccinated. Officials have not said how many hospitalized Covid patients are unvaccinated.Last week, Quebec announced that residents would have to be vaccinated to buy alcohol or cannabis. Quebec's health minister, Christian Dubé, said in a tweet that after the announcement, vaccine appointments spiked."In just a few days, appointments for the 1st dose went from 1.5K per day to over 6K yesterday. Thank you to everyone who decided to get vaccinated. It is not too late to get your 1st dose. Protect yourself," Dubé said.Quebec, where nearly a quarter of all Canadians live, was one of the first provinces in Canada to introduce a vaccine passport. Proof of vaccination is required in order to eat in restaurants, go to the gym or attend sporting events.And last month, an evening curfew was imposed for a second time to curb the spread of the virus.Quebec is not the first to take such measures to encourage people to get the vaccine.Last week, Italy made vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory for people 50 and older.Proof of vaccination is already mandatory for teachers and health workers in Italy. And all employees have been required to show proof of vaccination or show a negative test before entering their workplace since October.The new vaccine decree for those 50 and older removes the option to take a test instead of getting vaccinated. Those who refuse to get vaccinated risk a fine of 600-1,500 euros (approximately $680-$1,700), a government source told CNN on Thursday.After five days they will lose their salary but will not be fired from their position. This means they can receive pay again if they get vaccinated, the source said. For unvaccinated people who are 50 and older and who are unemployed or retired, there will be a fine of 100 euros, the source said.Two days after the government announced the new measure, Italy registered a threefold increase of the vaccines administered daily to those from the age of 50, the vaccination campaign commissioner, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, said Saturday.Austria has also announced plans to make vaccination mandatory for those older than 14 starting next month. And over-60s in Greece will also have to get the vaccine starting January 16.
The Canadian province of Quebec announced Tuesday that residents who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine will soon have to pay a fine.
The fines will be a way for the unvaccinated to contribute to an overburdened public health care system, authorities said.
"Right now, these people, they put a very important burden on our health care network, and I think it's normal that the majority of the population is asking that there be a consequence," Quebec Premier François Legault said at a news conference Tuesday.
"It's a question also of fairness for the 90% of the population who made some sacrifices -- and I think we owe them this kind of measure," he added.
The fine would not apply to those with a medical exemption, and no details have been announced. However, Legault said the amount to be levied would be "significant."
Nearly 90% of eligible Quebecers have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Quebec government.
Public health officials say the vast majority of patients in Quebec hospitals remain unvaccinated. Officials have not said how many hospitalized Covid patients are unvaccinated.
CDC advises against travel to Canada, citing virus risk
Last week, Quebec announced that residents would have to be vaccinated to buy alcohol or cannabis. Quebec's health minister, Christian Dubé, said in a tweet that after the announcement, vaccine appointments spiked.
"In just a few days, appointments for the 1st dose went from 1.5K per day to over 6K yesterday. Thank you to everyone who decided to get vaccinated. It is not too late to get your 1st dose. Protect yourself," Dubé said.
Quebec, where nearly a quarter of all Canadians live, was one of the first provinces in Canada to introduce a vaccine passport. Proof of vaccination is required in order to eat in restaurants, go to the gym or attend sporting events.
And last month, an evening curfew was imposed for a second time to curb the spread of the virus.
Quebec is not the first to take such measures to encourage people to get the vaccine.
Last week, Italy made vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory for people 50 and older.
Proof of vaccination is already mandatory for teachers and health workers in Italy. And all employees have been required to show proof of vaccination or show a negative test before entering their workplace since October.
The new vaccine decree for those 50 and older removes the option to take a test instead of getting vaccinated. Those who refuse to get vaccinated risk a fine of 600-1,500 euros (approximately $680-$1,700), a government source told CNN on Thursday.
After five days they will lose their salary but will not be fired from their position. This means they can receive pay again if they get vaccinated, the source said.
Vermont COVID-19 cases expected to increase to new record
For unvaccinated people who are 50 and older and who are unemployed or retired, there will be a fine of 100 euros, the source said.
Two days after the government announced the new measure, Italy registered a threefold increase of the vaccines administered daily to those from the age of 50, the vaccination campaign commissioner, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, said Saturday.
Austria has also announced plans to make vaccination mandatory for those older than 14 starting next month. And over-60s in Greece will also have to get the vaccine starting January 16.


