text:
Saul Bass: 20 Iconic Film Posters Saul Bass: 20 Iconic Film Posters
Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
This collection of 20 iconic film posters by Saul Bass, one of the greatest American designers of the 20th century, is a must for graphic designers and film fans. Each poster is removable and designed to fit the standard frame size 12 x 16 inches.
Jennifer Bass is a graphic designer and artist. She has worked at CBS Television in New York and at Sussman/Prejza & Company in Los Angeles.In 1994, she and her husband, Lance Glover, opened their studio, Treehouse Design Partnership in Los Angeles, working in the areas of environmental graphics, identity and book design.
Pat Kirkham is Professor in the History of Design, Decorative Arts and Culture at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture, New York. She has written and edited a number of books, including Charles and Ray Eames (1998) and Women Designers in the USA 1900–2000 (2001).
THE POSTERS:
The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
Saint Joan (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Advise and Consent (1962)
The Cardinal (1963)
In Harm's Way (1965)
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
The Fixer (1968)
Such Good Friends (1971)
Bass, Jennifer; Kirkham, Pat
20 Iconic Film Posters
Laurence King Publishing
20 pages of pull out posters ready to frame
Vertigo: BFI Film Classics
The Shining: BFI Film Classics


text:
EarthSpark International
Eradicating energy poverty in Haiti
First Quarter, 2010
Welcome. If you have not received EarthSpark International's Quarterly Progress Report via e-mail, please subscribe to our listserve here. Become a fan of EarthSpark International on Facebook! Lastly, don't forget to donate.
A Letter from the Founders
In the weeks following Haiti's devastating earthquake, EarthSpark received over one hundred donations for our relief efforts from donors like you. For a small organization, we took this as an overwhelming vote of confidence in our ability to make a difference in people's lives. As of April 30, EarthSpark had purchased 3,000 solar lamps, all of which have been successfully distributed in camps throughout Port-au-Prince and other affected areas...
Welcome to Allison Archambault, EarthSpark's New President!
EarthSpark International has hired Allison to run the organization's day-to-day operations and management. Allison comes to EarthSpark with a background in clean technology and business. She was formerly Business Liaison Director for 3TIER, Inc., a renewable energy resource assessment and forecasting company. Allison has also worked in U.S. grid-tied residential solar and residential demand management and in rural solar electrification in the Caribbean and West Africa. She holds a BA in International Relations and Economics from Tufts University...
Solar Lighting Relief for Women in Camps
Nearly four months after the earthquake, the security situation in camps in Haiti remains poor. Gangs and opportunists have hijacked the aid distribution system in some areas, charging high prices or demanding sex in exchange for access to aid. Civil society in these areas, which were labeled "red zones" by international groups shortly after the earthquake, are only now beginning to be engaged by international relief organizations...
Clean Energy Franchise Update
This week, EarthSpark officially opens its first clean energy store. The store, based in Les Anglais, will sell clean and efficient energy products, impacting an area of over 50,000 inhabitants. We will also begin our preliminary marketing activities, placing advertisements on the radio, and meeting with groups like farmers' associations to invite them to the store. EarthSpark and COREA, the local community organization in charge of store operations, will make visits to local manufacturers and distributers of clean and efficient energy products in order to make inventory purchases that will supplement the solar energy systems already en route to the store...
Our Home | Who We Are | What We Do | How to Help | Contact Us
Help fuel our mission. Please donate
EarthSpark International is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization
1616 H St NW, Suite 900 Washington DC 20006

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


With handy side access for the boat or caravan and a prime position near Golden Beach, this stunning designer home has it all. Brand spanking new and nestled amongst other upmarket homes on what promises to be one of the best streets in Pelican Waters.
118 other 4 bedroom house in Pelican Waters have recently been sold. There are currently 45 properties for sale in Pelican Waters.
In this street, the most recent sale of another house with 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 parking spaces was at number 17, which sold for $750k 8 months ago.


text:
Tales from the Grandfather: A Picture of a Boy
Paterna Fuit
"How are the little trees, Papa?"
He smiles a big, wide, smile, his eyes squinting with delight. "They are this high," he says, gesturing with his hand about 3 feet from the ground. "You gave me one, two, three, four, five paterna seeds, and I collected a few more and now there are nine trees. Some day there will be a whole field of trees. The people walk along and pick the fruit and eat it." After all, that is how I acquired the seeds. Out in a country field, a friend picked a paterna fruit. I cracked open the pod and ate the white fluffy flesh, and saved the seeds. They were already sprouting a bit when I gave them to the Grandfather.
He is a retired pastor, but in his retirement was given a large piece of land out in the countryside. He has spent the last several years developing a small congregation there, and planting trees on the land. He has built a "country house." That is what he calls it. Maybe it is made of adobe. It has a roof and walls, but he says he needs to build la banca (which could be the sleeping platform or a bench) and a place to bathe. "I have potable water," he says, "and with the light of the sun, I have everything I need."
He loves this place in the countryside. It is where he was born.
He tells me he is going to paint a mural. "I already have a little drawing of it," he tells me. "When I was 8 years old, there were two giant nance trees by the side of the path. (Nances are small, greenish yellow fruits - sometimes sweet and sometimes sour.) One morning, at about 5:30 AM, I went out to gather the nances because it was their time and they were falling from the trees. And what did I encounter on that morning at 5:30 or 6:00 AM, a great group of gatos de monte (wildcats), congregating below the trees and eating the nances. With one burst from my slingshot the wildcats dispersed, and I went and gathered up all the nances. I took them to the market and I sold them, and I got 20 centavos!!"
"This is the picture I have in my head: a boy below the two nance trees, fighting off the gatos de monte. This is the mural I want to paint."
"Papa, I would like to know this place," I say.
"Siii, hija," he said, "the road out there is beautiful." And the Grandfather tells me how to get to this special place.
"I will die in this place," the Grandfather says. "It is good for one to die in the place in which he was born."
The Grandfather wants to put a name on this place: "Lutheran Church Center for the Arts." The first work of art is a field full of trees. The second will be a mural, with a picture of a boy fighting the wildcats.
A long time ago, a little boy named Brian picked some nances
from a tree in his yard. He wanted to teach me about the
special fruits in El Salvador. He wrote these words, and helped
me to take this photo. Brian, wherever you are now, thank you!
art Biography History Kids Nature
A Simple Thing a Sister Church Can Do (The Rifa Re...
Tales of the Grandfather: Planting More than Seeds
The Uniform Game
Antonio Lives


text:
package javay.test.http;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.security.MessageDigest;

public class MD5CheckSumExample
{
  public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception
  {
    MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("./build/javay.tar.gz");

    byte[] dataBytes = new byte[1024];

    int nread = 0;
    while ((nread = fis.read(dataBytes)) != -1) {
      md.update(dataBytes, 0, nread);
    };
    fis.close();
    byte[] mdbytes = md.digest();

    //convert the byte to hex format method 1
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    for (int i = 0; i < mdbytes.length; i++) {
      sb.append(Integer.toString((mdbytes[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
    }

    System.out.println("Digest(in hex format):: " + sb.toString());

    //convert the byte to hex format method 2
    StringBuffer hexString = new StringBuffer();
    for (int i=0;i<mdbytes.length;i++) {
      String hex=Integer.toHexString(0xff & mdbytes[i]);
          if(hex.length()==1) hexString.append('0');
          hexString.append(hex);
    }
    System.out.println("Digest(in hex format):: " + hexString.toString());
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The XJet Flight Support Concierge (FSC) has to be an excellent representative of the XJet brand at all times by providing XJet's Seven Star Service to each and every person who enters the XJet facilities. This individual takes pride in offering the best in service, providing all XJet services with the highest of standards, and always with a smile. The Flight Support Concierge manages all customer requests and books the necessary arrangements. Handling all details with precision and care, making sure no detail ever gets missed. He or she works well under pressure, multitasking and handling all requests without showing signs of stress or frustration, even under the most demanding of situations.
An XJet Flight Support Concierge reflects the XJet image in everything they do and therefore must always adhere to the XJet Service Standards.
For step 1 of the XJET Partner enrollment program, we have 2 questions we would like you to complete. Please take your time in asnwering them as they are designed to give us insight to your personality and attitude.
XJet was founded to challenge the status quo, to establish a new benchmark within the private aviation industry and to transform how business is conducted globally. Please outline a company/brand/individual/leader etc., that has not only inspired you, but also motivated you into action or to changing your approach - something or someone that connected with you, caused you to think or act differently, and why?
As you can imagine. We are very protective of what we have built together, and want to make sure we welcome only those who can help propel us towards our vision. Please tell us why we should we hire you?
Please upload your C.V, covering letter and a recent photo to our dropbox by clicking this link.


Cities – the new energy powerhouses?
Cities and local authorities are budding new energy "powerhouses" – and could replace the Big Six in providing clean, competitive energy supplies.
The centre-left thinktank IPPR linked with Labour suggests Britain's cities should get "even more active" in energy markets in a new report published today.
It points to examples such as the Greater London Authority, the first organisation to try and become a 'junior supplier' under Ofgem rules, or Cardiff's smart meter rollout with meters in 90% of the council's corporate buildings.
– and work with the Green Investment Bank on low-carbon infrastructure projects where there is a clear rate of return.


text:
Q: C#: Memory-efficient search through 2 million objects without external dependencies I need to be able to search over a collection of approx 2 million items in C#. Search should be possible over multiple fields. Simple string-matching is good enough.
Using an external dependency like a database is not an option, but using an in-memory database would be OK.
The main goal is to do this memory-efficient.
The type in the collection is quite simple and has no long strings:
public class Item
{
    public string Name { get; set; } // Around 50 chars
    public string Category { get; set; } // Around 20 chars
    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public DateTimeOffset CreatedAt { get; set; }
    public IReadOnlyList<string> Tags { get; set; } // 2-3 items
}

Focus and requirements
Clarification of focus and requirements:

*

*No external dependencies (like a database)

*Memory-efficient (below 2 GB for 2 million items)

*Searchable items in collection (must be performant)

Today's non-optimal solution
Using a simple List<T> over above type, either as a class or a struct, still requires about 2 GB of memory.
Is there a better way?

