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Augustine's Platonic Eroticism
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Phillip Cary offers an informative summary of Augustine's appropriation of the Platonic concept of love or eros (ἔρος) – the Symposium (a dialogue "περὶ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγων") is perhaps the most famous dialogue in this regard – and its relationship to his theology of grace and freedom of the will1 – for those who are interested in further examination of his argument I have supplied Cary's extensive footnotes below the quoted text:
Augustine did not know firsthand Plato's great treatments of love, but he did know Plotinus's. The latter's treatise "On Beauty" (Ennead 1:6) is his favorite piece of philosophical writing, judging by how often he quotes and alludes to it throughout his career. 2Together with other Plotinian writings such as the treatise "On Intellectual Beauty" (Ennead 5:8), 3 it provided him with a powerful alternative to the rationalistic account of human motivation he had inherited from the Stoics. Whereas for the Stoics all human motivation stems from the mind's assent, 4for Augustine it is all the outcome of a faculty of will whose every act is to love. And Platonist love, while deeply allied to reason, does not work like rational assent or judgment. We do not fall in love by judging it would be best, as if that were a decision within our power to make. Yet once we are in love, we freely assent to what love desires, because our loving has become the center of our will. Falling in love determines rather than is determined by our free choice, and every happy lover welcomes this and finds it to be an enhancement rather than an impairment of human freedom. 5Thus Augustine's Platonist eroticism allows him to interpret Paul's doctrine of grace in ways that have often been thought to threaten free will, but that Augustine thinks reinforces what free will is for: "The choice of the will is not taken away by being helped," as he puts it. 6Or as he also says, echoing Paul, "Do we by grace make free will void? Not at all! Rather, by grace we establish free will." 7
The experience of grace for Augustine is very much like falling in love. It means being overtaken by a kind of delight that is not in our power to choose but that, once it overtakes us, causes us to choose its object gladly and wholeheartedly.8It is a choice we never regret, because unlike earthly loves it leads to a happiness we can never lose. The delight in Truth given by the inward teaching of grace leads us to enjoyment of what every soul necessarily seeks: for the one thing that is necessary about free will is that it is a will for happiness, 9 and the only thing that can make us truly happy is that which makes us eternally happy (so that a truly happy life is necessarily, as the Bible puts it, an eternal life).10So the inward teaching that gives us enjoyment of eternal truth fulfills our deepest desire, leading our restless heart to the only thing that will give it eternal rest.11When delight in God overcomes us, we have found our one true love. That is why we always welcome the love for God when it is "poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit," a key formulation of the effect of grace that Augustine develops from a startling phrase in Paul.12We cannot regret what makes us eternally happy, and we cannot ultimately resist it. This does not mean grace compels us to do anything against our will, but rather that it changes our will, making us willing where before we were unwilling 13—so that we find it delightful to do what before was burdensome. God makes this inward change in us not by the external force of coercion, but by the inner power of his own beauty. If even earthly beauty sometimes overwhelms us with delight, how can we resist the divine Beauty that is the very substance of unending Happiness? 14So the gift of grace, poured out deep within our hearts by the Spirit of God himself, does precisely what coercion cannot: it moves the will rather than the body. For free will is indeed freedom from coercion but not freedom from true Beauty. The latter would make no more sense to a Platonist than an eye being free from the light.
Phillip Cary, Inner Grace: Augustine in the Traditions of Plato and Paul, (Oxford: 2008), 15-16
See Cary, Augustine's Invention, chapter 3 , "Some Plotinian Readings."
For the influence of this treatise on Augustine, see O'Connell, Early Theory, chapter 8.
See Forschner, chapter 8, and Annas, chapters 4 and 5 . Augustine will resort to an account of choice that is more Stoic than Platonist when he wants to emphasize human freedom; see chapter 2 , "Assent or Delight?" and chapter 3 , "Augustine's Evasiveness."
For this line of reasoning in Augustine, see esp. In Joh. Evang. 26:2–7, discussed in Cary, Outward Signs, chapter 8, "Spiritual Eating."
Ep. 157:10.
De Sp. et Litt. 52, mimicking what Paul says in Rom. 3:31 about faith and Law.
Peter Brown alerted a whole generation of scholars to the importance of the theme of delight (delectatio) in Augustine of Hippo, pp. 148–149. Delight was central to Augustine's understanding of love and beauty as early as De Musica 6:29–33. So Carol Harrison (pp. 267–268) is right to point out that delight is a theme that appears in Augustine's work long before Ad Simp., but I do think there are developments in Augustine's use of this theme that she does not notice: in particular, the psychological fact that delight is not in the command of the will does not become prominent until the early Pauline exegeses, and the association of delight not only with love but with faith is a distinctive new development in Ad Simp.; see chapter 2 , "Assent or Delight?"
"We all certainly will to be happy," says Cicero at the beginning of his lost treatise Hortensius (quoted in Augustine's De Trin. 13:7), which is the book of philosophy from which Augustine first learned his burning love for divine Wisdom (Conf. 3:7–8). Cicero's dictum becomes the foundation of Augustine's psychology of will, as can be seen in his numerous quotations and allusions to it (e.g., De Beata Vita 10, C. Acad. 1:5, De Mor. Eccl. 4, De Lib. Arb. 1:30, 2:28, De Mag. 46, Conf. 10:29, Ep. 130:10 and 155:6, Civ. Dei 10:1). The ultimate source of Cicero's dictum is Plato's Euthydemus 278e, which is the beginning of an exhortation to the love of wisdom (ibid. 278e– 282d) that served as the model for Aristotle's exhortation to philosophy, the Protrepticus, which was in turn the model for Cicero's Hortensius.
The identification of the classical conception of happiness with the
biblical term "eternal life" (because a truly happy life must be an eternal life, so that beata vita is necessarily aeterna vita) is central to Augustine's synthesis of classical philosophy and Christian faith, and found all over his writings, sometimes defended by elaborate argument; see e.g., De Div. QQs 83, 35.2, Civ. Dei 14:25, De Trin. 13:11, Sermon 150:10, Ench. 20.
Hence the famous saying in Conf. 1:1, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
The medieval doctrine of "infused charity" (or translating more literally
from the Latin, "love poured in") originates with Augustine's interpretation of Rom. 5:5: "The charity of God is poured out [diffusa est] in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, which is given to us" (translating from Augustine's quotation in Prop. ex Rom. 60).
See chapter 4 , "Converting Paul's Will" and "God Turns Hearts."
In one sense God simply is happiness: as the soul is the life of
the body, "so God is the happy life of the soul" (De Lib. Arb. 2:41). More precisely, since happiness is "joy in the Truth" (Conf. 10:33), seeking true happiness means seeking God (ibid. 10:29)—for of course God is Truth (ibid.10:35).
Tags augustine, charity, Eros, faith, love, Plato, Plotinus, religion, Theology, virtue
By Eric Parker
Eric Parker (PhD McGill University) is the editor of the Library of Early English Protestantism (LEEP) at the Davenant Institute. He lives in the deep South with his wife and two children, where he is currently preparing for ordination to the diaconate in the Reformed Episcopal Church.
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Robert Crottet (* 23. November 1908 in Sankt Petersburg; † 4. Mai 1987 in Hamburg) war ein Schweizer Schriftsteller französischer Sprache. Seine bekanntesten Werke beruhen auf Erfahrungen, die er 1938 während eines Aufenthalts bei den Skoltsamen sammelte.

