Here are some handy tips for planning your visit to Vietnam, a wonderful country that I visited in December 2017.
Vietnam international airports have a fairly smooth visa on arrival process. I applied for our visa on this website: https://vietnamvisa.govt.vn/. The basic one-month visa application cost us USD 17 per person, as of December 2017. Upon successful processing (ours took 2 days), you should receive a Visa Approval Letter via email. You will need a printout of this letter, passport sized photos, a filled in arrival form NA1 and of course, your passport when you land. There will be an additional wait time at the airport for your application to be processed and a USD 25 stamping fee per person needs to be paid in cash.
Stay in Hanoi was at the Flower Garden Hotel, 46 Nguyễn Trường Tộ. The room was very comfortable, fairly deluxe in amenities, courteous staff, fabulous breakfast spread and located close to the Old Quarters (walking distance of 15 – 20 minutes).
All the major sights in Hanoi – such as Ba Dinh Square, Citadel and the Night market – are reachable on foot.
Weather in Hanoi (at least around new year's eve '17) was dull with the occasional light shower and a nip in the air. A light jacket would be needed.
Street food is available in road-side stalls pretty much everywhere, but one can also get similar fare in restaurants that are more tourist oriented (those will of course be a bit more expensive).
Stay in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) was at the Aristo Hotel, 3A Vo Van Tan St District 3. A very comfortable hotel with the works, and a great breakfast spread.
This hotel is within walking distance of all major sights such as the Independence palace, War Remnants museum, Notre Dame Cathedral and Post Office.
In hindsight, there was no need for an organized city tour in Saigon because all the important landmarks were within walking distance of the hotel. Go for an organized tour if you would like a tour guide to explain the history of these sites.
I didn't see the Củ Chi tunnels near Saigon. For history buffs, these are a must see but as I had seen a number of war artifact-related places already, I gave it a miss.
Weather in Saigon was much warmer than Hanoi and luckily bright and sunny.
Saigon appears to be more "touristy" than Hanoi with a lot more options for global cuisine.
USD can be exchanged easily for VND. Certain establishments also accept USD payments. Exchange rates seemed reasonable everywhere, and for small sized exchanges (less than a 100 USD) the variations only amount to a few cents.
The Vietnamese script (written language), unlike other Asian languages, is Latin-based so you will see English like characters in it. That makes it fairly easy to read.
When travelling light, choose a traveller compadre who you know will never leave country without packing sunblock, moisturizers and perfumes. One can then scavenge on their kit. In the tropical heat of Asia, women's perfumes and men's colognes smell the same.


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Bouillotte is an 18th-century French gambling card game of the Revolution based on Brelan, very popular during the 19th century in France and again for some years from 1830. It was also popular in America. The game is regarded as one of the games that influenced the open-card stud variation in poker. The rules continue to be printed in French gaming compendia.

Game
A piquet pack is used, reduced to twenty cards by removing the sevens, tens and Jacks. When five people play, the Jacks are not removed, and when three play, the queens are taken out as well.  The ace is the highest card in play and in cutting. Two packs are usually used, so that while one deck is being used, the other can be shuffled. Counters or chips, as in poker, are used.

To determine where a person sits, a sequence of cards is taken out of the deck, equal to the number of players (e.g., with 4 players, an ace, king, queen, and nine are taken, etc.) They are shuffled, and each player draws one. The player with the ace chooses where to sit first, etc. First dealer is the player with the king.

Before the deal each player "antes" one counter to the pot, after which each, the "age" passing, may "raise" the pot; those not "seeing the raise" being obliged to drop out. Three cards are dealt to each player, and a thirteenth, called the retourné, when four play, turned up. Each player must then bet, call, raise or drop out. When a call is made the hands are shown and the best hand wins. The hands rank as follows:

Brélan Carré, four of a kind, one being the retourné.
Simple Brélan, three of a kind, ace being high.
Brélan Favori, three of a kind, one being the retourné.

Payments
If more than one player has a brélan, the best is one that matches the rank of the turn up (a brelan carré, or "squared-up brelan"). If none matches, that of highest rank wins. Any player with a brelan receives a side-payment of one chip, two if it is a carré, from each opponent.

If no player holds a brélan, the hand holding the greatest number of pips wins. All hands are turned face up, including those of players who dropped. The face values of all these cards are totalled for each suit, ace counting 11, court cards 10 and numerals their face value. The "best suit" is the one with the highest visible total, and the player holding the highest card of it wins the pot, provided that he has not previously dropped. If he has, the winner is the player counting the greatest face value of cards in any other suit.

Bouillotte lamp
The game gave rise to the Bouillotte lamp, consisting  of one or several candlesticks with a central standard equipped with a non-flammable adjustable shade. often made of tôle, a painted or lacquered metal, reflective white on the inside, dark on the outside, that could be lowered as the candles burned down.

See also
Put (card game)
Brelan
Ambigu
Gilet

Footnotes

References

Literature
 Gerver, Frans (2007) [1966]. Tous Les Jeux Des Cartes (reprint of first edition). Spain: Marabout.

