HTC is the biggest player in smartphone goal. The flagship devices from its machine is known for beat audio which is boosting smartphone for sound quality. With later succeed of many smartphone the firm released HTC 10 smartphone device.
Display: HTC 10 Smartphone has 5.2-inch Quad HD display with giant resolution of 2560 ×1440 pixels at deep PPI density of 564 pixels/inch. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
Performance: HTC 10 Smartphone is powered by Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 CPU which is clocked at 2.2 GHz. That's coupled with an Adreno 530 Graphic processing unit. The phone comes with with 32/64 GB of its own memory which can be expanded with microSD up to 2000 GB (2TB). And the phone has power of 4 GB RAM.
Camera: The HTC 10 packs a 12 Ultrapixel of primary camera which is stocked with dual-LED flash. It has 5 MP of front camera. The main camera of HTC 10 can record 2160p video at 30fps, 1080p video at 60fps and 720p video at 120fps with stereo sound.
Operating System: The device runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
Battery: The phone has packed with 3000 mAh li-ion Non-removable battery.
Connectivity: HTC 10 Smartphone comes with GSM /HSPA and LTE network technology with single SIM support. It means that you can enjoy 4G features. It uses band 40 network in India.
Commons: This device has common feature like WiFi with hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS with A-GPS and Glonass, NFC, USB.
Sensors: It comes with sensor like accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass and ambient light sensor.
If You have any experience with this smartphone, please share with us and please share this post with your friends to let him know about this smartphone.


On a React Native project I'm currently working on, I'm implementing native (vector) mapviews. Gladly there's react-native-maps by AirBnB to handle it all.
By default uses Mapkit on iOS, and Google Maps on Android. It's also possible to use Google Maps on iOS.


This light and bright one bedroom, one bathroom open plan apartment is in a great location only a short stroll to Kings Park and the CBD.
Enjoy the city views from the balcony, exercise in Kings Park and possibly walk to work!
No pets allowed and available now.


I took today's inspiration from a fashion moment in one of my favourite films, SATC.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a long way off comparing myself to the one and only Carrie Bradshaw, you get it though, right?
It's a day of meetings, errands and prep (for LFW)...SO much rushing that I totally forgot to apply any makeup to this face...FAIL!
I really like you in this more casual look, and that scarf - what a bargain! Lovely!


found on the most distant planets.
The answer is that all the planets are in the Sun's electrical circuit.
And the power supply is unknown to most climate modellers.
and tornadoes are electrically polarised.
May be some other globes are warming?


I just finished planting 186 bulbs in two days...I planted 60 daffodils, 10 allium and 116 tulips..total of 186....I had taken out my hostas on the east side of the house in the middle of summer and planted daylilys because I was tired of them looking so bad in the middle of the season. I used to have over 150 hostas at the other house but I had a lot of shade and that they loved...It was beautiful I thought. In the tulips I planted blue ones, black ones, red ones, red and yellow ones and variety packages of all colors. I even had some of the fuller tulips that look like a peony, about 12 of them... In the daffodils I just planted the bright yellow ones..As hard as you try to get some organization in planting I think it is really hard when you are working around daylilys , a large butterfly bush, lupines and columbines. I put a group of bulbs in a small pail and just grab as I am putting them in the ground... Next spring will let me know if I achieved the look I was trying for.....Did you plant any bulbs this fall? Is so please let me know what kinds you planted... I love flower gardening and I am already thinking SPRING... anyone else have any new ideas that you tried in your flower beds?
Sherry those are beautiful and next spring your yard will be bursting with color. Can't wait for those pictures.
You have been busy . . . it puts me to shame.
Lovely pics . . . can't wait til spring to see the results of your hard work.
What a busy lady you have been. Well done!
Those tulips are supurb. They look so good in the sun.
I like it that you are already thinking of spring. I started thinking of spring too. That's the way it goes with gardening isn't it? It's always an ongoing hobby every day of the year.
With DH gettung over the chemo and the readition treat ments, he so tired a;ll the time, And I am still fighting that shatteted wrist.
What pretty flowers. will be waiting to see the new ones come next spring.
I believe your tulip planting will be amazing come spring, well done! I've only planted a few new things this autumn, mainly because of lack of space. I'm still waiting for some yellow Muscari, and I'm done.
i just planted 125 last week, 50 tulips, 25 daffodils & 75 grape hyacynths! i put them in a new small bed at the front of my porch. i went back to the store this week & bought 125 more! those will go in the backyard and i am sharing some with my mother in law. i can't wait to see them in the spring!


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Trafigura throttles the Guardian but not the guardians of the Internet
The London based oil trader Trafigura bills itself as "one of the largest independent companies trading commodities today". Whether it will still be as large in the coming months is open to question as its scurrilous attempts to do damage control by throttling the truth are coming completely unstuck. While Trafigura has admitted to a multimillion-pound payout to settle a huge African pollution damages claim, it is trying and failing to stop the world from finding out about its grubby activities. (photo of Houses of Parliament by Derek Barry)
In an extraordinary legal event, British broadsheet the Guardian was hit overnight with an injunction that prevents it from reporting on parliament – a right that has been guaranteed in British law since 1688 (*** see legal note below). But the Internet was not around in 1688 and the newly defined wider "media" is busy making an ass of the injunction.
The Guardian injunction sounds like it emerged from the pages of a Franz Kafka novel. The article was related to published Commons order papers containing a question to be answered by a minister later this week. But the injunction prevents the Guardian from "identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found." The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers "why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret." All the Guardian could say was that the case involves London solicitors Carter-Ruck, who specialise in suing the media on behalf of global corporations.
But while Carter-Ruck could shut down the Guardian they could not shut down the Internet. The Twitterverse went wild on speculation about the case, bringing it to a much larger audience than would otherwise have heard of the case in a wonderful example of the Streisand Effect. Meanwhile a simple Google search of "Carter Ruck Trafigura" took me to blogger Richard Wilson's site. Wilson simply ignored the edict and linked to the parliamentary question.
The question is from Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour MP Paul Farrelly who wanted to ask the Secretary of State for Justice, "what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers and (b) press freedom following the injunctions obtained in the High Court by (i) Barclays and Freshfields solicitors on 19 March 2009 on the publication of internal Barclays reports documenting alleged tax avoidance schemes and (ii) Trafigura and Carter-Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura."
According to Wikileaks the Minton report was a confidential report ordered by Trafigura into its toxic dumping practices in the Ivory Coast. A week after it was published, the Independent wrote an article "Toxic shame: Thousands injured in African city". Mysteriously that article about Trafigura's dumping of sludge in Abidjan has been pulled from the Independent's website but the cached version is still available here.
Trafigura's chemical operation used a cheap and dirty process called "caustic washing" that is outlawed in many countries. The company had claimed that the toxic waste they dumped in Abidjan was "routine and harmless". But the Minton report showed the true nature of the problem. Thousands of Ivorians flocked to local hospitals in 2006 after coming in contact with hundreds of tons of highly toxic oil waste. At least 12 people died with fatal levels of the poisonous gas hydrogen sulphide, one of the waste's by-products. 31,000 others were injured. Many of these people are now involved in one of the world's largest class actions.
What the whole shemozzle shows is that it is much harder to hide the truth with sharing tools like Twitter, Wikileaks, Google search, and Google Cache around. The quick and dirty actions of Trafigura and Carter-Ruck are reprehensible but probably par for the course in big business. But now they are facing the just deserts of their faulty cost-benefit analysis. The short term gain of their lies has been wiped away as the shabbiness of their actions is exposed. The lesson they are learning quickly is that the worst thing you can do is stop people from talking about you - It has exactly the opposite effect.
***Legal note: The Guardian's breached right has been identified as "absolute privilege" which I believe is not entirely correct. I'm not a trained lawyer so my understanding may be wrong. However, according to my copy of The Journalist's Guide to Media Law (Australian but based on British precedents) "absolute privilege" is reserved for what is said inside parliament (and the courts) and what is reported in tabled documents there. But journalists can never claim absolute privilege against defamation unless they are giving evidence or it is their document. The defence that journalists are entitled to is called "fair report" which allows them to provide "balanced and accurate" coverage of parliamentary proceedings.
==UPDATE== A victory for the Internet. The injunction has been withdrawn barely two hours after I wrote about it.
Labels: blogs, Britain, internet, Ivory Coast, law, media, Trafigura, Twitter
nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.com is very informative. The article is very professionally written. I enjoy reading nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.com every day.

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```
$ git clone git@github.com:wcj-dev/wcj-vccw.git
$ cd wcj-vccw
$ vagrant up
$ npm install
$ npm start
```
To get started, check out <http://japan.wordcamp.test/>

Start development on <http://localhost:3000/> !