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Crottet, 1908 in Sankt Petersburg als Sohn einer Russin und eines Schweizers geboren, kam 1918 mit seiner Familie in die Schweiz. Er besuchte die Ecole de Commerce (Wirtschaftshochschule) in Genf und studierte danach moderne Sprachen und Psychologie an der Universität Basel.

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Aufgehalten durch den Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs hielt sich Crottet bis 1946 in Großbritannien auf. Nach dem Krieg litten die Skoltsamen an den Folgen der Enteignung bzw. Umsiedlung aufgrund einer Gebietsabtretung von Finnland an die Sowjetunion. Crottet organisierte in den darauffolgenden Jahren Hilfsmaßnahmen aus der Schweiz und UK heraus. Er kehrte immer wieder zu den Skoltsamen zurück und unterstützte sie beispielsweise mit dem Kauf neuer Rentiere. Auch setzte er sich für die Völker ein, als die Sowjetunion Gebietsansprüche geltend machte.

Neben Romanen, Erzählungen und Kurzgeschichten schrieb Crottet auch Theaterstücke. Seine Bücher über die Legenden der Sami waren ein internationaler Erfolg. 1983 erschien seine Autobiografie Begegnungen.

Crottet lebte in Hermance bei Genf. Er starb 1987 in Hamburg.

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 Maouno: Eine Erzählung von Lappen und Renntieren. Atlantis-Verlag, Zürich 1940.
 Nordlicht. Geschichten und Legenden aus Lappland. Aus dem Französischen von Maria Honeit. Christian Wegner Verlag, Hamburg, 1963.
 Am Rande der Tundra: Tagebuch aus Lappland. Aus dem Französischen von Maria Honeit. Wegner, Hamburg 1966.
 Verzauberte Wälder. Geschichten und Legenden aus Lappland.  Aus dem Französischen von Maria Honeit. Nymphenburger Verlag, München 1978, ISBN 3-485-00269-0.
 Begegnungen. Aus dem Französischen von Roseli Bontjes van Beek. Nymphenburger, München 1983, ISBN 3-485-00445-6.

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One of the keys behind this project is the Business Intelligence & Analytics department, that has become the main axis of innovation at LaLiga thanks to a transformation process that made the organisation one built around data. The objective is to centralise, organise, prepare and provide all the necessary information in order for decisions to be made based on data and carried out efficiently.
The following are examples of these technological tools, which help with decision-making and with daily tasks:
LaLigaSportsTV:This is an over-the-top (OTT) media platform which enables LaLiga to remain at the forefront of technology within the audiovisual sector and innovate to allow fans to enjoy all sporting disciplines. The platform offers free coverage of live and pre-recorded content, reports and interviews relating to the main competitions run by Spanish federations and leagues. This allows LaLiga to offer greater visibility and exposure of other sporting disciplines that are not covered by the traditional channels and whose content is disseminated in a very limited way amongst fans.
Anti-piracy:In a show of responsibility, LaLiga safeguards its product through the efforts of its technological protection of content department, which employs around 20 experts. This department uses internally developed tools that help to combat piracy, such as Marauder, Lumière, Black Hole and Neko. LaLiga shares its know-how in this field with other organisations, including Dorna Sports, Belgium's Jupiler Pro League and the Spanish government's Ministry of Culture.
Mediacoach:This suite of advanced tools provides the 42 LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank clubs with analysis and statistics to help them improve their performance levels in the competition. An advanced system of tracking cameras records and monitors player and ball movement, which allows for a more in-depth study of the play and the technical-tactical and fitness aspects involved in a game.
Calendar Selector:This LaLiga-developed tool uses machine learning and algorithms to suggest the kick-off times that will optimise TV audience and stadium attendance figures. The application, which is stored in the cloud, employs historical audience and attendance data plus a further 70 variables.
Sunlight Broadcasting Planning:This application forecasts the natural light conditions for each game. It indicates which areas of the stadium will be in the sunlight and the shade, which offers a preview of how the sun will impact on the TV image and on supporters, players, etc. and therefore helps when it comes to scheduling kick-off times. Within this application, LaLiga uses a 3D reconstruction of the stadiums.
Players App:This is a mobile app that provides players with privileged information relating to the pre-match and post-match, as well as exclusive lifestyle content (fashion, health, gastronomy…). The app also gives players the ability to consult performance information from a match or the season as a whole, both individually and collectively. Furthermore, thanks to facial recognition software, players are sent photos of themselves at the end of matches for use on social media.
Audiovisual quality
4K – HDR PRODUCTION
LaLiga uses over 30 cameras for the biggest matches of each season.
A bird's eye camera located at a height of 21 metres.
360º REPLAYS
This technology uses 38 ultra-high definition cameras situated throughout the stadium to create volumetric videos in 360º to offer stunning action replays.
LIVE 3D GRAPHICS
LaLiga is the only domestic competition in the world that uses the innovative technology offered by Live 3D Graphics to generate virtual graphics during broadcasts.
MULTI-SCREEN
This is a new multi-camera signal for broadcasts, with four streams displayed on one screen as well as real-time statistics taken from the data analytics system Mediacoach. The objective is to offer the viewer an alternative broadcast in order to enjoy different perspectives and data from the match.
ACROBATIC DRONES
An "acrobatic" drone, given its ability to film every corner of any stadium, has collected footage from all LaLiga Santander grounds, from the tunnels to the roofs. This has produced some spectacular images that will enhance broadcasts and programmes, offering a unique and immersive experience to all fans of Spanish football.
Integrity & security
Battle against match-fixing
One of LaLiga's priorities is the fight against sporting corruption and the promotion of good practice within football. The institution works on the following aspects in this field:
Talks are delivered to all players and professionals at the LaLiga clubs, including the reserve teams, about integrity and the legal and administrative consequences of any possible involvement in match-fixing.
Football matches across Spanish football are monitored on a 24/7 basis. LaLiga has developed Tyche 3.0, software that monitors and analyses global betting activity relating to Spanish football, for this purpose. The program uses machine learning algorithms to enable possible cases of match-fixing to be identified more quickly and in a more objective and effective manner.
LaLiga is a member of the National Commission against the manipulation of sporting competitions and betting-related fraud, a body where it is joined by the following organisations: the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gaming, the National Police, the Civil Guard, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and online gaming operators.
Battle against violence