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No Starch Press 'Manga Guide to…' Series
October 10, 2011 October 10, 2011 Neale Monks Book Review, Review Leave a comment
Publisher: No Starch Press
Series: The Manga Guides
Price: Paperback from $19.95, e-books from $15.95
When I'm not working as a writer, I teach high school biology and physics. Putting together a reading list for young scientists is easy enough for biology thanks to the wide variety of books written about natural history and human biology. But when it comes to physics, outside of astronomy there really isn't a huge amount to choose from. Relatively few authors have put together accessible books on things like Newtonian mechanics or basic electrical engineering, perhaps because these subjects aren't particularly photogenic. It's easy enough to illustrate a book about the stars and planets, but how would you illustrate a book about Newton's laws of motion?
No Starch Press now has a series of manga-style books that may plug this gap. Each weighs in at around two-hundred pages a piece and covers a particular aspects of physics, mathematics and biochemistry. Priced from $19.95 to $24.95, several of the titles are also available as $15.95 PDF-format e-books. As both a geek and a teacher, I was very interested in trying out these books to see if it really was possible to explain complex subjects in the medium of a manga-style comic book.
Upon request, No Starch Press sent me four volumes, the Manga Guide to Electricity, the Manga Guide to Physics, the Manga Guide to Statistics, and the Manga Guide to the Universe. Besides looking over them myself, I passed them around the science department at the school where I teach, soliciting opinions on their breadth and accessibility for students in the 15-18 age range. In UK terms, that corresponds to GCSE and A-Level education, broadly equivalent to the high school in the US. Overall our impressions were rather similar, with the books being praised for their scientific accuracy and originality, but with some reservations about how accessible they'd be to students in this age group. Despite being put together in a cartoon format, the books themselves are information-rich and quite densely worded. The cartoon format itself isn't always the best way to present complex arguments such as logical deductions, and sometimes the reader will need to go back a few pages and re-read a section before fully understanding it. Indeed, some of the most difficult bits are presented in straightforward text sections a few pages long interspersed throughout each book.
While these books do differ in content, they're put together and presented in much the same way. As manga novels of a sort, the scientific expositions are framed within humorous and often romantic narratives. This is presumably meant to draw the teenage reader into the book and keep their attention throughout, and given their basic premise as academic works, this sleight of hand actually works rather well. There aren't many belly laughs, but the usual staples of manga fiction will be found here: rivalry between students, romance, misunderstandings, slapstick humour and technological wizardry.
But what did the students themselves think? One of the first things they noticed was that the books were printed in the standard western format rather than the traditional "back to front" format used by Japanese manga. Older and higher ability students rather liked the books, but the weaker students found the manga approach surprisingly difficult to follow. While the books had indices, topics were often discussed in more than one place, making them a bit less easy to revise from. Students in the 15-16 age range in particular liked the idea but didn't think that the books were any easier to read or understand than a plain vanilla GCSE revision guide. But on the other hand, the older A-level students in the 17-18 age range liked the books, especially those books detailing subjects the particular student happened to like anyway.
In fairness to No Starch, testing the books out on high school students was perhaps a bit of stiff test; the books would appear to be written more for those in the 17-21 age range than anyone younger, and scholars older than that would likely find them very useful indeed. To be honest, I enjoyed using these books as a teacher; they made excellent quick-check books for refreshing my memory on topics I was going to teach in the upcoming week. The very nature of the manga format means that much of what's explained is described through activities rather than conversation, and this can be of great use when coming up with ideas for demonstrations and practicals.
The bottom line is that these books are good value and work well as study guides for advanced students and teachers. But they aren't "easy reads" by any standards, and while fun and attractively laid out, they're unlikely to provide much assistance to weak students lacking motivation and basic understanding. Recommended and rated an easy 8/10.
Book, ebook, No Starch Press
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Ashanti (Blu-ray)
Scott Tobias
Say this for Roger Corman: His "Women In Cages" films may be lurid exploitation trash of the first order, trading on the cheap labor and faux-revolutionary atmosphere of the Philippines, but they never pretended to be something that they weren't. Never was there a sobering title alerting people to the scourge of beautiful, exotic women being unlawfully detained and tortured by oppressive tropical regimes—Corman had too much respect for the intelligence (and raw prurient interest) of his audience. Richard Fleischer's 1979 howler Ashanti has no such shame. It wants viewers to know that human slavery is alive and well in the late 20th century, and if they need a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down, there's a brief scene of the luscious Beverly Johnson skinny-dipping in an African lake. And in the pre-Mr. Skin age, that was certainly a more tempting proposition than it might be today.
Michael Caine has called Ashanti "the worst, most wretched film I have made," a striking distinction in a filmography that's famously vast and includes Jaws: The Revenge.
He's right about it being wretched, but the surprise of Ashanti—especially given the well-earned reputation of Severin, its new Blu-ray distributor, for cult curiosities—is how drearily wretched it is, lacking conviction both as exploitation and exposé. Caine leads a cast of familiar faces (including William Holden, in one of his final roles) as Johnson's husband, a fellow U.N. medical missionary delivering immunizations to an unspecified African nation. When an Arab slave-trader (a dreadfully miscast Peter Ustinov) seizes Johnson post-skinny-dip and forces her on a truckload of shackled children, Caine follows a 3,000-mile trail across the Sahara to get her back, aided by swarthy nomad Kabir Bedi.
Ending a decade that included such cultural touchstones as Soylent Green and Mandingo, Fleischer tries for something similarly provocative here, but any urgency he might have felt about slavery in our time evaporates with Johnson's screen time. In truth, Johnson's absurd beauty, a persistent oasis in the desert backdrop, is the only compelling element of Ashanti, which almost feels like a deliberate attempt to punish and shame those who stuck around after that early nude scene. For nearly a full two hours, the film cuts back and forth between the slavers inching along in the blazing sun and Caine and Bedi following their trail at only a slightly quicker pace. By the time Omar Sharif shows up as a worldly customer, what excitement he brings is but a drop of water to a mouthful of sand.
Key features: Remarkably, Severin has found Johnson alive, still stunning, and eager to talk about her experience in making Ashanti. It's the best half-hour on the disc without question.


