We must stop. We cannot go on. It's too painful.
We must stop using our email inbox as a to do list. We cannot go on running our days from that list of dozens, nay, thousands of emails. It's too painful and we all know it. Our email inbox makes a horrible to do list. Here's why.
First, a list of emails offers us no perspective. It's just a pile. We have no good way to extract from the pile what's doable, what's FYI, what's to be delegated, what's reference, and what's garbage. We cannot access our higher levels of organization like the projects we are working on or our goals. And there is no way to scan a pile of emails to know what is the most compelling thing to do right now.
Second, a list of emails is biased and binding. Emails contain an overabundance of requests (demands?) from other people. They say pretty much nothing about our perspective or what we would choose to do. We can easily feel trapped.
We default to using our email inbox because it looks easier than building and nurturing an effectiveness system (and here and here). It so is not. Any investment we make in our system will pay back handsomely.
PS: Yes, we can try to work our email inbox using stars, labels, and sorting. Mostly this leads to lots of stars and lots of things marked "important." We are usually disappointed.
PPS: Take the plunge. Build yourself an effectiveness system. You'll love the freedom of it.
It's helpful to think of our need for an effectiveness system as the same need that executives, lords, and ladies (think of the popular costume drama) of old had of their secretaries, butlers, and house managers.
Back in the day, the work of farm or factory workers and lower-level managers had been industrially engineered into simple, repeated tasks. If you were in these sorts of roles, you really had no need to prioritize, organize, and manage your tasks.
The executives, lords. and ladies, on the other hand, had work that was varied, dynamic, and wide-ranging. They were busy running corporations and estates. And they knew they could not keep track of it all. Their assorted personal assistants were ubiquitous, resourceful, trusted, and reliable. They kept it all running smoothly.
Today, our work is much more like that of those executives, lords, and ladies. Every day we tackle piles of tasks that are varied, dynamic, and wide-ranging. Most of us, though, will not be hiring personal assistants any time soon. We use clever tools instead.
Consider this, then: how can your effectiveness system become more like your valet, maid, or personal secretary? What tweaks will help it become more ubiquitous, resource-full, trusted, and reliable?
What do we do when there is too much to do? How can we get to working on the big, important things when there are so many fires to fight?
At first, working harder, getting organized, and using more efficient processes helps. But soon the complexity of work outstrips our ability to just press harder. Overextended and tired, we soon realize that no amount of activity offers us a way out.
The way out, of course, has nothing to do with process, action, or organization. We simply change our minds.
The mindset that got us here includes the belief that we can and should get it all done. We fear what will happen if we don't. This mindset also includes the affirmation that we are inundated by the waves of tasks and chaos; thinking we are overextended means we are. This mindset erodes our productivity and satisfaction.
Choosing to see ourselves as riding the waves of chaos changes everything. The mindset we need understands that there will always be too much to do. Now we can give up trying to do it all. This is a huge relief. No longer burdened by that guilt/pressure, we are free and can trust ourselves to choose the best things to work on. Paradoxically, we become so much more productive. We also get more mental capacity to find better solutions (e.g. delegating, renegotiating, reprioritizing) to the tasks at hand.
Better still: this mindset is contagious. Having chosen to ride the waves, we will naturally influence the army of pushing, overextended co-workers to ride atop these waves with us.
PS: This is one of those changes in the way we are not in what we do. To others, the change look subtle. And, in impact, it is monumental.
We don't want to do it now and we don't want to forget about it. We try to remember it and every other task. Truth is, our brains aren't really wired to keep track of more than a few tasks.
We want to do it at one level and we fear doing it at another level. For example: we want the benefit of having made those sales calls but don't relish making the calls.
We don't want to do it all and we don't know how to get it off our plate. We've said yes and now regret agreeing to do this.
The next step depends on the above category.
If you don't want to do it now and want to remember it, put it on your back burner list. You will review it every time you do a weekly refresh of your effectiveness system.
If you hesitate out of fear or discomfort, chances are you are considering too big of a bite. Try doing the smallest possible and still practical next step. In the sales example, maybe you imagine your next step to be "Get them all to like us and buy our product." The real next step could be to make one sales call with express purpose of setting up an exploratory meeting.
When people ask us to do things, we usually respond unthinkingly with "yes," "no," or silence. That's because we are unsure about what else we have on our plates to do. If we are unsure and optimistic or unsure and not wanting to displease, we habitually say, "Yes." If we are unsure and not wanting to over-commit or over-burden ourselves, we say, "No." And if we are overwhelmed, we may choose silence; we don't respond in hopes that the request will just go away.
Though each of these approaches can work, in the short term, we all want to be much more proactive and productive. Enter our Effectiveness System (and here).
When we have an effectiveness system that we really trust, we have 99+ percent of everything we could do, might do, or want to do in a central, easy to access place. It is up-to-date (within 24-hours or so). And we can celebrate knowing we don't have to track all those things in our heads.
When we have an effectiveness system that we really trust, we can make an informed call whether to accept, reject, or renegotiate each request others make of us. That's another reason to celebrate.
This habit describes how you'll actually do your tasks.
With the third habit, MOD It, you transformed the written mass of tasks, ideas, and potential tasks you had previously been keeping in your head into something more useful. You now have at least three lists. One for things you are not going to do soon ("back burner"), one for things that take more than one step to complete ("outcomes"), and one for all the actual "doable" tasks. Some doables are the very next steps to take for your outcomes (example: "Email Steve for his recommendations re: the Whently contract" is the next doable task for the Whently outcome). Others are one-off tasks not associated with any outcome (example: "Buy milk.").
If you have committed to someone to do the doable by a certain date, add a due date to the doable in your list. Or put it in your calendar on the proper date.
Do the due doables first thing each day, or as soon as possible in your day.
Whenever you find yourself having just completed a meeting or another task, scan your list of doables to decide what's the best thing yo can do next given how much time and energy you have and what's available. Example: "I have ten minutes before my next meeting, I'm sort of tired, and I'm in my parked car. I can't clean my desk. Nor can I buy that milk right now. But I can do a quick email or phone call." After a quick scan, you choose to email Betty the contact details of a friend who can help with the new promotion materials.
I call this scanning method, "Act Naturally" because it is easy, effective, and far less stressful than trying to assign and follow arbitrary due dates or task priorities. You'll find that you are very good at quickly scanning your entire list of doables to pick the best one to do at the time. As you get familiar with this process, you'll notice that your actions will flow better, taking less time, and getting more done. And you will feel much better about what you have on your plate.
Next up: the habit called Know Why.


I have two separate logics in one strategy. Each has its own differemt time bars.
There is a custom variable switch that I use to switch between one or the other. In no occasion can the two run simultaneously.
I have added BarsArray and closes for the indicators for the secondary logic and it seems to beexecuting properly.
I however have not set anything in specific (other than the standard condition rules) for the primary and they don't appear to be executing properly.
I did a test run on market replay and it appears tha, though the switch between the two logic is working properly, the Primary logic is executing simultaneously on the 10m and the 1m time bars.
Should I add BarsArray and Closes to all indicators and conditions that are related to the primary logic as well?
I did the above, and when in real trading, it appears to be functioning properly.
When however backtested, the results are not true. I have the feeling that the 10min and 1min bars are merged into one, which causes compromised results.
I am aware of the difference between historical and real time data.
When backtesting, my strategy produces hundreds of trades per day.
When done in real time, the trades are no more than 2-3 per day.
This is what I mean by "discrepancy" and not slight entry/exit price deviation which is normally seen when comparing historical with real time trading.
Are you running the strategy in real-time with CalculateOnBarClose = false?
I always use CalculateOnBarClose = true, as otherwise I get false signals.
Do have an example I can test for in the Strategy Analyzer and real-time data?
Yes, please tell me to which email I should send the strategy export?
Please test it for FB.
Keep in mind that the problem occurs when trading in real time with an IB connection, so I am not sure whether market replay would replicate the issue.
I think this is a compatibility issue between NT and IB.


