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Vicious Female Married Me With A Smile
Chapter 6: The Domineering Female President [6]
Before this, Tao Ran had only met Cui Xiao once. He had seen her from a distance at that time. Now that they would be filming together in this production she could be regarded as an official acquaintance.
Tony drove Tao Ran to the location, and said in the car: "This time the heroine Cui Xiao is also our newcomer to Starlight. She only shot an idol drama before. After that, she was lucky enough to meet the gold master Bai Shaohui, so she was able to win over the female lead role easily."
Tao Ran looked through the script and said, "Is the 'Lady Dragon' back?"
Tony smiled ambiguously and said, "What's the matter? Do you miss her? Listen to my advice. You can't handle a woman like Miss Long. She's rarely nice to anyone, so you should quickly grab this opportunity and get more benefits for yourself while she is still nice to you. Don't be too swayed by your feelings."
"I don't have any such feelings." Tao Ran helplessly said, "I already told you. I'm not interested in women."
"Cut!!" Tony obviously didn't believe it. "I haven't known anyone else as inseparable from President Long. It's obvious that you can't do without her."
I just want to complete the task, okay?
Tao Ran couldn't explain, so he lowered his head and continued to read the script.
The background of this play was in China and there were no big scenes of warlords fighting. It told the story of a young lady official and an actor. Tao Ran was playing the role of Hua Ziyan, a famous actor in Nanjing. Miss Du Jiao, the lady official played by Cui Xiao, fell in love with him at first sight when she saw him performing in a play. From then on, she would watch every play that Hua Ziyan starred in and then reward him richly.
Hua Ziyan felt inferior towards the lady official, so he kept avoiding her. He thought that their difference in status would make it impossible for them to be together in this life. However he also couldn't stop thinking about her. Finally, to prove to Hua Ziyan that her love for him was real, Du Jiao turned her back on her family. That night, she stood alone outside his house, under the pouring rain, until Hua Ziyan could not restrain his feelings anymore. They then moved in together.
However, the good times didn't last long. Du Jiao's father secretly came to Hua Ziyan. He did not beat around the bush and told him directly to leave his daughter because he could not give his daughter the happiness and comfortable life that she had grown up with. Hua Ziyan knew that when he grew too old to sing, he would lose his only source of income and Du Jiao would also suffer with him. So he took the money that her father offered and left. Du Jiao was heart broken, crying day and night. In the end, she became penniless, and finally returned home to accept the marriage arranged for her by her parents.
After many years passed, Du Jiao took her children back to Nanjing to celebrate her father's birthday. There, she met Hua Ziyan, who had become poor and lame, living on the streets. She chased him back to his shabby home, gave him some money, and then left. She didn't know that ever since he left her, Han Ziyan was also devastated. He felt so much regret that he began drinking his sorrows away all day long. As the years passed, he ruined his voice from the drinking habit and broke his leg in a street fight.
Hua Ziyan finally saw her again, just as beautiful and pure as he remembered, right before he committed suicide. At the moment that he was dying, Du Jiao was asleep in her husband's arms. It was unknown what she was dreaming of as tears streamed out of the corners of her eyes.
Tao Ran especially liked this story. Although the story was bloody, it wasn't stupid. He took the script and called the system, "Xiaomei, Xiaomei, is it possible for me to go to this world to do a task?"
Xiaomei shook her butt and said, "Impossible, host, there is no vicious female villain in that world for you to reform and guide."
Tao Ran suddenly realized the reason why he liked this story. There was no female villain in this world. The car drove up to the crew location. Tao Ran saw Cui Xiao as he was getting out of the car. Cui Xiao was talking to a person, and that person was Bai Shaohui. Tony said with an obvious sense of envy in his voice, "Where can I find such a young and handsome gold master?"
He escorted Tao Ran over and joined the two of them. Then, he said with a smile, "Mr. Bai, allow me to introduce you both. This is Tao Ran. He and Miss Cui will be a couple in the film."
Do you want Bai Shaohui to kill me by introducing me like this? Tao Ran scolded Tony in his mind as he stretched out his hand with a dry smile and said, "Hello."
Bai Shaohui looked at Tao Ran with disdain. Of course, people of his identity and status didn't need to think very highly of a little star. He just gave him a gentle, polite hand grip, and then immediately withdrew his hand.
Cui Xiao looked at Tao Ran and said in surprise, "Tao Ran? Is it you? "
"It's me." Tao Ran smiled and said, "I didn't expect to see you again."
"Ah, it's really you?" Cui Xiao looked pleasantly surprised and said, "We haven't seen each other for several years, have we?"
Tao Ran said, "Four years. We haven't seen each other since we graduated from high school."
Seeing the two recognizing each other and exchanging pleasantries, Bai Shaohui could barely maintain his smiling expression. He said, "Xiaoxiao, do you know each other?"
"Don't call me Xiaoxiao." Cui Xiao said, looking annoyed. "We were high school classmates."
There was no mistaking it. At this time, Cui Xiao hadn't liked, or perhaps she hadn't realized her feelings for Bai Shaohui. She always felt that Bai Shaohui was a playboy, and a pure and hard-working girl like herself shouldn't get involved with this kind of person. It was worth mentioning that Cui Xiao was not aware that Bai Shaohui had invested money in the cast. He really was a foolish infatuated man.
Cui Xiao didn't want to talk to Bai Shaohui, so she took Tao Ran to the side to catch up.
Long Qiu, who was observing from a distance, was very satisfied. This 'Little Apple' was quite impressive. His effectiveness just after meeting Cui Xiao, was worthy of her painstaking planning and cultivation. She took out a small notebook from her bag, which read: When he is sad and frustrated, approach him to comfort him. You are his angel.
Long Qiu stuffed the little book into her bag and walked towards Bai Shaohui. "Hi."
Bai Shaohui nodded upon seeing that the person was Long Qiu, "Hi, why are you here?"
"I am the producer of this film so I came to take a look." Long Qiu wore a black dress that exposed her collarbones and shoulders. It was sexy but not too revealing. She tried her best to smile and said sweetly, "Did you also come here to take a look?"
"Ah, yes." In Bai Shaohui's eyes, Long Qiu was a beautiful but boring woman. Her replies were very mechanical, and even her smile seemed so fake. Talking to her was like reading a contract, no emotions at all.
Long Qiu, who thought she was smiling sweetly and naturally, said, "We are partners now, so why don't we go have lunch together?" God only knows how nervous she was. Would he think she was very frivolous if she invited him to dinner so soon?
On the other side, Tao Ran and Cui Xiao were talking happily. Cui Xiao said, "I think you are different from when you were in high school. You were not so talkative at that time."
"You think I talk too much?" Tao Ran asked back.
"No, you're good like this." Cui Xiao smiled. "It's better to have a cheerful personality."
Tao Ran smiled and said, "Is that your boyfriend?"
"Who? You mean Bai Shaohui?" Cui Xiao immediately denied it. "No, no, he's a playboy. I have nothing to do with him."
Tao Ran said meaningfully, "He isn't? But he looks at you really intently. As if he doesn't care about others as long as you are there."
"... How could that be?" Cui Xiao felt a bit uncomfortable as she said, "He is a playboy."
Tao Ran had already accepted Long Qiu's bribe. Since he had planned not to break these two off, he tried his best to match up Cui Xiao and Bai Shaohui. He said, "Is that right? As far as I know, Bai Shaohui, the son of Bai's group, is a very decent man. Everyone thinks highly of him, saying that he is a man who is well disciplined."
Cui Xiao didn't understand Bai Shaohui at all. After hearing Tao Ran's words, she felt very flustered. If Bai Shaohui was really not a playboy as Tao Ran said, then why would he be so attentive to her? She was just a little actress who had no power or influence. Was she worthy of his attention?
"He is looking at you." Tao Ran whispered. "A beauty like our President Long can't attract his attention when you are around. He really fell in love with you, right?"
Cui Xiao looked at Bai Shaohui, and sure enough, Bai Shaohui was looking at her. Meeting his gaze, she was a little surprised and felt a bit shy, so she immediately lowered her head to avoid him.
This situation was interpreted very differently in Bai Shaohui's eyes. Cui Xiao had always ignored him and sometimes he could see disgust on her face when she was with him. But now she was talking and laughing with her old classmate and revealing such a shy expression. He felt really hateful and unbearable seeing this.
Feeling uncomfortable, he said to Long Qiu, "No, I have something else to do. Let's have dinner together again when I have time."
Long Qiu's upbringing and habits made her unable to say anything to make him stay, Even though she was dying in her heart, she still said 'Yes, okay.' with a smile on the surface.
"Hello, Miss Long!"
Long Qiu turned around and saw Tao Ran standing beside her with a bright smile. She didn't understand what was so funny. He was chuckling while standing there. This was a prelude to dementia, right?
Tao Ran didn't know that she was dismissed by Bai Shaohui. He asked, "Why are you standing in a daze here?"
Long Qiu said coldly, "It's none of your business."
"All right." Tao Ran shrugged dismissively and took out his cell phone, "Miss Long, what's your number?"
Long Qiu was puzzled, "Why should I give you my phone number?"
Tao Ran took it for granted, "If you don't give it to me, how can I notify you if something happens?"
That being said, Long Qiu gave him her number, and then she praised him. "You did a good job just now. Keep it up."
Tao Ran saved the number and said, "Miss Long, did you especially come to see me today?"
Long Qiu looked at him. Who gave him the idea that she, the CEO, would come to see him specifically? Tao Ran looked moved. "I'm so touched. Miss Long, you are so kind. You are the most beautiful and kind-hearted woman I have ever seen."
Long Qiu: "..." What the hell?
Tao Ran's plan was to match Cui Xiao and Bai Shaohui, while on the other hand, enhancing Long Qiu's emotional self-confidence, letting her know that she could have a better choice even without Bai Shaohui.
"... Don't flatter me." Long Qiu would never admit that she was a little bit happy to hear such words. "It's useless."
"I am not flattering you." Tao Ran said, "I really think you are a good person. You are a beautiful and capable person who is also kind. You are many times better than Cui Xiao. Bai Shaohui's taste and vision are so bad that he can't appreciate you at all."
Long Qiu glared, "You are not allowed to talk about him that way. Who do you think you are? Why would you say such things?"
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The business methods within the union are further assurance of democracy. "The power of the purse" must be kept in the hands of the members in both the collection of dues and in the control of expenditures.
It reinforces the idea (which management would like to foster) that union dues are just another unpleasant tax deduction from the paycheck. It makes the union seem more like an outside thing (such as an attorney) that we hire, rather than our own organization that we participate in and control. Furthermore, it involves management in internal union relationships that are none of its business.
If union treasurers received a check from the company for dues collected by checkoff, they might be more concerned with the goodwill of the company than the goodwill of the members. With that revenue they could hire their friends to control the union meetings, and keep themselves in power running the union as a mere dues-collecting agency in the interests of the company and union officials.
On the other hand, where there is no checkoff, the way dues are paid is a direct indication of the members' satisfaction (or lack of it) with their representatives. Union officials who don't want to listen to members, or who don't want to try to serve their members most often want the dues checkoff.
Then, if they do something the membership doesn't like, they are not faced with lagging dues payments and delinquent members. Direct collection of dues establishes that much more contact between members and officers. For all these reasons the I.W.W. does not accept the checkoff.
Instead, the I.W.W. has devised a simple and convenient system for the collection of dues by delegates on the job--a system which is proof against dishonesty in handling funds and which permits shop committees and job branches to know the union standing of every member on the job. All delegates and officers must make a report to the branch meeting. They have their accounts audited by a committee elected at each meeting. With this practice it is necessary to handle business to the satisfaction of the members.
No assessments can be levied except when approved by a referendum of those who have to pay them.


