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Napalm Death vs. Destruction – Death Match
Graham Hartmann Published: November 13, 2012
Century Media / Nuclear Blast
The Acacia Strain just captured their fourth consecutive victory in our series of Death Matches, beating out Ill Nino to claim the final win. The Acacia Strain's track 'Victims of the Cave' has now been declared immortal in our Death Match Hall of Fame, so we've got two new bands entering the Death Match, and it doesn't get much more legendary than this.
German thrash masters Destruction make their debut in our Death Match with their new track 'Carnivore.' From their upcoming 12th studio album, 'Spiritual Genocide,' the band celebrates its 30th anniversary with 'Carnivore,' which showcases a solid performance by Destruction as they play in a club gone very wrong.
It only makes sense to challenge a legendary act with yet another massively important band, Napalm Death. With this new tour video for 'Everyday Pox,' Napalm Death have the chance to capture their first Death Match win, having been beaten in the past by Testament and Meshuggah.
Will Destruction devastate their opponents with the power of thrash? Or will Napalm Death burn away their German foes? Their fates are in your hands. Vote for you favorite track below!
(This Death Match ends on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 10AM ET. Fans can vote once per hour! So come back and vote often to make sure your favorite song wins!)
Napalm Death, 'Everyday Pox'
Destruction, 'Carnivore'
Rules of Death Match
Two bands fight to the death each week. Fans can vote once per hour. The triumphant band goes on to compete in the next Death Match. If a band wins four straight Death Matches, its song will be honored as immortal in the Loudwire Death Match Hall of Fame.
Filed Under: Destruction, Napalm Death
Categories: Death Match


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Q: psql:routing_dd.sql:28 ERROR psql:routing_dd.sql:28: ERROR:  could not load library "/usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/lib/librouting_dd.so": /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/lib/librouting_dd.so: undefined symbol: __gmpq_equal
Have no compile errors afaik or have seen.
As soon as I'd like to import my DD extra functions it's not working properly: (dash) With Driving Distance
psql -U postgres -f /usr/share/postlbs/routing_dd.sql routing
psql -U postgres -f /usr/share/postlbs/routing_dd_wrappers.sql routing
Versions:
PostgreSQL 9.1
pgRouting - git'ed this morning (1.05?)
CGAL 3.9
Any idea? Read that some similar isues have been fixed not long ago...
Thanks!

Is not working!
V1:

*

*Postgresql 9.1

*Postgis

*pgRouting freshly gitted

*all compiled from scratch
--> FAIL

V2:

*

*Postgresql 9.1

*Postgis

*pgRouting

*all deps and libs downloaded from ubuntu repository
--> Still not working!

Hopefully this will be fixed: https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues/48#issuecomment-2789012
Thanks!

A: There is a fix of this bug available now and it will be applied to master branch soon.
See the related comment for more information: https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues/48#issuecomment-3005289
I can confirm that the fix solves the issue on Ubuntu 11.10 with PostgreSQL 9.1 and CGAL 3.8.

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package org.apache.camel.component.geocoder;

import org.apache.camel.test.junit4.CamelTestSupport;
import org.junit.AssumptionViolatedException;
import org.junit.Before;

public class GeoCoderApiKeyTestBase extends CamelTestSupport {

    @Before
    public void before() {
        String apiKey = getApiKey();
        if (apiKey == null) {
            throw new AssumptionViolatedException("API key not found in CAMEL_GEOCODER_APIKEY environment variable, skipping this test");
        }
    }

    protected String getApiKey() {
        return System.getenv("CAMEL_GEOCODER_APIKEY");
    }
}

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So you know what your internet site is going to be regarding – how can you set out to design and style it?
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Pseudoselago violacea är en flenörtsväxtart som beskrevs av O.M. Hilliard. Pseudoselago violacea ingår i släktet Pseudoselago och familjen flenörtsväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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For the first time in many decades, the Government of Canada is on target to welcome over 300,000 new permanent residents to Canada in one single year, consistent with the Liberal Government's 2016 immigration targets tabled this Tuesday. The new Liberal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power on a promise to just accept a lot of immigrants than the previous Conservative government, plans to usher in 280,000 to 305,000 new permanent residents in 2016. The target level in 2015 had been 279,200.
The Liberals will increase offered areas within the family program from a maximum number of 68,000 more than the Conservatives last year to 82,000 this year.
Increases within the two schemes are driving the Government's high target for brand new permanent residents this year to 305,000, to which the Immigration Minister of Canada John McCallum outlines, "It outlines a big shift in immigration policy towards reuniting a lot of families, building our economy and upholding Canada's humanitarian traditions to settle refugees and provide protection to those in would like". He added that the plan is grounded in Canada's tradition of being a welcoming and generous country.
The Conservatives had introduced a new application process for economic immigrants last year referred to as Express Entry, which was speculated to get a lot of skilled work immigrants to Canada country quicker. McCallum same that system is currently under review, as is that the application process system for different immigrations streams. Immigrants might arrive to Canada country through anybody of the 3 classes that come under Family, Economic and Refugee & Humanitarian route.
Each November, the Government is needed to table a document within the House of Commons giving expressing what number of new permanent residents it intends to accept within the coming year. The arrangement for 2016 was delayed by the October federal election.
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First, make the stuffing. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the onion. Cover and cook over a low heat for 8-10 mins until the onion is soft. Take off the heat then stir in the chopped herbs, lemon zest, lemon juice and breadcrumbs. Season to taste.
Spoon the stuffing into the chicken carcass and put the chicken in a roasting tray. Smear the know of soft butter over the skin and sprinkle with some sea salt and pepper. Roast for 1hr 30 mins to 1hr 45mins until cooked. The legs should feel quite loose in the bird and when a skewer is stuck into the thigh with a spoon placed underneath to catch the juices, they should run clear. If it begins to look quite dark while cooking, cover with some foil. When cooked transfer the chicken to a serving plate and leave to rest, in a warm oven if possible, while you make the gravy.
Put the roasting tray directly on the hob on a medium heat, add half the stock and bring back to the boil and pour into a small bowl or heat-proof jug. De-grease the juices by adding a couple of ice cubes which will draw the fat to the top so you can spoon it off and throw it away.
Pour the de-greased juices into a small pan, add the rest of the stock, bring to the boil and season to taste. If it's too watery, boil for another couple of mins.
Take the chicken out of the oven and carve when ready to serve.
To make breadcrumbs, put slices of white bread (with or without the crusts) in a food processor and whiz until you have crumbs. My mum makes delicious stuffing and she usually chops her onions and parsley, separately, in the food processor too.