A: The most significant memory hog in your class is the use of a read-only list. Get rid of it and you will reduce memory footprint by some 60% (tested with three tags):
public class Item
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Category { get; set; }
    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public DateTimeOffset CreatedAt { get; set; }
    public string Tags { get; set; } // Semi-colon separated
}

Also, consider using DateTime instead of DateTimeOffset. That will further reduce memory footprint with around 10%.

A: There are many things you can do in order to reduce the memory footprint of your data, but probably the easiest thing to do with the greatest impact would be to intern all strings. Or at least these that you expect to be repeated a lot.
// Rough example (no checks for null values)
public class Item
{
    private string _name;
    public string Name
    {
        get { return _name; }
        set { _name = String.Intern(value); }
    }

    private string _category;
    public string Category
    {
        get { return _category; }
        set { _category = String.Intern(value); }
    }

    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public DateTimeOffset CreatedAt { get; set; }

    private IReadOnlyList<string> _tags;
    public IReadOnlyList<string> Tags
    {
        get { return _tags; }
        set { _tags = Array.AsReadOnly(value.Select(s => String.Intern(s)).ToArray()); }
    }
}

Another thing you could do, more difficult and with smaller impact, would be to assign the same IReadOnlyList<string> object to items with identical tags (assuming that many items with identical tags exist in your data).

Update: Also don't forget to call TrimExcess to the list after you fill it with items, in order to get rid of the unused capacity.

This method can be used to minimize a collection's memory overhead if no new elements will be added to the collection.

A: With 2 GB (i.e. 2 billion bytes) for 2 million items, we have 1000 bytes per item, which should be more than enough to do this in polynomial time.
If I understand your requirements correctly, you have 2 million instances of a complex type, and you want to match complete strings / string prefixes / string infixes in any of their fields. Is that correct? I'm going to assume the hardest case, searching infixes, i.e. any part of any string.
Since you have not provided a requirement that new items be added over time, I am going to assume this is not required.
You will need to consider how you want to compare. Are there cultural requirements? Or is ordinal (i.e. byte-by-byte) comparison acceptable?
With that out of the way, let's get into an answer.
Browsers do efficient in-memory text search for web pages. They use data structures like Suffix Trees for this. A suffix tree is created once, in linear time time linear in the total word count, and then allows searches in logarithmic time time linear in the length of the word. Although web pages are generally smaller than 2 GB, linear creation and logarithmic searching scale very well.

*

*Find or implement a Suffix Tree.

*The suffix tree allows you to find substrings (with time complexity O(log N) O(m), where m is the word length) and get back the original objects they occur in.

*Construct the suffix tree once, with the strings of each object pointing back to that object.

*Suffix trees compact data nicely if there are many common substrings, which tends to be the case for natural language.

*If a suffix tree turns out to be too large (unlikely), you can have an even more compact representation with a Suffix Array. They are harder to implement, however.

Edit: On memory usage
As the data has more common prefixes (e.g. natural language), a suffix tree's memory usage approaches the memory required to store simply the strings themselves.
For example, the words fire and firm will be stored as a parent node fir with two leaf nodes, e and m, thus forming the words. Should the word fish be introduced, the node fir will be split: a parent node fi, with child nodes sh and r, and the r having child nodes e and m. This is how a suffix tree forms a compressed, efficiently searchable representation of many strings.
With no common prefixes, there would simply be each of the strings. Clearly, based on the alphabet, there can only be so many unique prefixes. For example, if we only allow characters a through z, then we can only have 26 unique first letters. A 27th would overlap with one of the existing words' first letter and thus get compacted. In practice, this can save lots of memory.
The only overhead comes from storing separate substrings and the nodes that represent and connect them.

A: You can do theses dots, then you will see if there is trouble:

*

*you can enable gcAllowVeryLargeObjects to enables arrays that are greater than 2 gigabytes.

*Let the class implementation. When you choose between class and struct, the performance is not the main factor. I think there is no reason to use struct here. See Choosing Between Class and Struct.

*Depending your search filter, you must override GetHashCode and Equal.

Do you need to mutate properties, or just search object in the collection?
If you just want research, and if your properties repeat themselves a lot, you can have one property used by many objects.
In this way, the value is stored only one time, and the object only store the reference.
You can do this only if you dont want to mutate the property.
As exemple, if two objects have the same category:
public class Category
{
    public string Value { get; }

    public Category(string category)
    {
        Value = category;
    }
}

public class Item
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public Category Category { get; set; }
    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public DateTimeOffset CreatedAt { get; set; }
    public IReadOnlyList<string> Tags { get; set; }
}

class Program
{
    public void Init()
    {
        Category category = new Category("categoryX");

        var obj1 = new Item
        {
            Category = category
        };

        var obj2 = new Item
        {
            Category = category
        };
    }
}

A: I would not expect any major memory issues with 2M objects if you are running 64-bits. There is a max size limit of lists of 2Gb, but a reference is only 8 bytes, so the list should be well under this limit. The total memory usage will depend mostly on how large the strings are. There will also be some object overhead, but this is difficult to avoid if you need to store multiple strings.
Also, how do you measure memory? The .Net runtime might over allocate memory, so the actual memory usage of your object might be significantly lower than the memory reported by windows. Use a memory profiler to get an exact count.
If strings are duplicated between many objects there might be a major win if you can deduplicate them, making use of the same instance.
using a struct instead of a class could avoid some overhead, so I made some tests:

*

*list of objects using LINQ - 46ms

*list of objects using for loop - 16ms

*list of structs using for loop - 250ms

*list of readonly structs with ref-return using for loop: 180ms

The exact times will depend on what query you are doing, these numbers are mostly for comparison.
Conclusion is that a regular List of objects with a regular for loop is probably the fastest. Also, iterating over all objects is quite fast, so in most cases it should not cause a major performance issue.
If you need better performance you will need to create some kind of index so you can avoid iterating over all items. Exact strategies for this is difficult to know without knowing what kinds of queries you are doing.
One option could be to use some variant of in memory database, this could provide most of the indexing functionality. SQLite would be one example