## npm commands

* `npm start` start browsersync.
* `npm run build` Build scss in `wordpress/wp-content/themes/wordcamp-japan-theme/scss`.

## Configuration

1. Copy `provision/default.yml` to `site.yml`.
1. Edit the `site.yml`.
1. Run `vagrant up`.

### Note

* The `site.yml` has to be in the same directory with Vagrantfile.
* You can put difference to the `site.yml`.

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Q: How to add posts to wp_query result? I have 2 user groups: authors and clients
Authors can publish posts and specify in metabox for wich client these post is ment for.
Client can publish posts and view, edit posts, created by Authors for them.
Problem:
In wp-admin on posts screen ( wp-admin/edit.php ) i need to display:
if Author: only author posts
if Client: client posts and posts where meta value is client id
if admins: all posts
I'v added pre_get_posts filter to filter only author posts:

/**
 * Show only author posts, but all for admins
**/
function m7_24_ee_posts_for_current_author( $query ) {

    if( $query->is_admin && 'post' == $query->query_vars['post_type'] && ! current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) {
        global $user_ID;
        $query->set( 'author',  $user_ID );
        if( current_user_can( 'client' ) ) {
            $query->set( 'meta_key', 'client' );
            $query->set( 'meta_value', $user_ID );
        }
    }
    return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'm7_24_ee_posts_for_current_author' );

But the problem is that meta_key and author fields acts like AND, but i need them to be 'OR`. or author is $user_ID or meta_value is $user_ID
If there's no easy solution for these than it can be made by marging 2 queryies ( 1 with author and 2 with meta value ), but the problem is that i don't know which hook should i use to marge them, becouse pre_get_posts is fiering to early.

A: Here's a hack for the main post query in wp-admin that should do the trick:
/**
 * Modification of the wp-admin main (post) query:
 *     If current user has the "client" role then
 *     show client's posts OR posts where the "client" meta value is the client id.
 *
 * @see http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/173967/26350
 */

function wpse_pre_get_posts( $q )
{
    if( is_admin()
        && $q->is_main_query()
        && 'post' === $q->get( 'post_type' )
        && ! current_user_can( 'administrator' )
    )
    {
        $q->set( 'author',  get_current_user_id() );
        if( current_user_can( 'client' ) )
        {
            $q->set( 'author',  null );
            $q->set( 'meta_key', 'client' );
            $q->set( 'meta_value', get_current_user_id() );
            add_filter( 'posts_where', 'wpse_posts_where' );
        }
    }
    return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpse_pre_get_posts' );

where the callback for the posts_where filter is defined as:
function wpse_posts_where( $where )
{
    global $wpdb;
    remove_filter( current_filter(), __FUNCTION__ );
    return str_ireplace(
        "{$wpdb->postmeta}.meta_key",
        sprintf(
            "{$wpdb->posts}.post_author = %d
             OR {$wpdb->postmeta}.meta_key",
            get_current_user_id()
        ),
        $where
    );
}

where I assume there are no other meta queries on the main post query in wp-admin. If that's not the case, then you should be able to refine this further.

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What do Japanese companies think of anime fansubbing?
Post date Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Here's a c|net article that completely misses the point.
The article concentrates on the US market, and fansubber ethics, and DVD sales in the US.
It fails to mention the obvious.
Japan is getting broadband.
Fansubbed anime is available on the Internet.
Japanese anime fans don't have to buy the DVDs if they don't want to. They can just download the episodes. And they get convenient English practice along with their favorite shows.
Broadband isn't ubiquitous in Japan yet, but it will be. Media Factory is simply trying to nip a possible sales problem in the bud.
While I'm on the subject, I'm just going to throw out there an idea I had awhile back, for when I have a lot of money. I don't mind telling people this idea, because if a lot of people did it, things could be very cool. Maybe.
Okay. So, a lot of people love Japanese animation, so much that they are willing to invest their time and equipment to produce and distribute subtitled versions. Often the work of these fansubbers is very good, on par with a professional release.
What if there was a company that acquired licenses for anime, then said, "Fansubbers, go at it. I'll provide the raws. You do your best work on this series, and if I like what you've done, I will pay you to produce the professional release, and you'll get a percentage of the sales."
Fansubbers would be rewarded for their efforts with not only money, but experience they can use later to get jobs. And fans would be encouraged to buy the release, because by doing so they would be supporting the fansubber.
It would be contractual. The fansubbers would not become employees. Their releases would still be available by bittorrent or whatever–with a small resolution, in mono–until the official release was announced.
The resolution and sound quality of digisubs are the biggest problems, I think, with DVD sales. Why buy when you've got a perfectly good copy that looks and sounds fine on your computer burned to DVD-R? And sometimes the fansubber's translation is better than the production company's! We solve these problems by contracting the fansubbers to do a project and allowing them to release their work as they go along in a lower resolution, mono sound version.
Of course, this would require a lot of faith in the ethics of fansubbers. But the best fansubbers–the majority–are ethical. Plus, there would be a contract, so in a worst-case scenario you could always sue ;P
This company could also offer downloadable versions of the full-size, stereo/surround sound episodes, with a flat fee per episode. The fansubbers would obviously get a cut of this, too. The price would be less than the cost of the DVDs, because DVDs include special features and cases and art. I would never price an electronic version of something over a hardcopy version, because that doesn't make sense to Webheads.
So, there's this new anime coming out that looks promising. The company snaps up the license and asks all the fansubbers who have already started on it if they're interested in continuing under a contract, with the possibility of getting paid, and with the bonus of having the actual raws to work from. (It has to be timely, to get the attention of both the fansubbers and the audience. A lot of the more fickle, new generation anime fans dismiss titles that are "old"–even from, say, 2000! There could be a snag here, depending on how the Japanese companies react to the idea of giving out copies of their raw that quickly.) The fansubbers who are interested sign up and begin subbing. They produce two versions of each episode–a low quality version which they distribute in the usual ways, and a high quality version which they submit to the company. The lower quality version could be minus the OP and ED. This would encourage anime completists to purchase the official versions when they are released.
Once the season was over, the company would select a victor and immediately give the fansubbers back pay for their time. The fansubbers would then go back through the series to correct any continuity errors (sometimes you don't know what people are talking about until you've seen the whole series, and it's possible to get a translation wrong that way), and prepare the final release version. (How this part went would depend on the fansubbers and their ability with equipment. Would they simply assemble a timed subtitle track and give this to the company, which would then sync it with the video? Or would the fansubbers be deft enough to put it all together? In the beginning, the company might have to contract the final production out to someone else. But as time passed, I could see the fansubbers attempting to get the proper equipment for the job themselves–more money in it for them that way.)
Once that set of episodes (the season, or entire series, depending) was ready, the company would simultaneously release the digital versions and the DVDs.
A big concern here is cutting down costs without losing quality. I think making the subtitling into a contest would boost quality and save money. Imagine the numbers of fansubbers who might be involved. You could have several different groups working for you at once, on several different series…meaning faster production and more revenue. (And you wouldn't have to pay anyone until you'd decided you liked their work.) The company, rather than having to deal with translation, timing, titling, and personnel issues, would be primarily concerned with advertising and acquiring licenses, leaving the other tasks to the fansubbing group(s).
So yeah, I live in a dream world, where the creative energies of human beings are rewarded instead of legislated and litigated out of existence.
But wouldn't it be cool?
[Update 2005/05/16 12:21 am: It seems that Roderick has recently had similar ideas.]
← Silly → To Mars in a month


Express Reservations is a leading hotel reservation service, providing reservations for many hotels in New York City to clients around the country. Express Reservations utilizes a networked database to maintain hotel and client information, a Fujitsu PBX to handle incoming calls from clients, and a network of PC workstations on reservation agents' desks to provide this service. This project involved getting the PBX to usefully communicate with the database server and through to the agents' PCs using TCP/IP connected by ethernet. The implemented functionality includes an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Notification System and a Client Information Screen Popping System. These systems were written in a combination of C and C++, and run in both UNIX and Windows environments.
The ACD unit, a component of the PBX, distributes incoming calls to agents and, in conjunction with other software, also provides information about the state of the PBX, e.g. the number of calls waiting to be answered, longest wait of a call to be answered, number of agents available to take calls, etc. One aspect of running a quality service of this nature is to make sure that incoming calls are handled in a timely manner. For example, a manager may notice that a large number of calls are waiting in the Spanish language queue, and ask that Spanish-capable agents come off break to handle calls. The ACD Notification System component of this project allows a manager to specify a variety of logical situations that are to trigger an alert condition. When such a condition occurs, user-specified text messages can be made to appear on workstation screens, and user-specified audio messages can be made to play over the company PA system.