18th-century card games
French card games
Vying games
Gambling games
Types of lamp

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Q: A way to avoid for-loops in this example I am looking for a way to avoid for-loops in my code to keep computation times short.
k = rand(15,15)
v= rand(6,15)

for i=1:6
   C(i) = v(i, :) * k * v(i, :)'
end

Is there such a possibility in this example, unfortunately I can't think of anything. In the real program v will not have only 6 lines, but thousands.

A: The following will get you the same result. For medium-sized arrays (around 1.5k), this is 15X faster than the for loop.
k = rand(15,15)
v = rand(6,15)
C = diag(v(1:6,:) * k * v(1:6,:)')'

A small benchmark as suggested by @Adriaan shows g() is 17X faster:
k = rand(1500,1500);
v = rand(1000,1500);

f = @() fun(k,v);
g = @() diag(v(1:600,:) * k * v(1:600,:)')';
timeit(f)  % Time: 0.5122
timeit(g)  % Time: 0.0332

function C = fun(k,v)
    C = zeros(1,600);
    for i = 1:600
        C(i) = v(i, :) * k * v(i, :)';
    end
end

It should be made clear here that the for loop is not to blame, but the underlying BLAS implementation for vector-matrix vs. matrix-matrix operations; the latter is known to be highly optimized in MKL.

