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Q: How to copy all formulas from a row to another? I'd like to create a new row and then copy all the formulas from the row below to this new row (with relative references, just as if I dragged the formulas manually). My purpose is to copy only the formulas, not the values. I mean, if there is no formula, only a value in the cell below, then the cell above (in the new row) shall be empty. I can have something like this:
spreadsheet.getRange('F3').activate();
  spreadsheet.getActiveRange().autoFill(spreadsheet.getRange('F2:F3'), SpreadsheetApp.AutoFillSeries.DEFAULT_SERIES);
  spreadsheet.getRange('H3').activate();
  spreadsheet.getActiveRange().autoFill(spreadsheet.getRange('H2:H3'), SpreadsheetApp.AutoFillSeries.DEFAULT_SERIES);
  spreadsheet.getRange('L3').activate();
  spreadsheet.getActiveRange().autoFill(spreadsheet.getRange('L2:L3'), SpreadsheetApp.AutoFillSeries.DEFAULT_SERIES);

(As formulas are F3, H3 and L3.)
But there I have to change the code every time I change something in the sheet. So I would need something that directly gets and sets all the formulas but only the formulas. Tried to check getFormulas() and setFormulas() but don't understand how it works.


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Huebert, Helmut T. (1935-2016)
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Helmut T. Huebert, 2010.
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Helmut Theodore Huebert: surgeon, church layman, and amateur historian: born on 23 February 1935 to Gerhard D. (18 April 1906, Margenau, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, South Russia - 12 May 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) and Katharina (Katie) (Willms) Huebert (12 September 1909, Hierschau, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, South Russia – 29 April 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) in Bassano, Alberta, Canada. On 21 December 1957, he married Dorothy Rempel, daughter of Peter (2 June 1901, Tiegenhof Estate, Alexandrovsk, South Russia – 21 February 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) and Katherine (Katie) (Barkmann) Rempel (22 November 1901, Ladekopp, Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, South Russia – 18 November 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), at the South End Mennonite Brethren Church in Winnipeg. He worked as a doctor, did considerable research into Mennonite history, and helped extensively in the church. He died of a massive stroke in Winnipeg on 21 November 2016.
Helmut was born in Bassano, Alberta, Canada to immigrant parents and grew up in nearby Gem. He was the eldest of three brothers in the family. His father was a minister and Bible college instructor whose work and studies took the family to many different parts of Canada and the United States. Finally, the family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where Helmut completed his high school education at the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute.
Following his high school graduation, Helmut began classes at United College (the University of Winnipeg). After finishing his undergraduate studies, he went on to medical school and chose to specialize in orthopedics. In 1957 Helmut married Dorothy Rempel in Winnipeg. Their first daughter, Karen, was born in 1960.
Further studies took Huebert and his small family to Oswestry, England, for a year. Later, when son David (born 1964) was still very young, the family spent some time in California before returning to Winnipeg. The last member of the family, Susan, was born there in 1967.
Medical work took Helmut and sometimes his family to many parts of the world, including Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Bangladesh, and Paraguay. Travel for historical interest and relaxation also took the family to the Rocky Mountains in western Canada, various parts of Europe, China, and other parts of the world.
Meanwhile, Helmut also pursued a long-term interest in researching various aspects of Mennonite history. He eventually published ten books, including the Mennonite Historical Atlas, which he wrote together with mapmaker William Schroeder, as well as biographical works and other books on Mennonite subjects.
Participation in church was always very important to Huebert. He was active in the Portage Avenue Church (Mennonite Brethren), where he served as moderator for several years, in addition to working on various committees. He sang on the worship team and in choirs, taught Sunday School, and sang in special performances with the Mennonite Festival Chorus on several occasions.
In June 2005, Helmut retired from active work, although he continued as a consultant until the day of his death. In 2012, he experienced a heart attack while visiting the family cottage, and he began to have a series of increasingly frequent health episodes. On 21 November 2016, after a morning at work, he suffered a severe stroke and died that afternoon. The memorial service was at the Portage Avenue Church on 25 November.
Helmut Theodore Huebert was a dedicated doctor, amateur historian, and church worker who was well known for his contributions in these and other areas. Through his commitment to his work and other interests, he was an example for others to follow.
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 4.19 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2005: 223768.
Huebert, Helmut. "My Story: Helmut Theodore Huebert." Unpublished manuscript. 1 June 2014.
Huebert, Helmut. The Life of Katharina Johanna Huebert: By the Grace of God from the Cradle to the Grave. Winnipeg: Helmut Huebert, 2003.
Obituary. Winnipeg Free Press. http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-240836/HUEBERT_%20HELMUT. Web. 10 January 2016.
Obituary. Katherine Rempel. Mennonite Brethren Herald. (6 February 1998): 28.
Works by Helmut Huebert
1937, Stalin's Year of Terror. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2009. Available in full electronic text at: https://archive.org/details/1937StalinsYearOfTerrorOCRopt
The Braun-Willms Family of Hierschau. Winnipeg, MB: Helmut T. Huebert, 2011.
Crimea: the Story of Crimea and the Mennonites Who Lived There. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2013.
The David Hueberts of Margenau. [Winnipeg, MB]: Helmut Huebert, 2009.
Events and People: Events in Russian Mennonite History and the People that Made Them Happen. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 1999.
Hierschau: An Example of Russian Mennonite Life. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 1986. Available in full electronic text at: https://archive.org/details/HierschauAnExampleOfRussianMennoniteLifeOCRopt
Katharina Johanna Huebert: By the Grace of God from the Cradle to the Grave. Winnipeg, MB: Helmut Huebert, 2003.
Kornelius Martens: Our Skillful Advocate: a Brief Biography and Collection of the Poetry and Other Writings of Kornelius Kornelius Martens. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 1986.
Mennonite Estates in Imperial Russia. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2005, 2008.
Mennonite Historical Atlas (with William Schroeder). Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 1990, 1996.
Mennonite Medicine in Russia: 1800-1930. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2012.
Mennonites in the Cities of Imperial Russia, V. 1 and 2. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2006-2008.
Molotschna Historical Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Springfield Publishers, 2003.
Rempel/Huebert Origins: Our Family Heritage (with Dorothy Huebert). [Winnipeg, MB: Dorothy Huebert, 2010]. Available in full electronic text at: https://archive.org/details/LookingBackInFaithOCRopt
Co-edited:
Looking Back in Faith: a Commemorative Collection of Photos and Writing to Mark the Centennial of Mennonite Brethren in Manitoba, 1888-1988, ed. with Harold Jantz, John Longhurst. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Mennonite Brethren Centennial Committee, 1988.
Susan Huebert
Huebert, Susan. "Huebert, Helmut T. (1935-2016)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2017. Web. 17 Jul 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Huebert,_Helmut_T._(1935-2016)&oldid=163701.
Huebert, Susan. (January 2017). Huebert, Helmut T. (1935-2016). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 17 July 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Huebert,_Helmut_T._(1935-2016)&oldid=163701.
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The hottest independent Celtic Rock music in the world packed on one CD at one low price.
The Secret World of Celtic Rock pays tribute to the incredible sub-genre of Celtic music called "Celtic Rock." With well over an hour of great music, this CD is packed full of some of the best independent Celtic Rock groups around the world, and 100% of the profits of this album benefit The Celtic Cultural Center.
Two years ago I had an exciting idea to release a Celtic Rock CD. Man, I've outdone myself! No. I take that back. It's not me. All I did was compile some of the best independent Celtic Rock bands around and organize them onto a CD. The result is destined to be a hit CD among contemporary and traditional Celtic music lovers alike--"The Secret World of Celtic Rock."
Yes, it's taken a long time to pick some amazing tracks, mix and match them, and try to have a common theme. I found some brilliant bands in the process. The CD is not yet completely finalized, but I couldn't help but get the word out now since I hope to have the CD out by St. Patrick's Day.
The Celtic MP3s Music Magazine is a free weekly Celtic music magazine featuring free music downloads of Celtic, Scottish, Irish music from around the world. Subscribe to receive to free Celtic MP3s in every issue, plus, get Celtic news and reviews.
Jen Clower-Brown is a freelance artist living in Austin TX. She studied illustration and fine art via scholarship at the Columbus College of Art and Design, one of the top ranking schools for fine art and graphic design in the U.S.. Jen specializes in fantasy art with a strong emphasis on figure drawing and portraits. Find out more at www.adragonseyefantasy.com.
The Secret World of Celtic Rock is a Celtic MP3s Music Magazine compilation CD benefitting the The Celtic Cultural Center of Texas. The Celtic Cultural Center is organized to operate a charitable center for the benefit of the Celtic Community and to act as an umbrella organization to house and support local Celtic groups. The Corporation endeavors to promote and preserve the history, music, art, dance, language and literature of the Irish, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants of the United States and their generations. The Corporation specifically highlights the many contributions these cultures have given the United States, through education and performance. Find out more about it at www.celticcenter.org.
1. Heather Dale from "The Trial of Lancelot"
2. The Elders from "American Wake"
3. The Indulgers from "In Like Flynn"
4. Rise from "Uncertain Wonders"
5. Amadan from "Sons of Liberty"
6. Brothers 3 from "The Journey That Lies Before"
7. Black 47 from "New York Town"
8. Lenahan from "Brand New Bag"
9. The Electrics from "Reel, Folk and Rock and Roll"
10. Tears for Beers from "Cracky Bones"
11. Paisley Close from "All On A Day"
12. Rimbo (w/Marc Gunn) from "Rimbosity!"
14. RavensWing from "Mist Covered Mountains"
15. Jayah from "First Egg Cracked"
16. Tale/Theo Niessink from "Sweet Lady of Flowers"
17. Fathom from "Pollution Blues"
Thanx for this fabulous selection of highly inspiring music ! it does remind me of wonderful days in Edinburgh ! thanx once more !
Compilation CD's are notoriously difficult for the reviewer & the editor. Frequently however, and it holds very true in this case, compilation CD's are a treat for the listener. When approached to write this review, I looked at it with trepidation but I took the task in hand; in part because I believe in the compiler's sense of musical taste & adventure and in his ability to pick songs that stand apart as an individual track, yet could complement each other in the larger sense of the album. Secondly, and possibly the greater catalyst in the decision; I'm increasingly fond of the burgeoning scene of Celtic Rock. The editor of this CD has done a fine job of pulling together music of various backgrounds but with a common theme. Thus, this audaciously-titled Secret World of Celtic Rock is a frenetic journey through Jethro Tull-like arrangements & Pogues-ish cacophony on some tracks. Yet on others it's meditative, almost ethereal strains bring you out of the down & dirty world of Celtic Rock into the nearly new-age reach-for-the-stars electronics espoused and made popular by artists such as Loreena McKennit & Enya. No, you won't find Jethro Tull, the Pogues, Loreena McKennit or Enya on this CD; you will find, instead, nineteen (19) artists capable of boldly striding where these other artists have previously walked while stamping their own footprint on the genre.
Some of the selections in this collection are original music with original lyrics such as Heather Dale's wonderfully ethereal Mordred's Lullaby or The Elders' rock-steady Moore St. Girls. Other pieces are old favorites getting new treatment like Paisley Close's fantastically haunting rendition of Sovay or Amadan's angry version of Johnny Jump Up. Lenahan sings & plays for us the blues on Nothin' while The Electrics dig deep to pull out some Scottish blue-grass roots (and singeing fiddle-work) with The Grass is Greener. Cold Glencoe by Rise tells the story of the infamous Glencoe massacre while evoking primal memory with emotional & lingering harmonies. The Indulger's bring the rowdy emotion of Ireland's fabled rebel songs into In Like Flynn. You'll find yourself tapping your toes to this one as well as Day After Day by the amusingly named Tears for Beers out of Germany.
As superb as the above songs are, sadly the collection does have its negative side as well. Rimbo's My Love is Like a Red Red Rose does not, in my opinion, belong on the album. Although an enjoyable song in its own right, its inclusion lends a dichotomy to the collection that was too intrusive and perhaps should have been saved for The Secret World of Celtic Electronica. The Day We Set Sail by Tale & Theo Niessink tries too hard and stagnates half way through while Black 47's St. Patricio Brigade is not indicative of the talent of this great group and could have been left out or replaced with any one of their more note-worthy songs.
Two instrumental pieces, however round out the album and are worthy of note. Collectively they are my favorite music on the album; Brothers 3 uniquely styled, Celtic-Jazz-Fusion song Slip Me 5 uses modern instrumentation and arrangement to provide a brilliant toe-tapping merging of two Irish jigs, while Groovy Scooby by the Rogues is one of the best examples of bagpipes forging a path into the collective consciousness.
It's time that the Secret World of Celtic Rock remains a secret no longer and makes its way to your CD collection. It's diversity & song selection will be welcome in any household and should be an integral part of any Celtic Rock collection. So, grab a Guinness & go grab your copy of The Secret World of Celtic Rock.
The Pefect Compilation CD! Rock + Celtic = PERFECTION!
You know the truth about compilation cds: If you're lucky you get 3-4 songs you like, and the rest is rather 'meh'. Well, this cd does what I thought couldn't be done! This is compilation cd of various celtic and rock groups from all over the globe, with different styles and sounds. And they all are awesome! Trying to pick 'favorites' for this cd is impossibly, because after you've reached over 15 faves, you realize, "Oh, heck, the whole cd is my favorite!" There are some amazingly awesome songs here. Though it's a 'rock' album, it definitely has a 'celtic' feel to it, not just the celtic 'sound', but the underlying tones of joyful laughter and poignant sorrow that can be found in all celtic music. This cd is an absolute delight, and I've given it as a gift to all my friends this Christmas. Wonderful job putting this one together!
A fun CD to listen to, and to broaden your love for everything Celtic. Definitely a great CD to play in your car, at home, and at work. Get the word out!
My heart is in the highlands again! I'll never be the same, and my car CD player may never play a different CD....gives me great memories of my days in Scotland and at all the Highland Games I've ever attended! Bravo!
This CD hasnt left my CD player since I got it!
Well put togather CD. I had heard serveral of the artists and a few of the songs on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast put out by Marc. But who wants to keep searching for it over and over in the podcast? I love this CD cause It has my faves and they are readily acessable. Great job Marc.
I have yet to take the CD out of my car. I hope you produce another one soon!
I try not to be a total trad snob, but sometimes I feel I am. This is one of the albums that makes me remember that it's okay to break out of the box. All in all, this is a wonderful compilation of artists you may otherwise miss as you're sorting through Seven Nations and Glengarry Bhoys CDs at the festival tents. Be a responsible Celtic music lover. Support your local Celtic rock bands, and get their names out there! For the full review, visit Irish Traditional Music Library.