When an incoming call is received by an agent, the typical approach is to determine the caller's name, enter that into an onscreen form, and, if the caller has used the service before, their database record is brought up. This takes time, and introduces the possibility of error, e.g. if the agent spells the name of the client incorrectly or provides different variants of a name (e.g. Rick vs. Richard). The Client Information Screen Popping System is meant to alleviate this situation. When an incoming call is routed to a particular agent's station, the PBX, in conjunction with the ACD unit, informs the database server of the station and incoming phone number. The system can then pull up records for clients who have called from that number before and communicate information about them to the workstation of the agent receiving the call before it is even answered. The agent then can easily bring up the appropriate database records when the caller has been identified.


Mediterra was pioneered by Telemaque Lavidas, and is inspired by his memories of delicious and healthy Mediterranean meals shared in the warmth of family and friends in his homeland of Greece. The now New York-based Lavidas became passionate about adapting the traditional Mediterranean diet— with an emphasis on consuming more whole grains, fruits, greens, and less meats and sweets to meet the fast pace of modern life. The result is Mediterranean gourmet nutrition bursting with flavor that raises the bar.
Mediterra introduces all-natural nutrition bars inspired by the Mediterranean Diet and made to enjoy on the go. Incorporating the grains, fruits and greens at the heart of the Mediterranean Diet, it's delicious, on-the-go fuel that's perfectly suited for the marathon of contemporary life. As healthy as they are appetizing, our bars are excellent sources of sustained energy and overall wellness.
Loaded with fiber, nutrients and vitamins instead of complex sugars, and saturated fats, they will fundamentally change your idea of the snack bar.
More than a snack, Mediterra is a movement.


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Gianluigi Guercia
Born in Naples, Italy in 1974 After high school diploma attended a three years master in photography at the "Istituto Superiore di Fotografia" in Rome. Since March 2003 lived and worked in Africa, first as a freelance and then as a permanent staff of AFP (Agence France-Presse). From 2003 to 2005 he worked in the African Great Lakes region, covering, as a contributor to AFP, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. He has published for all major international newspapers. In 2007 he finished second to Fujifilm Press Award with a portfolio of news on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and received a special mention for a report on children accused of witchcraft always in Congo. In 2005 he was posted as AFP staff with responsibility for Southern Africa and lived in Cape Town until 2011 when he took a one year contract as photo coordinator for Libya. Since the end of 2009, along with 5 other photographers, some of his work on Angola was part of a traveling exhibition entitled El Tiempo del Diablo, in 2010 part of his ongoing project "A Minor ballad" was exhibited at the Atri Festival for photojournalism, some of his pictures are part of a traveling exhibition "Good Morning Africa" realized by Africa Magazine to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
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Anne Carson Wants Her Writing To Move You
Jenna Sauers
Filed to:Literature
The New York Times Magazine eventually wore down the writer Anne Carson and convinced her to submit to a profile. And thank God for that, because the resulting piece is just brilliant.
Carson is private, something which has come to seem unusual these days. While her contemporaries are Tweeting, Carson's books are published with no author photographs. She always uses the same bio: Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living. She sometimes writes about extremely personal things — Plainwater contains an essay in the form of a travelogue, but the reader only realizes at the very end that Carson has been crossing the country to get to Los Angeles with a lover who is going to stay there without her ("Love is, as you know, a harrowing event," she writes) — but does it in a terse, deliberate way. She is not here to confess. It's one of the best things about her writing.
A poet, essayist, and scholar of Ancient Greek, Carson agrees only to an email interview — and even that takes weeks of prodding from her publishers to arrange. That correspondence with the Times' Sam Anderson goes so well that she agrees to spend part of an afternoon with Anderson. He goes to a gallery and then has tea with Carson and her husband, Robert Currie.
Carson discusses the writing of her latest book, Red Doc >, which is a quasi-sequel to her 1998 work Autobiography of Red. It was a long process. Carson worked on the book for around 11 years. Different drafts varied greatly not only in content, but in form — she even tried writing it as a play. She says the manuscript spent "years" being terrible. She started over again. She revised it. A word-processing accident left her document with weirdly large margins, breaking the text up into lines, which she found she liked. She gave it to her publisher. She took it back. Then, after more revisions, she gave it to them for good. Carson does not pretend that writing is not work, that great books and essays do not sometimes (often?) grow from the seeds of truly wretched drafts. Eleven years is still an awfully long time to spend gardening.
Here is what it's like to exchange emails with Anne Carson, in case you've ever dreamed of doing that:
On writing: "we're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy. i mean, every thought starts over, so every expression of a thought has to do the same. every accuracy has to be invented. . . . i feel i am blundering in concepts too fine for me."
On teaching: "when i began to be published, people got the idea that i should 'teach writing,' which i have no idea how to do and don't really believe in. so now and then i find myself engaged by a 'writing program' (as at nyu, stanford) and have to bend my wits to deflect the official purpose."
On contradiction: "i realize all this sounds both chaotic and dishonest and probably that is the case. contradiction is the test of reality, as Simone Weil says."
Also, "Her subject lines contained only punctuation marks: an angle bracket, a comma, parentheses." <,)
But the money quote is this:
"I'm really trying to make people's minds move, you know, which is not something they're naturally inclined to do," she told me. "We have a kind of inertia, sitting and listening. But it's really important to get somehow into the mind and make it move somewhere it has never moved before. That happens partly because the material is mysterious or unknown but mostly because of the way you push the material around from word to word in a sentence. And it's that that I'm more interested in doing, generally, than mystifying by having unexpected content or bizarre forms. It's more like: Given whatever material we're going to talk about, and we all know what it is, how can we move within it in a way we've never moved before, mentally? That seems like the most exciting thing to do with your head. I think it's a weakness to fall back into merely mystifying the audience, which anybody can do. You know, throw in a bit of Hegel. Who knows what that means? But to actually take a piece of Hegel and move it around in a way that shows you something about Hegel is a satisfying challenge."
It's important to get somehow into the mind and make it move somewhere it has never moved before. That is the work that good writing seeks to do — not to mystify, but to move. Anne Carson's writing does that, and that's why it's cherished by so many.
The Inscrutable Brilliance of Anne Carson [New York Times Magazine]


High quality Digital sheet music for string trio, all the collections, 1-3, optional violin II part included (can replace the viola part).
Last year I used the Christmas Collections for a tree lighting ceremony. This year I'm using them for a "cocktail" hour at a benefit concert! Great collection of new and old classics!
These are nice simple arrangements, but not overly simple and quite enjoyable to play. Suitable for young people or adult amateurs. Our little adult group was able to play these for nursing homes with little preparation. Very readable- download and printing went smoothly. A good value.
Great collection of Carols to keep the beginners interested and engaged with seasonal music.


The "Will A Thon" is a theatrical event presented by the Workshop Theater of New York City that began in 2004 by Charles E. Gerber and his late wife, Carol. Gerber conceives and directs the event, creating a delicious smorgasbord of Shakespeare's works, including scenes from the plays, and many sonnets. Before the event I wondered how this could be done in a way that would not feel disjointed, confusing, and unsatisfying. Now that I have experienced the "Will A Thon," I can marvel at this achievement.
It's hard to improve on the Bard. But what the "Will A Thon" does is ingenious: it mixes and matches the Bard's works in a way that creates a new and different experience, much in the way a medley does.
We hear the prologues from "Henry V" and "Romeo and Juliet," but we hear them side by side. Called "Dueling Prologues," one actor speaks a few lines, then the other actor speaks a few lines. At first it is disconcerting. But then I started to experience it more as music than language. Each few lines from one prologue, punctuating the lines from the other.
We experience a beautiful, seductive dance routine at the start of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," accompanied by "Yearning," a jazz classic by Oliver Nelson.
"Advice to the Players," from "Hamlet," is performed by the troop as they pass a basketball to each other. The timing of the ball's movement accentuated the timing of the language. This was fun to watch as it was quite a feat of timing. In addition to knowing the lines, the actors had to manage the basketball. Tossing the ball at the wrong time would be the equivalent of striking a downbeat where it did not belong.
a sextet of singers; Charles E.,Gerber and Natalie Mosco- Rebecca Johnson and J.Warren Weber,- Mick Bleyer and Mary Lauren singing sextet of singers; Charles E.,Gerber and Natalie Mosco- Rebecca Johnson and J.Warren Weber,- Mick Bleyer and Mary Lauren singing Ray Leslee's musical adaptation of Sonnet 29," When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes"
And speaking of the actors, what an accomplished, professional group! The amount of dedicated time invested was obvious. Having to inhabit different characters, often for very brief scenes, one after the other, is not easy. It wasn't until later, when I thought about the show, that it occurred to me that they had done this. "Effortless" was the only word that came to mind.