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Whose Spending Problem??
It took a while to find a short and sweet item which lays out the spending-problem. So here it is.
...During Bush's tenure from 2001 through 2009, liberals cite the doubling of the national debt as proof of his profligacy. The debt did indeed double, but not all of it can be attributed to Bush policies. For example, Bush's first year in office was plagued by an inherited recession and 9/11, which, coupled with other technical and economic revisions, Heritage Foundation's Brian Riedl calculated cost $3.8 trillion through 2011. Surely he can't be held responsible for those unforeseen events.
Yet Bush can and should be held accountable for his policies. According to Riedl, the prescription drug bill passed in 2006 is projected to add nearly $400 billion in its first decade. The 2001 and 2003 tax cuts cost $1.7 trillion during the past 10 years. Add on the cost of the war on terror, which sums to about $1.3 trillion since its inception, the 2008 stimulus and the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and there is plenty of fiscal responsibility for the former president.
Yup. And we were clear on that when it was happening. GWB is a Tommy Thompson follower.
What about 2009 and the beginning of ObozoNomics?
...Factcheck.org [...] concluded that Bush deserves most of the culpability for the staggering deficit: "The truth is that the nearly 18 percent spike in spending in fiscal 2009 — for which the president [Obama] is sometimes blamed entirely — was mostly due to appropriations and policies that were already in place when Obama took office." Yet Factcheck.org maintains that about 14.5 percent of the 2009 deficit is attributable to Obama, which is no small contribution
...Factcheck.org also notes that "spending under Obama remains at a level that is quite high by historical standards. Measured as a percentage of the nation's economic production, it reached the highest level since World War II in fiscal 2009 and has declined only slightly since."
Bush may have been a drunken sailor, but Obozo is a sot 24x7.
...Revenue is projected to return to its historical average of 18 percent of the gross domestic product by 2016; meanwhile, spending is projected to stay well above the 20 percent of GDP historical average, swallowing nearly 25 percent as far as projections show...
Let's not forget the complicit criminals in Congress, either.
Jim said...
Correct. And don't forget the Ryan plan which doesn't balance the budget for another 25-45 years.
J Strupp said...
Again, the vast majority of the debt spike over the past 4 years can be attributed to the fall in tax revenues, increase in spending on UI, food stamps, emergency aid to states and other economic stabilizers needed followwing the financial crisis and depression that resulted. These debt levels can be assigned to President Obama but they would exist no matter who was elected President in 2008.
The long run debt issues facing this country are due to our disasterous health care system. Had we adopted a single payer system like almost every other westernized nation in the world, we would not be facing these massive health care liabilites in the future.
The rest of the deficit isn't a big deal as the debt market as signaled for the past 4 years. Uncle Sam is currently being paid to issue debt up to a 10 year maturity.
In general, we don't have a short run deficit problem, we have an AD, growth and unemployment problem with a long run health care cost crisis.
This data is easily available to anyone who wants to put aside their dogma and read about it.
Had we adopted a single payer system like almost every other westernized nation in the world,...
Umnnnhhhh....
You mean the ones like in Britain and the Netherlands where they simply kill off the problems, or the one in Canada which doesn't work too well?
The "health care problem" is CERTAINLY being resolved by the single-payer Medicaid, right?
Or was it Medicare?
I forget.
J. Strupp said...
I hesitate to link to a related story (considering the links that some of the resident crazies have been posted recently)but the WSJ actually has a good one regarding this issue:
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/07/31/government-cutbacks-separate-this-expansion-from-others/?mod=WSJBlog
Ummnhhhh...yes.
Kinda cute, the way he mentions that 'consumer spending' is ALSO anemic. Since it's 70% of the economy, it prolly has more impact than a few minor Gummint cuts.
By the way, Gummint spending was--and IS--out of control. Far more important than one Statist/Socialist President is the long-term survival of the country,
IOW: too bad for Obozo, and GREAT news for the grandchildren.
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40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 'SEE-A-SONG' JOINS COMMUNITIES, CELEBRATES SUCCESS, INSPIRES THE CONTINUING PURSUIT OF ACCESS AND QUALITY INTERACTIONS
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Interpreter Education Program celebrated its 40th anniversary Nov. 16 with a special edition of "See-a-Song," a public performance of songs presented in sign language.
Deaf community member Ernest Northrup and former faculty member Eddie Schmeckenbecher emceed the celebration before a full house of students and community members in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. Interpretation was provided by Beth Smith and Katie Becker of Communication Plus+ Interpreting Services.
"I would love to give you all my appreciation for keeping the Interpreter Education Program going," Schmeckenbecher said. "Keep it up and we'll all come back and do this again in 40 more years!"
Former and present program faculty were presented certificates of appreciation in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the program. Special recognition was given to program coordinators Daniel Burch (1979-1981), Mindy Hooper (1981-1982), Myra Taff-Watson (1982-2004), Dr. Sherry Shaw (2004-2007), and Dr. Linda Stauffer (2007-present).
"Mama Ella" Irby was honored for her 20 years of service in the ASL (American Sign Language) lab, while Jackie Stubblefield, class of '86, was honored as the first person of color to graduate from the program.
Schmeckenbecher celebrates "Mama Ella" Irby's dedication to the UA Little Rock ASL lab. Photo by Brad Simms.
"For me, what's important is that
many wonderful people throughout the decades have built up this program to do right by the communities and create a legacy of qualified interpreters," said ASL major Madisyn Turner. "It is fun and rewarding to be able to talk with the community in a way that creates quality interactions."
Since 1979, UA Little Rock's interpreter program has been developing professionals who provide linguistic and cultural facilitation between individuals who are hearing and individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing.
"I started studying ASL because I find the language to be intriguing," said ASL major Libby Williams. "But really, it's all about access. To be able to put on a performance like See-a-Song that grants access to cultural experience is very rewarding."
Northrup stressed the importance of continuing to train future generations of interpreters.
"We need interpreters in our hospitals and doctor offices, in our schools, and in our communities," Northup said. "I see many of you that are here tonight out in the community working as graduates of this program. Thank you."
ASL major Cora Majan shared her perspective and appreciation for the program.
"I really love the interpreter program," Majan said. "It's a great culture to immerse yourself in and teaches you a lot. There are only 13 accredited bachelor's programs in the country, and we are lucky to have one of those programs here in Little Rock."
ASL students Maria Huntley and Aaron Johnson perform "The Boy is Mine." Photo by Brad Simms.
In total, 18 songs were performed through artistic interpretation. UA Little Rock See-a-Song student performers included Turner, Williams, Majan, Christy Bacon, Levi Boyd, Ashleigh Chatfield, Bethani DeAscentis, Oksana Durkee, Maria Huntley, Aaron Johnson, Scarlett Quick, Emili Towater, and Clayton Williams. Schmeckenbecher and senior instructor Jami Hollingsworth also performed.
Four Tulsa Community College students traveled from Oklahoma to perform in See-a-Song. Brooke Blackmon, Shannon Erwin, Megan James, and Dana Kerbo are participating in the Interpreter Education Program at UA Little Rock.
The UA Little Rock Interpreter Education Program established a partnership with Tulsa Community College in 2008. Students who earn an associate degree in interpretation can pursue a bachelor's degree from UA Little Rock via a hybrid model of distance education. Twenty-five students from Oklahoma have graduated with a bachelor's degree since the joint partnership began. Five more will graduate spring 2020.
"This distance model of interpretation affords AA graduates from the Interpreting Program in Tulsa the opportunity to further their education with a bachelor's degree from UA Little Rock, something that is not available in Oklahoma," Program Coordinator Linda Stauffer said. "A bachelor's degree is required for national certification."
Since 1979, UA Little Rock has produced a total of 503 interpreters for individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing. Four students will graduate this December and another five in May 2020.
Northrup and Schmeckenbecher celebrate the 56 faculty members who have contributed to the UA Little Rock Interpretation Education Program since 1979. Photo by Brad Simms.
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Griselda és una opera seria en tres actes amb música del compositor italià Alessandro Scarlatti, i és la darrera de les òperes de Scarlatti que han arribat íntegres a l'actualitat. Al llibret, del dramaturg Pietro Metastasio, anteriorment ja hi havien posat música Carlo Francesco Pollarolo i Antonio Maria Bononcini, i més tard Albinoni, Giovanni Bononcini i Vivaldi en farien les seves versions. Es basa en la història de La pacient Griselda del Decameró de Giovanni Boccaccio.

Es va estrenar el gener de 1721 al Teatro Capranica de Roma amb un repartiment format únicament per homes: cinc castrati i un tenor).

