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Dick Weissman
Musician Writer Professor
Dick Weissman has had a long and colorful career as a banjoist and guitarist, performer, member of the legendary folk-pop group the Journeymen. He has written songs for such disparate artists as Judy Collins, Merv Griffin, Lothar & the Hand People and Carly and Lucy Simon. He has played on/or produced dozens of recordings in numerous musical styles, and his original music has been featured on NBC-TV< BBC-TV, and in several documentary films.
Born in Philadelphia, his music career began after graduation from college, when he performed with numerous artists and formed The Journeymen with Scott McKenzie and John Phillips. Later activities include staff and independent record production work, and teaching college classes at the University of Colorado at Denver about the music business, music and politics, and songwriting. He has written or co-authored twenty two books about music and the music business, and numerous instructional folios for banjo and guitar.
His co-authored book The Folk Music Sourcebook won the Deems Taylor ASCAP Music Critics Award, and his book Which Side Are You On? Was a finalist for the Oregon book award. He has recorded more than a half dozen solo cds of his original instrumental music and songs, and continues to perform and record. He has received grants from the University of Colorado at Denver, the Boulder Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Puffin Foundation. In November, 2019 he will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.
There is an interview with Dick Weissman in the Denver weekly paper, Westword. The article is called "I Didn't Choose to Play Music Just to Make Money." It can be accessed at: http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2014/02/interview_dick_weissman.php
Dick has taught or lectured at University of Denver, Clatsop Community College, the Denver Musician's Association, Elmhurst College, the Jamaican Trade Board, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the Salt Lake City Musician's Union, the University of California at Santa Cruz and the University of Colorado.
Dick is available to teach seminars, workshops or short term classes on the music business, songwriting, American music, politics and ethnicity, and master classes on banjo and guitar.
Interview with Dick Weissman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjF47L3AUCQ
© 2020 Dick Weissman – All rights reserved


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The Navigation Inn
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B30 3LS
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3.1 miles The Elizabeth of York,&nbspMoseley >
4.2 miles The Pump House,&nbspSolihull >
4.8 miles The Dragon Inn,&nbspBirmingham >
4.8 miles The Figure of Eight,&nbspBirmingham >
This historic inn is located at the top end of Wharf Road, near the old village green. Before its closure, in 2018, this two-storey detached building survived several planning applications proposing its demolition. Its name indicates its origin in the canal era of the 18th and early 19th century, when numerous inns of this name were built. These were frequented by navigators who worked on the canals, such as the Worcester and Birmingham Canal further along Wharf Road.

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Throughout this pregnancy so far, since we made our announcement on the blog, I have been lucky enough to be sent lots of lovely things to review. I call these my pregnancy pretties because they are things that have made me feel good about myself. Things for me, not for the baby. And while I still need to write up the reviews on many of them, I wanted to share them with you in a bit of a round up, so this is Pregnancy Pretties part one!
I've already written about the wonderful products I was sent from Mustela (we're still using these a lot), and since then I've also been sent some new stretch mark cream to use too. Did you know that Bepanthen now make this glorious stuff?
patches on my knees and tops of my feet too! Lovely. The wonderful people at Bepanthen also sent me a little goody bag filled with treats too- a pregnancy journal which is beautiful, and some other bits and bobs to help me relax during this pregnancy. The cream itself is a wonderful addition to my skincare routine.
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During this pregnancy, we are no longer an adroid only family, and having an iphone has meant a few more apps have become available to us. I was asked to review a wonderful app from Yoga4Pregnancy. Regular readers will know that I have been trying my best to stay fit and active during this pregnancy and have been a fan of yoga and pregnacy for a number of years. What I love about this app is that its suitable for both beginners and experienced yogees (is that a word?) and is aimed directly towards pregnant ladies. The app has been developed by Anna White, qualified British Wheel of yoga teacher, who actually specialises in pregnancy yoga- so you know you're in safe hands. The app can be downloaded here. Incidentally, Anna also does a Preparing for birth app and a Breathing through Contractions app too, both of which I intend to download soon.
Another app that I have been using (free) is the wonderful Baby Buddy. It's still in it's development stage ahead of it's official launch in November but I wanted to tell you about it quickly now. While it's aimed towards young and first time mums to be, there's no reason why older mums of three-soon-to-be-four can't give it a go too. You create a buddy, who takes all of your relevant info regarding your pregnancy, and uses that to send you daily updates about your pregnancy. You can ask questions (I've used this feature a lot, and its wonderful) and save appointments in there too, so that you never forget another antenatal check up again. Not that I have ever done that, of course. I love this app because it's fun- a lot more light hearted than some pregnancy info apps, but still with all the accurate information that you need when you're expecting.
The app has been developed by the charity Best Beginnings and is free of charge. If you'd like to download it before the official launch date, you can do so by clicking here for android and for iphone click here. Best Beginnings also have a Facebook page and they are on Twitter too as @babybuddyapp. Don't forget to leave them feedback as they are continually working towards making this app as wonderful as possible for parents to be!
Part two of Pregnancy Pretties will be a series of reviews on the fabulous maternity clothing I have been reviewing for Isabella Oliver, Babes with Babies, New Look, Pink Blush Maternity, Heavenly Bump and, of course, The Essential One.
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I always wished I'd been able to find a decent bump band!