Letty Ferrer's nurse, from Romeo and Juliet is wonderfully "schleppy," loving, and critical. Rebecca Johnson's Juliet, learning that her cousin Tybalt killed her Romeo, is movingly confused, horrified, and simultaneously relieved.
The final dramatic piece from Act 3, Scene 3 of "Julius Caesar", was extraordinary, performed by John Warren Weber as Mark Antony. When the words are as famous as "Friends, Romans, countrymen…" there is much to live up to. This actor made the speech his own. His Mark Antony was enraged, sly, and bereft all at the same time. This kind of complex emotion is confusing to feel, no less to act out.


In October 2014, one-time MOOC developer Udacity completed its transition from primarily producing massive, open online courses to producing job-focused, project-based microcredentials called "Nanodegree" programs. With this transition came a challenge: whereas MOOCs focus on automated assessment and peer-to-peer grading, project-based microcredentials would only be feasible with expert evaluation. With dreams of enrolling tens of thousands of students at a time, the major obstacle became project evaluation. To address this, Udacity developed a system for hiring external experts as project reviewers. A year later, this system has supported project evaluation on a massive scale: 61,000 projects have been evaluated in 12 months, with 50% evaluated within 2.5 hours (and 88% within 24 hours) of submission. More importantly, students rate the feedback they receive very highly at 4.8/5.0. In this paper, we discuss the structure of the project review system, including the nature of the projects, the structure of the feedback, and the data described above.
Author's Note: The numbers in this abstract and paper are accurate as of October 2015. As of April 2016, the number of projects evaluated per day has increased to 450, the average turnaround has decreased to 87 minutes, and the average student satisfaction has remained at 4.8/5.0.
The full paper "Expert Evaluation of 300 Projects per Day" can be found here.


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Song Premiere: Band of Silver - "Starry Eyed"
Sibling trio out of Nashville, but there's nothing country about Band of Silver. Specializing in addictive, arena-ready anthems that blur the lines between vintage rock, 80's new wave, and modern pop, the breakout three-piece has built a reputation for explosive, electrifying performances that hint at everything from Def Leppard and Madonna to Weezer and Panic! At The Disco. It makes sense, then, that the band traded Music City for LA when it came time to record their upcoming singles, teaming with celebrated producer Mike Green (Paramore, All Time Low) to create a bold, brash sound that's all their own.
Confident and self-assured, the new music showcases Band of Silver's youthful exuberance, while at the same time reflecting the trio's remarkable maturity and restraint. The songs tackle heartbreak and disappointment with hope and perseverance, offering up timely testaments to the power of faith and the unbreakable bonds of family. Avery's voice is defiantly optimistic on the tunes, balancing beauty and strength in equal measure, and her brothers perform with similar nuance, mixing hard rock grit with glossy pop-shine. The results are songs that refuse to give up, even when the going gets tough, gutsy, heartfelt music that insists on better days still to come.
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Stella Reads: An Uncertain Grace
Author: Krissy Kneen
Publisher: Text Publishing
First Published: 31 August 2017
"I shellfish down into myself, now as I did them when I met her, curling up into the calcium carbonate whorls of me."
Some time in the near future, university lecturer Caspar receives a gift from a former student called Liv: a memory stick containing a virtual narrative. Hooked up to a virtual reality bodysuit, he becomes immersed in the experience of their past sexual relationship. But this time it is her experience. What was for him an erotic interlude, resonant with the thrill of seduction, was very different for her – and when he has lived it, he will understand how.
A convicted paedophile recruited to Liv's experiment in collective consciousness discovers a way to escape from his own desolation.
A synthetic boy, designed by Liv's team to 'love' men who desire adolescents, begins to question the terms of his existence.
L, in transition to a state beyond gender, befriends Liv, in transition to a state beyond age.
Liv herself has finally transcended the corporeal – but there is still the problem of love.
An Uncertain Grace is moving, thoughtful, sometimes playful, it is about who we are – our best and worst selves, our innermost selves – and who we might become.
Looking at the whole Stella Prize shortlist, I was interested in An Uncertain Grace mostly because of the structure. And this book didn't disappoint. It's stunningly written. So much so that I could just about underline every phrase, that's how much I loved the writing style. The story is told in five parts, which are all interlink by one person, a writer named Liv.
The story's plot is a little hard to define, as there isn't one narrative thread. Each section has its own self-contained plot. But I will say each section feels like it could be it would slot right into an episode of Black Mirror, as it explores what constitutes as perception and memory through the use of some rather strange technology.
Liv is at the centre of everything, with varying degrees of importance. In the first section, she sends her virtual memoir to her old lecture and lover, so she is the focus because we see her perceptive along Caspar's. In the second and third sections, she's a researcher who's using stories as a way to help map data for groundbreaking therapy in relation to pedophilia. In L's section, Liv is an old woman L meets at the clinic where they're transitioning to neutral gender. We get Liv's own point of view in the final section, which explores the need for human connection even when she's beyond the physical realm. Ultimately Liv and story are what sit's at the heart of this narrative.
This is a book that got me thinking about just how important story is to everyday life. The way we view the world, both past and present, is through a narrative structure. And narrative shapes the way we tell the story. And since we are the ones viewing the world it's own our perspective, history, views, opinions, culture and beliefs that shapes and colours what's happening. The technology created throughout to highlight the importance of story and perception. But also looks at what experiencing someone else point of view might do to change us, to possibly make us better people.
Keen's writing is a beautiful juxtaposition of lyricism with crude descriptions of sex, masturbation and genitals. Which may sound strange but it really worked for me. If you're uncomfortable with reading about sex in particular from a male perspective than this one might not be for you.
An Uncertain Grace sits at the dark intersection of sex, predators and technology. It's a stunning exploration of memory, perception and story. I adored this book and is going to stay with me for a while. If this at all sounds intriguing to you, please pick up a copy.
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Die Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II/Jade führt alle Lotsungen von der Deutschen Bucht bis Bremerhaven und Wilhelmshaven, sowie in den Häfen von Wilhelmshaven durch. Sie ist damit von ihrem Betätigungsgebiet die größte Lotsenbrüderschaft in Deutschland. An Bord gehen die Lotsen vom SWATH-Lotsenstationsschiff "Weser" via SWATH-Tender "Wangeroog" oder ORC-Arbeitsboot "Geeste" oder "Hunte". In Bremerhaven stehen die Lotsenversetzschiffe "Visurgis" (ORC 190.4) und "Weserlotse" zur Verfügung. Für Einsätze in der Deutschen Bucht kommt der Helikopter (H-145) als Versetzmittel zum Einsatz.

Die durchgängig besetzte Hauptwachstation der Lotsenbrüderschaft, mit gleichzeitigem Sitz der Verwaltung, befindet sich im Lotsenhaus in Bremerhaven. In Wilhelmshaven wird eine weitere, nur tagsüber besetzte Wachstation betrieben.

Organisation des Lotswesens
Als Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts nimmt die Lotsenbrüderschaft im Auftrag des Bundes hoheitliche Aufgaben wahr. Somit sind die Lotsen Teil des "Sicherheitskonzeptes Deutsche Küste" und tragen mit ihrer Beratung der Schiffsführung maßgeblich zur Sicherheit im und am Nationalpark Wattenmeer bei. Alle sieben Lotsenbrüderschaften in Deutschland sind im Rahmen ihrer Selbstverwaltung durch ihre Ältermänner in der Bundeslotsenkammer vertreten. Rechtsform, Struktur und Aufgaben sind im Seelotsgesetz von 1954 geregelt. Die Seelotsen der Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II/Jade verrichten ihre Arbeit im 24/7-Dienst als selbstständige, unabhängige, sach- und ortskundige Berater der Kapitäne.

Lotsenhäuser der Brüderschaft

Das im Jahr 1913 gebaute Flusslotsenhaus, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg durch Luftangriffe beschädigt wurde, wurde im Jahr 1980 von der Bundesrepublik Deutschland erworben, um es zu einer Station aufzubauen, in der beide Lotsenbrüderschaften der Weser ansässig wurden. Der ursprüngliche Plan, beide Lotsenbrüderschaften in diesem Gebäude in Bremerhaven gemeinsam zu stationieren, wurde aufgegeben, da die Beschädigungen des Gebäudes einer solchen Weiternutzung entgegenstanden.

So wurde nach Beschluss der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zum Bau eines gemeinsam zu nutzenden Lotsenhauses, zwischen 2005 und 2007 ein neues Gebäude am selben Standort errichtet. In dem Gebäude am Bremerhavener Geestevorhafen sind seitdem die Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser I und die Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II/Jade gemeinsam stationiert.

