A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, centred on the city of Bordeaux and covering the whole area of the Gironde department, with a total vineyard area of over 120,000 hectares. It the largest wine growing area in France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world. 89% of wine produced in Bordeaux is red with sweet white wines (most notably Sauternes), dry whites, and also (in much smaller quantities) rosé and sparkling wines (Crémant de Bordeaux) collectively making up the remainder. Bordeaux wine is made by more than 8,500 producers or Châteaux. There are 54 appellations of Bordeaux wine and the vast majority of Bordeaux wine is red, with red wine production outnumbering white wine production six to one.
Bordeaux wine-makers may use the two regional appellations throughout the entire wine region, however approximately half of the Bordeaux vineyard is specifically designated under Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur AOCs. With the majority of châteaux located on the Right Bank in the Entre-Deux-Mers area, wines are typically Merlot-dominant, often blended with the other classic Bordeaux varieties.The Bordeaux AOC wines tend to be fruity, with minimal influence of oak, and are produced in a style meant to be drunk young. Bordeaux Superieur AOC wines are produced in the same area, but must follow stricter controls, such as lower yields, and are often aged in oak. For the past 10 years, there has been strong, ongoing investment by the wine-makers in both the vineyards and in the cellar, resulting in ever increasing quality. New reforms for the regional appellations were instituted in 2008 by the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur Winemakers' Association.
Eight appellations are in the hilly outskirts of the Bordeaux region, and produce wines where the blend usually is dominated by Merlot. These wines tend to be intermediate between basic red Bordeaux and the more famous appellations of the left and right bank in both style and quality. There is no official classification in Côtes de Bordeaux.
Around the city of Libourne, 10 appellations produce wines dominated by Merlot with very little Cabernet Sauvignon, the two most famous being Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. These wines often have great fruit concentration, softer tannins and are long-lived. Saint-Émilion has an official classification.
North and south of the city of Bordeaux,produce wines dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, but often with a significant portion of Merlot. These wines are concentrated, tannic, long-lived and most of them meant to be cellared before drinking. There are official classifications for both Médoc and Graves.
Dry white Bordeaux wines are made throughout the region, using the regional appellation Bordeaux Blanc, often from 100% Sauvignon Blanc or a blend dominated by Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. The Bordeaux Blanc AOC is used for wines made in appellations that only allow red wines. Dry whites from Graves is the most well-known and the only sub-region with a classification for dry white wines. The better versions tend to have a significant oak influence.
In several locations and appellations throughout the Bordeaux region, sweet white wine is made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes affected by noble rot. The best-known of these appellations is Sauternes, which also has an official classification, and where some of the world's most famous sweet wines are produced. There are also appellations neighboring Sauternes, on both sides of the Garonne river, where similar wines are made. The regional appellation for sweet white wines is Bordeaux Supérieur Blanc.


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package fr.insalyon.citi.golo.runtime;

import gololang.FunctionReference;

import java.lang.invoke.*;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Parameter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.constant;
import static java.lang.invoke.MethodType.genericMethodType;

public class ClosureReferenceSupport {

  public static CallSite bootstrap(MethodHandles.Lookup caller, String name, MethodType type, String moduleClass, int arity, int varargs) throws Throwable {
    Class<?> module = caller.lookupClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(moduleClass);
    Method function = module.getDeclaredMethod(name, genericMethodType(arity, varargs == 1).parameterArray());
    function.setAccessible(true);
    return new ConstantCallSite(
        constant(FunctionReference.class, new FunctionReference(caller.unreflect(function), parameterNames(function))));
  }

  private static String[] parameterNames(Method function) {
    Parameter[] parameters = function.getParameters();
    String[] parameterNames = new String[parameters.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {
      parameterNames[i] = parameters[i].getName();
    }
    return parameterNames;
  }

}

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Q: how to check this class has 10 people ? if it does prompt or save the data to database i am using vb.net with asp.net
how am i going to check that this class has 10 people already if i continue adding the 11 one it should prompt me that the class is full once i click save button, i know is something like validating but not sure how
i can first add a few student to class 2A and later on continue with adding to another class
however, when i return to add more student into 2A  and save, it should help to check like what i mention above
i have this table call listOfStudent
listID    class    student  registerNo
 1         2A       A         123
 2         2A       B         456
 3         2B       C         789

i have a aspx web page, i have a drop down list where i select the class
txtboxNameOfStudent  txtRegisterNo
                    addNewRowButton

saveAllStudentDatabutton

when enter finish the first row of student data, user can click on the addNewRowButton to add a second row of student data and so on, then after all is done when the user click saveAllStudentDatabutton, it should check whether this class i selected from drop down list has already has 10 student if it does it prompt if it don't it will add in
so how am i going to check?