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2018 Game/Film/Anime/Series/Book/Album/Song of the Year
January 19, 2019 January 19, 2019 Nathanael	Film Meanderings, Game Meanderings, Main Post, Music Meanderings, TV Meanderings	Tags: Art, Books, Entertainment, horror, internet, Movie, Movies, music, netflix, Story, tv, video games, writing	Leave a comment
2018 was an amazing year for the arts and for entertainment in all mediums and genres. It felt like every time I settled on a favorite movie or game, another one would come out and beat it. Even stories in the same medium, exploring familiar tropes (A Quiet Place and Netflix's Bird Box), stood apart and delivered quality experiences. I'm not too picky about genre or subject matter so I'm not sure what the general consensus was, but I thought there was something for everyone. Let's start off with my favorite game of the year.
Game of the Year: GRIS and Marvel's Spider-Man
This is a tough pick and I just can't choose at the moment. I need more time for them to sink in. With that being said, these games are nothing alike. Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 is one of the best action games I've ever held a controller for, while GRIS is one of the most beautiful, emotional experience I've gone through. They both nail what they set out to do and I can't wait to see what both studios will produce in the coming years. 2018 was a nonstop ride for gaming fans and keeps proving that it's the best and most versatile medium for storytelling.
Honorable Mentions: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Film of the Year: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
I don't watch too many movies. It's not really my favorite medium, although I don't deny its effectiveness. I just think the period of time to tell a story is so short that the development of characters is significantly held back.
That being said, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse did something few movies could. It took an established character, with several movies of material to pull from, and did something unique and memorable. Because we know the characters, they were able to put a new spin on them and introduce new characters while also poking fun at the old. The comedy is golden, along with the script, art style, and soundtrack. Everything about this film is nearly perfect.
Spider-Verse is such a labor of love that every second spews evidence of that. The people who made this film absolutely LOVE Spider-Man. You couldn't have hired a better crew of artists for this project. The amount of joy I feel every time I watch Spider-Verse is unparalleled and I quite honestly think it's my favorite film of all time. Time will tell, but I just can't get enough of this film. In my opinion, nothing I saw last year came close.
Honorable Mentions: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Avengers: Infinity War
Anime of the Year: Devilman Crybaby
Devilman Crybaby is shocking; it's brutal and deep; Devilman Crybaby is like nothing I've watched. It isn't really my style of anime, but it still managed to keep my attention the whole way through. The plot takes a backseat to the relationships between the characters and symbolic themes but that doesn't hold this anime back. There's something about the horror of the world that is presented that kept me engaged, despite wanting to look away.
Honorable Mentions: Attack on Titan Season 3
TV Series of the Year: The Haunting of Hill House
2018 told some of my favorite stories, and most of them were TV series. Television has evolved and no longer sticks to that medium. We watch it on our phones, computers, and gaming consoles. I'd say that television series have overtaken films in quality of storytelling. They're approaching films in their production values, which is crazy to me. The Haunting of Hill House is a drama disguised as a horror show. It's a story about family and about how much they can hurt us. But it's also about how important family is, no matter what terrors are thrown at it.
What hit me the hardest was how real and well-developed the characters on this series were. I felt for them, both because I related with some of them and because of how broken they were. The season seems to be self-contained so don't worry having to wait for the story to continue. I heavily recommend a watch-through or two, if you can stomach some of the dark themes.
Honorable Mentions: Barry, and The Handmaid's Tale.
Book of the Year: ???
I have a confession to make and it hurts to admit it, but I didn't finish a single book in 2018. It was one of my few goals for 2018 and I definitely started some books but I just didn't take it seriously. Here's to reading at least one full book in 2019.
Honorable Mentions: None.
Album of the Year: Kids by The Midnight
Alternate album cover by The Midnight
I've only been following The Midnight for a couple years but they've quickly become one of my favorite artists. Their yearning-for-the-past-infused-tracks just don't get old, no matter how many times I listen to them. There's something deeply saddening about almost every one of their tracks and yet, totally comforting. With Kids, The Midnight went for softer instrumentation but heavier tone. Sure, the past is nostalgic, but there's pain there too, pain we didn't even realize.
One of the deciding factors for this category was the unity of the album. Kids tells a complete story, with every track 100% necessary to the plot. Miss one song and it's like you tore out a chapter in a book.
Honorable Mentions: Ultraviolet by 3LAU and Wide-Eyed Said the Sky
Song of the Year: "Don't Think Twice" by Hikaru Utada
This song is important for many reasons. It's the ending song to the soon-to-be-released Kingdom Hearts III but it's more than that. It's Hikaru Utada returning to form. She's back with a piano-led ballad and it's full of heart. "Don't Think Twice" isn't what I expected but I just can't help but get emotional every time I really listen to it.
"How did I live / in a kingdom of thieves." As Utada continue the song, it's clear she's matured these past 10 years or so. "I want you for a lifetime / so if you're gonna think twice, baby / I don't wanna know, baby." This is a romantic song, sure, but it's fed up with wasting time on fleeting relationships. The back-and-forth has gone long enough and there's a resolution that needs to be reached.
It's a perfect song for ending Kingdom Hearts III and stands alone as a phenomenal song. It's not a song that falls into my genre of choice, but that's just another reason it's so special. I'll be playing this one for years.
Honorable Mentions: "Dragon" by Built By Titan and "Take You Down" by Illenium
My Poem "Soulstream" Published
January 19, 2019 Nathanael	Poems	Tags: Art, Creative Writing, Poetry, web, writing	Leave a comment
Last year, I had the privilege of having my poem, "Soulstream," published in From Whispers to Roars literary magazine. You can check out the poem below, along with other writers' fantastic works. Thanks for reading.
Don't Talk
October 7, 2018 Nathanael	Poems	Tags: Creative Writing, Love, Poetry, post, writing	Leave a comment
Let's talk of love,
Of sunsets,
And peace,
Let's talk of roses
And romance,
And full glasses of champagne.
Let's,
Talk of joy
And having a baby,
And windchimes,
And feasts,
But let's not talk of hate,
Or war
Or crimson rivers;
Wounds crackling with pus,
Popping scabs,
The sizzling gashes on my face.
Don't speak of lost soldiers with forgotten limbs.
Don't think,
Of discrimination,
And sorrow,
And divided skin.
Don't waste a single breath
On misfits,
Outcasts,
Or widows.
Ignore conversing about infants
Left in the gutter,
Or orphans without arms,
Or bombings,
Or fire in the streets.
Don't mention parents
Who kill their children.
I don't want to know
About incest,
And rape.
Don't look at the spires
Constructed of bodies,
With insects crawling out holes,
And eating out frowns.
Absolutely never speak,
Of anger and sadness
And anything in between.
Why bother with illness
Of mind,
Spirit.
Forget about the times
When liberty bled.
That's not on my conscience.
Why mention families,
Torn,
Why speak of agony,
And brokenness,
And death?
Don't speak,
Of suffering
But let's talk,
About anything,
And everything,
Anything at all.
As long
As it's not,
I've Tasted Galaxies…
October 5, 2018 October 5, 2018 Nathanael	Poems	Tags: Art, Creative Writing, Love, Poem, writing	Leave a comment
I've tasted galaxies of life
And sorrows past feeling.
Of joy without limit
And the doubting of self.
I've drunk rivers of peace
And oceans of boundless wonder.
I've breathed in clouds of self-pity
And enjoyed the smells of meadows
Filled with unending mystery.
But I'm not you.
I will never be like you.
And even when our souls do
Touch.
I feel more distant when we part
Than before we met.
But you feel fulfilled,
Enlightened even.
Like I'm just another self-help book
On your shelf of past experiences.
Like I'm a pass or fail college course
You can take in eight weeks
And forget about in three.
So I cover my scars with a cloak of shame