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The Kings of Summer, conosciuto anche come Toy's House, è un film del 2013 diretto da Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

Trama
L'adolescente Joe Toy si ritrova sempre più frustrato dai tentativi di suo padre single, Frank, di educarlo essendo però lui stesso un immaturo. Dichiara la sua libertà una volta per tutte, fuggendo nel bosco con il suo migliore amico, Patrick, e uno strano ragazzo di nome Biaggio. Egli ha intenzione di costruire una casa lì in modo tale da essere privo di responsabilità e lontano dai genitori. Una volta che la loro dimora di fortuna è finita, i tre giovani si ritrovano padroni del proprio destino, soli nel bosco. Passano diverse settimane e Patrick e Joe sono dati per dispersi e appaiono su più canali di notizie.

Tra Patrick e Joe nasce un conflitto quando Joe invita la sua amica Kelly a venire a vedere la casa che hanno costruito. Dopo un po', Kelly prende in simpatia Patrick ed i due iniziano una relazione. Joe incolpa Kelly, dicendole che tutto andava bene prima del suo arrivo. Usa inoltre appellativi poco simpatici e la paragona ad un cancro. Come se non bastasse, pesta il piede rotto di Patrick. La coppia lascia la casa con rabbia e confusione. Biaggio, che ha sviluppato una forte amicizia con Joe, viene cacciato da quest'ultimo, lasciandolo a vivere da solo.

Circa un mese dopo, Joe sta ancora vivendo solo nel bosco. Kelly va dal padre, Frank e lo porta da Joe. Nel farlo, trovano Joe all'angolo con un serpente di Gopher che è apparso la sera prima. Biaggio che arriva in seguito tenta di uccidere il serpente con il machete, ma questo gli morde la gamba facendolo cadere a terra e quasi svenire. Frank, Kelly e Joe portano Biaggio di corsa in ospedale e sopravvive.

In ospedale, Joe ha un incontro con Kelly, la quale gli porta un pensiero dal negozio di regali: si tratta di una specie di biglietto di bentornato. Nonostante Joe apprezzi il gesto, ostenta un comportamento poco gentile. La ragazza non si dà per vinta e gli assicura che anche se non stanno assieme lei ci tiene davvero a lui. Il ragazzo si scioglie e accetta un abbraccio. Frank inizia a mostrare umanità nei confronti del figlio il quale, sorpreso, ricambia i sentimenti.

Sulla strada del ritorno, Joe e Patrick vedendosi l'un l'altro dalle auto, si fanno gesti scherzando: tornano amici.
Dopo i titoli di coda, si vede Biaggio che ancora risiede nella casa nel bosco.

Produzione
Il film è stato il film d'esordio del regista Vogt-Roberts nonché la prima sceneggiatura realizzata da Chris Galletta. Le riprese si sono svolte nell'estate 2012 in varie località dell'Ohio, tra cui Cleveland, Chagrin Falls, Lyndhurst e al South Pointe Hospital di Warrensville.

Distribuzione
La pellicola viene presentata in anteprima mondiale il 19 gennaio 2013, durante il Sundance Film Festival come Toy's House. Poco dopo, è stato annunciato che la CBS Films aveva acquisito i diritti di distribuzione del film. Il titolo del film è stato successivamente cambiato in The Kings of Summer. È stato presentato al Cleveland International Film Festival il 3 aprile 2013. Il film doveva essere distribuito nelle sale cinematografiche il 14 giugno 2013, tuttavia tale data è stata poi spostata al 31 maggio. Ha ricevuto una distribuzione limitata, and expanded to more theaters over the next few weeks.

Divieto
Il film viene vietato ai minori di 18 anni negli Stati Uniti d'America per la presenza di linguaggio non adatto e teenager che bevono alcolici.

Critica
Sull'aggregatore Rotten Tomatoes il film riceve il 76% delle recensioni professionali positive, con un voto medio di 6,9 su 10, basato su 112 critiche, mentre su Metacritic ottiene un punteggio di 61 su 100 basato su 33 recensioni.

Riconoscimenti
 2013 – Sundance Film Festival
 Candidatura per il Gran premio della giuria: U.S. Dramatic
 2013 – Dallas International Film Festival
Miglior film di genere narrativo
 2013 - Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
 Film più sottovalutato dell'anno
 Candidatura per la migliore regia d'esordio a Jordan Vogt-Roberts
 Candidatura per il miglior attore esordiente a Nick Robinson
 2013 – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
 Candidatura al miglior film per ragazzi
 2013 – Midwest Independent Film Festival
 Miglior regia a Jordan Vogt-Roberts
 Miglior fotografia a Ross Riege
 Candidatura al miglior film
 Candidatura alla miglior attrice per Megan Mullally
 Candidatura al miglior attore per Nick Offerman

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Film d'avventura
Film commedia drammatica
Film per ragazzi

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Pearblossom is an unincorporated town located in Los Angeles County, California. The town has a population of 2,435.
Pearblossom is located about 15 miles (24 km) Southeast of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley portion of Southern California.
The name Pearblossom came from the multitude of local pear farms along the southern ridge of the Antelope Valley. A few still exist today, but most of those farms are now abandoned and have returned to the desert landscape or have been overridden by small-scale housing development.
Pearblossom is well known by Southlanders as the home of one of the most dangerous roads in the US. State Route 138 (Pearblossom Highway) is the main street in Pearblossom and as of 2004 has been the location of numerous serious and fatal automobile accidents in its Palmdale to I-15 segment. It is known locally as the Death Trap Highway. The road is only single lane each direction for most of this segment's length, and the volumes of traffic that use it are far beyond what it was engineered to handle. The chief reason for accidents according to CHP data is passing the double yellow line in unsafe conditions. Overuse of Pearblossom Highway is chiefly on Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays, the time period many use the route to travel to Las Vegas. This section of 138's route is commonly used as a bypass of the Los Angeles Metropolitan region, and as a route from the Antelope Valley to the Inland Empire.