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'Critics Choice Super Awards': Sam Heughan, Tiffany Haddish, Jared Padalecki & More to Present
Meaghan Darwish January 7, 10:40 am
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The Critics Choice Association has unveiled a star-studded lineup of presenters who are set to help usher in its first Critics Choice Super Awards.
The event celebrating the "most popular, fan-obsessed genres" across TV and movies is set to take place Sunday, January 10. Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez will helm the evening as the inaugural hosts, shining a spotlight on Superhero/Comic Book, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action, and Animation titles.
Jack Quaid Teases 'The Boys' Return to Production for Season 3 (PHOTO)
The actor took to social media to give a major clue about the series.
Joining the TV event as presenters is a lengthy list of talent including Shohreh Aghdashloo, Aya Cash, Madelyn Cline, Mike Colter, Colman Domingo, Tom Ellis, Courtney Ford, Tiffany Haddish, Sam Heughan, Maddison Jaizani, Lennie James, Martin Kove, Javicia Leslie, Leah Lewis, Caity Lotz, Ralph Macchio, Kennedy McMann, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lindsey Morgan, Bob Morley, Genevieve Padalecki, Jared Padalecki, Brandon Routh, Chase Stokes, Eliza Taylor, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, and William Zabka.
Some of the shows being recognized as nominees include The Boys, Lucifer, Lovecraft Country, Supernatural, Outlander, and many more. The full list can be found here. "We know that the Super Awards are in the best hands with Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez at the helm," said Critics Choice Association CEO Joey Berlin in a statement released to the press.
(Credit: HBO)
"They bring with them an unparalleled knowledge of and enthusiasm for these sometimes underappreciated genres that we know fans and viewers will love. They are joined by a stellar line-up of fan favorites who will be on hand to support their 'Super' colleagues and help showcase the very best in popular entertainment."
Along with recognizing the nominees, the Critics Choice Super Awards will honor the Star Trek franchise with the Legacy Award for its impact on pop culture across the decades. Don't miss the special presentation when it airs on The CW this weekend.
Critics Choice Super Awards, Sunday, January 10, 8/7c, The CW

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Cinematic: The Mutant Ninja Turtles defend New York City
The Magnet Tribune: MCT campus
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles speak to April O'Neil on the rooftop of a building.
William Rodriguez, Cinematic Columnist
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an exciting blockbuster that made its way to the theaters in August. Many fans of the ninja turtles couldn't wait for the movie so they waited in line on premiere night to get a chance to watch it, and I am sure it was worth it for them because the movie is action-packed, humorous, and well done.
Which ninja turtle is your favorite?
Michaelangelo (50%, 2 Votes)
Donatello (50%, 2 Votes)
Raphael (0%, 0 Votes)
Leonardo (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 4
The film shows the ninja turtles as a group of mutated warriors that face off against an evil kingpin who wants to take over New York. It also shows us a back-story as to how the turtles were mutated and their sensei as well.
It all started with April O'Neil (Megan Fox) when she was younger and visiting her dad's laboratory. In that lab there were four small turtles and one rat. April's father injected them with a mutation serum that later caused the turtles and rat to grow bigger and stronger. One day there was a fire that started in the lab and April saved the turtles and the rat but let them go into the street. The turtles later fell into the sewers and since then they have lived underground.
The movie then focuses on the problems occurring in New York City and how the turtles sneak their way up to the streets to stop crime or to just help out someone in need.
At first they have to be very discreet as to when they appear around people. Most civilians in New York know about a vigilante that is helping the city from its crime wave but no one has an idea that its these four ninja turtles behind it all.
These four turtles are Michelangelo (Noel Fisher), Raphael (Alan Ritchson), Leonardo (Johnny Knoxville), and Donatello (Jeremy Howard). They all work together as a group trying to save the city from Shredder. They each provide a different skill that helps fight against Shredder.
The biggest problem for the turtles is the enormous and powerful Shredder. Shredder is the sensei of Eric who was a scientist helping out April's father, but her father died and so Erick was the only scientist to know about the mutation of the turtles. Now he wants to capture the turtles and just use them for his benefit.
Shredder becomes dangerous for the city when he invades the turtles in the sewers and lets Erick capture them. They also begin to fight around the city, becoming a hazard for the people. Ultimately, the turtles will have to figure out a way to destroy Shredder and bring New York back to normal without crime.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was overall a great movie and is for the whole family to watch. Its a very entertaining movie that will have you laughing most of the time, but you will also be amazed by the action.
It is now playing in most theaters. I hope you all enjoy the film.
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Update: By the time the Angoulême festival opened on 29 January, the number of signatories to the open letter had reached 110, including 2013 Grand Prix winner and Charlie Hebdo contributor Willem.
We, cartoonists, illustrators, writers, editors, distributors, translators, critics and workers in the comic book industry … urge the Angoulême [International Comics] Festival, and all festivals, conventions, and celebrations of comics and cartooning art in which we participate, to reject any partnership, funding, or co-operation with any Israeli company or institution that does not explicitly promote freedom and justice for Palestinians, as well as equal rights and equality for Israeli Jews and Palestinians, including the Israeli government and its local consulates, so long as Israel continues to deny Palestinians their rights….
You can read the letter in full – in French, English, and Arabic – with a list of signatories here.
The 2015 letter expands on a 2014 letter that called for the Angoulême Festival to drop all ties with the Israeli company Sodastream. The new letter's signatories include workers in the comics industry beyond cartoonists, including critics Jeet Heer and former heads of the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée Thierry Groensteen and Gilles Ciment, and organizers of the first-ever festival of comics held in Palestine, Palestine Comics, which opened in November of 2014.