A: If the categories could be defined as an Enum, you can map it to bits, that would help in reducing the size pretty much. From 20bytes to say 2bytes(short int), this could approximately save around 36M bytes for 2M objects.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Rate the dress
Rate the Dress: 1860s embroidery & steel
written by The Dreamstress
Last week I showed you a late 17th century 'seamstress' in pink petticoat and golden brown mantua, her dress covered by her sewing apron. Her sewing apron received a lot of flack for being so little, which I didn't understand – it's not like you really get dirty sewing! You just want something big enough to have a few pockets to hold things and a place to catch any little threads you cut off!
In addition to the apron, very few of you liked the colours, or the overall proportions, or the headgear, dragging the score down to 6.4 out of 10
One of the criticisms about the fashion plate was that you can't see the details, so this week we're looking at a dress that while simple in silhouette, is all about the details. This dress from the Victoria & Albert Museum features black embroidery with geometric and floral motifs, highlighted with steel beading, and is further trimmed with black silk and steel beading.
Dress, France, ca. 1865, Hand embroidered silk, taffeta, lace, steel beads and steel bead braid, Victoria & Albert Museum, T.433&A-1976
The silhouette of the dress is very typical of the mid 1860s, as is the teal green and black colour combination. Though achievable with natural dyes, the teal green is quite possible a new aniline dye, and may have faded with time.
Though much of the dress is quite standard for its timeperiod, there are a few unusual elements. The floral embroidery, though not unknown, is fairly uncommon in the 1860s, when dress patterning tended to be either woven in or printed on, while applied decorations were confined to more bold, geometric shapes, such as the twisted ribbon patterning the florals are paired with.
The sleeves of the dress are also rather unique, pairing the standard 1860s curved sleeves with a touch of Renaissance inspired slashing in the upper sleeves – a bit of historicism rarely seen in the 1860s.
What do you think? Does the combination of unexpected and unusual elements elevate the dress from a standard 1860s gown, or just create a weird mish-mash of disparate elements?
Rate the Dress on a Scale of 1 to 10
Filed under: Rate the dress
Tagged with: 1860s, 19th Century
Cyranetta says
The details may be random, but for me the overall impression is one of unity, maybe because of the precision and discipline (and technical skill) used in its creation. The embroidery softens the severity of the color combination. Really impressive, and to my eyes, 10 of 10.
Catherine Raymond says
I really like this one. The only drawback, to me, is that I'm not fond of teal. But I love the geometric beadwork and the floral motifs, surprisingly, compliment it. 9 of 10.
I agree that a seamstress does not need to wear a large apron. What I disliked about the apron shown in last week's fashion plate was that the apron was so small (barely larger than a serviette), and dark that it chopped up the lines of her costume. It didn't help that I felt the dark green of the apron (and its floral embroidery) clashed horribly with the elegant simplicity of the rest of the costume.
Color?
Shape?
*insert typical mewling about melty shoulders and stuff*
Geometric black detailing?
MORE YES.
Slashed sleeves?
Huh, I dunno…. No, wait, it's okay. Yes. Yes indeed.
Waist flaps?
Whuh? Why? So flappy and blunt. Why not just a neat little pointed waist? Or like a belt?
Little black flower at the nape of the neck?
STILL MORE YES.
And the sleeve-flowers?
ULTIMATE SQUEES.
But the collar?
Um. Hm. I guess it provides contrast, but I don't want that particular contrast. I want more teal and geometric black.
Oh yeah, didn't you have some opinion about that geometric black detailing?
That about sums it up. 8/10
Bethany Barrett says
I love this dress! The angled details remind me of Art Deco motifs, so to see it here is really stunning.
I also liked the last dress, and while not many people liked the apron, I thought is was really cute. Ah well!
I disliked the proportions of the apron, along with the clashing color (could have been the fading of dyes, who knew?) But I really felt that the apron added to the ensemble. And you know that the wearer of the previous dress would have pronounced that last word with a French accent– "enSAHMbleh"
The color combination is beautiful, I wonder whether it used to be much blue-er (aniline dye)?
The embroidery is beautiful and the abstract design even looks rather avant-garde to me, it wouldn't be out of place as an art deco/Jugendstil design.
The silhouette doesn't look very elegant or stylish – the strange waist flaps instead of the more elegant pointy things you usually see look rather pedestrian to me, not very sophisticated. The sleeves are too voluminous and there is this insufferably meek and twee white collar thingy – so very matronly and not very daring at all, as opposed to the beautiful color and embroidery.
So, 6/10
HoiLei says
I love that you posted this. Occasionally I have a conversation that goes off on a rabbit trail when I describe a thing as "bice". "You mean 'nice'," my interlocutor says. "No, bice. It's a color. Like somewhere between blue and green," I say. "Oh, like aquamarine?" "No, not so bright." "Like teal?" "No, not so clear: more saturated, less blue." "Soo… loden?" "No." "Well what is it, then?" "Like metallic teal. But not as teal-y." * blank stares *
The thing is, this is it! This is bice! I can now just send them a link and say "Like this"! Ignore the icky pastel hues that come up when you search for "color bice" online; this is quintessential, platonic-ideal bice. Lovely color. And the black trim and sheen of silk really bring out that metallic look.
I like the dress just for being this color. The geometric designs are the best of Victorianism: super detail and patience in execution, but not so overdone that you can't see the wearer. The sleeves are interesting but not super exciting, and I'm indifferent to the collar. The collar would be changed out regularly, anyway, so I don't think of it as part of the dress.
As for the pointed-front-vs.-flaps-in-front question, I have made an evening gown in two pieces with pointed front to the bodice. My experience is that without boning in the point, the tip will curl up, especially when you sit. Then you're constantly smoothing it down. With boning in the point, the tip won't curl, but the whole bodice will hitch up in front when you sit, causing interesting cleavage action. (This is alleviated somewhat by having small armscyes and closefitting all around). And it's not that my bodice point extended too far down into my lap… it's just that with all the volume in the petticoat, the lap came up to meet the point! I love the look of the pointed front, but for daywear, when she might be sitting and standing and sitting and standing, I can see the practicality of the softer flaps that rise and fall with the skirt and don't lose their definition as they shift about.
I think the pointed front is tres elegant for dancing and posing in eveningwear, but works better if the dress is built all in one piece, instead of separates. Then the skirt radiates outward from the point, instead of competing with it. So much sewing is engineering!
My rating is 9/10, because I like it a lot and can't really complain about any detail, but I don't love it with a "must have it/wear it/make it" sparkle.
Your explanation about the waistline makes a lot of sense. While I'm still not crazy about how the flaps look, they do sound like the better option if you want to stay comfy.
There really IS a lot of engineering in sewing. I think that sewing should be compuslory–art, imagination, dexterity, engineering…so many things you can learn by sewing.
Hana - Marmota says
And now I've learned a new English word! Isn't the internet amazing?
The Dreamstress says
I'm not sure of the use of bice as a blue-green. I've heard bice blue, to mean a true, deep sky blue, and bice green, to mean bright green, both clearly originating from their historical uses of using bice to mean a dark blue or green paint with a pigment made from azurite or malachite, depending on the era. But I've never heard it used to mean a blend of the two, which may be why no one else has!
Color and details are a win for me… but I'm not huge on the art-deco looking trim. I feel like if there was a different style it would look more cohesive as a design for me. 9/10
I wonder, just wonder, if the wearer isn't enjoying a bit of artistic dress within the context of Victorian fashion. As a teen in the 90s, I was always dressing weird, and sort of gothic. At the time, the aesthetics of the decade sort of vanished, so that all anyone could see where the historical elements. Looking back at photos, of course, I see a quintessential 90s teen.
So I wonder, with this dress, if the wearer/designer wasn't similarly channeling the historicism, and just how much it would have stood out since all the mid-Victorian elements would have been effaced to the contemporary eye.
It sort of reminds me of steampunk: history through the contemporary lens. Beads out of STEEL but with SLASHED SLEEVES!
Anyhow, enough yammering: 9/10. Bice and black are lovely.
Interesting thought I should give more thought to next time I'm looking at a historical dress!
Lyn Swan says
10/10 Lovely dress. Beadwork is stunning as is the color combination of teal() and black.
Emma says
I like it a lot. I like the sleeves, colour, embroidery and collar. I'm not too sure about the waist. 9/10
Stella says
Things I like about it: the colours, the embroidery, the way the skirt is pleated.
Things I don't like: the dowdy 1850s bodice silhouette, the frumpy lace collar thingy, the Renaisance-esque sleeve details.
It's not quite a 50/50 split, because I really like the parts of it that I do like, especially that gorgeous geometric embroidery. But the undercurrent of frumpiness is unfortunately strong. 6/10.
Rachelle says
I love it, the only thing I'm not so keen on is the white lace collar, but I'm sure that's removeable so I'm going to give it 9.5
Miriam says
I think is lovely both the color combination, the flowers (carnation) under the garlands and the dress shape.
For me 10/10
Love it. The color, the embroidery is magnificent, the shape. I wasn't sure about the slashed sleeves until I saw the close-up, and then I decided they were okay. I don't like the flaps on the front waist, because they just seem to dangle there. The back one is good.
All in all: 9.5/10
This looks very much like the sort of 1860s dress I would find very meh or even bleh in a less striking colour. I like the details, but all put together they are rather underwhelming, which I think is one of the reasons I don't enjoy 1860s much – it happens with a lot of dresses from that era.
But still an outstanding example of an underwhelming 1860s dress.
Ah this is just beautifull 10/10
I love the femminime touch the flowers add
Dii says
I adore it and would wear it in an instant! I especially like the detain on the back of the bodice. I am glad I don't have to iron it though.
I love it, the color,the beading, everything. I'd wear it right now. The only thing that bugs me is that I'm not sure that particular collar was meant for it. It covers up the embroidery in the back and seems a bit off, but even so, 10/10.
Emilia says
I love this one. Love it. The geometric elements, the beadibg, the colour, the shape, all of it. 10/10, A+, would repeat.
Joie Parris says
I love the embroidery! I love the contrast of black agsinst teal, and the combination of flowers and an almost Art Deco geometric print so ahead of it's time. The sleeves are quite intriguing so they're a yes too. All good so far, though it doesn't scream that it wants to jump in my wardrobe right this minute.
But. That collar. What is it doing on this dress? It half covers some of the flowers making me wonder if it's meant to be there at all. And with the geometric embroidery on the bodice making a narrow V shape, shouldn't it be a narrowly pointed collar instead? Lastly, in terms of colour, I would love the collar to have been in black lace instead. Maybe with more of the tiny beads woven into it to really set it off.
Overall, I'm going to say 6/10, because it is very lovely, just pulled down by the collar.
Barbara Stevens says
Love everything except the collar – wrong choice by whoever staged this frock. A small stand-up frill of white cambric would have been better, The embroidery at the back neck says to me that a floppy collar was not the intended look. 10/10 from me.
Isabella says
The embroidery is breathtaking on this gown. The only criticism really is of the waistline tabs – It doesn't seem to flow with the rest of the lines of the gown or the embroidery of the gown. However, it's a very small criticism as the rest of the greenish and black combo with the embroidery detail is really lovely. 9 out of 10
Wanda/Dawn says
sigh! 10/10
I've been completely enamored of this dress since the first time I saw it. Absolutely love it – every single element and every little detail! 10/10
Kit says
This would be just a rather boring dress with overly heavy looking sleeves and a mistake of a collar if it wasn't for the gorgeous contrast of the black against the teal and that wonderfully bravura embroidery design — striking, well executed and yet not too overdone. I like how the embroidery elements on the bodice front mimic lapels and love their deft arrangement in swags on the skirt. I could easily believe that someone like Schiaparelli had time-travelled back to produce the design. A resounding 10.
Previous PostMaking a medieval inspired belt
Next PostTrimming a hat with a silk stocking, '20s style