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Photochemical transformations accelerated in continuous-flow reactors : basic concepts and applications
Y. Su, N.J.W. Straathof, V. Hessel, T. Noel
Micro Flow Chemistry and Synthetic Meth.
Continuous-flow photochemistry is used increasingly by researchers in academia and industry to facilitate photochemical processes and their subsequent scale-up. However, without detailed knowledge concerning the engineering aspects of photochemistry, it can be quite challenging to develop a suitable photochemical microreactor for a given reaction. In this review, we provide an up-to-date overview of both technological and chemical aspects associated with photochemical processes in microreactors. Important design considerations, such as light sources, material selection, and solvent constraints are discussed. In addition, a detailed description of photon and mass-transfer phenomena in microreactors is made and fundamental principles are deduced for making a judicious choice for a suitable photomicroreactor. The advantages of microreactor technology for photochemistry are described for UV and visible-light driven photochemical processes and are compared with their batch counterparts. In addition, different scale-up strategies and limitations of continuous-flow microreactors are discussed.
Chemistry : A European Journal
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Su, Y., Straathof, N. J. W., Hessel, V., & Noel, T. (2014). Photochemical transformations accelerated in continuous-flow reactors : basic concepts and applications. Chemistry : A European Journal, 20(34), 10562-10589. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201400283
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Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10: If you are not able to connect to the internet or facing limited internet connectivity problem then chances are DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Client might be disabled. To confirm this, run the network diagnostic and the troubleshooter will close with error message DHCP is not enabled for "WiFi" or DHCP is not enabled for "Wireless Network Connection".
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol which is controlled by a DHCP server which dynamically distributes network configuration parameters, such as IP addresses, to all DHCP-enabled clients. DHCP server helps in reducing the need for a network administrator to configure these settings manually.
Now in Windows 10, DHCP is enabled by default but if it is disabled by some 3rd party apps or possibly a virus then your Wireless access point will not run a DHCP server, which in turn will not automatically assign an IP address and you won't be able to access the internet. So without wasting any time let's see how to Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10 with the help of below-listed troubleshooting guide.
3.Scroll down to Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi and under DHCP Enabled it should read "yes".
4.If you see "No" under DHCP Enabled then the method didn't work and you need to try other solutions as well.
1.Press Windows Key + R then type ncpa.cpl and hit Enter to open Network Connections.
2.Right-click on your Wifi Connection and select Diagnose.
3.Let the Network Troubleshooter run and it will give you the following error message: DHCP is not enabled for "Wireless Network Connection".
4.Now click on Next in order to fix the issues. Also, click on "Try This Repairs as an Administrator".
5.On the next prompt, click Apply this Fix.
6.Reboot your PC to save changes and see if you're able to Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10.
2.Right-click on your Wifi Connection and select Properties.
3.From the Wi-Fi properties window, select Internet Protocol Version 4 and click Properties.
4.Now make sure to checkmark "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically".
5.Click OK, then again click on OK and click Close.
6.Reboot your PC to save changes.
2.Find DHCP Client in this list then double-click on it to open its properties.
3.Make sure Startup type is set to Automatic and click Start if the service is not already running.
5.Restart your PC to save changes and see if you're able to Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10.
3.Once done, again try to access Wifi and check if the error resolves or not.
8.Select Turn off Windows Firewall and restart your PC. Again try to run Steam and see if you're able to Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10.
3.Reboot to apply changes. Netsh Winsock Reset command seems to Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10.
2.Expand Network adapters then right-click on your WiFi adapter and select Uninstall.
3.Again click Uninstall in order to confirm.
4.Now right-click on Network Adapters and select Scan for hardware changes.
5.Reboot your PC and Windows will automatically install the default drivers.
1.Download and install CCleaner & Malwarebytes.
2.Run Malwarebytes and let it scan your system for harmful files.
3.If malware is found it will automatically remove them.
5.Once you've made certain the proper points are checked, simply click Run Cleaner, and let CCleaner run its course.
7.Select Scan for Issue and allow CCleaner to scan, then click Fix Selected Issues.
8.When CCleaner asks "Do you want backup changes to the registry?" select Yes.
9.Once your backup has completed, select Fix All Selected Issues.
10.Restart your PC to save changes.
That's it you have successfully Fix DHCP is not enabled for WiFi in Windows 10 but if you still have any questions regarding this guide then feel free to ask them in the comment's section.
Method 2 worked fine for me. Thank!