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Dr Mark Anthony Darhower
Email: mark_darhower@ncsu.edu
Withers Hall 405, Box 8106
NCSU Campus
Website: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/mldarhow
Teaching and Research Interests
Discursive aspects of second language acquisition, computer mediated communication, ACTFL Oral Proficiency Scale, judicial interpreting, online translators
Brooks, F.B. and Darhower, M.A. (2014). It takes a department! A study of the culture of proficiency in three successful foreign language teacher education programs. Foreign Language Annals 47(4). 592-613.
Darhower, M.A. (2014). Dynamic assessment in synchronous computer-mediated communication: A case study of L2 Spanish past narration. CALICO Journal31(2). 221-243. [download .pdf file]
Darhower, M.A. (2014). Literary Discussions and Advanced-Superior Speaking Functions in the Undergraduate Language Program. Hispania 97(3). 396-412
Most of the publications below are based on the Bilingual Chat Community, a collaboration between NC State University and the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, which was in place from 2002 until 2007. The BCC brought together English speaking students of Spanish with Spanish speaking students of English in weekly bilingual chat sessions. The BCC was co-administered by my colleagues at the UPR, Dr. Emily Krasinski (emerita) and Dr. Alicia Pousada.
Darhower, M. (2008). The Role of Linguistic Affordances in Participation in a Bilingual Telecollaboration. CALICO Journal 26,1.
Darhower, M. (2007). A Tale of Two Communities: Group Dynamics and Community Building in a Spanish - English Telecollaboration. CALICO Journal24,3. 561-590. [download .pdf file]
This study provides a theory-driven account of community building in a bilingual telecollaborative chat setting. A symmetrical arrangement of 70 L1 English learners of Spanish and L1 Spanish learners of English engaged in weekly Internet chat sessions in small groups. The learning metaphors of communityand participation serve as the theoretical framework to describe linguistic and social behaviors and interpersonal relationships among participants in two ongoing chat groups, while at the same time discourse data are used to build upon theory of (virtual) community. Based on Brown's (2001) classification of levels of online community, the findings illustrate the discursive construction of one community that reached the third, cooperation/camaraderie level, and another that struggled to maintain the second, membership level.
Darhower, M. (2006). Where's the community? Bilingual Internet chat and the fifth C of the National Standards. Hispania 89,1. 84-98 [download .pdf file]
Challenges and expands upon the notion of community in the National Standards for Foreign Language Education. Providing discourse data from a bilingual (English and Spanish) chat community, I illustrate how the chat room environment becomes a community of learners with a rich social setting, which subsumes the remaining four Cs of the Standards. I also suggest that theCommunities standard be updated to make a tighter connection with the other four standards, placing all standards in a more social framework.
Darhower, M. (2004). Dialogue journals as mediators of L2 learning: A sociocultural account. Hispania 87,2. 324-335. [download .pdf file]
Discusses various aspects of learner interactive written communication in weekly dialogue journals, such as learner identity issues, interaction with course content and use of targeted language structures.
Darhower, M. (2002). Interactional Features of Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication: A Sociocultural Case Study. CALICO Journal 19,2. 249-275. [download .pdf file]
This article won the Outstanding Article of the Year Award presented by Sony, Inc. and the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). It illustrates collaborative learner dialogue among fourth semester students of Spanish in the Internet chat room setting. This is the first article in which I utilized the Community of Practice (CoP) construct and became more interested in the CoP as a social environment and investigative framework.
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For me, being able to trust the trainer is the most important factor. I live 3000 miles away, have no idea what is happening on a day to day basis, could be fed a whole pile of bs and not know the difference. It would be easy for any trainer to 'forget' that the horse was actually out in a field for 10 days and not in full training with the result that the monthly bill is 300 Euros higher than it should be. Similarly, a trainer could tell me that the horse is doing really really well and getting ready to run and then, just as entries are about to be made, the horse gets a mysterious injury that will set him back two months; the owner needs to know that really happened and isn't just a convenient excuse. There are so many ways that a trainer could pull the wool over an owners eyes that you just have to find someone who based on 'feel' and conversation is someone you can trust.
I want someone who loves what they do, has been involved in racing all of their lives and has a family who are equally involved and enthusiastic. On balance I was looking for a younger trainer ; someone who was relatively new in the training ranks and keen to make a name for themselves.
While I am far from an expert on horses, I do like to think I would know the difference between a happy and content stable and one where the horses are not as well looked after. I would have to say that the vast majority of yards and staff look after their horses extremely well but you can tell a lot by the attitude and friendliness of the staff in the ward and the overall cleanliness of the stables. You also want to see some examples of tenure in stable staff and not constant turnover.
Apart from actually buying the horse the biggest costs to an owner is the monthly training fee. To be honest there is not that much of a difference between most trainers but it is important that the charges are in line and that there are no 'red flags'. Fro example, while training fees per day may be very comparable, transportation costs or gallops fees can quickly add up if not fully disclosed.


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Our Love Island columnists and 2016 winners Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey give us the low down!
The new Cara and Nathan?
Cara: Everyone is saying Jack and Dani are the new Cara and Nathan but I don't think Jack is as funny as Jon Clark [series one], Nath, or even Kem [Cetinay, series three]. He's not cracking the jokes!
Nathan: I think Jack and Dani are going to win. I don't think anyone is going to touch them. They're both really relatable.
Cara: No offence to Jack and Dani – they're sick – but if they were in another series there's no way they'd be winning it. If they were in it with Jon and Hannah [Elizabeth] or me and Nath or Kem and Amber [Davies], I tell you now they would not be winning.
Cara: I'm still waiting for it to kick off! It's great, but I really don't think that it has the same draw as last year or the year before… yet! The producers know what they're doing though, so I'm sure it'll turn around soon.
Nathan: They're all models this year – you need to grab people off of building sites and out of hair salons, because that's where you get the real people!