Die Wachstation in Wilhelmshaven, gelegen an der ehemaligen zweiten Einfahrt, ist seit dem 18. Juni 1975 in Betrieb.

Geschichte der Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II / Jade
Die Geschichte des Lotswesens auf der Jade und der Weser geht auf die erste Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts zurück und war lange Zeit geprägt durch den Gegensatz der drei Anlieger Preußen, Bremen und Oldenburg. Damals waren die Schiffe kleiner, die Navigationsmöglichkeiten ausschließlich manueller Natur, aber die Bedeutung der Arbeit der Lotsen hat sich seitdem nicht verändert. 1803 kam es durch Ergänzungen zu einer neuen Lotsverordnung. Es gab nun die Fedderwarder und Blexer Lotsgesellschaft unter Aufsicht eines Oberlotsen. Die Fedderwarder Lotsen erhielten das Privileg für die Innen- und Außenjade. Führer der Lotsengaliot war der Lotsenkommandeur.

Mit dem Jahr 1832 kam die Eröffnung des Hafens in Bremerhaven und Gründung der Hansestadt Bremische Seelotsengesellschaft. Blexer Lotsen wurde untersagt, in Bremerhaven oder Geestendorf Schiffe zu besetzen und nach See zu lotsen. Das bedeutete den Ruin der Blexer Gesellschaft, die dann im Jahr 1836 aufgelöst wurde. Um 1870 war die Verschlickung des Fedderwarder Fahrwassers soweit fortgeschritten, das auch dieser Standort immer ungünstiger wurde. Dieser Betrieb siedelte 1878 nach Blexen über. 1862 wurde der Hafen von Geestemünde eröffnet, was zu noch stärkerem Konkurrenzkampf zwischen Bremen und Oldenburg ausuferte. Vier bremisch-preußische Lotsenschoner standen zwei oldenburgischen gegenüber.

Auf Anregung des Deutschen Nautischen Vereins bildeten die Länder Bremen, Preußen und Oldenburg eine Kommission mit dem Auftrag, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den drei Lotsengesellschaften, insbesondere die Vorhaltung einer Seestation, neu zu regeln. Am 26. September 1903 vereinbarten die drei Länder eine Erwerbsgemeinschaft ihrer Lotsengesellschaften und einen gemeinsamen Stationsbetrieb. Nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges wurde 1919 der Friedenslotsendienst wieder aufgenommen. Die stählernen Lotsenschoner "Prinz Adalbert" und "Herzogin Ingeborg" übernahmen den Stationsdienst. Gemäß Weimarer Verfassung wurden die Schifffahrts- und Wasserstraßenverwaltungen der Länder vom Deutschen Reich übernommen. Für diese Aufgabe wurde das Reichsverkehrsministerium eingerichtet. Diese Abteilung übernahm auch die Oberaufsicht über das deutsche Seelotswesen. Sie empfahl die Vereinigung der drei Lotsengesellschaften, die dann am 1. November 1922 durchgeführt wurde.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg trat an die Stelle der Reichsregierung die Militärregierung. Bremen und Bremerhaven wurden innerhalb der britischen Besatzungszone amerikanische Enklave. Der Lotsenbrüderschaft gehörten noch 36 Kollegen an, fünf Lotsen waren gefallen. Am 13. Oktober 1954 wurde durch das Bundesgesetz über das Seelotswesen folgendes einheitlich geregelt:

Die Brüderschaften werden nach ihren Lotsrevieren benannt, die 1942 vorgenommene Selbstverwaltung wird noch erweitert und in vollem Umfang durchgeführt. Der Ältermann ist der gesetzliche Vertreter der Brüderschaft. Auch bundeseigene Lotsbetriebsmittel wie die Lotsenschiffe und die Lotsenstation werden den Lotsen zum Betrieb und Unterhalt übergeben. Betriebskosten werden von der Schifffahrtsverwaltung aus der Lotsgebühr erstattet. Im Jahr 1958 wurde der damaligen Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II das Lotswesen auf der Jade übertragen, wo der Schiffsverkehr seit Kriegsende erheblich zurückgegangen war und die bis dahin zuständigen Marinelotsen nicht mehr existierten. Im Zuge der Übertragung wurde die Lotsenbrüderschaft umbenannt in Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II/Jade. Mit der Zusammenlegung der Zuständigkeiten für den Dienst auf Jade und Weser ermöglichte der damalige Bundesverkehrsminister Hans-Christoph Seebohm dem unregelmäßig befahrenen Seegebiet der Jade ein dennoch effizientes Lotswesen.

Die Lotsenbrüderschaft erfüllt zudem weitere Aufgaben, die ihr durch Gesetz übertragen wurden: Regelung der Dienstfolge (sog. "Bört"), Einnahme und Verteilung der Lotsgelder, soziale Absicherung sowie die Aus- und Fortbildung ihrer Mitglieder.

Weblinks
 Website der Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II/Jade
 Kontaktdaten der Lotsenbrüderschaft auf der Website der Hansestadt Bremen
 Dienst und Organisation der Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser II/Jade auf der Website der Stadt Bremerhaven

Literatur
 Günther Spelde: Die Geschichte der Lotsenbrüderschaft an Aussenweser und an der Jade. 3. Auflage, H.M. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 1996.

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"California's liberal extremism isn't working out well for Californians," the narrator says.
Undoubtedly, that's true. And one can be certain that the leftism he describes is not a prescription for an economically healthy state.
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HK: Man of Steel (June 27 Predictions)
1 Man of Steel $2,700,000 $2,700,000
2 World War Z $800,000 -64% $3,750,000
3 Now You See Me $300,000 -58% $2,985,000
4 Epic $260,000 $260,000
5 Badges of Fury $200,000 (i.p.) $200,000
The summer's other big superhero tentpole is let out the last weekend of June in hopes of attracting the now free students on their holiday break. Already premiering in many territories around the world, Man of Steel was shelved for 2 weeks to accommodate the student population and not interfere with the exam period. Subsequently, Man of Steel now finds itself shackled and in a precarious position. Now You See Me and World War Z both erupted the last couple of weeks with Now You See Me snaring the 4th highest opening of 2013 while World War Z decimated the box office and stole the 2nd biggest opening of 2013. It's very unlikely that there will be 3 breakout films in a row and something will have to give. Still, Man of Steel is just too big of a film for many to pass up. Although Warner Bros. might be regretting its decision to schedule Man of Steel for the last weekend of June instead of mid June, the release date is considered a prime slot for a tentpole. In the past 5 years, the blockbuster from the last weekend of June made the year end top 10 and 4 out of 5 garnered a top 5 finish with 1 film hitting #1 for the year. Superman is well known to audiences but the darker tone might turn people off this time. The reboot factor is something to consider as well. Warner Bros. has marketed the heck out of this film and has done all it can for Man of Steel. Pre-sales, however, is telling a much different story with many theaters almost empty. Pre-selling has been worse than The Avengers, Iron Man 3 and even The Amazing Spider-Man. A slow start won't kill Man of Steel; it can still recover like The Amazing Spider-Man did, but it doesn't have a lot of time to make up for the lower opening weekend with Monsters University ready to clear the stage on July 11. Opening super saturated, Man of Steel is looking to disappoint slightly with $2,700,000.
Last weekend's champion World War Z will undeniably fall to #2 but its opening weekend last week has created trouble for Man of Steel and theater operators. Man of Steel was supposed to be the tentpole release of June but World War Z had other ideas. It swarmed HK and clawed its way to 2.2m in 5 days. What's even more shocking is that it achieved that opening weekend on the heels of a breakout the weekend before it. World War Z will make more than $800,000 in weekdays this week so it will have already surpassed 3m before Man of Steel opens. Unfortunately, Man of Steel will bury it along with everyone else so World War Z will lose at least 1 screen and possibly 2 screens depending on screens. The effect that any superhero blockbuster has on holdovers is felt much more with action blockbusters than other film. As much as World War Z prides itself on being a zombie horror thriller, at its heart, it's an action film. The loss of the biggest screens will hinder World War Z's efforts to scrape up a good 2nd weekend but the sheer power of its opening will land it with another $800,000 and spear its total to an astonishing $3.75m.
June's other surprise movie, Now You See Me, held wonderfully in its 2nd weekend against an unexpected success story. It bagged over $700,000 in its 2nd weekend and saw its total balloon to $2.39m. This weekend, it could pass 3m even with huge competition. Despite Man of Steel opening, the premise of the movie is a bit different from a superhero film, which won't affect its drop as badly as World War Z. Its looking at $300,000 this weekend which would put it on the cusp of 3m. HK is already one of Now You See Me's biggest international markets and it should be able to play here for a little while longer.
