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Q: Как получить значение только из выбора SuggestView без значения после срабатывания события change? Делаю калькулятор доставки с API Yandex.Карт. Есть такой код:
$(document).ready(function() {
    ymaps.ready(init);

    function init() {
        var suggestView = new ymaps.SuggestView('from', { boundedBy: [[45.474531, 33.054360],[68.246032, 179.798108]]}),
            fromInput = $('#from');

        suggestView.events.add('select', function (e) {
            var selectValue = e.get('item').value;
            console.log(selectValue);
            onSearch(selectValue);
        });

        fromInput.on('change', function(){
            var value = $(this).val();
            console.log(value);
            onSearch(value);
        });

        function onSearch (point) {
            // Дальше получение координат и остальной код
        }
    }
});

Сделал автодополнение на input, значение поля выбирается и работает как надо с помощью SuggestView, но при этом нужно получать значение поля при ручном вводе. Повесил еще обработчик change, но теперь, если ввести первую букву адреса и сделать выбор из автодополнения, то в значение поля попадает сначала одна буква, а затем уже весь выбранный адрес.

При этом, в калькуляторе сначала определяются координаты сначала для "М", а потом уже для "Россия, Москва". Подскажите, как можно это поправить?

A: В общем, лучше, чем добавить trigger в событие select и таймер в событие change ничего не придумал.
Забыл еще добавить, что вызов метода stopPropagation в событии select не распространяется на исходные DOM-события.
Код, который получился:
$(document).ready(function() {
    ymaps.ready(init);

    function init() {
        var fromInput = $('#from'),
            suggestView = new ymaps.SuggestView('from', { boundedBy: [[45.474531, 33.054360],[68.246032, 179.798108]]});

        suggestView.events.add('select', function (e) {
            var selectValue = e.get('item').value;
            // console.log(selectValue);
            fromInput.trigger('change'); // Добавил trigger
        });

        fromInput.on('change', function(evt){
            var _this = $(this);

            setTimeout(function(){ // Добавил таймер
                var value = _this.val();

                console.log(value);
                onSearch(value); // И уже из этого события передаю значение в функцию

            }, 1000);

        });

        function onSearch (point) {
            // Дальше получение координат и остальной код
        }
    }
});

Правда не совсем то, что нужно. Т.к. при вводе первой буквы и выборе из select событие все равно срабатывает дважды, но уже с полным значением.

UPD: Написал этот ответ и меня осенило)
Вот код, который работает как надо(Новые комменты *):
$(document).ready(function() {
    ymaps.ready(init);

    function init() {
        var fromInput = $('#from'),
            suggestView = new ymaps.SuggestView('from', { boundedBy: [[45.474531, 33.054360],[68.246032, 179.798108]]}),
            selectValue; //*Объявил переменую в общей обл. видимости для обоих обработчиков

        suggestView.events.add('select', function (e) {
            selectValue = e.get('item').value;
            onSearch(selectValue); //*Тут передаю выбранное значение в функцию, при этом событие change не срабатывает

        });

        fromInput.on('change', function(evt){
            var _this = $(this);

            setTimeout(function(){
                var value = _this.val();

                if (value !== selectValue)
                    onSearch(value); //*Добавил проверку совпадает ли значение intput со значеним выбраного селекта

            }, 1000);

        });

        function onSearch (point) {
            // Дальше получение координат и остальной код
            console.log('point = '  + point);
        }
    }
});

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Nigeria's Obiageli Ezekwesili, who was in 2018 honored as one of Albert Einstein Foundation Genius 100, has joined other global thought leaders in Florida, United States of America, to launch the world's first 3D book, #VisionOfTheFuture, a collection of thoughts from selected visionaries titled, 'Genius: 100 Visions of the Future'.
Ezekwesili, who was selected among "the leading visionaries of our time" by the Foundation, signed the book designed in the likeness of Einstein.
Printed and bound layer-by-layer through a technologically advanced laser-printing process, the initial prototype of the book was printed at the International Space Station in collaboration with NASA, the Japanese Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.
Other notable #Genius100 honorees include Paulo Coelho, author of 'The Alchemist'; Barbara Streisand, award-winning entertainer; Ridley Scott, film director/producer; Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway, and Helen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia.
Also recently, Ezekwesili who is a former vice-president of the World Bank for Africa, was Keynote Speaker and recipient of the Vanguard Woman of the Year Award presented by Howard University, in recognition of "her trail blazing contribution to Africa and global development and for setting a path for younger generations".
Speaking on the worldwide theme #BalanceForBetter at the International Women's Day Celebration held at the University's Interdisciplinary Research Building, Washington D.C, Ezekwesili emphasized that it was important for government and business to collaborate in deliberate policies and actions to increase the number of girls and women in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics.
She stressed that leaders and decision-makers in government and business wield enormous power to champion the cause of girls and women and remove cultural, economic, structural, systemic and institutional barriers that prevent their maximum contribution to development.
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Meet Joseph Strobl, an Expert Soap Taster at the Los Angeles Soap Company, California, 1934
January 29, 2022 1930s, California, Los Angeles, science & technology, WTF
Testing soap by taste was one of the chief duties of Joseph Strobl, chief soap maker for a Los Angeles company, in 1934. He sampled the cooking product much like an expert chef. Chemical tests took too long at critical stages and are said to be less accurate than Strobl's tongue.
By sampling the contents of the huge caldrons in which the product is made, Joseph Strobl can tell whether the mixtures have been sufficiently "cooked" and are done.
Despite its apparent crudity, this test is said to show the amount of free alkalinity in the soap with high precision, revealing in a moment what would otherwise require three to four hours' laboratory work. The value of this time-saving is shown by the fact that Strobl tastes 70 samples every day.

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An international recognition of my art, the secret of Love and Healing symbols and a story of a miracle that will give you goose bumps!!!
About three months ago I received an email from the actor Thom Bierdz.
Many of you know him from from his role as Phillip Chancellor III from the "Young and Restless" and as the author of "Forgiving Troy". Thom is also a renowned painter who has won prestigious awards.
Thom is the co-founder and the host of the American Art Awards - an international competition in different fields of art. The judges panel consists of 25 established art galleries in the US. Thom asked me to participate in the competition free of charge, because he liked my jewelry art. I emailed him 6 images of different pieces though, to be honest, I didn't expect much to come of it. Three weeks later, I was announced as the 2nd and 5th place winner in the jewelry category!
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"The full potential for infinite love, for infinite wisdom, for infinite form, for infinite energy, for infinite power, for the Soul, for eternal time, for infinite velocity, for infinite faith. It has all your goals, your desires, your motivations – even life itself."
This pendant is a unique and rare combination of the Genesa Crystal, the power of love and the wisdom of Mother Earth.
This is one of the best love symbols ever. It was revealed to Dvora Pearlman in 2004.
The symbol of AHAVA (the Hebrew word for love) is a perfectly harmonious symbol that can be reversed and still appear the same. It teaches our consciousness the nature of sanctified love where the creator and the created, the container and the contents together create and balance one another in perfect harmony.
The symbol in this Ring was created from the Hebrew word for love- AHAVA". Hebrew is the holy language of the Old Testament scriptures. The Hebrew language is a language with unique and strong kinetic attributes that influence our consciousness.
More than a week ago I posted a photo of the basic model for the ring on Facebook. One of the comments was from a woman by the name of Judy Robbins.
This is her original comment: "I need this ring. My spectacular son of 26 Justin returned to God on Sept 25th. I went to your web site but I couldn't find it. It is what I want for rememberance".
The post was from October the 8th. Judy's son Justin passed away last month and so I immediately decided that I will send her the first ring that I will make from the original model as a gift. But I didn't tell her anything yet.
I want you to have the first ring that I've made from the original model. I will send it as a gift because that way it will not only remind you of the precious time you've had with Justin but also that you will always find support comfort and love on your journey.
These sort of miraculous events are what really makes me glad - the basic idea that you can help and support someone who is actually thousands of miles away.
This is another great symbol by Dvora Pearlman (in a version of a ring) which was revealed to her in 2002.
This is a great healing symbol that is meant to help the wearer achieve healing and complete recovery. The spiral flows counterclockwise as a symbol for going back in years. The pendant is engraved with a prayer for healing. The healing symbol is based on the language of the Old Testament and its holy scriptures – Hebrew.
The symbol is constructed from three Hebrew letters –"ר" (R), "פ" (P) and "א" (A) and is the root for the Hebrew word for healing (REPHUA), that is also part of the Archangel Raphael's name. The symbol in the pendant flows counterclockwise in a spiral motion. This circular and spiral flow helps us to experience to the fullest, as well as to reconnect to the basic circle of life and creation. When this connection is made, all ailments and unpleasantness begin to open up and heal and we return to our source, to be and to live as we were originally created.
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This month we made a Libra Amulet .it was created on the 12th of October between 11:34 and 12:00 noon time.