Another of LaLiga's main objectives concerns the battle against violence in and around football stadiums.
To achieve this objective, LaLiga coordinates and collaborates with those responsible for security within the clubs and is a member of the National Commission against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport and works very closely with the National Sports Office and the State Law Enforcement Agencies.
LaLiga submits a weekly report to the RFEF's Competition Committee and the Anti-violence Committee with information regarding chants heard during matches that incite violence or feature content that is insulting or displays an attitude of intolerance.
LaLiga is aware of the impact and influence that football has within society and, as such, pursues a strategic aim that sees the organisation lead ethical, social and environmental initiatives under the umbrella of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
LaLiga FOUNDATION
LaLiga carries out its social outreach work through its Foundation, which was founded in 1993 and is a pioneer in the world of professional football. The LaLiga FOUNDATION's projects pursue the objective of transforming society through positive footballing values, such as integrity, hard work, self-improvement, collaboration and teamwork.
The LaLiga FOUNDATION's activities can be divided up into the following three main categories:
Institutional activities
Cultural and educational activities
Amongst the various projects led by the LaLiga FOUNDATION, the following are of particular note:
LaLiga Genuine Santander: A social responsibility and integration initiative that is a pioneer on a global level and features a football league composed of teams of people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Now in its third season, the competition features the participation of 36 professional football clubs and aims to normalise the practice of football within the ID community, promote a commitment across the professional game to this socially responsible project and make LaLiga an agent for social change.
Fans of the Future: An educational project which displays a firm commitment to equipping children with the tools to become respectful fans of the future and allow them to identify anti-sporting attitudes, both on and off the field of play.
LaLiga Za'atari Social Project: The LaLiga FOUNDATION runs this project alongside LaLiga's sporting projects department, the Global Network delegation in the United Arab Emirates and local NGO AFDP Global at the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan, where the institution promotes and leads a socio-educational outreach programme through football aimed at improving the quality of life of the children and young people of Za'atari.
Fair Play Social Project: This scheme seeks for professional football to up its game in terms of social responsibility through actions that can be commonly implemented by all clubs in the field of corporate social responsibility, aiming to offer a far more coherent and cohesive image in this regard, raising awareness of all of the social outreach activities carried out across the professional game.
It's not football. It's LaLiga
In October 2015, LaLiga decided to become actively involved in promoting and developing the female game and opened a women's football department to lead, along with the clubs, several strategies and initiatives targeted at enhancing and professionalising the competition, generating value, maximising visibility and promoting the international growth of its clubs and players.
The LaLiga Business School, founded and run by LaLiga in conjunction with the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, is a project that galvanizes LaLiga's commitment to education and which aims to train talent with a view to professionalising the sports industry.
The school's five programmes, taught by LaLiga professionals, representatives from its member clubs and industry experts, are as follows:
International MBA in Sports and Entertainment Management (English)
Global Sports Marketing (English)
Sports Marketing of LaLiga (Spanish)
Law Applied to Professional Football (Spanish)
Management, Methodology and Analysis in Football (Spanish)
The school also offers various specialist courses, both in Spain and other countries throughout the world.
LaLiga ProPlayer
This project, which is led and driven by LaLiga along with Santander Bank and AGM, involves a comprehensive support programme aimed at youth players from the LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank clubs, each of which nominates a player, to help them to secure scholarships to attend US universities, where they are able to pursue their football careers alongside their academic studies.
LaLigaSports
Since 2016, LaLiga has supported 64 sports federations and 4,200 elite athletes, not only financially, but also by offering them the use of LaLiga's infrastructure with a view to improving the visibility and development of the Spanish sports industry.
LaLiga offers its experience as well as its financial and human resources to Spanish sport to enhance the work being carried out in the field, but also in an effort to improve knowledge and spheres of activity that allow for sport to establish itself as one of the best communication vehicles available to brands.
eLaLiga Santander & other virtual games
In addition to its real-life football competition, in the 2017/18 season, LaLiga decided to enter the world of e-Sports.
The 2019/20 edition of eLaLiga Santander, the official EA SPORTS TM FIFA 20 Global Series competition in Spain, involved the participation of 34 LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank clubs.
LaLiga has also developed a number of apps and virtual games:
Official LaLiga App
Quiniela (football pools)
Club apps (available for 23 LaLiga clubs)
LaLiga Fantasy MARCA
Head Football
Tiny Striker LaLiga
LaLiga Top Cards
LaLiga Educational Games
Voice assistants (Google, Cortana, Skype, Samsung Bixby, Movistar Home)
LaLiga Grassroots is an initiative through which LaLiga brings together the organisation's know-how, experience and youth football projects, doing so through the Sporting Projects department. It was launched in 2015 and is pioneering among the major European leagues, with a global network of academies and schools focused on developing international talent via the LaLiga methodology. Working with the Business and International Development department, LaLiga Grassroots runs different initiatives that provide a holistic development of young players, that offer international training programmes for industry professionals and that support LaLiga clubs with their academies and in organising international tournaments.
All of this work culminated with the launch during the 2021/22 season of new LaLiga Grassroots programmes in Spain, thanks to integration with this new business unit and thanks to the construction of the state-of-the-art Centro ESC Madrid, a sporting complex that can host LaLiga's most innovative programmes yet.
LaLiga Entertainment
LaLiga Entertainment is a joint venture between LaLiga, PortAventura World and Kosmos. This is a global entertainment company that exists in the videogame and theme parks industry. To begin with, there are two innovative assets: The Beat Challenge, an interactive videogame that uses augmented reality technology, and LaLiga TwentyNine's PortAventura World, a revolutionary sportsbar concept that integrates with the videogame itself.