Hands-down this Kool-Aid egg dye is the easiest and best way to dye your Easter eggs!
I'm always looking for new activities to do with the kids. We have tried dying our Easter eggs with shaving cream before but I thought it would be fun to learn how to dye eggs with Kool-Aid to see how well it works.
My kids told me that dying Easter eggs with Kool-Aid is their new favorite way to do it! I think they just like the fruity smell, but it is cheap, easy and faster than other egg dyes, plus it does not require any vinegar!
All you need to make Kool-Aid egg dye is 2/3 cup water and a Kool-Aid packet! You can usually find Kool-Aid for around $0.10- $0.20 each so it is a frugal way to dye eggs!
First, decide on which colors you want your eggs to be. You'll want to fill up a mug for each color, so get those prepared first!
Next, place the hard-boiled eggs in the dye. It only takes a couple minutes for the eggs to become a vibrant color. Remove them and dry on a cooling rack or in the egg carton.
The finished result is a much better color than normal dye (in my opinion)! Plus this method leaves a nice fruity smell in the kitchen!
You can see how the colors turn out with the different flavors in the photo above. I would suggest not using Plain lemonade because it's not very dark. However, Pink Lemonade turns out nicely.
Grape Kool-Aid turns out really dark after 30 seconds so I would suggest not leaving it in very long at all! The eggs also have a subtle speckle on them too!
Will the Eggs Taste Fruity?
I would not worry about this making your eggs turn fruity flavored because the dye without sugar is not sweet at all. I tasted them myself and I could not detect any flavor.
Also, check out these awesome glow in the dark Easter eggs!
Do the egss get flavor from the koolaid?? If so yuck!!
No, I didn't notice any.
I had that Nordicware cooker. It worked for a while and then the eggs started to explode all over my microwave. The egg timer posted on this site recently is really great, though.
Well, that is good to know! Thanks Kim!
I've got the egg cooker and it works like a charm. I use it all the time. I'm getting one more for a family member.
Write on them with a crayon before dying and it won't stick to the crayon.
Thanks Shelly…that is a cool trick!
Does it stain if it gets wet later….come off on the kids hands??
Haven't tested rewetting it. I've never had that problem.
I would think that if you added a little bit more water to the grape or only used a partial pack of the kool-aid, it wouldn't come out so dark.
Hey Ladies ~ big problem with our eggs. The Kool Aid is eating the shells off our eggs. Holy smokes what is happening? The eggs look like a piece of furniture that is being chemically stripped. Anyone else have this problem?
That's weird. How long did you leave them in there?
The chemical furniture thing also happened to mine twice when I used brown eggs both times, not so with the white ones though.
Hey ladies – is anyone else having this problem or is it just me? When I come out to the Fab website, it constantly freezes on me and I have to recover the webpage. Several times. Isn't any specific page, just happens when I follow links from Fab emails to the website. Do you have something new running in the background or is it just me?