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Ottawa pledges $1.16-million for justice programs by Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada
Forest conservation activists return to Lapland logging site
Mayo residents say Yukon gov't efforts to address substance use fall short
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Annual Arctic Report Card details continued warming on land and sea
Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014 at 19:37
Arctic sea ice. (iStock)
While the Arctic in 2014 continued its long-term warming, much of the rest of the world was struck by wacky and extreme weather, and studies are underway to determine whether the trends are related, said scientists who released an annual report on the Arctic on Wednesday.
The Arctic Report Card 2014, compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, described a year of warm weather, open seas, proliferating far-north plankton blooms and steady spread of vegetation northward.
Overall warming continued in the Arctic in 2014 at twice the global rate, but there were areas of noteworthy weather, said the report card. January temperatures in Alaska soared as much as 18 degrees higher than average, for example, and the story was similar in northern Europe, the report said. Sea surface temperatures in the Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait region and the Laptev Sea north of Russia were particularly high, up to 7.2 degrees above the 1982-2010 average, the report said.
Related to — and reinforcing — the warmer Arctic conditions was continued diminishment of sea ice and terrestrial snow cover, said the report, released at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco.
Sea ice retreat
Sea ice retreated this year to the sixth lowest coverage on satellite record. The dearth of snow cover was more dramatic, according to the report. April snow cover in Eurasia was the lowest on record, and June snow cover in North America was the third lowest on record. Snow disappeared three to four weeks earlier than normal across much of the far north, thanks to lower snowpack amounts and high temperatures.
While the Arctic basked in warmth and early thaw, a wavy jet stream pattern pushed bitter cold to the U.S. East Coast and other mid-latitude areas, report authors said.
That lead scientists to ask: Are events in the Arctic and the mid-latitudes related?
There is not yet a consensus about that, said NOAA oceanographer Jim Overland, who cited the short duration of the period in which the phenomenon was documented and the "normal chaos" of weather.
"We know that the Arctic temperatures are greatly increasing, so the forcing is there but the linkage is still circumstantial," Overland said at a news teleconference unveiling the Arctic Report Card. "We've seen a more wavier jet stream in the last five winters compared (to) before that, so the potential is there, but the (scientific) community is still uncertain whether that's primarily random or the sea ice or snow, or other factors, may be persisting."
Role of jet stream
Steve Vavrus, senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Climatic Research, agreed that the "jury is still out" on the relationship between the jet stream meandering and the warming Arctic, but that recent experience is an important lesson.
"These wavy, highly wavy, high persistent weather patterns can have a huge impact, regardless of the cause, and if, in fact, they are going to become more common as a result of Arctic amplification, this is something that we really need to resolve and get beyond whose method is correct and how to assess the data at this point," Vavrus said at the news conference.
Other elements of the Arctic Report Card discussed the status of the world's polar bear subpopulations, some of which are in decline. The Southern Beaufort Sea and Western Hudson Bay populations are among the four populations known to be in decline, while Canada's McClintock Channel population is the only one known to be increasing, according to the report card.
Predictions for an ice-free Arctic
Conditions in Greenland, where reflectivity of the ice sheet in August was the lowest ever measured, were also discussed in the report. Although melting occurred over nearly 40 percent of the ice sheet, and although the rate was above the average measured from 1981 to 2010, the total mass of the ice sheet was unchanged at the end of the melt season, the report said.
Asked about predictions for an ice-free Arctic in summer, the report card's chief editor noted that models vary — with some predicting such an event as soon as five or 10 years and others predicting ice-free conditions at the end of the century.
"The important point about the models is not to dwell on the fact that they differ, but it's to dwell on the similarity, that they all point in the same direction towards, if not a totally ice-free summer/end-of-summer, a greatly, greatly reduced ice cover compared to what it is now," said Martin Jeffries, Arctic science adviser and program officer for Arctic and Global Prediction at the Office of Naval Research.
It is also important to recognize that Arctic sea ice need not completely disappear in summer for the melt to have major impacts on physical and biological systems or human uses, Jeffries said.
"You don't have to go to zero for these to become a big deal," he said.
Canada: How climate is changing the Arctic – The `Big Picture,` Deutsche Welle Iceblogger.
Greenland: Field notes from Greenland – From the glacier to the sea, Blog by Mia Bennett
Russia: Arctic methane: time bomb or "boogeyman"?, Analysis from Deutsche Welle's Iceblogger
Sweden: Sweden's environment minister positive on Lima deal, Eye on the Arctic
United States: NASA findings show no excessive methane emissions from Alaska, Alaska Dispatch
Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, climate, Russia
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March 10, 2010 · 12:42 pm
Planter's punch
New Orleans has an incredible cocktail culture, dating back to the 1800s.
It's home to two booze-themed museums: The Museum of the American Cocktail and The Absinthe Museum of America, it's the birthplace of Peychaud's bitters, it boasts multiple signature cocktails like the Sazerac and the Ramos Gin Fizz and it hosts "the most spirited event of the summer", the annual Tales of the Cocktail.
I was therefore quite surprised by the following.
I couldn't bring myself to sample one.
These "hand grenades" were all over town. The bright green is not from the cup, but rather it's the actual color of the drink. When I inquired about the drink, all the bartender would say was it's "melon-flavored" and the recipe is a secret (then he proceeded to fill the cup from a soda gun). The best part of this drink was the plastic grenade garnish.
Fortunately, the evening was saved when we made our way to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar. Built in the 1720s and named after a hero in The Battle of New Orleans, it boasts the oldest structure used as a bar in the United States. We had Planter's Punch. The first printed reference to this drink was in the New York Times in 1908.
This recipe I give to thee,
Dear brother in the heat.
Take two of sour (lime let it be)
To one and a half of sweet,
Of Old Jamaica pour three strong,
And add four parts of weak.
Then mix and drink. I do no wrong —
I know whereof I speak.
I've seen little agreement across recipes: some suggest Jamaican rum, others list a combination of light and dark rum, some suggest almond syrup, while others use superfine sugar and the citrus ranges from lemon to lime to orange. I think the one I had contained pineapple juice.
Here's Dave Wondrich's recipe that appeared in Esquire.
3 ounces dark rum
1 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce grenadine
1/4 teaspoon superfine sugar
Stir the above over ice and pour into a well-iced collins (highball) glass. Garnish options: citrus of your choice, pineapple, cherry.


HANOI, Vietnam – President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met Wednesday for the second time in eight months, kicking off a two-day summit that could determine whether North Korea is serious about giving up its nuclear weapons despite its failure to move toward denuclearization since the last summit.
Even as the two leaders shared grilled sirloin and chocolate cake at a five-star hotel, the high-wattage summit stagecraft was upstaged by a dramatic congressional hearing in Washington, where Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen denounced the president as "a racist" and a "con man" and said he had skirted or violated banking, tax and campaign finance laws.
The explosive testimony clearly rattled the president in Hanoi. He lashed out at Cohen on Twitter, accusing him of doing "bad things unrelated to Trump" and "lying in order to reduce" a three-year prison sentence for crimes that included arranging payments during the 2016 election to silence women who claimed affairs with Trump.
Aides to the president, already nervous that Trump would offer concessions to Kim, acknowledged that Cohen's harsh testimony and Trump's reaction to it are additional wild cards in the high-stakes summitry.
Although Kim is the authoritarian ruler of one of the most repressive nations, Trump called him a "good friend" in a tweet and praised him when they met Wednesday.
Trump told reporters before the dinner that he was satisfied with the progress since their first summit in Singapore in June.
The two leaders issued a vague statement in Singapore calling for denuclearization. But they did not produce a timetable or require any specific actions, and working-level negotiations have largely stalled since then. U.S. intelligence officials say North Korea has continued to produce fissile fuel for nuclear weapons over the last eight months.
The second summit began shortly after 6 p.m. at the elegant Metropole hotel in central Hanoi. Trump and Kim, who have developed a personal chemistry, greeted each other warmly, shaking hands, smiling and posing for photos in front of a display of U.S. and North Korean flags.
In brief remarks, Kim praised Trump's "courageous decision" to begin a dialogue, and Trump promised to help develop North Korea's economy if he denuclearizes.
In response to a question, Trump signaled that he had not backed away from his demand for full and verifiable denuclearization. He also confirmed reports that a declaration to end the Korean War was under consideration.
When a reporter asked about Cohen's testimony, the president pursed his lips but did not answer.
Afterward, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders informed the small pool of reporters who had been allowed into the room that they would no longer be allowed access to the next event, a "social dinner," because their questions during the photo op had apparently upset the participants. Kim was not asked a question.
Two of the six reporters in the pool were eventually allowed into the dinner but those who asked the questions were barred. In a statement, Sanders cited "the sensitive nature of the event" but media organizations cried foul.
While Trump bristled over reporters' questions, he relished the attention of photographers snapping away before him. He singled out a New York Times photographer, asking him to send his photos to the White House so he could share them with Kim.
The dictator, who does not allow a free press in his country, appeared to laugh.
It was the second time the White House limited access for reporters covering the nuclear summit.
A day earlier, the White House abruptly relocated a media work space it had established in a hotel ballroom to accommodate hundreds of journalists, apparently after the North Korean delegation, which was staying at the same hotel, raised objections.
Trump and Kim were joined at the dinner by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo; Trump's acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney; Kim Yong Chol, a top aide to Kim; North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho; and their interpreters.
Their meetings were due to continue Thursday morning in Hanoi. The White House said that Trump would hold a news conference after his meetings end with Kim, and that he would then leave for Washington.
It's still unclear whether the two leaders will produce a more substantive agreement than the brief joint statement they issued in Singapore.
U.S. negotiators want detailed commitments from Pyongyang to dismantle at least part of its nuclear weapons facilities, while Kim wants relief from punishing economic sanctions and a declaration to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Trump is likely to determine what, if any, moves to make after meeting with Kim on Thursday.
"It's all up to him," the official said, acknowledging that national security adviser John Bolton, a longtime skeptic on North Korea, has in effect been sidelined.
One possible action: The two leaders could announce an agreement to open liaison offices in each other's capitals, a step aimed at normalizing relations and providing a more traditional platform for the nuclear negotiations.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump held multiple meetings with Vietnamese government officials, enjoying a red-carpet welcome at Hanoi's historic presidential palace and office of government.
He also announced Vietnamese investment in U.S. aerospace, pointing to the host country's "thriving" economy as an example of the growth possible for North Korea should it take steps to denuclearize.
In addition to tweeting about Cohen, Trump took a shot at Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who has acknowledged misrepresenting his military service during the Vietnam War. Blumenthal had claimed he fought in Vietnam, when he actually served in the Marine Corps Reserve and was not deployed overseas.
A White House readout of Trump's meetings with the Vietnamese did not mention them discussing Blumenthal.
Trump never served in uniform and avoided Vietnam by receiving five draft deferments, including one for bone spurs in his heels.
When the U.S. hearings began, administration officials were ending the long day in Hanoi in the hotel bar. Cohen's testimony played silently on a screen nearby.