As they spread down my twisted back.
And I hide my broken tears
In the lyrics I sing to the world.
You sing along,
Calling my suffering, "art" and saying,
"I wish I could write like that."
"It makes me want to cry."
If you knew what it cost,
To create the art you marvel at,
You'd draw your eyes anywhere else.
The beauty you see
Is the mask worn by the fallen angel of who I am.
If you could write like I write,
You'd cry tears
You could never take back.
I wish you never have to cry the tears
I've cried.
And I'd cry them again
If it meant saving you
From it all.
But even then, inside of me,
I feel the rusted inner-turmoil of a Saint who killed his god.
Who can't get over the death,
Cause it was a senseless pleasure murder
Disguised as a mercy killing.
All else died on that day,
The day his god died.
And I can taste,
The ever-running-tears from the Saint's face,
As I hold it next to mine,
And I wish he could forget
When his god died.
But then,
I wish you suffered
Like I did-
Honestly,
I wish you suffered worse than I did.
Because I'm tired.
I'm so tired.
Cause every bed is a bed of thin needles.
So I stand and bite down on my hand
So the blood distracts me from my failing heart.
But when I grow tired of even that,
And the blood dries,
I'm left with a swollen, teeth-marked palm
And a heart struggling to even gasp.
Then I remember
your worth,
And take back the tar-smeared words I never said to you,
And put out the livid torch with my fingers.
Because I love-
I love you more,
Than I could ever love myself.
An Album Review: Taylor Swift – Reputation
November 9, 2017 Nathanael	Music Meanderings	Tags: music, writing	1 Comment
You know that feeling when you fall in love with an album and can't stop listening to it on repeat for months? That was Taylor Swift's Red for me. I'm not a fan of country, but her foray into pop was gold for me. I enjoyed 1989 when it released, but it didn't live up to Red for me.
Now we have Reputation. I wasn't the biggest fan, or really a fan at all, of either of Taylor's leading singles for this album. They actually made me nervous for what the entire album would sound like.
If I had to summarize Taylor's Reputation in one word, it would be "um-what-did-I-just-listen-to-and-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea-oh-it's-because-she's-dead." I'm all for artists trying to reinvent themselves and experimenting with new sounds and ideas. I think it's bad for an artist to stay in the same place just to please people. But sometimes artists make missteps; sometimes artists fall off a cliff and never hit the bottom.
Reputation is like someone thinking that getting on a train to collide with a jet head-on will cure her cancer. It's just a bad album and I don't think I'm saying that from a subjective perspective. Almost every song is dripping with an abnormal amount of pretentiousness that takes over even the instrumental backing tracks. Some of the melodies are pleasant, but they're never consistently that way. Some songs are trying really hard to be good, but they quickly nosedive into the nothingness of mediocrity.
The lyrics themselves may resonate with with some people, but the level of depth they have is in the negative. I'm not asking for a philosophical manifesto on the meaning of life. Despite being a writer, I don't need lyrics to be incredibly meaningful to enjoy them. The fact is that almost all the lyrics on this album are trying too hard to be edgy and it comes across like a whiny teenager from a rich family who didn't get her yearly $10,000 birthday present.
Turn Your Face From the Music
It's a shame. There are some solid ideas and sounds on this album, but they're drowned out by all the useless white noise. I can't and won't recommend this album to anyone. It borrows too much from what I like to call "trash-pop" and ends up like a rotten animal on the road: putrid and stinking.
P.S. New Year's Day is the exception on this album. It's a beautiful, heartfelt song that doesn't belong on this album.
Reputation Score: 3/10
This Review Will #DEFEND You From Spoilers
August 19, 2017 August 19, 2017 Nathanael	TV Meanderings	Tags: Review, tv, writing	Leave a comment
So I expected at least a couple tons of quality after the excellent Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Didn't-Finish-Because-I-Lost-Interest-Iron Fist seasons. Netflix and Marvel gave these characters and their version of New York City a level of care that is rare for most any TV series out there. Despite the similarities between them, each series has a distinct feel to it. I was honestly skeptical when it was announced that these 4 incredibly diverse characters would somehow be forced into unification for 1 season.
So is The Defenders worth the buildup? It really depends on what you were expecting from the show.
Cheese Pockets
There's no doubt that Iron Fist's storyline adds cheese-encrusted cheese to the The Defenders, but there isn't really any option but to either fully embrace it or laugh at it as if it were some dare[devil]ing pun. The series decides that a mix of both is appropriate and I think the choice pays off explosively.
Jessica's snarky quips about all the mystical elements in the show are hilarious and right in line with what you'd expect from her. The Defenders is able to keep sight of the gravity of the plot while still not taking itself too seriously. That being said, the supernatural influence in The Defenders is pretty heavy handed. As a sucker for all things fantasy, I ate it up like so many unclaimed carbs.
Did it work? Absolutely. I don't eat junk food.
Good Chemistry or a Bad Math Equation?
Our 4 leads play off and against each other like I hoped they would. Teamwork is an unseemly trek through the mud, and these characters prove that. My favorite interactions are the ones that frequently take place between Jessica and Matt. Murdock sets himself up for some great lines from Jessica; they're exactly what you'd expect from her character. It isn't like he doesn't hit back with his own wit either, he definitely does and it's glorious.
The whole "dysfunctional team" trope is handled with oozing style. It makes sense, due to the differing motivations and personalities they each have. Luke isn't going to trust some blind lawyer who decides he needs to cover his face when the other teammates have theirs exposed. Jessica is going to prefer a drink to saving the world. And Iron Fist is the idealist who thinks a team of heroes is something the group can be.
He's gotten a lot of hate from audiences, but I'd say Danny is actually quite likable in The Defenders and earns his spot on the team, even if he's not pragmatic like the rest.
An Issue of Character
All the main characters have their own shortcomings and struggles that they bring along with them. This isn't some idealistic "justice league" of super buddies where everyone loves each other through the power of friendship and pretty sunflowers. The protagonists don't even like each other all that much, if at all.
Most of the supporting cast from each show make an appearance in The Defenders, even if their screen time isn't remotely equal. It's great to see the new dynamics sprout up due to the insane crossover that happens. It's nice to know where characters like Foggy are in their lives and how they contribute to the overarching drama.
The villains are intense, although the show still suffers from the common "this group of expendable enemies gets knocked down like nothing because they're not the boss" concept. There are some truly insane characters in this show and they all fit right into the world.
Should You Defend Against Watching The Defenders?
Watch the series. It may not be your glass of whiskey, but you're sure to find plenty of entertainment from just the characters alone, even if you haven't watched all the other shows. The cinematography is on point, music hits the right chord, and few moments go to waste in this exceptional series.
9.5 fingers out of 10
Days of Summer
April 4, 2017 April 17, 2017 Nathanael	Poems	Tags: Creative Writing, writing	Leave a comment
Enclosed in his,
She mistook the bliss
For days of Summer
When the Sun was higher
And brighter, yet calmer.
Beside the One
Who gave it all up
When no one else would.
She took the pain
But with him remains.
Tell me,
Should Love ever go one way?
Because the current
Never washed my way.
The waves were my own,
And the perils, I braved alone.
She took the risk
Where there was none.
She jumped into
The Future not knowing,
The Past hadn't received its due.
Binge-Watching You
June 29, 2016 July 2, 2016 Nathanael	Poems	Tags: binge, comedy, horror, netflix, Poem, ratings, season, tv, watch, writing	Leave a comment
I've tried binge-watching you,
But the script is inconsistent.
Something about the characters
Is forced.
Each episode is too long,
Overly dramatic.
You think you're a comedy;
You're horror.
The production values are stellar,
But they're wasted on you.
At 155 episodes and 7 seasons,
You should have ended after the first arc.
Your ratings are high.
Enjoy the attention.
I'm not coming back.