És una òpera poc representada actualment: segons les estadístiques d'Operabase, només se n'han fet sis representacions en el període comprès entre el 2011 i el 2015.

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Òperes estrenades a Roma
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Disruptors can prevent prisoners from personal communication
After years of lobbying in various states, proofreaders tested cell phone blocker in a prison in South Carolina this week. According to Brian Sterling of South Carolina, the test was conducted at the Broad River Correctional Facility in Columbia, South Carolina. The maximum safety test time is a few days. Warden.
Prison officials used this test to use micro-interference technology to allow prisoners to use prohibited mobile phones to communicate with them inside the prison walls without interfering with mobile phone services outside the prison to see if this can be prevented. This is the first such cooperation between state and federal prison authorities. Mr. Sterling said that he has been appointed as the U.S. Deputy Marshal to continue his cooperation. According to FBI authorities, two similar tests were recently conducted in a federal prison in Maryland. "There is no (prison) supervisor in this country who doesn't want to interfere," Sterling said on Friday.
Federal prison officials stated in a press release that criminal companies are active in smuggling mobile phones and distributing child pornography, making them more vulnerable to violent crimes while prisoners are in custody. "The reason we need to do this is because the cell phones in the hands of prisoners threaten public safety," Sterling said. "I don't ask for anything. After the prison order was issued, only Lee's correction, Captain Robert Johnson, was at home. He was shot several times." Lee, South Carolina, April 2018. The fatal riots that occurred in the prison, the Collective Institute, were also directly blamed on the smuggled mobile phones by Sterling. Sterling said that the final result of the test has not yet been determined, but he is optimistic about the test results. Sterling believes that tests have shown that the interference technology can be set very small to eliminate the worries of bleeding (affected by cell phone signals outside the prison). According to Sterling, testing can be reduced to a single housing unit in the prison.


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MPs to probe Kids Company collapse
MPs have launched an inquiry into the relationship between successive governments and the closed Kids Company charity after concerns were raised about the appropriateness of public funding for the charity.
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee announced the examination yesterday. The charity closed last month.
Announcing the inquiry, the committee said serious questions had been raised about the financial management and leadership of the charity and the degree of sustained and substantial financial support it had received.
"Of particular concern was the decision of Cabinet Office ministers to provide a £3m emergency loan to Kids Company shortly prior to its closure, despite concerns raised by the Cabinet Office's permanent secretary [Richard Heaton] that included a request for ministerial direction," it stated.
The inquiry will look at the relationship between government and Kids Company, as well as the competitiveness of the process by which financial support was given.
Advice given by civil servants to government ministers on continued financial support for Kids Company will be examined, including the audit undertaken by the Cabinet Office and the request for direction.
Financial management at Kids Company, in particular the failure to build up sufficient reserves, will also be considered as will the oversight provided by the Charity Commission.
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Pastor Dan White tells of his friend Dewey who listened to the preacher at a local revival. After a while the preacher asked anyone who needed to be prayed over to come forward to the front of the altar. Dewey got in line and when it was his turn the preacher asked, "Dewey, what do you want me to pray about for you?
Miscommunication is common in human relationships. What we are trying to say to someone somehow becomes unclear. There was nothing unclear about God's communication to Elijah about the commissioning of Elisha to take his place as God's prophetic spokesman in Israel (1 Kings 19:15, 16). The Lord was very clear about the name of the man, his father, and the place where he could be found.
…"found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. He left the oxen and ran after Elijah"… (1 Kings 19:19, 20a).
These words give us the impression that Elisha was a wealthy farmer and engaged in spring plowing at a time the three years of drought had come to an end. Elijah appeared at the field, identified Elisha as God had instructed, and …"threw his mantle on him" (19b).
No words are recorded. As far as we know, nothing was said between the two men. But Elisha knew immediately what the symbolic act meant. It is reasonable to think that the Lord had been working in his heart. Elisha was being called into ministry and he was going to be replacing God's fiery spokesman, Elijah.
When we read the accounts of Moses' selection of Joshua, Samuel's selection of David, and Jesus' selection of the Twelve, we get the impression that the Lord is always calling people into ministry. In fact, because He is sovereign, He is always thinking several steps down the road beyond you and me.
That means that when He called you to do what you do, He also has your successor in mind. He is already at work in the heart of someone to eventually do what you do. It is our responsibility to be asking the Lord about this matter. It is our responsibility to be praying and asking Him to make it clear who our replacement will be.
"The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" (2 Timothy 2:2).
It is our responsibility to embrace the fact that the Lord has our replacement in mind right now. We need to be talking with Him about it. We need to be pouring our lives into them.
The Scriptures tell us that Elisha ran after Elijah and secured permission to inform his parents of where he was going and what he would be doing. He quit his job, burned his farm equipment, cooked his oxen, and fed them to the people of the town. Then he followed Elijah.
These activities completely closed out his past and forced him into a dependent relationship with the Lord. And with this, God's ministry continued effectively when Elijah was finally taken (2 Kings 2).
Editor's Note: The 2007-2008 moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, John McIntosh is challenging the fellowship to consider the leaders of tomorrow. He has been pastor of the Simi Valley (Calif.) Grace Brethren Church since 1983.