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IN-RED 2017, the 3rd Spanish National Conference on Educational Innovation and Online Teaching, took place on 13–14 July 2017 at the Universitat Politècnica de València. IN-RED is a yearly forum for the exchange of teaching and learning experiences in the areas of educational innovation and online teaching within the framework of higher education.
MLLP member Jorge Civera was there to present the article "Hacia la traducción integral de vídeo charlas educativas" (Towards voice-to-voice translation of video lectures), by Santiago Piqueras, Alejandro Pérez, Jorge Civera et al. The article shows the MLLP's work on the application of state-of-the-art language technologies (automatic speech recognition, machine translation, text-to-speech synthesis) in order to achieve the complete voice-to-voice translation of educational videos.
The article sparked considerable interest among the attendants, including teachers and media services staff from universities all around Spain.
The MLLP was pleased to participate again in IN-RED. We look forward to new editions of the conference.
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Rosalie Tashwick Kanine with horse and three unidentified boys at Pendleton Round-Up?
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Photograph of an unidentified man and horse in the street near a building. The horse is bowing, and the man is standing alongside it, holding the horse's reins.
Photograph of a woman in costume, sitting on a horse. The number 3 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The woman, a performer with the Al G. Barnes Circus, is unidentified.
Photograph of a woman lying upside down on the back of a rearing horse. The woman, possibly a performer with the Al G. Barnes Circus, is unidentified. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Photograph of a costumed woman sitting on a horse. The woman, possibly a performer with the Al G. Barnes Circus, is unidentified. Also see image No. 371N4389.
Photograph of a costumed woman posing with a horse. The woman, possibly a performer with the Al G. Barnes Circus, is unidentified. Also see image No. 371N4388. Image note: Light leak on negative.
Photograph of a costumed woman sitting on a horse. The woman, possibly a performer with the Al G. Barnes Circus, is unidentified. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph of an unidentified circus performer upside down on a horse in a ring. Spectators are watching from stands in the background.
Portrait, taken from the side, of an unidentified woman on horseback. They are facing to the left, and the horse is standing on a path near a building. The text "3 —" is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Portrait of a young girl sitting on a pony and an older girl standing at the pony's head, holding the reins. The girls are unidentified.
Photograph of a large group mounted horseback riders in a row on a field.
Portrait, taken from the side, of a horse facing to the left. The photograph was probably taken at the annual Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Horse and rider at show?
Photograph of an unidentified woman on horseback, possibly at a horse show. A large covered area and more horses and riders are visible in the background. The number 2 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Photograph of six unidentified people mounted on horses standing in a row in a field.
Photograph of nine unidentified people mounted on horses standing in a row in a field.
Photograph of a woman standing next to a saddled horse and holding the horse's reins. The woman is wearing a hat, collared shirt, jacket and tie. The text "Miss Ballou" is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.
Photograph of two unidentified men on horseback in a field.
Portrait of an unidentified woman next to a horse and holding the horse's bridle. A building is partially visible in the background.
Photograph of a picture of an unidentified woman riding a trotting horse. Text that may be a name is written at the bottom of the original picture, but is only partially visible in the image.
Photograph of four unidentified riders on horses jumping over a large pile of grass in a field.


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Q: Minecraft Bedrock HTML5 UI : display inline
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This feature does not exist in the game anymore!

I'm in progress of making an in game overlay (in Minecraft Bedrock Edition) using the HTML5 UI (Build in way of creating UI with html and css deployed via a resource pack).
I want to achieve a HUD screen like look: Blocks of text with a translucent black background that adjusts itself to the size of the text like using display: inline-block;.
Unfortunately the html rendering engine does not support display: inline-block.
I assume they are using the Coherent Gameface lib:
According to their documentation, there is pretty less support for anything!
Does anyone has some experience regarding working with Bedrock HTML5 UI, Coherent Gameface or a good idea in general to solve this with some css workaround?

A: I just came up with a solution!
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It's not too late to help make your senior year great! If you are a senior at Atascadero or Paso Robles High you still have a few weeks left to get an awesome senior photo shoot before your school's yearbook deadline.
Atascadero High School's senior portrait yearbook deadline for the class of 2018 is October 6th. Paso Robles High School's yearbook deadline is October 20th.
At Studio 101 West we shoot both studio and outdoor portraits so you have a choice of cool backgrounds and dramatic lighting, or one of our favorite outdoor locations. And since we are a real studio conveniently located in downtown Atascadero we are easy to find any time.
Studio 101 West can give you the once-in-a-lifetime senior portrait experience that can help make your senior year great. Session times go fast so call now to save a time before it's too late.
Give us a call to check on available times or visit our website for more info.


to meet specific needs, whether for the Powertrain, aircraft or general industry.
(ergonomics for manual working stations, access to nut runners stations, leak test and controls tests station).
The uniqueness of this application is due to the specific nature of the product: up to 9m long and weighing 2.5 tonnes.
together with the sound-proof booth and monitoring cameras.
the stationary window, with grip inspection and adjustment of the window angle.


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Q: Gvim installation on vim-7.4 I want vim-gtk to use vim 7.4 which I installed from source, but gvim is opening with 7.3 itself.
On A fresh linuxmint, after updating system, I removed already existing vim, than installed vim 7.4 from source and it is perfect installation, everything went fine, and than installed ,
sudo apt-get install vim-gtk

than when I enter gvim, gvim is 7.3 not already existing 7.4!!! and if I enter vim from terminal than its vim-7.4.
I will be thankful if anyone helped me to run gvim on vim 7.4

A: Two things…
First, $ sudo apt-get install vim-gtk only uses your repositories (which are certainly frozen at 7.3.something), it doesn't care at all about what you installed manually.
Second, GVim is not a separate frontend that you add to an existing Vim: it is Vim, built with GUI support and either launched as gvim or as vim -g.
You could:

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*uninstall vim-gtk and re-compile Vim manually following these instructions (note the --enable-gui=gtk2)

*or find an up-to-date ppa on LaunchPad.net, add it to your software sources and redo $ sudo apt-get install vim-gtk.

A: just install vim-gnome and vim-gui and reboot.It worked for me.

A: Maybe this post will help you install gvim 7.4. There are few steps:

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*Install the needed dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev build-essential mercurial

*Clone the sources of Vim 7.4:
$ hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim

*Build Vim from sources:
$ cd vim/src
$ make distclean
$ ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-pythoninterp --enable-rubyinterp
$ make
$ sudo make install

*Adjust the PATH:
$ export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

I used this guide and get gvim 7.4.54.