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4 Ways to Boost Your Immune System Naturally This Fall
By Siobhan Colgan
Athletes who've found their stride this summer will need to keep pace in the fall. But as science and experience show, this is the season where most of us catch colds and infections, leaving us hitting the sickbed more frequently than the gym.
There are several reasons for this. The main one is that cold and flu viruses are best transmitted at cool temperatures. But a weak immune system is typically at the bottom of any onslaught of the sniffles.
So if you're aiming for a Spartan Race in the coming months, here's how to boost your immune system naturally this fall to ensure you're ready to rock your race come rain, hail, or snow.
How to Boost Your Immune System Naturally
Go Outdoors
Regular exercise is a known sickness slayer and contrary to what some people might think, the more you can do it outside the quicker you'll build up a healthy immune system.
"The fall is really the ideal season to start training," says Chardét Durbin, a Brazilian-American fitness instructor and founder of online health and fitness brand, Corpão. "You don't have the excessive heat of summer or the other, colder extreme of winter. So you can use the autumn days to get used to moving in colder weather, and build up a consistent training routine."
Also, exercising out of doors means greater exposure to sunlight, the main provider of immune-supporting vitamin D. And while the sun in autumn can be weak, even exercising for as little as 20 minutes outdoors in sunlight can up your D dosage.
Chardét, who used to run an outdoors boot camp in New York's Central Park recommends that both beginners and competent athletes focus on endurance exercises.
"High-intensity sprints followed by a slow jog or some sort of circuit training is a type of programming that challenges your body, forcing it to adapt, then evolve, making you better and stronger."
She also recommends using public furniture and 'nature's equipment'.
"You can do assisted push-ups and lunges using a park bench, wall-sits against trees, or bring a mini resistant band to do lower squat walks, plank walks, and chest flies between short sprints. Use the unexpected outdoor terrain too so that you're really utilizing many of the elements of fitness such as balance and core control."
Related: 6 Smart Secrets to Build Endurance for OCR
Mind Your Gut
Good gut health is a fast-track to being flu-free, according to several studies. Around 70 percent of our immune cells live along the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with our intestines, in particular, containing bad bacteria-blitzing microbes.
But according to Natalia Shulzhenko, an assistant professor and physician at the Oregon State University, "There's an increasing disruption of these microbes from modern lifestyle, diet, overuse of antibiotics and other issues."
Writing in Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology, Shulzhenko notes that when this disruption occurs, communication between the immune system and gut bacteria breaks down, and, alongside influenza, can lead to more worrying diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, Type-2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
A healthy gut boasts a diversity of microbes, each of which prefers different and fibrous foods. So include lots of plant-based foods and probiotics such as live yogurt, sauerkraut, miso, and kombucha on the menu.
Studies on animals have suggested that stress also plays a large part in disrupting good gut health. Making room for regular exercise, avoiding unhealthy habits like smoking, and getting a good night's sleep can all help when figuring out how to boost your immune system naturally.
Cut Back on Sugar
We all know refined sugar's reputation as a major cause of obesity and several chronic diseases. But did you know your sweet tooth can lead to the chills too? A report on WebMD claims that consuming too much sugar stops immune system cells attacking bad bacteria in the body, an effect that can last a couple of hours after you've slurped back a soda.
"But it's important to be smart about sugar intake, especially if you're working out outdoors and in the autumn," adds Chardét, who is also a qualified nutritionist. "Strip out processed sugars, but remember that simple natural sugars, like whole fruits, are part of the good carbs you need for your body to run efficiently."
Chardét advises card-carrying sugar lovers to cut back in steps, acknowledging that it can be difficult to go cold turkey when it's cold outside.
"The fall is when people naturally crave high-calorific food, as from an evolutionary point of view we store more fat in the fall and winter. If it's difficult for you to stop eating sugar, start by stripping out sauces, condiments, and other foods that you won't miss as much daily and which, surprisingly, contain a lot of sugar."
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Strange as it may sound, people with strong social connections also have a strong immune system. In one study carried out by a team at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, people with a wide range of social ties were significantly less likely to catch colds than those with few social networks.
Author of the study, Dr. Cohen, told The New York Times that diversity within the social network is key as it ensures the individual has several outlets to discuss or escape causes of stress. Additionally, it was suggested that exposure to more germs may work to stimulate a person's immune system, making them hardier in the long-run.
Don't let the frosty shift in the season turn you into a fall recluse. Take time out with friends and family, or widen your social circle by volunteering with a charity or community group. Join a club that's focused on a favorite hobby or pastime. And – need we say? – Sign up for a Spartan Race and feel the fun and friendliness that the events are world-famous for.
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Not the best shot of them but either way, they're getting a lot of criticism, being compared to ''microwaved frisbees''. Regardless, I like them, they're different but there's no reason not the be different and revamp the medals a little.
The medals that will be awarded at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics were unveiled today, with organizers touting the awards' connections to Canada, utter uniqueness and hefty weight. What they didn't mention is that they look like microwaved frisbees.
The gold medal looks like it belongs in a bowl of potato chips at King Midas's house. So far I've heard people comment that the medals look like gelt, melted 45s or, as I thought, something from a Dali painting.
-- The medals of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games are circular in shape and based on a large master artwork of an orca whale by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian designer/artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage. Each of the medals has a unique hand-cropped section of the abstract art, making every medal one-of-a-kind.
-- They are among the heaviest medals in Olympic, weighing between 500 grams to 576 g depending on the medal.
from that picture i do not like them.
i would agree about the microwave frisbees. i wouldn't mind them spicing medals up and changing them a bit but i would think they could come up with something better i mean it is the Olympics. kind of important right?
Well if you read the article they're heavily based on important parts of Canadian history and aboriginals and the notion of waves through the ocean (seeing as Vancouver's on the pacific), etc. Sure it's a little abstract but why not be abstract? There have been worse designs imo before.


In a design review held June 14 at its Hawthorne, Ca. headquarters, SpaceX updated NASA on its progress in converting its Dragon capsule for crewed spaceflight as part of the commercial Crew Development Round 2. Covering a number of issues from cabin layout and environmental systems to launch pad modifications, SpaceX focused much of its presentation on safety and the role of the SuperDraco thrusters in providing emergency escape.
While each of the funded contestants in Phase 2 is making steady progress on their respective proposals, the recent success of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule in completing all phases of flight in a capsule fundamentally similar to the system which would transport astronauts should give SpaceX momentum in the fiercely competitive second round which has seen politically powerful ATK join the fray with a credible proposal based on the 5 segment solid rocket booster design for NASA's cancelled Ares launch vehicle.


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Q: Add items to end of Linked List gives strange result I am trying to add elements to end of my linked list and do not see that happening. It always seem to add None to the end of the linked list. I am not sure why this happens and I am guessing this has to do something with someone my .next setup incorrectly. I am using python to implement my linked list. Can someone please help me with this
Below is my Node class
class Node:
    def __init__(self):
        self.data = None
        self.next = None

    def get_data(self):
        return self.data

    def set_data(self, data):
        self.data = data

    def get_next(self):
        return self.next

    def set_next(self, node):
        self.next = node

And here is my linked list class with insert methods
class SingleyLinkedList:

    def __init__(self):
        self.head = Node()

    def insertAtHead(self, data):
        currentNode = self.head

        newNode = Node()
        newNode.set_data(data)

        if currentNode != None:
            newNode.set_next(currentNode)
            self.head = newNode
            print("Inserted ", data, " at the head")
        else:
            self.head.set_next(newNode)

    def insertAtEnd(self, data):
        currentNode = self.head

        new_node = Node()
        new_node.set_data(data)

        while currentNode.get_next() != None:
            currentNode = currentNode.next

        currentNode.set_next(new_node)
        print("Inserted ", data, " at end")

    def printNode(self):
        print("\nPrinting the nodes")
        currentNode = self.head

        while currentNode.next != None:
            print(currentNode.data, " --> ", end="")
            currentNode = currentNode.next
        print(" NULL \n")

s = SingleyLinkedList()

s.insertAtHead(5)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtHead(10)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtHead(1)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtEnd(20)
s.printNode()

I get the below result,

Inserted  5  at the head
Printing the nodes
5  -->  NULL
Inserted  10  at the head
Printing the nodes
10  --> 5  -->  NULL
Inserted  1  at the head
Printing the nodes 1  --> 10  --> 5  -->  NULL
Inserted  20  at end
Printing the nodes 1  --> 10  --> 5  --> None  -->  NULL

A: First of you init head with Node() which holds None values which is incorrect you should have empty head that is why you see None at the end because it gets propagated till end and lastly you do not print the last Node() because the last node has no next This condition do not show Node without next:
    while currentNode.next != None:
        print(currentNode.data, " --> ", end="")
        currentNode = currentNode.next