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Q: Prepare a shared object in Windows that will be used in Linux I have a C# project that does a Dllimport of a dll file from a c++ code. The solution is made targetting .NET Core and the executable works fine in Windows.
I tried to publish the solution using linux-x64 as target runtime. I compiled the c++ code into an .so file that is included in the project files. However, when I try to execute the program in linux I get an error Unable to load shared library
If I run file onto the shared object I get:
shared_lib.so: PE32+ executable (DLL) (console) x86-64, for MS Windows

So maybe the problem is that the .so file is not correctly compiled for linux? I basically just took the same compilation lines and changed shared_lib.dll to shared_lib.so but I guess that was too naive. In particular I have:
g++ -c -DBUILD_MY_DLL shared_lib.cpp
g++ -shared -o shared_lib.so shared_lib.o -Wl,--out-implib,libshared_lib.a

Is there some flag that one has to set in order to make the shared library available for linux?

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Court Verdict Allows Carmel Partners to Keep SF Apartment Property
California Superior Court Judge Marla J. Miller has ruled in favor of the defendants in a case involving a loan originally taken out before the credit freeze and subsequent economic crisis of 2008 for the acquisition of an apartment property in San Francisco.
D.C. Stribling
San Francisco—California Superior Court Judge Marla J. Miller has ruled in favor of the defendants in a case involving a loan originally taken out before the credit freeze and subsequent economic crisis of 2008 for the acquisition of an apartment property in San Francisco. The decision in the case (CGC-10-496887) leaves the defendants, affiliates of the San Francisco-based real estate investment firm Carmel Partners, in possession of the property.
The case stems from transactions that began in 2007, on the eve of the Great Recession, when entities associated with Richard D. Cohen, founder of the New York-based real estate giant Capital Properties, bought a high-rise apartment community in San Francisco known as Rincon Residential Towers for $143 million. Cohen's entities took out a two-year, $110 million loan from Bear Stearns to fund the purchase.
The property at the heart of the dispute is now known as Carmel Rincon Luxury Apartments, and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units in downtown San Francisco. It is located within the Rincon Center.
"Nine months after entering into the loan, Plaintiffs and Mr. Cohen knew that the Rincon property was worth far less because of the global financial crisis," Judge Miller wrote in her decision, which totals 58 pages. "Mr. Cohen began his efforts to get out from under the $110 million debt in the spring of 2008, when he approached Bear Stearns and offered to purchase the loan at a 25-30 percent discount. Bear Stearns' counteroffer of 10 percent or less wasn't satisfactory for Cohen, in light of the drop in the property's value."
After the demise of Bear Stearns, the loan was held by the Maiden Lane Trust, which was set up to receive the Bear Stearns assets that JP Morgan didn't want. In June 2009, the loan matured, and was afterward in default. Negotiations by Cohen's entities with Maiden Lane to acquire the loan were ultimately fruitless, and a Carmel Partners entity, CP III Rincon Towers Inc. eventually acquired the loan.
"Mr. Cohen could not get the discount he wanted," Judge Miller wrote. "He then tried to disrupt the sale and deter others from closing a purchase of the loan. During the auction, Mr. Cohen directed his lawyers to send threatening letters to the lender, which would be disclosed to potential loan purchases. After Carmel Partners was selected as the high bidder in the auction process, Mr. Cohen instructed his lawyers to file this lawsuit and to record a lis pendens, thus encumbering the collateral for the loan…"
At trial, Cohen contended that loan defaults had been wrongfully declared and the lenders had interfered with his ability to refinance the loan, and asked for the property as well as damages. Judge Miller disagreed, however, finding for the defendants. "Even if Plaintiffs were not in default as of June 2009, Plaintiffs' claims still fail," the judge asserted.
Capital Properties was represented in the case by a multi-firm team that included Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, and Friedman & Atherton LLP. Carmel was represented by the firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
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Q: Will Keras Regularizer l1_l2 work as either L1 or L2 when any of those is set to zero? Just like given in the ElasticNet documentation of Scikit-Learn as:

The ElasticNet mixing parameter, with 0 <= l1_ratio <= 1.

For l1_ratio = 0 the penalty is an L2 penalty.

For l1_ratio = 1 the penalty is an L1 penalty.

For 0 < l1_ratio < 1, the penalty is a combination of L1 and L2.

Similarly there is:
regularizers.l1_l2(l1=1e-5, l2=1e-4)
regularizers.l1(1e-5)
regularizers.l2(1e-4)

I would like to know if used with Dense layer, will below 2 regularizations behave exactly the same?
regularizers.l1_l2(l1=0, l2=1e-4)
regularizers.l2(1e-4)?


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Piotr Lubart zwany Aurifaber (ur. ok. 1470 w Krakowie, zm. 21 grudnia 1530 tamże) – doktor teologii, profesor Akademii Krakowskiej, biskup sufragan płocki, filozof, bibliofil.

Biografia
Pochodził z rodziny złotników krakowskich notowanej w Krakowie już w XIV wieku. Był synem Mikołaja Lubarta Aurifabera, miał młodszego przyrodniego brata Stanisława (zm. 1541), profesora Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego.

W 1488 studiował na wydziale nauk wyzwolonych Akademii Krakowskiej uzyskując w 1491 tytuł bakałarza, a w 1495 magistra. Do 1507 pracował jako wykładowca na Wydziale sztuk wyzwolonych. Był uczniem Jakuba z Gostynina i za nim był zwolennikiem via antiqua w filozofii.

W 1507 roku uzyskał zgodę na wyjazd do Rzymu gdzie kontynuował studia teologiczne zakończone uzyskaniem tytułu doktora teologii. Uzyskał też w Kurii Rzymskiej ekspektatywę uzyskania profesury na najbliższym wolnym stanowisku w Kolegium Większym Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego. Spotkało się to jednak z oporem i oburzeniem kadry profesorskiej Uniwersytetu . W 1512 występuje w dokumentach jako profesor teologii i prowadził wykłady z teologii (zachowały się komentarze do Ewangelii Łukasza i Ewangelii Jana. Brak jednak ścisłych dowodów na to, że został inkorporowany do Wydziału Teologicznego. Został też proboszczem uniwersyteckiego Kościoła św. Anny.

W czasie studiów zawarł znajomość z późniejszym biskupem płockim Erazmem Ciołkiem. Jego przyjaźni i protekcji zawdzięczał w latach 1513-1514 stanowisko opata w klasztorze Benedyktynów w Płocku. W 1514 został wybrany na urząd biskupa sufragana płockiego z tytularna siedzibą biskupia w Lacedemonie. Bardzo aktywnie uczestniczył w życiu kapituły, jak i diecezji płockiej będąc delegatem na synody prowincjonalne, polubownym sędzią i wizytatorem. Z polecenia biskupa Andrzeja Krzyckiego zajmował się zbieraniem specjalnego podatku pro fabrica ecclesiae dla upiększenia katedry płockiej, który bardzo przydał się po pożarze z marca 1530 do odbudowy katedry, we wrześniu 1530 zobowiązał się również do sfinansowania budowy kaplicy św. Anny przy katedrze.

Ostatnia informacja o życiu biskupa Piotra pochodzi z 1 października 1530, kiedy to przyjechał do Krakowa. Zmarł nad ranem 21 grudnia 1530, prawdopodobnie 23 grudnia odbył się pogrzeb w kościele Mariackim. Na jego płytę nagrobną i miejsce pochówku trafili konserwatorzy w trakcie prac remontowo-konserwatorskich w 2009.

Twórczość
Piotr Lubart był autorem prac teologicznych i filozoficznych. Był również bibliofilem, który zgromadził liczny księgozbiór rękopisów i inkunabułów. Duża część tego księgozbioru (40-50 ksiąg) została przekazana po jego śmierci bibliotece katedralnej w Płocku, z zagwarantowanym prawem dożywotniego korzystania przez brat biskupa Piotra, Stanisława, będącego również wykonawcą testamentu. W czasie II wojny światowej księgi te zostały zagrabione przez Niemców i nie udało jej się odzyskać. Pozostała część księgozbioru trafiła do Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej, gdzie znajduje się do dzisiaj.

W pierwszym okresu swoich pracy wykładowczej (1495-1507) Piotr Lubart zajmował się komentowaniem dzieł Arystotelesa: Analityk wtórych (za Idzim Rzymianinem i Pawłem z Wenecji), O duszy (za Tomaszem z Akwinu i Idzim Rzymianinem), O powstawaniu i ginięciu (za Albertem Wielkim, Idzim Rzymianinem, Aleksandrem z Aleksandrii i Marsyliuszem z Inghen), O niebie, O świecie, Ekonomiki, Parva naturalia, Metafizyki, Fizyki i Topik) oraz Tomasza z Akwinu (Byt i istota). Wykładał również dzieła Owidiusza (Metamorfozy i Heroidy), Wergiliusza (Eneida i Bukoliki) oraz komedie Terencjusza. W swoich wykładach i komentarzach podążał śladami swojego nauczyciela, Jakuba z Gostynina. Reprezentował popularny w końcu XV w. w Krakowie nurt arystotelizmu zwanego via antiqua. Cechował się on eklektyzmem, w którym pisma Arystotelesa czytane były przez pryzmat pism Awerroesa, Alberta Wielkiego, Tomasza z Akwinu i Idziego Rzymianina.  W okresie późniejszym, jako profesor teologii, zajmował się komentowaniem ewangelii.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne
 Krzysztof J. Czyżewski, Wojciech Walanus, Marek Walczak "Nagrobek sufragana płockiego Piotra Lubarta w kościele Mariackim w Krakowie" Rocznik Krakowski LXXV 2009

Absolwenci i studenci Akademii Krakowskiej
Biskupi koadiutorzy i pomocniczy I Rzeczypospolitej
Biskupi płoccy
Duchowni diecezji płockiej (I Rzeczpospolita)
Ludzie urodzeni w Krakowie
Ludzie związani z Płockiem (I Rzeczpospolita)
Polscy bibliofile (I Rzeczpospolita)
Polscy opaci benedyktyńscy
Teolodzy katoliccy I Rzeczypospolitej
Wykładowcy Akademii Krakowskiej
Polscy filozofowie XV wieku
Polscy filozofowie XVI wieku
Zmarli w 1530

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Die Liste der Monuments historiques in Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché führt die Monuments historiques in der französischen Gemeinde Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché auf.