Today I made something I've never made before. I have my 15 year old grandson, Billy, staying with me while he is doing a work experience in our area. In our conversation he said that he had never had duck before so I decided to make him a duck dish. I made Venetian Duck Ragu with Pappardelle and even if I say so myself, it was delicious. Needless to say, Billy ate two helpings and had to retire to the lounge because he was too full. Lol. I love feeding teenage boys, glad I don't have any living with me anymore but I love feeding them.
Here's the recipe. I've made a few adjustments myself from the traditional which has flour added for thickener. I found that mine was thick enough using tinned tomatoes in sauce and I don't like flour in sauces unless absolutely necessary. If you use the tinned whole tomatoes in juice you might need the flour. Pappardelle was my choice of pasta but it is also good with fat tube shapes as you can see in the 3rd picture.
RED WINE x 250 ml.
CHICKEN STOCK x 250 ml.
SCORE the fat on the breasts 4 or 5 times to allow the fat to render out.
PLACE SKIN-SIDE DOWN in a very hot frying pan and leave them for 5 or 6 minutes. Until the fat has rendered but watch they don't burn, you might have to lower the heat just a little if your cooker is very hot.
TURN them to brown the other side for just about another 2 minutes.
TRANSFER the duck breasts to a plate leaving the fat in the pan.
ADD the chopped onions to the frying pan with the garlic, Rosemary, cinnamon and salt.
COOK on medium heat until the onions are translucent and soft possibly even golden but not brown. About 6 minutes. Stir occasionally.
ADD the wine now and boil for 3 minutes.
ADD the stock and tinned tomatoes.
SKIM off fat from the sauce if there is too much, by using a paper kitchen towel to soak it up or spoon it off.
BOIL TO REDUCE for about 8 minutes or until it looks like a sauce thick enough to cling to pasta.
RETURN chopped duck to the pan and taste and season with S & P.
COOK your pasta al dente, drain and toss with the ragu.
PARMESAN can be grated over if you like.
Do try it, if the bank account allows for duck. Duck legs are cheaper than the breasts and possibly tastier.
Note: this ragu can be made a day ahead when it tastes even better, in my opinion.


Sunvai is a technology company working on empowering citizens in the legal domain. They are the first Indian company to work in this domain. The company works toward empowering citizens while working on a process of resolving issues. Since there has been nothing like this done in the past, it seems like the entire Indian subcontinent is a targetable market. Sunvai is currently focusing on metro cities and should have them covered by 2019. By 2025, they are looking at working across the country.
Sunvai is currently being incubated out of IIIT Bangalore. It was started by Anvita Bajpai, Founder. She is an alumna of IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore, having over 13 years of experience with MNCs (Oracle, Satyam, Wipro) and startups (Decidyn, Vimagino). She is also the renowned author of 3 books, 10+ articles, 9 research papers and 10 patents filings.
According to a survey, Indian citizens face around five problems a year and most of them remain unsolved due to the citizens' lack of understanding of legal rights. Sunvai is working on a mechanism to solve these issues. They would tackle these issues through their strong experience of building large products, through AI and machine learning.
Currently, the company is outsourcing a lot of its work. They also have a number of interns working. They are however looking for a person with a technology background. They would need assistance with an individual from the legal background and another with a business background as well.
The founder Anvita, worked with many startups in the past. She learned how they work, what works for startups and what doesn't, she then gathered these inputs and now adds them to Sunvai. She is motivated by the challenges and opportunities that the company brings to the table. They are working on using the smallest possible team to deal with the largest possible audience.
They are soon to be launching the first version of their product. They are then planning on using it to gather customer feedback, through surveys so they will be in a better position to repair and meet their customer needs.
After being better established, they would be looking to partner with Government agencies and legal companies in India. They have already started getting their fair share of press and are working on their brand. They went ahead and got 9 patents filed. They are working on gathering a full time confounding team and might consider applying for funding after that. Currently, however, they have not applied to gather any funds.


New York – October 12, 2010 – Hadoop World – Membase, Inc. (formerly NorthScale) and Cloudera today announced they have executed a partnership agreement and completed an integration of Membase Server with Cloudera's Distribution for Hadoop (CDH). At Hadoop World today, AOL Advertising and ShareThis will deliver a presentation outlining how this integration has accelerated and increased the effectiveness of their ad targeting and serving platforms.
• Membase Server is a simple, fast, elastic, distributed NoSQL database management system, optimized for low-latency, high-volume data access by web applications.
• CDH is the most comprehensive platform available for accelerating the deployment of Apache-Hadoop.
• Ad (and other content) targeting systems must make complex decisions in a very small window of time – typically between 40-100 milliseconds.
• In consumer-facing web systems, many of these decisions are made in parallel.
• Minimizing input data load time leaves more time on the clock to make intelligent targeting decisions; with enough time, even complex real-time customization of ad content is possible.
• User profiles are generated using CDH.
• A stream of events associated with a given cookie or user is fed to CDH from Membase and other sources.
• Scheduled MapReduce jobs are used to process and transform these event streams into user profiles, which are fed in to Membase.
• Membase speeds delivery of the user profile data to the targeting logic, maximizing the amount of time the ad serving platform has for decision making and ad customization.
AOL Chief Architect Pero Subasic and ShareThis Architect Manu Mukerji will join Membase co-founder James Phillips at Hadoop World later today to present "Better ad, offer and content targeting using Membase with Hadoop." The session will be held at 1:45pm in Sutton South at the Hilton New York.


The "No match?" option controls what to do when no rules for an option are matched. You find the setting in the advanced controls of each option panel (shown as 1 in the screenshot above).
Default: choose the option marked with "Use as default option?"
This option is useful if you want to not serve anything if rules are not matched. We use this for things like accurate location targeting where we don't want to serve an ad to any user with inaccurate location information.
Be aware that returning an empty VAST response is an expensive processing task and also relies on the upstream ad servers being able to replace the missed ad with another so that the opportunity to serve an ad is not missed.


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Q: Tables locked in Active Record transaction It seems that I have got my tables locked. I can't really restart the mysql server beacause i dont have the privileged to do that.
So is there a way to unlock my table which got locked during a transaction.
I was using Codeingiter transaction as
            $this->db->trans_start();
            //multiple queries
            $this->db->trans_complete();
            if($this->db->trans_status() === FALSE)
                       //some message

I am really stuck in it, Please help me out here

A: I found out the solution, Luckily PHPMYADMIN came to my rescue. There is a way to kill all the processes mysql is holding. We can simply go to home of phpmyadmin and then select processes. Then we can kill the processes that will unlock tables if they are locked. Worked wonder for me


