As I'm sure many of you know, life with two kiddos under two can be a little crazy! Add in uploading 1-2 youTube videos and a couple of blog posts each week and it's very easy to lose track of things. So in an effort to stay on top of everything I finally started using a planner.
I went to a few different stores and finally found some inserts that I liked. They are colorful and allow me to fill in the dates myself. However there was only one binder that fit the inserts and it was gold and black dots which in no way matched the colorful inserts. So after nearly an hour in the store trying to figure out what to do, I decided to make my own cover. I considered making a cover with a full spine and everything, but decided to keep it more simple.
The entire project took less than an hour and can be made using any paper or decorations you like. Plus if you get tired of the cover after a while, it's easy to make a new one!
Click HERE to see how to make this simple DIY planner or journal cover.
Want to see the inserts I'm using? You can find them HERE. The rings were found at Dollar Tree in the office supply area.
Now I need to get back to planning what you all will see on Whitney Sews in the weeks to come. Until then, happy sewing!
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Q: HTML not updating in angular tests when injected service changes I'm trying to test a component which shows or hides a button based on the current users details. I get the user details from a method on the service. The component uses a getter to make the call to the service method.
In the component:
get me() {
  return this.sessionService.getMe()
}

In the component's html:
Profile

I need to test that the button is displayed when I am logged in and that it is not displayed when I am not logged in. I'm stubbing the session service as follows:
In the component spec file:
let sessionServiceStub = {
  currentUser: {
    loggedIn: false
  }

  getMe: function () {
    return this.currentUser
  }
}

beforeEach(async(() => {
  TestBed.configureTestingModule({
    imports: ['RouterTestingModule'],
    declarations: ['MyComponent'],
    providers: [{provide: SessionService, useValue: sessionServiceStub}],
  }).compileComponents()
}))

beforeEach(() => {
  sessionServiceStub.currentUser = {
    loggedIn = false
  }

  fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
  component = fixture.componentInstance;
  fixture.detectChanges();
})

At the start of each test I set the loggedOn property on the service stub to true or false, then call detectChanges() but the HTML doesn't update as expected. Is this to do with the getter, and if so, how can I force the view to get the new value from the sessionService?
In the component spec file:
it('shows the button when a user is logged in', () => {
  sessionServiceStub.currentUser.loggedIn = true
  fixture.detectChanges()

  de = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#profile-button'))
  el: HTMLAnchorElement = de.nativeElement // TypeError: Cannot read property 'nativeElement' of null
  // ...
})

A: Remove the fixture.detectChanges() from the beforeEach method.
beforeEach(() => {
  sessionServiceStub.currentUser = {
    loggedIn = false
  }

  fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
  component = fixture.componentInstance;

})

It should work fine.

A: When adding the sessionServiceStub to the providers array, a new instance is created for the tests. After creating the instance, I was then modifying the original stub and these changes were not available until the next tests (when a new instance was created).
By removing the currentUser from the stub, any changes made to it will still be available to the tests as the new instance will reference the same currentUser object.
let currentUser: {
  loggedIn: false
}

let sessionServiceStub = {

  getMe: function () {
    return currentUser
  }
}

A: You may want to take the following approach: describe functions can be nested within other describe functions. This gives you the possibility to structure your tests into several sections, that will share common boiler plate, as follows.
Warning: the following code is strictly informative and has not been tested.
describe('MyComponentUnderTestComponent', () => {
  let component: MyComponentUnderTestComponent
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<MyComponentUnderTestComponent>

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: ['RouterTestingModule'],
      declarations: ['MyComponent'],
      providers: [{provide: SessionService, useValue: sessionServiceStub}],
    }).compileComponents()
  }))

  describe('when user is connected', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
      sessionServiceStub.currentUser.loggedIn = true
      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent)
      component = fixture.componentInstance
      fixture.detectChanges()
    })

    it('shows the button when a user is logged in', () => {
      de = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#profile-button'))
      el: HTMLAnchorElement = de.nativeElement
      // ...
    })
  })

  describe('when user is NOT connected', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
      sessionServiceStub.currentUser.loggedIn = false
      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent)
      component = fixture.componentInstance
      fixture.detectChanges()
    })
  })

  it('does NOT show the button when a user is NOT logged in', () => {
    de = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#profile-button'))
    el: HTMLAnchorElement = de.nativeElement
    // ...
  })
})

This approach is a bit more complex at first site, then the one you have taken. However, it has several benefits:

*

*The nested describe functions create different contexts within your tests: "user is logged in" vs "user is not logged in". It helps mutualizing boiler plates for tests that share the same context.

*Therefore, it separates completely different test cases within your file.

*It uses beforeEach functions to set-up context ("user is logged in", "user is not logged in") where it is supposed to be, instead of doing it "on the fly", in it functions, where it might be difficult to spot for other devs (even for yourself in a few days from now).

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Barcoding of ancient lake ostracods (Crustacea) reveals cryptic speciation with extremely low distances
Karanovic, I, Barcoding of ancient lake ostracods (Crustacea) reveals cryptic speciation with extremely low distances, PLoS ONE, 10, (3) Article e0121133. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article]
Copyright: � 2015 Ivana Karanovic. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121133
Ostracods are drastically reduced crustaceans, with never more than eight appendages enclosed between two valves, leaving only a limited number of morphological characters for species delineation. Conservative morphology of characters used to define genera, along with high variability of characters used to define species are creating problems in applying a morphospecies concept. A high intraspecific variability in a Lake Biwa (Japan) endemic, Physocypria biwaensis (Okubo, 1990), has been observed previously but was never studied in detail. Two sympatric forms, differing in pigmentation and size, suggest a presence of reproductive isolation. The aim of this study is to employ molecular and morphometric tools to aid in species delineation within P. biwaensis complex and reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships. A fragment of the mtCOI gene was amplified from 30 specimens, and an additional 37 specimens were studied for morphological characters. Resulting phylogenies showed that each morphologically distinct form is associated with a distinct phylogenetic group based on mtDNA. The average pairwise distance is very low (5%), indicating a recent divergence time. I speculate that there is a possibility that one of them originated in the lake, while the other probably colonized it afterwards. This seems to be supported with an apparent niche partitioning at different depths. In spite of the fact that traditionally used sexual characters are highly variable in these two species, the morphometric analysis of shell and soft part related characters clearly delineates them and suggests that such characters may be useful for future detection of seemingly cryptic ostracod species.
COI, Lake Biwa, morphometry, Ostracoda, Physocypria biwaensis
Animal systematics and taxonomy
Other environmental management
Other environmental management not elsewhere classified
Karanovic, I (Professor Ivana Karanovic)
IMAS Research and Education Centre
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At the seventh annual Chicago Fringe Festival, audiences can create their own adventure by selecting from 200 boundary-pushing performances of 50 shows. You can get a sample of the entire line-up at our free Preview Party on August 31! Tickets are $10 per show plus a one-time $5 admittance fee to the festival for everyone 13 or older. Ticket packages are also available. Shows range from circus shows to drama, dance to puppets, burlesque to musicals. Plus Kids Fringe will feature five kid friendly shows and free activities on each Saturday and Sunday of the festival.