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(25743) Serrato est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale.

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(25743) Serrato est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale. Il fut découvert le  à la station Anderson Mesa par le programme de relevé astronomique LONEOS. Il présente une orbite caractérisée par un demi-grand axe de 3,03 UA, une excentricité de 0,08 et une inclinaison de 16,1° par rapport à l'écliptique.

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Cabin Bay is located on Naked Island in Prince William Sound (PWS) (Google Maps). It's positioned more or less in the center of PWS, and it has a mountain that turns out to be ideal for a communications relay station with near-perfect line of sight to all of PWS.
In years past I've visited Naked Island and, because there aren't any bears, camped atop one of the higher peaks, just to have an adventure with a nice view. But over the years a relay station located nearby has gradually become larger and larger, and efforts to power it with wind and solar have become unworkable, so a propane-powered generator now provides electricity for the increasing number of radio transmitters. The generator, which runs 24/7, is rather noisy, so I have given up on that location (near Bass Harbor) and have begun exploring a new anchorage and hiking/camping area in the same island group called "Cabin Bay".
The idea is that, after several weeks of living on my boat, I'm more than ready to carry some overnight gear to a suitable spot and camp out. Also, this part of Alaska has some very pretty places to camp where you won't be eaten by bears. I should add that, in most of Alaska, if you camp out, your chance to be eaten by bears is vanishingly small, especially if you follow some common-sense rules, but the Naked Island group is too small to support a population of bears.
This season, following the pattern described in my other articles, on arriving at Cabin Bay I immediately created an aerial photosphere, hoping to find a more efficient hiking route to a nice camping spot I had scouted out in past seasons. In this part of Alaska the terrain tends to be a mixture of thick brush, tall, dense stands of trees, and open grassy meadows. The trick is to locate a route that moves from one grassy meadow to another until you arrive at your destination, something an aerial photosphere seems perfectly designed for.
A more obvious route might seem to exist toward the left in this image, but it's much steeper than it looks. One of the few drawbacks to photospheres in route planning is that they tend to make steep terrain look more level than it actually is.
Cabin Bay, Naked Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska.