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Ringworm has nothing to do with actual worms. Rather, the red, ring-shaped rash, clinically known as tinea, is a fungal infection. It's highly contagious and spreads easily. Often, all you have to do to catch ringworm is to touch someone or something that may have been infected. Sometimes you can even get a fungal infection by touching the soil.
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Common Causes
There are more than 40 species of fungi that can cause ringworm, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These fungi are known as dermatophytes. Specific dermatophytes associated with the various types of ringworm, including athlete's foot, jock itch, tinea capitis (a fungal infection of the scalp), and others include Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton.
Dermatophytes thrive in warm, moist areas of the body where they feed on dead keratin, skin cells on the epidermis and in nails and hair.
The infections they cause are highly contagious and can easily be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact—that is, by touching someone who has a fungal infection.
Ringworm can infect animals as well, and so when an infected pet—especially a new puppy or kitten—joins a household the human family members are at risk. If you adopt a pet, it's vital to have it thoroughly examined by a veterinarian, but do look for signs of ringworm yourself: circular areas where there's no fur or where the coat is brittle or has broken hairs and the skin is scaly, red, or crusty.
Dermatophyte fungi can thrive on inanimate surfaces as well. They produce spores that are shed into the infected child's clothing, brushes or combs, and even into the air around the child. These spores can survive for months on objects.
This means, for example, that it's possible to become infected by borrowing a hairbrush or a cap from someone with tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp) or by going barefoot in an areas where someone with athlete's foot has been walking or standing, such as in a shower stall or gym locker room.
Children are especially susceptible to ringworm and other skin rashes. People born with weak immune systems or who have compromised immune systems due to illness such as HIV/AIDs or certain medications, including corticosteroids or chemotherapy drugs, also have an increased risk of fungal infections.
Lifestyle Risk Factors
Health habits and other behaviors can put you at an increased risk of developing ringworm and other fungal infections. These include:
Not washing your hands frequently when around someone or something that might have been exposed to a fungus
Having damp skin for extended periods of time—for instance, not showering and drying off completely after sweating a lot
Minor skin and nail injuries
Close contact with others who have ringworm, such as sharing a room or spending time in a classroom with someone who's infected.
Does poor hygiene increase the risk of ringworm?
It can. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends certain personal self-care measures to avoid getting ringworm:
After sweating a lot, shower or bathe and dry off thoroughly.
When practical, wear shoes that expose your feet to fresh air.
Keep your nails clean and trimmed.
Put on fresh socks and underwear every day.
What does ringworm look like when it first shows up?
This depends on where on the body the fungus takes hold, but typically the earliest symptoms of ringworm are itching, a rash that can be red and scaly or form a ring shape, and, if the infection is on the head or beard, hair loss. It can take as long as a couple of weeks for symptoms to appear after exposure.
What's the fastest way to get rid of ringworm?
Using an anti-fungal medication is the quickest way to clear up a ringworm infection. You can make your treatment most effective by:
Continuing to use the medication for as long as your doctor advises, even if the rash clears up quickly
Washing your hands thoroughly after applying medication—before you touch any other part of your body
Keeping the affected area clean and dry
If you have multiple areas of infection, treating all of them at the same time
Washing towels, bedding, and clothing that may have been exposed to ringworm in hot, soapy water
How Ringworm Is Diagnosed
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People at Risk for Ringworm | Ringworm | Types of Diseases | Fungal Diseases | CDC. Aug 6, 2018.
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Kane Williamson, the star, and hope of Black Caps threw the new ball to Tim Southee to ball the first over of Bangladesh innings. He was given the task to give New Zealand an early breakthrough and in the second ball of the over, Southee dished out an in-dipper which took the in form Bangladeshi batsmen Tamim Iqbal by surprise and dismissed him for a duck. In the next over, Trent Boult bowled fast and swung the ball. He started off with an absolute cracker to Soumya Sarkar and in the fifth ball, he pinged Sabbir on the stomach after zipping past the inside edge. Boult put chills down the spines of Soumya and Sabbir.
Southee came on to bowl the next over and produced a cracking delivery to Sabbir which kissed his edge and went to Luke Ronchi. After another testing over from Boult, Southee produced yet another in-dipper which hit Soumya's back leg and Bangladesh lost their third wicket for twelve runs. For eleven overs, Southee and Boult made Bangladesh top order experience hell. It was a display of bone-chilling pace bowling which left them clueless and when Milne dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim, a New Zealand victory was just a matter of time.
But cricket is a funny game. You never know when the momentum can shift and the way this edition of Champions Trophy has been gifting us shocks after shocks, it was hard to switch off the television and concentrate on other works. Gradually, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah Riyad pulled the match out of the fire by stitching a record partnership for the fifth wicket and left Williamson out of ideas. Shakib and Mahmudullah struck hundreds and Bangladesh essayed another epic on the same ground where they beat Australia twelve years ago.
Bangladesh's victory at Cardiff was the result of a sheer will power and great teamwork.
The Bangladesh head coach, Chandika Hathurusingha, thought of unleashing an attacking combination during the do or die clash against New Zealand. He included an extra pace bowler instead of Imrul Kayes, who failed miserably in the previous two matches. This gave Bangladesh a great opportunity to attack and search for wickets while New Zealand were batting. They did not have to rely too much on part-timers and at the end of the day, it proved to be a very good team selection. Of course, without an attacking combination, no team can dream big.
Mustafizur Rahman proved costly in the middle overs. He went for nineteen runs in his first two overs but returned to bowl a three-over spell in tandem with Shakib in the eighteenth over. He leaked just fifteen runs. He returned to bowl another three-over spell in the 35th over and during that spell, Fizz sucked the life out of Kiwis batsmen.
He bowled with a scrambled seam and varied his length smartly. It halted the momentum of New Zealand batting and they struggled to score runs. Fizz, mixed up his slower and faster deliveries very well and his action remained the same while bowling both. It was hard to pick Fizz as the yorkers fell at the base of middle and off stump by rotating and giving the batsmen the false impression of a slower delivery.
Fizz's spell in the middle overs was instrumental in saving at least twenty to thirty runs.
Since the tri-series at Ireland, Shakib Al Hasan's performance both with the ball and bat was not satisfactory. But players like Shakib are made for the big occasions. He was given the ball when two most feared batsmen of world cricket were at the crease, Ross Taylor, and Williamson. Shakib did not try to be adventurous with the ball but bowled with discipline so that Williamson and Taylor could not score freely. He was more like a supporting bowler at Cardiff. While Taskin Ahmed and Rubel Hossain attacked from the other end, Shakib ensured that the pressure is always maintained so that his partners can utilize it.
Taskin Ahmed and Rubel Hossain were fantastic with the ball. Taskin looked very rusty in the warm-up games, but at Cardiff, he seemed to have regained his rhythm and bowled his heart out. Whereas, as usual, Rubel was highly effective at the death and middle overs. He dared to bounce the batsmen and his yorkers were terrifying.
The Bangladesh bowlers stranglehold the New Zealand batters and in the slog overs, they will try to flex their muscles to muzzle the Bangladesh attack. Mashrafe Mortaza threw the ball to Mosaddek Hossain and his move surprised everyone. But this move was not out of imaginative captaincy, but smart thinking. The Cardiff track was slowing down and it demanded the need of a finger spinner who's ball will fetch wickets while attempting to hit hard. Mosaddek's gentle finger spin was ideal for that situation and he paid back Mash's faith in style by setting jitters in New Zealand batting line up.
Again, Mash, like the match against New Zealand at Dublin, rotated his bowlers very well. Even when Williamson and Taylor were well poised to bat Bangladesh out of the game, he never stepped back from attacking. This is the hallmark of a great captain and Mashrafe is one of the best captains in world cricket today.
The funda of building a partnership in cricket is more about rotating the strike rather than big hits. When Shakib and Mahmudullah joined each other in the middle, Bangladesh's condition was pathetic. While many decided to give up, they thought, victory was still possible if a big partnership could be built. They occupied the crease at first and as soon as the threat of Southee, Boult nad Milne ebbed away, they fetched singles and couples smartly.
Williamson introduced Southee and Boult to break the partnership, but Shakib aMahmudullah did not lose composure but dabbed the ball through the gaps. When they both brought the asking run rate within reach, they attacked and reached their hundred with a sheer arrogance.
It was an unbelievable partnership and made Bangladesh believe strongly, anything is possible if you dare to chase your dreams.