A: You probably want to add a CustomValidator to your page: MSDN, 4guys.
You'll add something like this to your aspx page:
<asp:CustomValidator runat="server" id="classValidator"
        ControlToValidate="{some control name}"
        OnServerValidate="ClassSizeValidate"
        ErrorMessage="This class is full" />

Then in your aspx.vb page add something like the following:
Sub ClassSizeValidate(sender as Object, args as ServerValidateEventArgs)
    'Code that checks the database if you the class is full

    'if (class is full) then
    '    args.IsValid = False
    'else
    '    args.IsValid = True

End Sub

Finally, in your button submit function, at the top you want to make sure that Page.IsValid = True before continuing by adding the following line to the top of your function:
If Not Page.IsValid then Exit Sub

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Our archive team prepares data releases and creates software to further astronomical research worldwide.
Envision a planet about 60 light-years away. It whips around its Sun-like star in under seven days. It may be filled with layers of water—or made mostly of hydrogen and helium—but isn't rocky like Earth. In fact, astronomers don't yet know what makes up the planet's composition. And, despite the alluring possibility of molecular water, it doesn't lie within the habitable zone, where liquid water can exist on the planet's surface.
Meet π Mensae c (HD 39091 c), an exoplanet identified by researchers using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which launched in April 2018 and sends its data to our staff at the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). Although we may not know the precise makeup of this planet's surface, observations from TESS, combined with radial velocity data from observatories in Australia and Chile, allowed researchers to determine its mass and estimate its density, which is roughly 4.82 Earth masses and 57 percent of Earth's average density.
What the astronomers did in this case—revisit older data sets to review and confirm new findings—isn't unusual. In fact, it's one of the primary reasons MAST exists. Teams at the institute also build and share data analysis software, upload fully processed images and spectra that are ready for scientific analysis, and support the exchange of data between institutions.
Best of all? Astronomers and scientists who use MAST's resources are constantly contributing to its holdings. Once researchers process data, they often return the improved information to MAST, where it is shared widely. Don't think of the archive as a quiet library, but instead as a bustling hive of activity.
Passing the Baton
In 2018, astronomers, scientists, and engineers within MAST offered a slew of new products to help researchers analyze data more accurately and quickly. Several of these initiatives focused on the milestones of two NASA missions: TESS and the Kepler/K2 spacecraft, which was decommissioned in November 2018. (During the overlap, the pair simultaneously observed more than 100 of the same stars.) Since MAST holds the data for both observatories, our team strove to highlight the synergies between these two missions.
One tool astronomers use to identify exoplanets is a light curve, a plot that shows the changes in a star's light over time. These plots are extremely important data sets for Kepler and K2 data, but those for K2 were less constraining since the number of reaction wheels the observatory used to point its instruments were reduced from four to two, affecting its ability to point precisely for extended periods.
This year, astronomers reprocessed K2's data to understand the noise, characterize it, and make it easier to pinpoint exoplanet candidates by releasing K2SFF, a database of extracted light curves and diagnostic plots for each target the Kepler/K2 observatory observed in its extended mission phase, which was developed by external researchers. This database has been incorporated into MAST and is available for use by all. As a result, researchers will be able to identify more potential exoplanet candidates in K2 data.
The MAST team also began hosting EVEREST, a tool created by astronomers elsewhere that contains corrected light curves for K2 data that have precision comparable to the original Kepler mission and allows researchers to toggle the plots based on known exoplanet candidates. Since it's open source, researchers may adapt the software to use it with other photometric surveys, making the resource even more valuable to the astronomical community.
Releasing New TESS Data
The Kepler/K2 mission discovered that exoplanets orbit nearly every star in the sky, and that about 20 percent of those are similar to Earth in size and orbit. It is easy to imagine why astronomers are excited about comparing this data with that from NASA's newest planet hunter, TESS.
The first TESS data release covers one-twelfth of the sky, and includes over 400,000 transit light curves and 200,000 full-frame images. Plus, the data were available to all researchers immediately upon their storage in MAST, which means more scientists began working with them at the outset. Within the first few weeks after the release, researchers across the world had retrieved more than 70 terabytes of TESS data, marking the fastest outflow of data from MAST to the community to date.
The data science team simultaneously released a suite of products to support TESS data, allowing queries to be performed programmatically by community-written open source tools such as eleanor and lightkurve, examined within the context of exoplanets identified by other missions, searched within full-frame images, or downloaded in bulk. Plus, every tool is supported by an in-depth tutorial.
Supporting Future Missions
Want to know if a particular exoplanet is a water world? A gas giant? A rocky planet devoid of an atmosphere? Cue the Exoplanet Characterization Toolkit (ExoCTK), built with significant help from scientists located around the world to assist astronomers model the atmospheres of planets and understand what a planet may look like with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
The archive team is constantly working with the astronomical community to connect data from more than 20 missions in new ways, which includes thinking about how to characterize an exoplanet with upcoming missions like Webb, and accelerating the pace at which astronomers go from receiving their initial observations to completing their analyses.
As demonstrated by these examples, all the work the archive team completes supports scientific discovery by streamlining and strengthening researchers' work, allowing them to produce new results and create new areas of research rapidly, which may lead to discoveries of nearby Earthlike exoplanets sooner than expected.
Surprising Skies: Super-Earths and Hot-Jupiters
Increasingly, researchers have made discoveries about known exoplanets by combining data from multiple missions. Are they terrestrial planets, water worlds, or gas giants? Do they have cloudy or clear skies? Are their surfaces within the temperature ranges conducive to supporting life? In 2018, our staff collaborated with astronomers around the world to create two new products, Exo.MAST and ExoCTK, to allow researchers to review, visualize, download, and analyze multi-mission exoplanet data, making this process faster and simpler. What do the data hold? Here, we highlight samples both close to Earth and light-years away.
TRAPPIST-1 d
39 light-years away
This planet may have a large atmosphere, a deep worldwide ocean, or an ice layer, each composed of less dense, more fragile substances that don't survive long close to a star.
GALEX, Hubble, Webb, Pan-STARRS1, Swift
Proxima Centauri b
4 light-years away
This notable discovery of a planet around a nearby star means our solar neighborhood may be teeming with planets. Although it orbits much closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, the star is far fainter, which means this planet lies within the habitable zone where liquid water may be possible.
EUVE, FUSE, GALEX, Hubble, IUE, Swift
Kepler-186 f
492 light-years away
Discovered in 2014, this planet was the first Earth-sized exoplanet found to reside firmly in its star's habitable zone. Despite being much closer to its star, it receives only one third of the energy Earth does from the Sun. This is because its star is much smaller and cooler.
Kepler/K2, Pan-STARRS1
51 Pegasi b
This giant planet is about half the size of Jupiter and orbits its star in about four days. One side of the planet always faces the star; the other is in permanent darkness.
FUSE, GALEX, Hubble, IUE, Pan-STARRS1
TrES-2 b
This gas giant reflects less than 1 percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it blacker than coal. It is also believed to be tidally locked, with one side of the planet always facing its star.
Hubble, Kepler, Pan-STARRS1
π Mensae c
This is TESS's first confirmed exoplanet discovery: A world about twice Earth's size that orbits its star every six days.
GALEX, Hubble, Swift, TESS
MAST includes data from more than 20 telescopes.
Those highlighted include: Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) • Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) • Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) • Hubble Space Telescope • International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) • James Webb Space Telescope (planned observation) • Kepler/K2 mission • Pan-STARRS1 • Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Swift) • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