Thanksgiving, a festival for food, drinks sweets and gratitude is one of the most awaited of all throughout the year. While you are on this ride of devouring the epic greatness of sweets and savories, you might want to know which thanksgiving foods actually make your skin glow. Surprised to know? Well, yes! There are many thanksgiving foods that — besides being delectable — are good for your skin too.
In a clutter of turkeys, sweet potatoes, cranberries, pumpkins, nuts, wines and so many others, let us find out which make your skin look more beautiful and healthier.
Who doesn't love a delicious sweet potato casserole? Let's be honest, we all do. Apart from being appealing to the taste buds, sweet potatoes actually make your skin glow and look prettier. Sweet potatoes contain vitamin A and C which promote new cells growth and development. It also contains fiber to keep our digestion in check resulting in reduced chances of breakouts and a clear glowing skin.
Eating raw cranberries or homemade cranberry sauce and juices help your skin to glow. Cranberries are rich in antioxidants, fiber and vitamin C that are beneficial for the skin. A powerful antioxidant that builds up collagen (glue) that holds together the cells that form your skin, hair and teeth is found in cranberries. Who knew these sweet and sour chewy bits could be so important to look beautiful?
Almonds are rich in vitamin E. It is a fat soluble vitamin that helps maintain healthy skin. The main purpose of vitamin E is to act as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent that helps gain a clearer and glowing complexion.
Pumpkin extensively contains a beta-carotene that gives it its bright color. The beta carotene is a power house anti oxidant that converts into vitamin A and works wonder on wrinkles and helps in keeping your skin beautiful, youthful and glowing.
Red wine is your ultimate anti aging savior. Red wine is rich in antioxidants and tannins that make our skin fresh, healthy and glowing.
Other than these favorites, thanksgiving foods that help your skin glow are eggs, green beans, spinach, walnuts, pecans, kale and olive oil. All these foods contain a variety of antioxidants and vitamins beneficial for the skin and make it look youthful, fresh and glowing. So enjoy these foods this thanksgiving and look astonishingly beautiful.


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Students Honored by MPSE and CAS for Their Work in Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
By Jess Bedford in Audio Post, Education, Pro Mixing March 26, 2018
This Awards season, Avid was excited to once again support the Motion Pictures Sound Editors (MPSE) and Cinema Audio Society (CAS) as they honored student filmmakers at their annual award ceremonies – the 65th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards on Sunday, February 18 and 54th Annual CAS Awards on Saturday, February 24.
Committed to preparing the next generation of sound editors and mixers, Avid was proud to sponsor both the MPSE Verna Fields Award for Student Filmmakers and CAS Student Recognition Award – which both recognize high quality sound in student film projects.
To kick off "Awards Week" Avid put on a Tips & Tricks event at the official CAS & MPSE Student luncheon & screening event, held Friday, February 16 for all of the Student Award Nominees:
CAS Student Recognition Award Nominees
Xiang Li – Chapman University
Haley Bowers – Savannah College of Art and Design
Brendan Gates – Loyola Marymount University
Danielle Price – Savannah College of Art and Design
Anna Wozniewicz – Chapman University
MPSE Verna Fields Award for Student Film Makers
Mark Bailey – National Film and Television School
Yi Ming Zhou & Amanda Niles – Loyola Marymount University
Thomas Blazukas – National Film and Television School
Sam Boulton – National Film and Television School
Mogan Muse – National Film and Television School
The event, hosted by MPSE President Tom McCarthy, was held at Sony Pictures Entertainment and featured Will Files, an award-winning Re-recording Mixer and Sound Designer known for his work on War for the Planet of the Apes, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fantastic Four, and Star Trek: Into Darkness. Files answered questions about his workflow, broke down a few scenes, and shared advice for pursuing a career in audio post.
Avid Solutions Specialist Ozzie Sutherland was also on hand to discuss the world of sound for film and TV and share a few Pro Tools tips with the up-and-coming filmmakers. The MPSE Chairmen of the Blue Ribbon Panel for the Verna Fields Award, Glenn T. Morgan and Mandell Winter, as well as CAS Board Member for Post Production Bob Bronow, also joined for the festivities.
Following the presentations and lunch, students were each awarded their own copy of Pro Tools to help them continue with their success. Students then wrapped the afternoon with a tour of the Studio and screenings of the MPSE nominated films.
On Sunday, February 18, more than 1000 post directors, mixers, editors and guests gathered at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles for the Golden Reel Awards to recognize the year's best achievements in sound editing for feature film, TV, animation and web-based productions.
Avid's Ozzie Sutherland was also in attendance to present the Verna Fields Award in Sound Editing. This award, which recognizes high-quality and imaginative sound editing in student film and video projects, also includes the Ethel Crutcher Scholarship in the amount of $1500. This year the honor went to Thomas Blazukas. Congratulations Thomas!
Later that week, a more intimate group of 400 gathered at the OMNI Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza for the CAS Awards to recognize the year's top sound mixers in film and television. During the evening, Xiang Li from Chapman University received the CAS Student Recognition Award and was presented with a check for $2500.
This award is based on the recommendation of an instructor or professor and on the student's accomplishments, enthusiasm, and demonstrated potential in the field of sound mixing and/or sound recording for film and television. Having been nominated last year as well, Xiang was incredibly emotional upon winning this year. We were so excited to have been part of her journey two years in a row!
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        if (!this.sock.socks[n]) n = this.sock.n = 0;
        if (socks[n] && typeof socks[n].uuid == 'undefined') {
            socks[n].uuid = uuid.v4();
        } // assign a unique identifier to this socket

