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Traditional paper dictionaries vs Spanish apps
April 1, 2014 by Antonio
There's an app for literally everything these days and Spanish dictionaries are no exception. But how do today's apps measure up against the long-established paper dictionary that has been the language students' trusty companion for generations? We examine the pros and cons of each.
The app wins hands down on portability and convenience. With no books to carry around and a large vocabulary at your fingertips, the Spanish app is certainly a very useful tool for anyone learning the language. They're great for speedily looking up the odd word that you might have forgotten while you're on the go, and they're invaluable when you're travelling to a Spanish-speaking country and don't want to use up your baggage allowance with heavy reference books.
Some apps even include a voice recognition feature, which can be handy when you don't know how to spell a word or you're trying to have a conversation with someone and are struggling to understand something they are saying. However, these features don't always accurately capture the words being spoken, particularly if there is a lot of background noise.
We do find though that most apps can't yet compete with the breadth and depth of information contained in a paper dictionary, and the traditional dictionary tends to fare much better when it comes to giving in-depth definitions and examples of the usage of words in different contexts. Apps are developing all the time and have some exciting capabilities which are sure to get even better in the future, and in our opinion every tool that can help in any small way when you are learning Spanish is a force for good, so our advice is make the most of them, but don't throw your dictionaries away just yet.

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On a blustery afternoon on Sunday last Kilmeena hosted killala in the first league match of the season. There has been little between these teams over the past few years, and this time Kilmeena edged a tough and at times tetchy encounter.
The home lads started well, and playing with the breeze had edged 3 points clear in the first quarter. Adding on another brace going into the second quarter it was looking good, but then kilmeena lost their way slightly by getting involved in a niggly battle with their opponents. At half time, we turned around with a four point lead.
In the second half Kilmeena started very well, and in spite of turning around into a stiff breeze they kept a 5 point margin between them and the visitors. In this period a fine save from keeper Sean McGreal kept killala at bay and with the game coming to a close the Kilmeena lads seemed to be finishing stronger by pushing the margin out to 6. The visitors were getting desperate with some wild shooting, but their efforts brought a last minute penalty goal which was a mere consolation on the day.
This was a very good team performance and best for Kilmeena were Neil Duffy, Seanie McGreal, and Niall Ryan.


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Release Kim Davis: Destroy her power
Months after same-sex relationships were recognized as constitutionally protected by a Supreme Court decision, county clerk Kim Davis is refusing to do her job.
Podcast: Same sex marriage ruling, Confederate flag, College World Series
In a jam-packed news segment, Chris Graham talks the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, the latest on the Confederate flag debate, the Jesse Matthews murder case, and the 2015 College World Series.
Tim Kaine notes 'important step' with same-sex marriage ruling
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
ACLU of Virginia celebrates decision to bring the freedom to marry to every state
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that lesbian and gay couples are entitled to equal marriage rights under the U.S. Constitution. The court's action means that lesbian and gay couples across America will now enjoy the same freedom to marry that Virginia couples have enjoyed since October 2014.
Virginia Organizing rejoices today with same-sex couples
Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook issued the following statement on behalf of the organization after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality today.
Equality Virginia celebrates Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality
James Parrish, executive director, Equality Virginia, offered the following comment in response to the June 26 Supreme Court ruling that under the Fourteenth Amendment states are required to issue marriage licenses between two people of the same sex.
Mark Warner comments on 'remarkable day' in wake of Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision inObergefell v. Hodges ruling that every American has an equal right to marry, regardless of sexual orientation.
Terry McAuliffe on same-sex marriage ruling: 'Profound moment'
Governor Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a fundamental right that the Constitution grants to same-sex couples.
Mark Herring: Same-sex marriage ruling is 'extraordinary moment'
In a landmark 5-4 decision today in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the United States Supreme Court affirmed marriage equality for all 50 states. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring – the first attorney general in the nation to challenge his own state's ban in federal court and win at the district and appeals court levels – filed an amicus brief in the case.
Bill Howell 'disappointed' by Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling
Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell issued the following statement Friday on the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Dems: Senate Republicans defeat, divide on same-sex marriage
In an afternoon meeting Tuesday, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Privileges & Elections defeated a resolution to formally repeal the Marshall-Newman ban on same-sex marriage (SJ 214), which was ruled unconstitutional last year in federal court.
Governor McAuliffe announces equal opportunity legislative agenda
Governor McAuliffe announced on Monday a series of legislative proposals aimed at ensuring that every Virginian has equal opportunity to succeed and contribute to the Commonwealth's economic growth.
Ken Plum: Saved by the Feds
As I wrote in a column several months ago, Virginia has historically ceded decisions to federal authorities on major issues on which the state had been unwilling to move forward, despite the Commonwealth's historic antipathy toward the federal government.
McAuliffe administration to social services: Same sex spouses can legally adopt
Today, at the direction of Governor Terry McAuliffe, the Virginia Department of Social Services released a bulletin informing local social services divisions that adoption between same-sex spouses is now legal across the Commonwealth.
Marshall requests AG Herring for legal opinion on bigamy
Republican Del. Bob Marshall today requested an official opinion from Attorney General Mark Herring on the constitutitionality of Virginia's bigamy laws in light of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear Virginia's Marriage Amendment case.
Sen. Mark Warner comment on gay marriage ruling
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to review appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for same-sex marriage in Virginia.
U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis on gay marriage ruling
Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis made the following statement following the announcement Monday by the United State Supreme Court that it would not review pending decisions by lower courts regarding same-sex marriage.
ACLU of Virginia celebrates Supreme Court decision on gay marriage
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday denied review in all of the freedom to marry cases pending before it. As a result of the Court's action, same-sex couples in Virginia will now be able to marry the partners they love and married same sex-couples will be able to have their marriages recognized in Virginia.
Tim Kaine statement on Supreme Court gay marriage ruling
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision not to review same-sex marriage cases in Virginia and four other states, clearing the way for same-sex marriages to begin taking place in the Commonwealth.
Robert Sarvis: New Ed Gillespie Senate TV ad is 'classic misdirection'
Following the release of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ed Gillespie's new "Blank Check" television advertisement, Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis made the following statement.


NBC Evening News inadvertently made the case for the need for a bigger border wall between the U.S. and Mexico on Monday night when it aired a segment that showed how easy it was to jump the current fence.
Reporter Jacob Soboroff was previewing the eight prototypes that have been approved by the Trump administration with San Diego border patrol agent Roy Villareal when several people were caught on camera jumping the existing fence and then surrendering to agents.
Soboroff then walked to the fence and up a hill that showed just how easy it is to hop the fence to get into the U.S. He then ventured to the Mexican side of the border to ask residents about the new prototypes, which they could easily see from where they were standing.
"Is the new big wall going to stop Mexicans from coming to the U.S.?" Soboroff asked a group standing at the fence.
They replied that even though it was a high wall people will find a way to cross.
That sentiment was echoed by another man who had experienced crossing the border as a child.
"I don't know why Donald Trump is so obsessed with this unnecessary waste of money because there will always be a way to cross, to be in [the United States] working," he replied.
President Trump knows that the new wall won't be foolproof, but it will be a significant deterrent by making illegal border crossing much more difficult than just hopping a fence, which as Soboroff's report showed was very easy to do.