This might spark much debate, but whether we acknowledge them or not, there are a few unspoken rules to travel. I mean, if you're going to come in contact with hundreds, if not thousands of people throughout your transit, take some time to learn to be a pleasant one.
1. Check your #seatprivilege. Both center armrests are for the middle-seater.
Both. Los dos. It's happened before. Not only are you seated on a plane between two strangers with limited personal space and lacking views, but now you've also got to "enjoy" your flight with your elbows wedged into your sides just to accommodate the people on both sides of you.
To you aisle-seaters who have room to stretch your legs and you window-seaters with the premiere, sky high views, we middle-seaters are reclaiming our [armrests]. And if you're wondering next time why you're having to go one armrest less, consider it a consolation or even a common courtesy for those in the middle being stuck in a less than ideal situation. And the truth is, some of us (like myself) just aren't 'arm assertive.' Meaning we often yeild to the passengers on either side as a signal of humility, but we gotta stop that. Tell your neighbor to check their seat privilege (nicely). They need to learn to give up your extra comfort for someone else's basic one.
2. If you're gonna travel sick, come prepared.
It's inevitable. You book a trip months in advance, then right before your voyage your sinuses stage a coup and you're stuck having to fight congestion in your chest and the airports. I know because I've been there. How-be-ever, if you must travel sick, protect others!
Say it with me: Hand sanitizer. Disinfectant wipes. Vitamin C.
It should be apart of your every day life anyway, but take into account that travel can cause stress, stress can cause perspiration/ sweating and stress sweat can be a bit more "intense" than the normal kinds of sweat. This can cause a bit of frustration to those around you to say the least. I've been there before too (the frustrated passenger that is). There's usually someone on your plane that barely makes the closing gate after jetting across the airport during a tight layover. That's definitely been me and I've been so thankful for that extra swipe (or two) of antiperspirant to keep my fellow flightees happy. If you're going to be in a similar boat of hectic travel, a few extra steps in your daily routine (more about this later) will come in handy specifically with inevitable delays or tight connections and long layovers.
4. …but PLEASE tone down the perfume/cologne.
I get it. I also just said it in #3. Personal hygiene is king (or queen), and we all want you to stay fresh. Once that boarding gate shuts, however, a silent timer begins on how soon the people around you begin to see if other seats are available. Since there is very little in-flight circulation in air crafts, be courteous of the space you're sharing with your fellow cabin mates. Avoid perfumes and/or sprays and instead opt for scented oils (or dry oils if you have oily skin) after you shower. These absorb into the skin and provide freshness (and fight the funk) at the source instead of sitting on top of the skin like lotions or on top of your clothing like colognes and perfumes. It's really simple guys.
Follow the Golden [Travel] Rule: Be the traveler you'd want to travel with.
Written by Coresa Nancy Hogan.
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Microplastics Found in Gut of One of Earth's Most Isolated Animals
Tiny plastic fragments have been documented in virtually every ecosystem on Earth.
By Aristos Georgiou On 6/23/20 at 7:01 PM EDT
'Green Snow' May Blanket Antarctic Coast As Global Temperatures Increase
Scientists have mapped changes to the algae that forms on the surface of snow during the frozen continent's summer months.
By Hannah Osborne On 5/20/20 at 12:13 PM EDT
Penguins Feces Emits so Much N2O Scientists Studying Them Went 'Cuckoo'
Scientists from Denmark were studying a king penguin colony to assess its impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate Change Set to Bring More Extreme Weather
There is some good news, however—sea level rise won't be quite as bad as expected.
By Nick Golledge On 2/7/19 at 5:50 AM EST
Scientists Drill 7,000 Feet Into West Antarctic Ice
The record-breaking hole is the deepest ever drilled using hot water.
By Hannah Osborne On 1/24/19 at 9:27 AM EST
Subglacial Lake 3,500 Feet Under Antarctic Ice Reached
The team drilled for two days to get access to Mercer Subglacial Lake last month.
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Antarctic Winters Trigger Psychological Hibernation
Scientists studied two crews who spent a winter in the most hostile place on Earth.
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Scientists Detect Coldest Ever Surface Temperature
The results could transform scientists' understanding of how low temperatures can go on the Earth's surface.
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Antarctic Fossils Rewrite Origin of Land Animals
The creatures had heads like crocodiles and tails like fish.
By Katherine Hignett On 6/8/18 at 6:42 AM EDT
Massive Antarctica Glacier Might Melt Into Ocean
The glacier is melting so fast that it's currently responsible for 4 percent of all sea level rise.
By Kristin Hugo On 4/30/18 at 12:59 PM EDT
Watch: Emperor Penguins Take Funny Selfie in Antarctica
The first member of the flock to spy the recording object goes in for a close-up, before a friend tries to hijack his spot.
By Damien Sharkov On 3/9/18 at 4:58 AM EST
Microbes That Live on Air Offer a Model of Alien Life
The discovery opens up the tantalizing possibility that on other planets, life forms that need only atmospheric gas to survive exist, too.
By Kastalia Medrano On 12/9/17 at 11:00 AM EST
Antarctic Melting From Phenomenon Unseen in 7,000 Years
Ice shelf thinning has accelerated in recent decades, with ice loss of up to 18 percent in vulnerable areas like the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas.
By Sev Kender On 10/20/17 at 7:22 AM EDT
Methane-eating Bacteria Discovered Under Antarctic Ice
The bacteria, found in a subglacial lake, could be helping to limit the emission of methane into the atmosphere.
By Hannah Osborne On 8/2/17 at 1:15 PM EDT
Huge Antarctic Iceberg Poised to Break Into Sea
When the huge piece of ice shelf Larsen C breaks off scientists fear it could spark a rise in sea levels.
By Lucy Clarke-Billings On 1/6/17 at 8:29 AM EST
Russian Adventurer To Set New World Record
Fyodor Konyuhov could set a new record for flying solo in a balloon around the world.
By Damien Sharkov On 7/22/16 at 4:38 AM EDT
Two Numbers: Antarctic Ice Shelves Could Collapse by 2100, Unless a Lot Changes
We can save the planet if world powers commit to peaking global emissions around mid-century and reducing them steadily thereafter.
By Zoë Schlanger On 10/21/15 at 11:04 AM EDT
Japan to Resume Antarctic Whaling Over Concerns of Conservationists
Japanese whaling boats will return to the Antarctic next year despite international opposition, a government official announced Monday.
By Taylor Wofford On 6/23/15 at 1:06 PM EDT
At Climate Talks, 2-Degree Warming Limit Is Over
Say hello to a world of warming closer to 4 degrees or more
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Brazil '100 per cent confident' without Neymar – Marquinhos
27 November 2022, 7:19 am ·3-min read
Marquinhos believes the strength of Brazil's squad will allow them to stay at "this level" even as Neymar misses Monday's game against Switzerland through injury.
Brazil impressed in beating Serbia 2-0 in their World Cup opener, but they lost Neymar to an ankle injury following a brutal 80 minutes in which he was fouled nine times.
While the Paris Saint-Germain forward has not been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament, he will not feature in the Selecao's next match.
An injury to Neymar in the 2014 World Cup was followed by Brazil losing 7-1 to Germany, but Marquinhos believes this team – the tournament favourites – can cope with his absence.
"[We are] 100 per cent confident," the defender said.
"We wish we could have Neymar playing with us, we would love to have 26 players fully available, but we are ready and confident we will be able to show our group is strong, well trained, and ready for any difficulties we might face.
"Injuries happen, we must all be aware of these possibilities. We must be wise enough to see everybody has an important role to play, the importance of the ones who were not starting and came in.
"Now we have injuries, it's important that the ones who replace them are ready for the moment so we can play our best. I believe taking into account this talent, we'll be able to keep this level."
Asked how Neymar was feeling, Marquinhos added: "We took some time to digest the situation.
"Right after the game, he was sad. I think that's normal, because he dreamt so much about the World Cup and now he's suffered an injury. As a player, we all understand what he's going through.
"Today, after the tests, the training, the treatment, he's going through physio 24 hours a day, working very hard. It shows how much he wants to be fit and ready.
"We don't know how long it will take. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope he will be fit physically and emotionally very soon."
Marquinhos was also asked about Lionel Messi, another Paris Saint-Germain team-mate, who scored a vital goal for Argentina to keep their World Cup dream alive in what appears likely to be his last finals.
The Albiceleste are Brazil's bitter rivals, but Marquinhos said: "These players... Messi is not just an Argentina player, Cristiano [Ronaldo] not only a Portugal player – they are more than that.
"They are a privilege to football, for all football lovers, so everyone who wants football to evolve and loves football knows how precious they are.
"They do not belong only to their countries. All of us, we enjoy their presence and to see them playing.
"I have played with Messi, Neymar, other great players, and I benefit from their presence. We should all enjoy their presence as much as we can.
"But life goes on, and we know that other generations will come, new great players will come. We have to enjoy the great football as much as we can, keep looking for new players – that's what football is about. Other great players had important moments."
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Djokovic wins Australian Open title to reach 22nd career Grand Slam
Serbian superstar defeated Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas for his 10th trophy in Melbourne, equaling Rafael Nadal's 22 Grand Slam titles.
Four videos, 56 minutes, seven Memphis police officers, one deadly arrest: What the Tyre Nichols footage shows
Nearly an hour of footage showing Memphis police officers pepper spray, baton, punch, kick and tase Tyre Nichols helped bring swift murder charges. Bevan Hurley explains the horror captured in four separate videos
Rishi Sunak Gets Snappy With Journalists As He Faces Nadhim Zahawi Questions
He told Sky News' Beth Rigby to "keep them quick" and scolded reporters for asking two questions.
Earwigs are the hero single mothers of the insect world – and good for your garden too
Despite their sharp-looking pincers, earwigs have a reputation for being tender parents.
Misleading TikTok post claims Kenyans no longer need interview to get US visa
A TikTok video viewed hundreds of thousands of times claims that the United States has waived all in-person interviews for Kenyan travellers seeking visas. According to the clip, all travellers must do is deliver the necessary papers and await their visas. However, the claim is misleading: the United States has waived in-person interviews for some travellers seeking to renew certain types of visas, but not all of them."No more visa interviews for 2023… so keep all the documents ready to submit,"
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Puppy Bowl XIX. Source: Discovery
Teachers in England at 'end of their tether', says union chief
NEU general secretary says ahead of Wednesday's strike that teachers are undervalued, underpaid and overworked
New reforms to tackle 'abuse' of modern slavery laws by criminals
Under plans announced by the Home Secretary, migrants convicted of serious offences may no longer be able to claim to be victims of modern slavery.
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Stupendous Surplus Hub - Grace Cater, Beal Sixth Form
Everyone knows about food banks in their local area helping to tackle hunger and help families in need, but have you ever heard of a community surplus hub? The man who runs this amazing scheme is Pesh Kapashiawara, the Chair of Trustees. With regular food banks, you need to get a reference letter from an official organisation such as a school, GP, social worker, etc. You will also be assessed alongside your full financial history/details for them to see if you're in need of assistance.
DP World Tour clarifies rules after Patrick Reed penalty drop controversy
A statement was issued following identification of ball lodged up a tree in the Dubai Desert Classic, where Rory McIlroy leads by three shots
Mo Farah returns to London Marathon field with Eilish McColgan set for debut
Mo Farah will return to the London Marathon this year one final time with Eilish McColgan set to make her debut over the distance. Farah was forced to pull out just days before with injury while McColgan delayed her planned debut in October 2022 after struggling to take on fuel on the transition from track to road running. This year's race has moved back to its traditional spring slot, taking place on April 23 with Farah competing in his home marathon for the first time since 2019.
All birth restrictions lifted in China's Sichuan province
China's Sichuan Province , Lifts All Birth Restrictions.'The Guardian' reports that a province in China with over 80 million people will lift all birth restrictions as part of a national drive to increase the country's birth rate.On January 30, the health commission of Sichuanannounced that it would lift restrictions on unmarried people having children.The commission said it would also lift the cap on the number of births and registrations for any parent.'The Guardian' reports that the new measures will be in place for the next five years.The news comes as China has been introducing a growing list of measures and legislative changesaimed at encouraging people to have children.In 2022, China's population fell for the first time in sixty years. .The shift from China's punitive one-child policy comes as the number of aging people on state welfare grows while the number of work-age people shrinks. .The strict one-child policy included financial penalties and forced abortions until it was brought to an end in 2016.'The Guardian' reports that many young people in China have rejected the idea of marriage and childbirth.Young people often cite the high cost of living, reduced social mobility, career pressures and the expectations placed on women in Chinese society.Young people often cite the high cost of living, reduced social mobility, career pressures and the expectations placed on women in Chinese society
Public Appointments Commissioner recuses himself from probe into Richard Sharp
William Shawcross was due to investigate the BBC chairman's appointment amid reports he helped Boris Johnson secure a loan.
Dancing On Ice fans complain over show twist – but who went home?
A brutal format change sent one couple straight home.
UK Conservative party chairman fired after inquiry into tax affairs
Pressure had been building on Nadhim Zahawi amid allegations he settled a multimillion-euro unpaid tax bill while he was in charge of the UK Treasury.
Shiffrin misses chance to equal all-time record as Duerr wins slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the chance to equal the all-time record for World Cup wins when she finished 0.06 seconds behind Lena Duerr in Sunday's slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn.Shiffrin is also closing in on a fifth overall title but her bid to equal and pass Stenmark's record of 86 wins will have to wait until after the world championships.
Migrants Protest Relocation From Manhattan to Brooklyn
A group of asylum seekers pushed back against being relocated from Manhattan to a Brooklyn shelter in the early hours of January 30, according to local newsAdult male migrants who were housed in the Watson Hotel in Hell's Kitchen resisted their relocation to a shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, local news said.According to local news, police arrived at the scene outside the hotel at approximately 7:30 pm on Sunday evening, where asylum seekers and activists protested the relocation.This footage from @datainput shows tents erected by the asylum seekers outside the Watson Hotel, according to local news, and groups of people gathered outside as police stand by.Earlier this month, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced his plan to move single men from the Watson Hotel to the new shelter, which can house 1,000 people. Credit: @datainput via Storyful
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MP demands assurance over safety of asylum seeking children
A Southampton MP is demanding an assurance that "robust" measures are in place to protect asylum-seeking children staying in hotels in the city.


