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Invitation: MCSD New School Administration Buiilding Open House
MCPEC DOESN"T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE TAJ MAHAL
Taj Mahal, photographed by David Castor from the banks of the Yamuna River, at Agra, India. It is a mausoleum built as a memorial to the third wife of Shah Jahan between 1631 and 1652
The wags who tried unsuccessfully to derail the recent school bond issue, used the millions dedicated to the building of the Muscogee County School District's new administration building as an example of wasteful spending, and referred to it as a Taj Mahal. Well, it certainly is not that ornate or expensive, but it is nice. And, thankfully, it is not totally plain. It does have some style to it. And why not? Who wants a completely utilitarian, architecturally sterile city. Not me.
If you want to come, you can, Monday, November 30th. Here is the schedule:
4:00 to 5:00 PM – Reception in the Main Lobby
5:00 to 5:30 PM – Dedication Ceremony in the Main Lobby
4:00 to 7:00 PM – Self guided Tour of the Muscogee County Public Education Center
Now that is truly a plain, unimaginative name. You would have thought they could come up with something that would be more inspirational than that. But, I heard there is a reason they didn't. After all, I'm told, after all of the Taj Mahal jokes, they thought a truly plain name would be better.
Tags:education, Muscogee County Public Education Center, Muscogee County School District, school administration building, schools
Cool Cruise – Part 5: Facts about Halifax
Little did I know what an interesting and charming place Halifax, Nova Scotia would be. Besides knowing the name, I was ignorant about the place, which made it all the more entertaining when the Carnival Triumph slid into Halifax Harbor.
Georges Island, Halifax Harbor, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
As we passed an island that had a lighthouse and lighthouse keepers house, it appeared to have no people. I had to look it up on Wikipedia after I got back to Columbus, Georgia, my home town, to learn about it. Indeed, there is no one on Georges island. The lighthouse has been automated since the 1970's. The Canadian government is working on turning it into a tourist attraction. After all, it has a historical fort, from which a shot was never fired in anger.
Noon cannon firing for tourists at Fort George, Halifax, NS
Only having a few hours to explore Halifax, we took a tour of the city on a London double-decker bus. We saw a beautiful, clean town. We stopped at a fort that is open to the puiblic, Fort George, which dates back to the 1700's. A cannon is fired at noon every day for the tourists. Halifax has never been attacked. But it had the two forts in case France, or, later, the United States decided to do it. The Fort is now a park.
We got off the bus at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. If you ever get to Halifax, don't miss it. you'll learn a lot about the area's history. Not only does it have a Titanic exhibit – survivors of the sinking were taken to Halifax, and a lot of those whose drowned bodies were recovered are buried in a Halifax cemetary – but it has have exhibits that explain that Halifax was a very important port in both World War I and II. Because it is a protected harbor that was safe from German submarines, it was the staging area for the convoys that took supplies to the United Kingdom in both wars.
Entrance to Halifax explosion of 1917 in Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS
The French also used the harbor in World War I, which led to a colossal disaster. It was and still is the largest accidental man-made explosion in the world. I learned about it while visiting the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. On December 6, 1917, SS Mont-Blac, a French cargo ship loaded with explosives destined to France, collided with the empty Norwegian SS Imo. The Mont-Blanc caught on fire, drifted close to shore, and exploded, destroying structures , killing 2,000 people and injuring 8,000. The explosion caused a tsunami in the harbor and a pressure air wave that demolished more buildings, grounded ships and carried fragments from the Mont Blanc for miles. I had never heard of it before.
1930 Snipe, a racing sailboat similiar to one I owned and raced, though this one is a lot older
I found the racing sailboat exhibit especially interesting because it sported a 1930 Snipe. I owned and raced a couple of Snipes for a number of years. One was destroyed by a tornado at Lake Harding, which is north of Columbus, on a Christmas day in the 1970's. But that's another story. Back to Halifax.
Having a 3-year-old friend who loves Thomas the Train, I found the exhibit about Canada's answer to Thomas interesting. The television program about Theodore the Tugboat was produced in Halifax and aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Company. Kids love it, and still enjoy the re-runs and DVDs. The actual real Theodore the Tugboat used for the show was docked nearby. The model used for the annimated show, which is shown in the inset, is displayed in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Halifax is the largest Canadian city east of Montreal and is the capital of Nova Scotia. Like Columbus, the economy gets a boost from the military; however it's the Canadian Navy not Army, and Halifax is home of Canada's Atlantic fleet. The Canadian Navy is not very large, only 33 ships. And though there are less than ten-thousand people employed by the naval base, Halifax's economy is stronger than Columbus', with the median household income of more than $55 thousand. Columbus has a median household income of almost $40 thousand. Halifax is a very busy port, the fourth busiest in Canada, and there are a lot of government service jobs there since it is the province's capital.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as seen from the Carnival Triumph cruise ship's dock All in all, we enjoyed Halifax. For one thing, we found a great Irish pub there where we had wonderful seafood chowder for lunch. Being the last stop, that should end this series of posts, but the trip back to New York had a little excitement. That will be the Cool Cruise finale. Don't miss it, and tell your friends to tune in!
Tags:Canada, Canadian Navy, Cruises, Halifax, Nova Scotia, ports, shipping, ships, travel
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Seeking Happiness? Try Volunteering
When charities most need money, they get less. When the stock market goes south in recessions, so does philanthropical giving. However, as reported in Time magazine by Nancy Gibbs, there is a bright side to this. She writes, "Americans may have less money – charitable giving in current dollars dropped for the first time in 20 years in 2008 – but about a million more people volunteered their time to a cause." She goes on to point out that the 8 of the 10 happiest states in the counrty also come in first in the top 10 for volunteering. She says money can buy comfort, but not contentment, that happiness correlates more with our connections and causes than with how much money we have.
Don deRoche, Red Cross Disaster Chair, holding the Dan Reed Rotary Service Above Self Trophy
That brings me to a man who must have discovered that a long time ago, because he has been giving a lot of his time to the Red Cross over the years. Don deRoche is a retired Army major and civil service worker, who is now the Diasaster Chairman for the Red Cross in the Columbus area. When disaster hits, he goes to the scene, determines what aid is needed and reports it to the Red Cross, which then goes to work supplying disaster relief. He does it for nothing but the satisfaction of helping people when things go very bad for them.
And he doesn't do it just in our area. Recently he went to Macon when a tornado struck there, and he went to Atlanta when flooding caused a lot of hardship for a lot of people.
There were tears in his eyes when he went up to accept the Rotary Club of Columbus' Dan Reed Rotary Service Above Self Award. The former Infantry combat veteran who served in the Vietnam War is passionate about helping people laid low by disasters. He said that he went out to the site of a home that had been destroyed in Columbus a few nights ago. The resident of that destroyed home had no money to take a taxi to get to a shelter for the night. deRoche said that he reached into his own pocket and gave the man taxi fare, explaining that the Red Cross doesn't give aid in that form. He said that he was happy to do it. The club gives the award to one person each year who has perfomed outstanding service for the Columbus community. Club President Bob Jones said, "Columbus needs more people like Don deRoche." The world needs more people like Don deRoche.
Maybe you are thinking, do you practice what you preach? Well, I do some volunteer work for some causes I support, but I am certainly not in the league with Don deRoche. Maybe I should do more. Maybe I will. It does provide satisfaction because I think Nancy Gibbs got it right when she said connections and causes correlate more with happiness than our net worth.
Tags:Dan Reed Award, disasters, floods, Red Cross, Rotary Club of Columbus, volunteering
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Cool Cruise – Part 5: Saint John, New Brunswick, Where the River Flows Both Ways
As our ship eased into Saint John Harbor, I thought, that quaint little scene is what I expected to see in coastal Canada in the fall.
Saint John Harbor, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
There were actually some pretty autumn leaves. Our cruise was billed as an autumn leaves New England and Canada affair, but we didn't see hardly any of those until we got to Saint John.
I was looking forward to getting off the cold cruise ship – the 105, 509 ton Carnival Triumph has no heating system, which I learned after I got on the ship – and getting on a warm bus to tour Saint John. The bus was warm, but we got out a few times, and the high that day in October was around 42 degrees, and it was drizzling.
The high tides there are the big tourist attraction. The tides on the Bay of Fundy are among the highest in the world. The power of those tides is graphically demonstrated at the Reversing Rapid Falls. The flow of the river reverses for a few miles when the tides change. It was really cold and wet when our bus stopped there, but shutter bugs like me hopped off to get a few shots. We didn't tarry, though.