Keith has lived in Stirling his whole life, currently calling Mirrabooka home. He has a background in supermarkets, working in the local Mirrabooka area for over 20 years. He has been a councillor since 2011, serving one term as Deputy Mayor.
With a real passion for improving support for children and parents, Keith has taken on roles at the Gladys Newton School for special needs, Balga Primary School and Balga Action Group. You'll also find him at the Balga Friday Market where he is the current treasurer.
For his role as a councillor, Keith strongly believes in bringing the community together through sports and events in which everyone can participate. He has a focus on keeping our streets clean, security initiatives and preservation of 'bush forever' sites.
WA local government association – north metropolitan committee.


"The garden as metaphor" Great book on creative writing!
I plant zinnias in my garden every spring, and they supply me with nonstop cut flowers until frost.
A good friend of mine–a poet–recommended this great book on creative writing to me. I bought it a year ago and have just gotten around to reading it. I love it, and heartily recommend it* to writers. It's funny and insightful and entertaining.
I was reading this chapter to the kids the other day during our Language Arts study, and the following passage about the garden really touched my heart. The author was explaining that she wanted to make a garden an important part of a book she was writing, but that she wasn't a gardener. So she finally decided that she was going to have to learn as much about gardening as possible, by calling a local nursery and peppering them with questions.
This redbor kale is as pretty as it is delicious.
This is it. Looky: if you click on this image, you can buy a copy for yourself!
". . . the garden did not start as as metaphor. It started out as paradise. Then, as now, the garden is about life and beauty and the impermanence of all living things. The garden is about feeding your children, providing food for the tribe. It's part of an urgent territorial drive that we can probably trace back to animals storing food. It's a competitive display mechanism, like having a prize bull, this greed for the best tomatoes and English tea roses; it's about winning, about providing society with superior things, and about proving that you have taste and good values and you work hard.
I have a whole lot of bulb fennel that went to seed. Here's another garden puzzle: what should I do with all this seed?
*A disclaimer: It's a great book on creative writing, but there's a bit of crude language used in the book, so be forewarned, if you decide to give it a look-see.
You are one lucky girly, what has a mama who reads to you!!
Ahhh…. I LOVE Bird by Bird! I read it 20 years ago when I became a part of the National Writing Project then I re-read it just a few weeks ago.
Yes, the language… but the chapter on rough drafts was so freeing to me… to know it was ok if that first (or second or third) draft wasn't good (yet).
yes! It is freeing to "JUST WRITE" and worry about the editing later.


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Corey Duffel on the cover of Thrasher!!
Holeeeee cowabunga! Corey gots the cover of the new Thrasher!!!!


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Ryoto Higa (比嘉 諒人, born 17 October 1990) is a Japanese football player who last played for Blaublitz Akita.

Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2018.

Honours
 Blaublitz Akita
 J3 League (1): 2017

References

External links

Profile at Blaublitz Akita

1990 births
Living people
Niigata University of Health and Welfare alumni
Association football people from Gifu Prefecture
Japanese footballers
J2 League players
J3 League players
FC Gifu players
Blaublitz Akita players
Association football midfielders