From the studio that brought you Avatar comes the animated film which looks a lot like Avatar except everything is green instead of blue. Epic is Hollywood's first major animated film of the summer. It is the first out of the gate which is always good but it is tied along to Man of Steel which will swamp theaters this week. The release date isn't that great for Epic because of the insane
competition. It would have been better if it was out June 12 when there was a holiday and less competition. FOX messed up badly here. It not only has to deal with Man of Steel but Despicable Me 2 sneaks have been cleared for takeoff this weekend. Pre-sales are not great either and have been worse than Man of Steel's. Weekend increase will be muted thanks to Despicable Me 2 and Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge but it should be able to clear at least $250,000 this weekend with a wide release.
Badges of Fury changed release dates at the last second and opted for a Friday release last weekend. Well, it did not do well and theaters are not going to give it any more showtimes this Friday with Man of Steel hogging most of the screens. It is never a good thing when you are supposed to go up against a blockbuster release opening weekend and then you switch dates at the last second. Badges of Fury will be looking at $200,000 including previews.
Midsummer Formula, the sequel to Galileo, will be released simultaneously in both Japan and Hong Kong. The good news is that it will be shown in 26 theaters which is more than half of theaters currently operating in HK. The bad news, however, is that it is released on Saturday and Man of Steel will corner the market. The last Galileo movie, Suspect X, made more than 1.5m back in 2008 but this time, it will be the underdog. Taking on Man of Steel with a wide release, Midsummer Formula should open with $190,000 for the 2 day.
It is unclear how many Despicable Me 2 showtimes will be handed out this weekend but there should be a couple of showings here and there at most locations. Despicable Me 2 is getting an early release due to its proximity to Monsters University and to gain some traction with moviegoers before July 4. The holiday is a great incentive for sneaks and it might be able to help Despicable Me 2's legs. For the 2-day, Despicable Me 2 could grab $110,000.
For more information on this week, please visit this thread: http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=58584&start=1200
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"Well, there's an old sub laid up at the shipyard in Endeavour."
The Endeavor Naval Shipyard was a COG shipyard located in Halvo Bay in Tyrus. Located off the coast of the Serano Ocean, the Endeavor Shipyard was crucial to Delta's mission to find Adam Fenix, 18 months after the Sinking of Jacinto.
The Endeavor Shipyard was a shipyard owned by the Coalition of Ordered Governments. During the Pendulum Wars, the COG used submarines for special forces-operations against the Union of Independent Republics.
"Karn's taken the port. I had friends stationed there."
Several weeks after Emergence Day, General Karn attacked Halvo Bay where Endeavor was located. During the height of the battle, Endeavor was captured and several naval ships were destroyed. After the battle for Halvo Bay, the COG recaptured the port and kept it manned until 12 A.E., when Locust incursions around the city forced the COG to abandon the base, scuttling the remaining ships and destroying the Imulsion stockpile.
Seventeen years after Emergence Day, Queen Myrrah's loyal Locust invaded the shipyard and turned it into a military stronghold, placing Troikas and allowing Giant Serapedes to run amok in some of the docking bays. Queen Myrrah then made the shipyard into her main base after The Hollow was flooded until her forces took Azura at which time she moved her base there. However, Endeavor remained a Locust stronghold. Sometime later, Delta Squad, composed of Dizzy Wallin, Marcus Fenix, Anya Stroud, Jace Stratton, and Samantha Byrne, arrived at the shipyard in search of a submarine that would take them under Azura's Maelstrom Barrier and find Adam Fenix, Marcus' father. Fighting through scores of Locust, Delta eventually found a seaworthy submarine, a rotor for it, and enough fuel to get to their destination - they entered the submarine and entered the Serano Ocean via floodgate.
Concept art of Endeavor Naval Shipyard.
On Marcus' journey to find the submarine, if you look at the sea, you can see shipwrecks in the docks. These shipwrecks include Imulsion Tankers, supply ships, cargo ships and other types of vessels; all of them were sunk by order of the COG to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Locust. But in the concept art (above), you can see at least 5 aircraft carriers (one sunk, one in the dry dock, and the other three anchored in the harbor) that apparently were abandoned after the incursions or they were no longer used in active duty.
Also you can see several Locust corpses inside the dockyards which means that either the Lambent attacked the shipyard but the Locust were able to contain them or that they died fighting the COG during the incursions or during the Destruction of Halvo Bay.
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Classical yoga incorporates epistemology, metaphysics, ethical practices, systematic exercises and self-development techniques for body, mind and spirit.[144] Its epistemology (pramana) and metaphysics is similar to that of the Sāṅkhya school. The metaphysics of Classical Yoga, like Sāṅkhya, is mainly dualistic, positing that there are two distinct realities. These are prakriti (nature), which is the eternal and active unconscious source of the material world and is composed of three gunas, and the puruṣas (persons), the plural consciousnesses which are the intelligent principles of the world, and are multiple, inactive and eternal witnesses. Each person has a individual puruṣa, which is their true self, the witness and the enjoyer, and that which is liberated. This metaphysical system holds that puruṣas undergo cycles of reincarnation through its interaction and identification with prakirti. Liberation, the goal of this system, results from the isolation (kaivalya) of puruṣa from prakirti, and is achieved through a meditation which detaches oneself from the different forms (tattvas) of prakirti.[243] This is done by stilling one's thought waves (citta vritti) and resting in pure awareness of puruṣa.
Intensive weight training causes micro-tears to the muscles being trained; this is generally known as microtrauma. These micro-tears in the muscle contribute to the soreness felt after exercise, called delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). It is the repair of these micro-traumas that results in muscle growth. Normally, this soreness becomes most apparent a day or two after a workout. However, as muscles become adapted to the exercises, soreness tends to decrease.[22]
Theosophists including Madame Blavatsky also had a large influence on the Western public's view of Yoga.[210] Esoteric views current at the end of the 19th century provided a further basis for the reception of Vedanta and of Yoga with its theory and practice of correspondence between the spiritual and the physical.[211] The reception of Yoga and of Vedanta thus entwined with each other and with the (mostly Neoplatonism-based) currents of religious and philosophical reform and transformation throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Mircea Eliade brought a new element into the reception of Yoga with the strong emphasis on Tantric Yoga in his seminal book: Yoga: Immortality and Freedom.[212] With the introduction of the Tantra traditions and philosophy of Yoga, the conception of the "transcendent" to be attained by Yogic practice shifted from experiencing the "transcendent" ("Atman-Brahman" in Advaitic theory) in the mind to the body itself.[213]
Pre-philosophical speculations of yoga begin to emerge in the texts of c. 500 – c. 200 BCE. Between 200 BCE and 500 CE, philosophical schools of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism were taking form and a coherent philosophical system of yoga began to emerge.[49] The Middle Ages saw the development of many satellite traditions of yoga. Yoga came to the attention of an educated western public in the mid 19th century along with other topics of Indian philosophy.
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According to Pāṇini, the term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, yujir yoga (to yoke) or yuj samādhau ("to concentrate").[26] In the context of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the root yuj samādhau (to concentrate) is considered by traditional commentators as the correct etymology.[27] In accordance with Pāṇini, Vyasa who wrote the first commentary on the Yoga Sutras,[28] states that yoga means samādhi (concentration).[29]
During the period between the Mauryan and the Gupta eras (c. 200 BCE–500 CE) the Indic traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism were taking form and coherent systems of yoga began to emerge.[49] This period witnessed many new texts from these traditions discussing and systematically compiling yoga methods and practices. Some key works of this era include the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, the Yoga-Yājñavalkya, the Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra and the Visuddhimagga.
The number of asanas used in modern yoga has increased rapidly from a nominal 84 in 1830, as illustrated in Joga Pradipika, to some 200 in Light on Yoga and over 900 performed by Dharma Mittra by 1984. At the same time, the goals of Haṭha yoga, namely spiritual liberation (moksha) through the raising of kundalini energy, were largely replaced by the goals of fitness and relaxation, while many of Haṭha yoga's components like the shatkarmas (purifications), mudras (seals or gestures including the bandhas, locks to restrain the prana or vital principle), and pranayama were much reduced or removed entirely.[228] The term "hatha yoga" is also in use with a different meaning, a gentle unbranded yoga practice, independent of the major schools, sometimes mainly for women.[229]
If the meaning of yoga is understood as the practice of nirodha (mental control), then its goal is "the unqualified state of niruddha (the perfection of that process)",[147] according to Baba Hari Dass. In that context, "yoga (union) implies duality (as in joining of two things or principles); the result of yoga is the nondual state", and "as the union of the lower self and higher Self. The nondual state is characterized by the absence of individuality; it can be described as eternal peace, pure love, Self-realization, or liberation."[148]


As the markets continue their volatility, we are producing more commentary for you, our clients and friends, to read. Reports like these from our investment team are a weekly staple at Sound. Yet, in more normal times we try not to inundate you with articles.