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Piggy-backing on my last post, I know that boundaries are good. I know I have to set them but that is much harder said than done. First of all, you have to know what the boundaries are. That alone is tough. I can enforce them, once I know them, but it's not like walking around your backyard to decide where to put a fence. It's so I much harder. And, I think they are fluent. My boundaries need to move with the need at the time. For example, if JoDee is in active addiction, like I believe she is right now, my boundaries may be that she can't cross over into our house, our lives, our wallets. We may be in the "Don't even think about asking us for anything country." That part I struggle with. I know that when she is actively using is when I should help her the least, because it enables her to continue to be sick but that is so difficult. I see her as sick. Helpless. Floundering. In danger. Turning your back on your child when they are at such a low point is so difficult, but I can't see it that way. What looks like turning my back is actually giving her a helping hand. Words I have to repeat to myself frequently.
If we are being honest, and I am nothing if I am not brutally honest, boundaries are good for everyone, not just the addicted. It has helped me see that even with my other two, and with AC's girls. So often we don't want to say no to something because we don't want to disappoint our kids. But isn't being disappointed part of life? If we aren't teaching our children how to deal with and contend with disappointment and changing atmospheres as adolescents how in the world are they going to figure it out as adults? Let me tell you, I can tell you first hand that I deal with many adults that I think to myself, this person has never heard the word no. Or had to look at things from someone else's point of view. Those sorts of adults are easy to spot. I think that the generation coming up now, our future Presidents, may have more of these types of adults than any generation before it. Life has become one large Reality TV show instead of just being reality. It's about making sure our kid has what that kid has that the other kid has. It seems like we gauge how much we love our kids is determined by how much stuff they have, how many electronic devices, and how little they have to do. And I'm guilty of it too. Society at large is guilty of that.
The thing is, if JoDee said I am going to commit suicide, I would be doing anything within my power and something's that probably aren't, to make sure she is safe. In this situation, she is committing suicide slowly using drugs and impulsive behavior, and I am unable to do anything productive to help. There is no way I can convey the complete helplessness I feel. There is nothing to compare it too. It ruins everything. There is no joy in anything that happens. There is often this blanket of angst that hovers over our lives that just prevent anything from being enjoyed. I know JoDee is in a bad place right now. I don't need to talk to her daily, which I don't, to know that. It's a mother's intuition, and unfortunately, it's also practice from years of being the mother of an addict. It's not much different than being able to smell the snow in the air before it starts. Her seasonal job ended, her money is all but gone, she needs to pay rent and she is still standing at the end of that dock, one toe in the water, trying to decide if she is going to jump or not. I have a feeling she may have jumped. I think she is barely treading water. From my point, behind that damn looking glass all I can do is watch. I can't stand it. I feel like the noose is around my neck but she is about to jump off the chair to end my life. Knowing you are about to suffer the worst pain of your life, and someone could prevent it but doesn't is enough to drive a person insane. I know it's making me crazy.
Last night I had probably one of the worst dreams I have ever had in my life. My arms were cut off, my ears were filled with cement, my eyes sewn shut, my mouth glued and sealed, and one leg removed. I was forced to balance on one leg. If I fall, JoDee dies. I teetered and tried to balance. I couldn't ask for help or see anything around me, and I didn't even feel the pain but I could feel the anxiety, and fear, and terror that I wouldn't be able to stay standing. JoDee's life depended on me and I was going to let her down. In slow motion, as I watched myself from above, I started to collapse. I could hear the muffled scream from my impenetrable mouth and just before I hit the ground, I was awake. Sweating. Panicked. Trying to figure out where I was. AC was already awake. I was convinced JoDee was dead. I could feel it in my gut. I tried calling her, but it was 4 in the morning, she didn't answer. I didn't expect she would. Using or not, she sleeps soundly so she wouldn't have heard the phone anyway. And, given the current state of affairs, she isn't responding to anyone, as I believe she is up to her neck on the run. Those sort of dreams stick with you. I will carry that burden with me all day. And I have a busy day today, Jay J has senior pictures (yes I am late, I know I'm mother of the year), I have to finish a project for work, my house might actually be the source of the eboli outbreak it is so disgusting and I won't even talk about the need to change sheets or clean the bathroom. I have all of those things on the list, but what I am actually going to do is Jay J's senior pictures and then probably crawl in bed with the blanket over my head and try to figure out whose life this is anyway. How did my JoDee, the blond spark of life who tried to walk into pre-school by herself "because I all growed up now", is a wreck less, self-loathing, attention-seeking, loveless person. By loveless, I don't mean she isn't loved, it means she doesn't realize how important that love she does have means. She doesn't understand that the grass is not greener in other pastures. She doesn't understand that she doesn't have to keep searching for someone to love her unconditionally because she has it from her family, from someone else close to her, from friends her addiction has alienated and from people who don't even know her personally.
If that isn't enough, I have the exhausting task of kicking Despair to the curb over and over. Despair, remember closely related to Heroin Addiction, wants me to creep back in. Despair is tag teaming us with her addiction. While JoDee is trying to fight off her pull to use, I am trying to fight off my pull to be taken over by the darkest of moments. But I can't do that. I cannot. I can't say that every moment of every day I am fighting with guns a-blazing, because I just can't do that. There are days that I am just not able to do it. On the whole, I have shifted my energy from fighting to keep JoDee cleaning, realizing she needs to do that herself, to fighting to keep myself sane. And being sane means keeping Despair away. I relapse, as does anyone fighting anything, but as tiring as it is, and that I want to give up so often, I don't have just myself to worry about. In some ways I am jealous of JoDee. She wakes up every day and thinks about herself. I wake up to think about JoDee, Jay J, Jared, AC, SC, OC, my grandmother whom is ailing and I am caring for, my mom who is helping with my grandmother too, my parents in SC (Eh… I only think about how I want their life! Ha), my friends, my job, basically the things every responsible member of society thinks about. It's immature and irresponsible of me to think only of myself, but I want too. Though, again back to the honesty thing, I spent enough time in my twenties thinking of myself and relying on others so I have probably met my quota.
Bottom line, the struggle continues. As I sit in my kitchen, with my kitty in my lap, I try to make a pact with myself to do have of the things I have on my list before I allow myself to start wallowing in self-pity. It's a reasonable goal. The least I can do, is change the sheets on my bed, before I crawl in them for a pity party because it's very likely, I may never come out.
Hey, just looking to see if you're ok. Worried about you.


Verona Area Core Knowledge Charter » News & Communications » District News » Four VASD Teachers Become Nationally Certified!
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards celebrates FIVE VERONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT staff members as part of 3,907 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and another 4,446 Board-certified teachers who successfully renewed their certification in 2018.
These staff members join a growing community of Board-certified teachers, now more than 122,000 strong across all 50 states. Each of these accomplished educators earned the profession's highest mark of achievement through a rigorous, performance-based, peer-review process, demonstrating their proven impact on student learning and achievement.
"I'm thrilled to celebrate our new National Board Certified Teachers. This is a great personal accomplishment, but it's more than that – this accomplishment is reason to celebrate the impact Board-certified teachers have on millions of students nationwide and on the teaching profession at-large. School principals and systems leaders from across the country regularly tell me that NBCTs are making a difference in their students' learning, strengthening their schools and their communities," said Peggy Brookins, NBCT, president and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
•	40% of new NBCTs teach in STEM fields.
During the week of December 10, Educators across the country will celebrate all Board-certified teachers with #TeamNBCT week. The activities include in-person and online recognition of this important accomplishment.