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A Very Bad Idea - It Could Get You Killed
Many US cities have tours - historical buildings, old churches, botanical gardens. Few of them could be considered in any way dangerous. Cemetery #1, just outside the Old Quarter, New Orleans, is perfectly do-able -- in broad daylight with an established guide.
But now, a former gang member - one Alfred Tomas - is promoting "LA Gang Tours!" For $65 per person (presumably round trip) one can take a small tour bus past the LA County jail, Skid Row, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, the Jordan Downs Housing projects, a graffiti lab 9?) and (shudder) South Central among others. Purpose? Ticket profits (if any) are set aside for gang improvement.
Tomas says he has set up a cease fire agreement among three of the most powerful gangs. "This agreement will allow young people and children safe passage through gun fire-free safety zones." You'll note that nothing was said about adults.
Tomas, formerly a South Central gangster himself, is now the director of the mobile food truck ministry with districts in both Blood and Crips housing developments. His mission statement (a phrase I hate, by the way) is to give hope to drug addicts, alcoholics and he said, "For every single mother struggling to pay her bills, don't give up!" How about "Make the worthless father get off his hind end and pay you money every week"? Nothing mentioned about that.
I did some research and found that: The Crips number 93 gangs in Los Angeles, 22 in Compton and another 11 in Long Beach. For a good explanation of the Bloods, go to wikipedia.com
Since gang membership depends mainly on respect as a key ingredient -- and to dis someone is an instant death (not threat;) since many of them are not in full possession of their faculties (to say the least,) don't you think it has occurred to gangsters that tour buses, full of gawking strangers, are anything BUT respectful? To a gang member, finding a defenseless bus full of whales (i.e. people with money) has got to be a blessing from above!
This ran in Sunday's LA Times letters:
"I am going to get in touch with LA Gang Tours to get them to do a "drive by" on the house where two of my setp-children died due to gang activities. One son is left. Perhaps, if they get there in time, he can stand on the porch and wave.
"My late husband was in the same gang as his deceased sons. I bet he would turn over in his grave if he knew there was a possibility they could be exploited by this tour."
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How New Story changed the status quo of charity.
A lot of times when you donate to charity, you're left wondering if your donation is actually going to reach its goal and help the people you intended to help in the first place. New Story Charity recognized the need to introduce transparency into existing charity models and changed the way nonprofits work completely.
In 2014, Brett Hagler, Mike Arrieta, Alexandria Lafci and Matthew Marshall founded New Story in a coffee shop in Atlanta, GA. They wanted to address two problems - life-threatening homelessness and the status quo of traditional charity.
I never thought I would start a charity, but, after I took a trip to Haiti and after being a part of other charities, I learned about the end result of where and how money is used. I couldn't find any that fit the mould of a simple concept, that you should know where 100 percent of the money goes. With New Story, we use technology and video to document. We show that 100 percent of donated money goes into the field. We have private funding that goes toward covering overhead.
By 2016, they had built a crowdfunding platform to construct homes for families in the most vulnerable communities around the world. They realized that by partnering with other organizations, they can construct safe and clean housing for the people in need for about $6,000. Their first big challenge was funding the construction of 151 homes for an entire community in Leveque, Haiti. This provided homes for over 755 people who had been living in tents since the devastating earthquake in 2010. They've moved entire families from a tent slum to a new community nearby.
In comparison, it was discovered that even though the Red Cross raised around half a billion dollars to help rebuild after the earthquake, five years later they've only built six houses. No one knew where the money really went.
The main idea behind New Story is transparency, so even before you donate, you get to see who you're helping up-front, they will get a 100 percent of your donated funds and after their new house is built you will get a follow-up video, allowing you to see the impact your donation had with your own two eyes.
New Story also works with local organizations and workers to help stimulate local economies and train local workers in the process and buys local materials needed to build these homes. The houses they build are very simple and easily built, however, at the same time, they allow the occupants a modicum of safety.
Richard and Team, thank you for continuously finding out how to increase value for less fortunate people!