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Q: Load imbalance on kafka receivers in spark-streaming My cluster has 8 nodes (including the node which runs the driver program). Each node has 16 cores. There are 8 Kafka receivers. However, it seems as if only 3 of the receivers has a good "events/second" count. All the others have negligible amount of data coming into them. What could be causing this? Is there any way to fix it so that the load is more evenly balanced?
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Almost all top automobile manufacturers promise that they are building a F1 inspired hyper car but Mercedes AMG has actually built and are ready with the Project One.
The super fast and futuristic looking Mercedes AMG Project One car will make its official entry at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. But, before that we have a bunch of cool images of the model. The car boasts of a groundbreaking 1,000 horsepower with the tweaked powertrain used in it.
The biggest highlight of the upcoming model is that it is street legal and the performance of the car will be dumbed enough so that buyers could actually drive the Project One around without breaking the law. The interiors of the model as revealed in some of the photographs look well done and is primarily made using carbon fiber materials.
A 1.6-liter V6 engine which is an exact replica of the Formula One car has been used in this car which supports eight speed automated transmission system powered by SPEEDSHIFT technology. It can go zoom from 0 to 124 miles per hour in just six seconds or lesser while the top speed of the car has been confirmed to touch 217mph.
Any BMW, Porsche or Ferrari fan would love to see a hypercar like the Mercedes AMG Project One. However, Project One is the future car that they have already built and will proudly launch it at the upcoming 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show.


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"Silent Waves": A Moving, Harrowing Look Into the Life of an Abuse Survivor
Wil Williams	on September 10, 2018
Before jumping into this review, please note that sexual abuse is a primary theme of Silent Waves and is discussed both in the podcast and in this review. Please take care of yourself, and avoid reading this review if needed.
"Our only escape is our voice," says Raquel O'Brien in the final moments of Silent Waves. "To all survivors, I urge you to take the first step of your journey, to uncover your truth, to gain sovereignty over your story. Each time a survivor speaks out, our truth echoes in the ear of another."
It's this sense of honesty and solidarity that weaves through every moment of Silent Waves, a harrowing podcast about the cycle of abuse from someone who has lived through–and almost perpetuated–that vicious circle.
Silent Waves tells one true story led by 25 year old Raquel O'Brien, as she attempts to liberate herself from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse and a father with a dark secret.
To do so, she has raw, brutally honest and open conversations with her family about the cataclysmic circumstances of their story for the first time… and all on tape.
What emerges is a larger story as her previously fractured family, emboldened by being interviewed, find the freedom to confront their conflicting versions of the events and reconcile with it and each other.
When it comes to emotional reporting on a single story, podcasts have a spotty track record when it comes to ethics. Serial and S-Town were both major successes, but both heave been heavily criticized due to their lack of journalistic integrity and voyeuristic storytelling tactics. Executing someone's story, especially one as vivid and graphic as this, often feels like a slippery slope into what is essentially podcast's answer to reality TV with a highly intellectual aesthetic. Where Silent Waves (co-created by O'Brien and Georgina Savage) excels most is its self-awareness, both of these tactics and with the host's understanding of herself.
Silent Waves is aware of podcasting' history of voyeuristic storytelling. The podcast subverts this idea by flipping the typical journalist-looking-in story on its head: the podcast is created and hosted by O'Brien, who's also the main subject of the story. The podcast follows her life, her experience, and her desire to tell her story. While the argument can be made that the stories of the others involved verges on exploitative, rooting everything in O'Brien's own story–as well as her clear desire to portray everyone as truthfully as she is able, even and especially when it paints her in a negative light–keeps that from ever feeling like the case.
And that willingness to show herself in a negative light is another part of what makes Silent Waves such an important, beautiful listen. O'Brien's desire to tell her story isn't just to explain what happens to abuse survivors: it's also driven by a desire to show how abuse survivors can unknowingly exhibit abusive behaviors. This level of self-awareness is something incredibly difficult for most abuse survivors, and it isn't something depicted accurately in any other piece of media I've experienced. Silent Waves isn't a way of justifying abuse survivors' own abusive actions, or condemning them; instead, it's an honest depiction without judgment, a way to show the reality of the situation that many who haven't experienced abuse might not be aware of. It's a way to educate those who haven't dealt with this form of trauma, and it's a call to action to be self-aware for those who have.
Silent Waves is a fascinating and painful listen. It's direct, honest, and deeply emotional. O'Brien narrates calmly between interviews in which she's clearly sobbing with a member of her family. It's easy to get wrapped up in the story, especially if you've experienced some form of abuse–but for those who haven't, it's a look into a situation that might be difficult to comprehend from the outside. It's as educational as it is enrapturing, giving the voice to so many survivors who have been silenced.
Silent Waves is a beautiful-sounding podcast with elegant production, delicate pacing, and a subtle but thematically appropriate score–but all of those things seem silly and superfluous to comment on within the context of this podcast.
Make sure you understand what you are getting into before you start Silent Waves. It has explicit, direct discussions of childhood sexual abuse. It tracks the aftermaths of what abuse does to people, and it does follow a narrator who clearly states she has had to move past abusive tendencies. But if you are able, do start it. Silent Waves is a story that will linger with you well past its runtime, whether it's because it's helped educate you on situations like these, or because it's finally given you a voice.
You can find Silent Waves on their website.
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2018's Best in Podcasts – Wil Williams Reviews	 December 28, 2018 at 9:06 am
[…] Silent Waves is a nonfiction podcast that feels one part investigative journalism, one part personal narrative. As the host unravels the abuse in her past–much of which is chronicled very explicitly, so be warned before listening–she also seeks to unravel the stigma against abuse survivors, and to display exactly how the cycle of abuse works. […]