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#TPQ5: CHELSEA BUNN
Glass, Irony & God by Anne Carson
I return to this collection once every year or so, mostly for "The Glass Essay," a 36-page poem about, among other things, the end of a relationship. Carson writes, "When nude/ I turned my back because he likes the back./ He moved onto me.// Everything I know about love and its necessities / I learned in that one moment/ when I found myself/ thrusting my little burning red backside like a baboon/ at a man who no longer cherished me." I found it thrilling when I first read it years ago, and it's still just as devastating and clever. It's a master class in voice and tone.
Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar
Yes, Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf is remarkable, but his debut chapbook, dedicated simply "for drunks," was the first book of his I read, and it never stays on my bookshelf for long. Most of the poems in Portrait of the Alcoholic appear in the full-length collection Calling a Wolf a Wolf, but his treatment of addiction, recovery, and sobriety in these twenty poems is laser-focused. I read it when I need a jolt of the wild, musical, precise language that only Kaveh Akbar can make.
Dear Sal by Jeremy Radin
Jeremy Radin's poems are very good. With a voice that's equally fierce and vulnerable, he allows himself playful experimentation with form and language. The epistolary poems in this book have an interesting foundation (see: https://notacult.media/books/dear-sal/), and they sing with longing, tenderness, and surprising imagery.
Bestiary by Donika Kelly
I can still remember sitting at my dining room table, reading this book for the first time. I uttered sounds out loud to no one, I gasped audibly. I had to put the book down and take a breath. Alive with wilderness, beasts, and mythological creatures, Bestiary explores violation, danger, bewilderment, memory, trauma, and much more in the strange and unpredictable language of dreams. It feels somehow ancient and entirely new at once. This is a complicated book, the kind of book I read when I want to work a little, when I want to be haunted.
Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa
In the simplest of terms, this is a book about the Vietnam War. Written mostly from the point of view of the American soldier in Vietnam (Komunyakaa himself served as a combat correspondent), it remains utterly relevant today. These are poems of witness which, through their vivid treatment of the landscape, their imagery (surreal, gorgeous, frightening, at times unbearable), and their sheer humanity, do not turn away from the brutality of war. In "You and I Are Disappearing," a poem which looks at a girl burning after a napalm strike, the speaker struggles to compare this vision to anything else, and he ends with these lines:
A tiger under a rainbow
at nightfall.
She burns like a shot glass of vodka.
She burns like a field of poppies
at the edge of a rain forest.
She rises like dragonsmoke
to my nostrils.
She burns like a burning bush
driven by a godawful wind.
Komunyakaa's empathy and clarity are without comparison.
Chelsea Bunn is the author of the chapbook Forgiveness (Finishing Line Press, 2019). Her poems have appeared in Best New Poets, The Ideate Review, Sky Island Journal, Dunes Review, and elsewhere. Born and raised in NYC, she lives in New Mexico, where she serves as Assistant Professor of Creative Writing for Navajo Technical University.
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DR. STEFAN BERTILSSON, Department of Ecology and Genetics, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
Stefan Bertilsson is a Professor of Biology at Uppsala University and the Director for the Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem science (SITES) and the SciLifeLab Microbial Single Cell Genomics Platform. He is also the coordinator for the SciLifeLab RCP "Aquatic Microbiome Research Initiative". After an undergraduate in Biology at Linköping University, Uppsala University and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), he completed his PhD in Water and Environmental Studies at Linköping University in 1999. After postdoctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he moved to Uppsala University in 2002, first as a KAW researcher, then as a Rådsforskare (VR Researcher), Associate Professor and Professor (since 2011).
From AMRI, Stefan will lead the "Microorganisms as Ecosystem Engineers" theme and will also be heavily engaged in the functional diversity and microbial interactions working group.
At Uppsala, Stefan's research group works on (1) Microbial carbon processing in lakes. (2) Mercury transformations, (3) Nitrogen cycling and (4) microbial interaction networks. Special projects on Polar Ocean microbiology.
Keywords: Aquatic Microbial ecology, Biogeochemistry, Polar Microbiology, Single Cell Methods, Environmental Genomics
Theme leader for: Microorganisms as Ecosystem Engineers (also heavily engaged in the functional diversity and microbial interactions working group)
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Dr.Rachel Foster, Stockholm University
My research interests and foci are on the ecology and evolution of N2 fixing (diazotroph) cyanobacteria that live freely or in symbiosis with single celled eukaryotes. Using a suite of single celled molecular genetic, microscopy, and stable isotope probing approaches we try to understand better the activity, diversity and interactions of diazotrophs with each other (e.g. in symbioses) and their environment.
Key words: symbiosis, N2 fixer, nanoSIMS, evolution, microscopy
Themes: 1-3
Theme leader for: Microbial interactions and evolution
Click here to view Dr. Rachel Foster's Network
Dr. Jarone PinhassI
Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems- EEMiS, Linnaeus University
I do research on bacterioplankton community structure and function in the marine environment. This includes spatiotemporal studies of bacterial diversity and gene expression (metatranscriptomics) in different seas, like the Baltic Sea, NW Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Investigating the ecology and physiology of rhodopsin photoheterotrophy represents an important line of research. Analyses of the biodiversity of marine planktonic bacteria and their metabolism are essential to quantitatively asses the critical role bacteria play in carbon and nutrient turnover and energy flow through the marine ecosystem.
Key words: Ocean microbiome, Marine bacteria, Population dynamics, Biogeography, Ecophysiology, Rhodopsin photoheterotrophy
Theme leader for: Microbial biogeography across and within aquatic biomes
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Dr. Anders Andersson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Anders received his PhD in 2005 at KTH after graduate studies on functional genomics. He conducted postdoctoral studies at the Karolinska Institute, UC Berkeley, and Uppsala University working on metagenomics approaches to study microbial communities of different environments. In 2010 he returned to KTH, starting his tenure track and building up a group at Science for Life Laboratory in Stockholm. In 2014 he was promoted to Associate Professor. His group develops and employs meta-omics methods to explore patterns of microbial diversity and reconstruct genomes and metabolic pathways of microbes in environments ranging from the Baltic Sea to the human gut.
Keywords: metagenomics , bioinformatics , systems biology , ecology , microbiology
Themes: 1 – 3
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For creative writers and music lovers: Two intriguing day schools in Canterbury
14/09/2014 14/09/2014 | futureme50
Tango from Mirabai (Barry Seaman)
Award winning Kent composer Barry Seaman offers an innovative day school series that will appeal to writers, dramatists, music and film lovers, and across the creative spectrum.
Music for Writers 1, on the 25 October, is called Love, War and Trains, and explores the connections and relationships between poetry, verse drama and music. This Day School will be of interest to creative writers and music enthusiasts, and anyone intrigued by the way that words and music can be combined to create drama and emotion. The vivid and imaginative use of language is discussed using a variety of dramatic works that include Samuel Beckett's Words and Music, and atmospheric verse dramas for radio that include Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas and the extraordinary Love, War and Trains by celebrated author Ian McMillan. Ways that writers, poets and composers work together will be studied and celebrated.
On November 22, Music for Writers 2: Emotion, Music and Moving Image looks at the ways music can be used to express and convey emotion and atmosphere when combined with the medium of film. What is the relationship between sound and image? Using case studies that include films such as The Go-Between (Joseph Losey), Last Year in Marienbad (Alain Resnais) and Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca and Psycho, these issues will be explored and examined.
Both Day Schools, which run from 10am, – 4pm, cost just £29.50.
To book please contact April Doyle via email to education.communityarts@canterbury.ac.uk or phone 01227 863451.
For more info go to http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/community-arts-education/day-schools/autumn-2014.asp
Hello? Is this thing on? – The People Fighting Your Corner
11/04/2013 27/04/2013 | thepaisleymusic
It's been a while! Too long, in fact. So it's about time for another article, methinks
This time, I'm going to try and shine a light on the weird and wonderful world of PR (or Public Relations in layman's terms).
For those of you who don't know, these are the lovely people that will be sending your music out to the world to get you as much profile, and radio play as they can, as well as loads of interviews, TV spots, and features as they can, and they can be split up into these rather broad categories:
The print PR team are going to spend their time targeting magazines and newspapers, ranging from being featured in their Albums/Singles of the Week to reviews, features, Q&A's and more. Traditionally, these guys will also be writing up your press releases (I wrote previously about these devious documents here) and even biographies on occasions. Print is where most of your press would have come from in the old days, but with blogs and online editions starting to take over, this is less true, though still massively important. If successful, and I say 'if', because PR can work day and night at times to make the project big but seemingly hit a brick wall, this is also where your quotes will come from for posters, product stickers, adverts and more.
Print press is the grandfather of PR in the music industry, and is continually merging with online going forwards as more magazines and websites increase and improve their web presence, which leads quite nicely to…
…Online PR (Pretty sure I'm breaking a lot of grammar rules using an ellipsis to bridge paragraphs but hey, that's why I work for a label and not PR!). This is now arguably as important as print, if not more in the modern game. I say that because blogs are now the heart and soul of new music and main tool for breaking it. It's also worth bearing in mind that it costs a magazine or newspaper to print an article in its physical form. The only cost of putting a review or feature on a website is bandwidth, the writer and whoever they pay to maintain the website, so as a rule they are much more susceptible to putting things up for you, given the amount of content uploaded in a day. This isn't a make or break type scenario, but just an opinion of mine – you take what you want from it. It's also a damn sight easier to get people to listen to your music on a website, with a Soundcloud link for example, than an article telling them the music is available to buy. That's not to say they won't go and seek it out at the record shop or iTunes, but think about it – one click of a Soundcloud/Youtube embed versus trawling through iTunes to find it themselves. This is probably a good time to note that PEOPLE ARE LAZY. Shove it in their face and make it as easy as possible and you'll find more people will engage. Don't believe me? Think about how you surf the web/read magazines and you should be able to answer me.
Radio can make or break a campaign. If you get loads of radio play across lots of a stations, then great! It gives you something to talk about and also gets the tunes out to more ears. If you get a few plays across a few stations, that's good. Something, at the end of the day, is better than nothing. When you end up getting little to no plays, it makes the whole campaign a lot harder. After all, where else do you expect to hear new music? Traditionally that is, don't forget how strong online is now, with iPhones, Galaxy phones the size of a dinner tray and tablets that make you try and remember why you ever had that giant, windows '95 computer tower decades ago. I digress. Radio PR teams will go and talk to presenters and producers (usually producers) and harass them until either they play your tunes on air or get removed from the building. They pitch to get you into playlists.
Now, for those of you that don't know radio stations usually have a set of playlists, from which they make up the majority of the music in their shows. It usually consists of;
The 'A' Playlist – Big stars, super popular tracks (Adele, Beyonce, 1D and the like).
The 'B' Playlist – Tracks that are popular, but not quite at A-list status yet
The 'C' Playlist – you get the idea by now, right?
The 'Specialist' Playlist – This is where the tracks that don't quite fit the mould sit, like big tracks that aren't 'pop'
This applies to most commercial stations, BBC Radio 1 & 2 and more online stations too. Just switch the genre up depending on the station. Presenters usually get one or 2 free plays, which are usually tracks of their own choice they can slot in once in a while.
As well as trying to get the recorded track on the air, they'll try and get you in to talk, co-host where possible or go on and play a track. Be prepared to sit around for a long time to then play 2 songs, say 4 lines then leave. You're at the mercy of scheduling, remember this. Especially live.
The mystical and baffling world of club promo. Now as a rule this does not usually apply to traditional bands, it's always been for electronic music really. House, D'n'B, Trip-Hop, Glitch Funk and Mooba-core. They'll take your package of tracks and send it out to scores of DJ's, both radio and live, to try and get them to play it. You often get loads of feedback from them about what they think of it but it's incredibly difficult to track this back into sales. Get a review in a paper, have a website premier a single or have BBC 6 Music play your track, and it's very easy to track and analyse just how effective it has been, be it new Facebook 'Likes' or 500 people buying your single. Club promo is almost under the radar in some ways. It puts the tracks in the hands of a select few people, nudges them to drop it into their set at XOYO or Plan B, hoping that the crowd goes wild and then goes off in search of just what the hell track it was. And there is your issue. Radio, print, online, all say what the track is, who it was by etc. In the club, you've either got to ask the DJ (If he/she's not holed up in his/her booth), pray your 'in the know' club buddy knows the track or you can get close enough to a speaker to Shazam the track without overloading your phone's microphone. A double-edged sword, but if you get the right DJ behind a track and they pioneer it, you're onto a winner.
Now, I would advise all of you to read this as it is. I work with PR through a label, not for a PR company. This is just my words and thoughts and a little insight into how I see it working, as well as some generalisations and opinions I read in 'Music Week' from time to time. Do your own research. Approach a PR company and see what they think of your tunes. Get them to pitch you their opinion of how they could work your track and where they think is a good place for it.
This is also a work in progress. Undoubtedly I've missed things that I know but don't remember that I know. Pop a question in the box below and I'll do my best to answer it. In fact, here's a link to my previous articles. Read them and ask me questions. I started writing these blogs to try and give an insight and some help, so help me do that by picking my brain.
By Luke Crook