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15 Best Books for 5 and 6 Year Old Children
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The age of five to six years is the time a child is quite likely to show interest in learning new words, and use language a lot more frequently to communicate with those around. You may also see a desire in the child to learn new words.
If you want to encourage this interest in your child, it is time to buy them books they can read on their own and build language skills. In this post, MomJunction gives you a list of 15 books for five and six-year-olds to help them become more proficient in English.
1. Duck! Rabbit!
Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The book has an illustration, which looks like a duck from one angle, but resembles a rabbit when seen from another perspective. The story imagines two characters debating whether the picture is a duck or a rabbit. It makes an interesting and funny book to read for five and six-year-old children.
2. Rosie Revere, Engineer
Author: Andrea Beaty
Rosie Revere is a young inventor. She aspires to become an engineer, but seldom showcases her inventions due to fear of rejection and failure. But one day, Rosie finds inspiration from an unlikely source – her great-great-aunt named Rose who tells her that she shouldn't be afraid of failure. This book is inspiring and motivating at the same time.
3. There's No Place Like Space
Author: Tish Rabe
We meet the famous 'Cat in the Hat' character who takes the reader on a tour of the solar system – its various planets and the stars. 'There's No Place Like Space' presents the complex solar system in an easy-to-understand language supported by colorful illustrations.
4. What Should Danny Do?
Author: Adir Levy and Ganit Levy
The book teaches children the significance of making the right choices and how wrong choices can have undesired outcomes. The story progresses based on what the child chooses through the course of the story. There are nine separate endings to the tale. The unique presentation style and the power of choice make it one of the best books for five and six-year-old children.
5. The Most Magnificent Thing
Author: Ashley Spires
In this book, we meet an unnamed girl and her best friend, a dog, and their experiences with making new things. One day, she decides she will make the 'most magnificent thing.' So she sketches the 'thing' and sets out on getting raw materials for it. But halfway through the process, she gets frustrated and quits. She resumes making her creation, but this time her enthusiasm is special.
6. Waiting Is Not Easy!
Author: Mo Willems
It is a story about two best friends, an elephant named Gerald and a pig called Piggie. Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but the elephant needs to wait for it. The story tells how Gerald receives an exciting surprise as a reward for his patience.
7. May I Please Have a Cookie?
Author: Jennifer Morris
Alfie loves cookies, and his mother is making some. Little Alfie is all excited and pounces on the baking tray the moment the cookies come out of the oven. But Alfie's mom is not happy. She tells him that there is a better way for asking a cookie than grabbing it. 'May I Please Have a Cookie?' uses storytelling to acquaint children with basic etiquette and manners.
8. Knock Knock Who's There: My First Book Of Knock Knock Jokes
Author: Tad Hills
It is a funny book for parents and children to read along. Each page has an animal asking '"Who's there?", and then another animal answering the question. Letters are written in a large and bold font so that it is easy for a five-year-old to read. The illustrations add to the fun of reading the book.
9. Where the Sidewalk Ends
Author: Shel Silverstein
'Where the Sidewalk Ends' is a series of funny poems that showcases different situations. One poem is about where a boy turns into a TV set, another about planting diamond gardens, and another about crocodiles visiting the dentist. The book was first released in 1974 but makes an excellent reading book for five and six-year-old children even today.
10. If I Built a Car
Author: Chris Van Dusen
It is a story of a boy named Jack who builds a car and then takes his Dad for a ride in it. Jack's car is not the average car, but one full of lovely interiors including a fireplace and even a swimming pool inside. The book is creative and entertaining, with a relatable main character.
11. Green Eggs and Ham
Author: Dr.Seuss
The main character is named Sam-I-Am, who persistently asks the reader some silly questions. He asks the reader if they love green eggs and ham? If they would like to have the dish on a boat or in the company of goat? The string of silly questions goes on and on. Written by Dr. Seuss, 'Green Eggs and Ham' is an excellent children's book for self-reading.
12. Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun
Author: Maria Dismondy
Lucy is a young girl who is different from the rest. She loves having toast with ketchup and eats her spaghetti with a hot bun. Lucy's grandpa says that the world would become boring if we all become alike. 'Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun' is a heartwarming tale about loving the differences among us and appreciating them.
13. Uni the Unicorn
Uni is a young one in the world of unicorns. The unicorns believe that little girls are not real. But Uni believes that there is a little girl out there who will become her best friend. The story takes the age-old myth of unicorn and reverses it, encouraging the reader to see the world from an imaginary creature's perspective.
14. The Invisible Boy
Author: Trudy Ludwig
No one ever notices Brian – neither his classmates nor his teachers. He is almost invisible to the rest, but one day, Justin joins his class. Brian helps Justin feel comfortable, and soon they become friends. The friendship makes Brian shine, and he is no longer the invisible boy. The book captures the essence of friendship and encourages kids to come out of their mold.
15. Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents
Author: Lita Judge
Each page has an animal illustration with a text that says how young animals live with their mothers and fathers. The book provides information about juvenile animals, but in a language easy enough for the child to understand. If you are looking for a book that entertains and educates, then you should pick this one.
If you want your five or six-year-old kids to read on their own, pick books that they can read and comprehend easily, without your help. Children of this age group may be able to read but are likely to have trouble with pronunciation. So take time to sit with your little one and teach them the right way to pronounce a word. Reading practice with children's books is a great way to improve the language skills of five and six-year-old children.
What is your child's favorite book? Do let us know in the comments section below.
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Lyn, our Activities Co-ordinator arranges a number of regular group activities in which residents can choose to participate. These include flower arranging, gentle exercise classes, quizzes, indoor skittles, word searches, crosswords, puzzles, arts and crafts. Scrabble is a popular game for which we use a 6ft x 6ft board. Another popular pastime is Reminiscence when one resident will give a little talk about times gone by that everyone can enjoy and contribute towards.
Two Cedars also provides entertainment with guest speakers on local history, excerpts from shows by the Wimborne Musical Theatre Society, musical performances by Canford School musicians and the Salvation Army, talks from the Towns Women's Guild and other musicians giving piano, flute, guitar, organ or violin performances.
Residents may not always choose to participate in group activities and at times prefer to spend some time in their own room. Our staff are more than happy to provide one to one book or poetry reading, play a game of cards or simply just chat.
A staff member will also accompany any resident who wishes to visit the local church, shops or library or needs to attend an appointment.
Two Cedars takes the opportunity of celebrating a number of events throughout the year and we have a full calendar to look forward to. On each occasion we appropriately decorate our lounge and dining areas and provide a menu reflecting the particular celebration.