Reversal Falls Rapids on the Saint John River which feeds the Bay of Fundy, home of some of the highest tides in the world. That's an Irving family paper mill in the background.
All in all, Saint John is pretty small, a little more than 120,000 people in the metropolitan area. That's the second largest in New Brunswick. The city, with a little more than 68,000, is the largest. It is the 6th largest port in Canada. And it is the home of the late industrialist K.C. Irving, whose company is the largest single landholder in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Maine. His company uses a lot of timber for its paper mills. His three sons now operate the business, valued at between $7 – $9 billion.
As we say farewell to Saint John, we get ready to say hello to Halifax, Nova Scotia, a very different place.
(This website has some interesting pictures of Saint John and the Bay of Fundy)
Tags:Bay of Fundy, Canada, Carnival Triumph, Cruises, New BRunswick, Saint John, travel
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The Tradition Started with Armistice Day
National Infantry Museum on Veterans Day, November 11, 2009
A lot of folks showed up on this Veterans Day at the National Infantry Museum. The fact that 280 members and guests of the Rotary Club of Columbus held their weekly meeting there today certainly contributed to the heavy volume.
The program for the Rotarians was to tour the museum. Since I had already done it about four times, I decided to concentrate on a new exhibit that just popped up in the lobby. It contained artifacts from World War One.
Matt Young demonstrates U.S. Army World War I gas mask
Matt Young, educational director for the museum, and Jack Reed, weapon's curator supplied most of the artifacts from their own collection. The light machine guns – the British Lewis and the French Chauchat – were furnished by the Army.
French and British World War I light machine guns
Young Fort Benning soldiers found the exhibit especially interesting since they could compare the weapons, gas masks, toilet and mess kits, and other accoutrements of war used in World War I with what they use today.
Matt Young shows young Fort Benning soldier trainees how World War I weapons and equipment differ from what they use
Matt, who is a very enthusiastic teacher of history using museum props – previously he was director of education for the National Civil War Naval Museum, where he often wore Civil War uniforms – was continuing his tradition of making history live by wearing a World War 1 Uniform. He told me that this one-day exhibit was so appropriate because it represents Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day. Armistice Day celebrates the signing of the armistice that ended World War I. It was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
Jack Reed wearing World War I Scottish uniform
As I surveyed the exhibit I had to reflect on the colossal carnage of that war. It just about wiped out a generation of Europe's young men. The United States did not lose a generation to it, because our country was only in it for a year. But, it did cost more than 116,000 American lives.
(I took all of the pictures but the one of the Rotary Club meeting. Jim Cawthorne of Camera1 took that one. Thanks, Jim.)
Tags:Armistice Day, Fort Benning, History, Military, National Infantry Museum, veterans, Veterans Day, World War I
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David Rothchild Was an Excellent Role Model for Columbus
I was saddened to hear that Columbus businessman and community leader David Rothchild had died. He valiantly fought a long battle with cancer. I can remember when he came back from treatment at the Mayo Clinic and was honored by the Rotary Club of Columbus for his contributions to the community. Among those contributions were his years as a member of the Muscogee County School District School Board. When he spoke to the club his spirits were high and his sense of humor intact even though he had been through extensive surgery and chemotherapy. He said that was he doing fine even if he did "look like hell." The audience laughed a loving laugh.
He was a caring man, not only for his dear wife Barbara and his family, but for his community. I have always liked and respected him and Barbara. We lost a true contributor to his community. I agree with Rabbi Tom Friedman, who recently retired as Rabbi of Temple Israel, who told the Ledger-Enquirer, "He was a gentle soul with incredible integrity."
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Cool Cruise – Part 4: Hello, Portland!
Finally, as promised, Portland, Maine!
Portland, Maine Harbor
Like Boston, entering a historic New England city by sea is a good way to do it. It was the way that English Naval Captain Christopher Levett arrived in 1623 to settle the Portland area. His ship would probably fit in a dining room of the Carnival Triumph, the cruise ship I was on.
Portland, once a busy port for sailing ships, still has some of them, but they are for sightseeing cruises
Like so many old cities in the United States, the old downtown area, now called the Old Port section, with its art college and art colony, entertainment venues and many restaurants is the city's main tourist attraction. Also like many cities, a modern mall in another area of town is the main shopping center. Our tour bus didn't go there. It's the historic stuff that pulls in the tourists.
When you get into the names of historically significant Portland natives, number one would have to be Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the most popular poet in the world during the middle and late 1800's. His poems include The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and Hiawatha. He is the only American represented with a bust in the Poet's Corner of London's Westminster Abbey. Buried in that corner are the great English writers including Chaucer, Dickens, Elliot, and Wordsworth.
Portland Head Light Lighthouse
Probably the biggest tourist attraction in the Portland area is the Portland Head Light Lighthouse. This New England icon was built at President George Washington's insistence. Using whale oil as fuel, it was first lit in 1790. It attracts more than a million visitors a year. The one negative is that it has no public restrooms with plumbing, only a long row of porta-potties. Come on, folks, restrooms don't cost that much.
Part of the attraction for taking a New England-Canadian cruise in October was to see the turning leaves in all of their glory. We saw very few that would make you want to start humming "Autumn Leaves." In fact, you really don't have to leave Georgia to see beautiful turning leaves.
Now, on to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Tags:Carnival Triumph, cruise ships, crusing, Maine, New England, Portland, Portland Maine, travel
Cool Cruise – Part 3: You Have to Fly 500 MPH to Get to a Cruise Ship that Goes 25 Miles MPH
In my last post on our "Autumn leaves" cruise up the coast of New England and Canada, I said we would go to Portland, Maine next, and we will, in our next post, after a little side trip on the joys of getting to the ship which is about a thousand miles from where I live.
Flying to and from New York was mercifully not long. On the flight to, I sat next to a woman with a baby boy in her arms and her other son, who was about five, in the middle seat. I thought, oh no, little kids are walking germ dispensers. (I did end up with a cold when I got back, but who knows where I got it.) Fortunately the kids were well behaved. The one in her lap was quite content because she hugged and kissed him just about all the way. The other kid was busy coloring most of the time. I made a point of not talking to them because I figured I had best leave well enough alone. As we were landing, I did strike up a conversation, enough to learn that she was a native New Yorker who lived in Atlanta and was bringing her kids to visit relatives. Mom and the kids got all excited when New York City, her home town, came into view, with Mom pointing to the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks. "Look, there's the Statue of Liberty," she exclaimed to her two Atlanta boys. "See it?" The five-year-old had a hard time zeroing in on it so I joined her in pointing it out. He finally saw it. They got almost as excited as I did. I've been to the Big Apple a few times before, but it had been a while.
Our Delta from Atlanta to New York was about 30 minutes late leaving, which made me anxious that we would literally miss the boat, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph. However, we got a tail wind and the pilot said he would notch up the plane's speed to make up for lost time. We arrived at LaGuardia five minutes early.
On the way back, I sat in a row with two ladies, one of whom should have paid for two seats, because she was that large. Both middle arm rests had to be left down in order for her to slop over into the seat next to her. I was scrunched up for the entire flight. Such is life in the cheap seats.
The bright side was the ride through downtown Manhattan to get to Pier 88 where the mega-ship Triumph was waiting. I started singing the George M. Cohan classic show tune "Give My Regards to Broadway" when our bus crept down 42nd Street. Remember the line " tell all the gang on 42nd Street that I will be there?" Everyone, all cruise bound like I, was enjoying the ride and in a good mood so nobody seemed to mind. We even rode by Times Square where it looked like a million people were milling around.
Once we got to the docks, we got a brief glimpse of the aircraft carrier Intrepid floating museum, which is docked near the pier where the Triumph waited. Maybe I'll go back to see that some time. Meanwhile, I think I'll go to Warner Robbins to see the Air Force Museum there first. That's only a hundred miles away, and I have never been there.
But I digress. I promise to do the Portland thing next.
Tags:Air travel, aircraft carriers, Autumn leaves, Cabada, Cruises, Delta, New England, New York, Vacations
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I'm not an Intellect. All you may find below is from sheer interest in Learning how the machines that shaped the 21st Century work.