Dog Walkers in San Luis Rey, CA - Dog Walking Near You | Wag!
San Luis Rey is an unincorporated community in San Diego County stretching along the San Luis Rey River and located 4 miles northeast of downtown Oceanside. The community has plenty of opportunities to hike with Fido, enjoy the Californian weather, and dine in the city center at one of the many cafes with outdoor tables along San Luis Rey Mission Expressway. There are four veterinary hospitals here to take care of the local pups and keep their owners happy.
San Luis Rey River Trail is an obvious choice for every visitor with a pup! Running for about 9 miles along the San Louis Rey River, the trail is smooth and flat, which is perfect for beginners or those who do not want to challenge themselves a lot. San Luis Rey Bike Trail, on the opposite side of San Luis Rey, is a bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly trail. Your puppy can accompany you on-leash, and you can access the trail from multiple spots.
Enjoy traditional American fare at one of the many pet-friendly outdoor tables in Johnny Rockets at Mainside Center, or savor a hot slice of pizza at Tony Pepperoni, an Oceanside café with a pet-friendly patio.
San Luis Rey, conveniently located within the Oceanside area, offers you a chance to explore the city's surroundings and enjoy the comfort of shady public parks. North Santa Fe Drive curves along Guajome Regional Park, with beautiful scenery and an abundance of wildlife for leashed walks with your puppy! The walking trails lack drinking water facilities, but are paved, nicely shaded, and feature benches. Want to try some Hawaiian food without leaving California? Pay a visit to Ohana Hawaiian BBQ, a pet-friendly restaurant just a few blocks away from the park. Leashed dogs are welcome at the outdoor tables.
East Side Capistrano is one of the neighborhoods in Oceanside, located west of San Luis Rey. Since it mostly features residential quarters, you might call the place sleepy, but San Luis Rey Mission Expressway adds some buzz, bringing a number of drive-thrus and convenience stores to the area. Your pup will fall in love with Oceanside Dog Park, a pet-friendly facility on San Luis Rey Drive, operated by North Community Humane Society. Let your mutt run off-leash, dig up the turf, and chase a few new friends in the fenced terrain. The park is located next to the dog shelter, and provides benches and drinking water for your comfort.
Pacific Tides is one of the coastal neighborhoods of Oceanside where you and Fido can enjoy the warm California weather at the cafes situated along the waterfront. Come by and have a nice walk at Buccaneer Beach Park, a public recreation spot with walking trails and a beach! Your pup should be leashed at all times and is not allowed in the beach area. But don't worry! You and Fido can enjoy the comfort and low-key atmosphere of the cafes along the South Coast Highway. Most of them offer pet-friendly outdoor tables or patios with relaxing marina views and cheerful atmospheres, such as Jennie's Cafe, serving the best breakfast in the city!
Townsite occupies the central part of Oceanside, combining multiple smaller neighborhoods together. The waterfront offers beautiful and relaxing views, which you can enjoy while sharing dinner with your mutt at one of the many pet-friendly cafes in the area. Why not enjoy a wonderful leashed walk at Tyson Street Park, a seaside playground with simple equipment, pet-friendly policies, and picnic areas? You won't be able to let your mutt off-leash here, but locals often walk their dogs here, so Fido might just sniff out a new friend! Once in Oceanside, you should definitely visit Local Tap House and Kitchen, an American café with a large dog-friendly patio and an abundance of treats for your sweet tooth!
Stretching through the heart of Carlsbad, California, Carlsbad Village Drive winds to the east, eventually running into College Boulevard, right across Calavera Nature Preserve. The street also offers an access to Hidden Canyon Community Park. This is a public park with a playscape, grassy areas, and huge shade structures for you and Fido to rest under. Ann D. L'Heureux Memorial Park is set in the northern part of the park, featuring an extensive fenced playground for pooches to enjoy some off-leash playtime! Since this park is pawpular with the locals, you'll surely find some new furry friends here! The park provides agility equipment, sandy cover, benches, and drinking water fountains.


The Seminar "How Chinese demands and innovations change the global tourism industry" at the WTM were led by several influential speakers on Nov 5th, 2018.
World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend three-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry during Nov 5 to 7, 2018. Senior travel industry professionals from 186 countries and regions came all the way to London to introduce their tourism resources and products to the world.
Chinese outbound tourism and travel market was a hot topic at WTM 2018 as China has become world's largest outbound tourism market since the year of 2013.
According to statistics published by United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) , Chinese travelers spent 258 billion U.S. dollars abroad in 2017, and made over 142 million international departures.
As the development of Chinese outbound tourism market, the global travel organizes pay more and more attention on Chinese market and would like to get the benefit from it.
The Seminar "How Chinese demands and innovations change the global tourism industry" at the WTM were led by several influential speakers from China such as Ctrip, Huizuche and Union Pay who discussed actively the trends and developments in Chinese outbound tourism and travel market.
Nowadays in China, post-80s and post-90s are the major groups for outbound travel who like book the trip and hotels online by OTA.
Kane Xu, CEO of Ctrip Customized Travel expressed that Ctrip Customized Travel provides the more, quick, great and saving services that cater Chinese customers' needs by the analysis of big data and an easy-to-use platform.
Ctrip will continue strengthening the advantage now like traffic, channel, partnership, and dig more on Local sourcing, service, innovation. In a word, Ctrip would love to share the experience from China outbound to help benefit more for global partners. Ctrip looks forward for the win-win cooperation with global partners.


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We know that the NYU School of Professional Studies is a great place to get an incredible education. Thousands of professionally-driven students from an array of life paths choose to enroll in our programs and leave satisfied, having earned a reputable and valuable degree. For this reason, we would love for you to come experience the NYU community for yourself.
Get to know our student body in person. Meet with our admissions staff about our wide range of programs. Tour our LEED-certified building. Wander through the tree-lined cobblestone streets on campus. Give in to the creative energy of the city. Visit NYU Graduate Tours to learn more about the Washington Square campus and to register for a tour.
To visit one of our other campus locations and learn more about an academic department, simply contact the Office of Admissions to arrange a time. We look forward to finding out more about you.
The NYU School of Professional Studies classes are held at four convenient locations listed below. The location at 7 East 12th Street also houses the Office of Admissions.
Please refer to the NYU campus map [PDF] for a more detailed view of our locations.
The NYU School of Professional Studies building at 7 East 12th Street serves as the on-campus home for the School's administrative offices and programs listed below.
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At 838 Broadway, the NYU School of Professional Studies occupies the 6th floor and houses administrative offices for the programs listed below.
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""Clavits, Babbits and Rabbits" - the caper of the outer space ultralight rocking chair."
Song addresses the perils of putting technology over humanity.
"CLAVITS, BABBITS AND RABBITS" - THE CAPER OF THE OUTER SPACE ULTRALIGHT ROCKING CHAIR."