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ScaleBase Offers 'Get-Out-Of-Jail Card' To MySQL Users
Startup launches system to scale up MySQL databases without the need to change applications.
Charles Babcock
Editor at Large, Cloud
A startup has made a system that scales up MySQL databases so that they can cope with traffic, no matter how steep the incline. The popular open source database is used on many websites and, thus, is frequently subject to wide swings in user demand.
There are already clustering systems for MySQL, including MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition, from Oracle. But clustering is designed for high availability more than speed of response. Data is replicated across all nodes of a cluster and changes to data have to be propagated to the nodes. The bigger the cluster, the more latencies are built into the database response.
Another example is the commercial product, Clustrix, which has MySQL compatible features and is sometimes dropped in as a scalable substitute for the open source code, but it is not MySQL itself.
Liran Zelhka, VP of business development, said in an interview that his firm is seeking to allow existing MySQL users to keep their databases and applications as is, but give them an easy way to scale out without making changes. That's a tall order, one that has eluded MySQL users, who continue to debate in forums and blogs how best to scale their systems. See Morgan Tucker's, Aug. 6, 2009, MySQL Performance Blog on "Why you don't want to shard." Sharding in most cases forces developers to make changes in their applications so that the application is aware that it is dealing with shards or segments of a database, not the whole database itself. If the number of shards changes, they will have to go back and change the application again.
ScaleBase, on the other hand, relies on putting query intelligence into a front-end system that recognizes from a query what part of the database it needs to access. It then guides the query to one of several shards, set up at the direction of the database owner. Each shard resides on its own server with its own section of the total data from the database; some of the frequently accessed data is often stored in RAM on the server; the rest is on the server's disk.
Query processing thus takes place in a distributed fashion close to the data, an idea borrowed from the NoSQL movement. Furthermore, performance improves as queries are distributed across shards, Zelkha said.
A MySQL application could use ScaleBase 1.0, which became available Monday, to shard a central database into four systems, each with a quarter of the original data, then steer queries appropriate to each shard to the right server. If an employee database for 1,000 employees were divided into four shards, each query should take one-fourth the time they did before, he said.
Under more mixed data sets, a certain amount of load balancing by query interception and distribution is still going on under the covers. If one shard were the target of most queries, however, it would be necessary to divide it in two or take additional steps to ensure performance.
ScaleBase takes advantage of shards in an additional way. A shard may have a copycat slave shard. The primary shard can be used to accept writes or data updates from the MySQL system, while the slave satisfies requests for reads. The splitting of reads and writes "is a good, easy way to scale reads and it shows great performance improvements," Zelhka said. Zelhka said ScaleBase "can scale MySQL to an unlimited scale," although the largest number of shards that his company has created is 100, he said.
ScaleBase lists SolarEdge, a solar system equipment supplier, and BuildFax, an online supplier of property histories, as customers. It has been available in pre-release forms for a year and a half. ScaleBase is priced at $1,500 for an annual developer subscription and $5,000 for an enterprise subscription. The firm has venture backing from the Cedar Fund in Boston and headquarters with a development team in Newton, Mass.
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package com.minxing.client.http;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Header;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.SimpleHttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.CookiePolicy;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.DeleteMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.FilePart;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.MultipartRequestEntity;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.Part;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.StringPart;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpClientParams;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpConnectionManagerParams;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol;

import com.minxing.client.model.MxException;
import com.minxing.client.model.MySSLSocketFactory;
import com.minxing.client.model.PostParameter;

public class HttpClient implements java.io.Serializable {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -176092625883595547L;
	private static final int OK = 200;// OK: Success!
	private static final int CREATED = 201;
	private static final int NOT_MODIFIED = 304;// Not Modified: There was no
												// new data to return.
	private static final int BAD_REQUEST = 400;// Bad Request: The request was
												// invalid. An accompanying
												// error message will explain
												// why. This is the status code
												// will be returned during rate
												// limiting.
	private static final int NOT_AUTHORIZED = 401;// Not Authorized:
													// Authentication
													// credentials were missing
													// or incorrect.
	private static final int FORBIDDEN = 403;// Forbidden: The request is
												// understood, but it has been
												// refused. An accompanying
												// error message will explain
												// why.
	private static final int NOT_FOUND = 404;// Not Found: The URI requested is
												// invalid or the resource
												// requested, such as a user,
												// does not exists.
	private static final int NOT_ACCEPTABLE = 406;// Not Acceptable: Returned by
													// the Search API when an
													// invalid format is
													// specified in the request.
	private static final int INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR = 500;// Internal Server
															// Error: Something
															// is broken.
	private static final int BAD_GATEWAY = 502;// Bad Gateway.
	private static final int SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE = 503;// Service Unavailable:
														// The servers are up,
														// but overloaded with
														// requests. Try again
														// later. The search and
														// trend methods use
														// this to indicate when
														// you are being rate
														// limited.

	private String token;
	private String tokenType;

	public String setToken(String token) {
		this.token = token;
		return this.token;
	}

	public String getToken() {
		return token;
	}

	public String getTokenType() {
		return tokenType;
	}

	public void setTokenType(String tokenType) {
		this.tokenType = tokenType;
	}

	private final static boolean DEBUG = true;

	org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient client = null;

	public HttpClient() {
		this(150, 30000, 30000, 1024 * 1024);
	}

	public HttpClient(int maxConPerHost, int conTimeOutMs, int soTimeOutMs,
			int maxSize) {

//		MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager connectionManager = new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager();
		SimpleHttpConnectionManager connectionManager = new SimpleHttpConnectionManager(true);
		HttpConnectionManagerParams params = connectionManager.getParams();
		params.setDefaultMaxConnectionsPerHost(maxConPerHost);
		params.setConnectionTimeout(conTimeOutMs);
		params.setSoTimeout(soTimeOutMs);

		HttpClientParams clientParams = new HttpClientParams();
		clientParams.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.IGNORE_COOKIES);
		client = new org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient(clientParams,
				connectionManager);
		Protocol myhttps = new Protocol("https", new MySSLSocketFactory(), 443);
		Protocol.registerProtocol("https", myhttps);
	}

	public Response get0(String url, PostParameter[] headers)
			throws MxException {

		GetMethod getmethod = new GetMethod(url);
		return httpRequest(getmethod, headers);

	}

	public Response post(String url, PostParameter[] params,
			PostParameter[] headers, Boolean WithTokenHeader)
			throws MxException {

		return post(url, params, WithTokenHeader, headers);

	}

	public Response post(String url, PostParameter[] params,
			PostParameter[] headers, File file, Boolean WithTokenHeader)
			throws MxException {
		return post(url, params, WithTokenHeader, file, headers);

	}

	public Response post(String url, PostParameter[] params,
			Boolean WithTokenHeader, PostParameter[] headers)
			throws MxException {

		PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(url);
		for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
			String pValue = params[i].getValue();
			if (pValue != null) {
				postMethod.addParameter(params[i].getName(),
						params[i].getValue());
			}
		}
		HttpMethodParams param = postMethod.getParams();
		param.setContentCharset("UTF-8");
		if (WithTokenHeader) {

			return httpRequest(postMethod, headers);
		} else {

			return httpRequest(postMethod, WithTokenHeader, headers, null);
		}
	}

	public Response post(String url, PostParameter[] params,
			Boolean WithTokenHeader, File file, PostParameter[] headers)
			throws MxException {

		PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(url);
		if (file != null && file.exists()) {
			Part[] parts = new Part[params.length + 1];
			for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
				parts[i] = new StringPart(params[i].getName(),
						params[i].getValue());
			}
			// FilePart:用来上传文件的类
			FilePart fp;
			try {
				fp = new FilePart("[uploading][]data", file);
			} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
				throw new MxException(e);
			}
			parts[params.length] = fp;

			MultipartRequestEntity mre = new MultipartRequestEntity(parts,
					postMethod.getParams());
			postMethod.setRequestEntity(mre);
		} else {
			for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
				postMethod.addParameter(params[i].getName(),
						params[i].getValue());
			}
		}
		HttpMethodParams param = postMethod.getParams();
		param.setContentCharset("UTF-8");

		return httpRequest(postMethod, WithTokenHeader, headers, file);

	}

	public Response put(String url, PostParameter[] params,
			PostParameter[] headers, Boolean WithTokenHeader)
			throws MxException {

		PostParameter[] temp = new PostParameter[params.length + 1];
		System.arraycopy(params, 0, temp, 0, params.length);
		temp[params.length] = new PostParameter("_method", "PUT");
		return post(url, temp, headers, WithTokenHeader);
	}

	public Response delete(String url, PostParameter[] params,
			PostParameter[] headers) throws MxException {
		if (0 != params.length) {
			String encodedParams = HttpClient.encodeParameters(params);
			if (-1 == url.indexOf("?")) {
				url += "?" + encodedParams;
			} else {
				url += "&" + encodedParams;
			}
		}
		DeleteMethod deleteMethod = new DeleteMethod(url);
		return httpRequest(deleteMethod, headers);
	}

	public Response httpRequest(HttpMethod method,
			PostParameter[] headerParameters) throws MxException {
		return httpRequest(method, true, headerParameters, null);
	}

	public Response httpRequest(HttpMethod method, Boolean WithTokenHeader,
			PostParameter[] headerParameters, File file) throws MxException {
		InetAddress ipaddr;
		int responseCode = -1;
		try {