So you need to print one more.
Below working example with small simplification:
class Node:
    def __init__(self, data=None, next=None):
        self.data = data
        self.next = next

    def get_data(self):
        return self.data

    def set_data(self, data):
        self.data = data

    def get_next(self):
        return self.next

    def set_next(self, node):
        self.next = node

class SingleyLinkedList:

    def __init__(self):
        self.head = None

    def insertAtHead(self, data):
        old_head = self.head
        self.head = Node(data, old_head)
        print("Inserted ", data, " at the head")

    def insertAtEnd(self, data):
        currentNode = self.head

        while currentNode.get_next() != None:
            currentNode = currentNode.next

        currentNode.set_next(Node(data))
        print("Inserted ", data, " at end")

    def printNode(self):
        print("\nPrinting the nodes")
        currentNode = self.head

        while currentNode.next != None:
            print(currentNode.data, " --> ", end="")
            currentNode = currentNode.next
        print(currentNode.data, " --> ", end="")
        print(" NULL \n")

s = SingleyLinkedList()

s.insertAtHead(5)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtHead(10)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtHead(1)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtEnd(20)
s.printNode()

Output:
Inserted  5  at the head

Printing the nodes
5  -->  NULL

Inserted  10  at the head

Printing the nodes
10  --> 5  -->  NULL

Inserted  1  at the head

Printing the nodes
1  --> 10  --> 5  -->  NULL

Inserted  20  at end

Printing the nodes
1  --> 10  --> 5  --> 20  -->  NULL

A: Your insertAtEnd is correct, but your printNode is incorrect.  As it is, it always replaces the last item in the linked list with NULL.  This is fine when you're adding items to the beginning of the list, because it is suppressing the empty head node you initialize the linked list with.  But when you insert items at the end of the list, that dummy node is now in the middle of the list, and will show up as None when you print.
s = SingleyLinkedList()
s.insertAtEnd(1)
s.insertAtEnd(2)
s.insertAtEnd(3)

prints
Printing the nodes
None  --> 1  --> 2  -->  NULL

Solution:  initialize self.head = None, and handle that case appropriately in your methods.

A: The problem in your code is this :-
self.head = Node()
i.e when you instantiate the SingleyLinkedList class.You are assigning the head of the linked list object to such a node whose next is None.
Hence you are getting None in your print statement Printing the nodes 1 --> 10 --> 5 --> None --> NULL
Below is the correct code:
class Node:
    def __init__(self):
        self.data = None
        self.next = None

    def get_data(self):
        return self.data

    def set_data(self, data):
        self.data = data

    def get_next(self):
        return self.next

    def set_next(self, node):
        self.next = node

class SingleyLinkedList:

    def __init__(self):
        self.head = None

    def insertAtHead(self, data):
        newNode = Node()
        newNode.set_data(data)

        if self.head:
            newNode.next = self.head
            self.head = newNode

        else:
            self.head = newNode
        print "Inserted ", data, " at the head"

    def insertAtEnd(self, data):
        currentNode = self.head

        new_node = Node()
        new_node.set_data(data)

        while currentNode.get_next() != None:
            currentNode = currentNode.next

        currentNode.set_next(new_node)
        print("Inserted ", data, " at end")

    def printNode(self):
        print("\nPrinting the nodes")
        currentNode = self.head

        while currentNode != None :
            print currentNode.data,
            print " --> ",
            currentNode = currentNode.next
        print

s = SingleyLinkedList()

s.insertAtHead(5)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtHead(10)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtHead(1)
s.printNode()

s.insertAtEnd(20)
s.printNode()

And the output is :
Inserted  5  at the head

Printing the nodes
5  -->
Inserted  10  at the head

Printing the nodes
10  -->  5  -->
Inserted  1  at the head

Printing the nodes
1  -->  10  -->  5  -->
Inserted  20  at end

Printing the nodes
1  -->  10  -->  5  -->  20  -->


PARIS – The Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), Rolf Wenzel, today welcomed the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Peter Kažimír, to the Bank's headquarters in Paris. On this occasion, they signed an agreement for the establishment of the Slovak Inclusive Growth Account (SIGA) at the CEB.
Governor Wenzel and Minister Kažimír discussed ongoing and future bilateral cooperation. The Governor expressed his satisfaction with the excellent relations between the Bank and the Slovak Republic, and offered the CEB's support for possible future projects, including a new university hospital in Bratislava. The Minister underlined the crucial role that the Bank can play in strengthening social cohesion in Europe and reaffirmed his government's commitment to promoting inclusive economic growth.
The SIGA is aimed at supporting inclusive growth and environmental sustainability through the financing of technical assistance for social projects, primarily in CEB target countries. The Slovak Republic endowed the account with a grant of € 2 million.
Technical assistance is essential for ensuring project quality. SIGA funds will be used to finance various activities related to the preparation and implementation of projects, such as feasibility studies, environmental and social impact assessments, business plans, tender documentations, contractual arrangements, and advisory services.
The Slovak Republic, a CEB member since 1998, has had over € 900 million in loans approved by the Bank for social projects since 2012. The sectors which have benefited the most from CEB funding are urban and rural modernisation, protection of the environment, job creation and preservation, social housing, and education.
CEB-financed projects are currently being implemented in the Slovak Republic in the areas of job creation and preservation and modernisation of urban and rural areas.
One of the first donors to the CEB's Migrant and Refugee Fund (MRF), the Slovak Republic contributed € 300,000 to the MRF shortly after it was established in October 2015.


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Walking through Camden Town in north London recently – a place whose countercultural relevance dwindled sometime between the Libertines' first and second albums – I came across a building labelled WORK.LIFE, plus the slogan, "Because life's too short".
There will be those of you who, much like myself, see this patter as a prime example of the capitalist colonisation of leisure time. Little by little, and facilitated by technology, the lines between work and play have become blurred. Social media encourages users to promote themselves as though they are products. So why not live, work and socialise in the same space too? Many of us are disturbed by these developments. Other ways of living, where the terms "work" and "life" are separated by canyons of empty white space, have much more appeal.
Then again, I grew up having my tarot cards read, several people in my family are Buddhist, and I'm pretty sure I once saw a ghost, so each to their own. Leaving theology aside for a moment (cracked that one, lads), it's the religious co-opting of the capitalist work ethic that gives me pause. With Protestantism, you could argue that the two things are natural bedfellows. And yet, before we had community hubs we had … churches. The original hubs. Fuse the two, and to where departeth the soul?
Churches are supposed to be places of refuge for the poor and dispossessed, not workspaces for every AirPod-wearing, kombucha-drinking, laptop-tapping, hashtagging social media manager trying to make it as an influencer on the side. These people don't need help, but those struggling under austerity desperately do. The commitment that those in the church have shown towards highlighting the evils of that economic policy has made me feel more favourable towards the institution than free wifi ever could. The church's night shelters and soup kitchens, its mother and baby groups and food banks – these are the community services that bring people together.
Workspaces where people sit on their laptops, atomised and alienated from one another are 10 a penny. Why offer more of the same? Shouldn't religious buildings be places of refuge from the treadmill? Will those kinds of people really see such a backdrop as part of their "personal brand"? Besides, ecclesiastical buildings will require the kind of fan heater that dwarfs the one currently at my feet.
Perhaps I am idealising the role of the church because I have had little contact with it. Yet aspects of it have personal resonance. My grandmother was born into a Salvation Army home, and until his death my grandfather made regular donations, which I have tried to continue. And on a recent visit to Chester Cathedral last month, I found myself unexpectedly moved. They were holding a Christmas tree festival. As we walked through the nave admiring the clerestory windows and the corbels and whatnot (who doesn't love a bit of perpendicular Gothic?), a choir were practising for an imminent wedding, and the clear, bright soprano notes were floating up into air. I stopped to examine a tree festooned with paper stars. On each star, a message to someone whom the writer had lost. "Missing you, Mum, particularly at Christmas." I had to walk away.
Thankfully, the moment was swiftly undermined by another tree, decorated to promote a local accountancy firm, with envelopes proclaiming "Santa's tax return". I may have hooted, my tears vanishing, but I know which tree I preferred. Leave the work stuff to the minimalist nomad hubs. Concentrate on the stuff of life (and death). Precious few places do these days.