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MCHS holds assembly in wake of Facebook threat
Posted by Mineral County Independent News | Apr 18, 2014 | News | 0
By Stephen Tool, MCIN Staff
In response to the recent school teacher threat, the Mineral County School District held one of two school assemblies at the MCHS gym to address the issue, the use of social media and answer to student questions.
Sheriff Stewart Handte and MCHS principal Mike Domagala spoke at the event.
After a brief introduction by Domagala, Handte addressed the issue of social media and the responsibility that comes with its use. He started by asking the students if they looked forward to summer before he got down to business.
"We all like to use social media, we laugh and joke about it, but when it comes to making threats, the fun is no longer there. We want you to understand this will not be tolerated; we will take swift action against those who utilize social media for the purposes of bullying, stalking or threats," Handte said.
Again and again, Handte stressed to students the consequences of such illegal action. He used the example of the student who made the threat against a teacher. The student is still incarcerated and facing charges along with ifficulty finding another school to take him as a student when the time comes.
"That's the truth, cold, upfront and personal," Handte said.
At one point, Handte asked the students to raise their hands if they had ever called someone names. After some students raised their hands Handte said: "Guess what that is– a form of bullying."
Handte asked the students for questions and was asked for warning signs about students who may pose a threat. Handte responded by saying students should look for sudden changes in behavior or clothing and hairstyle and informing an authority figure to get the student help.
"We want to take a hands on role, that why we're here, the superintendent, myself and the principal—because we care," Handte said in closing.
Principal Mike Domagala stepped up to the podium to remind students, "We're not doing this to scare anybody, we're doing this to make you aware that it takes all of us together to make this place safe."
Domagala cautioned students against remaining silent when they know threats are made against them or someone else. "What if that threat got carried out? How would you feel then?" he asked.
Domagala then singled out andcongratulated some junior class students who had made an anti-bullying video. "You guys did an awesome hob. I love that video," said Domagala as all the students applauded.
"If you see bullying, step in and stop it," said Domagala. "Bullies are cowards. If you see something or hear something, let us know."
I'm challenging you guys to step up, not just here, but everywhere," said Domagala.
After the assembly, several students shared their views with the Independent News.
Student Brooke Zasser said, "I learned to be safer about what you say and do online and to watch other people so you can make sure you know what's going on."
Freshman Alyssa Richmond said, "Social media get out of hand. No matter what you do, kidding or not, others don't know. It's important to treat everything like an actual threat. If you don't, the threat can happen."
Senior Sheldon Self's take on the assembly: "I didn't know we had a Facebook threat until later in the week. I don't think the kid realized the consequences of what he posted. Kids don't realize how quickly things get around on social networks. Most of the stuff posted on Facebook is negative, Life isn't about negativity; it's about achievement."
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Punkography
by Featured Author
This article is by by Cathy, the Overprepared GM, PsychoJuliet, Jaren J. Petty, and Cryssalia Noire, and is presented by Worldbuilding Magazine.
The mid-seventies saw the birth of a new artform, punk. It was a style, an ideology, and a way of life. It was a reaction to the peaceful acceptance of the hippie culture, the bombastic glamour of disco, and the calculated, slick production of corporate rock. It was aggressively rude and unapologetically raw. Punk wove together the pared down simplicity of the beat poets, the distrust of institutions from sci-fi dystopias, the revolutionary zeal of the Marxists, and the throw-yourself-at-it ethos of the garage rock scene into a chaotic cocktail of anarchy, nihilism, honesty, and creative expression. Although the word punk started as an insult by an older generation, the new punks revelled in the epithet, owning their image as troublemakers and unwilling to gloss over ugliness.
Punk music gave voice to a young, disenfranchised, and angry working class and dealt with problems on all scales, from the looming threat of nuclear war to being depressed. It shouted that society was screwed up—that not all was well and not all were equal. Eventually punk music exploded, attracting both popular and corporate attention. No longer an underground scene, the punk movement, anarchic and individualistic, immediately fragmented. Some combined the original punk ethos and style with new musical sources, evolving punk into a more refined sound. Some focused on particular parts of the punk ethos and served highly focused fan bases such as Anarchopunk and Nazipunk. The New Wave movement continued along the same musical tradition as earlier punk music but tried to avoid the baggage associated with them. Hardcore punk developed in contrast, doubling down on the hard edge image and pushing a hard, fast rhythm. Record and fashion labels tried to cash in on the aesthetic, commoditizing the movement and giving birth to pop punk. And a million Hot Topic stores sprang up across the nation like emo bourgeois flowers after a desert rain. A new lexicon emerged to distinguish the various camps as purists, sellouts, and posers.
Like music, science fiction is not a monolith, and new subgenres are born from a variety of social, artistic, and technological forces. Almost a decade after punk music coalesced, Bruce Bethke coined the term "cyberpunk," attempting to capture the mix of punk's troublemaking attitude and the computer-driven future he could see coming. Just like the original punk movement, cyberpunk gave voice to people who saw a gritty reality of powerful corporations and disfranchised populaces. Also like the original punk movement, the genre quickly fragmented. Cyberpunk inspired a variety of -punk genres, their fans sometimes claiming hard stances on the purity of each one. The -punks are a messy, chaotic stew of overlapping definitions, decisive aesthetics, distilled worldviews, and ardent creator-fans. But more than that, as Joey Romone said, "All punk is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude."
Cyberpunk & Biopunk
Perhaps the most famous of these -punks is the cyberpunk school of the eighties and nineties. Bruce Bethke coined the word cyberpunk in a story of the same name back in 1982. Cyber- stemmed from the words "cybernetics," the science of replacing human functions with computerized ones, and -punk came from the musical genre and referred to a group of aggressive young people who eschewed convention. However, Gardner Dozois, a science fiction editor, is generally credited for popularizing the term. A subgenre of sci-fi, cyberpunk takes place in near-future settings that tend to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech." It juxtaposes advanced technological and scientific achievements (such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics) with some degrees of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Cyberpunk can also serve as an umbrella term for dystopian stories that depict dreary futures where information technology enforces governmental control and individuals receive mechanical or electronic augments.
Much of cyberpunk is rooted in the New Wave science fiction movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Writers like Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny, J. G. Ballard, Philip José Farmer, and Harlan Ellison examined the impact of drug culture, technology, and the sexual revolution while avoiding the utopian tendencies of earlier sci-fi. Released in 1984, William Gibson's influential debut novel Neuromancer solidified cyberpunk as a genre by drawing influence from punk and early hacker culture. Other influential cyberpunk writers included Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker. The Japanese cyberpunk subgenre began in 1982 with the debut of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga series Akira with its 1988 anime film adaptation popularizing the subgenre.
Cyberpunk plots often center on conflict among artificial intelligences, hackers, and megacorporations. The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias that feature extraordinary cultural ferment and usage of technology in ways never anticipated by its original inventors. Much of the genre's atmosphere echoes film noir, and written works in the genre often use techniques from detective fiction.
Several subcultures have been inspired by cyberpunk fiction, including the cyberdelic counterculture of the late 1980s and early 90s. Cyberdelic, whose adherents referred to themselves as "cyberpunks," attempted to blend psychedelic art and drug movement with the technology of cyberculture. Early adherents included Timothy Leary, Mark Frauenfelder, and R. U. Sirius. The movement largely faded following the dot-com bubble implosion of 2000.
Deriving from cyberpunk, biopunk focuses on the bleak near-future consequences of scientific and technological advancement. Unlike cyberpunk, it builds on synthetic biology (an interdisciplinary field of research that features concepts from biotechnology and genetic engineering, among others) instead of information technology, and individuals are usually modified and enhanced by genetic manipulation rather than cyberware. Biopunk generally examines the ethical pitfalls of synthetic biology, which can involve conflict with bio-hackers, biotech mega-corporations, and oppressive government agencies that manipulate human DNA. Its stories explore the struggles of individuals or groups, who are often the product of human experimentation, in a typically dystopian backdrop where totalitarian governments and megacorporations misuse biotechnologies for social control and profiteering. A common feature of biopunk fiction is the "black clinic," which is a laboratory, clinic, or hospital that performs illegal, unregulated, and/or ethically-dubious biological modification and genetic engineering procedures.
Steampunk (and Friends)
While surrounded by some small debate, the origins of steampunk appear to go as far back as the scientific romances of authors like Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and even the historical accomplishments of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Midway through the 20th century, the genre was unintentionally born out of the literary works of Mervyn Peake and Michael Moorcock between the 60s and 70s. By 1985, the genre had even seen its aesthetics brought to life on the silver screen in the British-American cult film, Brazil. Though steampunk shares many similar -punk themes with its slightly older cousin, cyberpunk, the now-common term was not coined on purpose. The term came from an off-the-cuff statement by author K. W. Jeter who had written to the sci-fi magazine Locus:
Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for [Tim] Powers, [James] Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of that era; like "steam-punks," perhaps.
Central to steampunk's aesthetic is the bleak, Dickensian retro-futurism visible in such eccentric creations as airships, automatons, and mechanical/clockwork prosthetics. The fashion meshes with the era of rich tailcoats, top-hats, corsets, petticoats, and parasols. Contrasting the excess of the higher class, blue collar workers wear overalls, aprons, rags, gas-masks, and even—as it seems necessary to mention—goggles. Factories stretch into the skies, belching acrid clouds of smoke. Homes and places of business are cobbled together from bricks, lit from within by gas-lamps, candles, or early electrical lamps. In some cases, steampunk even looks to the American West and attaches its Victorian fashion to the revolvers and spurs of ranchers, rangers, and ruffians alike.