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The Volkswagen ID. series is a family of battery electric cars from Volkswagen (VW), built on the MEB platform (German: Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten; English: modular electric-drive toolkit) that is developed by the Volkswagen Group for a range of electric cars manufactured by its subsidiaries. Most of its production vehicles were adapted from several concept car models.

History and etymology
The ID. series is the first series of electric cars from VW that are purpose built from the ground up to be electric vehicles. According to Volkswagen, ID. stands for "intelligent design, identity and visionary technologies".

Production models

Upcoming models

Concept vehicles

See also
 Volkswagen Group MEB platform
 Toyota bZ series
 Mercedes-EQ

References

Electric concept cars
ID. series


Should we bother with wine tourism? If so how do we get them to visit our region?
The purpose of this talk is twofold. Firstly, it sheds light on the question Wine Tourism. Should we bother? Secondly, it demonstrates how wine experience tourism providers can gain new customers and keep existing ones loyal with little or no monetary cost.
In 2011 the Great Wine Capitals Global Network published a market survey titled Financial Stability and Viability of Wine Tourism Business in the GWCN which includes Cape Town, Bordeaux, Florence, Mendoza, Mainz, Rioja, Porto and Napa Valley.
The number of tourists per year reaches its peak in summer, which does not come as a surprise (70.5% of the visitors) Well it does come as a surprise to me as summer for Wine Pleasures is low season. High season being March to June and September to November. Why? From our own research i.e. asking our customers the answer is that a wine tour is a second holiday taken by adults and without the kids. Summer holidays are spent with the whole family and probably by the sea.
Can you estimate the average spending of each visitor?
The average spending per visitor is between 30 and 200 US$ (depends of course on the region) 200$ Florence, 188$ Napa, Rioja 30$ – that's probably because Spain doesn't charge for the visit!
Which are the most important benefits that wine tourism brings to your winery and region?
28, 4% said that the most effective promotion was in coming travel agents and tour operators.
Activities offered by the wineries are often limited to tasting (83, 1%), and guided visits (74, 9%), only 40% provide food facilities and less than 30% can offer accommodation.
Only in the New World regions the use of social media is widely used. Old Worlds destinations seem to be more attached to a traditional promotion based on wine tasting events and participating in trade fairs.
What % of your income comes from wine sales and wine tourism?
77, 90% wine sales, 19, 45% tourism activity. Tourists pay for the activity and then they may buy the wine.
What is the most important distribution channel for your wines?
32, 1% direct sales at the winery, 18% Restaurant or Hotel, 16, 8% wine shop.
Do you consider your wine tourism activities as financially viable?
63.3% said that wine tourism activities are a good alternative to face economic crisis periods. A good example of this is the MICE market. Gone are days of looking abroad for a foreign destination to hold a MICE activity. Many companies look at something closer to home – wineries make excellent venues for corporate events – team building, meetings and so on.
Income from wine tourism represents around 20% of total winery income but this figure does not take into account the wine sales that are generated later.
Wine tourism is above all a major marketing tool that should be 100% integrated in the commercial strategies of the wineries as the impact is so important for their image around the world.
So how do we attract more wine tourists to our region and business?
Web site 2.0 – what's that?
The internet has been around for some 30 or so years now. Until recently we had the Web 1.0 where content was static and in the most unchanging. Web pages were passive. Web 2.0 is active allowing for bidirectional dynamic and interactive dialogue. If your web site is not 2.0 then you are losing out on creating a relationship with the end user, or rather your customer, the one that stays in your hotel, eats in your restaurant, visits your museum, goes on a wine country bike tour, visits your winery and buys your wine or olive oil.
1.1 How do we connect with our existing and future customers?
Blogs. Wine and travel related blogs are abound on the internet and as today's consumer turns more and more to the internet for information he or she is more likely to find a wine blog on say Istria than by searching traditional media such as travel magazines. So if your aim is to brand and market your business to potential customers then you need to get your messages on the first page of a Google search. Running a blog is the one way to do this.
1.2 What is a Blog?
A blog is a dynamic web site which you can manage yourself. Indeed, it is desirable that you do manage it yourself rather than contracting someone to do it for you. By posting information on your blog you can get your message indexed by Google within minutes and with a bit of practice your post will appear on the first page of a Google search.
Publish some content at least once a week. Content can be a post on "The Fantastic wines we tried at Vinistra" "See who visited us at Vinistra" "Meet some of the people that stayed in our Hotel during Vinistra". Talk to people. Interview them. Do a podcast on your iphone. Take hundreds of photos and create an album. Video interview people. Video people tasting your wines, trying your food… Publish all this on your blog and get known, generate communication and sooner or later you will generate traffic to your business and region or vice versa.
Posts don't have to be 400 – 600 words but can be short and sweet – It's a fine sunny day as usual in Porec. A photo of an important sommelier trying your wines or a 2 minute podcast or video of someone giving their impressions of a horseback ride through Istrian vineyards.
So, we have a blog up and running so how do we get people to read it?
Social networks for wine & tourism consumers and wine & tourism professionals are online communities which allow you to connect with consumers and build relationships that lead to on the one hand new customers and on the other loyal customers.
Within these networks your grape escape destination and all that reside within the territory (wineries, hotels, agroturismo, wine shops, restaurants, museums, service providers (bike tours, 4×4 trips, balloon, horse, walking) can become household names when people form groups around them.
Where are people forming groups?
There are more if you search. Why not create your own? Vinistra?
Facebook is where everybody is so jump on and create a Fan page so you can add content (such as photos, videos or articles) to keep your fans or likees as they are known nowadays updated on your business. Create a closed Group page where members can post their own photos and texts and network with each other. The average Facebook user creates 90 pieces of content per month.
Open a twitter account and join the conversation. Twitter provides a platform for you to connect and share with people interested in wine food & tourism. With very little effort you can get your message and brand out to thousands of people several times a day which in turn will generate traffic to your main web site. Twitter has some 100 million active users each month. 64 Masters of Wine (25% of all MWs) are on twitter.
Create an account on Vimeo and then start to make some videos – share your winemaking philosophy, show them how to make a typical local dish, explain why your wines match a known dish, a tour around the hotel kitchen chatting to the chefs, a How to video.. How to open a bottle of sparkling wine, how to taste wine……how to find white truffles….
Once you have created your video you can then embedded them on your own blog posts on your own websites. Create an account on You Tube and upload your video for added exposure.
Getting started can be tough and lonely on the social media. Be patient (give yourself 4 months or so) and build up connections without being in a rush. Ask someone to hold your hand!
Type your name into Google and see who is talking about you. Many of you will see that there are people talking about you and you yourself are not. By starting a blog you'll see your posts start to appear in Google. Talk about not only yourself but also about other wine tourism experience providers in your territory so that when the consumers is searching for example Kabola he will find reference to Trapan in the same article.
Familiarization Trips (Fam Trips, for short) for Tour Operators and Travel Agents are common practice for the travel industry. For the tourism provider it is probably by far the most cost-effective marketing tool they can invest in to gain greater market share and sales. The provider is able to appeal to the Agent's five senses by providing culinary and cultural experiences. This kind of marketing activity aims to inspire the agent to design and develop new products using the destination and providers sponsoring the Fam Trip as well as of course helping to sell their product better.
With Internet, consumers are using Google and twitter as their sole source of information gathering. Traditionally, travel lovers went to their local travel agent to choose their next holiday. Nowadays they are looking through blogs, social media sites, and forums… for all sorts of information (hotels, restaurants, local transport, attractions…) on a holiday destination. FIT travelers are now able to tailor-make their own itineraries and of course book their flights directly with the airline company making the local travel agent void and useless. MICE travel is also jumping over the middle man often booking directly (and saving 15-20%) with the Hotel venue for their conferences and meetings.
Today's Internet provides not only a wealth of information (much more than most travel agents currently provide) but also allows the user to dialogue with the blogger, asking questions, requesting further information, asking for clarification and so on. Blogging is changing the way we both find, and sift, through information about travel. With rapidly increasing numbers of travel blogs being created, people searching the net are bound to come up with a travel blog before any travel agent web site.
Wine Pleasures, over the last 7 years and now as part of its annual International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) has been organizing Fam Trips for international tour operators and travel agents. In 2011 Conference (Porto, Portugal) we took an innovative step forward and created an 8 day Fam Bloggers/Media Trip which provided bloggers with an abundance of material on cultural, culinary and wine tourism. In 2012 (Perugia, Italy) we repeated the event and the results were spectacular in terms of the amount of content published internet – more than 2,000 posts have been made to date on some aspect of the Fam Trip programme – and there are still new posts to be published. That is not to mention the thousands of tweets made prior to during and after the event.
IWINETC 2013 is of course coming to Croatia in 2013 from 15 – 17 March and will consist of 2 days of talks, one day workshop for wine tourism experience providers to meet with international tour operators specialized in wine and culinary tourism – Fam Trips to Istria, Dalmatia and Zagreb and Slovenia and we hope to get sponsorship to repeat a Blogger/Media Fam Trip.
Participate in this event either in person or from a distance and you will benefit. Let the opportunity pass by and you will be disappointed.
Nowadays you can control your own commercial destiny with respect to wine and culinary tourism. You don't need to rely on journalists, wine and food critics.
Wine tourism experience providers that set up and run an active blog will win in today's market place. Those of you who do not will lose.
Wine tourism experience providers who are exploiting the social media channels by conversing with wine and culinary tourism lovers will win. Those that do not will lose.
Anthony Swift Vinistra, Poreč, Istria (Croatia), Saturday 12 May 2012.
There aren't many at the moment but just wait and see how many there will be by the time the International Wine Tourism Comes round in 2013!
Kathy and I attended the FAM trip for bloggers and media in Italy during 2012. I agree with Anthony that the writing continues. At the time of the FAM trip we tweeted hundreds of times and posted 11 blog entries. Later we wrote 20 articles about the wineries visited as well as museums and hotels. Still later I wrote two articles for a travel magazine. Now we are writing a book that will include the regions we visited.
FAM trips offer wineries and others a large amount of content presented about them in different arenas. Wine tourists use this content to determine where to visit. FAM trips benefit the writers and those places visited including wineries, museums, hotels and restaurants.
You can even list them online via an market or classified record.
Use your children to be motivated by video game playing time.
Does your youngster want to play video games?