California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, warned on Thursday that his state "is headed toward one of the worst water crises in its history".
Now new research suggests that the three-year drought in the Golden State may be a consequence of the expanding tropics, which are gradually growing as human emissions of greenhouse gases warm the planet.
Climate scientists have documented a slow progression of low-latitude weather systems towards the poles, and this has been matched by rising temperatures in many temperate regions. Deciding whether this broadening of the tropical belt is linked to the greenhouse effect has been difficult, however.
Part of the reason, explains Thomas Reichler of the University of Utah, is that there are many ways of defining the tropics. Geographically, the tropical belt is contained between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. It is also the region on either side of the equator where temperatures tend to be hot and humid all year.
But the simplest and most easily tracked characteristic of the tropics lies high above, at the boundary between the troposphere, where weather systems form, and the stratosphere above it.
Over the tropics, the tropopause, as this boundary is known, tends to lie several kilometres higher up in the atmosphere. The change in altitude is relatively easy to measure. "It is much more difficult to detect significant changes in the lower levels of the atmosphere and surface rainfall pattern," says Jian Lu of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
Using the tropopause, Lu and Reichler tracked the position of the tropical belt since the 1960s and found it has slowly been getting wider. "There is a lot of natural variation from year to year," says Reichler, "but we see a slow, gradual change." On average, the tropical boundaries are moving 0.7 degrees towards the poles each decade. This amounts to roughly 70 kilometres per decade, or 350 kilometres in 50 years.
The team then plugged their data into a leading climate model. If the model included human emissions, it matched the real data. Without the emissions, it didn't.
Reichler says that the expansion of the subtropics is more feared than the widening of the tropical zone itself. While the tropical belt is hot and humid, the subtropics suffer from severe drought. The Sahara and Sahel are both subtropical regions.
The climate models quoted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict that the Mediterranean region and the south-west of the US are heading towards devastating droughts. Reichler says this latest study suggests this is a result of the poleward march of the tropics.


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Let's talk spiritual life coaching.
Having spent decades in martial arts and meditation practice, my coaching tends to takes a certain spiritual aspect. In fact, I love to work with clients on body / mind / spirit balance because it creates such a whole and peaceful life.
But sometimes talking about spirit can make people a little hinkey.
"Hey is this guy going to preach to me, or turn me into some kind of satan-worshipper."
First, let me say that foremost I am a coach. I take a nonjudgemental position with all of my clients. That means I accept where you're coming from, no matter what your personal beliefs.
I am not going to try to change your religious orientation, or your atheism, or your dedication to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I am not going to preach to you.
Spirit can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. And there are plenty of people who believe that there is no such thing as spirit. It's all fine.
When I speak of spirit in a coaching context, I am talking about simply a connection to that which is greater to ourselves. For you, maybe it's God, or the universe, or nature, or humanity itself. I think we can all agree, unless one of is a horrible narcissist, that there is something bigger and greater to us.
In my experience, our vision and connection to that thing - whatever we call it is important.
Having experienced many practices, the things that stick out for me involve connection. Connection to a community, to humanity, to the Universe, to a mission that positively affects the world I live in.
For me, it's like adding nuclear fuel to the engine that drives me.
And, human beings are wired for connection. Hugs mean oxytocin streams through our bodies. We live longer in loving pairings.
I assume my clients are eventually headed for something greater - whether building a vision, a legacy, or merely enhancing those connections.
This is the work I love.


The Congress on April 16 accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving "wrong information" in his earlier election about a plot in Gandhinagar allotted to him and urged the Election Commission to take action against him, but the BJP refuted the allegations and counter-accused the opposition parties of spreading "falsehood".
The Congress charges followed a plea filed in the Supreme Court on April 15 seeking setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged non-disclosure in his election affidavits by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the details of a plot allotted to him in Gandhinagar.
He claimed there is no plot listed as '401/A' in the Gujarat revenue department's land records for Gandhinagar, but the same plot is also listed in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's 2014 affidavit.
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layout: single
title: A Sane way of Slowly Adopting Code Conventions
tags: [dev, shell, quicktips, til, ruby]
status: publish
date:   2016-04-29 5:10:10 +0800
type: post
category: articles
published: true
---

Legacy ruby projects are often littered with code that just doesn't
follow any kind of code convention. Each developer that had a hand in a certain
codebase can quickly give up an just go on with their own style. Even I
am guilty of not spending time to follow any sort of coding convention
even though I know that we should for consistency, & readability.

In my opinion, just like refactoring, in order to reduce the scope of things
that I need to change, aim to correct coding convention violations while
working on features. In particular, only change the files that you touched
a.k.a [The Boy Scout Rule](http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/The_Boy_Scout_Rule).

I usually follow [bbatsov's Ruby Style Guide](http://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide) and conveniently,
[Rubocop](http://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop) enforces this by default. So, if you're
following any sort of git feature branching model, you can automatically enforce
(most of) the style guide changes by checking out to the feature branch and use this script:

    git diff master --name-status | awk '{print $2}' | grep ".rb" | xargs rubocop --auto-correct

That roughly transates to: get all changed ruby files (`.rb`) in the current feature branch and run each file through rubocop, autocorrecting (modifying) the files if possible.

I recommend saving the changes in a separate commit for easier code reviews.

You can also configure [Rubocop](http://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop) to follow your own
coding style guidelines.