Driving is an interesting rite of passage. You will be able to go wherever you want without relying on anyone else. Before that happens, though, you will need your first driving lessons. In most families, parents teach their kids the basics of driving. Busy parents, on the other hand, may enroll a son or daughter to a driving class.
On your first driving lessons, you'll probably be excited and nervous. How can you drive this big piece of metal without killing anyone or crashing into a wall. It doesn't matter if you're 17 or 40, you'd still feel some uncertainty or even fear as you start your first driving lessons.
What will you do on the first day of driving lessons?
Relax! It is your first day at learning how to drive. Your instructor is not going to take you straight on the main road on the very first day.
On the first day of your lessons, your instructor will be giving you an orientation and will talk about the car, its mechanics, and the basic principles of driving. He or she will talk about basic knowledge like how and when to use the accelerator, brake, gears and shifting, and how both pedals and gear work together to move the car smoothly. If you don't understand these things right now, don't worry. You will.
Your instructor will go through routine safety rules with you, also known as "cockpit drill". He or she will guide you how to adjust your mirror and will even explain its importance. You will even learn how to start your car and familiarize yourself with the driver's seat, the dashboard controls, and the steering wheel.
After your instructor explains the basics, he or she may start you with the process of shifting gears and ask you to drive slowly. This is usually done in a not too busy area like a big car park, an industrial area, or a spacious field. Some driving schools may even have a practice track that you can drive on.
Ensure you sleep and rest well before your first class. Driving demands you to be alert, attentive as well as focused. Avoid caffeine as you may get even more nervous and jittery.
Think positively. Start your first day of driving lesson with a positive mind. You will make mistakes in the process of learning how to drive. That's fine. Even seasoned drivers make mistakes. If you make a mistake, take a deep breath and start over. Besides, the instructor will help guide you through this process.
Don't panic. It is not easy to stay in control if you panic. Hold the steering wheel and stay attentive. Most driving schools have made modifications in the car for driving students so the instructor can gain control of the car if an accident is about to happen.
Share your thoughts with your instructor. He or she is there to help you learn how to drive like an expert. If you are unsure of anything or you have questions, ask away. Don't feel shy. You paid for their service and the driving instructor should provide good customer service. Now, if one of your parents is your driving instructor, that's a little bit more tricky. But you should not shy away from asking questions that could help improve your driving.
Keep practicing and before long, you'll be out on the road, driving by yourself.


Tidal bore rafting with kids?
My family of six (including four kids ages 10, 8 and twins that are 5) are spending two weeks in Nova Scotia in July. Would a tidal bore rafting trip be appropriate for kids? Also, is the raft trip on the Shubenacadie near Maitland the only place to do this?
I did it last year and it was a pretty wild ride (in a great way!). I would be concerned about your younger three enjoying themselves (and subsequently having the rest of their family spending their time worrying about them rather than taking in the wave action).
Remember tho fun it can be dangerous and if we (all adults) had not seriously been hanging on, we would have been easily (and surely) tossed out of the boat. Don't get me wrong, we had a wicked awesome time!!
There are some gentler rides that go out...of course it's tide dependent so check the schedule.
I checked out a few outfitters and was happy with our choice (www.shubie.com). Their site lists what to expect on which day. If I recall correctly, they had 3 levels of wave action; maybe choose the lowest level for your gang. It still has ~6ft waves so it'll still be a good experience...I think they'd have a blast doing it.
I don't want to sound too cautionary, but if it were my nieces and nephews, who are that age, I'd only take them on the lowest level ride, for everyone's enjoyment.
klam_chowder, thanks for the tips and the recommendation for Shubie's. The third level should be ample for the kids, but I will check in with the outfitters to be sure. Thanks again.
You're welcome. One more thing...remember to bring wear something that you wouldn't mind tossing afterwards. The mud pigments in the water can tinge your clothes.
The place we went to had full change facilities so you can get out of your wet clothes (while you're doing this, they set up the bbq). It was fun to sit around and share the moments again with everyone while we wolfed down burgers.
I was wrong about shubie.com. Sorry for the error. I went again this w/end and someone in our party booked the wrong place...they booked with shubie.com!
- I figured out a lot of the difference btwn outfitters is where they start and end their tour. With this outfit, there is a long ride back after the rafting, and as we were all wet and it was only about 16C, it was a long cold ride back.
- the guide was a nice fellow but perhaps because of his experience (only his 2nd year of river guiding) he didn't seem to "maximize" the waves - we'd come up on a big one and it'd be a dud.
- the other outfit's guide had a lot of stories to tell about the geology, wildlife, history, area stories which was very interesting, especially when we were waiting for the bore to come in. The guide with this outfit was friendly but he didn't say much or elaborate on his answers to the few questions the passengers asked.
- more importantly, also due to the guide, I felt if we did capsize the other outfit's guide was better prepared to handle the emergency.
- only had 2 shower stalls for everyone (male & female); at least 24 people can go out on the boats (8 per boat) at a time so that's a lot of waiting around. Also the showers are around the back of the building, each stall is a separate room. At the other place I think there were 5 showers (maybe more) in the female change room, and the showers were private but there was a public change area so when you finished showering you could dress while someone else used the shower. At this place, the set up doesn't allow for it, causing long delays to shower.
- generally speaking, the main lodge at the other place was nicer, larger, and had a better set up.
Don't get me wrong, they are friendly and EXTREMELY nice people. And were very accommodating when we realized we were at the wrong place (12km down the road). It's just that the other place seems to have the little pluses that make it a really memorable and wonderful experience.
The other place I refer to, www.tidalboreraftingpark.com, the place we went to last time, and showed up wrongly at this time, had out their breakfast spread when we arrived.
I'm not much of a continental breakie person, but they had smoked salmon lox and cream cheese bagels in their spread. Quite impressive!
So of course the obvious tip would be to ensure you know the EXACT name of the outfit you book with and how to get there. There are 4 all in the same area with quite similar names.
Sorry for the long post, but I always like reading about the details when choosing a place. And I meant to mention in my original reply that of course, it depends on your kids personalities too!