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Microsoft Teams In the Lead
Microsoft Teams is the relatively new Microsoft application that was released to replace Skype for Business. However, it wasn't just created to replace Skype for Business, it offers vast improvements and is changing the way people work in the process. Teams sits inside the Office 365 portfolio and with it, you get the security, compliance and compatibility across Office and Office 365 applications. Teams leverages office trends of mobility, geographical dispersion, inclusiveness and collaboration. With more millennials in the workplace who are more comfortable with persistent chat such as iMessage and Facebook chat. The lead to persistent chat was an obvious choice on Microsoft's part. The notion of Teams is simple- do all of your collaboration and work in a persistent chat mode across devices. You can work on documents, presentations, spreadsheets in real-time, chat back and forth in-context, share files, create meetings, all in one chat console.
Some of the latest Microsoft Teams features:
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First of all, one really neat feature Microsoft is adding to Teams is cloud recording. Which Microsoft says will enable one-click meeting records, with automatic transcription and time coding. This will allow team members to search within the transcript, and playback any portion or all the meeting after the fact. Microsoft has also hinted that it will soon introduce facial recognition into the mix. So the transcripts would be able to differentiate who said what.
Microsoft is also introducing in-line message translation to streamline communication for individuals who speak different languages. Cortana voice interaction (so users can make calls, join meetings, etc. within Teams using spoken language), background blur for video calls, proximity detection for adding nearby Skype Room Systems to meetings, and the ability to share content in meetings via mobile devices. Microsoft is also a leader in translation software and if you've ever used the company's real-time translation across multiple parties and languages, it is as efficient as it is impressive. These additional features not only make Teams fun to use, but more productive. Teams is designed so that new users can spend less time trying to figure out how to use the software. Therefore, spending more time completing their work.
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On 12 March 2015, Digia Plc's Board of Directors decided to establish a new share-based incentive scheme for the CEO and other members of the company's senior management. The purpose of this scheme is to align the objectives of the company's shareholders and management in order to increase shareholder value, promote management commitment, and offer management a competitive incentive scheme based on shareholding in the company. The scheme chosen on 12 March 2015 replaced the previous share-based incentive scheme, which ran until 2016.
The new scheme comprises three earning periods, which are the calendar years 2015–2017. The earnings criteria are the consolidated earnings per share and consolidated net sales, according to formulae settled annually by the Board. For each earnings period, the CEO and other key personnel covered by the scheme are entitled to a bonus equivalent to a maximum total of 115,000 Digia Plc shares. All bonuses under this scheme will be paid as a 50/50 combination of shares and cash. The cash portion of the bonus will primarily be used to cover taxes and other comparable costs arising from the scheme. A maximum total of 112,499 shares have been granted as share bonuses from the scheme during the financial period. The payment of bonuses from the share-based incentive schemes is subject to the employee in question being employed by the company on the payment date. The share-based incentive schemes are described in more detail in Note 19 Share-based payments.
EUR 0.2 million in expenses were incurred by the scheme during the 2016 financial year, and EUR 0.7 million in 2015–2016.
Digia has an agreement with Evli Awards Management Ltd for the coordination of the company's share-based incentive schemes, their associated share management, and the payment of incentives to individuals in accordance with the terms and conditions of the schemes.
At year-end 2016, the CEO and members of the Board of Directors held a total of 4,531,240 of the company's shares and votes, representing 21.7 per cent of all shares.


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SMUT STAND REPORT: Sept. 30, 2014 (New Orleans)
WHEN: 5.5 hours (8:30pm-2am), Sept 30, 2014. WHERE: Frenchmen Street, New Orleans. OUTPUT: one piece of microsmut and three custom works, including a surprise picnic lunch out on a remote hiking trail and a structurally unsound reverse-cowgirl scene where a thumb in her ass was the only thing keeping her from falling over.
The night before last was slow-ish and boring and not very lucrative—$60 for the four-hour session. LAST NIGHT was slightly better on the money side and INFINITELY more interesting.
First of all, Matt-the-Poet came out for the first time since I've been back. I will say it again, for the people who have joined this party since last October: Matt is the one person who I have found in the world to be a true friend and colleague in the realm of literary busking. I know there are other street poets in the world, and I work next to some of them some nights here, but he is the only one I've met so far who I really like and respect. I respect his attitude, toward the work and the passersby; I respect his process; and I respect the material that he produces. In turn, he is the only poet there who a) really gets the value of the work that I do, and b) doesn't look down on me in the slightest. I love it when we are out there together–we converse easily, but also seem to know when we need to work—and also, and not insignificantly, I have someone to watch my stuff while I run off for a pee break in d.b.a.
My first couple of commissions were pretty standard and good, for their type. First one was a young German man, out to party with some friends, who clearly thought it was a joke at first, but as the interview progressed he sobered up. The second one was a lovely straight couple, clearly still in love and in lust with each other, totally ready to step up and lean in. The fact that the woman listed "receiving anal" as one of her favorite activities, that was just the icing on the cake. Yay, butt-sex sisterhood!
The third and final commission came at the witching hour, around midnight, when, as Matt has observed, things can start picking up and getting weird. On first read, this would be a fairly straightforward consultation: straight couple, mid- to late-30s, husband considerably more drunk than the wife, but she's buzzing, too, and they're both into it. She had mentioned being curious about some of the stuff in Fifty Shades of Grey; okay, I can work with that. However, as the conversation continued, I found myself wanting to lean further and further away. This was the most dysfunctional relationship that I have ever had the misfortune to write smut for, BY FAR. I don't know the details, I don't know how they got to be that way, I'm sure there was a lot going on behind the scenes. but I found myself blaming the man, his actions were the asshole ones, right there in front of me. Hear me out:
He kept jumping all over her answers, interrupting her to explain something further about his shit, egging her on to be more open with me. He clearly had a few more ideas rolling through his head, but godDAMMIT, his aggressiveness and jumping around and grandstanding was working against any amount of trust that I could build with her. The real kicker was the way he used a not-really-stage whisper in telling me, several times, that she was "sexually retarded." First of all, NO, NOT THAT WORD, NOT EVEN THAT CONCEPT. Second of all, SHE'S RIGHT THERE YOUR WIFE OF 15 YEARS IS RIGHT FUCKING THERE SHE CAN HEAR YOU EVERYONE PASSING BY CAN HEAR YOU AND BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION YOU ARE TRYING TO GET HER TO TRY NEW THINGS AND THIS IS HOW YOU DO THIS INSULT HER SEXUALITY FUCKING FUCK FUCK WHY ARE YOU EVEN TOGETHER ANYMORE. She finally walked off while he was answering the last question, she actually walked off. I took the twenty dollars and his cell number, and was so profoundly relieved when he walked away. That was a challenging piece to write; I tried to give them each a little of what they wanted, but the lingering bitterness of their toxic life made it very difficult to focus. They never came back for the piece. (I will text them again today.)
My host pointed out that New Orleans can be a relationship catalyst like that, as people drink and get drawn in by the anything-goes atmosphere. People let loose and see other options, or just feel a certain kind of freedom, for the first time in a long while, maybe ever, and if a couple's dynamic is already weak, that kind of experience can do serious damage to the facade. I have seen people having wonderful and powerful healing and joy and love connections as result of my work. I don't think I've ever catalyzed a breakdown, though. It was terrifying.
FORTUNATELY, the night picked up after that. I was ready to pack it in, but I'm glad I stuck around to hang out with Matt. First, a balding older man, who I had seen passing and circling us as part of a group of other men (a convention, I'm guessing), he approached. I had been tracking him for about a half-hour; I was sure he was going to pull out something sleazy. Instead, he said, to both of us, "I'm from Australia and I've never seen anything like this, poetry and smut right here on the street. Can I take your picture? I'll give you money." I was, like, "we'll take your money," and Matt laughs. The guy takes his pictures, and then takes out his wallet, and I'm thinking, maybe a fiver. Nope. He hands me a 20 and asks me to split it between us. Suh-WEEET.
And then, maybe 15 minutes later, a young man in a maroon patterned dinner jacket stands before us swaying, points at Matt and says, "Bourbon." Matt and I blink at each other. What? He then points to me and says, "Gin." Ohhhhhh. You want to buy us drinks! "Yes." In that case, I will have a rum and coke. Matt says any kind of whisky is good. The well-dressed drunk comes back in five minutes, somehow managing to carry six cups of booze without spilling anything. He then asks us each to write something short in our respective genres for $5. Fair enough. He's respectful, and he just bought us drinks. He surprised me a little during our mini-intake interview, by requesting softcore, and something to do with water. I was pleased with the result, and so was he, so much so that he gave me another dollar. Then… he just stood there, or sat in front of us and talked. About writing, about a girl that he never got over, about doing food service in this town, about what we're doing is really real.
Toward the end of the conversation he was fumbling around with his phone, and Matt's poem for him fell out on the sidewalk and was about to blow away. I felt myself getting suddenly maternal and said, here let me. So I reached right into his inside jacket pocket where I had seen him put my microsmut, pulled it out, nipped the poem out of his fingers, put both works into one of the letter-sized envelopes that I bring out to the stand now, sealed it up, and slipped the envelope into his outer pocket. There, I said, patting the pocket. Now reaching for your phone isn't going to endanger the literature.
He walked away, weaving from one edge of the sidewalk to the other. What is that called, I asked Matt, in a sine wave, the height and depth of the wave? "Amplitude," he said. I pointed at the receding figure of the patron, who was very nearly bouncing off walls and garbage cans, and Matt laughed. "Yes, that is a high-amplitude drunk."
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Kessler was born in Paris. His father was a banker who had been ennobled by Kaiser Wilhelm I and his mother was considered an Irish beauty. He was educated in England and in Germany, and trained for a career in the foreign service. However, he became more interested in the arts, and was involved, during the mid-1890s, in developing an elitist magazine called 'Pan'. He was particularly concerned with trying to develop the arts in Weimar, and held various appointments, including director of the ducal art museum and the art school. In 1904, he went to London to seek advice on the design of books for Insel Verlag, the innovative Leipzig publishing house, and was introduced to Eric Gill and Edward Johnston. When war broke out, Kessler led troops into Belgium and on the eastern front, but he became traumatised, apparently because his loyalties were so divided between three of the nations at war. Thereafter, he was briefly an ambassador in Poland, and became involved in peace negotiations. (Later, he turned to pacifism, and this led to him being exiled from Nazi Germany.) In the 1920s, he continued travelling and supporting the arts and producing superb editions of classical masterpieces published by his own Cranach Press. Although his 20th century diaries were published in the 1960s (in German) and 1970s (in English), earlier diaries, recently discovered, were used by Laird Easton in writing a biography 'The Red Count', published in 2002. His diaries are said to mention more than 40,000 people, some of them leading artists of the day.
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Q: Wrong number produced when memcpy-ing data into an integer? I have a char buffer like this
char *buff = "aaaa0006france";