text:
New X-Ray Machines Could Kill Food Bacteria
Zapping nuts, spinach, lettuce and other foods with x-rays could kill more pathogens that cause nationwide disease outbreaks. Drawbacks remain, however.
By Jessica Knoblauch, Environmental Health News on February 25, 2009
Researchers are experimenting with x-ray technology to zap dangerous bacteria that hide in foods such as leafy greens, tomatoes, ground beef and, most recently, peanuts.
A new x-ray machine being tested at Michigan State University can reduce pathogens 99.999%, a higher percentage than traditional methods such as chlorine washes, food experts say. The technique, which uses a low-dose form of irradiation, destroys the bacteria on delicate foods without turning them to mush.
As such methods improve, some food safety experts say irradiation is a necessary step that could prevent many illnesses and deaths tied to E. coli and salmonella. In August, the Food and Drug Administration approved irradiation for iceberg lettuce and spinach, which have been responsible for some of the worst outbreaks in recent years. That approval is expected to open doors to more irradiated foods.
"The question is, do we want to keep on working with technologies that are nineteenth and twentieth-century technologies or do we make a decision as a country to move into the twenty-first century?" asks Suresh Pillai, director of the National Center for Electron Beam Research at Texas A&M University.
About 76 million Americans are stricken with food-borne illness each year. In the increasingly global food economy, a single head of contaminated lettuce can spread across state lines and sicken many people.
Peanut products contaminated with salmonella have sickened more than 650 people in 44 states and killed at least nine since December. And in 2006, spinach tainted with E. coli from one field in California caused one of the worst nationwide food-poisoning outbreaks in recent years, killing three people and sickening at least 205. A few months after that, in two separate outbreaks, at least 150 people became ill from eating iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell and Taco John's restaurants. As each recall is issued, consumer confidence in food safety diminishes.
Irradiation, also known as cold pasteurization, kills harmful bacteria by briefly exposing food to ionizing radiation, or short energy wavelengths. Irradiation has already been approved for use on many foods, including spices, poultry, wheat flour and ground beef. FDA officials, who have conducted irradiation safety evaluations for more than 40 years, say they have "determined the process to be safe for use on a variety of foods."
But there are many barriers to irradiating foods on a larger scale, particularly fresh produce. Some experts say it's not ready for mass production due to a lack of major facilities. Also, irradiation is not permitted on certified organic products. And much of the public is still uneasy about buying foods that carry an international symbol for irradiation.
"The recent FDA approval for irradiating spinach and iceberg lettuce is misleading to the public because it's not ready for industrial use by any means," says Will Daniels, who oversees food safety at organic leafy greens producer Earthbound Farm. "There are some food items currently irradiated, but by no means are these irradiation facilities geared up to irradiate everybody's fresh produce."
Salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7—involved in many of the recent outbreaks—are two of the pathogens targeted by the new technology at MSU.
The x-ray machine uses a higher dose of irradiation than medical x-ray imaging, yet less than competing irradiation methods such as gamma ray and electron beam. So far, the researchers have proved that x-rays can kill bacterial pathogens on ground beef, leafy greens and nuts.
"Our work to date has shown that x-ray technology is very effective in killing the bacterial pathogens without causing undesirable changes in product quality," says Bradley Marks, a professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.
The MSU researchers are concentrating on x-ray irradiation because most research to date has been almost exclusively conducted with gamma ray or e-beam. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only four commercial x-ray irradiation units have been built in the world since 1996.
"Our overall goal is not to promote a particular technology, but to give food processors the best information available so that they can decide which irradiation technology is best for their process," Marks says.
Currently, the MSU researchers are testing their technology's ability to kill pathogens in nuts such as walnuts or almonds, with a possibility for future work on peanuts.
Nuts, because of their high fat and oil content, tend to become rancid after irradiation. "High fat/oil products naturally become rancid over time. Irradiation could speed up that process," Marks says, adding, "I'm not saying that it will happen, but we just need to test for that."
Patrick Archer, President of the American Peanut Council, says irradiation has been tested on peanuts in the past, but was "found unacceptable because it degraded the taste of the nut."
However, MSU's preliminary tests show no major quality problems such as rancidity, possibly due to the different nature of x-ray irradiation, which is lower energy than other methods.
To determine the proper dosage, the researchers first inject food with bacteria. The contaminated food is then put in a prototype machine that's about the size of three home refrigerators hooked together. After the food is irradiated, the researchers count any surviving bacteria and look for physical changes in the food product.
"Our preliminary results have shown that x-ray technology is at least as effective at killing bacteria as e-beam or gamma ray, and in some cases it might be more effective," Marks says.
A major advantage is that its low energy requires less protective shielding which means the equipment is more compact and can be installed right in the processing plants. Other irradiation methods have to be located in specialty facilities.
One downside, however, is that the x-ray can only process small quantities of food at a time, such as five-pound bags of lettuce. "You have to treat the product in single servings," Marks says. Other technologies can irradiate food by the pallet.
Rayfresh Foods Inc., a technology start-up company that provided MSU with an x-ray prototype machine, is looking to ramp it up to a commercial scale. Recently, the company landed its first contract to build an x-ray machine to treat ground beef for Omaha Steaks.
"We feel very strongly that if we're going to sell ground beef, it's going to be irradiated because that's the highest level of food safety that we can provide to our customers," says Beth Weiss, public relations director at Omaha Steaks.
The steak company has been irradiating its ground beef since 2000, but currently the meat has to be sent on a five-day road trip to Florida to be irradiated at a separate facility. Using Rayfresh's machine, on the other hand, will allow the process to be in-house.
Chris Schoch, the vice president of sales at Rayfresh, said the third-party testing MSU performs helps establish credibility for the technology. Schoch said irradiation is ideal for high-risk products such as ready-to-eat foods like bagged lettuce and raw nuts because there is currently no other kill step that's as effective at wiping out bacteria.
Rayfresh has proven the x-ray process can cut pathogens like E. coli and salmonella from 100,000 microbes per product sample to one. "We have had success with complete sterilization," says Schoch.
But irradiation is no silver bullet.
Instead, many said it should serve merely as an additional step to complement other food safety practices. "If you irradiate a product but then expose that product to other contamination risks, then irradiating the product was a waste of your time," Marks says.
For example, irradiation probably would not have been able to prevent the recent salmonella outbreak in peanuts, where poor sanitary conditions and employee negligence were the culprits.
The public is still unsure about irradiated foods, despite the fact that some food products like spices have been irradiated since the 1900s. No radioactive substances remain in irradiated foods. Irradiation is a type of energy that disappears when the energy source is removed.
However, the public's uneasiness could change as more foodborne illness outbreaks occur.
"After a foodborne illness outbreak, if people hear irradiation will increase safety, the majority are interested in trying irradiated food," says Dr. Christine Bruhn, director of the Center for Consumer Research at the University of California, Davis.
Bruhn said health authorities need to take a more active role in advising the public that they can choose irradiated ground beef, poultry, spinach and lettuce and that supermarkets should offer them at reasonable prices.
The Organic Consumers Association disagrees, claiming that irradiated foods only appear fresh and contain fewer vitamins than non-treated foods.
Many food processors believe that irradiation is not the only answer to eliminating pathogens.
Organic producers such as Earthbound Farm are not allowed to use irradiation under the National Organics Program standards.
Earthbound Farm, which packaged the spinach responsible for the 2006 E. coli outbreak, has since put in place the industry's most aggressive testing and safety program. Included is a process of triple-washing foods with a chlorine rinse and pathogen testing at every step of production. In 2008, 0.14 percent of the leafy greens that arrived at Earthbound Farm's plant tested positive for salmonella or E. coli, and it was destroyed.
Many leafy greens producers have signed onto a California agreement that verifies that growers follow food safety practices. So far nearly 120 members have signed on, representing over 99 percent of the volume of California leafy greens. Recently, the USDA expressed interest in nationalizing the program.
The peanut outbreak has also renewed interested in revamping what food safety experts believe to be an outdated food safety system. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he supports merging the nation's food-safety system, which is currently divided into the US Department of Agriculture and the FDA, into one agency.
Meanwhile, some food safety experts maintain that any tool demonstrated to be safe and effective should be available to protect the public from harmful bacteria. Said Bruhn, "The goal is to protect the public while permitting the consumption of healthful tasty foods."
This article originally ran at Environmental Health News, a news source published by Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit media company.
Jessica Knoblauch
Dangerous Mercury Spills Still Trouble Schoolchildren
Making Sure Medications Are Good for You--And for the Environment
Coal Ash Poisons Wells and Community Relations
Undergoing Fertility Treatment? Watch Your Plastics
Toxic Coal Ash Hits Poor and Minority Communities Hardest
Why don't we irradiate all germ-carrying food?
February 6, 2009 — Jordan Lite