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Most people support free access to contraceptive health care, according to polls.
Opinion: Don't threaten women's health care
Editor's note: Felicity Huffman was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in "Transamerica." She received an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award for her starring role in ABC's "Desperate Housewives."
By Felicity Huffman, Special to CNN
(CNN) - Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on legislation proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt that would allow employers to deny coverage for health care services that are considered morally objectionable.
On February 16, Republicans in the House of Representatives held a hearing designed to undermine President Barack Obama's decision to guarantee women free access to contraception health care regardless of their workplace.
Fair enough. We all have the right to disagree and fight for our beliefs. But by definition, a hearing is an inquiry into many sides of an issue with testimony from various points of views. But mark this: The Republicans did not have a single woman to testify in support of the contraception mandate. That is not a hearing; that is a sham.
Read Felicity Huffman's full column
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"Health care services that are considered morally objectionable" - by WHOM?
By religious organizations, of course. How is it that they get to pick and choose which laws they obey, just because of their beliefs?
There are a number of laws that go against MY beliefs. I won't bore you with a list, but the point is, I have to obey them anyway. They should, too.
Churches, if you're going to open up a school, or a hospital, or an adoption agency, or a thrift shop, or whatever - then be an employer like every other employer in this country and follow the laws. Insure your employees for the health care THEY need, whether you think they need it or not. Give their families benefits, whether you like the kind of family they have or not. Hire workers if they can do the job, whether they believe in your religion or not.
Oh, and pay your d@mn taxes.
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Great portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1860
He still looks young and vaguely handsome in this print, published by New York's Currier and Ives in May 1860. With sensitive eyes dominating the placid, sad face, Lincoln looks every bit the affluent, successful lawyer, representing Chicago railroads and corporations as well as small-town neighbors and friends around his home in downstate Springfield, Illinois.
Lincoln that month had won a stunning victory, surprising the country by capturing the Republican nomination for President of the United States. His name suddenly on the front page of every newspaper, people clamored to see his face. And with TV, newsreels, and even mass-produced photographs still far in the future, Currier and Ives easily could demand $1.50 to $3.00 apiece (about $75 in modern money) for a portrait like this, especially during a hot political season.
Lincoln had won the nomination in a three day, three ballot convention widely considered the most exciting in America up to that time. It came complete with marching bands, fireworks, and a good-time carnival atmosphere that drew some 40,000 people to frontier Chicago. Lincoln himself was considered a long-shot underdog. By all appearances, the Republican nomination in 1860 had been locked up in advance by another candidate, William Seward, the New York former governor and United States Senator.
But Lincoln captured the prize with nerve, ambition, and brass tacks. His team played the kind of hardball politics that usually made reformers cringe -- packing the hall, planting rumors, trading for votes, manipulating seats, and the rest. Still, it gave of one of the best presidents in American history. (I try to capture the excitement of this story in my own new eBook Lincoln's Convention: Chicago 1860, told mostly through the eyes of newspaper writers.)
His four years as President would not be kind to Abraham Lincoln. By the time he arrived in Washington to take the oath as President on March 4, 1861, the country had already split apart. Seven Southern states had bolted to form the Confederate States of America. Lincoln would preside over a long, bloody Civil War that would cost the country billions of dollars in treasure and 600,000 deaths before the Union was restored and slavery abolished. Lincoln would see his own son Willie die in the White House of typhoid fever at just 12 years old as his wife Mary Todd Lincoln edged closer to mental instability. By the time John Wilkes Booth shot him in April 1865, Lincoln's hair and beard would be largely grey, his face crisscrossed with lines and wrinkles.
But that was in the future in May 1860, as the handsome Illinois lawyer peered out from his Currier and Ives portrait at his moment of great achievement. Abraham Lincoln always joked about his looks. Accused once of dishonestly, he shot back "If I had two faces, do you think this is the one I'd be wearing." His face perhaps wasn't a pretty one, but it was good one.
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VIFF 2018 Review: Burning (버닝)
8 November 2018 Jon The Blogcentric
One of my goals at the VIFF is to see at least one film which is a nation's entry into the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film category. The first of three I saw during the VIFF was Burning from South Korea.
The film begins with Lee Jong-su performing odd jobs in Paju. One day he runs into a former neighbor and classmate from his childhood. Her name is Shin Mae-hi. Mae-hi confesses to Jong-su that she always liked him but he always ignored her. Could it be because he was a farmer's son and she was more urban? At the date later on, Mae-hi tells Jong-su that she has pursued an acting career. She's disappointed to see that Jong-su hasn't pursued a career in writing as he wanted to do in college.
The romance sparks up so high, they have sex in her apartment. She lets Jong-su know she will have an acting gig in Nairobi very soon and she wants him to feed her cat. He agrees. Jong-su never sees the cat, but always sees the food gone and the litterbox used. Also when he's at her place, he masturbates in her bedroom. Mae-hi returns, but three days later than expected because of a terror warning. Mae-hi also returns with a Korean man named Ben: a man she bonded with during the crisis. The three have dinner together. Mae-hi recalls a sunset she saw during the trip. She cries, confessing she wanted to disappear. Ben doesn't understand why people cry and admits he never cried himself.
Jong-su has things to take care of back home. He has to look after the family house and farm as his father is awaiting trial. Jong-su often watches the relationship with Mae-hi and Ben from afar with envy. However he's suspicious of Ben. Ben is confident, but doesn't mention what he does for a living. Jong-su pays a visit to Ben's place and notices an area where there is a lot of women's jewelry and decorations in the bathroom. Jong-su later joins the couple in a restaurant. There Mae-hi shows them the dance she learned in Nairobi. Jong-su likes what he sees, but he notices Ben is unamused.
The trio then go to Jong-su's farm where they find themselves getting high and Hae-mi dancing topless. Hae-mi recalls a memory where Jong-su rescues her from a well. After Hae-mi falls asleep on a sofa, Ben makes a confession to Jong-su that he like to burn an abandoned greenhouse every two months. He notes his area is full of greenhouses. Ben claims the next burning will be close to Jong-su's house. Ben also tells Jong-su that Hae-mi considers him her best friend. But as she awakens from her drunkenness, Jong-su calls her a whore as they leave.
Jong-su takes this to heart as he is careful over the neighborhood to spot out of any gas houses are burned down. None are, but he receives something even more disturbing. He received a phone call from Hae-mi one night that cut out after that cut off after a few seconds of ambiguous noises. The concern grows as Jong-su makes call after call to Hae-mi with no response. He goes to her apartment which is surprisingly clean and shows no sign of the cat. Jong-su contact's Hae-mi's family, but they say they haven't heard from her in some time and she owes them a lot of money. Even Ben makes claim of Hae-mi not returning calls as Jong-su approaches him.
Suspicious of it all, Jong-su starts stalking Ben. Ben is unaware that Jong-su is stalking him, but treats Jong-su with friendliness. Ben even introduces Jung-su to his new girlfriend and even says they have a new cat. As Jong-su makes his way to the bathroom, he sees the watch he gave Hae-mi. Looks like the truth about Ben and what happened to Hae-mi came out. It's just after Jong-su's father has been sentenced that we get the final act of the drama.
The film is a quiet mystery. I call it quiet because there is little if any score. The film quietly lets the events unravel as they happen. It lets the facts quietly but surely become clearer over time. We learn more about what happened to Mae-hi. Mae-hi may be very free as is expected of an artistic person, but no sign of her for a long time does rise to suspicion. We soon learn more about Ben. He comes across cool and confident and the type of person who wouldn't hurt anyone, but it's Jong-su who sees Ben's true colors. We also learn more about Jong-su. Jong-su comes off as an awkward son of a temperamental farmer undecided about his dreams. Jong-su comes as the type of person too awkward to do anything seriously violent, but as truths unfold, the monster inside him comes out. The story comes just as his father is sentenced for his violent actions, Jong-su becomes judge, jury, and executioner on Ben. Having all this happen in a film with no score or any other cinematic gimmicks works well for the film. I think something like a musical score may have hurt the drama.
In addition, the film answers more with what we don't see than what we see. The value of the unseen is first given credit involving the scenes of tending to Hae-mi's unseen cat. We never see the cat and neither does Jong-su, but the food is eaten and the litterbox is used. The unseen is key for resolving the mystery of Ben. The unseen is where Ben acquired all the female jewelry and decorations. He talks of his 'hobby' of burning gashouses down. However it becomes more obvious about what these burning are. And it took the piece of Hae-mi's jewelry just after Hae-mi goes missing to get the sense that Ben is a killer, and the burnings is a secret word for murder. It's at the end that the burnt gashouse ends up being Ben's car with a fatally-wounded Ben inside.
Top credits go to Lee Chang-dong. Lee has had an impressive film making career in South Korea. However it was 2003's Oasis where he won the Best Director award at the Venice Film festival that he first caught international notice as well as the Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award at VIFF 2003. Poetry took his career to a new height after he won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. This film in which he directs and co-wrote the script with Oh Jung-mi is an excellent work of its own. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at this year's Cannes Film Fest. Awards aside, the film does keep one intrigued. The story doesn't make a lot of sense at first, but the drama slowly builds over time. Yoo Ah-In does a very good job as Jong-su. He does a great job of playing a character who first seems harmless, but has a monster inside of him. Steven Yeun, a Korean émigré to the United States, does a good job as playing a character cool and calm, but has a dark secret. Jeon Jong-seo is also very good as the free-spirited Hae-mi.
Burning is a suspense that starts quiet but slowly builds over time. Its quiet drama is its best asset and adds to the film.
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package com.twitter.finagle.tracing