I want to extract the bytes 4 to 7 and store it in an int.
int i;
memcpy(&i, buff+4, 4);
printf("%d ", i);

But it prints junk values.
What is wrong with this?

A: The string
0006

does not have the same binary representation as the integer 6.  Instead, its bit representation is as four ASCII characters representing the glyph 0, the glyph 0, the glyph 0, then the glyph 6.  This has hex representation
0x30303036

If you try blindly reinterpreting these bits as a number on a little-endian system, you get back 808,464,438.  On a big-endian system, you'd get 909,127,728.
If you want to convert a substring of your string into a number, you will need to instead look for a function that converts a string of text into a number.  You might want to try something like this:
char digits[5];

/* Copy over the digits in question. */
memcpy(digits, buff + 4, 4);
digits[4] = '\0';  /* Make sure it's null-terminated! */

/* Convert the string to a number. */
int i = strtol(digits + 4, NULL, 10);

This uses the strtol function, which converts a text string into a number, to explicitly convert the text to an integer.
Hope this helps!

A: Here you need to note down two things

*

*How the characters are stored

*Endianess of the system

Each characters (Alphabhets, numbers or special characters) are stored as 7 bit ASCII values. While doing memcpy of the string(array of characters) "0006" to a 4bytes int variable, we have to give address of string as source and address of int as destination like below.
char a[] = "0006";
int b = 0, c = 6;
memcpy(&b, a, 4);

Values of a and b are stored as below.
a 00110110 00110000 00110000 00110000
b 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000110
  MSB                             LSB

Because ASCII value of 0 character is 48 and 6 character is 54. Now memcpy will try to copy whatever value present in the a to b. After memcpy value of b will be as below
a 00110110 00110000 00110000 00110000
b 00110110 00110000 00110000 00110000
c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000110
  MSB                             LSB

Next is endianess. Now consider we are keeping the value 0006 to the character buffer in some other way like a[0] = 0; a[1] = 0; a[2]=0; a[3] = 6; now if we do memcpy, we will the get the value as 100663296(0x6000000) not 6 if it is little endian machine. In big endian machine you will get the value as 6 only.
c 00000110 00000000 00000000 00000000
b 00000110 00000000 00000000 00000000
c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000110
  MSB                             LSB

So these two problems we need to consider while writing a function which converts number charters to integer value. Simple solution for these  problem is to make use of existing system api atoi.

A: the below code might help you...
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
char *buff = "aaaa0006france";
char digits[5];

memcpy(digits, buff + 4, 4);
digits[4] = '\0';

int a = atoi(digits);
printf("int : %d", a);