			List<Header> headers = new ArrayList<Header>();

			if (headerParameters != null) {
				for (int i = 0; i < headerParameters.length; i++) {
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Early warning for early action: Forewarned and forearmed
2018 Understanding Risk Forum
Organization: Met Office (UK), Deltares and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Session Leads
Nyree Pinder, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Global, Met Office, UK
Helen Ticehurst, Senior International Development Manager, Met Office, UK
Catalina Jaime, Senior Risk Adviser, Global, RCCC – Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Patricia Traumbauer, Hydrologist, Deltares
Shristi Vaidya, Researcher, Deltares
Emily Wilkinson, Senior Research Fellow, ODI – Overseas Development Institute
Friday, May 18, 9:00 – 10:45
Forewarned and Forearmed
Weather and climate information is increasingly being used to trigger preparedness and earlier responses to severe weather events. Evidence shows that finance arriving at the right time can increase the impact of every dollar spent by as much as 50%.
Here's your Hat
Come and join our fun technical session which will help us all better understand the different roles everyone has to play in decision making in advance of a severe weather or climate event. This action packed session will have us all wearing the hats of decision makers and understanding what information and communication is needed to 'hurry' people into taking action.
Jointly run by the Met Office (UK), Deltares and the Red Cross Climate Centre, we will share case study examples to guide you through this activity. You will leave with a better understanding of the landscape of forecast based early action initiatives such as Forecast Based Financing, Impact Based Warnings/Forecasts and Shock Responsive Social Protection.
Keep your hat on
You will be guided through this activity by those experienced in funding and delivering forecast based early action initiatives including representatives from DFID, the World Bank and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services.
As well as some interesting round up presentations at the end of the session, it is our aim that you will leave with a different perspective to enable you to add value to your current work on risk. A greater understanding and increased knowledge of who to include in your decisions and communications on risk will help you harness the power of user engagement.
Hazard Impact Framework document | Website | Natural Hazards Partnership Glossary of Terms | WMO Guidelines for Multi-Hazard Impact Based Forecasting and Risk Based Warnings
Forecasting hazards, averting disasters: implementing forecast-based early action at scale
Deltares
Impact Based Forecasting in Bangladesh
RCCC
Forecast-based financing: an approach for catalyzing humanitarian action based on extreme weather and climate forecasts
FbF research priorities as part of Reading University's programme Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience.
Action-based flood forecasting for triggering humanitarian action
Should seasonal rainfall forecasts be used for flood preparedness?
Scalable and Sustainable: How to Build Anticipatory Capacity into Social Protection Systems
The concept: 'Forecast-based financing': developing an operational protocol
The Manual: all the key steps to develop FbF. Please note that the Trigger section will be updated based on the new National level oriented approach
Pilot Projects documentation
Peru: Full documentation of Cold Waves, Floods and El Nino and Red Cross readies forecast-based action as heavy rains blamed on El Niño lash Peru
Bangladesh: Trigger for early action: forecast based financing, German-supported forecast-based action in Bangladesh will be all-cash and Results of Bangladesh recent activation for cyclone Mora
Mozambique: Video: a new mechanism to improve disaster preparedness in Mozambique
Togo: Hydro-humanitarian diplomacy – Can the Red Cross Red Crescent help dam operators reduce risk downstream? 'Yes' , global innovation award, Code For Resilience FUNES
Uganda: Humanitarian history' made as Uganda Red Cross launches forecast-based financing for real and FbF in Understanding Risk
Philippines: Philippines: Stronger emergency preparedness and forecast-based financing
Tanzania: FbF in Urban areas
Pacific Islands: Disaster Preparation Means Forecast-based Financing Not Band-aids and Feasibility study http://devpolicy.org/2017-Australasian-Aid-Conference/Presentations/Panel4e_Warrick.pdf
Zambia: Zambia Red Cross and Government Launch SERP Project
Videos: Understanding FBF / The Concept / Scientific Community
Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist, Met Office, UK
Paul Davies is the Met Office's Chief Meteorologist. He joined the Met Office in 1996 as a forecaster, becoming Chief Forecaster in 2003. In 2007, he was appointed Chief Hydrometeorologist, helping to set up the Flood Forecasting Centre and then headed up the Met Office's Hazards Centre from 2010 to 2013.
Paul was the inaugural Chair of the Natural Hazards Partnership (NHP) comprising 17 partner agencies. The NHP provides authoritative and consistent information, research and analysis on natural hazards for the development of more effective policies, communications and services for civil contingencies, governments and the responder community across the UK.
Paul was a key contributor to the design of WMO's Multi-Hazard Impact Based Forecasting and Risk Based Warnings guidelines and associated trainings as part of his chairmanship of the WMO's Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) group. Paul also chairs a number of other international committees and groups, such as the WMO GDPFS (Global Data-Processing and Forecasting Systems) and the European National Weather Service Meteoalarm Expert Group.
John Harding, Head of CREWS secretariat (Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems)
John Harding is the Head of the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) secretariat at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He has worked for 18 years for the United Nations.
Previously he served as Political Advisor to the UN Special Envoy to Haiti, President William Jefferson Clinton; as Head of UNDP's Disaster Risk Reduction Unit in Haiti; as Advisor to the UN Resident Coordinator in Pakistan; and, as Team Leader for the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) at the World Bank in Washington DC.
Nyree has 19 years of stakeholder engagement experience across a variety of industries from media to international development.
She currently manages Met Office partnerships with the World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the Red Cross Climate Centre, the International Federation for Red Cross/Red Crescent, Deltares, the Nordic Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme. Nyree is International Development lead for Strategic Planning and Resource Mobilisation, currently working with the National Meteorological Institute of Mozambique on a Hydromet Modernisation programme, funded by the World Bank and NDF.
Before the Met Office, Nyree managed English for Development programmes for the British Council in Rwanda. Nyree has a unique understanding of international and national funding mechanisms available for meteorological, hydrological, climate and DRR focussed development programmes.
Session lead bios
Catalina Jaime is Climate Centre Senior Risk Adviser with more than 14 years experience in the humanitarian sector working with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, UN agencies and NGO. Catalina coordinates the strategic development of the Forecast-based Financing concept as well as design and implementation of interventions in more than 18 countries.
Catalina leads the knowledge management of the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) programme, working with stakeholders to engage in the co-production of demand-led, people-centred science and solutions to improve risk assessment, preparedness, early action and resilience to natural hazards. Her main areas of expertise are Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, with strong focus on community based DRR, risk assessments, information management and national society capacity building.
Catalina's background is in Industrial Engineering with a Masters in International Humanitarian Action, specialized in Disaster Risk Reduction.
Helen has 15 years of experience in communications and organisational development.
She has been Met Office lead for a number of international development projects with National Meteorological and Hydrological services across Africa and Asia, funded by DFID, the UN and the World Bank. Helen's expertise lies in assessing user needs for weather and climate services and associated service delivery competencies of the NMHSs. She has also managed training programmes and worked with NMHSs to design and deliver changes in their performance management and delivery of weather and climate services.
Before this work, Helen worked with Meteo Rwanda, based in Kigali, to support improvement of early warnings and climate services, as well as their agency's long-term strategic plan. Helen has managed a range of projects bringing together multi-disciplinary, multi organisation teams. These include assessing the vulnerability of Sub-Saharan African countries to natural hazards, leading on the Met Office's approach to the GEF/CIRDA programme and managing a range of initiatives to support NMS development through the private sector.
Patricia is a hydrologist with 7 years of experience, with a solid background in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. Her main expertise lies in (seasonal) hydrological and agricultural drought forecasting, impact-based forecasting, and early warning systems to support decision making. Patricia work focuses in developing forecasts of value for decision makers to reduce the impact of hydro-meteorological hazards under climate variability and climate change. She is particularly skilled in translating highly technical information from scientific forecasts into actionable items for decision makers.