Through the years, small schisms have divided the greater steampunk community. Purists battle it out with what they view as other genre "posers" that are often called by other names to separate their specific aesthetics from the more classical definition. Those looking to simply attach gears to things to make faux-steampunk creations are deemed "clockpunks". More romantic or supernatural writers are deemed "gaslamp Victorian" or "gaslamp fantasy" authors. When magic is added to the mix, works tend to be deemed "aetherpunk" (though the term hasn't quite caught on). Even the American Western take can be pushed under the umbrella of "cattlepunk."
Even in the light of steampunk's seemingly fractured fan-base, it is undoubtedly the next biggest -punk next to cyberpunk in terms of cultural influence. One need only search the internet for "steampunk" in order to find conventions, cosplayers, and various media showcasing the future that never was.
First coined in 2001 by Lewis Pollak to market his role-playing game Children of the Sun, dieselpunk evolved from a steampunk offshoot into its own distinct subgenre. It is rooted in the period from 1920 to 1950 rather than the Victorian era, drawing literary influences from action-filled pulp and gritty noir. Dieselpunk diverges more strongly from the other -punks in its thematic influences. It can veer between the decadent hedonism of the Jazz Age to the earnest patriotism of the WWII era and the existential dread of modernism, but it often ignores the politics of disenfranchisement that underlie so many of the other -punks.
The aesthetic mixes the streamlined shapes of art deco, the bright brass of the big band era, and the experimental bent of the modernist movements. It's a style composed of chrome and steel, glass-pierced skyscrapers, oversized vehicles, and the oily grit that accompanies modern machinery. It has pin-up girls and fedoras, zoot suits and flapper dresses, cigarettes and gasoline, Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam Wants You. Technologically, the genre's hallmark depends on combustion engines (particularly the eponymous diesel engines), radio, and guns.
Although the term dieselpunk has not broken into mainstream consciousness, big budget Hollywood movies like Indiana Jones, The Rocketeer, and Captain America: The First Avenger have established its aesthetic. Because of them, most people can recognize dieselpunk as a cohesive genre, even if they don't know its name.
Atompunk
Atompunk, a close cousin and immediate offshoot of dieselpunk, draws inspiration from the post-war Atomic and Space Ages. Some use the end of WWII in 1945 as the dividing line between the two genres, although others consider the advent of television in the 1950s to be the transition. Although atompunk shares some of the same art deco/streamline moderne aesthetic with dieselpunk (its slightly better known cousin), it generally has a brighter, more futuristic feel, with Googie architecture, Sputnik vibes, and cigar shapes. As TV Tropes puts it, "Everything is slick and streamlined, with geometric shapes and clean parallel lines constructed of shiny metal and glass, lit prominently by neon. Sweeping curves, parabolas, and acute angles are used to suggest movement—movement into The Future…. all decorated with little blinking lights that don't really serve any purpose (but they sure look futuristic!)." It overlaps the Raygun Gothic aesthetic; while some fans merge the two, others treat atompunk as the darker, dirtier side of Raygun Gothic. Those who differentiate between the two see atompunk as having less focus on sleek space suits with bubble helmets and more on radioactive fallout and existential dread of nuclear war.
Electronics and atomic power dominate the retrofuturist technology of atompunk—spaceships, radioactivity, scientific laboratories, rayguns, aliens, cathode ray computers, televisions, and jetpacks. It's sometimes optimistic about the power of science and the march of technology in a way that most -punk genres never quite capture. With the early Cold War as its cultural backdrop, some atompunk works lean into the espionage and space race side of the genre. Most atompunk stories ignore the patriotic and military fashions widespread in dieselpunk. If dieselpunk is exemplified by Indiana Jones and action pulp, atompunk is exemplified by Fallout and 50's to early 60s sci-fi and Silver Age comics.
Solarpunk is defined by its often optimistic outlook on the future. It has a few distinct aspects that separate it from the rest of the punk worlds which include focuses on community, equality, craftsmanship, and environmentally friendly technology using renewable resources. Solarpunk tends to have a high level of cultural awareness, gender equality, self-expression, and artfulness. It combines facets of biopunk, cyberpunk, and skypunk to create a lighter outlook. Solarpunk may have come to being out of a reaction to nihilism in cyberpunk.
Solarpunk has its cultural roots in both African and Asian cultures. This may be a byproduct of the Victorian/Edwardian era fascination with the "exotic" that accompanies the Art Nouveau veneer attached to the genre. This influence appears mostly in the artwork of missolivialouise who can be considered one of the potential originators of solarpunk when she pushed the idea to the public on Tumblr in 2014. Even though solarpunk is usually characterized by a positive outlook, it can be utopic or optimistic. More importantly, it can provide social commentary by focusing on the struggles of the real world and looking for solutions to those struggles. The majority of solarpunk worlds focus on a free, egalitarian world where no one is better than anyone else and everyone has equal opportunities. Solarpunk worlds look to a brighter future by deliberately undermining the systems that keep it from getting to its ideal state.
The influences of Solarpunk mainly revolve around the environment. Concern for global warming led to a call for more eco-friendly solutions, which in turn ran into the creative arts. The threat of climate change unintentionally spurred a rejection of the bleaker visions of the future that most punk genres provide. In some ways, solarpunk artists and authors are punk to the -punk genres in that they refuse the negative outlook on the future and, instead, substitute it with a much brighter, more accessible potentiality.
It is also worth noting that Solarpunk is still in development. The other types of -punk genres have solid roots and criteria as far as what makes that type of -punk. This is part of why some people are reluctant to call solarpunk a full-blown genre: it lacks the clarity and identity necessary for acceptance. Without that solidity, few authors or artists have delved into what solarpunk has to offer. Hopefully, in the years to follow, we can officially add one more distinctive -punk genre to the already veritable buffet of choices.
Punk Worldbuilding
Like punk music, -punk genres within speculative fiction constantly evolve. They have distinctive, evocative styles, but resist clear-cut boundaries. We can try to define them by some combination of aesthetic influences, technological bases, and inspirational periods. We can try to link them by underlying themes, such as capitalism's inevitable corruption of society. We can point to how they center their stories around the literary analogs of the rebellious punks that so definitely defined the music scene—misfits and antiheroes, working class stiffs, criminals, inventors, and artists. We can see that in a lot of ways, they all embody the "high tech, low life" description of cyberpunk, but applied to broader definitions of tech and life.
However, the sci-fi -punk genres defy easy categorization as much as the real world punks hated to be put into neat boxes. Is steampunk still steampunk if it steals the style but drops the tech? Is dieselpunk really punk when it's unapologetically patriotic? Is solarpunk established enough to be a cohesive genre, or do the various strands that its adherents trumpet need to coalesce into a more solid idea? The fandoms that collect around each genre heatedly debate each other's true interpretations, not so much purists against posers as true believers disagreeing on dogma. Except the dogmas in this case are ossified into expected tropes that both signal the genre and restrict it.
As worldbuilders, this colorful, evolving set of subgenres gives us plenty of inspiration, but also a bit of a challenge. How do we write in the genre without it sounding like a rehash of unquestioned stereotypes? If we stray too far from the genre, we're not in it, but if we don't stretch the boundaries, it can be easy to make a tired copycat of earlier works. Here are five strategies to address that risk:
Lean into the genre. Identify the stereotypical aspects of the genre and analyze the roles they serve. Consciously use tropes to create emotions or themes rather than just subconsciously adopting them as part of your world. For example, when George Lucas developed Indiana Jones, he began by exploring what he loved most about the old serials he watched as a boy. The resulting film enthusiastically embodies the pulps from which it draws, but doesn't feel tiredly derivative.
Break the non-core tropes. Find tropes that aren't central to the genre and explore what happens when you break them. For example cyberpunk stories classically envision a world ruled by multinational mega-corporations, often Japanese ones. But what if Nigerian companies ruled instead? Then you'd have an afrofuturist cyberpunk, a much less explored space.
Start from the basics. Choose a technology and cultural influences and work through how they shape the world. Avoid mindlessly copying the ideas others have already developed. For example, you may start with the same Victorian era steam technology ingredients as traditional steampunks, but if you didn't automatically add in goggles and airships and all the other accoutrements, what do you personally think steampunk would look like?
Start with new basics. There are a lot of different -punk genres that cover many combinations of technologies and styles. However, history is wider than that. Look for a less used period to draw from. For example, I don't think I've seen a -punk example using futuristic Polynesian style and technology based on a deep understanding of the ocean and tropical island practicalities.
Continue the conversation. Art reflects back on itself and can have interesting things to say about what's already been said. For example, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, with its hero named Hiro Protagonist and a world called the Metaverse, is a parody of cyberpunk as much as it is a standout example of it.
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Kelly Smith
I have had a love and hate relationship with the futuristic punk genre for some time now. My husband actually got me into it through some video games he plays. I LOVED the stories in them and started branching out to books. I find some I love and others I just can't finish. I typically write short stories dealing with every day characters with bits of magic but I may try to write a cyberpunk book in the future.
D. Gray Warrior(@d-gray-warrior)
Ewolf20
so, what is skypunk exactly? first time hearing the term.
I'd like to know as well.
Ewolf20(@ewolf20)
Overprepared GM
Reply to Ewolf20
A very loose subgenre that's defined by all the things that float in the setting. So, there are sky cities, air ships, etc. It's definitely one of those 'punks defined by the aesthetic rather than the deep underlying philosophy.
Melody Daggerhart
Very nicely written. Several things in there I didn't have names for even though I knew they were a thing, including one I somewhat employed myself: gaslight fantasy? Victorian fantasy? Maybe? … Hm, interesting. :3
Tyrean Martinson
Thank you for the overview of -Punk world-building!
Robert MacAnthony(@steerpike)
This is nicely done. I enjoyed it a lot.
I like this. However, I'd like to point out that KW Jeter was the third of the Tim Powers/James Blaylock group and the one who came up with the name "Steampunk."
Roel Karstenberg(@banten)
This was a good overview of the punkeries!
It goes to confirm that my own 'cyberpunk' is neither cyber nor punk, only fitting the genre in its guiding philosophy and aesthetic influences. Of course now that I know a bit more about solarpunk, I can take a page from them and say I'm being a punk rebelling against the punk genre 😉