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c4_Bytes Class Reference
Generic data buffer, with optional automatic clean up.
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 	c4_Bytes ()

 	Construct an empty binary object.

 	c4_Bytes (const void *, int)

 	Construct an object with contents, no copy.

 	c4_Bytes (const void *, int, bool)

 	Construct an object with contents, optionally as a copy.

 	c4_Bytes (const c4_Bytes &)

 	Copy constructor.

 	~c4_Bytes ()

 	Destructor, if a copy was made, it will be released here.

c4_Bytes & 	operator= (const c4_Bytes &)

 	Assignment, this may make a private copy of contents.

void 	Swap (c4_Bytes &)

 	Swap the contents and ownership of two byte objects.

int 	Size () const

 	Returns the number of bytes of its contents.

const t4_byte * 	Contents () const

 	Returns a pointer to the contents.

t4_byte * 	SetBuffer (int)

 	Define contents as a freshly allocated buffer of given size.

t4_byte * 	SetBufferClear (int)

 	Allocate a buffer and fills its contents with zero bytes.

Friends

bool 	operator== (const c4_Bytes &, const c4_Bytes &)

 	Return true if the contents of both objects are equal.

bool 	operator!= (const c4_Bytes &, const c4_Bytes &)

 	Returns true if the contents of both objects is not equal.

Detailed Description

Generic data buffer, with optional automatic clean up.

These objects are used to pass around untyped data without concern about clean-up. They know whether the bytes need to be de-allocated when these objects go out of scope. Small amounts of data are stored in the object.

Objects of this class are used a lot within Metakit to manipulate its own data items generically. The c4_BytesProp class allows storing binary data explicitly in a file. If such data files must be portable, then the application itself must define a generic format to deal with byte order.

How to store an object in binary form in a row (this is not portable):

    struct MyStruct { ... };
    MyStruct something;

    c4_BytesProp pData ("Data");
    c4_Row row;

    pData (row) = c4_Bytes (&something, sizeof something);

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mk4.h
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Po izročilo se je rodil v kraljevini Udjána, na območju sedanjega kraja Swat v Pakistanu. Poročil se je s hčerko tamkajšnjega kralja. Po odhodu v Tibet in po dokončanju samostana Samje, mu je kralj Trisong Decen ponudil svojo ženo, dakini Ješe Cogjal, s katero se je poročil dve leti prej. To velikodušno dejanje je povzročilo škandal in razjezilo ministre, ki so ostali zvesti religiji Bön. Tantrični par je zbežal proti Tidru, in se tam zatekel v jamo severovzhodno od Lhase, dokler se duhovi niso umirili.
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Prvi življenjepis Padmasambhave izhaja šele iz 14. stoletja in vsebuje mnogo legendarnih dogodkov. Drugi viri do takrat niso znani.

Okrog življenja in dela Padmasambhave je zraslo kar nekaj legend, zato so ga privrženci tibetanskega budizma v Tibetu, Nepalu, Butanu, indijskih himalajskih zveznih državah in drugje splošno priznali kot "drugega Budo".

To je bilo v skladu s tantričnim načelom, da ne odpravljamo negativnih sil, temveč jih preusmerimo, da spodbudijo pot k duhovnemu prebujanju.

Po izročilu je med bivanjem v Tibetu ustanovil prvi samostan v Tibetu Samje (angl.: Samye Gompa), pridobil prve menihe in ljudi pridobil za prakticiranje tantričnega budizma. Viri, ki se nanašajo na življenje Padmasambhave, pa niso v enotni glede dolžine časa, ki ga je preživel v Tibetu. Navaja se čas med šestimi meseci in petdesetimi leti. Vsekakor pa ga je zapustil in bival v več mestih v Himalajskem pogorju. V Butanu
V Butanu je povezan s slovitim samostanom Taktšangom ali samostanom "Tigrovo gnezdo", zgrajenim na strmi steni, približno 500 metrov nad ravnico doline Paro. Izročilo pravi, da je tja priletel iz Tibeta na hrbtu svoje najljubše priležnice Ješe Cogjal (angl.:Yeshe Tsogyal), ki jo je za namene potovanja spremenil v letečo tigrico. Duhovno razsvetljenim menihom je ukazal, naj tukaj zgradijo samostan.

Kasneje je odpotoval v okrožje Bumtang (v sodobnem Butanu), da bi pokoril močno božanstvo, ki ga je užalil lokalni kralj. Po lokalni legendi je odtis telesa Padmasambhave mogoče najti v steni jame v bližnjem templju Kurdže Lhakhang v Butanu.