As a civil engineer, Patricia graduated with a M.Sc. in Hydrology and Water Resources (distinction) at UNESCO-IHE in Delft, The Netherlands, and a PhD on Hydrological drought forecasting from UNESCO-IHE and the Technical University of Delft (TU-Delft). Her PhD research topic was on hydrological drought forecasting and early warning systems in Africa, with a main focus on the Limpopo river basin in Southern Africa. Patricia has published through a variety of media channels and has presented her research at several international conferences.
Patricia has expertise in international research and consultancy projects in Africa, Europe, and South America. As a hydrologist/researcher she has also added value to projects in Indonesia, The Philippines and Angola. She is also a drought expert of the Dutch Risk Reduction Team which provides advice to Governments worldwide on the occurence and impacts of droughts.
Shristi Vaidya is a flood risk researcher (advisor) and specialises in topics related to critical infrastructure, flood impact assessment, and stakeholder engagement. She completed her Master degree in Flood Risk Management in 2013 as an Erasmus Mundus scholar, led by IHE-Delft.
Shristi is also an active volunteer at the Water Youth Network, where she supports youth engagement and capacity building on disaster risk reduction. Her recent works include GFDRR-DFID Challenge Fund project where open datasets and stakeholder engagement was applied to assess the cascading effects of infrastructure failure in Manzese ward, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She is the developer of cascading effects assessment participatory low-tech tool CIrcle-Bao that can be used in the areas with limited technical capacities. For a project in South East Asia (Cambodia and Myanmar), she conducted analysis for coastal flooding and also calculated population affected due to flooding using Flood Impact Assessment (FIAT) tool.
She is also in the core team of one of the themes of Deltares 'Enabling Technologies' where her role is to ensure that the projects and developments are closely linked with the societal impacts the technologies can bring.
Emily is a Senior Research Fellow in the ODI Risk and Resilience Programme, leading work on 'Managing risk and uncertainty in development and disaster recovery'. Her current research focuses on disaster and climate risk management, state responsibility, anticipatory action and effectiveness and accountability in public policy.
For the last 15 years, Emily has worked with governments, NGOs and scientific agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean, East Africa, South Asia and the Pacific to identify critical entry points and opportunities for overcoming hazardous geographies and managing risk in line with development priorities. Since the widespread destruction of Hurricanes Irma and Maria across the Caribbean, coming on top of multiple structural problems that constrain development in these islands, Emily has been looking at the policy and investment decisions needed for 'building back better'.
From 2014-2018, Emily was head of research for the Knowledge Manager of the DFID Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters Programme (BRACED) and led the Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Strategy for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). She was a Coordinating Lead Author for the European Commission publication 'Science for Disaster Risk Management 2017: Knowing better and losing less'.
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1. Batrachomyomachia = (Battle of the frogs and mice) : introduction, text, translation, and commentary [2020]
First edition. - Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Book — x, 293 pages ; 22 cm.
"The Batrachomyomachia (Battle of the Frogs and Mice) is a Hellenistic pastiche of Homer's Iliad which was often attributed to Homer himself by later commentators. As a parody of epic battle narrative it is quite unlike anything else that survives in full from antiquity; however, despite its popular and influential reception throughout much of history from the Roman period onwards, the advent of the twentieth century saw it largely dismissed and overlooked as a curio. This volume presents a new critical edition of the poem, comprising an introduction, Greek text and English verse translation, and line-by-line commentary, which aims to rehabilitate its image and return it to the centre of scholarly attention by mapping out the wide range of metaliterary jokes, references, and parodies concealed within the apparently simple and childish story. The Greek text is entirely new, based on a fresh collation of the nine most important early manuscripts as well as on the work of previous editors. All verses which appear in these manuscripts are included - those which do not belong in the main text are presented separately at the foot of each page - and are accompanied by a full apparatus criticus and a new facing verse translation, which aims to strike a balance between precision and readability. A comprehensive introduction thoroughly orients readers in the poem's historical and literary context, covering its (highly uncertain) date and disputed authorship, its relationship with the wider genre of 'parody', its language and metre, and its reception and influence up to the present day, among other topics. The commentary forms the largest part of the volume, offering detailed discussion of linguistic, stylistic, and thematic questions, as well as guiding readers through the complex network of references to Homer and Hellenistic poetry and breaking down the textual problems for which the poem is so notorious"--Jacket.
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PA4023 .B3 2020 Unavailable In process
2. Hesychii Alexandrini lexicon [2018 - ]
Lexicon. Greek. (Cunningham)
Hesychius, of Alexandria, active 5th century, author.
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]-<2020>
Book — volumes ; 24 cm
Volumen I. A-D
volumen II (in 2 parts). E-O
volumen IIa. E-I
volumen IIb. K-O
Volumen I. Α-Δ
volumen II (in 2 parts). E-Ο
volumen IIb. K-O.
PA4013 .H2 L3 2018 V.2A Unavailable In process
PA4013 .H2 L3 2018 V.2B Unavailable In process
3. Miscellanies [2020]
Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494, author.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020
Book — 2 volumes (xxviii, 639 pages, 418 pages) ; 21 cm
Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of Florence in the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, "il Magnifico." The poet's Miscellanies, including a "first century" published in 1489 and a "second century" unfinished at his death, constitute the most innovative contribution to classical philology of the Renaissance. Each chapter is a mini-essay on some lexical or textual problem which Poliziano, drawing on the riches of the Medici Library and Lorenzo's collection of antiquities, solves with his characteristic mixture of deep learning, analytic skill, and brash criticism of his predecessors. Volume 1 presents a new Latin edition of The First Century of the Miscellanies, and these volumes together present the first translation of both collections into any modern language.
PA3520 .P58 2020 V.1 Unknown
4. Mathematics, metrology, and model contracts : a codex from late antique business education (P. Math.) [2019]
New York : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and New York University Press, 2019
Book — 193 pages, xxiv pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
A comprehensive edition and commentary of a late antique codex Mathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts is a comprehensive edition and commentary of a late antique codex. The codex contains mathematical problems, metrological tables, and model contracts. Given the nature of the contents, the format, and quality of the Greek, the editors conclude that the codex most likely belonged to a student in a school devoted to training business agents and similar professionals. The editors present here the first full scholarly edition of the text, with complete discussions of the provenance, codicology, and philology of the surviving manuscript. They also provide extensive notes and illustrations for the mathematical problems and model contracts, as well as historical commentary on what this text reveals about late antique numeracy, literacy, education, and vocational training in what we would now see as business, law, and administration. The book will be of interest to papyrologists and scholars who are interested in the history and culture of late antiquity, the history of education, literacy, the ancient economy, and the history of science and mathematics.
PA3300 .L6 M38 2019 Unknown
5. Greek elegy and iambus : a selection [2019]
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019
Book — xv, 254 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Introduction--
1. Elegy and iambus as poetic forms--
2. Performance and mobility--
3. Poets and personae--
4. Society and culture--
5. Language, style, metre--
6. Transmission of the text-- Greek elegy and Iambus: A Selection: Archilochus-- Semonides-- Callinus-- Tyrtaeus-- Mimnermus-- Solon-- Theognis-- Xenophanes-- Hipponax-- Simonides-- Commentary.
Elegy and iambus are major forms of Greek literature which are crucial to understanding the Archaic and early Classical periods in particular. This edition gathers work by ten poets: two iambic (Semonides and Hipponax), six elegiac (Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, Theognis, Xenophanes, Simonides), and two writing in both forms (Archilochus and Solon). It explores a representative sample of each poet's surviving work, while also highlighting their variety, and provides an up-to-date commentary on major pieces, including recent discoveries such as Simonides' Plataea elegy and Archilochus' Telephus elegy. The wide-ranging Introduction discusses such issues as poet and persona, contexts of performance, and various cultural themes (expansion and contact with foreign cultures, social and political revolution, sexuality and gender, rationalism) as well as language, style, metre, and textual transmission. The volume will be of interest to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to scholars of early Greek literature and cultural history.