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Constitutional Court allows 'FCK CPS' sticker
The Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday that it is within someone's right to freedom of expression to wear the FCK CPS logo, but only if the insult is aimed at police in general.
Published: 28 April 2015 15:43 CEST
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"Displaying the letters 'FCK CPS' in a public space is, due to the basic right to freedom of expression, not in itself punishable," read the ruling, which judges signed off on unanimously.
A young woman had appealed to the court after being handed a fine when she walked past police while wearing a sticker bearing the inscription. When asked she refused to remove the sticker, reports Die Welt.
A judge ordered her to serve 15 hours of community service as punishment, saying the sticker was an "statement of contempt" and an attempt "to disparage the social value of the affected officials."
T-Shirts and stickers bearing the inscription are freely available and can for instance be bought on Amazon.
Overturning the ruling, the Constitutional Court said that an insult is only punishable when it is clear that it is aimed at a specific, identifiable group.
General statements of contempt for the police are an expression of a legitimate opinion about the limits of state power, they found.
Utterances of opinion "enjoy constitutional protection, regardless of whether they are deemed baseless or sensible, emotional or rational, valuable or valueless, dangerous or harmless," read the ruling.
But it allows for interpretation on when an insult is aimed at a specific group. If the insult is seen to be aimed at specific police officers then it would no longer receive constitutional protection.
No judicial agreement
In the past few years there have been a series of cases of this variety and there is no clear judicial consensus.
In 2014 the state court in Karlsruhe ruled that a banner in a football stadium that read 'ACAB' – an abbreviation of 'all cops are bastards' – was aimed at specific police in the stadium, and was therefore a punishable insult.
This was despite the word 'all' implying an insult against police in general.
A court in Frankfurt went further, ruling that a banner consisting of the numbers '1312' constituted an insult against the police, as the numerals stand for the letters ACAB's position in the alphabet.
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Premier League chalkboard analysis
This week, we look at Aaron Lennon's positioning, Swansea's midfield passing, Fernando Torres's link-up play, Fulham's overall strategy and Liverpool's distribution from the back
Michael Cox
@Zonal_Marking
Mon 31 Oct 2011 07.41 EDT
Lennon profits from cutting in
Like most of Spurs' attacking players, Aaron Lennon played a good game against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday afternoon – he picked up two assists, the first time he's done so in a single game since Tottenham's 9-1 thrashing of Wigan two years ago.
The type of assists were interesting – they weren't Lennon crossing or pulling the ball back from his usual right wing position, they both came when he moved into the centre of the pitch and linked up with the winger starting on the opposite side, Gareth Bale. Indeed, the positions of Lennon's passes are interesting – he starts on the right in his own half, but then comes inside into the centre of the pitch. He only attempted one cross all game, instead preferring to link up with the midfielders.
This is a trend in the Premier League at the moment – James Milner and David Silva did something similar last weekend against Manchester United. Spurs have been one of the few sides that play with two traditional wingers hugging the touchlines, but after Lennon and Bale both prospered by coming inside, it will be interesting to see if the strategy continues.
Swans passing the top-flight test
Swansea City extended their impressive home record with a good 3-1 win over Bolton at the weekend, taking them into the top half of the Premier League table.
Their commitment to a short passing game is remarkable for such a relative minnow – only Chelsea (59%) and Arsenal (58%) enjoy a higher average percentage of possession than Swansea's 57%, and the technical quality across the side was evident on Saturday, particularly in midfield. An impressive 93% of their passes were short, more than any other side this weekend.
Joe Allen and Leon Britton attempted 152 passes between them, misplacing only one. Britton's 100% pass completion rate is extremely rare, and his 67 passes without misplacing any is the most by any Premier League player for six seasons.
Brendan Rogers has shown it is possible for a side with minimal resources to compete in the Premier League while playing attractive football – and their performance at the weekend was one of their dominant to date. They completed 654 passes, while Owen Coyle's Bolton completed only 253.
Chelsea hampered by wasteful Torres
With Chelsea's terrible defending at the weekend against Arsenal – and the fact they managed to score three goals – Fernando Torres's poor performance was largely overlooked. Chelsea tried to move the ball quickly through the middle of the pitch but created little for the Spaniard to get excited about – their chances generally came from crosses into the box for headers, or long-range attempts, like Juan Mata's goal.
If you discount Torres making five completed passes from kick-offs after goals were scored his pass completion ratio was just 50% - in other words, he passed to an opponent as frequently as he passed to a team-mate. His duels with opponents weren't much more impressive – he won only 25% of aerial challenges, attempted dribbles and ground tackles.
It would have been interesting to see how quickly André Villas-Boas would have called for Didier Drogba – with Arsenal vulnerable in the air and always nervous against the Ivorian, his poor tackle against QPR last weekend robbed Chelsea of their most dangerous weapon against the Gunners.
Hodgson's way still proving successful at Fulham
Fulham may have appointed two managers since Roy Hodgson left the club, but their performance in the weekend win over Wigan was classic Hodgson. They sat back, played very narrow and won the ball on the edge of their area, before occasionally moving up the pitch to construct attacks of their own.
The emphasis there is on 'occasionally' – Fulham only recorded six shots to Wigan's 19 in this match, yet still recorded a 2-0 victory.
Neither Mark Hughes nor Martin Jol have especially changed Fulham's style since their run to the Europa League final, but Jol should be praised for having the bravery to play attack-minded players in the wide positions – Moussa Dembélé played on the right and Clint Dempsey was on the left, both coming inside on to their stronger foot – and the extra finishing quality throughout the side proved vital, as those two got the goals.
Jol was happy to play without any real width – Fulham completed zero crosses, and won no corners.
Agger adds sophistication to Liverpool backline
Liverpool have a good defensive record in the Premier League this season – they've allowed the opposition only 3.5 shots on target per game, fewer than any other side. The return of Daniel Agger, after a month out, further strengthened the backline.
He contributed to a clean sheet, but his most obvious impact was in the quality of his passing out from the back. Martin Skrtel and Jamie Carragher are both capable on the ball but unlikely to fire incisive balls into Liverpool's creative players. Agger helps Liverpool move the ball more quickly.
The passing chalkboards of Skrtel and Agger at the weekend were particularly interesting – Skrtel either plays the ball across to Agger or launches it towards Andy Carroll in the air, whilst Agger can play more sophisticated balls into the feet of either Luis Suarez in central positions, or out to Stewart Downing on the left.
Michael Cox is editor of zonalmarking.net.