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Peak Tramways – additional locations and alterations
July 1, 2021 Hugh Farmer Articles, Transport
Hugh Farmer with thanks to IDJ for the following report:
This extract from a report in the Modern Tramway Journal c1988, mentions several proposals, none of which came to fruition.'
Namely:
a) building a second line to the Peak in 1908
c) 1948-1958 extending the existing Peak Tram line further down into Central
b) constructing a funicular railway at Lion Rock in the 1970s
d) 1978 providing an interchange with the MTR at Admiralty station
Thanks to Richard McGeough for retyping this:
The Peak Tramways Company has several times aspired to expand its operations. The second line to the Peak came to nothing in 1908, as did several other schemes, including a proposal in the 1970s to build a funicular at the Lion Rock. A proposal to extend the existing line downhill to a more convenient terminus adjacent to the junction of Queen's Road and Des Voeux Road was pursued between 1948 and 1958, but failed, as did a subsequent 1978 suggestion by the Government's Transport Department to provide an interchange with the Mass Transit Railway at Admiralty Station.
If you are not familiar with the image on the article's Home Page, the photo is of Lion Rock mountain.
This article was first posted on 10th February 2014.
Peak Tram, The
Peak Tram – Abt Passing Loop
Peak Tram – additional information
The Peak Tram – How it works
Peak Tram – Michael Rogge film 1962 plus Peak views, Repulse Bay, Central scenes
Peak Tram, Proposed second- 1908 – the route
Peak Tram, the Ward Leonard System Installed 1926


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Conservatives fumble on embryonic stem cell research
At a White House ceremony on July 19, President George Bush explained his decision to veto a bill to fund embryonic stem cell research. He pointed out: "Embryonic stem cells come from human embryos that are destroyed for their cells. Each of these human embryos is a unique human life with inherent dignity and matchless value." To underline this point, [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:47:25-06:00October 20, 2006|Bioethics, Columnist, Rory Leishman|
It's hard writing about Queen's Park, an institution that needs 175 Peter Kormoses to liven it up. This is a dreadfully boring era. Years ago if this happened, a good duel would lighten things up. Now for excitement, you've got Premier Dalton McGuinty doing hopscotch for the media on the first day of school, only to find that the minister of education, [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:45:32-06:00October 20, 2006|Columnist, Frank Kennedy, Politics, Society & Culture|
Mourning a pro-life friend
Upon my return from a recent vacation in Ireland, I received the sad news of the death of my most valued friend, the Rev. Ken Campbell. I think most pro-life people in Toronto are aware that I am a Catholic priest and Ken was a Baptist minister. But on one vital issue, we were totally at one and that is the pro-life [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:43:36-06:00October 20, 2006|Columnist, Pro-Life, Profiles|
Why don't disabilities groups embrace life?
The contemporary disability rights movement shows a remarkable lack of coherence on life and family issues. Historically, people with disabilities (PWD) have been disproportionately vulnerable to physical abuse and sexual exploitation. They are also at risk from eugenics – through forced sterilization, genetic engineering, selective abortion and targeting for assisted suicide and euthanasia. For that reason, some disability rights groups participate in [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:42:06-06:00October 20, 2006|Equal Rights, Pro-Life|
Doreen Beagan: an island warrior
"When our three girls were adolescents, we moved to a small farm with no cable TV, gave them each a pig to raise, taught them to run a tractor and began an organic market garden." Thus began a fascinating interview with popular Interim writer Doreen Beagan. Doreen hails from Prince Edward Island, where she was the oldest of nine children born to [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:38:53-06:00October 20, 2006|Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles|
Q and A with: Rabbi Daniel Lapin
As the keynote speaker at Healing the Culture, this year's national pro-life conference in Vancouver Nov. 16-18, Rabbi Daniel Lapin is the founder and president of Toward Tradition (www.towardtradition.org), a U.S. organization working to advance that nation toward the Judeo-Christian values that defined its creation and served as the blueprint for its greatness. Lapin emigrated to the U.S. from South Africa in [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:36:38-06:00October 20, 2006|Religion|
Pope outlines the devolution of Canadian values
Pope Benedict XVI received Canadian bishops from the province of Ontario Sept. 8 at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo. The Pope noted that while Canada seems to have sufficient efforts in the area of "justice and peace," it is sorely lacking in protection for life and family. "Canada has a well-earned reputation for a generous and practical commitment to justice and peace," [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:34:50-06:00October 20, 2006|Religion, Society & Culture|
Bear hunt to benefit pro-life causes
Interim Staff Pro-Life journalist Pete Vere, a regular contributor to The Interim, laid down his keyboard over the Labour Day weekend. "No, I'm not going to stop working for a culture of life," Vere told The Interim prior to disappearing into the northern Ontario wilderness. "I'm just looking for something large enough to feed my expanding family," he joked. Vere spent the [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:33:24-06:00October 20, 2006|Activism, Events, Pro-Life|
Talking to kids about abortion
When pregnancy loss affects the family When discussing abortion with children, it is helpful for adults to be sensitive to children's possible reactions to pregnancy loss within the family. The pregnancy loss may have resulted from abortion or abortifacient contraception, or from physiologic factors such as miscarriage, ectopic or molar pregnancy or stillbirth. Specialists often vary their recommendations according to whether the [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:32:14-06:00October 20, 2006|Abortion, Activism|
Charities supporting unethical stem cell research
Interim Staff The Interim is often asked which Canadian charities support embryonic stem cell research – research that destroys human beings at the embryonic stage of life. Compiling this information is an ongoing and arduous project and we thank LifeSiteNews.com for maintaining a page (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/060918a.html) listing such charitable agencies and societies. As LifeSiteNews states: "This is an ongoing project and this list [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:30:43-06:00October 20, 2006|Bioethics|
Media conflate stem cell debate
Marketing experts understand the value of "branding," the creation of a mental connection in the mind of a consumer between the product and its name, slogan and advertising design scheme. A successful marketing campaign creates an indelible symbolic embodiment of all the information connected to a product. The news media's manipulation of the public debate around abortion and embryonic stem cell research [...]
Latest stem cell deception
Interim Staff On August 23, Advanced Cell Technology, a private, Worcester, Mass.-based biotechnology firm, announced to the world that it had developed a means of acquiring embryonic cells that would put to rest ethical concerns about this type of research. In a study published online in the journal Nature, ACT researchers claimed to have retrieved single cells of two- to three-day-old human [...]
Filthy sex ed book slated for use in Manitoba schools
Editor's Note: Please note there is sexually graphic and mature language in this story. Please use discretion in reading, or allowing children to read, this article. High school girls in Manitoba may soon be reading detailed instructions on lesbian sex acts as part of their normal sex education curriculum, after the provincial Ministry of Education accepted a manual emphasizing homosexuality as an [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:26:53-06:00October 20, 2006|Sex Education|
Ken Campbell remembered
Canada's pro-life movement lost one of its most valiant warriors when Ken Campbell passed away in Delta, B.C. on August 28 at the age of 72. Predeceased by his wife Norma this past January, Campbell succumbed to a cancer that was first diagnosed in 1999 and then recurred in 2005. Friends and foes remember Campbell as a passionate advocate for the orthodox [...]
archives2010-08-20T08:25:48-06:00October 20, 2006|Pro-Life|
Another round at CFRB radio
As I write this column, I am about to rejoin Newstalk 1010 CFRB, the largest private radio station in the country and one of the most famous in North America. It is based in Toronto, but has an audience throughout Ontario on radio and across the country and abroad through the internet. It is an institution, the best of its kind. I [...]
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class Acne_Tests_ContainerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    private $acne;