Viri

Sklici

Zunanje povezave

 New World Encyclopedia, Padmasambhava

Budizem v Tibetu
Budistični filozofi


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Newest MacBook Air packs slower storage than 2018 model
By Killian Bell • 1:20 pm, July 15, 2019
Bag one before they're all gone.
Photo: Apple
Apple's newest MacBook Air costs $100 less than the previous model — but how was that saving made?
It turns out Apple may have cut corners on storage to shave money off the notebook's price tag. Tests have found new machine packs slower storage than the 2018 MacBook Air.
Newest 13-inch MacBook Pro brings unbelievable speed boost
By Killian Bell • 10:26 am, July 11, 2019
The new MacBook Pro will knock your socks off.
Apple promised its newest 13-inch MacBook Pro would deliver faster performance than the previous model. But we weren't expecting to be up to 83% faster!
That's the kind of speed increase you're getting with the latest model, according to early benchmarks. It gives existing owners a massive reason to upgrade — even if they have no interest in the Touch Bar.
Galaxy S10 embarrassed by iPhone in alleged early benchmarks
By Killian Bell • 8:56 am, January 16, 2019
You won't be blown away by Galaxy S10 performance.
Photo: Samsung
It seems Samsung is still struggling to match the performance of the iPhone.
Alleged early benchmarks for the upcoming Galaxy S10+ suggest the company's flagship device doesn't come close to competing with the iPhone XS Max. It doesn't even beat the aging iPhone X.
Android's new speed king still can't keep up with iPhone
By Killian Bell • 12:40 pm, October 18, 2018
The new Asus ROG Phone doesn't even come close.
Photo: Asus
Not even the fastest Android handset comes close to matching the performance of the iPhone.
The new Asus ROG Phone performs better than every other Android in early benchmark tests. It also scores higher than the latest iPad Pro lineup. When it comes to iPhone XS and XS Max, though, the gaming handset is way behind.
No, Apple is not slowing down your iPhone to force upgrades
By Killian Bell • 3:48 am, October 10, 2017
Is your iPhone slower with iOS 11? It's all in your head.
Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Every major iOS update slows down older devices to force users to upgrade. At least that's what recent reports have suggested.
The truth is, Apple is doing no such thing. Benchmark data proves that iPhone performance drops over time are just a myth. The 4-year-old iPhone 5s is about as fast with iOS 11 today as it was with iOS 7 when it made its debut in 2013.
iPhone X battery size and RAM confirmed
By Killian Bell • 3:52 am, September 26, 2017
iPhone X has a bigger battery than all its predecessors.
Details on the battery and RAM packed into iPhone X have been revealed ahead of its launch this November.
Apple has registered the device with Chinese regulator TENAA, and its filing confirms the specifics the company doesn't normally share with the public.
Galaxy Note 8 can't beat aging iPhone 7 Plus in performance
By Killian Bell • 9:00 am, August 15, 2017
Apple should be worried about Galaxy Note 8.
The iPhone 7 Plus may be almost a year old now, but it's still one of the most powerful smartphones you can buy today.
So powerful, in fact, that not even Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 8 can outperform it in early benchmark tests.
Don't ditch Safari if you want the fastest browsing experience
By Killian Bell • 5:33 am, July 13, 2017
A new High Sierra beta is available now.
If you want the fastest possible web browsing experience on Mac, don't sway from Safari.
Apple promises that Safari 11, which will debut in macOS High Sierra this fall, is "the world's fastest desktop browser." And tests show that it does not disappoint.
iPhone 7 tops 2016 smartphone performance chart
Apple's A10X Fusion chip continues to impress.
Photo: AnTuTu
Benchmark specialists AnTuTu have put together a chart that highlights 2016's top performing smartphones, and it's no surprise to see iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus right at the top of it.
Apple's latest handsets grabbed the first and second spots with the highest benchmark scores, followed by the OnePlus 3T. There's no sign of a Samsung device in the top ten.
Apparent iPhone 7 benchmarks hint at big speed improvements
By Killian Bell • 12:23 pm, September 5, 2016
Apple's new A10 chip could be beastly.
Photo: BeSound
Purported benchmark results for the upcoming iPhone 7 Plus reveal Apple's next-generation A10 processor could be a big improvement over last year's A9. Despite maintaining only two cores, the A10 achieves significantly higher scores in single- and mulit-core tests.
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Today on the show we have Alan Stevens. I heard Alan speak at a local conference on leadership many years ago and he is one of the people that first sparked my interest in leadership. I was honored to have him on the show. Alan is an advocate of open spaces and today we talked about how to get fired… that's right.
Alan Stevens is a passionate software developer with years of experience delivering working software that meets users' needs. He has shipped software on the web and Windows desktop using a variety of languages and technologies. He loves learning new technologies and using them to solve challenging problems.
Alan is self-motivated and gets things done. He enjoy understanding the needs of users and stakeholders to solve the important problems. Alan is an advocate of testing as the best means to create successful designs and insure quality.
Alan prefers using open source solutions to building his own, limited solution. He insist that building the right thing is always more important than building it right. Because, it doesn't matter how well you build the wrong thing. Alan enjoys engaging with other developers by presenting at developer events, participating in meet-ups and online communities and especially through Open Space Technology.
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Police identify 'suspicious-looking package' which disrupted Pride celebrations
Marine Parade was closed off and a controlled explosion took place. PIC BY EDDIE MITCHELL SUS-150608-181804001
Sussex Police have identified the suspicious looking package which disrupted Pride celebrations in Brighton last weekend.
The parade had to be diverted due to the item, which was spotted on Brighton seafront just minutes before proceedings began.
Detectives have today confirmed the item was a pinhole camera, and have determined the package was not placed there deliberately to disrupt the Pride parade.
Officers are also linking it with two similar items, which were found in Brighton Marina multi-storey car park in July this year and near St Peter's Church near The Level in August 2013.
The items were empty drinks cans with a piece of photographic card or paper inside, covered in black duct tape and taped to railings or road signs. This is known as a pinhole camera, which are used to take photos of objects or landscapes over an extended period of time.
Detective Inspector Julie Wakeford said: "We have linked all three items as pinhole cameras. No offences have been committed on this occasion as there was no deliberate intent to disrupt or cause harm and we do not believe that the person responsible considered the implications of placing that item at that location.
"It is reassuring to know that there was no intention of targeting Pride or any particular community. However, it is important that permission is given and recorded if such items are to be placed on public or on another person's property. Failure to do this may mean that an individual does commit an offence of public nuisance or criminal damage.
"The item on Saturday did look like a suspicious device and we were concerned enough to call in the bomb disposal unit, who after making a further assessment, also agreed it was highly suspicious and carried out a controlled explosion.
"The area had been cordoned off and there was no risk to the public."
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Q: Problems in Playwright when running a test within Microsoft login Details:
Currently I have a problem with Playwright. A test build of a website has a normal login with username and password. This login also works in the test, but after the login another query by Microsoft Login follows. The recorder of Playwright also records this login, but then does not resolve it when the test is executed.
Steps to reproduce:
1.) Login with Email (Mainpage)
2nd) After login appears query by Microsoft login (Will be recorded by Playwrigt recorder as well).
3) During the execution only the first login is noticed, but the Microsoft login is not executed (password is not entered).
Tooling:

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*Playwright (Full Installation/ Functional)

*Python 3.10

Code:
from playwright.sync_api import Playwright, sync_playwright, expect

def run(playwright: Playwright) -> None:
browser = playwright.chromium.launch(headless=False)
context = browser.new_context()

# Open new page
page = context.new_page()

# Go to https://xxx.dev/
page.goto("https://xxx.dev/")

# Click [placeholder="Bitte gib deine Email Adresse ein"]
page.locator("[placeholder=\"Bitte gib deine Email Adresse ein\"]").click()

# Fill [placeholder="Bitte gib deine Email Adresse ein"]
page.locator("[placeholder=\"Bitte gib deine Email Adresse ein\"]").fill("youremai@.com")

# Click button:has-text("Einloggen")
page.locator("button:has-text(\"Einloggen\")").click()
page.wait_for_url("https://login.live.com/oauth20_xxx")

# Click #lightbox
page.locator("#lightbox").click()

# Click [placeholder="Kennwort"]
page.locator("[placeholder=\"Kennwort\"]").click()

# Fill [placeholder="Kennwort"]
page.locator("[placeholder=\"Kennwort\"]").fill("xxx")

# Click text=Anmelden
page.locator("text=Anmelden").click()
page.wait_for_url("https://xxx.dev")

# Click text=Nein
page.locator("text=Nein").click()
page.wait_for_url("https://xxx.dev/")

# Click text=×For the best user experience and a quick tour through the app, please use your  >> button
page.locator("text=×For the best user experience and a quick tour through the app, please use your  >> button").click()

# ---------------------
context.close()
browser.close()

with sync_playwright() as playwright:
run(playwright)