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Q: Indexing consecutive values that sum to a target value The problem I am trying to solve is as follows: Write a function that takes an array of numbers (integers for the tests) and a target number. It should find two different items in the array that, when added together, give the target value. The indices of these items should then be returned in a tuple / list (depending on your language) like so: (index1, index2).
The faulty solution I have come up with is as follows:
def two_sum(numbers, target):
    list_values = []
    for i in range(len(numbers)):
        if numbers[i-1] + numbers[i] == target:
            list_values.append(numbers.index(numbers[i-1]))
            list_values.append(numbers.index(numbers[i]))
    return list_values

Unfortunately it doesn't work when the numbers[i-1] == numbers[i]. Rather than returning the two consecutive index values, it will just repeat whichever index value came first (i.e it will give [0,0] rather than [0,1]. I can't understand why it would do this: as far as I understand, the successive indexing ought not to be affected by the values of the numbers through which I'm iterating. Any help would be much appreciated.

A: i and i-1 are already your indices. If you do numbers.index(numbers[i]), you will just get the index of the first occurrence.
So inside your if statement:
list_values.append(i-1)
list_values.append(i)

Is this what you mean? Not completely clear to me from your description.
Do you want to return all such pairs? Or just the first one you find?

A: index() will always return the index of first occurrence of the item given. hence numbers[i-1] and numbers[i] returns same index, when both of them are same numbers.
Here in this case, you dont have to search for index anyway, as you already have it as i.
So changing your code like below will help.
def two_sum(numbers, target):
    list_values = []
    for i in range(len(numbers)):
        if numbers[i-1] + numbers[i] == target:
            list_values=[i-1,i]
    return list_values

A: Efficient way to add consecutive numbers in list and return its indices
def two_sum(numbers, target):
    return [(ind,ind-1) for ind, (num1, num2) in enumerate(zip(numbers, numbers[1:])) if num1+num2 == target]

print(two_sum([1,2,3,4,1,4], 5))

output:
[(0, 1), (2, 3), (3, 4)]   #[(index1, index2)]


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Bars / Brewpub / Illinois Liquor Control Commission / Regulations / Retailers
Illinois Liquor Control Commission adopts helpful new regulation to clarify the process for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores in transferring alcohol inventory to other retailers.
by Ashley Brandt · October 23, 2020
The good folks at the ILCC officially (this has been in the works for some time, but the process of getting a regulation approved in Illinois takes a while) adopted an updated regulation on the transfer of alcohol between retailers. You can find the new regulation Ill. Admin. Code tit 11 § 100.25 "Transfer of Alcohol" here.
In brief, the new regulation explicates the process and justifications for retailers to transfer alcohol between each other. The old regulation just prohibited the practice absent Commission approval which didn't give much guidance and, frankly, didn't help regulators in determining what circumstances justified that approval.
The new reg is a welcome panoply of descriptions and circumstances for understanding when, how, and what steps to take to get permission to transfer alcohol to other retailers (when events occur like bankruptcy of a retailer, acts of god, loss of a license, or even in the purchase of an existing bar).
For those of you interested in the actual changes made to the old regulation and who want to appreciate the clarity brought by this updated version, here is a redline of the old/new versions [green is added, strikethrough is gone]:
Section 100.250 Transfer of Alcohol
a) The holder of a retail license is prohibited from selling, giving, or transferring alcoholic products subject to the jurisdiction of the Act to another retail license holder unless permitted by the Act, this Part, or an express authorization by the Commission for the privilege of selling alcoholic liquors at retail on the premises specified in the license, for use or consumption, is hereby restricted to such sale from the licensed premises only and is not permitted to sell to, purchase from or transfer such alcoholic liquor to any other retail licensee or licensed premises .
b) The holder of a retail license is prohibited from purchasing, receiving, or accepting alcoholic products subject to the jurisdiction of the Act from another retail license holder unless permitted by the Act, this Part, or an express authorization by the Commission.
c) Unless otherwise permitted by the Act, this Part, or under the express approval authorization of the Commission, a retail licensee shall purchase all alcoholic products subject to the jurisdiction of the Act is strictly limited to purchasing alcoholic liquor from an Illinois licensed a distributor or a licensee person holding a self-distribution exemption in which there is a bona fide transfer of title.
d) Transfer of Alcohol Approval Process
1) The Commission may authorize the holder of a retail license to sell, give, transfer, purchase, receive or accept alcoholic products subject to the Act, to or from another holder of a retail license.
2) The Commission may delegate to Commission staff the review, approval, or denial of the request to transfer alcohol.
3) The request must be approved by the Commission prior to the transfer.
4) The request shall be submitted on forms provided by the Commission. Forms must be completed in their entirety prior to review or approval by the Commission.
5) In normal circumstances, a request must be submitted and approved by the Commission prior to the transfer. In the case of an imminent act of god, the request must be received prior to the transfer.
6) The Commission will review each request based on the information provided in the request and other factors known to the Commission.
7) Each request will be reviewed independently of any other licenses held by the owners.
8) The authorization may be subject to conditions imposed by the Commission at the time of the approval.
9) Upon approval by the Commission, the licensee must maintain a copy of the authorization at its premises for a period of 90 days following approval or until all transferred products have been sold by the licensee, whichever is later.
e) In reviewing a transfer request, the Commission may utilize the following factors:
1) Acts of god (such as, but not limited to, fires, explosions, tornadoes, earthquakes, drought, and floods);
2) Federal, State, or local law change;
3) Other unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the licensee, such as circumstances:
A) the licensee cannot reasonably take precautions to prevent; and
B) in which the only reasonable method of dispossessing of the alcoholic liquor products would be through a transfer to another licensee;
4) Bankruptcy;
5) Permanent or temporary closure of the licensee; or
6) A new licensee opens a business at the same location where the prior licensee conducted business, when the new licensee takes possession of the inventory of the immediately prior licensee.
f) This Section shall not apply to transfers made under Section 100.150 (Salvaged Alcoholic Liquors).
g) For the purposes of this Section, "retail license" shall include the following licenses: retailer, caterer retailer, Special Event Retailer's (not-for-profit), railroad, boat, wine maker's premises, airplane, brew pub, and distiller pub licenses (Section 5-1 of the Act).
(Source: Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 16811, effective September 29, 2020)
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Great place, friendly and helpful hosts, lovely home, fantastic view.
Our stay with Rodolphe was perfect. We got in late and had our key available to us in a lock box. The rooms were spotless and very comfortable. Rodolphe and Stephanie even left us some chocolate cake in the fridge for our stay. I highly recommend their location if you make it to the Westfjords!
A great place to stay! Easy to find and accessible from the road. The room and kitchen were very clean and spacious. Stephanie went out of her way to make it feel like home! We were so grateful for her knowledge of the area and advice.
Sudavik guesthouse offer a garden, a terace and two independant floors with three accomodations, bathroom(s), saloon and kitchen each. Saloons are bigs and each kitchen is fully equiped, whatever the duration of your stay, one night, one month, you will have available everything you need: fridge, pans, glasses, covers, mixers... Cooking outside with barbecues is possible.
As we are bakers so you have the option to order some pastries or surdough bread. We wish you a nice stay !
Here is the link to book directly on Airbnb website or booking.com if it's easier for you.
Sudavik is a small fisherman village in the very north of the inhabited Westfjords. The scenery is awesome and no village will look like more wild that this one. Yet all amenities are within easy reach as Isafjordur is only 20km away. It's the perfect place for those that want to stay in the wild without being cut from the amenities.
Plenty of hiking are accessible directly from Sudavik and visiting the arctic fox center is a very good option as you will meet two alive polar foxes. Some festivals will happen during summers and one is particulary famous, the blueberry festival. For the pleasure of childrens, the biggest playgroung of Iceland is in Sudavik and is totally free.
The westfjords of Iceland are located in northwestern Iceland. It is a rocky plateau that has been scupled by numerous valleys that glaciers shaped during their melting. The main attraction of fjords is therefore this mix of mountains and tangled inlets.
People love fjords for beauty of their landscapes and the possible amount of hikes.
The tranquility is also a strong point of fjords, few tourists come here and that even in full season.
In addition to accommodations, we offer different tours centered around the theme of nature. Day tours or Multi Day tours to better meet your expectations.
Tours are not available all year round because only a few times of the year make magic work.
Booking your tour separtly or with yours accomodations is just a matter of clic, do according to your needs.
All breads and pastries are made according to the French tradition and that by ourselves.
Bread is made with surdought that gives off a real flavor according to weight of bread, you can keep it for a week to three weeks.
Pastries and breads are available as an option with rooms, you can also order some croissants or bread without any booking at sudavik guesthouse.
Few people discover it by themselves, so we would like to let you know and offer you a chance to enjoy it.