Liste der Bauwerke

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Literatur
 Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Band 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5, S. 769.

Weblinks

 Monuments historiques (Bauwerke) in Saint-Gilles-Vieux-Marché in der Base Mérimée des französischen Kultusministeriums

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Mistress of the Mirror 2/Faction Missions
Mistress of the Mirror 2: Terran Empire
Any Press is Good Press
Mirror Hoshi Sato decides that perception is key. Whether anyone in the Empire cares about a missing Betazoid woman, arousing the UFP's suspicions and having them hanging around could be problematic, so she enlists you to spread some good press. Your away team combs through historical data on the Terran Empire. It is a bloody history of conquest, but your crew gives it a positive spin, presenting the Empire as an example of strength and determination–rather than just as ruthless murderers. Though your away team combs through the history of the Terran Empire, it's hard to put a positive spin on their violent history.
Anything for the Latinum
Privateer Benjamin Sisko is boasting about a "Prime Universe" sale–items from the other universe and everything must go! Investigate his merchandise and see if any of it was Lwaxana Troi's. Among the merchandise Sisko has are several of Lwaxana's possessions, as well as some ship parts from a Federation transport. When questioned, he insists he got all of it from a Ferengi who scavenged an abandoned vessel, but he doesn't know where. While Sisko's merchandise includes some of Lwaxana's possessions and some ship parts from a Federation transport, he refuses to reveal his sources.
It Takes a Telepath
Detective Hill brings Counselor Troi along to interrogate several Terran suspects, in the hopes that she might be able to use her abilities to expose their lies. However, several of them react violently, prompting him to request additional security. Your away team provides additional security to prevent the Terrans from harming Counselor Troi. Sadly, the interrogations and probes yield paltry results. Troi is left shaken, astonished at how the Terrans cling to their mental veils of deceit. Your away team is on-site for the interrogations, but things escalate quickly when a few suspects become enraged at having minds probed. While you manage to protect Troi, a member of your crew is injured trying to subdue a suspect.
Living Trade
Smiley O'Brien informs you of a rumor that a group of Terrans are abducting people from the prime universe for various nefarious purposes–from slavery to stealing UFP secrets. A Daughter of the Fifth House might be worth a high price.... The traffickers put up a hell of a fight once you find them, and though your away team is able to free all of the hostages present, Lwaxana Troi is not among them. The Terran traffickers have done a fine job hiding themselves. By the time you find their hideout, they have already fled, the fate and identities of their hostages still unknown.
Prime Specimen
Word reaches you about Mirror Phlox, who has become fascinated with Betazoids and their telepathic abilities. It seems he's trying to get his hands on a research sample–and he may have found one. While at first unwilling to talk, your away team is able to get Phlox to open up. He acknowledges that Lwaxana had been a willing guest of his, happy to answer questions and demonstrate her abilities. But when asked for a sample, she left in a huff. Mirror Phlox sees no reason to give your away team the time of day, much less access to his lab. When your team tries to enter by force, they find the Terrans' brutal fighting style to be more intense then they anticipated.
Stoking the Flames
Mirror Gabriel Lorca is overheard making some rather incendiary remarks about Lwaxana Troi after he says she tried to incite a rebellion–but Lorca himself is nowhere to be found. Find him and see what he knows–or has done! Your away team pursues Lorca to the edge of the Alpha Quadrant. When you catch him, he asserts that he hasn't done anything, but says he should have when he heard the Betazoid asking a group of Andorians why they don't just "stand up" to the Empire. Lorca has fled to the edge of the Alpha Quadrant. Even after you've found him, he doesn't seem particularly interested in talking.
Tracking Through the Looking Glass
In an attempt to find the prime universe Lwaxana, Mirror Kayla Detmer seeks out her mirror counterpart, along with those of her daughters, on the scorched Betazed, but to no avail. Seeing no need to overexert herself, she sends your crew instead. Though the destroyed mirror Betazed proves perilous, your away team manages to locate Mirror Kestra, who says she's been keeping an eye on her mother and sister and that no one has seen this "prime counterpart". Your away team beams down to the wrecked remains of Betazed, where Mirror Lwaxana is said to maintain a brothel, but the planet is too treacherous and your crew must evacuate before finding anyone.
Reports have come in that Lwaxana's ship was found out by Terok Nor–with no signs of life on board! Mirror Kirk dispatches your crew to investigate–on clean up anything on board that could be problematic for the Empire! Your crew investigates the ship, but it is heavily damaged, seemingly by crashing into a large celestial body. There is no sign of foul play and everyone on board appears to have departed–but to where? Your away team boards the ship to investigate, but on trying to force their way into engineering, they discover the warped core is severely damaged and on the brink of exploding. Your team quickly flees the decaying vessel.
Mistress of the Mirror 2: Federation
While searching for Lwaxana Troi, a vessel helmed by Captain Archer is attacked by unknown assailants. When Archer tries to fight back, his ship is hit by an amplified photon beam and badly damaged. The crew is abducted. Find and rescue them. Your crew finds the ship in question–a stolen Federation ship–and confronts what turn out to be Augments within. Though the battle is fierce, you free Archer's crew. When pressed, the Augments swear they know nothing about Lwaxana Troi. Your away team boards the vessel–a stolen Federation ship piloted by a group of Augments–but is overpowered and forced to retreat without freeing Archer and his crew.
Eyes and Ears Open
Quark suggests a trip to his bar might be worth your crew's time, as Lwaxana Troi and her potential whereabouts have been popular topics of discussion. Someone at the bar might know something. Your away team visits the bar and listens in casually. They follow up on the few leads that seem plausible, having to provide some incentives to get some of the patrons to talk more, but in the end, nothing pans out. Your away team visits the bar and listens in casually. However, the few patrons with potentially useful information shut down when approached by your crew. It seems not even a round of drinks or latinum is worth being seen as a UFP informant.
Attempting to locate and extract data from Lwaxana Troi's ship, Commander Riker attempts to access it remotely, but is unsuccessful. Something appears to be blocking the ship's signal and he wants your crew to find out what. Traveling through Terran space, your away team finds several probes floating about, blocking the signals of anyone lacking proper override codes. Your crew destroys the probes, but with Terrans from across history lurking, it's unclear who did it. Your away team searches desperately for Lwaxana Troi's ship, but there's no signal nor sign of it. It's almost like it's completely gone.
Little Black PADD
Detective Hill asserts that any good detective would start close to home and tasks you and your crew with tracking down and interrogating Lwaxana's past lovers and love interests... no matter how long that list might be. While some of Lwaxana's past love interests, such as Odo and Captain Picard, have been accommodating, others took a little more convincing to even broach the subject. In the end, very few clues were gained. Lwaxana's name and your crew's lack of charisma proved troublesome, as none of Lwaxana's former partners and love interests were willing to talk.
Persona non Grata
Sirella contacts your crew, informing you that a woman with several pieces of Betazoid jewelry was caught stealing Klingon artifacts and is now in jail. She says you'd better hurry–the word "execution" has already come up several times. You find Vash coping well with her time in prison. When you confront her about the jewelry, you learn it is Lwaxana's, but Vash didn't get it from the source–she "borrowed" it from a Ferengi merchant. Your crew negotiates a reduced sentence for her. Your away team arrives at the jail and finds the prisoner is Vash. She's less than cooperative and the Klingons are increasingly losing their patience.
Private Thoughts
Combing through her effects, a friend of the Troi family locates what appears to be a PADD Lwaxana used as a diary. However, the diary is encrypted and cannot be read by just anyone. Decrypt it and see if it offers any clues on her whereabouts. One of your engineers manages to crack the diary. While it contains a great deal of personal thoughts and accounts, it offers no clues to Lwaxana's current whereabouts. Your engineers try to crack the PADD's encryption, but after repeated failures, the PADD begins self-deleting data as a security measure.
Proper Upbringing
Deanna Troi contacts your crew in a panic–having heard about Lwaxana's disappearance, Jeyal is on his way to Betazed to take custody of their son, by force if necessary. Head to Betazed to mediate any potential conflict. Your crew meets with Jeyal and convinces him to pull back for now, at least until Lwaxana is found. The boy is comfortable where he is and uprooting him to be raised in an unfamiliar home seems cruel amid the possibility that his mother may be dead. Your away team reaches Betazed, but with the Tavnian government on Jeyal's side, there is little that can be done to prevent him from removing the sobbing child.
Rescuing the Rescue Party
In an attempt to help with the search, Captain Janeway followed a lead in the Terran Empire and ended up in an ion storm, with her ship's navigational system irreparably damaged. Find and rescue Janeway and her crew. Though your ship is damaged, your crew manages to reach and retrieve Janeway and her crew and safely escape the ion storm. Though your crew locates Janeway, the ion storm proves too dangerous and your strip incurs heavy damage--too heavy to risk going any further.
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Serena Williams says women can play best of five sets matches
DECEMBER 7, 2018 11:10
Serena Williams believes that women can play at the best of five sets in Grand Slam matches just like men. The American player said: 'I think one of the things about that argument, the reason I think it's null, is because we have said we're willing and ready.
I think every female athlete is ready to play five sets. Actually, the tournaments have said, No, we like you guys playing three sets. I don't think it's a fair argument at all.' Asked if she thinks the media seriously plays an important role in getting the story out to fans and non‑fan, Serena replied: 'I do.
That's one of the reasons why women's tennis is one of the pioneers for all women's sports is the media giving it great support, great feedback, and great articles. Not only that, you have great tournaments like Wimbledon, people who have never played tennis, they know Wimbledon, they tend to watch these events like Wimbledon, they tend to watch the US Open because they're such huge events.
I think having those big staples in tennis makes it exciting.' Serena didn't deny she may become a tennis coach in the future. It will definitely be difficult for the 23-time Grand Slam winner to consistently travel as she is a mother, but she said: 'I never really thought about it.
I never would say no to anything because I actually never thought I would play this long. So who knows? There's always apparently opportunities. Obviously, it's not something I would want to do, but I don't even know if I would be a good coach.
We'd have to see.' ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title