text:
The 'Cru' of Soave: Another Attempt to Resurrect the Region
Soave, one of Italy's great white wines, has an image problem, and, as a result, it gets no respect. Although I'm sure that must be frustrating for the producers, it's a boon for consumers: The wines can be excellent but their prices fail to reflect their quality. If your memory of Soave is bland, watery swill marketed so successfully decades ago by Bolla--consumers have told me that they assumed the name of the region was Bolla Soave--then it's time to try them again. Even Bolla's.
Soave has never been better. To quote Ian D'Agata, a world authority on Italian wine, "It's rare to get a bad Soave today." (His meticulously researched book, Native Wine Grapes of Italy, University of California Press, is essential reading for anyone interested in Italian wines.) Young Soave has a subtle stone fruit--peachy---character buttressed by lively acidity and a hint of almond-like bitterness in the finish. The quality/price ratio is outstanding, with most Soave from the current vintages selling for less than $20 and even top wines, such as the Prà 2015 Soave "Monte Grande," retail for less than $30.
Consumers are lucky to have examples from both the 2015 and 2016 vintages in the market currently. Both are excellent vintages, though different in character, with the 2015s being richer and riper, while the 2016s are generally more racy. Though Soave is consumed primarily within a year or two of the vintage, the best ones, similar to other fine wines, develop beautifully with bottle age. A tasting of Gini's Soave Classico "La Froscá" at their estate in 2009 was eye-opening: The wines, stretching back to 1990 had developed a warm and nuanced complexity while maintaining exquisite energy. Tasted blind, you could be excused thinking they were mature white Burgundies. Even well-aged examples are affordable: At the Michelin 3-star restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, a superb 2005 Pieropan Soave Classico "La Rocca"--10 years old at the time--was less than $100 (including tax and tip.)
Soave's popularity sprang to life after World War II, even outpacing sales of Chianti in the U.S. in the 1970s. As is often the case, increased demand resulted in increased production. To satisfy the markets, growers planted vines on the less well-suited fertile plains and maximized yields. Quite predictably, dilute and vapid wines appeared. In an attempt to compensate, growers included Chardonnay in the blend to add body and weight, which actually made matters worse. Soave became relegated to the "innocuous white wine" category. Thankfully, this is all past history. Although small amounts of Chardonnay are still allowed, few growers embrace it, preferring to limit the yield of the primary grape, Garganega, and to blending it sometimes with Trebbiano di Soave, a far superior biotype of Trebbiano compared to Trebbiano di Toscana.
To help reinvigorate the area, around the turn of the last century, the Soave Consorzio lobbied and finally convinced the Italian wine regulators to elevate Soave from a DOC and create a Soave Superiore DOCG category starting with the 2002 vintage. To my mind, the quality of the some of the wines deserved this higher classification, though the implementation of it was controversial with many producers in the prestigious Soave Classico zone refusing to use it even though they were entitled to because they felt sub-par areas were included within its boundaries. Indeed, one prominent producer, Roberto Anselmi, opted to abandon the DOC altogether in 2000, and to label his wines under the less prestigious IGT designation.
The Classico zone, originally delineated in 1927, well before the DOC was established, was limited to about 2,700 acres of hillside vineyards around the communes of Monteforte d'Alpone and Soave itself. (For perspective, the total planted Soave area is about 16,000 acres.) The soil in the Classico area is poor, not fertile, with limestone and volcanic rock, superior for growing quality grapes. The newly created DOCG Superiore zone included the Classico area--and here's where the controversy started--as well as other hillside areas, which were named Colli Scaligeri, in honor of the Lords of Verona who owned much of those hills in the 13th and 14th centuries. Classico producers felt the inclusion of these other, less well-situated hillside vineyards in their opinion, "diluted" the reputation of the Classico area, and have opted to continue to label their wines as Soave Classico DOC instead of Soave Superiore DOCG.
As a result, the DOCG designation has not been widely embraced and hence, has not fulfilled the hope of reinvigorating the area. Graziano Prà, of the eponymous estate, summed up his opinion succinctly when he said that my name is Prà, what more guarantee do you need. Even Giovanni Ponchia, the former head oenologist for the Soave Consorzio, says with a sense of resignation, "the DOCG classification is losing credibility year by year."
Enter the "cru" system. As part of their application to create Soave Superiore DOCG, the Soave Consorzio started mapping of the Soave vineyards to identify the best ones. Now, hoping to replace, or at least to supplement, Soave Superiore and to polish Soave's overall image as a place for fine wine, they have recently released their list of 59 noteworthy vineyards, which, borrowing the French term, they refer to as cru. The cru system makes enormous sense in a place like Soave where the both the volcanic soil and exposure of the vineyards varies dramatically from place to place. Some wines from grapes grown on black, lava-filled soil are racy and bold, while others whose origins lie in the calcium-filled white soil are racy and sleek. Typically wines from the cru require two or three years of bottle age for full expression.
This focus on site specificity is nothing new--the French classified vineyards in Burgundy in the 1930s. And Pieropan, a top Soave producer, has been bottling vineyard-designated wines since the 1970s. Regulations forbid fantasy names, allowing the use only of real places, many of which could be found on military maps dating from the 19th century. Although when I tasted a range of 2016 Soave in April of this year with Chiara Mattiello, the current head oenologist of the Consorzio, some labels still sported fantasy names.
The Consorzio has done micro-vinification--small batch vinification--of grapes from the different crus to validate the uniqueness and individuality of the wines from them. Nonetheless for consumers, the challenge is to determine whether the differences in the glass are due to the unique character of the individual cru or the differences in winemaking/viticultural practices of the producer.
This challenge is not unique to Soave. The same is true in Burgundy and Barolo. When I compare a Musigny from Drouhin and a Bonnes Mares from Jadot, I ask myself, do I taste the differences between Musigny and Bonnes Mares or do I just taste the difference in winemaking between two fine producers who have different styles? Similarly, in Barolo, where vineyards, like those in Burgundy, often have multiple owners, is the difference between Vietti's Brunate and Chiarlo's Cannubi a result of the site or just the differences between these two top producers? At least in Barolo, producers often own parcels of several vineyards, so for example if you taste the Marchesi di Barolo's Sarmassa side by side with their Coste di Rose you can see immediately how these two parcels are different because the winemaking is basically the same for both. In Burgundy, it's even easier because of the tradition of négociants making wine from a vast number of sites within the region. Taste a line-up Louis Latour's Corton Clos du Roi, Beaune Vignes-Franches, and Romanée St. Vivant and the impact of site on the character of the wine is readily apparent. But in Soave, few producers own pieces of multiple crus so it is hard for the consumers to learn first hand the different expressions of wine from these sites.
What's more, the cru system in Soave, and in Barolo, for that matter, lacks the more rigorous regulations found in the Burgundian system. In Burgundy, for example, allowable yields decrease as the prestige of the cru increases from a village vineyard, to a premier cur to a grand cru, increasing the potential quality of the wine. But in Soave, the regulations governing wine production in the cru are no different from those elsewhere. And given the continued appearance of fantasy names on the label, it's not clear how vigorously even the current regulations are enforced.
Since the hierarchical DOC/DOCG classification is certainly flawed in this region and the Cru system is confusing and imperfect, one might reasonably ask: What then is the solution for the consumer wishing to take advantage of the bargains that abound currently in Soave? My advice echoes that of Graziano Prà: producer, producer, producer.
In the alphabetical listing of recommended producers below, my favorites are in bold, but frankly, I'd be happy to drink Soave from any of them.
Ca' Rugate, Cambrago, Cantina del Castello, Cantina di Soave, a super co-operative, Casarotto, Coffele, Colato, Corte Adami, Corte Mainente, Corte Moschina, Dal Cero, Fasoli Gino, Fattori, Fornaro, Franchetto, especially their La Capelina, Gini, Gianni Tessari, I Stefanini, Inama, Le Albare, Le Battistelle, Portinare, Pagani, Pieropan, Prà, Tenuta Solar, Suavia, Villa Canestrari, Vitevis, another good co-op, Vicentini Agostino, and Zambon.
Email me your thoughts about Soave at Michael.Apstein1@gmail.com and follow me on Twitter @MichaelApstein


Sad news: Seattle sci-fi author Vonda N. McIntyre passed away yesterday, less than two months after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
An award-winning author of novels and non-fiction and film and TV show adaptations and short fiction, McIntyre also leaves behind another tremendous legacy: she helped bring the Clarion West sci-fi writers' workshop to Seattle in 1971, which means generations of young writers owe their careers to McIntyre.
And then I told them the plot.
By the end of the panel, I had everybody eating out of my hand, believing *Starfarers* had existed but had been so misscheduled and unadvertised that every single audience member had missed it. I claimed I had heard of some bootleg tapes floating around but as far as I knew recordings of the show could not be purchased.
A local filmmaker, sitting in the front row, jumped up at the end of the hour and said "I'm going to find those tapes!" and rushed out of the room.
McIntyre then went on to write four Starfarers books, based on her prank at the panel.
That eagerness to create something positive out of boring old fan negativity, that ability to craft a mythology from nothing and have a roomful of fans eager to believe it, is a big part of McIntyre's charm. She willed a community into existence here, and Seattle is the worse for her passing. There will be a public service for McIntyre sometime in the next month; we'll let you know when we know more.


That's not being a party pooper, that's taking a good experimental, though subjective approach. Personally I doubt the result. And a sample size of one is not adequate - so you rightly call for a larger sample.
Every time when the soundhole was open she described the sound as more open/brilliant. FYI: she couldn't see what I was doing so she had no clue whether the hole was open or closed.
Maybe it's all between our 2 ears but currently the favors are in having a soundhole. If you have time/wife/husband/friend and you could repeat my little experiment, I would be most interested to hear about your findings.


text:
package dotty.tools.scaladoc
package tasty.comments

import java.nio.file.Path

enum CommentSyntax:
  case Wiki
  case Markdown

object CommentSyntax:
  object CommentSyntaxParser extends ArgParser[CommentSyntax]:
    def parse(s: String): Either[String, CommentSyntax] = s match
        case "wiki" => Right(CommentSyntax.Wiki)
        case "markdown" => Right(CommentSyntax.Markdown)
        case _ => Left(s"No such syntax found.")

  val default = CommentSyntax.Markdown

case class CommentSyntaxArgs(csFormats: PathBased[CommentSyntax]):
  val defaultSyntax = csFormats.get(csFormats.projectRoot)
    .map(_.elem)
    .getOrElse(CommentSyntax.default)

  def get(path: Option[Path]): CommentSyntax =
    path
      .flatMap(p => csFormats.get(p).map(_.elem))
      .getOrElse(defaultSyntax)

object CommentSyntaxArgs:
  val usage =
    """
    |Comment Syntax arguments provide a way to set comment syntax for specified paths.
    |
    |This setting accepts list of arguments in format:
    |args := arg{,arg}
    |arg := [path=]syntax
    |where `path` is a prefix of the path to source files that will have a specific comment syntax set and `syntax` specifies the one used.
    |
    |If the path is not present, the argument will be used as the default for all unmatched paths.
    |
    |Available syntaxes:
    |markdown
    |wiki
    |
    """.stripMargin

  def load(args: List[String])(using CompilerContext): CommentSyntaxArgs = {
    PathBased.parse[CommentSyntax](args)(using CommentSyntax.CommentSyntaxParser) match {
      case PathBased.ParsingResult(errors, res) =>
        if errors.nonEmpty then report.warning(s"""
            |Got following errors during comment syntax args parsing:
            |$errors
            |
            |$usage
            |""".stripMargin
        )
        CommentSyntaxArgs(res)
    }
  }


text:
Van Morrison tour books new 'Astral Weeks' concerts in the U.S.
Tours July 7, 2009 By Allison Reitz
Van Morrison22
After completing a few earlier runs of cover-to-cover "Astral Weeks" performances in late 2008 and early 2009, Van Morrison has added to his U.S....
After completing a few earlier runs of cover-to-cover "Astral Weeks" performances in late 2008 and early 2009, Van Morrison has added to his U.S. itinerary with another handful of summer dates.
The iconic musician has just four concerts booked for the East Coast, beginning August 4 at the Wang Theatre in Boston, MA. The one-week trek continues with a two-night stand on August 6-7 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, before wrapping up on August 8 at Caesars Ballroom in Atlantic City, NJ.
Public onsales have already started for each date on the trek. Telecharge is handling ticketing for the opening night, and the remaining dates are being sold through Ticketmaster.
The summer schedule follows Morrison's earlier album-centric gigs in the U.S. He performed "Astral Weeks" live for the first time on November 7-8 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA.
Those initial performances were followed by East Coast encores on February 27-28 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden and March 3-4 at Beacon Theatre, both in New York, NY. From there Morrison took his "Astral Weeks" act to his native UK for two concerts at Royal Albert Hall before returning for more gigs in the Los Angeles area in May.
The upcoming concerts will continue with the full album format that has become so popular for veteran performers as of late. Aerosmith is dedicating its summer tour to the 1975 classic "Toys in the Attic," while Judas Priest has been relying on its oldie-but-goodie "British Steel," to name a couple other performers taking that route.
The four concerts should also feature a healthy mix of songs from Morrison's catalogue, with the first set of the evening dedicated to the 1968 record and a second set filled with the Belfast-born musician's other classics and fan favorites.
Van Morrison itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
August 4 Boston, MA Wang Theatre
August 6-7 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
August 8 Atlantic City, NJ Caesars Ballroom


The focus of this camp is to improve the all-around game. Participants will work on all fundamentals with ball handling, passing, shooting, defense and rebounding drills. There will also be individual and team competitions where awards will be given. Campers will be separated into groups based on age and skill level. There will be a maximum of 10 campers per instructor. Prizes and a t-shirt are included.
Camp Location/Drop Off: All camps will be held at YSU's Beeghly Center and Stambaugh Stadium gymnasiums. Campers can be dropped off in the F-80 Lot.
What to Bring: T-shirts, shorts, socks, basketball shoes, a water bottle and money for concessions.
All YSU Women's Basketball camps are open to any and all entrants.