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Take a moment to think about organ donation during Dying Matters Awareness Week
We want to raise awareness of how organ donation law is changing from spring 2020 and highlight the choices available to everyone.
Organ donation law change awareness campaign launches
NHS Blood and Transplant launches a year-long national campaign to increase awareness and understanding of the new organ donation law which comes into place next year, across England.
Living kidney transplantation funding initiative announced
Funding has been announced to encourage living kidney transplantation for people who may be without means or opportunity to engage because of their ethnicity, culture or socio-economic circumstances.
New partnership aims to reach potential donors as they make end of life arrangements
NHS Blood and Transplant has teamed up with Rest Assured Funeral Plans to give its customers the opportunity to join the Organ Donation Register as they plan their funerals.
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An informative event on Max and Keira's Law and what it means for faith groups and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities (BAME) communities was held at the Royal Free Hospital on 27 March.
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Non-directed donors are 'game changers' in fight to cut kidney transplant waiting list
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A couple committed to raising awareness of organ donation in memory of their young son have been recognised in the first UK Awards for Excellence in Organ Donation and Transplantation.
Professionals and volunteers recognised in organ donation and transplantation awards
Outstanding professionals and volunteers in the field of organ donation and transplantation from across the UK have been honoured in the first awards of their kind.


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Q: Using range values as a key in a map Let's say that I want my application to determine user's fitness level based on some criteria.
The criteria could be something like: age, currently taking medication?, 400m run
At first I though I could create a Map where the value is the fitness level and the key is an object that has all the criteria, but since the criteria are ranges this wouldn't work.
For example:
if age is between 18 and 22 and onMedication = false and run400m = [70, 80]
fitness level = GOOD
Now if only one of the parameters is in a different range the fitness level would be different. How could I achieve this?

A: You can use a TreeMap class for this. There are very useful methods to deal with ranges of  key values. For example:
    TreeMap<Integer, String> myTreeMap = new TreeMap<>();

    myTreeMap.put(10, "A");
    myTreeMap.put(20, "B");
    myTreeMap.put(30, "C");
    myTreeMap.put(40, "D");

    System.out.println(myTreeMap.floorEntry(25));

Will be print the second option (20=B). I recommend that you check the TreeMap and all its methods for this case.