return 0;
}

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'Get Ready for War:' In Egypt, Transgender Activist Fights Battle on Many Fronts
Malak el-Kashif recalls her journey from a traditional religious household to one of Egypt's most outspoken transgender woman activist
Malak el-Kashif smokes a cigarette in the balcony of her apartment in Cairo, Egypt. Credit: Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo
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Malak el-Kashif left home on her birthday seven years ago. Walking into an uncertain future, she was underdressed for the weather and armed with little— except for some makeup, a few women's accessories and 50 Egyptian pounds (at the time about six American dollars).
"I was afraid but I didn't hesitate," she said. "There weren't any other solutions."
That night, el-Kashif was a 13-year-old boy named Abdel-Rahman. She has since emerged as perhaps Egypt's most outspoken transgender woman activist.
It's a label that in a largely conservative and patriarchal society has meant battling a war on multiple fronts.
"When you declare you are different, you should get ready for war. A big war," she said. "The society will stomp on you and treat you like you are the enemy."
She has been ostracized by her family and scorned by some who accuse her of tampering with God's creation. She has been attacked by others scandalized by her activism for LGBTQ rights. Legally, she still holds a male's identity card.
None of this has deterred her from publicly advocating for transgenders' rights. She appeared on a television show in a blonde wig--which she now sees as a cringe-worthy fashion faux pas. On her Facebook page, she has campaigned for transgenders, chronicled her transition and posted photos with a rainbow background. She rails against homophobia, sexual harassment, bullying and the patriarchy.
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"If I wanted to hide, then I would have hidden and just stayed at my parents' and not become a trans and saved myself all of this. ... It's just not me, not Malak," she said. "Malak is someone else."
Officially transitioning in Egypt can be complex. It involves medical tests, psychological treatment for two years and approvals by medical specialists and religious authorities. Success is far from assured.
Osama Abdel-Hay, head of the doctors' syndicate's "gender correction" committee, said a cleric used to sit on the committee alongside medical specialists. He stopped attending meetings and the committee's work was disrupted for years, he said. "He wasn't supportive of the decisions of the committee," he said, refusing to elaborate.
Malak el-Kashif sits in her room in Cairo, Egypt.Credit: Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo
Abdel-Hay said he didn't recall how many approvals were given to transgenders. His assistant scribbled on a piece of paper summing up the committee's work between 2014 and 2017: 87 approvals for "physical" reasons but zero for "gender identity disorder." Thirty-one were left unresolved.
Now, under a new system, the medical committee sends the cases it approves to Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy. Out of three cases sent to the religious scholars, two were rejected. The approved one cited a fertility disorder.
"I think they are sensitive to changing the sex because they don't want to change the creation of God," he said, referring to the religious establishment in Egypt. The syndicate that oversees the committee doesn't want to clash with Al-Azhar over this issue, he said, but added, "if there was no religious opinion in the process, approvals would have been faster."
Abdel-Hady Zarei, who heads the fatwa committee at Al-Azhar, said there cannot be one religious opinion for the cases. Instead, each must be studied by a group of religious scholars who hear from medical specialists. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, he said, adding the issue "is put in the hands of the medical specialists because they are the experts."
The surgery must provide a benefit or prevent a harm, he said. There may be a consensus "one case will lead to a correction" while another "is just a tendency or desire toward the other gender."
Nazeer Ayad, secretary-general of the Islamic Research Academy, told The Associated Press that sex "change or correction" is only allowed in "exceptional cases," like when the sex cannot be determined as either male or female.
"It's a medical issue," he said. "The academy and the sharia scholars make their decision based on what the doctors say."
El-Kashif said she never received a response to her case. She was diagnosed with "gender identity disorder," she said. The term was replaced in the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic guide by "gender dysphoria" — a conflict between assigned gender at birth and the one a person identifies with, which may lead to significant distress.
An approval would have allowed her to have the surgeries at a public hospital, paving the way for changing her ID.
She argued the decision should be purely medical.
"When you get sick, do you see a doctor or a sheikh? A doctor," she said. "When a woman is giving birth does she go to the hospital or to the mosque? The hospital."
El-Kashif grew up in a religious, traditional household where she memorized parts of the Quran. At a home where "a man is a man and a woman is a woman," she enjoyed more freedom as a boy than her sisters or the girls in her neighborhood.
The advantages did not matter. After playing with two girlfriends, making dresses for dolls, the then 9-year-old declared to her mother: "I am not a boy. I am a girl." She was banished to her room. When her father arrived, he beat her, she said.
The worst part came next. She called it "my struggle with the mirror" phase. Years of asking Who am I? If I am a boy then why do I think this way? If I am a girl then why do I look the way I do?
"This was the hardest phase ever, even harder than confronting society, harder than prison," she said. "It was a huge fight that no one could protect me from."
Malak el-Kashif shows her identification card that has not been changed after her transition, in Cairo, Egypt. Credit: Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo
Compounding her dilemma, she didn't have the vocabulary to explain her situation. That changed when her sister said the actress in a movie she was watching was transgender. She started researching.
She experimented with makeup and set up fake identities online. On her birthday, she received an ultimatum: follow the rules or leave. "I picked the tougher option."
El-Kashif's mother declined comment for this story.
Sometimes, el-Kashif slept in a park or stayed up all night. For money, she swept up hair at a salon or mopped staircases.
El-Kashif's battles are etched on her slender body. The scars peeking underneath her top are from the time she threw herself from the fifth floor. The ones on her arm are a reminder of cutting herself with razors more times than she can count.
Then there are the invisible wounds that chronicle a life of hardship and defiance.
There's the day she went out in a black wig and pink shoes. She said her father and brother found her and tore her clothes off her body as they took her home. There is the fear she will die alone and the feeling that when her mother looked at her, she saw not her child but a "freak."
In a moment of reconciliation, el-Kashif posted a picture of silver socks and a pink watch on Facebook. "My mother brought these to me and said she felt she gave birth to me all over again. ... I am very happy, the happiest person on earth," she wrote. The relationship is complicated with ups and downs.
El-Kashif punctuates her recounting of painful life events with jokes and sarcastic comments. As she talks, she smokes heavily, fidgets or plays with her hair--which she had colored red and often wears a lipstick shade to match.
"She is traumatized. This is (what happens) when you topple the temple," said Mozn Hassan, a leading feminist activist and a friend of el-Kashif's. "These people, that Malak is one example of, experience multilayers of violence and exclusion all the time."
Malak el-Kashif puts on makeup in her bedroom, in Cairo, Egypt.Credit: Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo
Reda al-Danbouki, executive director of the Women's Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness, said "most trans people (here) prefer to remain silent so they can retain even a small part of their rights. They don't want a confrontation with society on top of what happens with their families." El-Kashif "has shocked the patriarchy."
El-Kashif's activism extends beyond advocating for the LGBTQ community. She was arrested last year after she called for protests following a fatal train crash because of what she saw as government negligence. She was imprisoned in a men's prison. The arrest, her third, sparked an outcry as activists and rights groups feared for her safety, especially due to her gender identity. She said she was held in solitary confinement.
Hassan said pressure mounted on authorities at the time to isolate her from male prisoners to spare her possible violence.
After her release, el-Kashif filed a lawsuit demanding special places for holding transgenders in prisons and police stations.
Now, she lives in a sparsely furnished rental. One of the drawings in her room shows bare legs, one shackled by an iron ball. A note taped to the mirror carries a grim reminder: "Quit the chemistry. Otherwise, it will do to you what it did before," a reference to abuse of anti-depressants.
Day-to-day life can be hard. On a trip to a bank, an employee said he would have to call the police to witness any transaction because her ID showed a teenage boy.
Shortly before her birthday last year, el-Kashif posted a picture of herself online writing that she had completed her gender transition surgeries.
"Today is the day I defeated society," she wrote. "From this day on, there's only Malak."
She was flooded with thousands of messages. Some congratulated her; many insulted her.
The comments ranged from "pray to God to heal you" or "you have lost in this life and the afterlife" to "If you were my son, I would have set you on fire."
But other encounters have left her feeling like she's making a difference.
One mother approached her at a hospital and said she sought medical help for her daughter after hearing el-Kashif's story. Another time, a transgender man stopped her to let her know that "To me, you are resistance."