    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->container = new Acne_Container;
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function a_value_should_be_set_with_array_access_operator()
    {
        $this->container['key'] = 'value';
        $this->assertEquals('value', $this->container['key']);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function isset_should_be_true_if_a_value_is_set()
    {
        $this->container['key'] = 'value';
        $this->assertTrue(isset($this->container['key']));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function isset_should_be_true_if_NULL_is_set()
    {
        $this->container['key'] = NULL;
        $this->assertTrue(isset($this->container['key']));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function isset_should_be_false_if_no_value_is_set()
    {
        $this->assertFalse(isset($this->container['key']));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function unset_should_remove_a_value()
    {
        $this->container['key'] = 'value';
        unset($this->container['key']);
        $this->assertFalse(isset($this->container['key']));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
     */
    public function InvalidArgumentException_should_be_thrown_if_a_key_is_not_set_is_specified()
    {
        $foo = $this->container['key_is_not_set'];
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function an_object_set_into_container_is_shared()
    {
        $object = new stdClass;
        $this->container['key'] = $object;
        $this->assertSame($object, $this->container['key']);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function callable_value_should_be_called_as_service_provider()
    {
        $this->container['object'] = array($this, 'object_provider');
        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $this->container['object']);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function a_value_returned_by_service_provider_is_not_same()
    {
        $this->container['object'] = array($this, 'object_provider');
        $a = $this->container['object'];
        $b = $this->container['object'];
        $this->assertNotSame($a, $b);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function function_name_is_not_a_service_provider()
    {
        $this->container['string'] = 'array_key_exists';
        $this->assertEquals('array_key_exists', $this->container['string']);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function a_value_returned_by_shared_service_provider_is_same()
    {
        $this->container['object'] = $this->container->share(array($this, 'object_provider'));
        $a = $this->container['object'];
        $b = $this->container['object'];
        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $b);
        $this->assertSame($a, $b);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shared_service_provider_is_set_if_share_is_called_with_key()
    {
        $this->container->share('object', array($this, 'object_provider'));
        $a = $this->container['object'];
        $b = $this->container['object'];
        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $b);
        $this->assertSame($a, $b);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function service_provider_is_passed_container_as_its_argument()
    {
        $this->container['foo'] = 'Foo Value';
        $this->container['object'] = array($this, 'object_provider');
        $this->assertEquals('Foo Value', $this->container['object']->foo);
    }

    public function object_provider($c)
    {
        $object = new stdClass;
        if (isset($c['foo'])) {
            $object->foo = $c['foo'];
        }
        return $object;
    }
}

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Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 273: We take a quick look at LiAngelo Ball being pulled out of UCLA and an impending possible circus in Europe before we talk to Ben Reynolds, the co-founder and CEO of the sports online commentating platform Spalk.
Episode 273: It's not hard to find something to talk about with the Ball family and now we might see LiAngelo and LiMelo coming to Europe. Oh, the circus we could see.


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The French Place
April 9, 2014 / Maida / 3 Comments
I first met Bob Rand in the halls of the John Wayne Cancer Institute, where I was a temp, in my early twenties, earning an honest paycheck between cinematography "jobs." I supported the melanoma research program there, under the direction of the late Donald L. Morton and it was at John Wayne where I got the opportunity to learn to build databases.
I had often seen Bob, this great tall man, slightly stooped, already in his early 70s, walking back to his office from the kitchen clutching a cup of coffee. Sometimes we would chat. In those early days he would call me "Mahrarajah" when we couldn't remember my name. That always made us laugh, since "Maida" was much less exotic.
I started helping him with basic office tasks, like using the computer for correspondence, finding medical records and so on. He had just received some grant money from Michael Kadoorie, whom he had helped in some capacity, and asked if I could come work for him full time. He was embarking on a Phase I clinical trial, and he'd need help with the paperwork.
I learned as I went along. It took us the better part of a year to compile all the necessary documentation to get approval for the study; I can still remember being in the copy room with him on a Saturday, compiling all the final documents and Fed-Exing them off. Then came the series of reviews by the FDA. We would have these conference calls between all the parties, including the study's co authors at the NIH, and I was quite shocked when questions would be directed to me, "Dr. Sussman." Because I had gathered (and read/checked/researched) I often knew the answers. I was no molecular biologist, but I had somehow — by osmosis or folly — been become part of the team.
Bob believed that people worked "with" him, not "for" him and because he was open-minded in this way, I learned, saw, and did things I would never have had the opportunity to do otherwise. Like participate in brain biopsies — which I did! The advantage of being the helper of a senior surgeon is that no one asks too many questions. I scrubbed up and joined him the OR — that was just how it was.
I was always impressed with how openly Bob shared his knowledge. Sick people — often quite desperate, would seek him out for treatment and he would do his best to route them to a study or colleague, or enroll them in the trial if they were a fit. He spent quite a lot of time returning calls of people looking for help.
Another thing I always admired about Bob was that he never missed an opportunity to praise his wife, Helen Rand (an amazing woman — mother, painter, intellect — who deserves her own post). He loved to tell the story about how they met at the University of Michigan, where she was studying Russian. He never ceased being amazed by her. One day he brought in a painting. I asked what it was and he said, "Do you like it?" I said I did, in fact, that I thought it was brilliant. He said, "I fished it out the trash. Helen thought it was a disaster. Do you want it?" I took it and it has adorned my walls for almost 20 years. I eventually got to know Helen personally she has also become a role model to me.
There were lots of ups and downs while trying to get the trial off the ground. On good days, we'd go out to lunch to celebrate the small victories. Our favorite place was up the road in Santa Monica, a little French place. We could never remember the name of the place so the shorthand was "the French place." The food was delicious and the space very quaint and somewhat undiscovered at that point. Bob would often get the bouillabaisse and tell stories of when he moved his family (with 2 small children) to France to study the surgical techniques of a colleague there.
One day Bob got an idea that he would like to do an experiment with the IL-4 toxin being used in the trial; this experiment would require an easily-acquired animal brain. He made arrangements to get a cow brain from a slaughterhouse in downtown LA. We drove his 1976 Jaguar XJ12 (12 cylinder) to that part of LA, which was quite industrial and felt slightly sinister. Bob waited in the car while I went in to pick it up. I was expecting to be entering an office of some kind, but basically the "office" was just a desk in front of the actual abattoir. In my memory there is blood everywhere and the loud sound of panicked cows. I must have turned white as cow's milk. I remember sort of collapsing into a chair and making small talk with a guy in a blood-stained apron while I waited to get this heavy wet thing in a plastic bag. On the way back we stopped at a grocery store and bought a couple cheap carving knives, took them back to John Wayne, and Bob did his experiment over the next few days. We laughed about it all later.
Bob had become like a grandfather to me. Although we disagreed on many topics, we respected each other's opinions and had more in common than not. I left Los Angeles and went back to Chicago for a couple years, then returned to LA.
The trial had been completed, and Bob, as always, was busy pursuing several projects. He was doing depositions for medical malpractice trials and trying to bring a new imaging tool to market. Bob had more energy at 77 than I had at 30. He had an incredible drive and was very convinced, quite rightly I think, that it was imperative to keep your mind engaged (use it or loose it).
It was around the year 2000 when we started to talk about writing a book. Or rather, Bob talked — a fictional book about stem cells was his idea (he had so many, and tried many things in his long career). I listened over lunches. He finally convinced me to start typing up some pages. It took several more years but we finally finished our book, and I wrote in the happy, tidy ending I knew he wanted. We talked about a second book — I even started the first few chapters, but life was different for me by this time, being fully immersed in my career at Los Alamos and married, approaching 40. When Dashiell came along writing seemed like something possible only in another universe. Although we weren't working directly on a project, we spoke often, and he would tell me stories that I may or may not have heard before, and his friendship was a great source of strength to me. He was always rallying for me: to keep trying to have a baby, to make good career choices, and most of all to keep going, especially when people tell you 'no' or that you're crazy.
On this Spring day, walking in the park with Dashiell and listening to and seeing life spring forth again, I was reminded of Bob's tireless energy, interesting ideas, wisdom and laugh. And I hope that I can inspire in Dashiell the intellectual curiosity that was the cement of my friendship with Bob.
But mostly, I just miss him.
Goodbye for now, my old friend.
Ice Day!
Artwork Catch Up
What a moving tribute. Glad you included the part about the slaughterhouse.
Grandma Lori
A beautiful tribute to a great friend.
Grandma Beverly
What an incredible man! Your love and respect for him is obvious. All you learned from him and your relationship with him will be passed down to Dash. He is 100% engaged in life and the love of learning!