When you think of the markets and your account, we ask you to turn your attention to your long-term goals and plans. The stock market as a true benchmark is a bad idea. Because your personal financial plans typically do not hinge on the stock market. Certainly, there is the hyper-extreme fear that "everything goes to zero and we lose it all". While that is technically a possibility, it is not a likely reality. What is more likely is that markets will cycle in and out of growth and loss periods. How we respond is most important.
As an investor, focus on your true financial plans and purpose. If you are retired, how are you enjoying retirement and being purposeful in this time? If you are growing money, planning for the future, when is that future and how are you preparing for that in all ways?
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In history, we see parallels between the 2000 time period and the present. During the technology bubble, we witnessed valuations stretching, growth outpacing value by a wide margin, and the market peaking prior to the economy. In fact, the stock market peaked in September of 2000, several months before the start of the recession. The market fell from a high of 1520 in September to 1241 by the official start of the recession in March of 2001.
The recession in 2001 lasted from March until November 2001. The S&P 500 dropped from the peak in September of 2000 by about 25 percent by the end of the recession. The Nasdaq 100 dropped about 61 percent over the same time period. The scary thing is that the Nasdaq 100 had dropped approximately 52 percent prior to the beginning of the recession (18 percent for the S&P 500). From November 30, 2001, the S&P 500 lost almost 30 percent and the Nasdaq 100 lost almost 50 percent.
The point is that the economy does not need to be in a recession for the stock market to experience major losses. That is why our framework includes economic growth as only one of the four components of our discipline. The other three are Fed policy, market trends, and valuations. Economic growth is still positive in the US while Fed policy, market trends, and valuations are all negative headwinds.
Valuations are as high in some cases, and even higher in others, as the readings that occurred during the stock market highs reached during the 2000 time period. The Fed is tightening policy systematically and looks set to continue this path despite criticism from market watchers and the US President. Market trends have recently turned negative in the US, confirming the negative trends witnessed in global markets. Furthermore, the economic growth that we are celebrating in the US looks set to slow in the coming quarters. The environment is currently negative for risk taking.
There is hope that economic growth can continue to accelerate. There is hope that a short-term oversold bounce in US and global markets can turn into a larger rally that returns markets to positive trends. There is hope that the US Federal Reserve can press the pause button on the tightening path. Unfortunately, hope is not an investment strategy and we must follow the framework.
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Q: Python Create List of Dictionaries from Iterrating Source I am reading from an excel, and need to create a json file from it. Iterating through the rows, i am trying to create a dictionary per row and append it to a list, and then that list will be the value of one particular json key.
using:
dates = []
d_tems = {}

for k,v in data.iterrows():
    if (v["recommended_planting_date"] != "NA"):
        d_tems.update({"start_date":str(v["recommended_date"]).strip()})
        d_tems.update({"date_range":str(int(v["date_range"]))})
        print(d_tems)
        dates.append(d_tems)

it seems to update even the values already appended to the list, giving me
[{'start_date': '01/08', 'date_range': '60'},
 {'start_date': '01/08', 'date_range': '60'}]

instead of
[{'start_date': '01/03', 'date_range': '25'},
{'start_date': '01/08', 'date_range': '60'}]

i am trying to eventually get to:
"dates": [
        {
          "start_date": '01/03',
          "date_range": 25
        },
        {
          "start_date": 01/08,
          "date_range": 60
        }]

could i get some guidance on this? the number of dictionaries to be created is not known before hand.

A: You declared d_tems outside of the loop, so you're using the same instance on each iteration,

*

*when updating d_tems: there is only one dict so it erases the previous values

*when appending to dates : you add the same so you see it multiples times in the list

Create it inside the loop
dates = []

for k,v in data.iterrows():
    d_tems = {}
    if (v["recommended_planting_date"] != "NA"):
        d_tems.update({"start_date":str(v["recommended_date"]).strip()})
        d_tems.update({"date_range":str(int(v["date_range"]))})
        print(d_tems)
        dates.append(d_tems)

You can simplify your code by removing the extra variable and create+append at the same time, depending the level of code you want
dates = []
for k,v in data.iterrows():
    if (v["recommended_planting_date"] != "NA"):
        dates.append({"start_date" : str(v["recommended_date"]).strip(),
                      "date_range" : str(int(v["date_range"]))})

At end , for the expected output just do
result = {"dates": dates}

A: Move d_tems = {} inside the for loop so you recreate a new dictionary on each run:
dates = []

for k,v in data.iterrows():
    d_tems = {}     # move here
    if (v["recommended_planting_date"] != "NA"):
        d_tems.update({"start_date":str(v["recommended_date"]).strip()})
        d_tems.update({"date_range":str(int(v["date_range"]))})
        print(d_tems)
        dates.append(d_tems)
        # d_tems = {}  # doing this here would work as well, but the former is cleaner

Your code modifies the one dict because it's declared outside and never reset to a new object.


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They put a spell on you
Winnipeg a cappella choir Incantatem specializes in music from pop culture
January 30, 2019 | People | Volume 23 Issue 3
Aaron Epp | Online Media Manager
'One of the best things about the group is the community and friendships,' Incantatem co-founder Allison Alexander says. (Photo by Kyle Rudge)
Don't expect to hear anything by Bach, Brahms or Beethoven if you attend a performance by Winnipeg's Incantatem. The a cappella choir's repertoire has a unique focus: music from movies, TV shows and video games.
The choir is an offshoot of Geekdom House, a program founded by two Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) alumni that aims to love and serve the geek community—people who are "connoisseurs and fanatics of science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, board games, video games, computers, and the art and creativity that come along with those things."
"There aren't a lot of . . . geek choirs out there, and we wanted to offer unique events for people in Winnipeg who love sci-fi, fantasy and video games to attend," says Allison Alexander, who co-founded Geekdom House and Incantatem. "We also wanted to create a place for geeks who love to sing and want to learn to be better vocalists."
Formed in January 2016, the 12-member choir meets for rehearsal every Monday evening at River East Church (formerly River East Mennonite Brethren Church). The choir takes its name from Priori Incantatem, a spell in the Harry Potter series that reveals the last spell cast by a wizard's wand.
"We wanted a name that had roots in magic and fantasy," Alexander says. " 'Incantatem' is probably derived from the Latin incantatio, meaning 'spell or enchantment,' and cantus, meaning 'singing or chanting,' so we thought it was appropriate."
The choir's most recent concert, entitled "Beyond Platform 9 3/4," featured music from the Harry Potter film series. A previous concert focused on music from The Lord of the Rings, and past performances have included songs from Doctor Who and Ghostbusters.
Sara Jane Schmidt, a piano teacher and choral conductor with more than 40 years of experience, serves as the choir's musical director.
Schmidt also attends River East Church and began leading Incantatem in October 2017 after responding to an announcement in the church's bulletin. "I'm not a geek, I don't know anything about geekdom and I'm not familiar with much of the music, but send me your playlist," she remembers telling Incantatem co-founder Michael Penner during their first conversation.
She was pleasantly surprised by what she heard. "I really, really liked the music and the arrangements they were doing," she says. Not all of the choir's members are trained musicians, she notes, but they can read music and figure things out. "They work hard, and we're having a lot of fun."
Incantatem's relatively laid-back approach is one of the things that attracted Carissa Boschmann to the group. "I hadn't been in a choir since [studying at] CMU and was looking to join one, but one that wasn't really formal," she says. She joined Incantatem in October 2016. "This one was nerdy, and I'm very nerdy, and that just seemed way more fun than singing an excessive amount of Bach."
In addition to having a lot of fun singing with the group, she says she appreciates the choir's caring atmosphere. Each rehearsal starts with a short devotional and prayer, and choir members often confide in one another. "Whenever something's going on in someone's life, we're there to be supportive and give hugs and whatever the person needs," she says.
Alexander agrees. "One of the best things about the group is the community and friendships that have developed between the singers," she says. "We just like to have fun together, and I think that joy spreads to the audience during our concerts."
Some of the choir members have found themselves on the margins of the social circles they have been a part of in the past, but Incantatem is a place where they can belong. "This is a circle that is inclusive and makes people feel included," Schmidt says. "Even a non-geek like me."
"When I joined Incantatem, I said that this is going to be the best geek choir in Winnipeg," she says. "Maybe it already is, [but] I like challenges, I like learning and improving, and I like helping others do the same. We're in this together and we're going to keep moving."