import com.twitter.util.{Duration, Time, TimeFormat}

/**
 * Records information of interest to the tracing system. For example when an event happened,
 * the service name or ip addresses involved.
 *
 * @param traceId Which trace is this record a part of?
 * @param timestamp When did the event happen?
 * @param annotation What kind of information should we record?
 * @param duration Did this event have a duration? For example: how long did a certain code block take to run
 */
case class Record(
  traceId: TraceId,
  timestamp: Time,
  annotation: Annotation,
  duration: Option[Duration]) {
  override def toString: String = s"${Record.timeFormat.format(timestamp)} $traceId] $annotation"
}

object Record {
  def apply(traceId: TraceId, timestamp: Time, annotation: Annotation): Record = {
    Record(traceId, timestamp, annotation, None)
  }

  private val timeFormat = new TimeFormat("MMdd HH:mm:ss.SSS")

}


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Shailene Woodley Arrested While Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline
By Alex Stedman
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Shailene Woodley was arrested for criminal trespassing while peacefully protesting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, the Morton County Sheriff's Department confirmed to Variety.
Woodley, who has been vocal about the pipeline, posted a video on Facebook Live streaming the incident. The two-hour video takes a turn near the end, when police begin to get involved. At one point, an unidentified officer could be seen telling Woodley, "We can't talk right here, but you're going to be placed under arrest for criminal trespassing."
"But I have one question: Why am I being arrested and no one else is who is down there, is my question," she asked the officer. "Is it because I'm famous? Is it because people know me?"
Another official can be heard telling Woodley, "It's because you trespassed on the property." "So did hundreds of people," she replied. "We were all down there." She added that she was being arrested "because I have 40,000 people watching."
"We were going to our vehicle which they had all surrounded and waiting for me with giant guns and a giant truck behind them just so they could arrest me," she said. "I hope you're watching, mainstream media."
An official with the Morton County Sheriff's Department told Variety that she was one of 27 people arrested at the protest, which started at about 7:00 a.m. CT and ended at about 12:30 p.m. The official said that about 125-150 people attended the protest, and Woodley was arrested at about noon.
A federal judge on Sunday rejected the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request for a permanent injunction to block the planned pipeline, which crosses the tribe's land and burial grounds. The 1,170-mile, $3.7 million pipeline would be responsible for transporting 470,000 barrels of oil a day.


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Q: Determine the number of solutions of equation $27z^{11}-18z+10=0$ where $|z|<1$ using Rouché's Theorem I'm trying to get the number of zeroes of function $F(z)=27z^{11}-18z+10=0$. So, I have to choose $f(z)$ and $g(z)$ such that $F(z)=f(z)+g(z)$ and $|f(z)|>|g(z)|$ on |z|=1.
I tried choosing following functions:
$f(z)=27z^{11}, g(z)=-18z+10$
When $|z|=1:$
$|27z^{11}|=27; |10-18z|\le10+18=28$. Fail $(27<28)$.
$f(z)=27z^{11}-18z, g(z)=10$
When $|z|=1:$
$|27z^{11}-18z|\ge||27z^{11}|-|18z||=27-18=9; |10|=10$; Fail $(9<10)$.
$f(z)=10, g(z)=27z^{11}-18z$
When $|z|=1:$
$|10|=10;|27z^{11}-18z|\le|27z^{11}|+|18z|=45$; Fail $(10<45)$.
So, I can't prove that $|f(z)|>|g(z)|$.
What I am doing wrong?

A: Ok, I've been dealing with this problem for a while, and according the answer given in the book (excercise 435, page 132. Solution given is 11), and due that I have already found some other typos across the book before, my bet is that the equation should have been:
$$27z^{11}-18z+1=0$$
And the reason is that this equation has his 11 solutions in $|z|<1$ if the independent coefficient is less than 9. Say:
$$27z^{11}-18z+a=0$$
Then, let $g(z)=27z^{11}-18z+a$ and $f(z)=27z^{11}$, where $f(z)$ has its 11 roots in $|z|<1$, then:
$$|f(z)-g(z)|=|27z^{11}-(27z^{11}-18z+a)|=|18z-a| \leq 18|z|+|a| =18+|a|$$
And:
$$|f(z)|=|27z^{11}|=27|z|^{11}=27$$
So the inequality $|f-g|<|f|$ holds iff:
$$18+|a|<27$$
Therefore $$|a|<9$$

I have also tried to prove (unsuccessfully) that the original equation
$$27z^{11}-18z+10=0$$
has only 10 roots in $|z|<1$ by using a $f(z)=Az^{10}$, so $|f(z)|=|A|$ and then:
$$
\begin{equation}
    \begin{split}
    |f(z)-g(z)|&=|Az^{10}-(27z^{11}-18z+10)|=|Az^{10}-27z^{11}+18z-10|\\
    &\leq |A|+27+18+10=|A|+55
    \end{split}
\end{equation}
$$
But the $|f-g|<|f|$ cannot be hold because it would imply that:
$$|A|+55<|A|$$
which I'm quite sure that cannot be.
So my guessing for this is that there must be a polynomial $h(z)=a_nz^n+a_{n-1}z^{n-1}+\dots+a_1z+a_0$ with its $n$ roots in $|z|<1$ such that, multiplied by $g(z)=27z^{11}-18z+10$ we can obtain a new polynomial $fh$ with 10 out of its $n+11$ roots in $|z|<1$. But according to the level of the book, maybe this would be too much work for an exercise that should be a lot more simple accordingly to the level of the others exercises.