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Unit at Parvis reaps $1.16 mil profit
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SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - The sale of a 2,325 sq ft unit at Parvis was the most profitable transaction during the week of June 8 to 15. The apartment was purchased for $3.03 million ($1,306 psf) in December 2009 and sold for $4.19 million ($1,806 psf) on June 8. This means that the owner made a profit of $1.16 million (38%), or an annualised profit of 2.9% over 11½ years. (See also: Unit at Pandan Valley reaps $2.3 mil profit)
Located at Holland Hill in District 10, the 248-unit Parvis was jointly developed by Ho Bee Group and MCL Land, and completed in 2012. The development is near the Holland Village precinct and the upcoming One Holland Village — a mixed-used integrated development comprising 296 residential units, 255 serviced residence units, offices and retail space — which will be completed in mid-2022. Parvis is also close to Holland Village MRT Station on the Circle Line and Buona Vista MRT Interchange Station, which is on the East-West and Circle Lines.
The 2,325 sq ft unit at Parvis was sold for $4.19 million ($1,806 psf) on June 8. (Picture: Samuel Isaac Chua/The Edge Singapore)
The most profitable resale transaction so far at Parvis was the sale of a 2,013 sq ft for $4.27 million ($2,126 psf) in April 2018. It was purchased for $2.91 million ($1,447 psf) in December 2009. The seller therefore made a profit of $1.36 million (47%), or an annualised profit of 4.7% over eight years. The second most profitable deal at Parvis was the sale of a 2,002 sq ft unit for $3.87 million ($1,939 psf) on May 7. It was purchased for $2.68 million ($1,342 psf) in February 2010. This means that the seller made a profit of $1.19 million (45%), or an annualised profit of 3.3% over 11 years.
The second most profitable resale deal during the week in review occurred at Clementi Park, where a 1,346 sq ft, two-bedroom unit was sold for $1.68 million ($1,252 psf) on June 10. It was purchased for $580,126 ($431 psf) in April 2006. Thus, the seller made a profit of $1.1 million (191%), or an annualised profit of 7.3% over 15 years.
Clementi Park is a freehold development on Sunset Way in District 21, and is located beside a two-storey bungalow residential enclave. The development was completed in 1985 by City Developments and comprises 489 units with a mix of one- to five-bedroom units of 484 sq ft to 4,456 sq ft.
There have been at least eight resale transactions at Clementi Park so far this year, with the June 10 sale being the most profitable. On Jan 22, a 1,658 sq ft, three-bedroom unit was sold for $1.95 million ($1,176 psf). It was purchased for $1.64 million ($995 psf) in November 2015. Thus, the seller made a profit of $300,000 (18%), or an annualised profit of 3.2% over five years.
On the other hand, the most unprofitable transaction during the week occurred at 8 Saint Thomas, located off the prime River Valley neighbourhood in District 9. A 1,044 sq ft unit was sold for $2.53 million ($2,420 psf) on June 9. It was purchased for $2.9 million ($2,777 psf) on July 23 last year.
The most unprofitable deal of the week was the sale of a 1,044 sq ft unit at 8 Saint Thomas for $2.53 million ($2,420 psf). (Picture: Samuel Isaac Chua/The Edge Singapore)
Based on the absolute prices, the seller made a loss of $373,000 (13%) on the June 9 resale, or an annualised loss of 14.5% over nine months. This does not include any payable seller's stamp duty. No other units at 8 Saint Thomas have been sold on the secondary market.
The 250-unit luxury freehold development was completed in January 2018. It was developed by listed property group Bukit Sembawang Estates and comprises two 35-storey towers and a wide spectrum of unit types, from one-bedroom apartments of 441 sq ft to four-bedroom, dual-key units of 1,755 sq ft, as well as a penthouse of 2,422 sq ft.
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The historic (try over one hundred years old and counting) ~FLY TRAP RESTAURANT~ in SoMa is about to undergo some changes—Hoss Zaré will be the new chef-owner, and will be renaming it "Zaré at Fly Trap." It's funny how things come full circle, because Zaré worked there from 1989–1992, starting as a line cook under Craig Thomas, formerly the executive chef of Ernie's, and Zaré worked his way up to chef (it was his first executive chef position). He is excited to have a new project after being away for a few years, and this time his venue has a full bar, a private dining room, and lounge—all things he didn't have at his former restaurant, Zaré on Sacramento Street (where the now-closed Les Amis was). Zaré is planning to close the Fly Trap for a week in late July for some cleaning and small changes to the space—the piano is being removed to make room for a communal table in the bar area, making it more lounge-like, and just so you're not totally shocked, the tablecloths will be departing.
The menu will also undergo some changes: Zaré will be making it more Cal-Mediterranean, but some classics like the famed celery Victor (the dish I always order at the Fly Trap) will remain. He's going to be adding some additional appetizers for those who don't want a full meal or entrée—there will be about 12–15 total. Hours will be extended as well: the restaurant will be open nightly for dinner until midnight, with the bar pouring until 1am; lunch will continue to be served Monday through Friday. By the end of the year, Zaré plans to add brunch, and delivery to neighbors and businesses that live within a three or four-block radius. He also wants to retain the wonderful staff that works there, and is looking forward to injecting more fun in the atmosphere, bridging the gap from the old to the new. 606 Folsom St. at 2nd St., 415-243-0580.
Dennis Leary of Canteen has opened his casual breakfast and lunch spot, ~THE SENTINEL~, just across from the Palace Hotel. Like the space, which was a former cigar shop, he's starting small. A few definites: there will be good coffee from Mr. Espresso (and then from Four Barrel Coffee once the roastery gets up and running), fresh breakfast treats like house-made brioche and coffee cake, and for lunch, there will be soup and a couple sandwiches each day, some on homemade bread. For now, Leary is keeping it simple so he can get the biz going and see what the petite facility, and one oven, can handle production-wise, so take it easy on him. Oh, and the menu board and awning are forthcoming! Leary will continue running the dinner show at Canteen, in case you were wondering. Hours are Mon–Fri 7am–2pm. Remember, everything is subject to change, from menu items to hours. 35 New Montgomery St. at Stevenson, 415-284-9960.
Here's an update on ~ZAYTOON~, the project I mentioned last month that's opening in the old Bistro Annex space in the Mission. It should now be opening mid-June or so, with a tight menu focused on wraps, like schwarmas (chicken, and possibly lamb, or lamb-beef), falafel (also available deluxe, with potato and eggplant), and a mezes platter (dolmas, hummus, baba ghannoush), all made with quality ingredients. 1136 Valencia St. at 22nd St., 415-824-1787.
Also in the Mission: I got an update on what is moving into the former ADS Hats location on Valencia, next door to Cha-Ya. The restaurant will be called ~GRUB~, and is from the same owner (Isaac Mognnam) who is opening the previously-mentioned Booth on Polk Street—Naylor and Chu will also be designing this space (check out the rendering). It will be a casual 49-seater that should be opening in late summer or early fall, serving contemporary Californian breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a twist. Some potential examples might be Buffalo wings, but with an apricot glaze, or some chicken strips with a falafel crust, or scrambled eggs with Brie and basil, or a BLT burger that is made with bison. The eclectic menu will be affordable, with most dishes ranging from $8–$13, but still made with excellent ingredients, many organic when possible. Will let you know more as things get closer. 758 Valencia St. at 19th St.
Over in the East Bay, I had a chance to catch up with the folks behind the changes to Pearl Oyster Bar & Restaurant in Rockridge, which closed for a redux after four-and-a-half years of business. It will be reopening on June 9th with a new name and style: ~WATER LOUNGE~. Owner Rick Tyler is having GM Micaela Gardner and assistant manager Jason Sole fine tune and launch the transformation of the restaurant into more of a bar and lounge that serves "high-end bar food." Some Pearl favorites, like the oysters and ahi poke will remain, plus there will be additional raw bar offerings, like tombo tartare and sashimi specials. There will also be a few hot dishes from the kitchen, like a panko-crusted cod and chips, and half a Cornish game hen with fries. (The menu should be posted on the website later this week.) Prices will be dropping a little as they dial the concept down, making it a less-formal spot to eat and drink.