A: Maybe you could use OOP and do something like this:
public class FitnessApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
        params.put("age", 17);
        params.put("onMedication", false);
        System.out.printf(new FitnessLevelCalculator().calculateFor(params).name());
    }
}

class FitnessLevelCalculator {
    private LinkedList<FitnessLevel> fitnessLevels = new LinkedList<>();

    public FitnessLevelCalculator() {
        fitnessLevels.add(new FitnessLevel(FitnessLevelEnum.ATHLETIC, Arrays.asList(new RangeCriteria("age", 18, 25), new BooleanCriteria("onMedication", false))));
        fitnessLevels.add(new FitnessLevel(FitnessLevelEnum.GOOD, Arrays.asList(new RangeCriteria("age", 14, 17), new BooleanCriteria("onMedication", false))));
        fitnessLevels.add(new FitnessLevel(FitnessLevelEnum.ILL, Arrays.asList(new RangeCriteria("age", 16, 17))));
    }

    public FitnessLevelEnum calculateFor(Map<String, Object> params) {
        ListIterator<FitnessLevel> listIterator = fitnessLevels.listIterator();
        while (listIterator.hasNext()) {
            FitnessLevel fitnessLevel = listIterator.next();
            if (fitnessLevel.accept(params)) {
                return fitnessLevel.getLevel();
            }
        }

        return FitnessLevelEnum.NOT_CLASSIFIED;
    }
}

enum FitnessLevelEnum {
    ILL, GOOD, ATHLETIC, NOT_CLASSIFIED
}

class FitnessLevel {
    private List<Criteria> criteriaList = new ArrayList<>();
    private FitnessLevelEnum level;

    public FitnessLevel(FitnessLevelEnum level, List<Criteria> criteriaList) {
        this.criteriaList = criteriaList;
        this.level = level;
    }

    public boolean accept(Map<String, Object> params) {
        for (Criteria criteria : criteriaList) {
            if (!params.containsKey(criteria.getName())) {
                return false;
            }
            if (!criteria.satisfies(params.get(criteria.getName()))) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    public FitnessLevelEnum getLevel() {
        return level;
    }
}

abstract class Criteria<T> {
    private String name;

    public Criteria(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public abstract boolean satisfies(T param);

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
}

class RangeCriteria extends Criteria<Integer> {
    private int min;
    private int max;

    public RangeCriteria(String name, int min, int max) {
        super(name);
        this.min = min;
        this.max = max;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean satisfies(Integer param) {
        return param >= min && param <= max;
    }
}

class BooleanCriteria extends Criteria<Boolean> {
    private Boolean expectedValue;

    public BooleanCriteria(String name, Boolean expectedValue) {
        super(name);
        this.expectedValue = expectedValue;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean satisfies(Boolean param) {
        return param == expectedValue;
    }
}

A: In your specific case, I don't think it's good to use as a key in Map. There maybe a way to put the Object with all conditions as your business but it's quite complex and not worth to do that. The Interpreter Pattern may help you on this.
Hope this help.


text:
Q: eslint not working in Atom for react native project linter and linter-eslint modules are installed in Atom
Create a react native project
react-native init AwesomeApp

Install requisite node modules
yarn add babel-eslint eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint-plugin-react eslint-plugin-react-native --dev

Create .eslintrc file:
{
  "parser": "babel-eslint",
  "plugins": [
    "react",
    "react-native"
  ],
  "parserOptions": {
    "ecmaFeatures": {
        "jsx": true,
        "modules": true
    }
  },
  "extends" : [
    "eslint:recommended",
    "plugin:react/recommended",
    "airbnb-base"
  ],
  "rules" : {
    "arrow-body-style" : 'warn'
  }
}

When I open Atom I get an error

Here is the stack trace from the dev tools:
/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter/lib/linter-registry.js:159 [Linter] Error running ESLint Error: Failed to load plugin react-native: Cannot find module 'eslint-plugin-react-native'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:455:15)
    at Function.resolve (internal/module.js:27:19)
    at Object.load (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/plugins.js:134:29)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Object.loadAll (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/plugins.js:162:21)
    at Object.load (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:541:21)
    at loadConfig (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:63:33)
    at new Config (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/node_modules/eslint/lib/config.js:229:42)
    at CLIEngine.executeOnText (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/node_modules/eslint/lib/cli-engine.js:741:28)
    at lintJob (/Volumes/Macintosh HD 3/.atom/packages/linter-eslint/lib/worker.js:50:51)

Atom is up to date, I'm running 1.18.0 x64
eslint-plugin-react-native is definitely installed within the project. Any ideas what I'm missing?