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The winners of the Migration Policy Institute's 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes, honoring exceptional immigrant integration initiatives in the United States, discussed their work during a plenary luncheon on September 24, 2012 at the National Immigrant Integration Conference held in Baltimore, MD.
Making It Work: Lessons in Collaboration on Language Access Contracting
A webinar on language access contracting for federal, state, and local officials, agency administrators, and community stakeholders concerned with the oversight and implementation of language access provision.
Regulating Private Recruitment in the Asia-Middle East Labour Migration Corridor
This joint Migration Policy Institute and International Organization for Migration event marks the Issue brief launch of Regulating Private Recruitment in the Asia-Middle East Labour Migration Corridor.
MPI/IOM Panel Discussion and Asia-Pacific Launch of Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development
A discussion with Dr. Noppawan Tanpipat, Vice President, National Science and Technology Development Agency; Frank Laczko, Head, Migration Research Division, IOM; Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, IOM, and Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI); and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development, Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
This discussion highlights the best practices and experiences of different countries in engaging and maximizing the contributions that diasporas can and do make to the development of their country of origin, and more broadly the experience of policymakers in both sending and receiving countries and the related challenges and opportunities they face.
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You'd better back up your hard drives and protect your backups. There's been a lot of talk recently about the Conficker worm virus that's going to wreak havoc on the world on April 1st. It's rumored to do all sorts of nasty things like delete your email, make your TV record "Gigli" and give your poodle a hickey. Hmm, where have we heard warnings like this before….
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Conflicker is as a laughable being like Y2k, and as fake as Prophecy 2012, do not worry nothing happen to me and others around, hoax! April fools!


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The original Musical and Amicable Society was founded in 1762 by James Kempson, who directed the choir at St Bartholomew's Chapel, Birmingham. Together with fellow musicians from St Philip's Church (now Birmingham Cathedral), Kempson and his singers gathered on a regular basis at Cooke's tavern in the Cherry Orchard "for practice and recreation" In 2003, Kate Fawcett and Martin Perkins decided to revive this historic society as a collective of professional period-instrument specialists, performing in combinations ranging from small ensembles to full orchestra. Our presiding ethos is one of chamber music - however large or small the formation - where each and every performer has a significant role to play. Individually, our members maintain successful freelance careers with some of Europe's most prestigious period-instrument ensembles. Collectively, we revel in exploring Baroque and Classical repertoire, both familiar and forgotten, recreating the soundscapes of earlier eras for audiences today. We particularly enjoy collaborating with choirs to present large-scale works using original instrumentation. This season sees us forge new relationships with choral societies in Daventry, Stamford and Malvern, as well as returning to perform with old friends: Cherubini and Haydn with the Gwent Bach Society, Bach Passions with the Bach Choirs of Birmingham and Royal Leamington Spa, and Handel's Samson in Malmesbury. With smaller forces, we look forward to our annual Holy Week visit to Hoarwithy and to our debut for Worcestershire Early Music at their festival in April. We are also delighted to be joining the choirs of Worcester Cathedral in a series of Bach Cantatas and Motets and will be reprising our Four Seasons, Four Soloists programme as part of an education initiative in June, linking Capability Brown with Vivaldi.
In its original incarnation the Musical and Amicable Society issued a printed code of rules for its members, bearing the following motto - which today's Society endorses as heartily as we did a decade ago!
"To our Musical Club here's long Life and Prosperity
May it flourish with us and so on to posterity
May Concord and Harmony always abound
And Divisions here only in our Music be found
May the Catch and the Glass go about and about
And another succeed to the Bottle that's out"
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Robyn is one of the undisputed queens of modern electropop. Since arriving on the scene in 1995, this Swede has taken the world by storm with her sleek, sentimental pop.
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Robyn is one of the undisputed queens of modern electropop. Since arriving on the scene in 1995, this Swede has taken the world by storm with her sleek and sentimental pop bangers. Boasting signature songs include 'Show Me Love', 'With Every Heartbeat' and 'Dancing On My Own', Robyn's influence on pop in the 21st century has been significant. Robyn - real name Robin Miriam Carlsson - began her pop career as a fresh-faced 15-year-old in 1995, releasing her debut album Robyn Is Here in October that year. The record showed her early promise as three of its singles saw international success with 'Do You Know (What It Takes)' and 'Show Me Love' reaching the top 10 of the US Billboard Top 100. While her next two albums My Truth and Don't Stop The Music consolidated her success in her native Scandinavia, it was with her fourth album, 2005's Robyn, that she broke into wider consciousness as its single 'With Every Heartbeat' hit No. 1 in the UK and won a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album. Robyn's critically acclaimed Body Talk series, dropped throughout 2010, sealed her superstardom with singles 'Dancing On My Own', 'Hang With Me' and 'Indestructable' topping the charts. After laying low with two collaborative EPs, Robyn finally returned with her eighth album Honey in 2018, an effort that topped many end-of-year lists. Don't miss the chance to see this avant-garde pop artist live.
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Hundreds of people visited & experienced the Christmas story brought to life online last year, and for Christmas Alive 2015, by popular demand, we're again going to be holding a live version of Christmas Alive on Saturday 19th December, from 4pm-6pm.
Come along, and you'll be able to experience the Christmas story come to life. There will be live animals & live actors, allowing you to interact and find out more about the Christmas story.
Meet the shepherds, Mary & Joseph, King Herod, and the wise men, with the opportunity to ask them questions, and find out a bit more about how the characters in the Christmas story thought & felt about what they experienced 2000 years ago, and how it's still relevant today.
And if you can't make it for our live event, then we'll also be running our online interactive Christmas Alive website again throughout December. Visit Christmas Alive Online, and you'll be able to journey through the Christmas story, hearing from each of the characters as you go, leave questions for them, and get replies back!
So however you choose to visit Christmas Alive this year, we hope that you'll find a little time to experience the Christmas story come to life.


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Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair
by Frances Marion Platt
The Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz
Labor Day weekend means that it's time once again for the Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair, which has bookended the summer season at the Ulster County Fairgrounds for more than three decades. Locals may dread the traffic, but all those visitors come to New Paltz twice a year for good reason. It's hard to resist the lure of beautifully handcrafted objects that are displayed in such variety and abundance in the Fair's tents and stalls.
Still vacillating? Here's another reason to go – one that sets this particular edition of the fair apart from all its previous incarnations: One of the exhibitors will be Pulitzer Prizewinning photojournalist and longtime New York Times photo editor Lonnie Schlein. Best-known as the editor of A Nation Challenged, the book-length collection of Times photography related to the 9/11 attacks, Schlein will be showing and selling prints of his work – which also includes travel photography and celebrity portraits – at the Crafts Fair.
As always, the wares on sale by more than 250 craftspeople will span every imaginable category of handmade goods: pottery, wooden bowls, metal implements, quilts, jewelry, leather goods, furniture, clothing, toys, lamps, wall hangings, picture frames, pens, journals, brooms, figurines, clocks…you name it. There's also a food tent with gourmet consumables.
The Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 1. Entry to the Ulster County Fairgrounds costs $8 general admission, $7 for seniors, though you can usually get $1 off the price by checking the website at www.quailhollow.com. Kids age 12 and under get in free, but pets should be left at home; and strollers should be wielded with consideration for the ankles of fellow fairgoers, who can sometimes be packed shoulder-to-shoulder in the main tents.
Continuous live music and a tasty selection of fair food, both healthy and self-indulgent, are part of this Crafts Fair's perennial appeal, so plan to stay at least half the day. There's a supervised, hands-on crafts activity tent near the entrance where kids can be left to have fun while you shop. Parking across the road from the Fairgrounds is free and ample.
Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair, Saturday/Sunday, August 30/31, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday, September 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $8/$7, Ulster County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Road, New Paltz; www.quailhollow.com.
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Frances Marion Platt
Frances Marion Platt has been a feature writer (and copyeditor) for Ulster Publishing since 1994, under both her own name and the nom de plume Zhemyna Jurate. Her reporting beats include Gardiner and Rosendale, the arts and a bit of local history. In 2011 she took up Syd M's mantle as film reviewer for Alm@nac Weekly, and she hopes to return to doing more of that as HV1 recovers from the shock of COVID-19. A Queens native, Platt moved to New Paltz in 1971 to earn a BA in English and minor in Linguistics at SUNY. Her first writing/editing gig was with the Ulster County Artist magazine. In the 1980s she was assistant editor of The Independent Film and Video Monthly for five years, attended Heartwood Owner/Builder School, designed and built a timberframe house in Gardiner. Her son Evan Pallor was born in 1995. Alternating with her journalism career, she spent many years doing development work – mainly grantwriting – for a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including six years at Scenic Hudson. She currently lives in Kingston.