Can you predict a Number from a not-so-specific set of rules that eventually leads to an answer. You can - because your Brain is a Neural Network(A set of 10 billion Neurons connected by at least 10,000 synapses(connectors) from and to each Neuron), it can store data and retrieve the same as usual Computers do, but also use the same data without another command in another operation, all of which are parallel and done in fractions of a second.

If that sounds complicated, your Brain can predict numbers with experiences - It need not be given set of rules to generate the predictions.

Computers, on the other hand are only millions of calculators with a Very Large Scale integration in action inside a Microchip(as of now - read about Quantum Computers for the future). They can never reproduce a random number from Experience...it has no experience at all.

This was the basic question that I started on, how to generate Random Numbers in a Computer.

Random, by definition means "made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision", which can never happen with a Computer itself. A Computer in its most basic form is only useful to do basic Mathematical Operations - using Addition, which can't be used to generate a Random Number.But if Random Numbers can't be generated, that just means a million applications we use computers for nowadays aren't feasible.So, there are ways to achieve randomness in a Computer.But the problem is, it can never be random - it should and will always follow a specific set of rules and certain variable inputs to generate the Number, which can be relative to time(because it is changing) or any real-time unpredictable data.

So I searched for algorithms, which could do the same and found out there are different type of random numbers - True Random Numbers and Pseudo Random Numbers.True Random can be generated with real-time completely unpredictable data happening, a very basic(not popular - not at all secure either) example being the temperature of your CPU (since it can't be controlled). A Pseudo Random number doesn't use real-time data, it can save time, but is not as secure as True Randoms.

Random Numbers are very important in the real world. There are more applications to completely random numbers than you ever thought(which I found out only recently).Quality Pseudorandom number generation forms the bedrock on which all of computing is built. From cryptography to financial markets to particle physics, it is our trust in random numbers that props up the modern economy and allows technology to march forth, unabated

Respect Numbers, especially Random ones :P

I was jobless to write this.

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I am an unwritten story.
Lost and found thousand times.
I wish I was able to say countless things, but my words never appear at the right moment. I wish I achieved good with all my fights.
I wish I was better me.
But there is no win here. There aren't winners when we do not compete.The life is not a competition, the life is a journey.
I love saying: "The life is a journey". At least, it brings comfort into the busy mind. But this journey is a strange mixture of fears and hope, of human suffering and a divine wisdom. We are creators and followers of unknown paths. Every step is a breath. And the journey is an ever-changing one. The free will is fighting to shape it. The mind wants to control it. The heart wants to simply live it, but it gets scared of the wounds. We tend to think we know where the paths are leading. Somehow we are always wrong. And in the human world filled with limitations, wrong means hurtful.
How would the life look like if we weren't able to get hurt?
How would the life look like if we were able to truly know how to live with love?
I wish I was able to get rid of my fears. I wish I was able to forget which ways led me to suffering. I wish I had no memory.
But all of those wishes wouldn't be so needed if I knew how to love the wounds. And here is the drama of every being – the desire to avoid the pain. It's like the ego screaming deep inside of us, that we can escape from the negative and live in the brighter side of life. There isn't such a thing as an unlived pain. Somehow it is a part of the journey. But like waywardly children we try to hide in our secret places and to cover it with dust. It takes just a melody, a touch, a random thought and the wound is open again and it is staring at us with its cold eyes.
How could we avoid something like this? The hidden pain is like a poison we make for our selves. It knows us better. It knows when to reveal its presence. There is no escape. So why do we always try to mask it as something else, to avoid experience it? Why don't we just surrender and accept it is a part of the journey? Would it be so bad?
A couple of weeks ago, I had an incredible day. I was with very special people in the mountain. I had dreamt to spend a day with them for so long and I had missed Bulgarian mountains so badly, so I was full of joy when the day began. Last time I was on top of this mountain peak, I was a child. But my memories were kind of blurry. I wanted to experience it again, to feel the energy from my current state of being. During the 4-5 hours of climbing, I was focused on the conversations about my favorite topics, so I didn't notice when we had reached the top. It felt like pure happiness. Somehow I knew I belong there.
However, on the way back something happened. It wasn't a big thing, but it left a huge remark in my mind. Since I was a little kid, I have always been extremely afraid of reptiles, most of all of the snakes. It is a very common fear, just part of our gene memory. Many times in my life, I had been in places full of snakes but never have seen even a single one. I thought God knew how afraid I am, so he protected me of seeing one. I have thanked many times for this. I thought if I ever see a snake, I would run, scream, panic or be in an extreme shock.
I was holding my friend for in order to give her some support because the grass was wet from the recent rain and the declivity was really slippery. We were talking about favorite topics and discussing universal laws when I saw for the very first time in my life a snake in the grass. It was only 5 cm away from my feet, moving fastly. Against everything I had believed I would do in such a moment, I remained still and calm. I just said to my friend to make two big steps with an emotionless voice and after a while, I told her what her eyes had missed. I was afraid not to scare her most of all. I found no shock, no panic, not even an adrenalin rush inside of me when I met one of my biggest fears. I began to smile. It was really amusing after all.
It is a simple story. Probably many people have experienced something very similar. But it is not about the story its self, it is about the simple truth, that all our fears are just an illusion. They are fears just because we think they are. In our nature is to make them powerful or powerless. Even sometimes we are not afraid of the things we think we are. It is a mind trick. A sham.
The bad thing is that on a subconscious level we program a fear from places where we have been wounded. The pain just like the joy is part of our human nature, of our learning cycle. It's an experience and no experience should be avoided until we master it and not any sooner.
The life is a beautiful journey full of opportunities for us to grow and blossom as we meant to do. The fear doesn't deserve the privilege to limit our experience.
I wish I use my journey to discover what I am afraid of and overcome it, to get rid of all fears that control me, to reveal my true nature, my true essence and live it.


Suicide among the elderly is a major public health problem, and one that is increasing each year. The vast majority of these deaths result from undiagnosed and untreated depression. Research has shown that although 40 percent of the elderly who commit suicide visit their doctor during the week before they take their lives, their depression remains undetected and untreated. These disturbing facts are contained in a paper recently produced by Barry Leibowitz of the National Institute of Mental Health in the US, and other experts on mental health in the elderly.
"The failure to diagnose and treat depression in older people is tragic", says Leibowitz, "because the condition is highly responsive to treatment". A major reason practitioners fail to recognise depression is that elderly patients do not readily admit to suffering from depressed mood. They complain of sleeping and eating problems, lack of energy, loss of enjoyment, inability to concentrate as well as aches and pains. When these complaints present in an older person with physical ailments, the physician is likely to focus on the somatic problems and ignore the depressive symptoms. In South Africa, the problem is worsened by the fact that powerful stigmas regarding mental illness still pervade all aspects of social functioning, and make sufferers reluctant to seek treatment. Recent studies conducted in the USA report a one- to two percent prevalence of major depression among the elderly (possibly even greater among the underprivileged and rural population) , and a two percent prevalence of dysthymia (chronic, low-grade depression). Dr Ian Westmore, a respected Bloemfontein Psychiatrist in Private practice, believes this figure to be somewhat too low, and that the incidence is in fact significantly higher in South Africa.
The overall prevalence of depression is greatly increased by the occurrence of subsyndromal symptoms in between 13 and 27 percent of the population, where the symptoms do not meet the criteria to be diagnosed as depression or dysthymia. These symptoms are associated with increased risk of major depression, physical disability, medical illness and high utilisation of health services.
"As more people are living longer, and families are faced with responsibilities for long-term care of elderly parents, there is increasing interest in what can be done to improve their quality of life and overall health", said Leibowitz. "Recognition and treatment of depression is one of the best investments we can make", he added. The Depression and Anxiety Support Group can assist those who may be suffering from depression with advice regarding appropriate treatment options, and can provide referrals to specialists dealing with depression in the elderly. The Support Group can be contacted at (011) 783-1474/6 or (011) 884-1797.
Effective treatment for depression in the elderly may be medication or psychotherapy, although the most desirable treatment option is in fact a combination of the two treatment modalities. Like arthritis, depression requires long-term treatment, in order to prevent subsequent relapses once treatment has been successful. According to Dr Westmore, if the elderly are treated properly, the treatment programme can eventually be discontinued, and support given. "One should remember to take into account the role of physical ailments as causative factors for depression in the elderly, as physical illness greatly increases the risk of depression", he added.
The new article points to the importance of studies in progress on the efficacy of Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and short-term specific psychotherapies for older people. Findings from these studies will provide important data regarding the clinical course and treatment of late life depressions, particularly subsyndromal depressions. Further study is required to determine the role of hormonal factors in the developments of depression, and to find out whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with oestrogens and androgens may be of benefit in the treatment of depression in late life.