Changes to the space include getting rid of the seating in the front and converting it to lounge-style seating; a partition is being removed so the space feels more open; a fresh paintjob is underway; the barstools are getting changed (from red to black); the glass tabletops will be swapped out for cherry and can fold down into a smaller size; there will be a new sound system, and a DJ will be playing Thursday through Saturday nights—entertainment will be listed weekly on the site. There will also be rotating art every three months, plus impromptu and unexpected entertainment, from video installations to dance performance. The cocktail list has been revamped, and will feature eight seasonal cocktails—a few of the popular Pearl-era drinks will remain. The grand opening party is June 9th at 8pm; anyone can attend. There will be free oysters and sangria, plus some DJs and dance performances. Hours will then be daily from 5:30pm–1am, closed on Mondays. 5634 College Ave., in between Keith and Ocean View, Oakland, 510-654-5426.
Did you know Joyce Goldstein has a new book out today: Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of One-Plate Salad Meals and Mix-and-Match Dressings? I can't wait to try some recipes from it, because lord knows I could use more salads in my life. Perfect season for 'em, too. Since I am sure this event will sell out quickly, I thought I should let you know she will be hosting an upcoming ~COOKS WITH BOOKS~ event at Left Bank Restaurant in Larkspur on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008, at 6:30pm. Here's more from Book Passage:
"In the Mediterranean, a meal of summer salads means anything from tabbouleh to white beans and prawns in a lemony dressing to small plates of mezze, antipasta or tapas. Fans of Joyce Goldstein know of her expertise on Mediterranean food from her days as chef/owner of San Francisco's Square One. She shares 140 recipes of delicious and easy to prepare meals based on Mediterranean salads. In this book you'll find over 30 versatile dressings, using marinades, spreads, dips and finishing sauces. She is the author of many cookbooks and a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. The price of the combined book & meal is $95 per person/$170 per couple.
"The author/chef discusses his or her cooking ideas with the guests during the meal. Seating begins at 6:30pm. Coffee and conversation usually end about two hours later. Tickets are purchased in advance through Book Passage. The price includes the meal, wine, tax, tip, and a signed copy of the book (one copy per couple). Sign-up online, or call 415-927-0960 to register by phone." 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur.
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What should I know about treatments for Myasthenia Gravis?
Will I feel weak after I start taking medications?
Why would a patient not respond to treatment?
What treatments are used when Myasthenia Gravis is severe?
How can I find out about clinical trials on medications?
What kind of decisions does a doctor go through when choosing which drugs to use?
Patients may continue to feel weak despite medications. The goal of treatment is to improve strength, but this may take time. Medications like Cellcept, cyclosporine or Imuran may take months to work. Mestinon often does not return strength to normal. You may need to discuss whether there has been adequate time for treatments to improve your strength or whether other medications need to be used with your neurologist.
There are several reasons this could occur.
Some patients may develop weakness from a medication that is being used for another condition (like an antibiotic for an infection). See the list of medications to be used with caution for MG at the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America website.
You may not be taking the correct dose. For example, Imuran dose is based on your whole body weight and larger people need larger doses.
Other medical problems must be treated. For example, if one develops depression, low thyroid or heart problems, these may produce fatigue, which should not be attributed to MG.
Keep expectations reasonable. Are you trying to do too much? Are you expecting your body to behave like it did at an earlier age?
Rare patients are misdiagnosed and do not have MG. Discuss with your doctor how sure the diagnosis of MG is.
The best treatments for severe symptoms are plasmapheresis, steroids in high doses, and IVIG. The initial response can be slow (taking months). Most patients with MG do eventually respond. Also, other medications like Cellcept, azathioprine (Imuran), and cyclosporine often need to be started. These take months to work but eventually allow patients to be treated with lower doses of prednisone.
This information can be found through the National Institutes of Health at http://clinicaltrials.gov/.
Every time a physician uses a drug, benefits and risks have to be weighed. I look at each case individually and each choice of medication in this way.
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Video Of Entire McDonald's Staff Quitting In The Middle Of Their Shift Goes Viral
by Lindsay Patton August 10, 2021, 5:50 pm
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These McDonald's employees recently lived out everyone's dream when the entire staff quit during a shift. Good for them.
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TikTok user @zoey.isback uploaded the amazing use of teamwork to the app, and their post went viral for its drama.
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Story time? Here's a little more I barely recorded that's why. But idk why y'all are so interested on what happened.
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The video, which received 9.5 million views and 1.5 million likes within one day, pans over a note (on crumpled up paper, adding to the mass exodus' *essence*) that says "When everyone quit unexpectedly at the same time."
The video was cleverly paired with Mitski's track "Nobody." Get it? It then showed one of the McDonald's screens behind the counter, with no employees to look at it.
The camera — very quickly — pans across the restaurant, which shows customers in line… with nobody to take their orders.
In the comments, Zoey clarified that the mass resignation wasn't because of the pay. The staff was tired of working in a toxic environment.
Many people in the comments cheered on Zoey and the other employees for not putting up with a bad work environment.
And, by the looks of recent trends, Zoey's TikTok isn't going to be the only one.
Well that happened today and it was so funny ????????
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Currently, fast-food restaurants — including McDonald's — are going through a serious worker shortage. To make up for it, these chains have cut workers' hours and many have closed their dining rooms. No word on whether they plan to offer full health benefits and a living wage as part of a solution. We will see!
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Recent thrust tectonic mechanisms of southern Bolivia are inferred from the incision of the Rio Pilcomayo, the main river that crosses the thin-skinned Subandean thrust belt. The fluvial shear stress model, and more specifically its adaptation to calculate a nondimensional form of the excess critical shear stress, is used to relate channel river properties to the rate of fluvial incision into bedrock. The following parameters have been compiled to apply this model: (1) grain size of the bedload from field work; (2) drainage area from a digital elevation model; (3) slope of the river from 1:50,000 topographical maps and global positioning system measurements; (4) width of the river from field work and topographical maps; and (5) water discharge from published data. A comparison between the nondimensional shear stress (excess critical shear stress) of the Rio Pilcomayo and a structural cross section through the southern Subandean zone shows that the excess critical shear stress increases in the hanging wall of three thrust faults. These faults show field evidence of recent thrust activity, and we estimate the relative hanging-wall vertical motion for the thrusts based on the excess critical shear stress within the Tertiary sediments at their hanging wall. Our analysis indicates that the frontal structure and the third thrust at the boundary between the eastern and western zones of the Subandean belt are active, but the shortening on the second thrust (Aguarague) is more than half of the total thrust motion. We use and adaptation of the Suppe (1983) equations to estimate the variation of the uplift rate through a folded structure. The ratio between uplift rate and horizontal shortening varies from 1.1 in the western flank to 0.25 in the eastern flank of the Aguarague structure. A nondimensional index of erodibility (ratio between the excess critical shear stress and the horizontal shortening) is estimated from the relative uplift rate and the excess critical shear stress. This index of erodibility varies weakly, from 10 ± 2 for the Tertiary sandstones to 6 ± 2 for upper Devonian rocks. The excess critical shear stress reaches its maximum at the transition between the Subandean zone and Interandean zone. This high value cannot only be driven by tectonics, and a lithological effect (low erodibility) is inferred.