Cyclone Idai devastates eastern Zimbabwe with massive flooding, rocks, and mudslides. Image shared widely on social media.
Tropical Cyclone Idai has left a devastating trail of destruction and death after sweeping through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in Southern Africa.
At least 162 people have lost their lives so far in the devastating storm across Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In Mozambique, the city of Beira has been nearly entirely wiped out.
At least 89 people have died in Zimbabwe alone, amid fears of a higher figure, in Manicaland's Chimanimani district, located 406 kilometers east of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm that began on Friday.
More than 300 people are missing according to the government.
The United Nations in Zimbabwe said that more than 8,000 people have been affected by the flooding in the eastern parts of the country.
According to the government, Cyclone Idai hit the Ngangu Township are in Chimanimani the hardest where most lives were lost. Over a hundred houses were damaged by falling mud and rocks.
The storm originated in the Indian Ocean and led to a torrential rainstorm which commenced in Mozambique on Thursday, with wind speeds of about 160 kilometers per hour, reportedly causing ocean waves of up to 9 meters high.
The police and military have been deployed to assist in the evacuation of victims.
Visibility, according to the Information ministry, has significantly improved and this will help airforce helicopters to evacuate more people.
The Airforce of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Army are on the ground saving lives.
Local government minister July Moyo said that bodies are currently being seen floating in rivers and nothing much can be done at the moment.
Roads, bridges and telephones are currently cut off and hundreds of homes destroyed.
Country director for the International Red Cross (IRC) Zimbabwe Paolo Cernuschi said the IRC teams in Zimbabwe are trying to reach communities affected by the cyclone but the infrastructure damage is severe and the teams couldn't reach Chimanimani or Chipinge.
"Urgent road repairs in progress so we will try again in the morning," said Cernuschi.
The Zimbabwe government held an inter-ministerial committee on Sunday morning and subsequently set up 10 subcommittees to deal with hard-hit areas.
Committees will deal with areas related to food security, resource mobilization, safety and shelter, transport, water and sanitation among other critical areas.
An official with the Meteorological Services Department said that the cyclone has weakened greatly and shifted from eastern to northeastern areas of Zimbabwe.
"Up to 200 millimeters of rainfall was recorded in Chipinge [located in eastern Zimbabwe], 118 millimeters north of Chipinge, and 102 millimeters in Buhera [southeastern Zimbabwe]," said the official.
He warned that the eastern highlands of the country should still expect floods due to the torrential rains and advised the public to avoid traveling there.
Not much precipitation was expected on Monday, with light rainfall and better weather conditions expected to commence on Monday.
Recovery efforts will be long term and relief efforts are underway.


Support the Yonkers Fire Department and Yonkers Police Department in this year's Toughman event! This is the 8th occasion where members of the Yonkers Fire Department and Yonkers Police Department will go head to head in one-minute round boxing matches. These friendly competitive mataches between the Yonkers first responders help generate awareness for the YFD and YPD's continued commitment to the loca community and charities in need.
Contact Jim Molloy at (646) 771-5141 or jmolloy@rmh-newyork.org for more information.


Paper shredders cut sensitive documents in a variety of patterns that are designed to minimise the chances of their being put back together. Some are crosscut, while others are diamond or confetti-cut. Regardless of the pattern, shredders have metal blades that cut the paper into shapes. As the blades cut through paper, they create dust that builds up and causes the blades to wear down. Users must clean and maintain the blades to keep the shredder functioning well.
Read the manual that came with the shredder. Some shredders are self-sharpening models. They have sheets of metal that sharpen their blades at every stroke, maintaining the edge. You should keep these models oiled, but there is no need to worry about sharpening them. Eventually, however, the blades will become dull. When this happens, you should remove them according to the manufacturer's instructions and either replace them or have them sharpened by a professional.
Maintain the blades. Oiling the shredder blades will keep them sharp and maximise the time in between blade replacements or professional sharpening. Shredders, whether self-sharpening or not, operate better when they are well-oiled. There are two methods to oil a sharpener. The first is to coat a piece of paper with shredder oil and then feed it through the shredder. The second is to turn the shredder off, put oil along the top of the blades, and then run the shredder in reverse for 10 to 20 seconds. Then, run a few sheets of dry paper through the shredder. Whichever method you choose, the oil will keep the shredder running smoothly and help to clear out the dust that dulls the blades. You will need to oil your sharpener often: about every 30 minutes of shredding time. This means that a shredder that is used heavily needs oil about every four hours of real time, while a shredder under normal use should be oiled every few weeks. The frequency of oiling also depends on the type of shredder. The more cuts that it makes, the more dust is produced, so, for example, crosscut shredders need oil more often than strip-cut. You should only use the shredder oil that is specified by the manufacturer to oil your shredder. Using aerosol oils (such as WD-40) or other non-approved oils can void the warranty on your shredder.
Run aluminium foil through the shredder. If your shredder does not sharpen itself, you can use aluminium foil to replicate the effect that the metal sheet has in self-sharpening models. Use regular kitchen foil and feed two or three sheets into the shredder. This will give dull blades some of their edge back. However, it is not a perfect fix. Some blades may be too dull to be resharpened in this way. If your blades are still fairly sharp, use the aluminium foil method every few weeks to keep them sharp for as long as possible.
Send the blades to be professionally resharpened. Use this method if your self-sharpening blades dull, or if your blades are too dull to be resharpened using the aluminium foil method. Paper shredder manufacturers recommend that users never try to resharpen blades themselves; instead, have a professional sharpener restore their edge.
Replace the blades when necessary. Sharpening is accomplished by removing some of the metal. Eventually, the blades are so worn down that sharpening is ineffective. When this happens, buy replacement blades. Make sure to maintain them well so that they stay sharp for as long as possible.
With the price of shredders so low, it may be more cost-effective to replace the shredder when it no longer shreds properly.
Is there a way to sharpen paper shredder blades?
Danielle DeLee began writing in 2010. Her areas of writing expertise include economic theory and applications, Russian culture and scuba diving. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics and international studies from Yale University.
How Do I Sharpen a Chipper Blade?


text:
Guarneri (ou en latin Guarnerius) est le nom d'une famille et dynastie de luthiers à Crémone (dont Guarnerius del Gesù qui a fabriqué les violons les plus remarqués) :

 Andrea Guarneri (1623/26-1698) ;
 Pietro Giovanni Guarneri (Mantua, nommé Pietro I, 1655-1720), fils aîné d'Andrea Guarneri ;
 Giuseppe Giovanni Guarneri, nommé Filius Andreae (1666-1739/40), troisième fils d'Andrea Guarneri ;
 Pietro Guarneri (Venise, nommé Pietro II, 1695-1762/63), fils de Giuseppe Giovanni Guarneri;
 Bartolomeo Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri, surnommé Guarnerius del Gesù (1698-1744), fils cadet de Giuseppe Giovanni Guarneri.

Hommages
 (19185) Guarneri, astéroïde nommé en leur honneur.

Références

Liens externes

 Instruments de la famille Guarneri sur la base MIMO, site mimo-international.com.
 Instruments de la famille Guarneri au musée de la musique, site de la Philharmonie de Paris.

Guarneri
Crémone
Luthier
Éponyme d'un objet céleste

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Search For "Restaurants & Bars" Companies in Follansbee, West Virginia - Click Here Now!
THE JAVA SHOPPE in Follansbee is a company that specializes in Eating Places. Our records show it was established in West Virginia.