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With a strong sales team and operational setup, M2 provide service excellence to SME's and enterprise organisations, helping them to reduce wastage, improve security and maximise cost savings.
With bespoke IT solutions and nationwide coverage, M2 were in prime position to expand but they weren't getting quality leads to convert. Their website portrayed the business as a copier company rather than an IT MPS provider, reducing their credibility and limiting the visitor's knowledge of their full proposition.
When the sales teams were visiting prospects they were using presentations that had evolved over years, displaying different M2 logos, old styling and dated messaging.
Another area which hindered their growth was an outdated sales database which had not been appended for some time. Key contacts had moved on and businesses had closed, resulting in a lot of wastage when campaigns were sent and disappointing results.
A number of quick wins were identified, one of which was to update an existing range of cases studies. The case studies looked dated but told some great stories. We redesigned them using the new brand style, utilising imagery and testimonials to emphasise key messages.
If there were any gaps in sectors M2 excelled in, there were a wealth of customers that were only too happy to talk to us and discuss the unique, cost effective solutions M2 had installed and continue to manage for the new case study.
In addition, the cases studies were used as content for a new 150-page PowerPoint presentation, providing the sales team with the ammunition they needed to sell to multiple sectors and business sizes.
The database was next, stripping it back to basics and repopulating it with real-time data from M2's other operational programmes. As a result the sales team were able to see customer files on their mobile devices, allowing them to access information whilst with the customer.
It also enabled M2 to use the information to create campaigns targeted at individual sectors, business sizes and identify requirements for focused relevant campaigns.
Utilising the relationship with M2's partner, Quocirca, we commissioned a white paper with the renowned business and IT advisory. The brief was to understand the impact independent MPS providers could have on the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) hold on the sector. The results, although not surprising enabled M2 to promote their finds across collateral, communications and PR over the course of a year.
M2 continue to grow from strength to strength, building on their dominance in this very competitive market.


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Q: Why does the xml-to-json policy result in an empty body when using it in the inbound policies? Document reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/api-management-transformation-policies#example-1
A snippet from my "inbound processing" policies:
<inbound>
   <base />
   <xml-to-json kind="direct" apply="always" consider-accept-header="false" />
</inbound>

Problem:
When I apply this policy in "inbound processing" the backend API (Logic App) that is called is given an empty body. The API receiving this request shows Content-Length = 0.
Results from trace:
xml-to-json (0.697 ms)
"XML-to-JSON policy was applied. Original Content-Length header was removed as its value was invalidated. Content-Type header was set to 'application/json'."

Notes:
When I apply this exact same policy in the "outbound processing" policies, I get the result I am expecting as JSON.
Basic XML example I am sending:
<note>
    <to>PersonOne</to>
    <from>PersonTwo</from>
    <heading>Test</heading>
    <body>Example</body>
</note>

Result I get when policy is applied to in "outbound policies" section (This is working as expected):
{
    "note": {
        "to": "PersonOne",
        "from": "PersonTwo",
        "heading": "Test",
        "body": "Example"
    }
}

A: This is caused by the original Content-Length header being removed when APIM does the conversion from XML to JSON. If you do a test request in APIM and look in the trace console you'll see a message like this:

"XML-to-JSON policy was applied. Original Content-Length header was
removed as its value was invalidated. Content-Type header was set to
'application/json'."

APIM replaces the header with

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

and sets Content-Length to 0. Unfortunately Logic Apps don't support chunked encoding on triggers (only on some actions) so aren't able to handle the request.


Ha, ha! Just kidding! We meant, January 2007! Last year's product, which they claimed to "showcase" at CES wasn't really shown. At Macworld Expo, a few days later, I asked Mr. Gefen himself for a demo, but they didn't even have a plastic brick as a prototype. Belkin had a plastic brick at their booth, but it had no innards. Both Belkin and Gefen had planned to be the early partners of Freescale, which now is apparently out of the UWB business, as far as the tea leaves suggest.
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Tag Archives: John Surtees
February 19, 2011 by JP	- 7 Comments
"BIG JOHN" SURTEES | THE LONE RACER MOTORCYCLE & F1 WORLD CHAMPION
In all of history it has happened only once. Only one man has ever won the World Championship in both motorcycle and auto racing– John Surtees. In 1956, at the wee age of 22 yrs old, he became the 500cc motorcycle World Champion. Then in 1960, he switched full-time to auto racing, and was crowned Formula One World Champion in 1964. At 26 yrs of age, he'd become the only man ever to win a World Championship on two wheels and four. There has been no one since, and perhaps nevermore.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing career
Norton, MV Agusta
350cc – 1958, 1959, 1960
500cc- 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
Podium finishes
First Grand Prix
1952 500cc Ulster Grand Prix
First win
Last win
1960 500cc Nations Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix
May 10, 1964 — Ferrari designer Mauro Forghieri (ITA) manages a yawn as driver John Surtees (GBR) prepares for practice to begin in the pits. Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo — Image by © Phipps/Sutton Images/Corbis
Formula One World Championship career
Lotus, Cooper, Lola, Ferrari,Honda, BRM, McLaren, Surtees
113 (111 starts)
1967 Italian Grand Prix


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// Created by Kay Czarnotta on 20.04.2016
//
// Copyright (c) 2016,  Sensorberg
//
// All rights reserved.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using MetroLog;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework;
using SensorbergSDK;
using SensorbergSDK.Background;
using SensorbergSDK.Internal.Services;
using SensorbergSDK.Internal.Transport;
using SensorbergSDKTests.Mocks;

namespace SensorbergSDKTests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class BackgroundEngineTest
    {
        private static readonly ILogger logger = LogManagerFactory.DefaultLogManager.GetLogger<BackgroundEngineTest>();
        private const int OUT_OF_RANGE_DB = -128;

        [TestInitialize]
        public async Task Setup()
        {
            await TestHelper.Clear();
            ServiceManager.ReadOnlyForTests = false;
            ServiceManager.Clear();
            ServiceManager.ApiConnction = new MockApiConnection();
            ServiceManager.LayoutManager = new LayoutManager();
            ServiceManager.SettingsManager = new SettingsManager();
            ServiceManager.StorageService = new StorageService() {Storage = new MockStorage()};
            ServiceManager.ReadOnlyForTests = true;
            logger.Debug("Setup - End");
        }

        [TestMethod]
//        [Timeout(10000)]
        public async Task ResolveBackgroundEvent()
        {
            logger.Debug("ResolveBackgroundEvent - Start");
            LayoutManager layoutManager = (LayoutManager) ServiceManager.LayoutManager;
            await layoutManager.VerifyLayoutAsync(true);
            BeaconAction orgAction = layoutManager.Layout.ResolvedActions.FirstOrDefault(ra => ra.BeaconAction.Uuid == "9ded63644e424d758b0218f7c70f2473").BeaconAction;