To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Woodstock festival is set to return in 2019.
The event is being staged by Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the historic site of the 1969 festival, in partnership with Live Nation and agency Invnt.
Taking place during 16-18 August next year, Woodstock 2019 will feature live performances from renowned artists spanning multiple genres and decades. Festivalgoers can also expect TED-style talks and presentations.
A series of brand activations will be staged selected on the basis that they demonstrate a passion for live music, creative expression and a positive vision for the future.


Carp love these tasty morsels, applied correctly the bait is devastating! As the natural sugars peeks and the active ingredients starts to reach there optimum temperatures. The bait will slowly start to crystallize on the outer surface; this indicates the enzymes are highly active. You will see this as a white dust on the baits.


The second pack is finally here; this time of a variety of cockatoos. Cockatoos tend to be cuddly, destructive, and LOUD. I try to keep my recolors as accurate to the real species as possible, but due to the restraints of how the textures are set up, this isn't always possible. I also did a bit more of my own texturing this time, instead of just changing the hues around.
Moluccan: A little less active than most, but still prone to moments of hyperactivity. Alternatively known as the 'Salmon Crested' due to their noticeable orange-pink crests.
Rose-Breasted Galah: A bit smaller than most 'toos, and more independent. These guys are common as pigeons in their native Australia. They're primarily pink and dark grey, with a short, dense crest.
Black Palm: The largest of the cockatoos. Known for their striking appearance, defined by sleek near-black plumage and bright red bare patch on the face.
Mitchell's: Generally regarded as the most beautiful cockatoo, these parrots are primarily pink and white with a bright red and yellow crest.
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CAT POWER narrates JANIS's letters
RREVERB info
Genres (English), Information (English), News
News Release from MVD Entertainment Group, March 24, 2016 – The critically acclaimed, box office smash Janis: Little Girl Blue is coming to DVD on May 6th via Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor FilmRise. MVD Entertainment Group will distribute the film with exclusive, never-before-seen bonus features.
Directed and written by Academy Award®-nominated documentarian Amy Berg ("Deliver Us From Evil," "West of Memphis") and produced by Academy Award®-winner Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the Dark Side," "Going Clear"), Janis: Little Girl Blue is an intimate portrait of the iconic but troubled rock 'n' roll singer Janis Joplin. FilmRise released the film in theaters in Fall 2015 to rave reviews, and it wowed audiences in over 100 cities across the country with electrifying archival footage, exclusive interviews with friends and family, and rare personal letters from the iconic rocker herself.
The film features musicians Pink, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Juliette Lewis, and Bob Weir, TV presenter Dick Cavett, producer Clive Davis, counterculture filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, and more.
The DVD will include bonus features such as an a capella performance from Janis's first band, Big Brother and the Holding Company; footage from Janis's posthumous Walk of Fame ceremony; a fascinating look at Janis's early venues, The Avalon and the Fillmore; and a rare interview with Chan Marshall aka Cat Power, who narrates Janis's letters in the film.
Cat Power, Feb 2016
Janis Joplin is one of the most revered singers of all time, a tragic and misunderstood figure who thrilled millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her untimely death in 1970 at age 27. Janis: Little Girl Blue examines her story in-depth for the first time on film, presenting an insightful look at this complicated, driven, often beleaguered artist with rare personal and performance footage and interviews with friends and family.
The Joplin family provided unfettered access to their vaults for the first time, through which Berg unearthed previously unreleased letters, photos, audio and footage of Joplin. The singer's own words tell much of her story through a series of letters she wrote to her parents over the years, never before seen by the public (read by Cat Power). Joplin was a powerhouse when she sang, and her surprising rise and sudden demise changed music forever.
Janis: Little Girl Blue premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, and screened at the Toronto and London Film Festivals, as well as the prestigious DOC NYC. The film opened in theaters in November 2015.
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JOSEPH ARTHUR – Owning Lou Reed
Good vibes at the WAVELENGHT 15
Your travel guide to world music pt 2: Norway's ANNBJORG LIEN
MICHAEL KIWANUKA – Personal Drama
ANDREA RAMOLO – Naked and Vulnerable
AA – Controlled Chaos
JON COHEN – Smooth Talking, Groove Dancing
Your Travel Guide to World Music pt 3: ANOUSHKA SHANKAR's travels
Blown away by Em Pompa's BELLFLOWER

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Aplec Catalanista fou una organització catalanista constituïda el 21 de maig de 1903 pels grups Lo Sometent, Lo Renaixement, Els Feiners, Los Pregoners, Los Montanyenchs i l'Associació Catalanista La Falç, que també foren impulsors de La Reixa, que restava per a activitats benèfiques mentre que l'Aplec era el grup polític. D'altres grups, com Catalunya i Avant i L'Eura es van mantenir al marge.

El 15 d'octubre de 1903 es constituí el seu grup directiu, format per Josep Serrat (president) i Lluís Poch (secretari), de Los Montanyenchs, Jaume Aragay (vicepresident), Lluís Bracons (tresorer), Manel Vinagre (vicesecretari), Miquel Arginson (bibliotecari) i com a vocals Daniel Roig i Pruna, Manel Ainamel i Josep Sunyol. Es van mantenir dins la Unió Catalanista i donaren suport la candidatura de Domènec Martí i Julià, partidari de reformar les Bases de Manresa. El 1905 el seu cap fou Daniel Roig i Pruna, qui va col·laborar amb altres grups com Progrés Autonomista i portarà la propaganda catalanista als Ateneus Obrers tot polemitzant amb el PSOE.

El 8 de juliol del 1906 Daniel Roig i Pruna, Lluís Manau i Avellanet, Joan Ventosa i Calvell i Domènec Martí i Julià organitzaren un míting de protesta contra la intenció de traslladar els presidis d'Àfrica al castell de Figueres, aplegant 5.000 persones. El dia 15 el repetiren a Badalona i Lluís Manau fou empresonat per injúries. Alguns dels seus dirigents donaren suport a la Solidaritat Catalana. La seva empenta, però, es va veure apaivagada amb l'aparició del Centre Nacionalista Republicà, i a poc a poc es va dissoldre en altres grups nacionalistes posteriors, com l'Associació Nacionalista Catalana.

Referències
 Jaume Colomer La temptativa separatista a Catalunya. Els orígens (1895-1917) (1895) Editorial Columna Assaig, Barcelona

Entitats catalanistes

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"Game of Thrones recap: Season 5 Episode #5 – Kill the boy"
First can I breathe a sigh of RELIEF that Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson) survived the ambush attack on his men? I SERIOUSLY considered no longer watching if he was killed off. To me he his important and a vital of member Daenerys army and people. He is a living symbol and reminder of the GOOD that she has accomplished but also that there are still people in the world with goodness inside them. Ok now that I've gotten that off my chest let's talk about last week's episode.
Speaking of Daenerys (Emilia Clarke), as the young Queen mourns Ser Barristan Selmy (Ian McElhinney) who fell during the ambush on Grey Worm's men, she has had ENOUGH with the attacks and unnecessary deaths and ponders what to do. She first has the leaders of all of Meereen's great families taken and brought down to the dungeons below. Yup the SAME dungeons where her children (the last living dragons of the world) are kept. She sends one of the leaders forward who is set ablaze then torn apart before being devoured by the hungry beasts. She wants the leaders to fear for their lives because they too can easily be put to death. After seeking council she's decided to free the leaders as well as bringing back some traditions to Meereen. She has also decided that the best way to forge a lasting bind with the people of Meereen is to marry one of their leaders (though her choice is lackluster in the looks department).
Elsewhere his half sister Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) continues to grin and bear her current situation. Now back at Winterfell (the home she once knew and loved) she's surrounded by strangers led by Lord Roose Bolton (Michael McElhatton), the man who killed her brother Rob, along with his son Ramsay (Iwan Rheon) who she is set to marry. How she hasn't screamed out loud or made an attempt on Roose's life is BEYOND me! I couldn't sit ANYWHERE near the person responsible for the death of my brother, but it makes one wonder if Sansa is merely keeping her cool until an opportunity presents itself. Hmmmmmm…..
Though Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) is still a prisoner of Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) he decides to spark up conversation in an effort to make the journey more bearable. As the men pass through Valyria (the ancestral homeland of Daenerys) the conversation is cut short when they are attacked by stone men. They are called stone men because their skin looks like hardened rock and if they touch your skin then you too will turn into one of them. Tyrion and Jorah survive the assault to live another day, but what Tyrion doesn't know is that Jorah didn't escape untouched. How long can Jorah keep it a secret and just how long does he have before he is turned? I'm guessing he could last through the end of next season, but seeing that almost no one is ever really safe, he could be turned by season's end.
Episode 6 of the season airs tonight at 9pm on HBO. DO tune in so as not to be one of a hand full of fools that didn't watch ONLY to be LEFT out of the conversation at work or to have things spoiled for you through online and social media. It happened to me last season (I just started watching the show last spring) and I VOWED it wouldn't happen again!