A: For me, removing this line worked:
"parser": "babel-eslint",


An investigation by Yorkshire Voice has uncovered that during October, only one in six trains travelling from Horsforth to Leeds in the morning rush hour were on time.
Northern Rail has been under scrutiny for months now after regular strike action and the lateness of trains became a growing concern for the public.
According to figures published by Raildar, the worst day was Tuesday 2 October, when five out of eight trains running on this route between 7am and 9am were cancelled, and the remaining three trains were all late.
The delays across the month ranged from just one minute to up to 37 minutes.
"Trains on this line regularly run with less capacity than planned, which results in passengers being left behind at Horsforth, Headingley and Burley Park stations. This underlines the need to make sure the Northern franchise has the number of diesel trains it needs and prioritises the busiest services to run longer trains.
"We are continuing to press the rail industry both directly and via Transport for the North to make sure longer trains are running where they are needed.
It is during rush hour times when the trains perform at their worst. According to Raildar figures, throughout October, only around a third of the trains going from Leeds to Horsforth between 5pm and 7pm were on time.
"I travel five days out of seven, and very rarely do the trains run to time. The delays vary from only a couple of minutes out to fifteen minutes to just not turning up at all.
A further complaint has been about the quality and size of trains, with people often left waiting for the next train with carriages not fitting all commuters on.
Jonathan Shaw is a Horsforth resident who uses the early trains often.
Northern Rail were contacted for comment but they did not respond at time of publication.