text:
A Fascinating Look at How Doctors Choose to Die
Ken Murray, MDUpdated: Apr. 16, 2016
From zocalopublicsquare.org
Our final days are not like theirs. But they should be.
Brian Cronin for Reader's Digest
YEARS AGO, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. The diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. His surgeon was one of the best: He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could triple the five-year-survival odds—from 5 percent to 15 percent—albeit with a poor quality of life.
Charlie was uninterested. He focused on spending time with family. He got no chemotherapy, radiation, or surgical treatment. Medicare didn't spend much on him. Several months later, he died at home.
Doctors die, of course—but not like the rest of us. What's unusual is not how much treatment they get compared with most Americans but how little. They have seen what is going to happen, and they generally have access to any medical care they could want. But doctors prefer to go gently.
They know enough about death to understand what all people fear most: dying in pain and dying alone. They've talked about this with their families. They want to be sure, when the time comes, that no heroic measures will happen. They know modern medicine's limits. Almost all medical professionals have seen "futile care" performed. That's when doctors bring the cutting edge of technology to bear on a grievously ill person near the end of life. The patient will get cut open, perforated with tubes, hooked up to machines, and assaulted with drugs.
All of this occurs in the intensive care unit at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars a day. It buys misery we would not inflict on a terrorist. I cannot count the number of times fellow physicians have told me, in words that vary only slightly, "Promise me if you find me like this that you'll kill me." Some medical personnel wear medallions stamped NO CODE to tell physicians not to perform CPR on them.
The Drawbacks of "Do Everything"
How has it come to this—that doctors administer care that they wouldn't want for themselves? The simple, or not-so-simple, answer: patients, doctors, and the system.
Imagine that someone has lost consciousness and been admitted to an emergency room. When doctors ask family members—shocked, scared, and overwhelmed—if they want "everything" to be done, they answer yes. But often they just mean "everything that's reasonable." They may not know what's reasonable, nor, in their confusion and sorrow, will they ask or hear what a physician may be telling them. For their part, doctors told to do "everything" will do it, whether reasonable or not.
People also have unrealistic expectations of what doctors can accomplish. Many think of CPR as a reliable lifesaver, when the results are usually poor. I've seen hundreds of people in the emergency room after they got CPR. Just one, a healthy man with no heart troubles, walked out of the hospital. Even though only a small percentage of healthy people will have a good response to CPR, we would always do it to give them that chance. But with terminal people, virtually no one responds. If a patient has severe illness, old age, or a terminal disease, the odds of a good outcome from CPR are infinitesimal and the odds of suffering are overwhelming (see sidebar).
Physicians enable too. Even those who hate to administer futile care must address the wishes of patients and families. Imagine an emergency room with grieving, possibly hysterical, family members. Establishing trust under such circumstances is delicate. People may think a doctor is trying to save time, money, or effort—rather than attempting to relieve suffering—if he advises against further treatment.
Even when the right preparations have been made, the system can still swallow people. One of my patients was a 78-year-old named Jack; he had been ill for years and had undergone about 15 major surgeries. He explained to me that he never, under any circumstances, wanted to be placed on life support. One Saturday, Jack suffered a massive stroke and was admitted to the emergency room unconscious. Doctors did everything possible to resuscitate him, and they put him on life support. This was Jack's worst nightmare. When I arrived and took over his care, I spoke to his wife and to hospital staff, bringing in my office notes with his preferences. Then I turned off the life-support machines and sat with him. He died two hours later.
Even with all his wishes documented, Jack hadn't died as he'd hoped; the system had intervened. A nurse, I later found out, even reported my unplugging of Jack to the authorities as a possible homicide. Nothing came of it; Jack's wishes had been spelled out explicitly, and he'd left the paperwork to prove it. But the prospect of a police investigation is terrifying. I could far more easily have left Jack on life support against his wishes, prolonging his suffering. I would even have made a little more money, and Medicare could have ended up with an additional $500,000 bill.
Choosing Quality of Life
Doctors don't overtreat themselves. Almost anyone can die in peace at home. Pain can be managed better than ever. Hospice care, which focuses on providing terminally ill patients with comfort and dignity, offers most people better final days. Studies have found that people in hospice often live longer than people with the same disease who seek active cures.
Several years ago, my older cousin Torch (born at home by the light of a flashlight—or torch) had a seizure that turned out to be the result of lung cancer that had spread to his brain. With aggressive treatment, including three to five hospital visits a week for chemotherapy, he would live perhaps four months. Torch decided against treatment and simply took pills for brain swelling. He moved in with me.
We spent the next eight months having fun like we hadn't had in decades. We went to Disneyland, his first time. Torch was a sports nut, and he was very happy to watch sports and eat my cooking. He had no serious pain and remained high-spirited. One day, he didn't wake up; he spent the next three days in a coma-like sleep, then died.
Torch was no doctor, but he wanted a life of quality, not just quantity. If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity. As for me, my physician has my choices. There will be no heroics; I hope to go gentle into that good night. Like my mentor Charlie. Like my cousin Torch. Like my fellow doctors.
Ken Murray, MD, is a retired clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Southern California.
Originally Published in Reader's Digest
20 Sweet Stories About Moms (That Will Make You Want to Call Yours)
30 Stories About the Touching Kindness of Strangers That'll Make You Tear Up


text:
Q: Rotator or slideshow using jquery I want to create a page that will have 9 images showing on the page and I will have a left and right arrow next to it. I then want to be able to click on one of those arrows and get taken to another set of 9 images.
I'm not sure how I should go about doing this. If anyone knows a good tutorial that I can do what I want please let me know.


A rocket launches into space. Technicolor.
Pakistan launches the Shahin-II ballistic missile into a clear blue sky.
Mercury-Redstone MR-1A lifts off from Cape Canaveral on December 19, 1960.
Emergency rescue helicopter saves a man from the Niagara Gorge. Helicopter steadies above the water line in an air lift rescue operation. Paramedics push stretcher with the victim across a heli landing pad. The ambulance helicopter lifts off from landing pad. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO AND AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS AND REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.
POV rocket thrusters in space. View of planet Earth below. Technicolor.
A unidentified commercial airliner takes off. Technicolor.
A bus accident kills 21 people in Hong Kong. Aerial view of a motor vehicle accident scene where a bus plunged off a bridge down a steep ravine. MCU of the bridge railing where the bus broke through. Camera view of a lush green ravine with a light fog covering it, the arc of a tall bridge can be seen in the BG following the ravine. Rescue workers work desperately to lift victims of the accident away from the scene. WS of the bus on its side in the ravine as rescue workers free victims. PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO AND AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS AND REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.


text:
Q: svnserve startup no longer works as documented The documented methods of starting svnserve no longer work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Ref: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Subversion
"inetd" scripts are obsolete.
"xinetd" scripts are now nonstandard.
The suggested third-party upstart script at
http://pelam.fi/published_sources/svnserve.conf
looks bogus.  It has the line
exec /usr/bin/svnserve --foreground --daemon --config-file /etc/svnserve.conf --root /home/svn/

which uses an option "--config-file" not in the svnserve documentation, runs in the foreground (inappropriate for a daemon), and appears to run as root.
Upstart runs everything as root by default. "A future release of Upstart will have native support for (not running as root)".
This should have been handled during Ubuntu packaging.
How do I work around this mess?

A: I modified the upstart script to work on mine:
sudo vim /etc/init/svnserve.conf
# svnserve - Subversion server

description     "Subversion server"

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=lo and started udev-finish)
stop on runlevel [06]

chdir /home/svn

respawn

respawn limit 2 3600

exec /usr/bin/svnserve --daemon --root /home/svn --log-file /var/log/svnserve.log

Then run sudo initctl reload-configuration
You can remove the "--log-file /var/log/svnserve.log" part when happy.


Hanoi shopping is something you should not miss out when visiting this beautiful city. According to the annual rankings of Smart Travel Asia Magazine – a popular travel magazine with huge amount of subscribers, Hanoi ranked 6th among top 13 most attractive shopping cities voted by readers. Smart Travel Asia Magazine claims that in Hanoi, you can find everything in Asia, from the most expensive to the cheapest thing. Together with 1st rank on the list of cheapest cities in the world by the famous TripAdvisor website, there's no exaggeration to say that Asia, and especially Hanoi, is a paradise for shopaholics and cheap shopping.
Hanoi shopping is well-known for silk products, embroidered products, silver jewellery and handicraft. Here is the list of four best places in the city center for Hanoi shopping.
If you are going on a Hanoi shopping tour and trying to find silk and embroidered products, don't miss out Hang Gai street in the Old Quarter. The street is also called "silk road" because most of the shops here sell silk clothes, silk bags, sleep bags, ties, scarfs and other accessories from real silk made in Vietnam. You can have it as a gift from $8 to $20, depending on styles & kinds of products you want.
AVOID Van Phuc silk village because it's now not a village where you can find out the life of silk. Van Phuc now gathers a chain of silk shops which usually sells the silk material from China. You even can buy cheaper silk in Hang Gai street.
You can find lots of decorations, accessories and other stuffs along Hoan Kiem Lake and in the area of St. Joseph's Cathedral. Most of them are handmade.
Hanoi also has a lot of galleries displaying oil paintings, silk paintings, water-colour paintings and lacquer paintings.
For Hanoi shopping of silver jewellery, you can visit Hang Bac and Hang Dau St. Better bargain for a good price. You can buy rings, earrings or bracelets from $8 and necklaces from $12.
Dong Xuan night market might be the most famous Hanoi shopping stop that you should visit one time. This unique night market, which is often referred as the busiest market in town, is normally held from 18:00 to 23:00 every weekend on a 3km of walking street area in the Old Quarter. The stalls of the street vendors stretch from Hang Dao to Dong Xuan market, creating a colourful and bustling atmosphere.
Hanoi shopping paradise: Hanoi old quarter is a collection of buying and selling streets. On each street, you will find many shops selling the same products, making the name of that street.
The night market is a busy trading place with the participation of nearly 4000 stalls. There are tons of goods being sold at night market. The goods are very diverse, ranging from clothing, footwear, household appliances to souvenir and handicraft items… all at affordable prices. You should take a walk from Hang Ngang, Hang Duong, Luong Van Can, Hang Ma, Hang Bo etc. to see various street vendor stalls to choose what you like.
On Saturday evening weekly, the local people often have traditional music performance such as Quan Ho, Ca Tru, Hat Xam, Hat Cheo etc. This is considered a unique trait of the night market, which attracts lots of foreign visitors to Hanoi shopping.
Most of tourists coming to Hanoi would love to try shopping in Dong Xuan night market at least one time, join the bustling crowd, take some great shots there, and enjoy the street food. Some even love to have a portrait of themselves done by the street artists, and buy some colourful gifts for their friends and family. Many souvenirs sold at the night market not only have cheap prices, but also have good quality in comparison with others sold in another place.


text:
Q: Kubernetes: How are etcd component services health checked? I have a k8s cluster in AWS that looks partially up, but won't actually do deployments.   When looking at the health of components, etcd is shown as unhealthy.  This looks like it's an issue with the etcd endpoints getting queried as http versus https:
kubectl --kubeconfig=Lab_42/kubeconfig.yaml get componentstatuses --namespace=default
NAME                 STATUS      MESSAGE                                                                                ERROR
controller-manager   Healthy     ok
scheduler            Healthy     ok
etcd-2               Unhealthy   Get http://ip-10-42-2-50.ec2.internal:2379/health: malformed HTTP response "\x15\x03\x01\x00\x02\x02"
etcd-1               Unhealthy   Get http://ip-10-42-2-41.ec2.internal:2379/health: malformed HTTP response "\x15\x03\x01\x00\x02\x02"
etcd-0               Unhealthy   Get http://ip-10-42-2-40.ec2.internal:2379/health: malformed HTTP response "\x15\x03\x01\x00\x02\x02"