Linda's still asleep. Nothing happened in the night. Aiden's going in after her, and its up to the rest of the kids to track down once and for all what is going on.
Because what the kids of Athens have been fighting is actually much worse than they could have ever imagined. And it has plans.
The mouth of the underworld is yawning, wider and wider. Can Linda, Tony, Aiden and Diane put an end to this evil, once and for all?
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Dang that session hit me right in the feels.
My favorite part had to be when Odysseus and Linda were talking before she burned the card. I was actually started fighting ganondorf about a minute before she became the queen of nothing, and i thought it kind of made it ever cooler lol.
God, the music in this was soooo gooooood!!!!! And I would love to see these characters again. I want to see them on adventures together or separate, mostly Aiden and Tony. Because Zach and Hannah NEED more screen time.
Aiden and Tony don't show up again on screen together but Tony shows up in a handful of one-off games.
Also thank you for appreciating the music. This series took about 20 times longer than all the rest to put together.
No more Aiden!!!! His monsters going to be pissed! The reason why she came to him in her real form was because she thought he was going to have a lot more adventures…… Well I guess maybe he could of had those adventures off screen…. but come on! Well anyway loved this story.


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Book Spotlight ~ TLC Book Tours
The Vineyard at Painted Moon by Susan Mallery – Blog Tour and Spotlight with Excerpt
I am very pleased to welcome TLC Book Tours today with an excerpt from Susan Mallery's latest book, The Vineyard at Painted Moon. Be sure to follow the tour for reviews and more. I have been enjoying Susan Mallery's books since 2017 when I read Secrets of the Tulip Sisters. After that it was When We Found Home, then California Girls and The Summer of Sunshine and Margot.
About The Vineyard at Painted Moon:
Step into the vineyard with Susan Mallery's most irresistible novel yet, as one woman searches for the perfect blend of love, family and wine.
Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all—a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the family winery. There's just one problem—it's not her family, it's her husband's. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him—his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she's ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain goes beyond heartbreak. She's on the brink of losing everything. Her job, her home, her friends and, worst of all, her family.
Staying is an option. She can continue to work at the winery, be friends with her mother-in-law, hug her nieces and nephews—but as an employee, nothing more. Or she can surrender every piece of her heart in order to build a legacy of her own. If she can dare to let go of the life she thought she wanted, she might discover something even more beautiful waiting for her beneath a painted moon.
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Excerpt from The Vineyard at Painted Moon:
As far as Barbara was concerned, the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Seattle was just about
perfect. She loved the location, the views, the understated luxury, the staff. She always stayed at the
hotel when she came over for business or shopping, but these days the hotel seemed even more
wonderful than usual. A fact that had nothing to do with the hotel itself and everything to do with the
man who shared her room.
Giorgio, handsome in a hotel robe, pointed to the bottle of champagne resting in the ice bucket.
"More, my love?"
She waved her half-empty glass. "In a minute. I'm still trying to catch my breath."
They'd checked in two days ago, after dropping Carson off at the airport. In that time, they'd
been to museums, seen a show at the 5th Avenue Theatre and tried new restaurants. But their
afternoon trip to Nordstrom had derailed when Giorgio had suggested they order in rather than shop.
After making love, they'd had champagne and small bites sent up to the room.
Decadent, she thought with a smile. It was barely one in the afternoon and she'd already had champagne and a man in her bed. Let the millennials have their avocado toast—she would take sex with Giorgio instead, any day. "What makes you so happy?" Giorgio asked.
She tucked her feet under her, adjusting her silk robe around her legs. "You."
"Good. That's what I want to do."
She studied the lines in his face. She could see the man he'd been when he was younger. He would have been difficult to resist, she thought. Not just because he was attractive, but also because he was strong and caring. "Tell me about Beth Ann," she said, thinking about how lucky his late wife had been to have so many years with him.
"What do you want to know?"
"Did you have a big wedding?"
He smiled. "We each came from a large Italian family. Yes, it was a big wedding. Three hundred
people. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends. The church was overflowing. Our mothers and
aunts cooked for days."
"That sounds nice." She sipped her champagne. "James and I had a small wedding. I didn't have
any family and we didn't have any money. Do you mind if we have a big wedding?"
His eyes crinkled as he smiled at her. "Your happiness is my happiness, my love. I will be there
regardless. I've talked to my children and they are excited to fly in here."
"Thank you for asking them."
"Of course. You remember we'll be flying to New York in a few weeks for Rosemary's birthday."
"I do. I'm looking forward to it."
She'd met his children a few times on their quick visits back east. His two sons were running the
family business and his daughter was a pediatrician. Unlike her, he got to be proud of all his offspring.
"I'm thinking late fall or maybe over the holidays," she said. "Everyone is too busy around
harvest and I don't want to wait until the new year."
"I agree. The sooner I claim you as mine, the better."
She laughed. "I think you do plenty of claiming, Giorgio. Sometimes twice in a day."
He grinned at her. "You know what I mean. I want to spend time with you, Barbara. Just the two
of us." He waved his hand toward the walls of the suite. "I appreciate that we get away for a few days,
but that's not enough."
She held in a sigh. "You mean work."
"I mean the lack of work. You said you'd start cutting back."
She had said that, she reminded herself. She was supposed to be handing off her responsibilities
so she and Giorgio could travel.
But who exactly could she trust to run the company? Rhys was busy managing the vineyards, Stephanie had an average skill set, at best. Lori would jump at the opportunity
but had the imagination of a flea, and Catherine wasn't worth discussing.
"I should talk to Rhys about hiring someone to take over his job," she said, thinking out loud.
"Then he could step in for me."
"You haven't talked to him about that yet?" Giorgio sounded more hurt than angry.
"I've meant to."
He set down his champagne glass. "Barbara, do you want us to spend more time together?" "Of
course. We've talked about traveling together. I look forward to that." He took her hand in his. "Then I'll
make you a deal. You plan the wedding of your dreams and I'll do the same with the honeymoon."
All of which sounded perfectly fine, she thought warily, but wasn't the same thing at all.
"What did you have in mind?" she asked, trying not to sound cautious.
He slid closer. "I've been thinking about a cruise."
"I've never been on a cruise."
"You'll love it. I'll find a wonderful itinerary. I was thinking of Australia and the South Pacific.
Maybe we can sail from Los Angeles."
He lowered his head and began to kiss along her neck.
"From Los Angeles," she said, trying to ignore the tingles and heat he evoked. "That's a long
cruise."
"Two months." "What?" she asked with a yelp.
"You want us to be gone for two months?"
He straightened and smiled. "No, three months. After that we'll fly to Italy and rent a villa, then
Three months! Was he insane?
"I can't be gone that long," she began. "Bel Après needs me."
He took her champagne glass from her and set it on the coffee table. "You have good people,
my love. Give them room to succeed."
Which sounded like something Catherine would say, she thought, fighting a flash of annoyance.
"Three months is ridiculous," she told him.
He untied her robe. When he put his hands on her, she was much less interested in the
argument.
"We need to talk about this," she said, but without much conviction.
"We will," he promised as his mouth settled on hers.
She really should insist they talk now, she told herself, then decided it could wait. It seemed
that lately sex was always the answer, and why would she want to change that?
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