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Attributional style in relation to self-esteem and depression: Mediational and interactive models
David R. Pillow, Stephen West, John W. Reich
CLAS-NS: Psychology
In their original statement of the reformulated model of learned helplessness, Abramson, Seligman, and Teasdale (1978) argued that internality is related to depression through self-esteem, whereas stability and globality only have direct relationships with depression. A test of this model using path analysis (N = 289) provided support for the predicted indirect relationship between internality and depression. However, contrary to the model, globality was significantly related to self-esteem, and the relation between stability and depression was not significant. Several models proposing interactions between the attributional style dimensions were also tested; none of the interactions tested attained statistical significance. The methodological and conceptual implications of these findings for the reformulated model of learned helplessness are discussed.
Journal of Research in Personality
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In: Journal of Research in Personality, Vol. 25, No. 1, 03.1991, p. 57-69.
Pillow, DR, West, S & Reich, JW 1991, 'Attributional style in relation to self-esteem and depression: Mediational and interactive models', Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(91)90005-B
Pillow DR, West S, Reich JW. Attributional style in relation to self-esteem and depression: Mediational and interactive models. Journal of Research in Personality. 1991 Mar;25(1):57-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(91)90005-B
Pillow, David R. ; West, Stephen ; Reich, John W. / Attributional style in relation to self-esteem and depression : Mediational and interactive models. In: Journal of Research in Personality. 1991 ; Vol. 25, No. 1. pp. 57-69.
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Evaluation of quinoa (chenopodium quinoa willd) genotypes on growth and yield performance in northern Tanzania
Masters Theses and Dissertations [LISBE]
Shonga, Flora Flossy
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A set of five quinoa genotypes were evaluated for growth and yield performance under rainfed conditions at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)-Arusha and Kibosho in Kilimanjaro respectively during 2018/2019 growing season. The genotypes used were Titicaca, Brightest Brilliant Rainbow (BBR), Multihued, Biobio and QQ74 under three different inter-row spacing (20×10 cm (496 plants), 30×10 cm (310 plants) and 50×10 cm (186 plants)). The split-plot design was used and was replicated four times. Parameters evaluated were days to 50% flowering and maturity, branches per plant, panicle length and width (cm), grain yield (kg/ha), plant height (cm), dry biomass (kg/ha), 1000 seed weight (g/1000 grain weight), harvest index (%) and insects pests. The results indicated significant (P <0.001) differences between the yield performances of the different quinoa genotypes. Genotype BBR gave higher, a yield of 3 639 kg/ha compared to other genotypes, and the lowest yield (2 847 kg/ha) was obtained from QQ74. The findings have revealed that the 20×10 cm inter-row spacing exhibited higher growth and yield parameters under clay loam soils conditions. The Bees (Apis mellifera), Blue silphidae beetle (Necrophila renatae), Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) and Leaf miners were identified to associate with quinoa in Arusha agro-ecological zone. The current study strongly indicates that quinoa can grow well in Northern Tanzania and thus it can be introduced in different agro-ecological zones of Tanzania. However, there is need to conduct further research in a wide geographical area to assess its performance and pests infestation levels.
A Dissertation Submitted in the Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master's in Life Sciences of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
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Rep Org: IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Licensee: MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL X-RAY, INC
City: COUNCIL BLUFFS State: IA
License #: IA-0075178IR1
NRC Notified By: RANDAL DAHLIN
HQ OPS Officer: JASON KOZAL Notification Date: 09/13/2007
Event Time: [CDT]
SONIA BURGESS (R3)
MICHELE BURGESS (FSME)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - INABILITY TO RETRACT RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA SOURCE
The State provided the following information via email:
"The licensee reported the inability to retract an Ir-192 radiography source (model G-60, serial #OA2910) that contained an activity of 1.45 TBq (39.12 Ci) into a SPEC exposure device (model 150, serial #456). The radiographers had attached the guide tube to a ladder within a tank at the Absolute Energy Ethanol Plant located on the Iowa/Minnesota border. Halfway through a shot, a gust of wind blew the ladder over, which crimped the guide tube such that the source could not be retracted. The radiographers located the source in the guide tube and covered it with sandbags. The crimped guide tube was then reformed using a hammer and the source was successfully retracted. A new guide tube was shipped to the jobsite and the damaged guide tube was destroyed. The two radiographers received exposures of 1.1 and 1 mSv (110 and 100 mrem) from the incident. The licensee submitted a written report to the Iowa Department of Public Health on 6/13/2007, but failed to provide the required 24-hour notification. The State of Minnesota performed an audit of the licensee on 7/12/2007 and it was determined that the incident occurred in Iowa. The root cause of the incident is the failure to properly secure the ladder per company policy. Corrective actions taken by the licensee included terminating the lead radiographer involved and providing additional instruction to all radiographers on the policy to secure ladders used as guide tube stands."
Iowa report number: IA070002
Rep Org: MA RADIATION CONTROL PROGRAM
Licensee: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
City: CAMBRIDGE State: MA
License #: 44-0002
NRC Notified By: ROBERT GALLAGHER
Event Time: [EDT]
PAUL KROHN (R1)
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This material event contains a "Less than Cat 3" level of radioactive material.
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - 23 MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
Harvard University was replacing and recycling old exit signs. When workers arrived to remove the old exit signs and reprocess them, the signs could not be found. The licensee believes the exit signs may have went along with some old light bulbs that were being recycled. The licensee inspected the recycling chamber and found it free of contamination. Each sign originally contained 7.5 curies of Tritium. Decayed activity as of today is 93 curies. They initiated their investigation on August 30, 2007, and the investigation is on-going.