PA3445 .E6 G74 2019 Unknown
6. A commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 [2019]
Carvounis, Katerina, author.
First edition - Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019
Book — lxviii, 327 pages ; 24 cm
Frontmatter Bibliographical Note List of Abbreviations Introduction The contents of Q.'s PH Q.'s dates and context Q.'s sources and models The end of the epic: contrasts, continuity, closure Note on the manuscript tradition Text and Apparatus Commentary Endmatter Bibliography Index.
The Posthomerica, a Greek epic by Quintus of Smyrna believed to have been written in the third century AD, tells the story of the Trojan War beginning with the events immediately following the end of the narrative of the Iliad. Valued as one of the few surviving detailed poetic accounts of this period, Book 14, the final book of the poem, covers the events that take place the day after the sack of Troy, from Helen's return to Menelaus and the sacrifice of Polyxena, to the homeward journey of the victorious Greeks, which is abruptly interrupted by a divine storm. This detailed commentary divides the text of Posthomerica 14 into smaller narrative units, introducing each with an overview of the relevant literary tradition and a discussion of Quintus' possible direct models. There follows a line-by-line commentary addressing points of literary, stylistic, lexicographic, and textual-critical interest, and providing readers with a range of notes on background and vocabulary. The aim throughout is to illuminate the main features of Quintus' poetry and to offer as full an interpretation as possible of Posthomerica 14 within its literary context and in dialogue with the earlier tradition, in particular the diction, motifs, and narrative and literary techniques of the Homeric poems and the epic tradition more generally. For readers new to the Posthomerica, the volume also includes a thorough and up-to-date introduction offering an accessible overview of the poem's content, dates, context, models, and possible sources, including both the Epic Cycle and Latin literature.
PA4407 .Q6 C38 2019 Unknown
7. Epistulae [2019]
Correspondence. Greek. (Papaioannou)
Psellus, Michael, author.
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
Book — 2 volumes (CLXXXV, 1207 pages) ; 24 cm
PA5355 .Z5 A4 2019 V.1 Unknown
8. Callimachus revisited : new perspectives in Callimachean scholarship [2019]
Groningen Workshops on Hellenistic Poetry (13th : 2017 : Groningen, Netherlands), author.
Leuven ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2019.
Book — vi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Introduction / Jacqueline Klooster
A Lost Pavane for a Dead Princess : Call. fr. 228 Pf. / Benjamin Acosta-Hughes
Thanks Again to Aristaenetus : The Tale of Phrygius and Pieria in Callimachus' Aetia (Frs. 80-83b Harder) through the Eyes of a Late-Antique Epistolographer / Peter Bing
Callimachus and Longus / Ewen Bowie
The Near Eastern Background of Aetiological Wordplay in Callimachus / James J. Clauss
The Reception of Callimachus in Meleager / Kathryn Gutzwiller
From Scamander to Demeter : Allusions to Homer in the Sixth Hymn of Callimachus / Annette Harder
Callimachus Ep. 32 Pf. (Ap 12.148) and Menippus of Gadara / Alex Hardie
Reading and Citing the Epigrams of Callimachus / Richard Hunter
New Borders of Fiction? : Callimachean Aetiology as a Narrative Device in Ovid's Metamorphoses / Robert Kirstein
Your Own Personal Library of Alexandria : Callimachus' Scholarly Works and their Readers / Jan Kwapisz & Katarzyna Pietruczuk
Poetically Erect : The Female Oriented Humor in Callimachus' Hymn to Demeter / Jackie Murray
The Didactic Callimachus and the Homeric Nicander : Reading the Aetia Through the Theriacal / Floris Overduin
Poetry for the New Goddess : A Gift that Keeps on Giving / Ivana Petrovic
Some Aspects of Closure in Callimachus' Epigrams / Alexander Sens
Denarrating the Narratable in the Aetia : A Postmodern Take on Callimachean Aesthetics / Evina Sistakou
Celebrating the Games / Susan Stephens
Did Erysichthon Eat the Cat? : Some Reflections on Call. H.6.110 / Frederick Williams
Index rerum et nominum
Index locorum.
This special volume of the Hellenistica Groningana, in honour of the achievements and career of Professor M.A. Harder revisits the poetry of Callimachus (theme of two earlier Hellenistic Workshops). A number of renowned international scholars in the field of Hellenistic studies reflect on new perspectives in Callimachean scholarship, inspired among other by Annette Harder's 2012 edition of Callimachus' Aetia. Their questions aim to contextualize and analyze Callimachus' poetry in novel ways, inspired by both new literary theory and historical insights and a solid body of existing scholarship. How do Callimachus' learned elegies relate to the genre of didactic poetry? How do his aetiological narratives straddle the border between fiction and reality? What is their basis in Hellenistic scholarship, and in Near Eastern or Egyptian poetic traditions? How and why do later Greek poets incorporate Callimachean poetics, and so facilitate his reception in Latin poetry? What is Callimachus' attitude to gods and divine rulers in his hymnic poetry? These and many more questions are addressed, creating new perspectives in Callimachean scholarship, as the title indicates.
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9. A Greek ballad : selected poems [2019]
Poems. Selections
Gkanas, Michalēs, author.
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Book — xviii, 307 pages ; 21 cm.
A stunning collection that draws from four decades of verse by one of modern Greece's most lauded poets This is the first English-language collection of work by the renowned Greek poet Michalis Ganas. Originally from a remote village on the northwest border of Greece, Ganas witnessed the Greek Civil War as a young child, and was taken into enforced exile in Eastern Europe with his family. Weaving together subtle references to the events and places that have defined his life's story, Ganas's terse and technically accomplished poems are a combination of folklore, autobiography, and recent history. Whether describing the mountains of his youth or the difficulties of acclimation in Athens of the 1960s and 1970s, Ganas's writing is infused with striking and original imagery inspired by love, memory, and loss. Featuring expert translations-made in collaboration with Ganas himself-by David Connolly and Joshua Barley, this volume also includes a scholarly introduction to the poet's life and work.
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10. On the track of the books : scribes, libraries and textual transmission [2019]
Book — viii, 359 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Preface : Cupis Volitare Per Auras - books, libraries and textual transmission
Acknowledgements / Roberta Berardi, Nicolette Bruno, Luisa Fizzarotti
Introduction / Roberta Berardi, Nicolette Bruno, Luisa Fizzarotti
Figured books : Horatian book-representations / Stephen J. Harrison
Horace's book and Sphragis. Writing materials in Horace's Epistles 1.20 / Georgios Taxidis
Fake intellectuals, and books of unquestionable authority in Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae and Lucian's aduersus Indoctum / Katherine Krauss
Martialis Epigrammaton liber decimus : strategies for a second edition / Ambra Russotti
Poetic quotation in 4th century BC Attic oratory / Antonio Iacoviello
Jerome's two libraries / Giulia Marolla
Some remarks on P. Lit. Lond. 63, a riddle epigram of an anthology? / Daniela Immacolata Cagnazzo
Textual tradition and reception in Theocritus / Leonor Hernandez Oñate
Eratosthenes' studia Aristophanica / Federica Benuzzi
Eratosthenes' Πλατωνικός between philosophy and mathematics / Sara Panteri
Transmission of recipes and Receptaria in Greek medical writings on papyrus / Nicola Reggiani
Latin epigraphy and literary texts in 4th century AD Rome : the case of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus / Rosa Lorito
The scribal habits of Codex Sangermanensis in Greek and Latin in light of its exemplar / Alan Taylor Farnes
The Hypogeum of the Aurelii : a collegiate tomb of professional scribes / John Bradley
The library and scriptorium of the Abbey of Montevergine in the 12th and 13th century : presences and absences / Veronica De Duonni
Apocolocyntosis, codex V and the manuscript of Hadrianus Junius / Olivia Montepaone
The textual transmission of Ovid's Metamorphoses during the Medieval age : the example of Germany / Cristana Roffi.
This book offers the hint for a new reflection on ancient textual transmission and editorial practices in antiquity. In the first section, it retraces the first steps of the process of ancient writing and editing. The reader will discover how the book is both a material object and a metaphorical personification, material or immaterial. The second section will focus on corpora of Greek texts, their formation, and their paratextual apparatus. Readers will explore various issues dealing with the mechanisms that are at the basis of the assembling of ancient Greek texts, but great attention will also be given to the role of ancient scholarly work. The third section shows how texts have two levels of authorship: the author of the text, and the scribe who copies the text. The scribe is not a medium, but plays a crucial role in changing the text. This section will focus on the protagonists of some interesting cases of textual transmission, but also on the books they manufactured or kept in the libraries, and on the words they engraved on stones. Therefore, the fresh voices of the contributors of this book, offer new perspectives on established research fields dealing with textual criticism.
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11. Selected political speeches [2019]
Demosthenes, author.
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Book — xi, 297 pages : map ; 22 cm.
1. Historical background--
2. Assembly speeches--
3. Language and style--
4. Publication--
5. The afterlife of the speeches--
6. The text: 1
Commentary-- First Olynthiac-- Second Olynthiac-- Third Olynthiac-- First Philippic-- Third Philippic.