The choir is planning its next performance for November, and Schmidt and the singers are looking forward to it.
Incantatem is always looking for new members. Singers don't need to be Christians or self-professed geeks to get involved. They just need to love singing and be able to read music at a basic level. Anyone interested can email incantatemsingers@gmail.com for details.
For more on Geekdom House, see "The geek shall inherit the earth."
Formed in January 2016, Incantatem performs music from movies, TV shows and video games. (Photo by James Cheng)
Non-geeks and non-Christians are invited to join Incantatem, which rehearses every Monday evening at River East Church in Winnipeg. (Photo by Kyle Rudge)


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When traveling for an engagement I always try to acquaint myself with the local flora and fauna of some of these beautiful places, sometimes with fly rod in hand. Here I am on a back-country alpine lake at about 12,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies. Unfortunately I was unable to connect with the native trout the same way I connected with the lively crowd at Colorado Mountain College the day before!


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One factor that has slowed improvements in infantry survivability is the fundamental weight-carrying capacity of a human. Modern technology can improve survivability in aircraft and submarines because the platforms themselves can be redesigned to accommodate better defenses. Bombers and submarines have grown in size without sacrificing mobility. The B-2 bomber, for example, is more than twice as heavy as the World War II-era B-29 Superfortress, and cruises more than 2.5 times as fast. For people, however, the load-carrying capacity is fixed. More weight impedes mobility.
Today's grunts carry anywhere from 90 to 140 pounds in combat. This heavy burden hampers mobility, increases fatigue, and reduces performance. Grunts who carry these loads understand this all too well; quantitative studies support their perception. Studies have shown that heavier loads reduce situational awareness, slow reaction times, and make warfighters more susceptible to enemy fire. Heavier weight also increases injuries. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the number of soldiers retiring with musculoskeletal injuries increased tenfold, a drain on the long-term health of the force.


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All Points Is an Integral Part of the New Generation of Space Technology Companies in Huntsville, Alabama
By Space Coast Daily // July 13, 2019
Huntsville Apollo 11 Celebration Set this month
ALL POINTS CELEBRATED THE EXPANSION of the company's presence recently in Huntsville, Alabama, with a Ribbon Cutting event at the Cummings Research Park, the second largest research park in the country – and the fourth largest in the world. In addition to Huntsville, All Points has offices in Merritt Island, Florida; Reston, Virginia; and Houston, Texas.
All Points, part of the new generation of space technology companies that are bridging the heritage of the past to the innovation of the future to forge the next chapter in the history of space travel, will be part of the party in Huntsville.
IMAGES: All Points Celebrates Expansion In Huntsville's Cummings Research Park With Ribbon Cutting
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA – Wernher Von Braun, the seminal architect of rocket technology and space science in the United States, spent many a day in Huntsville, Alabama, and was well aware that the people of Rocket City knew how to party, particularly when it came to space achievements.
"There was dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the earth and there was dancing again when the first Americans landed on the moon," said Von Braun.
Von Braun also recommended that folks "don't hang up your dancing slippers," and he was right because Huntsville will again be dancing in the streets, this time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.
In addition to Huntsville, All Points has offices in Merritt Island, Florida; Reston, Virginia; and Houston, Texas.
Although it was from Kennedy Space Center that Apollo 11's Saturn V rocket took off for the moon on July 16, 1969, it was in Huntsville where the rockets were developed to put those three brave men on the moon.
The area remains front and center in the space program as NASA prepares to travel to Mars with the Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket.
THIS 1961 PHOTOGRAPH shows Wernher von Braun, right, and Alabama Congressman Robert Jones before a huge map illustrating the layout for a Research Institute at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
CELEBRATING ITS HERITAGE
This month, Huntsville is celebrating its heritage with a variety of space-related events, from a Guinness World record attempt at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to, yes, dancing in the streets.
On July 20, 1969, Huntsvillians celebrated the Apollo moon landing with a street party. This year, they will party like it is 1969 again from 6 to 10 p.m. on July 19.
The free event, to be held at historic Downtown Square, includes musical performances themed to the last five decades and ends with an inspirational projection experience on the latest endeavors in space exploration.
ALL POINTS CEO PHIL MONKRESS: Our Neighbors Ushering in Next Generation of American Space Travel
As would be expected, Huntsville's U.S. Space & Rocket Center will be Party Central in July.
A very special car show will be held there from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on July 13 so the public can get up close and personal with the vintage vehicles owned by the Redstone Arsenal/Marshall Space Flight Center rocket families.
The star of the event, which will feature cars built from 1945 through the moon missions, will be the only functionally operational replica of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, the Moon Buggy.
Additional highlights include the two Kellers manufactured by the Huntsville-based Keller Motors and the Chrysler Aerospace Huntsville-designed Dodge Daytona Charger #71.
Cars owned and driven by key managers and engineers involved in the design and development of the Huntsville-based rockets, including a 1954 Pontiac Star Chieftain, will be part of the exclusive show that also features appearances by astronauts and engineers.
U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE: All Points, part of the new generation of space technology companies that are bridging the heritage of the past to forge the next chapter in the history of space travel, will be part of the party in Huntsville, Alabama.
MODEL ROCKET LAUNCH
At the exact time of the Apollo 11 launch on July 16, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will attempt to break the Guinness World Record by launching 5,000 model rockets simultaneously. In conjunction with the launch, model rockets will be launched around the world at 8:32 a.m. CST in each time zone during a 24-hour period.
In fact, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center will dedicate the entire day on July 16 celebrating the efforts of NASA, contractors and, specifically, the Marshall Space Flight Center workforce.
The Rocket Center's Homecoming Celebration Dinner on the evening of July 16 is already sold out.
The entire community will join invited VIP guests, including moonwalker Harrison Schmitt and Apollo 15 Command Module pilot Al Worden, to celebrate decades of the nation's historic space accomplishments and look forward to the return to the Moon and the exploration of Mars. The Brass Band of Huntsville will perform the world premiere of "The Von Braun Suite."
Every day at 2 p.m. through Dec. 31, at the Rocket Center's Davidson Center, guests can experience a live reenactment of the lunar landing.
"When We Went to the Moon," an exhibition that runs through Dec. 31, highlights the "Great Space Race."
"When We Went to the Moon," is an exhibition at the Rocket Center's Davidson Center that runs through Dec. 31, highlights the "Great Space Race."
The Apollo II party spills beyond the Rocket Center to the Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church St., where visitors will see the moon as they've never seen it before.
"A New Moon Rises: Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera" features stunning large-scale, high-resolution imagery of the lunar surface, from the Apollo landing sites to the looming mountains rising from the darkness of the lunar poles. The exhibition runs through Aug. 11.
The celebration continues at 8 a.m. on Sept. 15, when Huntsville hosts the Apollo 11K at Palmer Park. The event includes 11k, 5k and 1k races, all with the excitement of the space race it commemorates.
At the All Points office in Huntsville, the staff is heeding Von Braun's advice of not hanging up their dancing slippers, because 2019 is going to be quite the party year for Rocket City.
All Points' Chief Development Officer Steve Lloyd Has Deep Roots in Space Program


A new year, a new TRD Pro variant of the Toyota Tacoma. Read about the 2019 iteration of the Tacoma TRD Pro and see photos at Car and Driver.
Toyota's web site says $41,520 which I thought was a little dear over the price of the TRD Off Road I settled on. Out of curiosity I priced those shocks should I want to upgrade the suspension in the future. Yikes! 41k is actually a pretty good deal if you're going to really use it off road. These photos were taken right in my back yard.
That's awesome, somewhere in AZ? Agreed about the shocks, I think they are over $3k alone.
Didn't the '90s Lexus LX450 have a cyclonic air/dirt separator before the air filter?
4k more than a base ZR2? Riiiiiight.
This will probably last 3 times as long as a ZR2 though... and its literally #1 or 2 in resale value in the entire US market, so it's justified.
LOL, Tacomas tend to rust away long before any other truck. i own a Camry, but wouldn't touch a Tacoma.
'But it'll run forever' is what everyone says about the Taco - I'm not planning on keeping a truck for 200,000+ miles! My main beef with the Tacoma is it hasn't been updated in forever and drives like it-that's the main reason I went with a GMC, after test driving the Taco and Colorado/Canyon (the ZR2 wasn't out yet when I bought my truck) I just couldn't buy a Tacoma as much as I wanted to-loud, rides rough and the interior needs a refresh...I really wanted the 6 speed stick too but the Atkinson cycle V6 is a slug-it might not look too bad on the dyno but driving it back to back against the GMC it definitely feels sluggish. For the price of the TRD Pro you should get the 5.7 out of the Tundra!


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