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Speech recognition with I2S in Zephyr and TensorFlow Lite
Topics: Open FPGA, Open OS
Machine learning is still predominantly done in the cloud, which in many use cases may result in unnecessary latency, excessive power consumption and dependency on the availability of a wireless connection. Thanks to the recent developments in the area of machine learning on microcontrollers and FPGAs (a domain that Antmicro is currently heavily involved in), small devices become powerful enough to locally perform machine learning tasks, such as image or voice recognition.
Machine learning and FPGAs
Our experience in machine learning involves creating sophisticated AI algorithms, building ML/AI accelerators, as well as designing dedicated drivers and providing tooling that streamlines ML development. While many of our AI jobs target higher-end platforms such as NVIDIA Xavier NX, Google Coral or Xilinx UltraScale+, increasingly customers are also looking at implementing ML on much smaller devices.
In a recent collaboration with Google we have enabled running their TensorFlow Lite machine learning framework on an FPGA platform based on our go-to soft SoC generation framework, LiteX. The project brought TF Lite to FPGAs for the first time, meaning that a whole new set of embedded and IoT devices can now benefit from the capabilities of Google's framework as developers are able to deploy ML models on them for gesture and voice recognition, keyphrase detection, etc. It has also opened the door for further optimization of ML applications using dedicated HW accelerators in the FPGA. We have described this work and demonstrated running and testing the ML framework in our open source simulator Renode in an article on the TF Lite blog. Importantly, as part of the effort, we integrated TF Lite Micro with the Zephyr real time operating system. The RTOS is experiencing an unprecedented period of growth, with both Google and Facebook joining as Platinum members. The integration with Zephyr enables adding new platforms and applications relatively quickly, as this note will show.
The setup and architecture overview
This development makes it possible to perform speech recognition in systems running LiteX-based soft SoCs with I²S - a popular serial bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices. The setup used as an example consisted of an Arty A7 board from Digilent and the Pmod I2S2.
In the demo (instructions are available on our GitHub) , the ADC (analog-to-digital converter) chip on the Pmod collects an analog signal, samples it, converts it into a digital signal and sends it via the I²S to the FPGA, where the LiteX-based IP core that we expanded picks it up in the PCM format. Then, the Zephyr driver reads the data from the FIFO buffer in real time and makes it available to the TF Lite application, where speech recognition is performed.
LiteX gets sound with Zephyr
To achieve the result described above, first we had to expand the I²S support in LiteX so that it could be configured as master, which allowed the interface not only to play sound but also capture it. As the next step, we developed a Zephyr driver that enabled the I²S to communicate with the Pmod and allowed the CPU to process the received data. We also wrote a software interface in the TF Lite speech recognition demo for extracting sound from the Zephyr driver and passing it to the neural network.
Originally, the LiteX-based FPGA IP core supported only stereo data with 24 bits per sample so, as the final piece of work, we extended it with formats required by the speech recognition demo e.g. mono 16 bits. The neural net was able to recognize words "yes" and "no", which is essentially the point of the demo and validates our FPGA/software design.
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On Monday, President Kenyatta is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in the White House.
he President will later host UK Premier Theresa May in Nairobi on Thursday.
Both meetings have prioritised trade, investments and regional security co-operation.
Diplomats told the Nation that the President in his visit to Washington tomorrow will be seeking better access to markets and support for smallholder producers in Kenya as part of the country's ambition to improve its manufacturing.
On Monday, President Kenyatta is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in the White House, the first ever bilateral meeting in the US between the two. The President will later host UK Premier Theresa May in Nairobi on Thursday. Both meetings have prioritised trade, investments and regional security co-operation.
President Trump is facing a political storm in the US over a range of issues, from separating migrant children from their parents, investigations into the conduct of the election which he won, his relationship with Russia and frosty ties with the media. Ms May is also embattled after a string of top level resignations from her government as she negotiates a deal for the UK to exit from the European Union.
In fact, former British Premier David Cameron cancelled his intended trip in Nairobi in 2016 to deal with the referendum. He lost, and quit the office.
President Kenyatta is seeing the meetings as a chance to strengthen relations and business ties between Kenya and the two nations. Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma told reporters that the talks with the US, the UK and later Chinese leaders make a part of the "Big Three" which she said showed Kenya's strong standing in the community of nations.
On the US trip, diplomats told the Nation that Kenya is focusing on improving trade through the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), a policy set up more than a decade ago to facilitate access to US markets by African producers. Other issues targeted include security co-operation on terrorism, support against poaching, mapping of tourism sources to improve arrival numbers and opening up investments to US companies.
But trade is at the heart of the agenda with Kenya using the talks to market the direct Kenya Airways flights due to start in October. Dr Juma, who is already in the US, on Thursday addressed a gathering of the American Society of Travel Agents where she made a case for the importance of "people-to-people exchanges", loosely translated to mean cultural tourism, adventure or business.
Under AGOA, in 2017, Kenya sold goods worth Sh45 billion to the US, mainly apparels, and bought goods worth Sh57 billion from America. That means the US was the third largest destination for Kenya's exports and the seventh largest source of its imports, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The trade favours the US.
On this trip, diplomats say, Kenya will pitch for further opening up of the US market to address the deficit, and bank on the co-operation of African nations under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) as a policy on engaging in trade with the US, mainly because the US is likely to engage with African governments on similar trade terms once AGOA expires in 2025. International trade experts have said that Kenya should ask for ways of localising US technology to improve quality of manufacturing.
"Discussions on how Kenya can take advantage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to drive the 'Big Four' agenda on expanding the manufacturing sector, through increased exports, will assist in creating jobs for the youths," said Mr Benard Ayieko, an economist and commentator on trade and investment in Nairobi.
Politically, the visit may indicate that President Kenyatta is making new friends without dropping old ones. But at a time of criticism on mounting debt — currently standing at more than Sh5 trillion — experts have cautioned that he should now go for opportunities that will boost local ventures as a way to reduce debt.
With the UK though, Kenya enjoys a better deal ahead of President Kenyatta's fourth meeting with Ms May. At least 100 British companies have invested in Kenya and about 170,000 British tourists visited the country last year. Kenya exported goods worth Sh38.6 billion last year, mainly fresh flowers, tea and beans and fresh vegetables, according to the Trade Ministry. It imported goods worth Sh30 billion during this time.
But with Britain exiting the European Union, Kenyan officials argue it also presents fresh opportunities for the two countries to explore new economic ventures and a stronger deal on trade that will address Brexit uncertainties.
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Biden to Lift Restrictions on Transgender Military Service Members
Administration could act as soon as Monday to reverse former President Donald Trump's directive
The Pentagon restrictions on transgender military service members were expected to be an early target of President Biden's order.
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Updated Jan. 24, 2021 6:20 pm ET
WASHINGTON—The White House is expected to lift restrictions on transgender service members in the U.S. military as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, reversing a directive by former President Donald Trump.
The move was expected after President Biden on his first day in office signed an executive order aimed at preventing discrimination based on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. He directed all agencies to address any policies in place that discriminated against individuals on either basis.