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How Do You Pick a Title?
Posted on February 9, 2020 by James Scott Bell
It goes without saying that titles are important. So I won't say it. Instead, let's explore how you go about finding the right one for your book.
Sometimes a title will come to you the moment you have a concept. Other times you may start writing without a title in mind and put off the decision until later.
Have you ever had a title come to you, demanding a novel be written to go with it? I have one right now that I love. I just don't know what the book is about yet. But someday I'm going to write that thing.
I don't know of any formula for finding a title, but here are a few suggestions (please share your own in the comments):
First, look over a bunch of titles of books in your genre. Go to Amazon and search the bestsellers in that category. Get a sense of how they sound. If you're writing thrillers, for example, you probably don't want a title like The Policeman and His Lady or A Cold Wind Bloweth the Badge.
Second, make two lists, one of nouns and one of adjectives. For example, when I was under contract for legal thrillers, I wrote down a bunch of legal nouns: trial, guilt, jury, witness, justice, evidence, etc. Then I wrote adjectives with thriller possibilities: night, dark, hidden, and so on.
Put the lists side by side and mix-and-match, e.g., Dark Justice. Hidden Guilt.
Next, play with phrases that have key genre words. I was doing that one day when I thought of the word alive. How could I use that in a phrase for a thriller title? A little more playing around and I wrote Your Son is Alive. That grabbed me and wouldn't let go. I had no idea what the book would be, only that it demanded to be written. So I wrote it and published it.
After you've come up with half a dozen or more titles, do a little testing on people you know:
"Hey Stan, which of these do you like best? Dark Justice, Justice in the Dark, The Darkness of Justice, The Justice of Darkness, or The Girl Who Searched for Justice in the Dark?"
If you're doing a series, a "link" word or phrase is often a help. John Sandford's Prey series, for example. I did a lawyer thriller series with the word Try in each title. Why? Because I had planned the first one to be Die Trying, but some writer named Child had used it. I could have gone ahead anyway (titles cannot be copyrighted, see below) but I decided against it. Then the play on words, Try Dying, came to me and I liked it.
The other titles in the series are: Try Darkness and Try Fear. I actually made a list of more title possibilities, e.g., Try Justice, Try Running. But when I got down to Try the Veal, I determined I had enough. (FYI, the first book in that series, Try Dying, is free today through Wednesday in the Kindle store. Use this link.)
Okay, suppose you come up with a title and then find out another author has already used it. Can you use it, too? Yes. Titles are not copyrightable.
But that's not the end of the matter. How well known is the other author? There's a "rough" copyright protection out there in the form of consumers who are likely to be very upset (and nasty in their reviews) when they learn that your novel bearing the same title as Big-Name Author's book is not actually by Big-Name Author.
If the book was published ten years ago, however, enough time may have elapsed that this won't be a problem. Use common sense. How likely is it that a significant number of readers will be confused? I once had a title ready for a book I was prepping to publish, when I saw that Mr. Harlan Coben had a book with that same title about to come out. Ouch! I could have gone ahead with it, but in addition to the confusion, I knew I'd have reviews that would say something like, "What a ham-fisted way to try to feed off Coben's readership!"
So I changed the title. (For the curious, the book is Don't Leave Me. My original title: Stay Close.)
While titles cannot be copyrighted, in some cases they may be trademarked. You can't, for example, write a novel with Star Trek in the title without getting a letter from a law firm with several names on the letterhead. Actually, you probably won't get that far, because Amazon won't allow you to publish it. So don't get clever and try to write The Space Adventure of Civil War General Harry Potter.
Okay, over to you. How are you at picking titles? Do you have a method?
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48 thoughts on "How Do You Pick a Title?"
Truant Librarian on February 9, 2020 at 4:34 am said:
During the years I wrote flash fiction and prose poems, I learned to create titles that would appeal to journal editors. Because of the short word count of those genres, titles acted as more integral extensions of the pieces. An editor or other readers could keep the title in mind while reading the entire piece, a cheating strategy for extending the word count and adding another element of meaning or intrigue or a twist. That doesn't seem to work as well for me with the longer word count of novels.
So, this is what I do now: I always begin with a working title, a concept or phrase that has inspired me, sometimes a phrase I see on a sign (Evoked Potential; Drive-thru Redemption), before I begin writing the first draft. I have changed those working titles for all three novels as I went along. The second and third novels are murder mysteries. Since I am using a series subtitle that indicates the genre (A New England Murder Mystery), I am free to choose a final title that I find interesting without driving myself mad trying to capture the genre in the title.
I kind of like A Cold Wind Bloweth the Badge: A New England Murder Mystery.
BK Jackson on February 9, 2020 at 6:37 am said:
"Because of the short word count of those genres, titles acted as more integral extensions of the pieces."
Thanks for this. I'm writing a short story that I want to enter into a contest, and these are wise words for me to consider for titling the piece, as the work has to be 2k or less.
James Scott Bell on February 9, 2020 at 6:56 am said:
A Cold Wind Bloweth the Badge: A New England Murder Mystery.
Eric Beversluis on February 9, 2020 at 4:36 am said:
Love Try the Veal. All kinds of possibilities. Who poisoned the veal that the only non-vegetarian in the weekend party ate?
Corollary to your suggestion to check current titles for the kind of thing that's selling:
(I hope I haven't laid this one on KZBers yet.) The Silence of the Cats Whose Girl Found the Bones on the Train.
When the movie version comes out, Eric, they'll need a marquee extender.
Terry Odell on February 9, 2020 at 4:57 am said:
Titles are generally the last thing I come up with. When I started out, people said, "Don't get attached to a title; your publisher will change it." I sure hoped so. But they never did.
The only title I ever came up with before starting to write was after I finished my first manuscript and thought maybe I should try writing another one. I created a folder called "Starting Over" which ended up working for the book. That publisher's defunct now, as is the title. The book lives on, now called "Nowhere to Hide."
The other title that "worked out" was when I was entering a contest for unpublished manuscripts, and there was this stupid line on the form that said, "Title." I wrote "What's in a Name?" and that one worked out, too.
My mystery series all have "Deadly" in the title, and it helps brand them, but it also creates confusion, at least for me, and maybe for readers trying to remember if they've already read it. Barry Eisler said the same thing about his "Rain" books.
That's interesting about the potential to create confusion with recurring words in the title. Hadn't considered that. More often than not, I don't see authors provide book numbers for their series books. I assume there must be a good reason why they don't.
I number my series titles now to avoid confusion and make finding the next book easier. I think back in the day publishers wanted consumers to pick up a new book without thinking they had to read all the previous books, so didn't put a number on them. I don't know that any definitive research has been done on this. But on Amazon you'll see both the Reacher books and Prey books are numbered.
Lisa Bodenheim on February 9, 2020 at 5:48 am said:
For my current novel-length story, I culled a little phrase from a song that fit the theme. For other writing, I've pulled together words that don't seem to belong together. My short story is "The Oak and the Boomerang Daughter" and my non-fic, "Disturbing Complacency."
I have to admit I hadn't thought of that method, Lisa! But it does seem to have some inherent interest. Well done.
I knew that titles were not copyright-able, but within the last week or two I saw an (unnamed) author's ad/announcement of their soon to be released book, which has exactly the same title as a very well known author in the Christian market. And the first question that popped into my head was "Don't they know that [popular Christian author] already has a book by that name?"
But based on this post, I googled it and not only was popular author's book published 12 years ago (didn't seem like it had been that long), to my great surprise I found several books with that one word title. Given the many books out there, I'm sure repeated titles are inevitable, but it still has to be considered carefully.
I LOVE it when a title pops into my head & I have to wait for a story to go with it. I've got several like that. It only gets annoying if too much time passes and title still has not made a connection with a story.
I'm going to try your combined technique of making a list of nouns/adjectives and also using a keyword for a series of books I'm working on that STILL don't have names (either individually or series-wise).
Personally, I'd like to see you write a police procedural/comedy entitled " A Cold Wind Bloweth the Badge".
Finally, for the weird places your brain goes when you read a post, thinking about your Ty Buchanan series, what if he traveled back to the 1970's to investigate some cases and you had: Ty Justice, Ty Running, and the ultimate of 70's titles, Ty Dying? 😎 Okay, I'll stop now.