Demosthenes, as an emerging political leader in fourth-century Athens, delivered a series of fiery speeches to the citizens in the democratic Assembly, attacking the Macedonian king Philip II as an aggressive imperialist bent on destroying the city's independence. This volume presents the Greek text of five of these speeches with full introduction and detailed commentary. They show how the foremost politician of the day argued his case before the people who made policy decisions in the Assembly, and how he eventually persuaded them to support his doomed militaristic position in preference to the more pragmatic stance of accommodation advocated by his political opponents. These speeches are unique sources for the ideology and political history of this crucial period, and the best specimens of persuasive rhetoric in action from democratic Athens. This edition takes account of recent studies of fourth-century Athens and showcases Demosthenes as a master of Greek prose style.
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12. L. Annaeus Cornutus : Greek theology, fragments, and testimonia [2018]
Cornutus, Lucius Annaeus, active 1st century, author.
Atlanta : SBL Press, [2018]
Book — xiv, 242 pages ; 23 cm.
Introduction : Cornutus the philosopher
The Greek theology
On pronunciation or othography
Fragments and testimonia
Cornutus and Persius.
"The first-century CE North African philosopher, Cornutus, lived in Rome as a philosopher and is best known today for his surviving work Greek Theology, which explores the origins and names of the Greek gods. However, he was also interested in the language and literature of the poets Persius and Lucan and wrote one of the very first commentaries on Virgil. This book collects and translates all of our evidence for Cornutus for the very first time and includes the first published English translation of Greek Theology. This collection offers entirely fresh insight into the intellectual world of the first century."-- Publisher's website.
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13. Isaeus' On the estate of Pyrrhus (Oration 3) [2018]
Isaeus, approximately 420 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C., author.
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Book — xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
This book offers an edition of the third speech of the fourth-century BCE orator Isaeus. It contains a new Greek text, based on a full collation of the manuscript evidence, an English translation, an extensive introduction, and a detailed commentary on the textual, linguistic, legal, rhetorical, stylistic, and historical issues encountered in the speech. The book demonstrates the high level of oratorical skill possessed by the under-appreciated orator Isaeus, and casts light on some exceedingly complex aspects of Athenian family law and society in the fourth century. It is accessible to readers without knowledge of ancient Greek, and is essential reading for anyone interested in Attic oratory, rhetoric, and Athenian law.
14. The apology of Socrates [2019]
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Book — xi, 148 pages ; 22 cm.
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15. The Cypria [2019]
Davies, Malcolm, 1951- author.
Washington, DC : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2019.
The Cypria, so named because its poet supposedly came from the island of Cyprus, was an early Greek epic that is known to us primarily through quotations and references to passages by later authors, as well as through a prose summary of its plot and contents. Malcolm Davies uses linguistic evidence from the available verbatim fragments, along with other considerations, to suggest that the Cypria was written after Homer and was intended as a sort of prequel to the plot of the Iliad. In light of this evidence, it is noteworthy that many of the incidents described in the Cypria seem markedly un-Homeric; to give just one example, the Judgment of Paris, a popular subject in later Greek literature and art, most likely received its first detailed treatment in the Cypria, whereas the Iliad mentions it only fleetingly. Here Davies collects and translates the extant fragments of the Cypria and provides a commentary that anchors it in the Homeric context as well as in the broader world of ancient Greek art and literature.
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16. Funerary epigrams of ancient Greece : reflections on literature, society and religion [2019]
González González, Marta, author.
London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
Book — 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction
1. The Funerary Landscape: A Reflection of the World of the Living
2. The Literary Form: Tears of Simonides ...and of Pindar
3. Phrasikleia, forever a maiden. Kroisos, whom raging Ares destroyed.
4. How to Deprive the Year of its Spring
5. Immortal Remembrance of Friends
6. Wives and their Masters
7. Powerful Enemies: Childbirth, the Sea
8. Rewards for Piety... Next to Persephone Conclusions Notes Index of Inscriptions and Table of Concordances Index Bibliography.
Taking a wide selection of Greek funerary epigrams from the 6th to 4th centuries BC, this volume considers their historical and chronological contexts to draw out information about the society that created them. Using both Hansen's corpus of epigrams and wider examples, it gives priority to those cases where the whole monument ensemble is preserved, both text and image, enabling a much better understanding of the significance of the texts. A thematic structure within a broader chronological framework provides a valuable lens on the epigrams, allowing readers to compare particular types across the time period. After introducing the funerary landscape in which the selected epigrams fit, Gonzalez briefly considers the literary form of epigrams as a foil for the rest of the book. The remaining chapters focus on epitaphs of individuals in the most significant stages of life, where gender differences are most marked: themes include untimely death, women and wives, friendship, piety and non-kin love. All epigrams are offered in Greek, followed by an English translation. The analysis focuses on the literary aspects of the epigrams, as well as on the information they provide about both society and religion of ancient Greece.
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17. Xenophon, Anabasis book III [2019]
Anabasis. Book III
Xenophon, author.
Book — xvi, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
List of maps and figures-- Preface-- Abbreviations-- Introduction--
1. Cyrus and the Persian empire--
2. The Ten Thousand--
3. Xenophon's life--
4. The Anabasis--
5. Xenophon's diction--
6. Style: speech and narrative--
7. The textual tradition-- Commentary-- Appendix: chronology and topography.
This is the first comprehensive commentary on a section of Xenophon's Anabasis in English for almost a century. It provides up-to-date guidance on literary, historical and cultural aspects of the Anabasis and will help undergraduate students to read Greek better. It also incorporates recent advances in Xenophontic scholarship and Greek linguistics, showcasing in particular Xenophon's linguistic innovations and varied style. Advanced students and professional scholars will also profit from the sustained attention which this commentary devotes to Xenophon's varied narrative strategies and to the reception of episodes from Anabasis III in antiquity. The introduction and commentary show that Xenophon is just as important (if not more so) to the development of Greek historiography, and of Greek prose in general, as Herodotus and Thucydides.
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18. Introduction to the study of the New Testament Greek : Swetnam-Soto Greek English Lexicon of New Testament [2019]
Swetnam, James, author.
Roma : G&BPress, Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Pontificio Istituto biblico, [2019]
Book — 222 pages ; 23 cm.
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19. Basics of biblical Greek grammar [2019]
Mounce, William D., author.
Fourth edition. - Grand Rapids : Zondervan, [2019]
Book — xxvi, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Clear. Understandable. Carefully organized. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar by William D. Mounce is the standard textbook for colleges and seminaries. Since its initial publication in 1993 its integrated approach has helped more than 250,000 students learn New Testament Greek. The fourth edition of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar has been updated throughout based on continuing feedback from professors, students, self-learners, and homeschoolers, making it even more effective for today's students. As well, improvements have been made based on recent developments in scholarship. The key to the effectiveness of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar in helping students learn is in how it introduces them to the language. Students learn about the features of the Greek language in a logical order, with each lesson building upon the one before it. Unnecessary obstacles that discourage students and hinder progress are removed, such as rote memorization of endless verbal paradigms. Instead students receive encouragement along the way to assure them they are making the necessary progress. As well, detailed discussions are included at key junctures to help students grasp important concepts. By the time students have worked their way through Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar they will have learned: The Greek Alphabet Vocabulary for words occurring 50 times or more in the Greek New Testament The Greek noun system The Greek verbal system, including indicative and nonindicative verbs, and participles A robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies. These include a workbook, video lectures for each chapter featuring the author, flashcards keyed to vocabulary in each chapter, a laminated quick study sheet with key concepts, and audio of the vocabulary for each chapter to aid in acquisition.
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20. Greek lyric : a selection [2018]
Greek lyric (Budelmann)