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Q: How to get total count of users exclude location="Hyderabad" and include deviceBrand= "lenova"? I am using neo4j version 3.0.3. I have executed the below query. It is giving the results as the count of users who have the HAS_VISITED_LOCATION relation, but I want the total count of users who don't have the HAS_VISITED_LOCATION relation also.
MATCH (c:Consumer)-[:HAS_VISITED_LOCATION]-(l:Location)
WHERE NOT l.AreaName="hyderabad"
MATCH(c)-[:HAS_DEVICE_BRAND]-(d:DeviceBrand{BrandName:"lenovo"})
RETURN count(c)

A: So you're asking for the count of all consumers who have the lenovo device brand and who have not visited hyderabad.
This query should do that:
MATCH (l:Location {AreaName:'hyderabad'})
MATCH (c:Consumer)-[:HAS_DEVICE_BRAND]->(:DeviceBrand{BrandName:"lenovo"})
WHERE NOT (c)-[:HAS_VISITED_LOCATION]->(l)
RETURN COUNT(DISTINCT c)

EDIT - New (but related) question on how to get consumers who have not visited hyderabad and who don't have the lenovo brand.
This new question is trickier in that it's matching on the absence of relationships.
The straight forward approach is to simply match on consumers where the consumer has not visited hyderabad and doesn't have the lenevo device brand:
MATCH (c:Consumer)
WHERE NOT (c)-[:HAS_VISITED_LOCATION]->(l:Location {AreaName:'hyderabad'})
AND NOT (c)-[:HAS_DEVICE_BRAND]->(:DeviceBrand{BrandName:"lenovo"})
RETURN COUNT(c) as count

While this is correct, it may not be the most efficient query.
If we look at the logical representation of what you want, we might see an alternate approach:

NOT (visited hyderabad) AND NOT (has lenevo)

If we take the negation of your requirement:

NOT (NOT (visited hyderabad) AND NOT (has lenevo)) = (visited
  hyderabad) OR (has lenevo)

So an alternate query can be to find the count of the negation of what you want (the count of consumers who have visited hyderabad OR who have lenovo), and subtract it from the total consumer count to get the actual count you want.
You can try this query and see if it performs better than the straightforward approach:
// first get the total count of consumers, should be very fast
MATCH (c:Consumer)
WITH COUNT(c) as totalCount
MATCH (lenovo:DeviceBrand{BrandName:'lenevo'}), (hyderabad:Location{AreaName:'hyderabad'})
// union lenevo and hyderabad into one column through collecting and combining and unwinding
// (this is a workaround since Cypher can't do post-union processing)
WITH totalCount, COLLECT(lenevo) + COLLECT(hyderabad) as excludeNodes
UNWIND excludeNodes as excludeNode
// get all consumers attached to these nodes
MATCH (excludeNode)<-[:HAS_DEVICE_BRAND|:HAS_VISITED_LOCATION]-(c:Consumer)
WITH totalCount, COUNT(DISTINCT c) as excludeCount
RETURN totalCount - excludeCount as count


In 1605, Johannes Kepler announced his first law of planetary motion, essentially stating that planets move around the sun with an elliptical, rather than circular, orbit.
Around the same time, the Age of Discovery was witness to countless European ocean voyages documenting the enormous, and sometimes falsely frightening, wider world. These forays into global exploration produced all sorts of skewed maps and mythical monsters, such as the Kraken, a giant sea creature somewhere between a squid and a dragon, depending on the account. It was greatly feared among sailors of the day to say the least.
More than 400 years later, two magnificent machines bearing the namesakes of Kepler and Kraken are making new waves into the next great frontier: deep space.
NASA's Kepler spacecraft is currently on the hunt for Earth-like planets throughout the Milky Way, and by extension, is surveying a multitude of stars to determine how many might support orbiting, Earth-like planets. It's a tall order, even for a mission named after one of history's most beloved astronomers.
Two things are required for a planetary body to be labeled "Earth-like": its orbit must reside within the habitable, or Goldilocks (not too hot, not too cold) zone of the host star, a distance suitable for water, and by extension possibly life, to exist; and it also must be roughly "Earth-sized," meaning no more than 25 percent larger than the radius of the Earth.
Kepler recently grabbed headlines with the discovery of Kepler 22b, the first planet discovered by the spacecraft that resides in the Goldilocks zone. However, it failed the size test with a radius roughly 2.4 times that of Earth's.
Judging a planet's size can be tricky. The only method for doing so is by comparing it to the star it's orbiting. To know the planet you have to first know the star, a task currently being taken up by a team led by Travis Metcalfe of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Metcalfe was on the team that catalogued both Kepler 22b and its host star.
Much like the real Kepler worked with the legendary astronomer Tyco Brahe, the spacecraft, and Metcalfe, could use some help processing the mountains of data being produced by its far flung observations. Enter Kraken, a Cray XT5 supercomputer capable of more than a petaflop (a thousand trillion calculations per second) and managed by the University of Tennessee's National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) for the National Science Foundation (NSF). It's a monster alright, but instead of devouring sailors, it favors numbers.
Metcalfe's team is using Kraken to measure the properties of the stars being orbited by potential Earth-like planets, properties such as radius, mass, age, and bulk composition, or the proportions of individual gases throughout the star. But the ramifications of Metcalfe's project go far beyond that, far beyond the sea once thought to be wrought with all manner of monsters, and far beyond anything Johannes Kepler ever imagined.
An astronomer by training, Metcalfe was attending a conference on seismology five years ago when he heard about Science Gateways for the first time. A concept promoted by the NSF's former TeraGrid program and currently supported by the NSF's Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), a network of supercomputers and high-end visualization and data analysis resources open to researchers across the country, Science Gateways provide easy-to-use, leading edge tools to researchers across the scientific spectrum.
Essentially, a Science Gateway is a community-developed set of tools, applications, and data that are integrated via a portal or a suite of applications, usually in a graphical user interface, that is further customized to meet the needs of a specific community, allowing researchers to focus on their scientific goals and less on assembling the computational tools they require. In Metcalfe's case, it's his Asteroseismic Modeling Portal (AMP) that features as its centerpiece an easy-to-use interface coupled with a low-level artificial intelligence algorithm that allows users, such as those managing the Kepler program, to quickly attain much-needed stellar data. For example, the data gathered by Kepler can be easily plugged into the AMP interface and the observed star modeled, thus giving researchers precious clues as to a star's true identity, such as its radius, mass, bulk composition, or gas mixture, and age, which is especially important because quantifying a star's age using traditional, observational methods presents unique difficulties.
This data gives astronomers a better idea of the qualities of any orbiting planets, a valuable tool in the quest to better understand the wider universe. Metcalfe estimates that roughly a hundred people around the world regularly use the AMP portal, which has come a long way since its humble beginnings.
The code was originally developed for a local computing cluster in Colorado, in a larger set of mountains than those that surround Kraken in East Tennessee, when Metcalfe and his team received their data from ground-based telescopes that observed areas of the sky for weeks at a time. Back then, said Metcalfe, the team could observe and model twelve stars in a decade, compared to hundreds every few months with the one-two punch of Kepler and Kraken.
It's only in the last year that the team has been applying the AMP gateway to exoplanet host stars, or those that might support planets outside of our solar system. And Kepler keeps the work coming; the spacecraft is sending data for hundreds of stars every month. "We're analyzing five, ten stars at a time," said Metcalfe, adding that his team is trying to keep up: "Kepler is specifically built for this purpose, said Metcalfe. "We've never had this much data before."
And without Kraken, there would be no way the team could keep pace. Metcalfe's team has been utilizing Kraken for three years now, and the results speak for themselves. So far, the team has classified around 100 stars including several with planets (including Kepler 22b), said Metcalfe, and the team hopes to do 100 more this year alone. Interestingly, Kepler 22b, the latest planet the team classified, could harbor water, a quality widely regarded as essential if a far-flung planet is indeed capable of supporting any life forms similar to those on Earth, especially the mythical Kraken.
While the individual jobs themselves aren't especially large, only requiring 512 of Kraken's 100,000-plus cores, the team needs the somewhat small allocation for days at a time. And while doing five to ten stars at a time, the jobs can utilize more than 5,000 cores, a significant run by most measures.
"Little jobs like ours aren't given high priority by default," said Metcalfe. "It's been outstanding to have people there help push us through with minimal impact on the big users . . . We kind of got spoiled. Our jobs are episodic. The staff at NICS has been really helpful to make sure we get the priority we need to burn through the time we have." And who knows what discoveries lay ahead? Kepler has only been up for three years, and was recently extended by NASA by an additional four years. Even better, during the extended mission all of the data becomes public, benefitting the entire scientific community and leaving little doubt that Kepler, AMP, and Kraken will continue to be instrumental in getting to know our galactic stellar and planetary neighbors.
This is the most stupidest way of searching for life on other plants. The basic flawed assumption here is that life forms on other planets will be similar to the life forms on earth and hence use all those conditions to find an earth like planet!
That assumption is not one made by the scientists involved in the project. The goal of Kepler was to find hundreds of exoplanet systems. With enough data the expectation is that scientists can create realistic models of planetary system formation that match the data.
As far as discovering earth-like planets goes, the extended Kepler mission will be necessary. It takes several occultations before a planet can be discovered, so several years for a planet in an Earth-like orbit around a Sol-like star.