            List<Beacon> list = new List<Beacon>() {new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0004", Id2 = 39178, Id3 = 30929}};
            BackgroundEngine engine = new BackgroundEngine();
            TaskCompletionSource<BeaconAction> action = new TaskCompletionSource<BeaconAction>();
            engine.BeaconActionResolved += (sender, args) =>
            {
                action.SetResult(args);
            };
            await engine.InitializeAsync();
            await engine.ResolveBeaconActionsAsync(list, OUT_OF_RANGE_DB);

            BeaconAction result = await action.Task;

            Assert.AreEqual(orgAction, result, "action not found");
            logger.Debug("ResolveBackgroundEvent - End");
        }

        [TestMethod]
//        [Timeout(2000)]
        public async Task ResolveBackgroundEventSingle()
        {
            logger.Debug("ResolveBackgroundEventSingle - Start");
            LayoutManager layoutManager = (LayoutManager) ServiceManager.LayoutManager;
            await layoutManager.VerifyLayoutAsync(true);
            BeaconAction orgAction = layoutManager.Layout.ResolvedActions.FirstOrDefault(ra => ra.BeaconAction.Uuid == "9ded63644e424d758b0218f7c70f2473").BeaconAction;

            List<Beacon> list = new List<Beacon>()
            {
                new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0004", Id2 = 39178, Id3 = 30929},
                new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0004", Id2 = 39178, Id3 = 30929}
            };
            BackgroundEngine engine = new BackgroundEngine();
            TaskCompletionSource<BeaconAction> action = new TaskCompletionSource<BeaconAction>();
            int resolveCount = 0;
            engine.BeaconActionResolved += (sender, args) =>
            {
                resolveCount++;
                action.SetResult(args);
            };
            await engine.InitializeAsync();
            await engine.ResolveBeaconActionsAsync(list, OUT_OF_RANGE_DB);

            BeaconAction result = await action.Task;

            Assert.AreEqual(orgAction, result, "action not found");
            Assert.AreEqual(1, resolveCount, "More then onetime resolved");
            logger.Debug("ResolveBackgroundEventSingle - End");
        }

        [TestMethod]
//        [Timeout(2000)]
        public async Task ResolveBackgroundEventSupress()
        {
            logger.Debug("ResolveBackgroundEventSupress - Start");
            LayoutManager layoutManager = (LayoutManager) ServiceManager.LayoutManager;
            await layoutManager.VerifyLayoutAsync(true);
            BeaconAction orgAction = layoutManager.Layout.ResolvedActions.FirstOrDefault(ra => ra.BeaconAction.Uuid == "9ded63644e424d758b0218f7c70f2473").BeaconAction;

            List<Beacon> list = new List<Beacon>()
            {
                new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0004", Id2 = 39178, Id3 = 30929},
                new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0003", Id2 = 48869, Id3 = 21321},
                new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0004", Id2 = 39178, Id3 = 30929},
                new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0003", Id2 = 48869, Id3 = 21321}
            };
            BackgroundEngine engine = new BackgroundEngine();
            TaskCompletionSource<BeaconAction> action = new TaskCompletionSource<BeaconAction>();
            int resolveCount = 0;
            engine.BeaconActionResolved += (sender, args) =>
            {
                resolveCount++;
                action.TrySetResult(args);
            };
            await engine.InitializeAsync();
            await engine.ResolveBeaconActionsAsync(list, OUT_OF_RANGE_DB);

            BeaconAction result = await action.Task;

            Assert.AreEqual(orgAction, result, "action not found");
            Assert.AreEqual(4, resolveCount, "More then 4 resolved");
            logger.Debug("ResolveBackgroundEventSupress - End");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task ResolveMultipleAction()
        {
            logger.Debug("ResolveMultipleAction - Start");
            LayoutManager layoutManager = (LayoutManager) ServiceManager.LayoutManager;
            await layoutManager.VerifyLayoutAsync(true);

            BackgroundEngine engine = new BackgroundEngine();
            IList<BeaconAction> actions = new List<BeaconAction>();
            engine.BeaconActionResolved += (sender, args) =>
            {
                actions.Add(args);
            };
            List<Beacon> list = new List<Beacon>() {new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff0003", Id2 = 48869, Id3 = 21321}};

            await engine.InitializeAsync();
            await engine.ResolveBeaconActionsAsync(list, OUT_OF_RANGE_DB);

            Assert.AreEqual(4, actions.Count, "Not 4 action found");
            logger.Debug("ResolveMultipleAction - End");
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public async Task ResolveSingleActionNoResult()
        {
            logger.Debug("ResolveSingleActionNoResult - Start");
            LayoutManager layoutManager = (LayoutManager) ServiceManager.LayoutManager;
            await layoutManager.VerifyLayoutAsync(true);

            BackgroundEngine engine = new BackgroundEngine();
            TaskCompletionSource<IList<BeaconAction>> action = new TaskCompletionSource<IList<BeaconAction>>();
            IList<BeaconAction> actions = new List<BeaconAction>();
            engine.BeaconActionResolved += (sender, args) =>
            {
                actions.Add(args);
                if (actions.Count >= 3)
                {
                    action.SetResult(actions);
                }
            };
            List<Beacon> list = new List<Beacon>() {new Beacon() {Id1 = "7367672374000000ffff0000ffff1234", Id2 = 39178, Id3 = 30929}};

            if (await Task.WhenAny(action.Task, Task.Delay(500)) == action.Task)
            {
                Assert.AreEqual(0, action.Task.Result, "Not 0 action found");
            }
            else
            {
                //timeout is fine
            }
            logger.Debug("ResolveSingleActionNoResult - End");
        }
    }
}

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Passed away peacefully at the Avalon Care Centre in Orangeville on Thursday, November 8, 2018 in her 88th year. Beloved wife of the late Douglas Watson and the late Wallace Lucas. Forever missed by her son Edward (Barbara) Watson and pre-deceased by son Steven Watson. Grandmother of Douglas (Lindsay) Watson, Lindsay (Paul) Varga, Stephanie Watson (Baba Muhammed Marga), and Joshua (Debbie) Watson. Great-Grandmother of Aidan and Samuel Watson, and Logan and Hudson Varga. Sister of Myrtle (Wallace) Greenlaw, Mable (late Fred) Reynolds, and the late Rosswell (Alma) Beamish, Irwin Beamish, Norman (survived by Vera) Beamish, and Bill Beamish. Margaret will be missed by her many nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held at the Lynn-Stone Funeral Home in Elmvale from 10 am – 11 am on Tuesday, November 13, followed by a memorial service in the chapel at 11 am.
Cremation with inurnment in Stayner Union Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Society in Margaret's memory.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to www.lynnstonefuneralhome.com.


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But the ever-expanding fire season across the West, including Colorado, is ramping up the need for more firefighters to answer the call.
"When the very worst day hits, we're training the responders and the leaders that will take over and manage those incidents," said Travis Bailey, an academy instructor.
That's exactly what's happening in Colorado Springs. More than 1,100 people — both new firefighters and experienced first responders — are starting or advancing their careers in emergency response at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Winter Academy at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.