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Anita is a spa expert who has written about, worked in, and visited some of the world's best spas for the past 20 years.
Germany has a long history of spas and wellness. Romans appreciated the hot mineral springs at Baden-Baden and beginning in the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe's royalty and other aristocrats would meet at the great German spa resort towns.
You can still have a taste of the life they enjoyed with a historic (and nude) bathing experience at Friedrichsbad or by staying at spas like Villa Stephanie at Brenner's Park Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden, one of the best spas in Germany.
Germany has nearly 900 spa resorts, including mineral and mud spas, climatic health resorts (known for fresh air), sea-side resorts, and Kniepp hydrotherapy spa resorts.
If you want to enjoy the great resort town of Baden-Baden or elaborate public baths of Bad Duerrheim, go to the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemburg. It borders France and shares that country's love of food and great culinary traditions, so you can eat exceptionally well there.
Differences Between American and German Spas
If you go, there are a few differences between American spas and German spas you should be aware of:
German spas have a more relaxed attitude towards nudity at the spa. The therapists don't worry so much about elaborate draping techniques, and the saunas and steam baths are co-ed and nude. It's easy, if you relax, too.
Hotel spas don't have elaborate changing rooms like American spas. Most people stroll to the spa in their robes. They're nice, but don't have the super-lavish, over-the-top feel of the largest American spas (unless you're in the sauna and steam wing — in which case they're more lavish).
Sauna and steam baths are more sophisticated – more rooms, a range of temperatures, hot and cold plunge pools, scents and special lighting. At Bad Duerrheim near Donaueschingen, it gets close to fantasyland. Think igloo rooms, open fires you can warm your feet by, chamomile-scented steam rooms and a real live person to whip the air in the Finnish sauna — just to make it hotter.
The public baths are a great bargain. For anywhere from five to 30 euros — a fraction of the cost of a massage in America — you can while away the day moving from pool to pool, some large as a swimming pool, others more for lounging. It's a delightful way for lovers and old folks to spend the afternoon (and sometimes they're one and the same.)
The spa terminology is a little different in Europe. Spas affiliated with hotels often have a "beauty farm." This is the part of the spa that takes care of facials and make-up. This distinguishes it from the "medical" or "wellness" portion of the spa, where people get massages – sometimes on doctor's prescriptions – and take cures.
There's no language barrier in big cities like Stuttgart or major destinations like Baden-Baden. But once you get off the beaten track, don't assume everyone will speak perfect, fluent English. While most Germans have studied it, they might be a little rusty. If you don't know German, get a phrase book.
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Legend of the Great Sage
Chapter 328 – A Second Word of Advice
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Li Qingshan had never thought that the place where Gu Yanying wanted to see him would be Cloudwisp island.
Within the flickering bamboo forest were clothes even whiter than snow. It was another winter.
Her illusionary figure was already right before him. Li Qingshan focused his mind and walked over. "Greetings, commander Gu!"
Gu Yanying looked back. Her gaze was like a hawk's, as if she wanted to see through him completely.
Li Qingshan raised his head and met her gaze. His memories from two years ago were suddenly verified. None of it was fake or a dream. He was just wet behind the ears in the past, but after going through so much and witnessing so much, did he still possess the same courage?
Gu Yanying suddenly smiled, like the breeze of early spring. It seemed warm, but it was still cold, passing by freely.
"You…" The white clothes drifted past before him. Li Qingshan was slightly surprised. She had specially called him here, yet she said nothing to him at all. What was the meaning of this?
Gu Yanying stopped and looked back. "I was originally prepared to tell you something, but it looks like there's no need for that now."
There was no fury or dissatisfaction, nor was there abjection or self-deprecation. There was only firm determination. To a man like that, there was no need for her to say anything at all. All she had to do was watch and see which step he could make it to.
Li Qingshan said, "You might as well say it."
"Then I'll give you a word of advice. A piece of trash like you won't have the right to drink tea with me even in a hundred years' time. How's that?" Gu Yanying could not help but laugh.
Li Qingshan remained silent for a while. He replied, "That's quite old-fashioned."
Gu Yanying tapped her chin with her fan. "Really? I can't think of a worse way to say it. As long as you get what I mean!"
Those who were truly powerful would not go around everyday calling others ants. All they would do was step over the ant nest unwittingly. Why would anyone purposefully crouch down on the ground and point at a group of ants, saying "You stupid, weak insects." unless there was something wrong with their head?
Li Qingshan said, "Is that the second word of advice you've gifted me?"
"The Green province spans fifteen thousand kilometers. The jianghu is only but a corner." This was the first word of advice she had given him, and he had already achieved it. He had emerged from the conflict of the jianghu and arrived in the Academy of the Hundred Schools, the stage where cultivators clashed.
Gu Yanying raised her folding fan. Atmospheric winds swept around it and carved a sentence into a verdant bamboo stalk to the side. "A piece of trash like you won't have the right to drink tea with me even in a hundred years' time."
She waved her fan again, and the piece of bamboo was carved out, arriving before Li Qingshan.
"Keep it. You're welcome to throw it before me in the future with your head held high. Good bye, little bro Qingshan!"
Her voice still lingered in the bamboo forest, but she had already taken to the skies, without leaving a single trace behind.
During the battle this time, the White Lotus cult almost faced complete destruction. Only the White Lotus Mother managed to escape. However, it was at a tremendous cost to her cultivation, and she even sustained heavy wounds. She could no longer pose any harm anymore. Perhaps she would recover her strength in the future and come out to stir up a storm again.
However, she no longer possessed the right to be her opponent. To her, this game of chess was already over. When the White Lotus Mother fled, she did not even pursue her. All she did was watch this old rival of hers leave one last time. Hopefully, she would be clever enough to not show up again, or bide her time until she had left the Ruyi commandery at the very least!
Li Qingshan returned to the bamboo courtyard. Hua Chengzan was waiting in there. He asked, "What did she say to you?"
"Here!" Li Qingshan passed the bamboo piece to Hua Chengzan.
Hua Chengzan's expression became quite strange.
"Do you want me to pass this to you instead? I think it suits you better than me."
"Piss off. Keep it for yourself!" Hua Chengzan tossed it back to him.
Liu Chuanfeng emerged from inside. He rubbed his bleary eyes. "Qingshan, you're back. Ah, it's already so late. The alcohol's got quite the kick."
Li Qingshan and Hua Chengzan smiled bitterly at one another. As others were shaking in fear, fighting for their lives, he was having the snooze of his life.
Hua Chengzan said, "It's just a joke, but it's also the truth. Do you understand what I feel now?"
Li Qingshan said, "That's the truth for you. Don't pull me down to the same level as you. If it weren't for the fact that you're a little handsome, I would have cut a piece of trash like you off a long time ago."
"You're saying I'm a piece of trash?"
"Piece of trash. If you think you're so capable, why don't you go establish a foundation?"
"Alright, just you wait!"
The next day, Hua Chengzan entered secluded cultivation.
He might not have shown it, but the mental shock he had experienced was probably even greater than Li Qingshan's. No one had told him any details from the beginning till the end. He had almost lost his life in the attack, and in the end, that person did not even bother to talk to him anymore than she needed to. He even paled in comparison to Li Qingshan in this aspect.
If you're thinking that my special treatment in the past is a reason for you to abandon yourself, then I'll just treat you like a Qi Practitioner! Since we're already destined to be worlds apart, why should I waste this time on you?
Li Qingshan carefully studied the black seed pod under the lantern light. He also tried to remove a lotus seed. It seemed like a black pearl, shining like a gem. It seemed to contain a strange power.
However, it was not a pill or medicine he could directly convert into daemon qi or true qi. Since the black lotus had only grown with the sacrifice of the entire Ancient Wind city, several tens of thousand lives, did that mean it was the essence of flesh and blood? He had to show it to Xiao An.
As he thought of that, a petite figure appeared at the door silently. She leapt into Li Qingshan's arms again. It was Xiao An.
"I was scared I won't be able to see you again."
A clash between two Golden Core cultivators was like a natural disaster. No matter how powerful a Qi Practitioner was, they would still be in a precarious situation, constantly in fear. She had no choice over how she reacted either. She found death meaningless, but she was unable to find separation meaningless.
"Don't worry. You'll always be able to see me again. Let's venture beyond the Nine Heavens together!" Li Qingshan pecked her hair and showed the lotus pod to her. "Is this of any use to you?"
As soon as Xiao An held the seed pod, she felt the surging life force inside. This was the only power that she could convert into her own cultivation through her flames.
Li Qingshan smiled. "Looks like I didn't return with nothing this time. I don't know why, but Altar Lord Black Lotus didn't take the entire seed pod with him, making it easy pickings for us."
Back then, the Altar Lord had unleashed all the power of the black lotus. He was ready to perish together with them. If he had plucked the entire seed pod, then the black lotus would immediately lose its core, and it would not be able to unleash any more power. The school leaders were not ignorant children. They could not be scared off by a mere demonstration of power.
It was exactly that violent explosion that had reduced Ancient Wind city to ruins, and in the centre of the explosion was absolute darkness. Even with the school leaders' eyes, they were unable to see what was going on in there. The seed pod had fallen into the pond at this exact moment.
The carp had leapt up and swallowed it, but it was unable to digest it, which was why it spat it back out. The lotus pod did not give off any light or spiritual qi either, such that Li Qingshan had failed to notice it even when he stood beside the pond. The various school leaders were in a hurry to hunt down the Altar Lord or provide assistance to the academy, which made it even more impossible for them to look around carefully. This was how it had fallen into the great carp's possession.
3 thoughts on "Chapter 328 – A Second Word of Advice"
Menalith says:
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
Wait, what? You mean it's not normal to insult ants as insects and stomp on them to assert your superiority and show them what happens if they give you the stink eye? My life has been a lie. So has 99% of chinese novels.
luckym says:
Holy shit, it was hilarious!
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Q: Como é que posso fazer um reload a um programa C em caso de ter colocado um valor errado ou quiser correr o programa varias vezes Estou a fazer um programa em c que calcula a raiz de uma função mas as vezes engano me nos valores (ex. 33.3333 em vez de 3.333333) e não quero correr o programa com os valores errados ou sair e voltar a entrar, logo fazer um restart ou reload do programa seria a solução, também seria uma maneira de correr o programa varias vezes.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
float main()
{
     char let = 'a';
     int b;
     float x0, erro, gx, x1,dif, gxlinha, absgxlinha;
     int it,val,i, exp, numero, e;
     it=0;
     int num = 0;