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A lot of people don't realize that sometimes the wiper blade assembly includes special coverings or special aesthetic construction on it to match the car. For example, the 2004-2007 Subaru WRX STi wiper blade has a small spoiler on it to prevent the blade from lifting at high speed. The Volvo XC90 wiper blade has a plastic cover to match the wiper arm and give the whole assembly a smooth look.
Usually the rubber insert inside the wiper blade can be replaced, usually also for just a few dollars, instead of spending $25 or so on a single wiper arm assembly from AutoZone.
Here's some information to help.
Thanks for this reminder. I recently bought a 2006 XC90 myself and this is my first Volvo. I love it so far. I'm getting acclimated with some Websites for this vehicle, thanks for your site and info.
As for the inserts, any recommendations on where to pick up quality inserts. I have purchased Bosch OEM arms before from a store like Nappa for a Mercedes we had. I agree, it's a waist to replace a perfectly otherwise good arm.


How time flies and it's now january 2012. Have you made your new year resolutions? 🙂 Well, for OCP, we hope to bring in more affordable stuff for crafters and to start the brand new year, we have extended our Saturday Operating hours to 9pm and Sunday will be open from 2pm to 9pm. 🙂 Is that a wonderful news for you? Remember to pop by to visit us often ok.
And since we are celebrating Chinese New Year this month, how can we do it without Ang Baos. 🙂 What do we mean? Hee…..
1) Get an Ang Bao with every $38 spent at OCP. Every Ang Bao promises a prize for you.
Please also note that OCP will be close for CNY from 21st January to 25th January. Business will resume on 26th January. May the dragon brings luck and joy to all of you. Have a wonderful new year and we hope to see you soon.


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I am imagining this space filled now with the spirits of the Issei and the Nisei who are rejoicing along with us in this magnificent celebration of one of our own, which is also a celebration of all of us.
President Obama spoke of the long arc of history bending towards freedom. It does that. It bends towards the good. It bends towards home. It bends towards the light.
In times of darkness, that long arc seems to get longer. But one of the things to know about darkness is that the light is hidden within it. And one of the qualities that most moves me about the new president of UBC, is his capacity for vulnerability and his openness. In his openness, in revealing what is hidden within him the light shines through and it warms us, it comforts us, it heals us and it guides us. In enables us to do likewise and to be more fully known and more fully loved.
I am going to read a few words from the prologue to my latest book Gently to Nagasaki, which is a cry for the presence of mercy among us, in the human condition.
In the dark light before dawn, in the deep light before dawn, the hidden voice comes. Named and Nameless, the Goddess of Mercy, She, the compassionate one who heeds the wailing in a world of weeping, comes to us.
Down and down through the sensate sea she dances, a rider of the vast turtle that roams the eastern myths. We hear her in the breath surrounding this blue-green planet, her singing as sunlight in the new day rising.
I am with you, she sings. I am with you through the water, under the water, in the birthing, in the forgetting, in the terror and at the heart of what you most fear, I am with you. Through the long dark night of every absence, I am with you, therefore fear not.
Thank you Professor Ono for your choice to be present among us. Today we are witnesses to the arc of history that bends towards the good. We welcome the light that guides us towards a better world. It is the attention of the light that creates our seeing.


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Modelling and controller design of quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter-based three-phase grid-tie photovoltaic power system
Yushan Liu, Baoming Ge, Haitham Abu-Rub
Quasi-Z source cascaded multilevel inverter (qZS-CMI) is an emerging topology applied to photovoltaic (PV) power system. It can overcome disadvantages of conventional CMI-based PV power system, because of achieving the balanced dc-link voltage through using its boost ability, and saving one-third modules. At present, there was not literature to disclose the modelling and controller design for qZS-CMI-based three-phase grid-tie PV power system. In this study, a control scheme for three-phase qZS-CMI-based grid-tie PV power system is proposed, where distributed maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and constant dc-link peak voltage are achieved for all qZS H-bridge inverter (qZS-HBI)-based PV modules, with grid-injected power in unity power factor. The detailed controller parameter design is demonstrated by using Bode plots and the built models of qZS-HBI-based PV module and whole system. A test bench of 7-level three-phase qZS-CMI-based PV power system is built. Simulation and experimental results validate the proposed control scheme and design method.
IET Renewable Power Generation
https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0221
Liu, Y., Ge, B., & Abu-Rub, H. (2014). Modelling and controller design of quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter-based three-phase grid-tie photovoltaic power system. IET Renewable Power Generation, 8(8), 925-936. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0221
Modelling and controller design of quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter-based three-phase grid-tie photovoltaic power system. / Liu, Yushan; Ge, Baoming; Abu-Rub, Haitham.
In: IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 8, No. 8, 01.11.2014, p. 925-936.
Liu, Y, Ge, B & Abu-Rub, H 2014, 'Modelling and controller design of quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter-based three-phase grid-tie photovoltaic power system', IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 925-936. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0221
Liu Y, Ge B, Abu-Rub H. Modelling and controller design of quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter-based three-phase grid-tie photovoltaic power system. IET Renewable Power Generation. 2014 Nov 1;8(8):925-936. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2013.0221
Liu, Yushan ; Ge, Baoming ; Abu-Rub, Haitham. / Modelling and controller design of quasi-Z-source cascaded multilevel inverter-based three-phase grid-tie photovoltaic power system. In: IET Renewable Power Generation. 2014 ; Vol. 8, No. 8. pp. 925-936.
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