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 * @file IReader.h
 * @ingroup general
 * The IReader interface.
 */

#include "respec/Specification.h"

AUD_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**
 * @interface IReader
 * This class represents a sound source as stream or as buffer which can be read
 * for example by another reader, a device or whatever.
 */
class AUD_API IReader
{
public:
	/**
	 * Destroys the reader.
	 */
	virtual ~IReader() {}

	/**
	 * Tells whether the source provides seeking functionality or not.
	 * \warning This doesn't mean that the seeking always has to succeed.
	 * \return Always returns true for readers of buffering types.
	 */
	virtual bool isSeekable() const=0;

	/**
	 * Seeks to a specific position in the source.
	 * \param position The position to seek for measured in samples. To get
	 *        from a given time to the samples you simply have to multiply the
	 *        time value in seconds with the sample rate of the reader.
	 * \warning This may work or not, depending on the actual reader.
	 */
	virtual void seek(int position)=0;

	/**
	 * Returns an approximated length of the source in samples.
	 * \return The length as sample count. May be negative if unknown.
	 */
	virtual int getLength() const=0;

	/**
	 * Returns the position of the source as a sample count value.
	 * \return The current position in the source. A negative value indicates
	 *         that the position is unknown.
	 * \warning The value returned doesn't always have to be correct for readers,
	 *          especially after seeking.
	 */
	virtual int getPosition() const=0;

	/**
	 * Returns the specification of the reader.
	 * \return The Specs structure.
	 */
	virtual Specs getSpecs() const=0;

	/**
	 * Request to read the next length samples out of the source.
	 * The buffer supplied has the needed size.
	 * \param[in,out] length The count of samples that should be read. Shall
	 *                contain the real count of samples after reading, in case
	 *                there were only fewer samples available.
	 *                A smaller value also indicates the end of the reader.
	 * \param[out] eos End of stream, whether the end is reached or not.
	 * \param[in] buffer The pointer to the buffer to read into.
	 */
	virtual void read(int& length, bool& eos, sample_t* buffer)=0;
};

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Martina McBride Announces Love Unleashed Tour
Carrie Horton
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Martina McBride is hitting the road to bring love to North America. Following the release of her latest studio album, Reckless, McBride will be touring throughout North America this fall, on her Love Unleashed Tour.
The Love Unleashed Tour is aimed at bringing connection, strength and love into the world through music.
"With so much tragedy and uncertainty in the world, our family is watching less news and spending more time listening to music, sharing stories over dinner and loving each other," says McBride in the official press release for the tour. "I want this concert to be a place where people can share the common experience of music and how it can work its magic, as only music can. A place where we can come together and show our love for each other and head back out into the world a little stronger for having been there."
In line with this sentiment, the Love Unleashed Tour will offer VIP experiences with McBride for the first time ever; fans will be able to participate in meet and greet and Q&A sessions with the award-winning singer, receive exclusive autographed content, get premium tickets and more. McBride will be joined on select Love Unleashed Tour dates by special guests, including Canadian duo High Valley and singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters.
A partial list of McBride's Love Unleashed Tour dates is below; for more information and to see new dates and locations as they are released, visit her official website. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on Aug. 19.
The Love Unleashed Tour won't be McBride's first 2016 trek: In September and October, she's teaming up with the Sarah Cannon cancer network for five shows in support of their joint venture, Band Against Cancer.
Martina McBride, 2016 Love Unleashed Tour Dates:
Oct. 14 -- Poplar Bluff, Mo. @ Black River Coliseum
Oct. 15 -- Lawrenceburg, Ind. @ Lawrenceburg Event Center
Oct. 21 -- Tunica, Miss. @ Gold Strike Millennium Theatre
Oct. 22 -- Cherokee, N.C. @ Harrah's Cherokee Event Center
Oct. 29 -- Charenton, La. @ Cypress Bayou Casino
Nov. 11 -- Stamford, Conn. @ Palace Theater
Nov. 18 -- Dodge City, Kan. @ United Wireless Arena
Nov. 19 -- Des Moines, Iowa @ Hoyt Sherman Place
Dec. 1 -- Erie, Pa. @ Warner Theatre
Dec. 2 -- Saginaw, Mich. @ Theater at the Dow Event Center
Dec. 3 -- Orillia, Ontario, Canada @ Casino Rama
Dec. 8 -- Ft. Myers, Fla. @ Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Dec. 9 -- Clearwater, Fla. @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
See Martina McBride + More Country Stars Then and Now
NEXT: Top 10 Martina McBride Songs
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Cultivated in Asia for millennia, eggplant varieties that originate in Asia include many regional subgroups of Chinese, Japanese, and Thai provenance. The flavor of these types is slightly sweeter — a result of having fewer seeds — and more tender than the Italian types, but turns bitter if left to overripen. Johnny's Asian eggplant varieties have been selected for performance under cool weather conditions as well as heat stress — and many are also earlier to bear, resulting in a longer harvest period. Choose from a range of colors, sizes, and shapes.
The most dependable eggplant, high yielding and early maturing.
Strong plant with high yields of purple Asian-type fruits.
Beautiful Indian eggplant with white-and-purple variegated fruit.
Thai specialty with prolific set of small, green and white fruits.
Slender, Asian-type fruit with deep-pink color and tender flesh.


RFB stands for Rifle Forward-ejecting Bullpup. Why forward-ejecting? Because it allows the RFB to be the first truly ambidextrous 7.62 NATO Bullpup ever developed. The patented, dual-extractor system maintains control of the case from the moment it leaves the magazine and upon firing, pulls the fired case from the chamber and lifts them to push them into an ejection chute above the barrel, where they exit. The Bullpup configuration and tilting-block mechanism allow the 18" model to be only 26.1" long, or as much as 14" shorter in overall length than its competitors with equal barrel lengths. Furthermore, the stock and mechanism cross-section is similar to a conventional rifle, in stark contrast to existing Bullpup rifles. The RFB is also the safest Bullpup ever developed because the breech is separated from the shooters face by two layers of 1.6 mm steel. In the highly unlikely event of a case rupture, gas expansion is directed downwards through the magazine well to protect the shooters head and face.


Although the process of drug development today has been accelerated by emergence of computational methodologies, it is a herculean challenge requiring exorbitant resources; and often fails to yield clinically viable results. The current paradigm of target based drug design is often misguided and tends to yield compounds that have poor absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, toxicology (ADMET) properties. Therefore, an in vivo organism based approach allowing for a multidisciplinary inquiry into potent and selective molecules is an excellent place to begin rational drug design. We will review how organisms like the zebrafish and Caenorhabditis elegans can not only be starting points, but can be used at various steps of the drug development process from target identification to pre-clinical trial models. This systems biology based approach paired with the power of computational biology; genetics and developmental biology provide a methodological framework to avoid the pitfalls of traditional target based drug design.
The article Is published online in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and is free to access.


Sisters of Saint Benedict's Monastery: South Africa Here We Come!
As one of the faculty at CSB/SJU (College of St. Benedict/St. John's University), I have the privilege of directing programs for students wanting to study abroad. This particular Liberal Arts Institution is noted for its excellent programs, numbering 17.
I was the Director for South Africa in 2003 and am preparing to take a second group of thirty students spring semester. The picture here gives you a sense of their enthusiasm and wholesome attitudes. We have spent the semester prior to departure getting together for orientation sessions and fundraising.
While in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, we will volunteer our services at a primary school named Pendla and at an AIDS Haven for children.
Students performed a variety of tasks in the classroom, depending on the expectation of a particular teacher. In all classes students can expect to do some teaching under guidance from the teacher. Our students will work with individual students on their homework.
At the AIDS Haven, House of Resurrection, they build one-on-one relationships with the children not yet school age. Their role is to prepare the children for school by stimulating their cognitive skills, teaching them good manners (i.e. cover mouth when coughing), learning courtesy phrases, good behavior, and teaching them to be good listeners.
The service they give is much needed and deeply appreciated as well as rewarding for them personally. Many come back changed.