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Book — xvii, 321 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Preface; Introduction;
1. Definitions and perspectives;
2. Charting the corpus;
3. Genre and genres;
4. Performers, authors and the lyric voice;
5. Relationship with epic;
6. Dissemination and transmission;
7. Metre; 8 Dialect; Greek lyric: a selection: Alcman, Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Timotheus, Anonymous song; Commentary.
"The corpus of Greek lyric holds a twofold attraction. It provides glimpses of the song culture of early Greece in which lyric performance had a central place, and it presents us with some captivating and memorable poetry which has been admired since antiquity. This edition gathers poems by seven of the nine canonical lyricists (Alcman, Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides), as well as a number of carmina popularia and carmina convivalia and passages from Timotheus' Persians. Both longer and shorter pieces are included. The Introduction discusses major issues in the study of Greek lyric including genre, performance and transmission. The commentary is literary in emphasis but also treats questions of syntax, textual reconstruction, metre and dialect. The volume will be of interest to higher-level undergraduates and graduate students as well as to scholars"-- Provided by publisher.
"'Lyric' in contemporary literary criticism is a term as elusive as it is suggestive. It exists both as an adjective, expressing a poetic quality, and as a noun denoting a poetic mode, and both are notoriously difficult to define. It is this protean quality that has allowed 'lyric' to become a powerful creative stimulus for both poets and theorists. A foundational period for today's sense of 'lyric' was the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Before audiences were introduced to the most notorious bounty hunter in the galaxy on-screen, BOBA FETT had a radically different color scheme that aligned him with the Galactic Empire. Hasbro's "Prototype Armor" Action Figure gives fans a glimpse…
The first glimpses into exactly who Boba Fett was when the bounty hunter was featured in an animated segment of the largely lampooned and infamously hard to find Star Wars Holiday Special that aired in 1978. The purpose of the televised special was meant to appease the long wait between the initial release of Star Wars and its highly anticipated sequel The Empire Strike Back. Although it's been retconned and ignored as part of actual "Star Wars" canon, it introduced the gunslinger…riding a dragon no less!
Before the prequel series revealed even more than we ever wanted to know about The Fetts at home (in the age of cloning, no less) Boba Fett was establishing a mystique for himself that would follow him right up to the character's fully realized introduction in "Episode IV". The bounty hunter's origins immediately took on a near-mythic level! So many fans began to speculate about the man hiding behind the mask, especially when kids all around the country collected their eligible tokens to send away for the 3 ¾ Kenner action figure that fired a missile from its pack!
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Keeping with the design style and palette of the stormtrooper garrison, it seemed appropriate that if Boba Fett was little more than an elite agent of the Empire at the time, he would follow the same suit. His initial armor, as vetted for the film's screen test, was the mostly white version, that is interpreted for the Prototype Armor action figure; this was before the Mandalorian armor was given it's more battle-hardened gunmetal grey with orange and blue highlights. The action figure does present the armor detail rather beautifully in this rawer form.
It's very easy to see why the Mandalorian anti-hero has developed the following that he has through the years as part of the saga. We now have a fuller and richer context for the background of this character, and especially the instrumental role Fett plays in aspects of Star Wars lore such as The Clone Wars and the rise of the Empire. His "father" Jango Fett provided the template DNA material that leads to the creation of the Republic army; all of which traditionally wore white plated armor. It's no surprise that Boba Fett's prototype look was cast in ivory.
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5 Reasons Floyd Mayweather Will Beat Manny Pacquiao on Saturday
Curtis Bunn
Floyd Mayweather's defense has been practically impenetrable. It's hard to tell if he can take a series of power blows because he hardly ever allows many to connect. His ability to roll with punches and his patience frustrate opponents, making them open themselves up to punches. "The left hook is the punch that can knock you out because you don't see it coming," Mayweather said. "I keep my right hand by my cheek to catch the hook. But I don't try to catch the jab."
Punching Accuracy
Mayweather lands 41 percent of his punches, which is tops in boxing. Significantly, he scores as a counterpuncher, meaning he swings as his opponent swings. His balance is the key. One of the differences between a good fighter and a consistent champion is to maintain balance at all times, so as to land sharp punches and to not be felled by weak ones. Mayweather, while he does not possess the power of Manny Pacquiao, delivers clean blows at a high landing rate — perfect for a fight that could go the distance.
Ring Savvy
Both men are veterans of the fight game, but Mayweather uses the entire ring to his advantage. When he's in a corner taking blows, it's because he wants to be there — and has a plan of attack from that position. While Pacquiao will be the aggressor, it does not mean he will be dictating the fight. Mayweather's guile and understanding of angles and how to use the space and the ropes are all advantages that will allow him to get off on Pacquiao and accumulate points.
Sugar Ray Leonard pointed out this week that "nine of 10" boxers who are knocked out cold, as Pacquiao was against Juan Manuel Márquez, "are never the same." See: Meldrick Taylor and Roy Jones Jr., for two classic examples. Pacquiao has fought and won twice since then, but he was not hit with a clean shot to test his staying power. Mayweather does not have one-punch knockout power, but he can land effective punches in succession that could have a cumulative effect. Leonard said to The Guardian that he expects Mayweather to knock down Pacquiao. "There could be dominance, mostly by Mayweather," Leonard predicted. As for Mayweather's chin, Pacquiao will hardly hit it with a direct shot.
In other sports, like football and basketball, the expression is that "speed kills." Same in boxing. For all of Mike Tyson's power, it was his speed punches that allowed him to do so much damage. Mayweather's hand speed will produce more effective blows, and his foot speed will allow him to elude Pacquiao's predictable onslaught and set up opportunities to level blows in rapid-fire succession on Pacquiao's head.
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Guys would it be possible for OSX to somehow incorperate some sort of sleep function where everything powers down but the cpu still works processing for render farms, kinda like the mac is "dreaming"... OSX could somehow switch its main priorities off an concentrate on this one task... Hardware would have to support this feature, what do yu think?
I'm certainly not a hardware expert, but to render an image, you need the CPU and the system bus, so what would you power down? The system bus has to communicate between the RAM for storing information while processing the data that ends up as an image, and then you need to store that rendered image somewhere, so you need the drive up and running. At most, you could power off the video sub-system, I guess, but why not just turn off your monitor?
I'm confused as to what advantage or need this "dreaming" function would be.
Good points, but stuff like video cards these days have noisy big fans and produce heat so if the mac was in dream mode, the card would power down (fan would still run if monitor was switched off), and as the system was rendering it could save all its info onto on server HD that they are all conncted to. So it renders it to ram and sends it via ethernet to the main server HD.
What Im trying to suggest is special HW boxes that have special features as rendering nodes.
Do hard drives produce a lot of heat? I hadn't noticed it, though maybe they do. Modern drives are also reasonably quiet.
You'd need the hard drives to be operational at boot time, and then to switch off. For wear and tear, hard drives are probably better left on and spinning rather than being switched on and off. Equipment is a bit like a light globe. Things fail more at the time they're switched on or off. Lights rarely fail while they're running.
Trouble is no video card now supports raytracing in hardware from the gpu.
Unless ths unit is cheap ppl will just say go buy a cheap AMD box.
Sounds like a great idea, but it is just a fantasy. I'd love to see something like this, but currently there are no VC's w/ 1Gb of onboard RAM. What about co-processing, The VC and CPU working together to render. The VC renders all the OpenGL and the CPU handles raytracing, radiosity, etc. But your idea is good. Imagine opening your box and instead of 4 PCI slots you see 4 AGP's instead, badaboom renderfarm in a box! I'm sure none of this is possible, at least not now. If anybody has the time to explain why none of this is possible, I'd love to hear it. Alas I am but an aspiring computer geek(I use that term as a compliment not an insult).
Yes Im sure that there are a few little details that makes this imposseble. But hey, If every idea were to be dismissed based on some few little ditails we'd still be living in caves, right. :). The GPUs are already very specialiced in an area that I imagin would suit renderprocessing great. Of course they would probably need some additional development from to days GPUs. GPUs have the advantage that they are specialized at what they do and that they are made in fairly large quantitys, since they would also be in regular graphiccard, so price is quite fair.


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