This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source
Facility: PERRY
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NRC Notified By: TOM STEC
HQ OPS Officer: BILL HUFFMAN Notification Date: 09/20/2007
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"Time of discharge is unknown. Cloudy water was discovered in 'Major Stream' diversion (also referred to as 'Red Mill Run') at approximately 1525 hours on September 19, 2007.
"The amount of discharge is unknown. At the time of discovery, approximately 10 to 15 gallons of water, per minute, were observed discharging from the storm drain. On September 20, 2007, the observed discharge from the storm drain was approximately 1 to 2 gallons of water per minute.
"The pH of the stream was 11.2 standard units (SU) at 1650 hours on September 19, 2007 with white powdery deposition on the stream bed. At 1000 hours on September 20, 2007, a sample taken for pH indicated 8.48 SU.
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"The source of the high pH and white sediment is unknown at this time and an investigation is in progress.
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Home Mailbox Commentary on " Reuters case exposes tensions over the role of journalists"
Commentary on " Reuters case exposes tensions over the role of journalists"
It is heartbreaking to see that a child has been deprived of father's presence and love because of the government's detainment of her father for merely doing his job.
The question raised here is on making public of the State's secret. But what is State's secret, especially in the light of Rakhine crisis?
In a nutshell, the State's secret from the government point of view is anything that would shed bad lights on its human rights records resulting from the area clearance, offensive operations of the government's security forces in Rakhine. Any document, photo or record are all considered State's secret. And thus, anyone owning or distributing them are considered the State's enemy.
But from the media and freedom of speech point of view and more importantly, from the check-and-balance of the the three institutions: legislative, executive and judicial, coupled with the media's freedom of press and expression, adhering to the control of State's secret is somewhat tricky and not within the domain of a free press, in a democratic country.
In short, it is duty-bound for government servants that has to keep the secret and not the journalists. Thus, the journalists can't be blamed for obtaining such confidential documents, as newsmen would normally do everything to reach the depth of the case they are investigating. If we look at the "Watergate Scandal", we would learn a democratically elected government cannot do anything against the journalists according to the given law, except to make use of illegally obstructing them of their reporting to the public. As all know, in the end President Nixon has to resign for his misdeeds of eavesdropping on the Democratic Party in the US.
Finally, the arrested journalists haven't done anything wrong, but the Burma's home ministry and the security apparatus are misusing their powers to label the journalists as traitors to the national cause. Reporting the truth and shedding lights on the blackout situation of the Rakhine crisis are noble undertakings and should be treated as such and release them without string attached. That is, if the country really wants to be democratic.
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After their apparent victory in the Beast Wars, the heroic Maximals have returned to Cybertron to find their home planet overrun by hoards of Vehicons controlled by the tyrannical Megatron. Developed from Vehicon technology and inspired by the ancient repulsor-lift chariots used to quell Transformers dissidents during the earliest freedome wars for Cybertron, the diabolical Megatron engineers the Beast Riders -- sophisticated, individualized pursuit vehicles spawned out of the need for rapid transportation throughout Cybertron. Each craft activates only when its primary pilot uses his spark energy for ignition. Over time, the Beast Riders have adapted to their pilots' control and dveloped specialized powers from their masters!
Mechatron is one of the Beast Riders, vehicles meant for use as accessories with the Beast Machines Transformers figures. Each vehicle is specialized towards one character. Mechatron is specialized for the dragon Megatron. This is specialization is mainly focused on the appearance of the toy.
In vehicle mode, Mechatron is a stand alone vehicle designed after Megatron's dragon mode. The center of the vehicle is translucent red with yellow and black eyes. Along with mechanical details such as tubing, there are dragon "teeth" and scale details on the jaws. Inside the mouth is a red missile launcher which holds two black missiles. On each side are sections which contain the wheels underneath. Each side is black fading into blue with dark silver detailing. The ends of these sections look like the horns on Megatron's Transmetal 2 beast mode head.
Attached to these sections are arms with claws at the ends. The arms are primarily blue, with silver "scales" and black claws. There really are not any points of articulation to speak of. To activate Mechatron's action feature, just press the top of the nose down and let go. The vehicle will then roll forward on its wheels on its own.
The vehicle is a cool representation of Megatron. Small details such as the scales and paint details are very well done.
Swing both "arms" in the back forward. Lift the panel on the top of the head and flip it around so the dual cannons face forward. The claw should face back. Mechatron is now ready for a passenger.
In chariot mode, much of Mechatron's appearance is the same as his vehicle mode. The rolling action works in this mode as well. However, as Mechatron rolls forward his arms will twist around and around in the front. The claw on the back may be used to hold onto a passenger. Most basic and deluxe Beast Machines toys will work with this vehicle. Because of his smaller size, the Beast Machines Transformers Megatron can stand on the back panel and ride his vehicle.
Mechatron's missiles can be fired by pressing the buttons on either side of the missile holder in its mouth. Megatron and Mechatron looks great together, and I think it would have been fantastic if they were sold as a set, a leader and his chariot.
Added 2/14/01: Mechatron was repainted and re-released to help refresh the Beast Machines line for 2001. The new color scheme is odd because it does not match any version of Megatron even going back to the Beast Wars toys. His primary colors are purple and yellow. The arms of the vehicle are yellow and gold. The middle of the vehicle is translucent purple and the cannon in the mouth is yellow. The nice "lightning pattern" that was light grey on the original is now black on this version. Although the colors work together well, they do not match any version of Megatron and thus makes one odd vehicle.