Listen, BK, I well appreciate a big build up to a groaner, as I've done that all my life, too. So…**GROAN** (with a smile).
Deb Gorman on February 9, 2020 at 6:56 am said:
I'm in the circle with "a title comes to me through the air, in a conversation, by listening to the radio talk show host blather on, or a dialogue in a movie or TV show" writers.
The last one came from my son-in-law. He's a 24 year Navy veteran and he was telling us about being aboard ship (he's been assigned to 6 in his career, ended with the rank of Chief Petty Officer-thank you for your service, Eric); he mentioned the galley guy who stays up all night prepping breakfast for the crew. He's called "the night baker" by the crew.
I completely shut down. I didn't hear another word he said. I was mesmerized. My brain spun like a child's top. My husband, father, and Eric stared at me. I guess they thought I was stroking or something.
The Night Baker. Cool title. Makes me think of Hannibal Lecter in dress whites. 🙂
Ideas are not always so dramatic, though. I was in church, of all places, when "The God Glasses" came to me; also, the title of my current WIP, "The Master's Inn". My husband gave me the title of one of the stories in my published collection, "Who Are These People?". I was trying to come up with a title for the story of Malchus, who got his ear whacked off by Peter. Alan said, "How about 'Lend Me Your Ear"? Done.
The trick is to always listen. Titles will float to me if I'm paying attention. I have a file on my laptop of titles only. If I can just live long enough to put a novel behind all of them, I'll be around 150 by the time they're on the shelves. 🙂
"Lend Me Your Ear" LOL! Also love The Night Baker. Go for it!
I love that faraway look writers get when hit by inspiration. I was once staring out the window at Starbucks as a scene unfolded in my mind and someone asked me if I was okay. "I'm working," I said.
I will, hands down, every day and twice on Sundays, remember "I'm working." Love it.
Tom Combs on February 9, 2020 at 6:56 am said:
Jim –
I'm satisfied with two of my three titles ("Nerve Damage" and "Wrongful Deaths")
I'm still wondering what triggered the funk from which my second novel's title arose ("Hard to Breathe").
I was overly influenced to avoid use of Previously used titles that were a better fit and latched on to HTB as "good enough".
I like your suggested approach and will try it out for my currently nameless WIP
Thanks much – tom
PS – any with thoughts or experience on changing a title? No doubt awkward…
Tom, re: changing a title, I was having this discussion with a writer of note, and he was all for it. If you see the need, change the title and cover and republish. At the bottom of the book description (not the top, he emphasized) put : Previously published as _______. Also put that at the bottom of the back cover and on the copyright page.
Steve Hooley on February 9, 2020 at 6:57 am said:
Thanks for the ideas on choosing a title.
I write my title ideas on the top of each sheet of my brain-storming phase, so I usually have the title picked by the time I start my rough draft.
I write middle-grade fantasy, so I look for unusual and crazy titles, so different that I don't have to worry about whether anyone has ever used it. My second book had the theme of origins and the fantasy world was set on a giant DNA molecule. The title – The Tetra~Chrome Spiral~Skyway. My WIP uses a fourth state of matter (gas, liquid, solid) – "cryptoflux" (a term I invented), and the working title is Cryptoflux Calcium Caper.
Crazy, yes, but I enjoy confirming (for those who already know) that I really am.
I really enjoyed the entire Try Dying series. And I still think the series needs a finale with Try Living. Just saying.
Thanks for the good word, Steve. You know, I've had several requests to do another book in the series. But the last line of the third book is so perfect, I really think I need to live it there. I'll confess something (please don't tell, because I'm this thriller writer, see?) but I burst into tears when I wrote it. Hasn't happened since…
I'll try to actually answer the question this time.
Sometimes something catchy catches me. "The Wetsuit Solution," "What the Bedpost Knew." But other times I go with straightforward. "Semper Fi" (a Marine accused of murder), "Fritz and the Dead Pilot."
I don't know if the title for my novel-in-progress works: For Love of a Father. Will Lisa find a father (identity) or the man who murdered her mother fourteen years earlier? It's neither catchy nor straightforward, and not clearly murder-mystery style.
Sometimes, Eric, you might use a provisional title like the one you have here, to remind you of the feeling you want in the book. It captures that extra element. You'll change it later.
Lance Barron on February 9, 2020 at 7:54 am said:
Thank you for an interesting post. Random titles seem to come to me out of the blue. None of these random titles have had a book attached yet. My self-pubbed book involves time travel in Mammoth Cave. My working title was New Historic Entrance, but my first reader rejected it as too confusing. There is a set of stairs on the Historic tour called the Steps of Time. The guide's joke is that you have to go down the Steps of Time backwards. With time travel in the story, I came up with Dark Are the Steps of Time. The next book, WIP, involves a place called Stage Rock where Edwin Booth performed Hamlet's soliloquy. Therefore, Dark is the Stage. I'm still working on the title for the third in the series, but it will have dark in it. The word Dark can also lead a potential reader into thinking of other genres, but I'm going with it for now.
Makes sense, Lance, and I like the concepts.
Kay DiBianca on February 9, 2020 at 8:23 am said:
When I finished the first draft of my novel, my husband and I went for a walk to discuss possible titles. We went through a bunch, some of them pretty clever, but Frank suggested I just leave it with its working title "The Watch on the Fencepost." Not particularly clever, but maybe a bit provocative. And it has a double meaning in the book, so we went with it. The next book in the series is in progress and titled "Dead Man's Watch."
Although I don't know how many books will be in the series, the titles will all have to do with time. That should give me a lot to choose from!
Watch Out.
Watch It.
What Should We Watch Tonight?
Brainstorming is fun!
Dan Phalen on February 9, 2020 at 8:43 am said:
Years ago I made a two-column table to emulate the Ludlum titles. You start with "The" and add any mix from first column one, then two. Thus: The Bourne Supremacy could morph into "The Diaper Supremacy"–if your mind so wanders.
I checked my files and found 14 documents called "Title Ideas." I'm not about to count the contents but it goes in the hundreds after 20 years of such antics. One of my faves is "Full Corduroy Jacket." Another with deep potential: "Looking For Lint," Then there's "My Left Nostril," but I digress. Never ever hand me the mic, Jim.
Hope you like our sho-o-ow…
Ba-dump-bump. Will you be here all week, Dan?
Jordan Dane on February 9, 2020 at 9:11 am said:
I often like to tie in my title to a key dialogue line in the book. I want readers to have an Aha moment when they get to that key scene. It started with "no one heard her scream" after my stunned woman detective found a body buried in a wall of a burned theatre & thought of her missing sister. So the "No One" series followed with titles NO ONE LEFT TO TELL & NO ONE LIVES FOREVER.
My editor at HarperCollins liked 3-5 word titles, thinking,they would be more memorable than a one word title. That's what influenced my Sweet Justice series titles, my Charlie's Angels on Steroids series.
Evil Without a Face
The Wrong Side of Dead
The Echo of Violence
Reckoning for the Dead
I love the process of discovering the title. Sometimes it takes writing a few chapters to get a feel for a title that sticks. Like you suggest, I brainstorm & jot down potential titles without filtering results,until I'm ready to decide. (I love your suggestions for conjuring a title in this post.)
I also have an odd idiosyncracy that if I don't have a reasonable working "almost" title by mid book, it drives me crazy. Not sure why that is but it's a thing for me. I take time over a day or two to work it out before I go on. Weird, I know.
That's curious, Jordan. It's like your mind is telling you, Hey! We've got a book now. No more lollygagging. Call it something or I'll go on strike!
Marilynn Byerly on February 9, 2020 at 9:34 am said:
I've had titles come to me before I wrote the first word, long after I finished my first draft, and everywhere in between. When I was trying to break into the category romance market, I decided to use pop standard titles. So, A GHOST OF A CHANCE, and JUST IN TIME which became TIME AFTER TIME because the title was taken in my publisher's front list. Another editor decided that PASSION FLOWER for a romantic adventure sounded like a romance about China because it reminded her of FLOWER DRUM SONG. No, I don't see that either. That one became THE LAUGHING GOD'S KISS. Weird, but it fit the book. STAR-CROSSED was obvious since it was "Romeo and Juliet" in spaaaace. The books that were harder to title always had the title within the text waiting for me to find it. It would jump up and bite my oblivous nose when I was doing a reread, I'd smack my head and say "like duh," and title the book.
I don't think I've ever had a title jump up and bite me like that. I'd love for it to happen sometime.
Dale Ivan Smith on February 9, 2020 at 9:45 am said:
Hi, Jim
Titles–so fun to create, such an interesting, important challenge to get right 🙂
I do have a system. These days, I'm usually coming up with titles before finishing the book, often after outlining, because I've scheduled a cover with my designer, and find having the cover in hand when I draft inspires the heck out of me.
I try and capture the essence of the novel. I brainstorm some titles, get feedback from my writers group and a few other author friends, try again, until I've hit it. Usually it's around the fourth or fifth idea I hit it.