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Бра́уні (, від brown — «коричневий») — у британській, зокрема англійській та шотландській нижчій міфології та фольклорі домашній дух-помічник у подобі чоловічка. Загалом подібний до слов'янського домовика.

Образ

Вірування в брауні були поширені по більшій частині Британії. Зазвичай їх являли маленькими чоловічками заввишки 3 фути, з коричневим обличчям, часом без носа, з розпатланим волоссям, в коричневому одязі. В Абердінширі вірили, що в цих істот зрощені пальці. Здебільшого вважалося, що брауні живуть поодинці і всі вони чоловіки. Аналогічні духи жіночої статі називалися селкі та носили сірий одяг.

Брауні з'являються вночі та виконують за людей незакінчену хатню роботу. Вони можуть жати, косити, молотити, пасти овець, допомагати курам нести яйця, захищати господарство від злодіїв. Їм досить почути як люди жаліються на якусь важку чи невдалу роботу, щоб почати виконувати її та покращувати. Деякі брауні допомагають одному члену родини, котрого вподобали. З приходом християнства з'явилося повір'я, що брауні створені аби полегшити життя Адама, котрому після вигнання з Едему потрібно було самотужки добувати харчі.

В подяку для брауні лишали молоко, вершки, пироги чи солодкі коржі. Часто їх з'їдали діти, але вважалося, що це брауні отримали страви. Вважалося, не можна наперед обіцяти брауні якусь винагороду, як і не можна не віддячувати ніяк, інакше ці духи назавжди покинуть обійстя. За різними віруваннями, винагороджувати брауні дозволено коли і як заманеться; чи навпаки лишати їм частування належить регулярно та щедро, і відповідно до того, що брауні отримають, вони й працюватимуть далі. Подекуди для цих духів щороку лишали сорочку, хоча в інших місцях побутувало уявлення, що отримавши одяг брауні назавжди покине службу. В переказах якщо брауні ображається на скупих людей, то співає їм пісню, що вони погані господарі, й покидає їх. Також брауні здатні карати хазяїв і їхніх слуг. Скривджений або обурений брауні може завдати всіляких неприємностей, зіпсувати речі, наслати хворобу чи занедбати будинок.

Брауні бояться потоків води та християнських символів.

Історія
Брауні — персонаж чисельних народних казок, в яких розповідається про його вдячність добрим господарям або про помсту тим, хто його зневажив. У 1645 році Джон Мілтон описав брауні в поемі «L'Allegro», де назвав його гобліном. Джеймс Гоґ зробив брауні персонажем свого роману «Брауні Бодсбека» (1818).

У другій половині XIX століття брауні стають персонажами літературних казок. Так, у 1865 вийшла казка Джуліани Едвінг «Брауні», що пізніше увійшла до збірки «Брауні та інші казки» (1871). В 1890-і, переважно у Америці, образ брауні здобув популярність у культурі, в тому числі і з комерційними цілями в рекламі. Одним із головних популяризаторів образу брауні був канадо-американський художник і письменник Палмер Кокс, що зобразив брауні у своїх гумористичних творах, першим з яких став «Брауні: їхня книга» (1887).

У 1889 році у Росії вийшов вільний переказ коміксів Палмера Кокса російською мовою, виконаний Анною Хвольсон, під назвою «Царство малюток». Оповідання в його складі було створено на основі малюнків Кокса, в цьому творі канадські персонажі отримали нові імена, зокрема, там з'явилися такі герої, як Мурзилка, Знайко і Незнайко. Книга Хвольсон вплинула на творчість Миколи Носова: відомо, що в 1952 році письменник зустрівся з Богданом Чалим, редактором журналу «Барвінок» і розповів йому про плани твору, де Незнайко, був би уже головним героєм. У 1953—1954 роках у «Барвінку» з'явилася повість-казка «Приключения Незнайки и его товарищей/Пригоди Незнайка і його товаришів», опублікована одразу двома мовами — російською та українською.

Див. також

 Домовик
 Хобгоблін
 Лари

Примітки

Британська міфологія
Казкові чоловічки
Шотландці


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Q: Excel charting to JavaScript Can anyone suggested approaches to creating JavaScript charts from an MS Excel chart such that colours and other formatting options are preserved? Ideally I could create a HighCharts char or something that would look at least close to the one created by a user in Excel. At the moment, I'm looking into the Open XML / Drawing ML file formats or possibly VBA  to create a translation layer to some JavaScript charting lib e.g. HighCharts.
Note it's not just a case of exporting as a simple CSV file, the key consideration here is preserving the chart formatting..
Thanks for any suggestions,
A,

A: I can suggest an add-in called Funfun, you can code some Javascript, HTML and css in Excel. It hosts an online editor with an embedded spreadsheet to make the transition easier to Excel.
I'm going to take a bubble chart example from Highcharts and change the data, here is what I get:
https://www.funfun.io/1/#/edit/5a61c190404f66229bda3f0f
I store my data in the embedded spreadsheet, and thanks to a json file I can use it in my javascript code:
{
    "data": "=A1:E16"
}

I format my data in my script.js so I can directly load it in Highcharts (for numbers you must convert your data into floats or int):
var data = [];

for (var i = 1; i < $internal.data.length; i++)
  data.push(
    {
      x: parseFloat($internal.data[i][2]),
      y: parseFloat($internal.data[i][3]),
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And you add your data in the chart:
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You can of course change the settings of your chart (color, text, font, type of chart...).
Once you are finished, you can directly load it in Excel by pasting the URL in the Funfun add-in. Here is how it looks like with my example:

I used Highchart for my example, because you mentioned it but you can of course use many other powerful libraries like chart.js and plotly.js (for 3D charts).
Disclosure : I'm a developer of Funfun.

A: JavaScript? This would be easier with server-side PHP plug-in's, unless the file is loaded client-side.
Please give more information about your situation

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New Links on El Tejon ID Suit
By stcynic on January 11, 2006.
We have many media reports today on the El Tejon ID suit. The full press release from Americans United is available on their website. The LA Times has an article about the controversy that includes a couple of interesting tidbits. Of the district's legal advice, it says:
At a special meeting of the El Tejon Unified School District on Jan. 1, at which the board approved the new course, "Philosophy of Design," school Supt. John W. Wight said that he had consulted the school district's attorneys and that they "had told him that as long as the course was called 'philosophy,' " it could pass legal muster, according to the lawsuit.
If that is true, then the district got very bad advice from their attorney. If the school is advocating a religious belief, it doesn't matter what kind of class it is. Merely adding the label "philosophy" does not change religious advocacy from unacceptable to acceptable. It's not enough merely to move it from one department to another, you also have to change the way it's taught. You can teach about religious views, but you cannot advocate them. And the fact that the teacher intends to advocate the creationist position is crystal clear from the course description quoted in the LA Times piece:
An initial course description, which was distributed to students and their families last month, said "the class will take a close look at evolution as a theory and will discuss the scientific, biological and biblical aspects that suggest why Darwin's philosophy is not rock solid. The class will discuss intelligent design as an alternative response to evolution. Physical and chemical evidence will be presented suggesting the earth is thousands of years old, not billions."
The New York Times has the AP story on the lawsuit. Nothing much new there. I think it's pretty obvious what has happened here. This teacher wanted to find a way to teach creationism and 3 members of the school board agreed with her. So they rushed this class in very quickly despite the fact that she simply isn't qualified to teach the course. The course syllabus was created in the space of a couple of weeks and was done so badly that it included a guest speaker who passed away over a year ago and another who was never even asked to speak.
El Tejon Case
We have many media reports today on the El Tejon ID suit. The full press release from Americans United is available on their website. The LA Times has an article about the controversy that includes a couple of interesting tidbits. Of the district's legal advice, it says: At a special meeting of the…
Dover Part 2, With a Twist
Americans United has filed suit against the El Tajon Unified School District in California over a course there that includes creationism. The twist here is that the school has placed the class in philosophy rather than science and claims to be teaching about both evolution and creationism without…
Please don't call that philosophy!
Here in California, I had hoped we might be safe from the high school Intelligent Design follies playing out in other states. Turns out, not so much. Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec, California, part of the El Tejon Unified School District, offered a class called "Philosophy of Design" which…
New Pro-Science Think Tank Formed
Paul Kurtz, founder of the Center for Inquiry and editor of Free Inquiry, has opened an office in Washington DC to act as that organization's Office of Public Policy. The new think tank will work to promote science and reason in public policy. The Washington Post has a report on the new group. The…
Walmart Protestor Wins Preliminary Injunction
In the case of Edward Crayton, the man protesting Walmart's pro-gay policies who is being represented by the ACLU, a Federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction allowing him to continue his protests pending the outcome of the case. The case is scheduled to begin January 26th.
History Teacher Proselytizing in Class
Here's a story I bet is far more common than gets reported. A high school history teacher in New Jersey, David Paszkiewicz, has been using his position to proselytize students for Christianity. It's not a coincidence that he is also a Baptist minister. But this time, a student has been taping the…
Another Nutball Rabbi
Thanks to Bartholomew for linking me to this blog by a rabbi named Lazer Brody who almost makes Yehuda Levin seem sane by comparison. He is allied with Levin in trying to destroy the rights of gay Israelis to march through any means necessary, including violence. In this post, he talks of Levin's…
Bad Creationist Letter in Michigan
A small newspaper in Michigan, the Argus Leader, has had quite a series of letters to the editor over the last few weeks after printing an article about Dick DeVos and his position that ID ought to be taught. You'll get a good laugh out of this one from a youth minister named Jerod Jordan. He talks…