     printf("Valor de x0 = ");
     scanf("%f", &x0);

     printf("Valor do erro = ");
     scanf("%f", &erro);

     printf("Qual o valor do expoente maior =  ");
     scanf("%d", &exp);
     printf("\n");
     val = (exp + 1);

     printf("funcao do tipo:  \n\n    ");

     e = exp - 1;
     numero = exp;

     for(b=0;b<=e;b++)
     {
          printf("%cx^%d + ",let,numero);
          let++;
          numero--;
     }

     printf("%cx^%d",let,numero);
     printf("\n\n");

     float a[val];
     printf("Introduza os %d numeros da funcao, de acordo com os valores pedidos: \n",val); // ex.: ax^2 + bx^1 + cx^0 itroduzir pela ordem c, b, a
     printf("\n");

     for( i=0; i<val; i++ )
     {
          printf ("%c = ",let);
          let--;
          scanf("%f", &a[i] );
          gx = gx + (a[i])*(pow((x0),num));
          num++;
     }
     num = 1;

     for (i=1; i<val; i++)
     {
          gxlinha = gxlinha + ((a[i]*num)*(pow((x0),num)));
          num ++;
     }

     absgxlinha = (sqrt(pow(gxlinha,2)));

     if ( absgxlinha < 1)
     {
          printf ("\ng(x0)' < 1 logo a funcao tem pelo menos uma raiz\n");
          x1=gx;
          dif = (sqrt(pow((x1-x0),2)));
          printf("\n| Iter.| Val de x0| g(x0)=x1 |   x1-x0  |\n|      |          |          |          |\n|  %d   | %f | %f | %f |  ",it,x0,x1,dif);

          while (sqrt(pow((x1-x0),2))>=erro)
          {
               x0 = x1;
               gx = 0;
               num = 0;

               for( i=0; i<val; i++ )
               {
                    gx = gx + (a[i])*(pow((x0),num));
                    num++;
               }

               x1=gx;
               dif = (sqrt(pow((x1-x0),2)));
               it++;
               printf(">= %f\n|  %d   | %f | %f | %f |  ",erro,it,x0,x1,dif);
          }

          printf("<  %f \n\n",erro);
          printf("A raiz com erro inferior a %f = %f",erro,x1);
          printf("\n\n\n\n");
     }
     else
     {
          printf ("\ng(x0)' > 1 logo a funcao nao tem raizes\n");
     }
}

aqui estão uns inputs por ordem

0.8 , 0.000005 , 3 , 0.333333 , 0 , 0 , -0.333333

A: Reload de uma única leitura
Basta deixar a parte do código que você quer fazer o "reload" dentro de um comando de repetição, isto é, um loop. Exemplo:
do
{
    printf("Valor de x0 = ");
    scanf("%f", &x0);

    printf("x0: %f, digite 0 para confirmar", x0);
    scanf("%d", &confirmar);
}while(confirmar != 0);

Esse comando vai ler um valor para x0, em seguida vai mostrar o conteúdo, de x0, e perguntar se realmente era esse número que você queria. Depois de ler sua confirmação (0 para confirmar ou outro número para refazer a leitura), a condição confirmar != 0 será avaliada e se for verdade, confirmar for diferente de zero, então o programa vai para o inicio do loop, isto é, ler novamente o valor de x0.
Você pode fazer a leitura de mais de uma variável e só depois perguntar:
do
{
    printf("Valor de x0 = ");
    scanf("%f", &x0);

    printf("Valor do erro = ");
    scanf("%f", &erro);

    printf("Qual o valor do expoente maior =  ");
    scanf("%d", &exp);

    // Print dos valores

    scanf("%d", &confirmar);
}while(confirmar != 0);

Reload do programa
Para fazer o "reload" do programa inteiro basta colocar todos os comandos dentro de um loop.
// Exemplo de um programa que calcula a idade de uma pessoa
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int ano, confirmar;

    do
    {
        printf("Ano de nascimento: ");
        scanf("%d", &ano);

        printf("Idade: %d\n", (2021 - ano));

        printf("Digite 1 para saber a idade de outra pessoa: ");
        scanf("%d", &confirmar);
    }while(confirmar == 1);

    return 0;
}

Usando a mesma lógica podemos fazer isso no seu programa, ficaria algo assim:
do
{
    // Leitura das variaveis

    // Calculos

    // Print dos resultados

    // Etc...

    printf("Digite 1 para calcular a raiz de outra funcao: ");
    scanf("%d", &confirmar);
}while(confirmar == 1);