For instance, the first book in my second urban fantasy series was originally called "Nympholepsy," an actual word which refers to a kind of divine madness the ancient Greeks believed nymphs could create in humans. However, the title might give modern readers the wrong idea. Then, as I worked on the book, it became obvious the book was going to be actually about solving a mystery involving an outbreak of gremlins over the course of the longest night of the year. The title that came to me was "A Gremlin Kind of Night." My writers group liked it, but another author friend wisely suggested
shorting it to Gremlin Night. That clicked. Voila, I had a title. The same with the sequel, which originally was called "A Goblin Sort of Day," and became, simply, "Goblin Day."
(Hit return once too many times, hence the weird break in my comment 😛
I like your methodical approach, Dale. You got good feedback on those titles.
Cynthia McClendon on February 9, 2020 at 9:54 am said:
Years ago I wrote a Civil War book, A Time for War. I had so much fun with the characters I wanted to see what happened to them so I sketched out A Time for Peace and a Time for Love.
That does sound like a natural trilogy, Cynthia. The history is still there, ya know…
Robert Plamondon on February 9, 2020 at 10:35 am said:
I need a working title really early or I'm uneasy. I'm beginning to think of a title as a promise to the reader more than as a description. What the difference is, I'm not quite sure, though. If possible, it should say something about genre, content, plot, and maybe voice. Which is really hard! For my own work, my favorite (unpublished) title so far is "My Brief Life and Tragic Death." I probably don't have to tell you the gender and approximate age of the viewpoint character or what kind of McGuffins will make an appearance.
I'll have to try the list-of-words approach. Sounds less painful than banging my head against a wall.
Oh, by the way, I read something interesting from Nicholas Naseem Taleb, who rants about (nonfiction) books where, once you read the table of contents, you no longer need to (or want) read the book. His books basically I think this applies to fiction, too. Every chapter title gives the author another chance to tease the reader with something more evocative than descriptive. So I'm playing around with chapter titles like that. "Try Dying" is a great example of that kind of thing: it teases me with alternate interpretations, both of which make me want to know more.
James Scott Bell on February 9, 2020 at 11:15 am said:
I like the idea of the title being part of a promise to the reader. Good point. Everything from the cover to the description and all the way through should do that. Then deliver on the promise with a book they can't put down!
Easy, right?
Joan Hall on February 9, 2020 at 2:00 pm said:
I wrote my first novel with a working title. When I began edits, I considered what the book was about and came up with Hidden Intentions. Found at least two books titled that, so I used a thesaurus. Published title was Unseen Motives. Because I was writing a series, I found names for the next two books, Unknown Reasons and Unclear Purposes. I liked the cadence of the "un" words.
I like your idea. I also have a title that I came up with years ago but have yet to write a book to match it.
James Scott Bell on February 9, 2020 at 4:03 pm said:
You know, there are those who counsel against a writer using a thesaurus, but I love 'em.
BTW, what's another word for "thesaurus"?
Deb Gorman on February 9, 2020 at 4:32 pm said:
I rose to the challenge. You can call me a smart aleck if you want. 🙂
Onomasticon
Storehouse of words
Treasury of words
Three choices of synonyms for thesaurus…straight out of the thesaurus. (I like the first one-sounds like a dinosaur & so does thesaurus.)
Ha! Well, the judges inform me they will accept your answer…but barely!
Rebecca Vance on February 9, 2020 at 4:22 pm said:
I'm writing my first novel and before I changed course and started completely over I had a different title. An editor friend told me it was a weak title because no one would relate to the small town it referred to and I had to agree. When I changed the plot the title came to me before I wrote a word. I am still going with it because it is what the story is all about.
Nice when it works out that way, Rebecca. Sometimes we just have to listen to what the story is telling us.
Cecilia Marie Pulliam on February 10, 2020 at 10:28 am said:
Titles come quickly for me, usually during the initial what-if stage. For my series, I hashed out the titles and premises for the entire set of seven books, then ended up not writing the last two stories. Like you mentioned with your series, the ending of book five was the end for the series too. There was no where to go from that last scene, last paragraph, last sentence.
I should have added, I also do a search on Amazon to be sure my title is unique and keep tweaking it until there are no other books with the same title.
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Drone dreams in Africa
May 18, 2016 Wacky Wild WebDrones, Red Line, Transport
Our robot sky: Redline droneport concept from Eternaut on Vimeo.
There has never been a greater catalyst to innovation and change than necessity. No matter what the naysayers said, today there is no denying the fact that E-commerce has changed the face of rural India. One look at my Amazon delivery boy here in Madurai is a testament to the fact that he carries as heavy a load as his counterpart in Mumbai. With accessibility to a myriad of products comes opportunity grown on the bedrock that is the delivery network. Yet across the world there are still so many remote places that are not easily accessible to date. And we aren't talking about stuff you order from Amazon. These places do not even have access to critical medical supplies. A solution to this could be winging its way to us from Africa. Pioneered by Redline, a company in Africa who has ambitious plans to establish a drone network that will rival anything Amazon can dream of in the highly regulated Americas.
What makes this so different from Amazon's plans for 30 minute doorstep delivery with drones you wonder? Quad copters are not the most robust of drones and one can guess that the African continent demands a tougher type of drone that can weather the storm and have low maintenance and operation costs. These drones will operate in conditions and terrain that your typical Amazon drone would find it very hard to stay aloft in.
The idea of Red Line has been dreamt up Swiss based Jonathan Ledgard (novelist and ex African correspondent for the Economist) and Lord Norman Foster (architect) and funded by various Swiss universities and businesses. The idea is to create drone ports similar to petrol stations where conventional aircrafts can't reach to act as hubs for these drones. These ports are to be built in areas which may not even be connected by roads. It seems we have come full circle from having aviaries for carrier pigeons. The project is set to kick off in Rwanda with plans for the first drone port to be built.
The idea is to operate two different types of drone networks. The Red Line drone network comprises of smaller drones with a range of 50Km and a 10Kg payload that will primarily be tasked with carrying lifesaving supplies such as blood and medicines. The Blue Line network has twice the range and can carry a payload ten times more than the Red Line and will be tasked for cargo, e-commerce and other essentials. This is a project that will require the development of not only the drones themselves but the entire infrastructure from scratch. It will require a wide range of expertise including robotics research, precision based navigation, safety systems and landing systems to name just a few.
Apart from the physical infrastructure the team behind Redline will have to help local governments plan and build the necessary legislation that can safeguard such a venture from misuse. Care will need to be taken to ensure that this new flight of drones don't mess around with the ecology. We've seen in Canada how favourable legislation and processes can make all the difference. The country is edging forward in the drone adoption race being faster in granting drone licenses than the American based FAA that only recently mandated that having a civil pilot's license for operating unmanned drones for commercial purposes was no longer a necessity.
If one were to look for a working model or benchmark for Redline, perhaps one should look at Mmist Mobility. This Canadian drone operator uses the Snow Goose Cargo UAV originally developed by the military to carry goods to artic regions which are hard to reach by conventional means. What makes Mmist drones different is their need for a decent road to be able to launch. These drones are also neither all wing designs like the Redline or a quadcopter. They are either dropped aerially or launched from the back of a flatbed truck and have paragliding wind sails and a motor to carry their payloads.
Perhaps the greatest hurdle before we see such networks sprouting up in India and across the developing world will be fighting the fear that is associated with unarmed drones flying overhead. Pick a layman off the street and ask him to paint a visual of a drone, more often than not he would think of the silhouette of the American Predator drone made infamous by Hollywood and the news. It is therefore critical to ensure payloads are screened and drones are tamper proof and hijack proof. Drone accidents are inevitable and will need to be addressed.
Nevertheless what Red Line is attempting to do is both exciting and hopefully a step to the better. Being able to reach remote areas may also enable populations to move to these remoter areas and ease the burden on cities in the decades to come. Till then our eyes are on the skies.
Bonding with the force
The Hover Camera
Much ado about drones


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