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T-Advisor, through its tool Market Opportunities, has detected the company Silver Wheaton, listed in Toronto Stock Exchange as an opportunity for investment.
Founded in 2004, Silver Wheaton is the largest precious metal streaming company in the world. The company has entered into a number of agreements where, in exchange for an upfront payment, it has the right to purchase, at a low fixed cost, all or a portion of the silver and/or gold production from several high-quality mines located in politically stable regions around the globe. Silver Wheaton currently has streaming agreements for 19 operating mines and five development stage projects. 75% of its revenue derives from the sale of silver and approximately 25% of its revenue from the sale of gold.
Sales in 2013 summed up US$ 706 million, a 16,8% less than in 2012. Net earnings also decreased a 36%, till US$ 375,5 million. Silver Wheaton has been affected by the drop of metal prices, but its mines have increased notably their production, what positions the company proggresivelly as an important player in the market. Silver prices topped in 2011 and got down afterwards, but it is going up from May and rounding its year high.
This entry was posted in Market Opportunities and tagged Investment, Opportunity, Silver Wheaton, toronto on June 30, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
One of the multiples changes produced as a result of the development of Internet is the use of games in non-gaming fields. That is known as gamification. Through this idea, several companies try to promote certain behaviours or uses amongst its customers.
How to use it in investments? There are some ways, as points, badges or the fulfilment of a line with several processes, for instance. From the very beginning, T-Advisor has used it for the portfolios. Every user receives a score to learn about how well he or she is doing with his or her assets.
This score has a double purpose: to report about the quality of the portfolio related to some ratios and to motivate the user to research into our tools to improve the results. At the end, more points will also mean a better performance.
Our commitment with gamification as a useful strategy for our users will continue. The score is just the first step. We are going to add soon a new module for investment planning that proposes also gamification tools. Investments have always a purpose: retirement, a house, a car, a journey… Aims are so different as people are. The idea of our planner is to help people focus their personal targets just fulfilling several steps. Doing it in an enjoyable way will motivate and increase the personal engagement.
This will not be our last development in this direction. The addition of gamification tools in serious areas has succeeded to develop personal skills. This is our internal goal: that our users develop their investment skills in an easy way taking into account our advanced suite full of relevant data for them.
This entry was posted in Discover and tagged gamification, investment planner, Score, serious games on June 26, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
The construction industry has deeply suffered the economic crisis, as it depends mainly from the public budgets. Bigger works are contracted by public administrations and the crisis cut enormously the money disposals for this aim. Chinese companies emerge and a PwC report focuses the business in the long term in China and India, apart from US.
Another report, that analyzed the outlook for 2013 and 2014, made a study about the evolution of this sector in the crisis years in different world markets. The figures are very clear: the worst markets for this sector were the European countries and the world industry recovery will be low.
However, although the crisis hit hard, the biggest listed companies in this sector are Europeans.
The French group Vinci increased in 2013 the revenues a 4.4%, till €40.3 bn and the net income also grew a 2.3%, till €1,962 million.
The German company Hochtief improved in 2013 the sales slightly a 0.6%, till €25.6 bn and the net income increased a 10.3%, till 171.2 million.
The Spanish group ACS reduced in 2013 its revenues a 0.1%, till €38,3 bn and the net income jumped from the former losses till benefits: 702 million. ACS has expanded its business with the buy of part of Hochtief.
The American group Fluor reduced also slightly in 2013 its sales a 0.8%, till €27.3 bn and the net income increased strongly a 44%, till 823 million.
The main construction companies have a very similar score and liquidity, showing the market view about the whole sector: alert and expectancy after the crisis hit. However, the performances are diverse, as ACS pushes strongly, while Fluor goes back. ACS share fell down hard in the last years, while Fluor maintain the stock very regular. It is to underline that Vinci shows a low volatility in its sector compared with its competitors.
This entry was posted in News and tagged ACS, Europe, Fluor, Hochtief, Vinci on June 19, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
T-Advisor, through its tool Market Opportunities, has detected the company Alsea, listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange, as an opportunity for investment.
Alsea is the most important restaurant franchise in Latin America. It has a broad brand portfolio in fast food, casual food and coffe shops, as Domino's Pizza, Starbucks, Burger King, Chili's, California Pizza Kitchen, P.F. Chang's, Pei Wei, Italianni´s, The Cheesecake Factory, Vips and El Portón. The company has business in Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina.
The group has recently bought Vips restaurant chain and is ready to settle in Brazil. The revenues increased in 2013 a 19%, till 15,7 bn Mexican Pesos. If the figure is compared with 2011, the increase is up to 50%. The net income was 663 million Mexican Pesos, a 65% more. The stock price multiplied 6 times in the last 5 years.
This entry was posted in Market Opportunities and tagged Alsea, Investment, Mexico, Opportunity on June 16, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
What European stocks have been the best this year till May? T-Advisor publishes its ranking taking into account the score. T-Advisor patented score provides an asset rating (bullish, neutral or bearish) based on key performance indicators and technical analysis.
Our ranking also considers the trendslope, that means, the strength of the share trend.
This entry was posted in News and tagged European shares, ranking, Trendslope on June 10, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
T-Advisor, through its tool Market Opportunities, has detected the company Cedar Fair, listed in NYSE, as an opportunity for investment.
Cedar Fair LP is one of the largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world. The Partnership owns and operates 11 amusement parks, three outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and five hotels. The revenues in 2013 summed up US$ 1.1 bn and the net income was US$ 108 million, a 6.2% more compared with 2012.
This entry was posted in Market Opportunities and tagged Cedar Fair, Investment, Opportunity on June 9, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
Markets improved slightly their bullish trend, always with very low ratios, as there are still doubts amongst the investors about the strength of the economic recovery, mainly in US. There is also another ingredient in this financial mixture: US markets are touching their highest levels and many analysts are wondering when the correction will come.
But the eyes are on Europe. ECB meets tomorrow to take possibly historical decisions in its monetary policy. Low inflation figures are warning European authorities about the risk of deflation. One of the main points is the exchange rate with other currencies. Europe is importing deflation with the high rate against dollar and others and exporters are suffering to sell abroad, apart from the deeper trouble: the credit restrictions. These problems have effects in the economic development and employment perspectives. The fear is that the ECB will not be tomorrow brave enough and disappoints the markets, which are really expecting many measures, not only a rate cut.
The bullish trend improved also slightly in Asia. The main news was the election of the conservative Narendra Modi in India as prime minister. Markets have high expectations about him and Indian market experienced a strong bullish trend this month, so T-Advisor figures. The results of the election in Indonesia were also positively welcomed by the investors. However, Japan and China carried on their weak market trend.
Finally, LatAm showed the best trend in world markets pushing by Argentina. Its government announced an agreement with its lenders to pay the debt. Argentina was the instability focus in the lasts years in the continent and the deal about the debt opens new expectations for investors. On the other side, Brazil remains quite weak.
This entry was posted in Our Charts and tagged ECB, global trends, Markets on June 4, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.
T-Advisor, through its tool Market Opportunities, has detected the company Sinotrans, listed in Hong Kong Exchange, as an opportunity for investment.
Sinotrans is one of the largest logistic companies in China. It provides integrated logistics service to customers including sea, air and road transportation, storage and terminal services, express services, shipping agency and freight forwarding business. In 2013, the company obtained RMB 47,768 million in revenues and RMB 844.5 million in net profit.
This entry was posted in Market Opportunities and tagged Investment, Opportunity, Sinotrans on June 2, 2014 by Oscar Garcia.