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I wanted to share a quick trick that you can do to add titles to your Power View reports within the Power BI service.
Let's look at the problem. When we create a Power View report within the Power BI Service itself, or within the Power BI Designer, there is no ability to add Text Boxes for labels. So, we get something that ends up looking like this.
This can cause confusion, and doesn't provide context about what you are looking for. For example, if you have different Power View slides that look the same, but one is for a 30 day window, and another is for yesterday. It is hard to tell the difference.
So, how can we fix this? One way is to use the Silverlight Power View designer within Excel to add the Sheet and the Title, before we add any visualizations.
Insert a new Power View Sheet. It may come up with a default visualization. We can delete that. Then add in what your title should be.
You can also add other Text Boxes, if you need, by clicking on Text Box within the Insert section of the Power View Ribbon.
Once that is done. Save the workbook, and we will go back to the Power BI Service. Get the context on the Dashboard you want to build, then click on Get Data. We will pull in our Excel Workbook again.
When you do this, it will also pull in the report. If you have multiple Power View Sheets within the workbook, it will combine them all into one report within Power BI. Each sheet will be a slide within that report.
When we go into the report, we will see the title in place.


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Meanders –
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Game Reviews, Steam Game Reviews
In all my days of playing games, I've never played anything quite like Meanders, and I had to admit I was very pleasantly surprised by it. It hit Steam in early February and I've been having a blast with it on and off since its initial release.
It bears some small resemblance to a number of other games, like Pinball, and Portal 2, but I can't say I've ever seen the various concepts collected together quite like this.
The game is set in a series of 40 gravity-defying levels set in the middle of a shallow ocean, surrounded by tall distant pillars. The aim of the level is to walk through the 'end gate', a task which is hampered by inaccessibility due to the layout of the level, or by a cage which needs to be unlocked.
Seems pretty simple, right?
In each level, there is a pedestal with a ball. Walking up to the pedestal allows you to pick the ball up, and you can then use it to pop balloons and crystals, play Quiddich and various other tasks which the game teaches you as you play.
The ball is a major feature of each level. It lives on a pedestal, and needs to be collected to perform some tasks.
Sometimes getting the ball is half of the problem, and you need to perform some leaping acrobatics to secure it. All of the levels follow the same logic, with various actions unlocking various areas or items. It doesn't take long to work out the 'knack' to solve a level once you know the logic.
The game seems to get its name from the way that the game bifurcates around level 10. You can choose a path filled with cannons into which you can climb, to fire yourself daredevil-style across the level, or a path filled with giant trampoline crystals, which you can use to bounce around.
Figuring how to get up to things above you is challenging and fun. Using the silver cannons to fling yourself about is brilliant fun.
As you play the levels, you can meander back and forth between the two streams, playing them in whatever order you like.
There are 40 levels to play, meandering back and forth between cannony and bouncy types.
Each of the levels can be completed in between a minute to ten minutes, depending on your skill with a mouse and keyboard. It's a first-person platformer, so you need good hand-eye coordination and be used to playing WASD+mouse to move about.
The levels are all very well designed, and offer some fun bouncy/ballistic flying action. They are all varied, so while learning new skills is crucial, most levels require you to use your skills in a different way to solve them, so being adaptable and trying new strategies is the key.
Some of the levels are enigmatically designed, evoking imaginative 70s sci-fi art.
As the levels continue, the design becomes more and more complex, and the last few levels are as complex as they are impressive: they unfold and refold themselves by your actions, allowing you to scale to great heights, and enjoy the dizzying view below.
There are an abundance of interesting things to slide down, leap off, bounce from, shoot yourself out of, and land on… Every level is unique.
Although the game is completely different to anything else I've played, it did remind me of the puzzling aspects of Portal 2. The game even features a little nod to that other game, as well as a nod to No Man's Sky.
For a low-price indie puzzler, there's a huge amount to do in Meanders. The game features some hidden pieces which you can use to pick up a special ending. Finding the piece is pretty easy once you know what to look for, and the ending is fun and enigmatic. The ending even features a special alternate ending if you're creative.
No Meander's Sky mode gives you a gun, and each pedestal in a level grants 6 more bullets for it.
Once unlocked, there are other game modes you can play to make the came more interesting. No Meander's Sky mode, for instance, removes the ball and your ability to jump, instead replacing them with a gun that can be recharged at the pedestal and a backpack.
The game also features badges for completing the levels with certain additional difficulties switched on. At the moment the only one that's enabled is one where you cannot touch the water. Others will be enabled as time goes by, the developer has committed to adding more content along these lines.
As you start playing, the game invites you to tell it how you would like it to interact with you. I chose "take the mickey out of me", which resulted in some funny lines of dialog in a few levels when I took a few too many tries to complete a puzzle.
Although not required to reach the exit, each level features bubbles and balloons to pop in order to 'clear' the level.
Considering that the levels are all quite fun, and very quick to complete once you know how to do them, the unlockable game modes do add a certain amount of replayability, since it can be interesting to see how they change the flavour of the levels.
Each time you complete the game you get to choose one of the new modes to unlock, and you can then play through again using it.
The level graphics are nice and simple: mainly using highly metallic substances, mixed with ceramic-like surfaces and stone. The objects are all polygonal geometric shapes, or cylinders, which gives the game a 'platformy' feel.
Teleport rings scattered about also lend a platformy feel, and each level is scattered with dozens of 'convenience' teleporters so that if you do fall off a ledge, it takes but a few seconds to get back to the start.
Dragons fly past the teleport ring at the end of this section of floating walkway, while lightning flashes in the distance (a bonus graphical toy in the game)
The levels are surrounded by an undulating ocean, in a world that varies by day and night, as the sun and move scoot across the heavens over you.
The game has it's own accelerated day/night cycle, with the sun and moon casting their shadows as they traverse the heavens
The visuals are clean, fun, and retro/futuristic and very reminiscent of a pinball table. In fact, some of the levels even feel like you're a ball being bounced around a giant 3d-pinball table.
To add to the graphics fun, the game features a set of alternate graphical modes which you can experiment with.
Enabling "pixelated" mode gives the game a cool oldschool look, and adding a few flying chinese dragons always helps too 🙂
The game features a really fun sound track that matches the "pinball-like" feel of the levels. With the music turned on, leaping spinning and firing balls while in the air takes on a madcap frenetic pace. Turning the music off changes the feel of the game into something much more casual and sedate.
all the bouncers, cannons, active surfaces and so on have their own unique sounds which make the gameplay all the more exciting as you leap from column to column high above the water, and then throw yourself at a giant conveyor belt which whizzes you high in the air.
Constant Development
The game as released onto Steam is fully completable in its current form, however there are a couple of bugs scattered around. I notified the developer of one, and it was resolved within 24 hours.
The game is under active expansion also, and there are exciting and interesting updates with new content, and new visuals being added all the time, which are invariably generating a few issues here and there, so the developer is actively seeking people to play the game and report any issues they find.
Most recently added are time attack challenges for each level: complete it in the shortest possible time, with different categories for whether you're playing the level "vanilla", or with mods (aka Atomic Stuff). The developer hints that there's more coming soon.
Lots of stuff in the game is marked as "Coming Soon", so there may be even fun things to try out..
One of the bugs I encountered lost all my progress (about 60% of the game). Upon reporting it, the developer offered to send me a replacement save-game at the point where I lost my progress! that's a lot better support than I've come across with some other games where it's a chore just to get the developer to respond. Constant development and constant developer engagement like this is what sets good indie games apart from bad ones, and should serve as a lesson to other aspiring indie devs, support your stuff!
For just £4 ($5), Meanders offers between 3 and 15 hours of gameplay depending on how many times you play through to unlock achievements and try out all the different game modes. That's a pretty good amount of bang for your buck.
The game is bright, bold, vibrant, fun, challenging and exciting. It has a lot of heart, and the developer has put in a tonne of little features and bits and bobs to play with, that makes it more than just a simple puzzler. It's also under active expansion all the time, and new stuff is arriving!
I had an absolute blast playing through it. If you like puzzle platformers, enjoyed Portal and are partial to some loud, bouncy fun, Meanders might be right up your street. This amount of puzzling 3d fast-paced fun, for this price goes beyond being a bargain!
Our overall verdict "Excellent"
A Speccy, Atari & PC gamer since 1981. Enjoy playing pretty much any game, so long as it has a pause button to quaff copious quantities of caffeine. Loving the indie scene, and amazed at the great stuff coming out of the community again, just like the old days! Living the rural life out in the hills of County Durham with my very own man-cave! Twitter - @DarkBlueMonkey
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In queue level i need a proper load balancing of messages across brokers (conduitSubscriptions=false).
In topic level there should not be any duplication of messages(conduitSubscriptions=true).
Should i create two network connectors one for queues and one for topics.
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        uri="masterslave:(tcp://localhost:61616,tcp://localhost:61610)">
            <excludedDestinations>
                <queue physicalName=">"/>
            </excludedDestinations>
        </networkConnector>

Desired result:
Requires queue messages with proper load balancing and topic messages without duplication.

A: Above mentioned configurations works fine.
A network connector for queues with conduitSubscriptions="false" and another network connector for topics with conduitSubscriptions="true" will provide the desired results.