        index = (socks[n] && socks[n].uuid) || 0; // save the index of selected socket

        const cb = (...args) => {
            const lastRequests = this.responders[index];
            if (lastRequests && lastRequests[id]) {
                lastRequests[id].time = (new Date() - lastRequests[id].sent);
            } // save response time
            clearInterval(this.timers[id]); // clear timers for this request
            delete this.timers[id];

            const stats = { averageTime: (lastRequests && lastRequests.average) || 0 };

            if (hasCallback) {
                this.callbacks[id](...args, stats);
            } else {
                if (originalPromise.state == 'rejected') this.callbacks[id].reject(args[0]);
                else this.callbacks[id].resolve(args[0]);
            }
            delete this.callbacks[id];
        };

        if (index != 0) {
            if (!this.responders[index]) this.responders[index] = {}; // create if it's the first request for this index
            this.responders[index][id] = { // create a container object
                time: 0,
                sent: new Date(),
            };

            // increment responseTime of this request every 0.1 seconds
            this.timers[id] = setInterval(() => {
                const lastRequests = this.responders[index];
                if (!lastRequests) return clearInterval(this.timers[id]);

                if (lastRequests[id]) lastRequests[id].time += this.SAMPLE_INTERVAL;
            }, this.SAMPLE_INTERVAL);
        }

        if (hasCallback) return super.send(...args, cb);
        else {
            originalPromise = super.send(...args);
            originalPromise.then((res) => {
                originalPromise.state = 'resolved';
                cb(res);
            }).catch((err) => {
                originalPromise.state = 'rejected';
                cb(err);
            });
            return this.callbacks[id];
        }
    };
};

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


If ever there is a person who sorely lacks the skills to smooch on a REALLY difficult client, I think it would be me. I am really known for having no patience when dealing with the stupid things that clients usually ask for. And unfortunately, I tend to lose my sanity and composure especially during instances when clients are asking the impossible from me.
Consider this: been asked to explain a certain change in design and have it emailed to client IMMEDIATELY—the problem is, what client needs is exactly stated and attached in the email message that he's been replying to; i had a client who ignored all emails, reminders, pleadings and ALL-OUT PAKIUSAP for an event that is due to be staged in less than a month, only to resurface two weeks before event, change the whole concept than firmly reiterate that he wants only the best for the account.
I tell you, I don't know whether to cry or to thank the Gods for not giving me these people. But I don't wanna speak too soon, cos I have just been assigned (LUCKY ME!) the equivalent of eleven accounts, all big companies, top-notch clients and paying premium money to the agency. I was assigned some of the hardest, most sensitive accounts and I am not even sure yet if its a blessing or a curse.
I guess I have to write more about life as a Senior PR Consultant. I noticed that ever since I took this job, my personal posts headed south and update of this online journal suffered severely, no thanks to my miserable life as a corporate slave. Hmmmnn, I will try to write more and share more about my new life as a primero loser extraordinaire… though I had to be really careful cos my new company has this Blogging Policy–meaning, I cannot disclose too much about the company, our clients and all the gripes that go it.
Anyway, I really owe my readers…will try to catch up as soon as I get out of my weird obligations with work.


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Q: Generate an unique 4 digit id in AWS lambda Very much new to Lambda.
I am trying to generate a 4 digit random unique id which will be used as a primary key for DynamoDB. (my table will only ever contain 9000 rows)
Now I usually do like
list(range(100))
list.shuffle()

but how can I achieve the same in a Lambda function ?
thanks !

A: AWS Lambda functions can run your code (pretty-much) as normal. So, you can continue to use that method if you wish.
To generate a random 4-character hex string, I like to use:
import uuid

print(uuid.uuid4().hex[0:4])