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› Canadian-Authored Books › Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers: Poems
Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers: Poems
Freure, Jason
In the words of Margaret Thatcher, "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure." Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers is about wandering Montreal's streets, with an eye on the storefronts and alley cats, and one foot already in the nearest dive bar. From a series of poems about every station on the Metro to music venues long shut down, it's sometimes fantastical, nostalgic, funny, and even joyful — a sucker for landmarks, always looking out for glimpses of the Farine Five Roses sign, the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the cross on Mont-Royal, and anything still neon.
Montreal's rich literary tradition is celebrated: A.M. Klein, Leonard Cohen, Heather O'Neill, Gail Scott, Richard Suicide, and Gaston Miron all make their way into the poems. The book also ventures from the hip hot spots of The Plateau and Mile End to Verdun, Côte-des-Neiges, NDG, St-Henri, Petite-Patrie, and Ahuntsic. A restless spirit propels the text further and further into new neighborhoods, but always returns downtown.
This is a book about those who've seen the city turn its back on them and leave them out in the cold. Who get lost in boroughs east and west. Who get lonely, garble their French, and never manage to find a seat at their favorite coffee shop. In Jason Freure's psychogeography, everyone's a flaneur. And everyone rides the bus.
Jason Freure's poems have appeared in publications like Vallum , Epiphany , and Show Thieves: An Anthology of Contemporary Montreal Poetry . He also writes essays about Montreal, which have been published in Canadian Notes and Queries and Carte Blanche . He is an editor at The Puritan . After years in Montreal, he now lives in Toronto.
"A nostalgic, irreverent debut collection arranged according to the city's metro. Simultaneously flaneur and commuter ("a young man with a notebook"), Freure brings fragments of time and place together in a profound record of lived experience." — Publishers Weekly
"Through his exploration into the diversity of his city, as rendered through descriptions of metro stations, neighborhoods, and local establishments, Freure's speaker has created for readers an unrepeatable experience of Montréal, and has managed to render it both familiar and unfamiliar, even to those who have lived there their whole lives." — Ploughshares blog
"His debut collection movingly moves through the city's streets and public transportation infrastructure, doubling back again and again to wryly catalogue the myriad losses of artists and service economy workers." — Canadian Literature
"A poetic tour of the underside of Montreal. There are no botanic gardens on this tour or Museums of Fine Arts or Parc Jean Drapeau. This is the real Montreal that most do not see but like any big city, it is always there but rarely talked about." — Evil Cyclist blog
"Jason Freure's work was new to me, and I would certainly look for more of it . . . Freure's incantations are breathless, urban and gritty." — Broken Pencil


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Q: DOS filename escaping for use with *nix commands I want to escape a DOS filename so I can use it with sed. I have a DOS batch file something like this:
set FILENAME=%~f1

sed 's/Some Pattern/%FILENAME%/' inputfile

(Note: %~f1 - expands %1 to a Fully qualified path name - C:\utils\MyFile.txt)
I found that the backslashes in %FILENAME% are just escaping the next letter.
How can I double them up so that they are escaped?
(I have cygwin installed so feel free to use any other *nix commands)
Solution
Combining Jeremy and Alexandru Nedelcu's suggestions, and using | for the delimiter in the sed command I have
set FILENAME=%~f1
cygpath "s|Some Pattern|%FILENAME%|" >sedcmd.tmp
sed -f sedcmd.tmp inputfile
del /q sedcmd.tmp

A: This will work.  It's messy because in BAT files you can't use set var=`cmd` like you can in unix.
The fact that echo doesn't understand quotes is also messy, and could lead to trouble if Some Pattern contains shell meta characters.
set FILENAME=%~f1
echo s/Some Pattern/%FILENAME%/ | sed -e "s/\\/\\\\/g" >sedcmd.tmp
sed -f sedcmd.tmp inputfile
del /q sedcmd.tmp

[Edited]: I am suprised that it didn't work for you.  I just tested it, and it worked on my machine.  I am using sed from http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils and using cmd.exe to run those commands in a bat file.

A: You could try as alternative (from the command prompt) ...
> cygpath -m c:\some\path
c:/some/path

As you can guess, it converts backslashes to slashes.

A: @Alexandru & Jeremy, Thanks for your help. You both get upvotes
@Jeremy
Using your method I got the following error:

sed: -e expression #1, char 8:
  unterminated `s' command

If you can edit your answer to make it work I'd accept it. (pasting my solution doesn't count)
Update: Ok, I tried it with UnixUtils and it worked. (For reference, the UnixUtils I downloaded was dated March 1, 2007, and uses GNU sed version 3.02, my Cygwin install has GNU sed version 4.1.5)


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Q: remove rows containing NA based on condition df <- data.frame(x = 1:7, y = c(NA, NA, 5, 10, NA, 20, 30))
From df I want to remove rows containing NA in y based on the condition that the x value in that row is smaller than the x value in the row with the minimum y value to obtain this data frame.
data.frame(x = 3:7, y = c(5, 10, NA, 20, 30))
dlypr() solutions preferable!

A: We could use which.min to get the index of minimum 'y' value, subset the 'x' create the comparison with the 'x' values along with the expression for NA elements in 'y' and negate (!)
subset(df,  !(x< x[which.min(y)] & is.na(y)))

-output
 x  y
3 3  5
4 4 10
5 5 NA
6 6 20
7 7 30

Or the same logic can be applied with dplyr::filter
library(dplyr)
df %>%
    filter(!(x< x[which.min(y)] & is.na(y)))

-ouptut
 x  y
1 3  5
2 4 10
3 5 NA
4 6 20
5 7 30

data
df <- structure(list(x = 1:7, y = c(NA, NA, 5, 10, NA, 20, 30)),
class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-7L))

A: Use logical indices for each of the conditions and combine them with logical AND, &:
df <- data.frame(x = 1:7, y = c(NA, NA, 5, 10, NA, 20, 30))

i <- is.na(df$y)
j <- df$x < df$y
df[!i & j, ]
#  x  y
#3 3  5
#4 4 10
#6 6 20
#7 7 30


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Q: Подключения при закрытом порте Здравствуйте, у меня проблема. Можно ли как-нибудь подключиться через другой порт к другу. Если у него порт sql закрыт.
A: *

*Возьмите сканер портов и посмотрите какие порты у него открыты. А еще лучше попросить его открыть нужный вам порт (пропишите правила в файрволле)

*Настройте на SQL вашего друга через какой порт будет общаться сервер БД с внешним миром


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José Pablo Martínez del Río (1809-1882), fue un acaudalado médico obstetra nativo de Panamá. Nacido en el seno de una familia muy adinerada, estudió literatura en el Reino Unido y medicina en París donde se recibió de doctor en 1834.

Viajó a México donde a partir de 1836 Martínez comenzó a prestar servicios en la Academia de Medicina y a partir de 1838 se desempeñó como profesor de obstetricia. Entre 1839 y 1844 permanece en París. A su regreso a México, y a partir de 1848 hasta 1851 es profesor de Obstetricia.

En 1864, lidera el grupo que ofrece al emperador Maximiliano I el trono de México. Simultáneamente mientras Martínez, viaja a Turquía y Grecia por encargo de Maximiliano I, en México triunfan las huestes de Benito Juárez. Cuando Maximiliano I es derrotado en 1867, Martínez del Río pierde todas sus propiedades, y se exilia en Italia. Desde el exterior solicitó varias veces a Juárez lo indulte, pero recién en 1870 al promulgarse la amnistía general logra regresar. Gracias a la gestión de diplomáticos norteamericanos logra recuperar algunas propiedades.

En 1881 fue llevado al estado de Chihuahua para que fuera designado Jefe Político de Paso del Norte.

A su retorno a México, vuelve a ejercer la medicina, siendo designado vicepresidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina.

Hacienda de la hormiga
La Hacienda de la Hormiga fue un rancho ubicado dentro del área que más tarde sería la Residencia Presidencial de Los Pinos (México) y constaba aproximadamente de 14,5 ha La compró José Pablo, pero a causa de los conflictos que tuvo con el Estado desde la época del Maximato. Benito Juárez confiscó el terreno de La Hormiga, además se negó a devolverle la hacienda de Encinillas en Chihuahua.

En varias ocasiones el gobierno expropió el inmueble e implementó modificaciones sin el consentimiento de sus propietarios en turno, sacando el mejor provecho del terreno y de las cosechas.

Referencias

Médicos de México