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I learned more about grammar and the weirdness of children in my 1 year abroad than I ever cared to know.
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Tara Byrne
Shamanic practitioner and Soul Purpose Guide
What is shamanism?
Find your soul purpose
Kundalini awakening support
What is kundalini awakening?
Shamanic work (journeying for insight and clarity)
Tara helped me enormously when I was going through an extremely difficult time. She facilitated a process that led to me coming to terms with a very sudden and traumatic death in my family. Her insights into my life and my character (without much information to go on) were spot on and gave me confidence in her guidance and attunement to spirit. I feel that Tara is an extremely ethical practitioner and builds a safe container/space to work in. I have no hesitation in recommending Tara, especially if –like myself – you are struggling with tough existential material. Lucy, 40 London
Soul purpose discovery programme
I am very grateful for the experience I had working with Tara on the Soul Purpose Discovery programme. It was an amazing process, where things within me and my life changed very quickly and effortlessly – opening up a whole new dimension to my life by reconnecting me to my inner artist. The programme itself is challenging but great – and the structure of the daily practice and pace that it runs out ensures progress is fast and consistent. Tara was hugely supportive and encouraging during the process, especially with the areas I got stuck in – and she showed me the benefits of doing the elements that felt uncomfortable by sharing with me parts of her own experience with the programme. Tara provides loving, grounded, patient support and I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to make a significant change in their life. Rachel, 41, Ipswich
Shamanic work (divination)
I really enjoyed my session with Tara. She made me feel very welcome and relaxed and she set up the space well. She paid attention to my needs on arrival and she made the threshold between the 'everyday' world and sacred space easy to cross. Tara's sense of the sacred is very accessible. She uses plain language and is conversational about sacred things. I found my session with Tara really enlightening – I truly felt that Spirit spoke to me through Tara's practices and her connection, deep listening and understanding. I have come away with much that is of great value to integrate into my life and I know that this one session has really helped me along my spiritual path. I look forward to working with Tara again. Carol, 53, Stroud
Shamanic work (nature-based healing)
My session with Tara was an insightful experience out in nature and receiving signals from the wildlife and nature around me. Tara has a reassuring way and I felt supported and guided by her sensitive approach. The session helped me to work out some residual things that I could let go and connect deeper with what mattered more. Usha, 41, Stroud
Shamanic work (energy extraction and soul retrieval)
I came to the idea of shamanic healing after being intrigued from a distance for a few years. I didn't know what to expect at all from the session, but Tara immediately put me at my ease, and from the outset I felt very relaxed and safe, as well as excited about what I'd discover.
The actual work felt unlike anything I'd had before, and I felt completely guided by Tara and her experience. Discussing the work she'd done afterwards was fascinating, and so many images she'd retrieved made sense to me. I felt like she gave me so much to go away with, and even ritual actions to take, in order to dive deeper into the process, and the imagery.
I think Tara manages to be extremely kind and sensitive without muddying the clarity, and truth of her message. There is no sense of ego in her work either, I felt she was there for me and my journey. But most importantly she was really intuitive and imaginative, and her ideas and suggestions, and how she expanded on them, are a real gift. If you are unsure, don't be! A beautiful and helpful experience which I'll definitely come back to! Beth, 47, Cheltenham
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From Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy to the looting of the Iraqi museum and the current destruction in Mali, natural disasters, climate change, war, looting, and civil unrest can threaten the survival of cultural treasures in the U.S. and around the world. In the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Smithsonian led an international coalition of organizations to care for damaged collections by establishing a Cultural Recovery Center in Port-au-Prince. The Smithsonian quickly mobilized scores of conservators, and the necessary support to save more than 35,000 items—from paintings and historic murals to sculptures and rare documents, trained 150 Haitians to care for their own collections, and generated respect for America in that country and around the world. The presentation describes how, and points to Smithsonian efforts to ensure adequate U.S. responses to emerging and future cultural crises at home and abroad.
Richard Kurin is the Smithsonian Institution's Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture with responsibility for most of its national museums and cultural programs. Kurin earned his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago, and taught at The Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He is the author of several books, and honored by the International Council of Museums and Harvard University's Peabody Museum, he served on the U.S. Commission for UNESCO, and helped UNESCO draft an international treaty on safeguarding the world's living cultural heritage now ratified by more than 130 nations. Kurin first worked for the Smithsonian in 1976 for the Bicentennial of the United States, and for decades directed the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage responsible for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and national celebration programs on the Mall and in the museums. He represents the Smithsonian on the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the White House Historical Association and other boards, and is currently in the last stage of writing a book The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects to be published by Penguin in the fall.


Inheritance in cpp is one of the important features in object oriented programming.
In this tutorial we are going to see what is inheritance, its types and advantages of inheritance.
Inheritance means deriving one class from another class. Deriving class is called as Bas e class or parent class and derived class is known as child or derived class.
Inheritance is basically used to allow functions and variables of one class to be used in another.
It is to make most of the code already written. It saves time and is efficient.
Instead of writing different function in every class we create one common class in which we write function and inherit that class for every subject class. Inheritance allows access to data member of class to other class. so we use following approach which is known as re usability of code.
1. It Allows the code to be reused as many times as needed.
2. Saves time and effort as the main code need not be written again.
There are three visibility modes present in c++.
In this visibility mode private data can be access only in class.
They cannot access outside of the class means the non members function and outside the function .not even in main function.
In this visibility mode protected data can be accessed in the same class and also in derived class and cannot be accessed by the other function , not even main.
In this visibility mode public data can be accessed by in same class as well as in other member function. public data can be accessed anywhere.


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Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 1997–2004
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Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Newspaper Registration Scheme 7 Apr 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions took place with the devolved Administrations prior to the ending of the newspaper registration scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost of the newspaper registration scheme was to the Royal Mail in each year since 2000; and what percentage of Royal Mail turnover in each year those figures represented.
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Minister of State (Industry and Energy), Department of Trade and Industry (11 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (24 Jan 2001 to 11 Jun 2001)
Minister for Education and Industry (lead Minister on Performance and Innovation Unit study on trade policy), Scottish Office (28 Jul 1999 to 24 Jan 2001)
Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (28 Jul 1998 to 28 Jul 1999)
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