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Krannert Center Cancels All Public, In-Person Fall Events
By Brian Moline
Photo: Courtesy of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
The University of Illinois' Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has announced the cancellation of all public, in-person performances this fall.
Illinois Newsroom's Brian Moline spoke with Krannert Center Director Mike Ross about the decision. Ross says they consulted with many different stakeholders before making the decision, and considered several factors.
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Krannert-Ross-2Way-web.mp3
"As the understanding about the nature of the virus and the challenges to protection, but also just the very real issue in the performing arts of having artists traveling across the country or around the world, and being able to do so safely themselves, so there's multiple elements that played into our decision."
Ross says Krannert will make a decision about Spring 2021 performances in late fall, and will not sell any tickets for those performances until they make that decision.
He says although the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a big financial toll on the facility, there have been no changes to full-time staffing at this point.
"We've not had to furlough or eliminate any full-status positions," Ross said. "We all know that could change, but our staff has plenty to do."
He says Krannert's full-time staff will continue to work with University of Illinois students and faculty this fall on productions that will only be performed internally for educational purposes.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is a financial supporter of WILL.
TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Mike Ross, university of illinois
Brian Moline
Brian Moline is the Managing Editor of Illinois Newsroom and host of Morning Edition for Illinois Public Media/WILL. He's been with WILL since 2015, after a long stint at WDWS-AM in Champaign where he covered both news and sports for more than a decade. If you have story or interview ideas, you can reach Brian at bmoline@illinois.edu.
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- The Lead: In its final dual meet of the 2018 season, the No. 4 MIT men's swimming and diving team defeated No. 11 Amherst College, 213-86. Prior to the meet, the Engineers honored seniors William Arcand (Windsor, Va.), Jeremy Bogle (Weston, Mass.), Justin Chiu (Monterey Park, Calif.), Dane Erickson (Naples, Fla.), Dougie Kogut (Glen Burnie, Md.) and Joshua Tomazin (Austin, Texas) for their contributions towards the program over the past four years.
- Tomazin teamed up with sophomore Tim Kralj (Woodinville, Wash.), junior Brandon McKenzie (Brigantine, N.J.) and sophomore Samuel Ubellacker (Georgetown, Ky.) for first place in the 200-medley relay in 1:32.42 to kick off the meet. Behind them in third, was sophomore Bouke Edskes (Rockville, Md.), Chiu, Arcand and Bogle as they touched the wall in 1:33.53.
- Tomazin went on to register first place finishes in both the 50-free (20.82) and the 100-free (46.61), while Arcand won the 100-fly (50.30).
- McKenzie and sophomore Peter Crocker (Huntington Beach, Calif.) also posted two first place finishes for the Engineers in today's dual meet. McKenzie won the 100-breast (57.19) and the 200-breast (2:06.57) and also took second in the 200 IM (1:56.50), while Crocker touched the wall first in the 200-free (1:39.05) and the 500-free (4:40.06) and finished fourth in the 50-free (21.43).
- Three other Engineers claimed wins this afternoon to aid MIT to victory in the pool. Junior Josh Graves (Tustin, Calif.) won the 1000-free (9:41.77) and finished second in the 500-free (4:40.61), Edskes won the 200-fly (1:52.81) and touched third in the 100-fly (51.08) and junior Gavin Brown (Richmond, Va.) finished first in the 200-IM (1:55.21), second in the 200-back (1:53.84) and third in the 200-fly (1:55.15).
- Bogle and sophomore David Morejon (Humble, Texas) registered a pair of second place finishes for MIT, while sophomore Emilio Sison (Annandale, Va.) took third place three times. Bogle touched the wall in a time of 21.19 in the 50-free and 46.76 in the 100-free, Morejon clocked times of 1:42.82 in the 200-free and 50.77 in the 100-fly and Sison registered times of 1:44.61 in the 200-free, 47.21 in the 100-free and 1:56.92 in the 200-IM.
- The Engineers swept the top two spots in the final event of the day, the 400-free relay. Crocker, YR Justin Liu (Linwood, N.J.), Morejon and Edskes came in first in 3:04.63, while Kogut, Erickson, Tomazin and Bogle finished second in 3:06.16.
- In the diving well, sophomore Samuel Solomon (Rockville, Md.) swept both boards with scores well above the NCAA Division III Diving Regional qualifying mark as he scored 346.65 points on the 1-meter board and 335.55 on the 3-meter board.
- MIT concluded its dual meet schedule this afternoon, but will next be in action on Thursday, February 22 when the Engineers host the annual New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship inside the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center Pool beginning at 6:30 p.m.


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In Tallinn recently for a conference, I took a chance to go for a long walk from the old medieval city centre to an ancient forest to the east. I took a meandering route to Kadriorg Forest, along the oversized roads and undistinguished housing blocks that are the typical stains left by Soviet-era planning guidelines; wide enough for tanks, and possibly aircraft, and little use to the contemporary city.
While there are several distinguishing features along the route—the appealing wall-bound statues that fuse bust and typography, a vaguely Metabolist housing block opposite a thrusting modernist chapel, a great deli and coffee shop, and some lovely old wooden houses and masonry blocks, half of which are disintegrating, half are being renovated or rebuilt, near the stadium as you approach the park—I was heading for the KUMU art gallery and an installation in the trees.
Heading beyond the ponds, playgrounds and formal landscaping around the palace at the edge of Kadriorg park, the forest itself is immediately quietly extraordinary. It's been there for centuries, and there's something graceful and majestic about the scale of the trees, particularly with autumn ablaze in the leaves, viewed from the long avenues cut through the woods.
KUMU, designed by Finnish architect Pekka Vapaavuori, was excellent, but the installation was magical. Designed by Tetsuo Kondo Architects, it was a floating ramp hoisted up into the forest, a 95 metre long white steel walkway suspended from the trees themselves. Rather than sitting on columns, it was simply supported by brackets attached to tree trunks.
Given its slender profile and lack of columns, the ramp was barely visible until close up. There were only a few signs, with a smart silhouette identity, to announce its presence. I was lucky to catch it in autumn—I'm not sure how long it's around for.


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Q: programming of 3 x 7 I have been trying to program the 3x 7 trick. The full code is available here: https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/9419/programming-of-3-x-7-trick.
I am stuck at step 5.

I have this error when i type in the value for the row.

Not sure what the error is. Need some guidance.
step 6:

A: That error comes from the back_to_array function, where you have a typo in the condition of the inner loop. It should be j < numRows instead of i < numRows.

A: The main issue is the mistake with i < numRows instead of j < numRows.
As per requested, here are some other modifications you could and should implement:

*

*Write printf("%8i", ... instead of printf("%i\t", ..., since the latter is likely to spread out the numbers unevenly.

*Sanitize your input. Right now, you can make the program crash by inputting strange values. (Also, give the user a hint about whether to use the values 0, 1, 2 or 1, 2, 3.)

*Right now, you're not shuffling row 0 and column 0. For instance, you start with column 6 and go through the columns one by one, but you stop as soon as you reach 0, before entering the loop again.

*There's a problem where you quite often notice that the same numbers occur together on the same row. I believe, although I'm not completely sure, that the problem is that you're sorting the rows. The point of placing the selected row in the middle of the deck all the time, is to make the selected card move towards the center. If you sort the row, you allow the card to move away from the center. I commented out the sorting and couldn't notice the problem anymore. Is there a reason why you sort the rows?

*Regarding design: Personally, I'd not display a shuffled array and wait for a keystroke before beginning. Instead, I'd write the instructions and immediately ask the player to enter a number. I always tried to enter a number already after the first array had been displayed. Very annoying. :)