I'm not using the --ca-config option, but putting the config values directly in the apiserver run.  My apiserver config:
command:
  - /hyperkube
  - apiserver
  - --advertise-address=10.42.2.50
  - --admission_control=NamespaceLifecycle,NamespaceAutoProvision,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota
  - --allow-privileged=true
  - --authorization-mode=AlwaysAllow
  - --bind-address=0.0.0.0
  - --client-ca-file=/etc/ssl/kubernetes/k8s-ca.pem
  - --etcd-cafile=/etc/ssl/etcd/etcd-ca.pem
  - --etcd-certfile=/etc/ssl/etcd/etcd-client.pem
  - --etcd-keyfile=/etc/ssl/etcd/etcd-client-key.pem
  - --etcd-servers=https://127.0.0.1:2379
  - --kubelet-certificate-authority=/etc/ssl/kubernetes/k8s-ca.pem
  - --kubelet-client-certificate=/etc/ssl/kubernetes/k8s-apiserver-client.pem
  - --kubelet-client-key=/etc/ssl/kubernetes/k8s-apiserver-client-key.pem
  - --kubelet-https=true
  - --logtostderr=true
  - --runtime-config=extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true,extensions/v1beta1/daemonsets=true,api/all
  - --secure-port=443
  - --service-account-lookup=false
  - --service-cluster-ip-range=10.3.0.0/24
  - --tls-cert-file=/etc/ssl/kubernetes/k8s-apiserver.pem
  - --tls-private-key-file=/etc/ssl/kubernetes/k8s-apiserver-key.pem

The actual problem is that simple deployments don't actually do anything, and I'm not sure if etcd being unhealthy is causing the problem or not as we have many other certificates in the mix.
kubectl --kubeconfig=Lab_42/kubeconfig.yaml get deployments --namespace=default
NAME               DESIRED   CURRENT   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
nginx-deployment   3         0         0            0           2h

I can actually query etcd directly if I use the local https endpoint
/usr/bin/etcdctl --ca-file /etc/ssl/etcd/etcd-ca.pem --cert-file /etc/ssl/etcd/etcd-client.pem --key-file /etc/ssl/etcd/etcd-client-key.pem
--endpoints 'https://127.0.0.1:2379' \
get /registry/minions/ip-10-42-2-50.ec2.internal | jq "."
{
  "kind": "Node",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "metadata": {
    "name": "ip-10-42-2-50.ec2.internal",
    "selfLink": "/api/v1/nodes/ip-10-42-2-50.ec2.internal",
...SNIP

A: So it turns out that the component statuses was a red herring.   The real problem was due to the fact that my controller configuration was wrong.   The master was set for http://master_ip:8080 instead of http://127.0.0.1:8080.   The insecure port for apiserver is not exposed to external interfaces, so the controller could not connect.
Switching to either loopback insecure or :443 solved my problem.
When using the CoreOS hypercube and kubelet-wrapper, you lose out on the automatically linked container logs in /var/log/containers.   To find those, you can do something like:
ls -latr /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*-json.log

I was actually able to see the errors causing my problem this way.

A: I think your kube-apiserver's config is missing the option --etcd-server=xxx


Monday, 22 April 2019 14:22 h.
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 09:25 h.
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 07:41 h.
Monday, 24 September 2018 12:49 h.
Tuesday, 18 September 2018 08:03 h.
Tuesday, 18 September 2018 07:31 h.
Tuesday, 18 September 2018 02:42 h.
Monday, 10 September 2018 08:30 h.
Friday, 31 August 2018 07:12 h.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018 12:54 h.
Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:51 h.
Tuesday, 21 August 2018 11:22 h.
Tuesday, 21 August 2018 11:08 h.
Monday, 20 August 2018 10:28 h.
Saturday, 18 August 2018 09:03 h.
Friday, 17 August 2018 09:33 h.
Tuesday, 24 July 2018 09:57 h.
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 10:27 h.
El recorrido fue algo corto.
Wednesday, 6 September 2017 14:11 h.
Sunday, 8 January 2017 17:51 h.
A mi hijo y a mi nos ha encantado. Gracias.


Way back in March of last year, I put in my helping hand to Tim Schafer's then initially titled "Double Fine Adventure" when it went to break records on Kickstarter. A year later with a lot of fun updates in between, we get our first look in a teaser for the game now titled Broken Age.
Hit the jump to watch the teaser trailer.
I'm sure I do not have to tell you but the name is beyond perfect for the name of an adventure game, but it is. The art style shown in the teaser is fantastic and I would amazed if the entire game were lucky enough to look like this. Not to mention with the quality of adventure games in recent past, I can not wait to find out what the story is about.
It's hard to figure out how the game will turn out just from this trailer, but I feel like Broken Age just came out of a dream we all forgot about.


text:
Hurling USA: America Discovers an Ancient Irish Sport
by Denis O'Brien Denis O'Brien
CreateSpace Publishing
Denis O'Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland on St Patrick's Day in 1957 ... couldn't take the name 'Patrick' as another brother before had that honor.
He emigrated to America at the age of 26 to New York and worked in the restaurant and hotel business. He later moved to Boston and harboring a wish to write, he put himself through Third Level Education when graduating in Journalism & Media Arts from Emerson College. Having a passion for Gaelic Sports, he freelanced for local and New York Irish papers covering weekly games at Canton MA and also published one of the first Blogs reporting on the games from America.
After 18 years in the United States he returned to Ireland in 2007 to live in 'Lovely' Leitrim where he worked as a Freelance Journalist and later joined the Leitrim Post Newspaper. After the paper went out of business, due to the economic meltdown, he set about reporting on Gaelic Sports news worldwide and founded the website and podcast Gaelic Sports Cast which he writes, presents and produces.
His reporting features skype interviews with Gaelic Sports sources on the ground in America, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and they are totally unique.
'Hurling USA: America Discovers an Ancient Irish Sport' is his first book and it was inspired by his reporting in America and the stories he uncovered in his podcast.
He has written for the Boston Irish Reporter, the New York Irish Examiner, contributed to the Irish Examiner, Leitrim Observer, Anglo Celt, The Sligo Champion, Sligo Weekender, Donegal News,
Shannonside Radio, and Ocean FM Radio.


Where Do We IB Writers Go from Here?
Congrats, Deb-Di! I am sure that you will get paid. Personally, I am not so hopeful. If I continue earning at my current rate it will take me 7 years to hit payout!
Congrats on making payout, Deb!
I was paid in April, the last time earnings were updated until now. I am sure we will get paid, we just have to make some noise. Kevin is steering the IB ship now and he has been on vacation for the past two weeks according to a FB message I received from Ryan. Hopefully we will see payments this week now that he will be back to work from his holiday.
I seriously wish they would hire a college intern to keep an eye on things.
Seriously. I live close by. I could be their intern.
I have been sitting at 64 bucks for a while now. Now sure when they payout..
Congrats. I think it takes about 6 weeks.


I have started to investigate the effects of non-traditional materials for building up texture. In this piece I explore reflection and distortion, hard edged materials versus fluid lines. I enjoyed the challenge of combining opposing concepts whilst retaining their contrasting qualities using light and colour.


Grits predicted Gov. Perry would receive positive press from his parsimonious clemency record if the campaign played up the issue[and] could use Christmastime clemency to separate himself from the other presidential candidates ... By granting more-than-usual clemencies this December, Perry would likely generate good media with little near-term Wille-Horton-esque risk, while setting the story up inevitably as comparing Perry and Obama (since none of the other GOP candidates can grant pardons) and thereby making the governor appear more presidential.
I'm not confident Perry will do that, but if he doesn't he'll have missed an opportunity to separate, even elevate himself in a controlled, positive media moment from the other GOP contenders and the president ... it would be a wasted political opportunity if the governor didn't use the Christmas pardon ritual to his own public-relations benefit, especially now that the campaign can see how the issue plays in the national media.
Grits' prediction: Governor Perry issues 10 or more pardons between now and Christmas day, making the national news cycle for a day or two with mostly positive press. That said, if he really wants to use the issue to trump the president, Gov. Perry should issue at least 23 pardons, a number he surpassed in 2003 and 2005. That would also be one more than President Obama has given out since he took the reins of power three years ago: A sure-fire news hook.
See full, unedited post here.


72 Best Front Doors French Country Traditional Images On Comfortable Intended For 3 is one of pictures thet are related with the picture before in the collection gallery. If you would like to see the 72 Best Front Doors French Country Traditional Images On Comfortable Intended For 3 in High Resolution [HD Resolution] version, please press the right click on picures/image then choose "Save as Image" option, and done. You will get 72 Best Front Doors French Country Traditional Images On Comfortable Intended For 3 pictures that you want. The exactly dimension of 72 Best Front Doors French Country Traditional Images On Comfortable Intended For 3 was 376x500 pixels. You can also look for some pictures by collection on below this picture. Find the other picture or article about French Front Doors here. We hope it can help you to get information of the picture.


text:
Aragonská koruna (katalánsky Corona d'Aragó, aragonsky Corona d'Aragón, kastilsky Corona de Aragón) je souhrnné pojmenování pro všechna historická území, která byla podřízena svrchovanosti aragonského krále mezi roky 1164 a 1707.

Seznam zemí koruny

Historie

Jádrem Aragonské koruny byla personální unie Aragonského království a Barcelonského hrabství, jíž roku 1137 dalo základ manželství královny Petronily Aragonské a hraběte Ramona IV. Barcelonského. S nástupem jejich syna Alfonse II. na trůn roku 1162 (bylo mu tehdy 5 let, takže nominálně vládl spolu s matkou-regentkou a když ta o dva roky později abdikovala, vykonávala za něj vládu regentská rada) nastoupila na aragonský trůn barcelonská dynastie.

Později, jako výsledek reconquisty nových území i sňatkové politiky, se unie království aragonského a hrabství barcelonského rozrostla o valencijské, mallorské a neapolské království, ostrovy Sicílie, Sardinie a Korsika, vévodství aténské a neopatrijské.

Svatbou Katolických Veličenstev Isabely Kastilské a Ferdinanda II. Aragonského byl zahájen proces spojení se zeměmi Kastilské koruny, čímž vzniklo sjednocené Španělské království jako centralistický stát. Španělští králové užívali titulů "aragonský král" a "kastilský král" až do roku 1707, kdy Filip V. Španělský většinu práv a titulů eliminoval. Země Aragonské koruny se rozprostíraly na území moderních států Španělsko, Andorra, Francie, Itálie, Malta a Řecko.

Státní symbolika

Externí odkazy

Zaniklé státy na Pyrenejském poloostrově
Zaniklé monarchie Evropy
Španělská monarchie
Státy a území zaniklé roku 1714
Dějiny Katalánska
Dějiny Aragonie
Aragonské království