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Jeremy Houghton art exhibition supports Marks Mental Health Marathon
Aardvark Marketing are proud to sponsor Marks Mental Health Marathon. This week, Mark Smith is delighted to announce that renowned local artist Jeremy Houghton will be exhibiting his latest works of art at Webbs of Wychbold on Thursday, 17th October and donating a percentage of his sales to the charity, Mental Health UK.
"Jeremy and I were friends at school and have known each other for over 30 years" says Ed Webb, "so of course we're very pleased we can help Mental Health UK by hosting this exciting fundraising event here at Webbs." As a large local employer, Webbs takes the mental health of its employees seriously, with a variety of support available for all staff. Webbs have just been recognised with an 'Excellence in Wellbeing Award' through the Great Places to Work scheme.
Jeremy Houghton is a British painter whose work attempts to capture movement and journeys. With a career marked by contrasting experiences and places (he studied in France and then worked for a number of years in South Africa), as well as a long-standing commitment to the countryside, Houghton's work spans a broad spectrum – from the arresting drama of dynamic sports to the ever-changing patterns of migrating flamingos.
Since he began to paint full-time in the mid-2000s, Houghton has divided his practice between creating standalone pieces in the studio using reference photographs and sketches and producing work via documentary residences. Over the last ten years he has been invited to detail the life of a number of high-profile communities, from those at Windsor Castle and Highgrove to last year's Wimbledon championships, and the competitors at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. Last year, inspired by the centenary of the RAF he sketched former airmen from WW2. With each of these projects Houghton is interested in getting beyond public perception, documenting instead the everyday scenes that characterise an event or place.
Although Houghton's focus ranges quite widely, his technique remains a constant. Emphasis on painted shapes of light and space, (or unpainted paper with his watercolours), contrasting against areas of liquid colour enables his subjects to shimmer in the liminal territory between figuration and abstraction. With extraneous detail removed, the paintings are also hard to place, giving them an ahistorical quality that serves to underline their fluidity.
Houghton continually explores the potential of negative space to represent light, and often references ma, the concept in Japanese aesthetics that translates roughly as 'gap' or 'pause', and which in traditional practice helps balance the relationship between different areas of an image. This focus on the space between things lends his paintings, even when they are of something as solid as a horse or a racing boat, a surprising delicacy. Houghton holds his subjects on a very thin, almost invisible line between motion and the ability to transcend time.
Marks Mental Health Marathon was started by Mark Smith of Lloyds bank, who is raising money for Mental Health UK to allow them to support more people going through challenging times with mental health issues. He is organising a series of local seminars for business owners to learn more about the practical steps they can take in their business to support their teams should they encounter someone in need of help.
This entry was posted in Guest blogs and tagged Jeremy Houghton, Mark's Mental health marathon, mental health, Mental Health UK, Webbs of Wychbold on 14th October 2019 by Gill Hutchinson.
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The two-day nationwide strike is not limited to the transport sector as lakhs of employees of the banking and insurance industry, public sector companies and port and dock workers will also join. Photo: HT
2-day transport strike from today: Bus, auto, taxis may stay off roads
1 min read . Updated: 08 Jan 2019, 08:22 AM IST Staff Writer
Operators of Mumbai's BEST buses, Bangalore's BMTC and KSRTC buses have threatened to join the nationwide protest against 'anti-worker' government policies. The two-day strike began from today.
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New Delhi: Demanding social security and a minimum monthly salary of Rs24,000, scores of transport workers in several parts of India went on a strike for two days from today. In several cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata, commuters may have a tough time finding cabs, buses and auto rickshaws as a result of the all-India strike.
Operators of Mumbai's BEST buses, Bengaluru's Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses have threatened to join the nationwide protest against "anti-worker" government policies. It is not yet known whether Uber and Ola services will also get affected due to the strike.
Several unions like the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), Chalak Shakti Union, Rajdhani Parivahan Panchayat and Auto Taxi Union, Delhi, have joined the transport strike called by 10 trade unions — INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, AICCTU, UTUC, TUCC, LPF and SEWA.
"The workers are not covered by any labour law and do not have any social security. In such a situation, the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill if passed by the Rajya Sabha will add fuel to fire and ruin the industry," the All India Co-ordination Committee of Road Transport Workers' Organisation said in a statement.
Also read: Will Ola, Uber yield to demands made by drivers?
Their demands include enactment of the Social Security Act and setting of a minimum wage of Rs24,000 for unorganised transport workers.
The two-day nationwide strike is not limited to the transport sector as lakhs of employees of the banking and insurance industry, public sector companies and port and dock workers will also join the strike to protest against the growing economic crisis, price rise and acute unemployment on the call of central trade unions and mass organisations.
In rural areas, farmers across the country under the aegis of the Left peasant wings have threatened to observe 'gramin hartal', rail roko and road roko against the "failure" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to address rural distress.
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is protesting against the government's move to amend the Trade Union Act 1926 in the name of bringing about "so-called transparency".


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Barcelona have signed Spain left-back Jordi Alba from Valencia for £11.2m on a five-year deal, subject to a medical.
Alba, 23, has impressed in helping Spain to Sunday's final of Euro 2012 and will move back to the club where he started out at youth level.
"He is young, quick, skilful and stands out for his attacking spirit. He often poses a headache for rival right-backs," Barca said on their website.
Jordi Alba started out at Barcelona's famous La Masia academy before being released and joining UE Cornella. He was then bought by Valencia for 6,000 euros.
"He has become one of the sensations of the tournament [Euro 2012]."
Alba has played each of Spain's five games in Poland and Ukraine and has been key for them in defence as well as in attack with his runs down the left wing.
He set up Xabi Alonso for the first goal in the 2-0 win over France and has 10 caps for his country.
Alba was also a pivotal figure for Valencia last season as he helped them to third place in La Liga and a Champions League spot.
He is the first signing for new Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova, who has taken over after predecessor Pep Guardiola left the club at the end of last season.