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David Garrick & the fall of bombastic acting
Garrick as Richard III
When you think of great Shakespearean actors, who comes to mind? I think of Kenneth Branagh, James Earl Jones (is there a better Lear?), Lawrence Olivier, Helen Mirren and Tom Huddleston. Each of these actors, when on stage, becomes the character they play. We are pulled into the drama precisely because of this. Modern audiences are accustomed to players who bring fiction to life; we would be disappointed by actors who just recited lines. There a term for this type of acting, "phoning it in". "Hamming it up" is a derogatory term we use for those who do the opposite by overacting with exaggerated body language and lines. But, would you be surprised to learn this wasn't always the case? Prior to 1740, this type of acting was the norm.
Jack Lynch, author of Becoming Shakespeare, offers readers a look into the history of how Shakespeare came to be regarded as the world's greatest playwright. Lynch introduces us to the people behind the making of Shakespeare into the Bard we know and love today.
An interesting part of this story is the history of the theater and those who acted in it. We are introduced to several colorful characters whose popularity helped fuel the desire for Shakespeare's work long after he created them.
One of these colorful characters was David Garrick, the first Shakespearean superstar. Garrick's rise to fame was a result of his break with contemporary acting. Garrick would change audience expectations, and forever change what would be considered "acting".
Before Garrick, actors were bombastic and flamboyant in both speech and mannerism. Acting was nothing more than reciting lines as loudly as possible with exaggerated body language. This was due in part because they had to carry their voices across the theater, and partly because being bombastic was considered "acting". It never occurred to anyone to do anything else.
Garrick as Hamlet
Garrick arrived on the London stage scene in 1740, having failed in his family's wine trade. Garrick knew he was no businessman, and had always fantasized about acting. The Goodman's Fields Theater in London gave him a chance; what we would term an "off-Broadway" theater company today. Garrick was given the star role in Richard III and was an instant hit, or at least, an instant sensation, as his unconventional methods would prove to be controversial.
Garrick abandoned traditional acting methods mentioned above. Instead, he appeared to feel the emotions he was portraying. One contemporary said of his style. "He is the only man on any stage where I have been, who speaks tragedy true and natural". This "natural" approach to acting would revolutionize London's theaters forever.
Not all audience members however appreciated this new style. Many felt Garrick was no "actor" and thought him a disservice to the theater. Henry Fielding satirized the uproar in a very funny scene in he novel Tom Jones. In the scene, Jones takes his servant Partridge to see Hamlet. Partridge having never been to the theater, mistakes Hamlet's reaction to his father's ghost as a real emotion. Later, when asked about the actor playing Hamlet, Partridge replies, "He's the best player?! Why I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the same manner, and done just as he did". Partridge points out that the King, a more bombastic player was the real actor on stage.
Thankfully the majority of theatergoers did not agree with Partridge's sentiments. Garrick won over audiences and because of him we expect our actors to be natural. Garrick and his successors would bring new life into Shakespeare and helped created the emotional Shakespearean tone we know today.
For the fun of it.
In the course of a conversation this week with Professor Rosenblum, a noted Shakespearean scholar at the University of North Carolina, the subject of bombastic acting came up. Professor Rosenblum asked me if I had seen an episode of the Blackadder, in which two Shakespearean actors give the prince "acting "lessons. I had not, but eagerly sought it out after being told the episode makes fun of the bombastic style of acting and mentions Garrick. I found this clip, though the sound quality is poor, headphones may be required, so that you my dear readers can see just how far we have come thanks to Garrick and his "natural" style of acting.
Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
Jack Lynch, Becoming Shakespeare
Author sarijPosted on September 27, 2014 Categories History, ShakespeareTags acting, history, Shakespeare, Theater4 Comments on David Garrick & the fall of bombastic acting
When is a Shakespeare play not Shakespeare?
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This backdrop is supposed to tell us where we are. Can you figure it out?
There was a large crowd for the August 2 production of Lake Tahoe's Shakespeare festival. As you can see a nice crowed had gathered for a night of cultural entertainment. How can you go wrong with one of Shakespeare's best well written plays? Some of Shakespeare's best lines are found in this play. From the well known, "All the world's a stage" speech to Touchtone's witty comebacks, what the play lacks in plot more than makes up for it with very witty writing. One would have to try very hard to screw this up. Yet, as much as I enjoyed the performance of the actors, a question came to mind as I watched. When is a Shakespeare play not Shakespeare?
I'm well aware that most modern productions of Shakespeare discard Elizabethan settings and dress in order to connect with their 21 century audience. Last year I saw a Midsummer's night dream set in the 60's; a time of free love and hippie spiritualism. It worked because the idea of woodland spirits and capricious love are found in both the play in the era of the Beatles. There was a lot of forcing of the action to fit the setting. But this year it was hard to imagine the connection between the era of the railroad barons and setting Shakespeare intended.
In the opening scene we see what appears to be railroad workers, both labors and timekeepers enter and exit the stage, for now apparent reason other than to illustrate the setting. Then Orlando, dressed as a lowly worker, appears with his servant Adam. Orlando, now changing his dirty cloths for clean cloths complains about his lot in life.
As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion
bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns,
and, as thou sayest, charg'd my brother, on his
blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my
sadness. My brother Jaques he keeps at school, and
report speaks goldenly of his profit: for my part,
he keeps me rustically at home, or, to speak more
properly, stays me here at home unkept; for call you
that keeping for a gentleman of my birth, that
differs not from the stalling of an ox?
This speech indicates that instead of being allowed to become a well-bred man (educated) he is stuck at home with nothing to do. This is Shakespeare 101. The wordplay, on "unkept" means that his brother's lack of attention is not in keeping with his father's wishes. Yet on stage we see a dirty unkempt youth, washing grime from his face. It would seem his brother has given him something to do (work on the railroad lines we have to assume) and not kept him at home like an Ox in a stall.
The lines and the action on the stage do not match. We are not introduced to a youth so bored he decides to risk his life in a wrestling match. If he wins, he will be rewarded with money. Money that will allow him to leave his brother's home and seek his own fortune. By showing him as a workingman, we are left to wonder why he doesn't save his wages and become his own man?
Touchstone, the wise and saucy fool has some of the best lines of the play.
"The more the pity that fools may not speak wisely when wise men do foolishly".
When asked how he likes his new life as a shepherd, he says:
Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile life. Now in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well; but in respect it is not in the court, it is tedious.
These lines alone are enough to make us laugh. The audience is smart enough to get the humor, yet in this production Touchstone is a buffoon. His physical mannerisms and cartoonish facial features detract from the words. Saturday night's audience did not laugh at the lines; they laughed at the shtick that accompanied them. His lines were lost, hidden behind the clownish mask.
Were it not better,
because that I am more than common tall,
That I did suit me all points like a man?
When Rosalind and Celia decide to flee the court, the two talk of disguises. Rosalind makes the observation that being tall for a woman she should dress as a man so the two can safely make their way to the Forest of Arden. But in this, Shakespeare made a mistake (or the writers of the first folio made it). In the beginning of the play it's established that Rosalind is the smaller of the two. Yet in the course of the play she is described as tall. Folger fixed this problem years ago by changing the first reference. Rosalind is said to be the taller of the two. Thus, eliminating the confusion and making the disguise make sense. The point of the manly disguise is to fool would be robbers into thinking twice about messing with a tall man. And later, Rosalind will give advice to several characters. Yet this director of As you like it, chose to make her short and petite. When Rosalind as Ganymede steps on the stage the audience is confronted with a youth who looks 15. The audience is left wondering why anyone would take orders from or find wisdom in a teen.
These are just three examples of how this adaptation fell flat. I heard someone behind me ask, "What is this, Shakespeare the musical?" when we were faced with a third vaudevillian song and dance number. He wasn't the only one to show his displeasure. Some people left during intermission never to return. When it was over, the crowed applauded (the actors had done a fine job) but did not rise and show overwhelming gratitude for what they had just paid to see.
So when is a Shakespeare play not Shakespeare? When the director tries to conform the play to what he thinks his audience will understand. In this case, changing the play's setting, action and physical characteristics. All this accomplished was a conflict between the action and the lines.
Why would one American railroad baron ask another, "So how goes it in court?" Why was Touchstone doing a soft-shoe number while reciting some of his best lines? Did the director think his audience to dense to get the original humor?
The first objective of a director of Shakespeare is to make sure the true spirit of the play comes through. Any changes should be done in order to make sure the first objective is met. Failing this, the play is not Shakespeare.
Let's hope next year's Tahoe Shakespeare Festival returns to the true spirit of Shakespeare.
Author sarijPosted on August 6, 2014 August 6, 2014 Categories Current Events, Opine, ShakespeareTags Play review, Shakespeare, Theater8 Comments on When is a Shakespeare play not Shakespeare?
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