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Retro Single Review: Alan Jackson, "Gone Country"
July 14, 2012 Kevin John Coyne Retro Single Reviews 7
"I hear down there, it's changed, you see. They're not as backward as they used to be."
"Gone Country" is a snapshot of country music at the peak of the boom years, when forces within the music industry and larger shifts in the social landscape of America coalesced to launch country music from its long-suffering redheaded stepchild status into a billion dollar business.
Penned by Bob McDill, a pop songwriter who'd gone country himself many years earlier, the song's sing-along chorus lends itself to "Born in the U.S.A." syndrome. Many sang along without realizing that it was actually an indictment of musical artists who manipulatively decided to go country, rather than a celebration of the explosive new audience that had embraced the format in the early nineties.
Who but Alan Jackson could have delivered it so masterfully? Even during the hat act years, when every young new buck was falling over himself to declare his affinity for Haggard and Jones, Alan Jackson stood out as the real deal. But despite his staunch traditionalism and reverence for the genre's greats, he still skillfully incorporated fifties rock, sixties pop and seventies rock into his sound, which is why he could cover "Tequila Sunrise" just as credibly as "A Good Year for the Roses."
The man singing the song had reached mega-superstardom, selling more copies of one album than many of his heroes had sold of their entire catalog. Even as he played the cocked-eyebrow guardian of the genre, looking at these carpetbaggers with disdain-laced suspicion, he also knew that the gold rush that was calling their names had made him successful beyond his wildest dreams.
So while there's a whiff of condescension toward the Vegas singer going "back to her roots", the folkie who thought "some of that stuff don't sound much different than Dylan", and the pop executive who was sure he'd "be back in the money in no time at all", his confident air throughout the song was a reminder that all of their perceptions were based in truth.
Nineties country really did share some roots with the pop and rock music that lounge singers would belt out in Vegas. Mary Chapin Carpenter, a folkie if there ever was one, was selling multi-platinum and dominating the award show circuit. And while pop music was at its lowest nadir, languishing in the shadows of both grunge rock and hip-hop, country radio was the only place on the radio dial where bright production and lyrical emphasis could be found.
It was a golden moment in the genre's history, the first and last time when country dominated the entire American musical landscape without having to compromise its own identity to capture the interest of the crossover audience. They made smart, contemporary music that acknowledged and built upon the genre's rich legacy, and the audience came to them.
These days, of course, they're as backward as they've ever been. Hillbilly pride songs compete for airtime with songs so blatantly pop that they don't even need remixing for pop and AC airplay. But "Gone Country" is a beautiful snapshot of a time when buy generic viagra online the genre had risen to the top of the music scene, simply on the twin strengths of authenticity and artistry.
Written by Bob McDill
Next: A Good Year for the Roses (with George Jones)
Previous: Livin' on Love
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"Grew up on Long Island" – my favorite line from the first verse of "Gone Country". There are a kazillion country songs that mention Texas and a quite a few that mention Tennessee, but how many mention LI? Thank you Bob McDill – and he's from Texas.
Enjoyed the review including the point about the condescension for those who change their tune to advance their career – a familiar theme these days. Actually, I liked Gone Country from the first time I heard it and would have even if LI hadn't been mentioned. I passed on Hillbilly Bone even though it mentions Queens.
Jonathan Pappalardo
This song just keeps getting better and better as the years go by. Might be my #1 favorite AJ song of all time.
I've always been pretty indifferent to the song, but that was a fantastic review.
Fantastic summary of the significance of this song. The review touched on aspects that I had never even taken notice of. I've always generally enjoyed this song, though not necessarily regarding it as a favorite, but this review makes me appreciate it more than ever before.
the pistolero
Fantastic review, and a great commentary on that decade, too. This is probably my favorite AJ radio single. (Favorite AJ song overall is another cut from Who I Am, "Thank God For The Radio.")
Regarding "Tequila Sunrise," I've always thought Jackson's rendition of that song is more country than a lot of what passes for it on the radio — a little bit when Common Thread was released, but more and more as the '90s went on into the 2000s. Now it sounds positively Haggardesque in comparison.
I might argue that Bob McDill was always country, but I'll admit I'm a bit biased. (I spent almost 10 years in the Beaumont area and consider it more home than the town I grew up in.) Among other songs that came from his pen were "Amanda," "Good Ole Boys Like Me," and "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)."
I found out as I was attending Lamar University that McDill also went there. I thought that was kinda cool. As far as I know, he's the school's most famous alumnus. ;-)
Hoggy from Oz
Fantastic review Kevin. One of the best I've ever read.
I'll join the chorus: great review, Kevin.
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Consciousness kicks in the moment bare feet come into contact with the cold wooden tiles. The shower attempts to drown out the noise of nagging deadlines, anxious car horns mid-traffic, the impending greeting of a chain coffeeshop barista, even. The day repels even before you've stepped into it.
Maybe he understands this, because once you've toweled off, you hear him grumble. Or was that his snoring? Either way, the sheets summon once more, undulating in sync with his breathing. Hands reach for familiar warmth. Hands on the clock continue to move. The traffic outside is at a standstill.
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Let's Move To
Let's Move To THOMASTOWN
(IRISH INDEPENDENT, June 5th, 2015)
Thomastown Mill on the banks of the River Nore
The old meitheal tradition (the old co-operative labour system in Ireland where groups of neighbours helpe each other in turn with farming work) whereby people in rural communities would band together for a common purpose is alive and very well in the lively market town of Thomastown in Co Kilkenny. And there are some interesting projects right now in this historic town 17km southeast of Kilkenny city and snuggled into a scenic stretch of the River Nore.
Thomastown (population 2,273, according to the 2011 census) is the kind of place where you will find secondary pupils from Grennan College's craft school, and students from the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland's Ceramic Skills and Design course, both located in the town's beautiful Island Mill, hauling stones and painting walls alongside local tidy towns volunteers for the massive Thomastown Weir restoration project.
Or if you drop into the Bridgebrook Arms on Mill Street, or Eddie Murphy's bar, on Low Street, you might find yourself marked down for a pub quiz to raise funds for the weir project, or some other equally worthy effort.
Nobody's safe, which is why Luka Bloom found himself donating the proceeds from a recent gig locally to Thomastown Community River Trust for the development of the weir's Olympic-sized open air swimming pool. And Paul Noonan, of Bell X1 fame, and Cork troubadour John Spillane have also done benefit gigs for the Thomastown Community Kindergarten on Rock Road in Grennan.
Snow Patrol, based in the town for a while in the early 2000s, also found themselves sponsoring one of Thomastown United's soccer teams.
Building work is well underway on the community gymnasium and leisure complex at Grennan College, in Lagen, and then there is the wonderful Town of Food/School of Food campus on the site of the former boy's national school on the Dublin Road.
Originally known as Grenan (Irish: Grianán, sunny place), the name Thomastown derives from Thomas FitzAnthony, an Anglo-Norman seneschal (governor) of Leinster, who founded the town in the 13th century at an important crossing point on the Nore.
The medieval core of the town is a square block formed by Low Street, Pipe Street, Market Street and the Quays on the west bank of the river. The streets were laid out in FitzAnthony's time so as to maximise the number of properties with street frontage and the layout is essentially unchanged since. In other words, a planned town.
Narrow convoluted streets and sharp angled junctions give the town a unique identity.
During the 17th and 18th centuries the town established itself as a centre for milling and several mills still in good condition can be seen upstream from Thomastown bridge.
On the outskirts of the town lie the impressive ruins of Grennan Castle, and the town and surrounding areas are rich in architectural treasures, including, two miles away, the quaint deserted medieval town of Jerpoint, and the elegant ruins of its 12th century Cistercian abbey, with its sculpted lords and ladies forming part of the restored cloisters.
Of more recent vintage is nearby Mount Juliet. This magnificent Georgian mansion, and leisure complex of more recent provenance, home to the Jack-Nicklaus designed championship golf course, draws well-heeled tourists from far and wide, to golf, fish for salmon and brown trout, ride out, or just fine dine and unwind in well-upholstered luxury.
We are in horse country here also, and also located at Mount Juliet is Ballylinch Stud, while not far away is Gowran Park racecourse, which hosts 16 National Hunt or Flat Race meetings each year.
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When Thomastown Weir, running parallel to the Nore at Grennan Mill, was breached back in 2008, the Thomastown Community River Trust (TCRT) was set up to restore it.
The weir's recently opened Olympic-sized open air swimming pool is a real community venture that has seen the involvement of official bodies like the Kilkenny LEADER Project, principally,but also the blood, sweat and toil of many Thomastown residents. The result has been the restoration of a much loved – and striking beautiful – local amenity.
Of the many people involved with the project, one name keeps cropping up, that of Shem Caulfield. An artist an photographer, Caulfield would cheerfully admit the weir project has taken over his life.
"The local community here have pulled off a major coup in working together to make this project happen," he says. "This is about a community empowering itself, making our town sustainable, not just a subservient dormer town, depending on others.
"It's about the town supporting the community and the community supporting the town."
In 2013 Thomastown was designated as Kilkenny county's Town of Food. With an emphasis on promoting and using locally-sourced food, the title carried with it €775,000 in grant aid under the EU Rural Development Programme LEADER programme. Some €180,000 also had to be raised locally in matched funding as stipulated by LEADER.
Food Campus Kilkenny also houses the recently opened School of Food, for the training of budding chefs, and offers classes in everything from cheese-making and building your own clay pizza oven to "Kitchen skills for older teens".
The Thomastown area has a vibrant craft scene. Look out for Clay Creations, on Low Street, displaying the quixotic ceramics and sculptures of local artist Brid Lyons, while Karen Morgan's contemporary pottery shop on Market Street is well worth a browse, as is Jerpoint Glass in nearby Stoneyford.
The Thomastown GAA club is rich in hurling history and sport is well catered for in general. As well as Mount Juliet, there is also Mountain View golf club in Ballyhale, and a good course at Gowran Park.
Woodlands and attractive walkways abound, but particularly popular is the Thomastown to Inistioge trail.
In a town so committed to good food and supporting artisan producers (like British cheese awards-winning Knockdrinna in Stoneyford), eating well is only to be expected.
Sol Bistro on Low Street has the John and Sally McKenna independent food guide's seal of approval, while the coffee shop adjoining the delightful Watergarden gallery and garden centre beside the Nore on Ladywell Street is also highly recommended
Those with a sweet tooth will find it hard to pass Truffle Fairy, on Chapel Lane, run by where artisan chocolate maker Mary Teehan. The Blackberry Cafe, on the corner of Market Street, principally uses organic and locally sourced ingredients and produce.
The Bridgebrook Arms also houses the the Red Door gig and theatre venue and every Thursday night their "Open Mic" event packs them in. Tommy Tiernan kicked off his World Tour of Kilkenny here in October 2013
There's a regular open mic slot also at Eddie Murphy's. It was happy hour again for punters there in 2012 when Paul Heaton, of Housemartins and Beautiful South fame, played solo there during his 50/50 tour of the UK and Ireland by bicycle for his 50th birthday.
The recent reopening of the local institution that was Carroll's, on Logan Street, was a big event locally.
The R700 Regional Route linking Kilkenny to Rosslare via New Ross and the Dublin-Waterford National Primary Route N10 intersect at Thomastown. The town is served by the Waterford-Dublin railway route via Kilkenny and is serviced by Bus Eireann and private operators.
St Mary's National (boys and girls) on Maudlin Street and Grennan College
Property is comparatively hard to come by, as there was little major development, even in the boom times, and little new building to meet demand. Auctioneer Sharon O'Brien does point to the sale of several three-bed semis and four-bed semis in The Greens development recently for between €60,000 and €75,000.
According to Elaine Walsh of Green Door Properties a starter house in newer estates like Dunane, The Belfry, The Meadows or The Greens would go for between €110,000 and €120,000. A four-bed property in mid-range Berkeley Lawns, for example, would fetch around €185,000, A swanky detached mansion near Mount Juliet is a different proposition, with prices often going above the magic million.
65 Maudlin Court, a four-bed semi detached, is on offer for €159,500 (down €25,500) from J David Hughes Auctioneers, Kilkenny; *Green Door Properties is quoting €188,500 for the four-bedroom detached 25 Berkeley Lawn (Green Door Properties); while the 4000sq ft four bed detached opulence of 2 The Glen can be yours for just €1.3million, through Hooke and McDonald
Attractive townscape, resulting from the quantity, quality and diversity of its historic buildings, and its riverside surroundings
Predominantly young population and thriving arts, crafts and cultural scene
Plenty of good artisan food available
Regrettable
Lack of new housing
Continued emigration of young people having an effect on business in the town
No public park
Still a number of derelict or unoccupied sites
— Enda Sheppard
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I didn't end up using the mozzarella cheese because shortly after taking this picture, I realized that is was spotted with mold (even though the sell by date wasn't for another week!) and I'm not really into moldy cheese in my dinner.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to the package directions for al dente.
Dice the onion, quarter the mushrooms, and dice the bell pepper. Cut the zucchini and the chicken sausage into thinly sliced half moons.
Heat a few teaspoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and then cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and a tablespoon of butter and continue cooking for another few minutes until the mushrooms are browned.
Add the bell pepper, zucchini, and chicken sausage and saute for another 5 – 7 minutes until the vegetables are soft. When the veggies are soft and the chicken sausage is heated through, deglaze the pan with a few healthy glugs of white wine. If you're not really into white wine, you can substitute chicken stock.
When the wine has reduced, add the cooked pasta and about 1/2 cup of the hot pasta water. While the pasta water reduces, roughly chop a healthy amount of spinach.
Add the spinach to the pot, a handful at a time. It will look like it isn't going to fit, but as it wilts, it will all fit.
Give the mixture a stir to combine and cook for another minute or two – long enough to wilt the spinach but not long enough for it to become mushy.
Portion into four dishes (two for dinner tonight, two for lunch tomorrow) and serve.
The white wine and pasta water combination created a very light sauce which didn't overpower the flavors of the pasta or the veggies. The chicken sausage provided a source of protein, but I could take it or leave it. Overall, for something that I created on the fly, this was quite good.


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