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Legal code and computer code may both seem a set of hardcoded rules, but the former is more than a set of closed rules and needs interpretation which might depend on the context. All those legal aspects shall be operationalized into requirements that can be integrated as first-class citizens in the backlog of the products under development, and which engineers can implement in the products they create.
PDP4E provides a method and tools for the elicitation of privacy-related requirements in systems development projects. Such method takes into account the legal obligations introduced by GDPR and seeks to incorporate them into a development project at the early stages. This approach is mainly inspired by the Problem-based Privacy Analysis (ProPAn). The ProPan method is being extended to be comprehensible enough to the project's stakeholders and, in particular, to engineers. The requirements management tool for data protection relies upon the Eclipse platform and more specifically upon the Papyrus framework, which is leveraged to support non-privacy savvy engineers during specification, analysis, and elicitation of GDPR-specific requirements.
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Methods and Tools for GDPR Compliance Through Privacy and Data Protection Engineering, April 2018. (Open access)
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According to stats delivered in the Circle Research 'White Paper', 77 per cent of B2B marketing leaders say branding is critical to growth. Specific numbers aside, that's an impressive proportion of the world's greatest branding brains who agree on this particular marketing strategy.
This isn't all that surprising given that, in these tech-savvy times, BuzzStream report that over 50 per cent of us follow up to four brands on social media. What's more, these numbers are only set to rise as companies become progressively adept at online marketing, and the commercial world continues to become increasingly digitalised.
It's a cut-throat, dog-eat-dog digital world we're living in.
Simply put, if your business hasn't developed a strong social media strategy – and hasn't got a robust brand voice to see it through – it's going to get left behind. It's a cut-throat, dog-eat-dog digital world we're living in. To survive, you have to take to social media with confidence. Know your brand and own it through the way you use language online.
The voice and tone you use online matters. It is what consumers use to build rapport with your brand. The words you use and the way you use them across platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram will have an impact on the way your company is perceived. Just as personal interactions leave lasting impressions, social media has become such a big part of day-to-day life, that it is acting in much the same way today.
Scary, but handy, too. Get it right and you'll win over the trust and custom of your followers. It can even sway some away from your competitors, too. Get it wrong, and you could effectively kill your company.
Putting words together that represent your business is perhaps easier said than done. Just because you are passionate about what you do, perhaps even an expert in your field doesn't necessarily mean you know how to drive that dedication into the words you choose to use.
You are… at the core of your company ethos.
When developing your brand voice, it's always good to give things a go solo. You know what matters most. You are, after all, at the core of your company ethos. If you do find it difficult, however, remember it is possible to outsource digital marketing companies – such as Caliston – who will work with you to tease together a spot-on social media character.
Consider your core values as the foundation for your brand voice. It is important that the way you come across online suitably reflects your business values.
Remember, just as much as you are trying to create an impression, there are expectations from your audience. Medical organisations, for example, must show through their tone that patient wellbeing and professional conduct matters. Creating memes, fooling around with surgical tools isn't cool or appropriate, while this might work well for another brand.
According to research published by Pardot, authenticity and helpfulness of content are the two most influential factors when it comes to gathering a good social media following. This means that your followers want in on the real stuff about your company; let the feeling and motivation behind what you be apparent in your brand-speak.
Posting tips and advice or other bits and bobs is handy too, whether that's suggesting what colours to wear this season, how to fix some problematic PHP code, or prompt, personal customer service. Think about what you can offer your followers.
As you are beginning to get a feel of how your brand voice will sound, be sure that it can be maintained across all social media platforms.
If you are punchy and to the point on Twitter, for example, using long-winded words and descriptive text on Facebook just won't work. If you are going for friendly and approachable, invite interaction on all your social media accounts. Equally, if you are professional, reserved but dependable, don't get too chatty on Twitter or overuse emojis and abbreviations on Instagram captions.
When followers spot cracks in your character, this will eat away at that authenticity factor. Consequently, any headway you made with follower rapport will be duly damaged.


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Women Were so Obsessed With the Night Stalker, He Was Nicknamed "Death Row Romeo"
By Jamie Lerner
Jan. 27 2021, Updated 11:22 a.m. ET
Richard Ramirez, better known as "The Night Stalker," was one of the most infamous serial killers who ended up on Death Row. Not only that, but along with the likes of Ted Bundy and Charles Manson, his infamy attracted swarms of girls rather than deterring them. One such girl attracted to the Night Stalker's charm was Christine Lee.
Christine Lee was eight years younger than the Night Stalker, but that didn't deter her from becoming one of his groupies. The media actually coined these girls the "Ramirez Groupies," which makes the Night Stalker sound much cooler than he was. In reality, Ramirez was responsible for the deaths of at least 14 people before finally getting captured while capturing the hearts of women across the country. Now, we're finally getting a closer retrospective on Netflix's new docu-series, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer.
Christine Lee wasn't the only woman infatuated with the Night Stalker.
Despite the Night Stalker's gruesome murders, in which he would typically break into homes, murder any men in the house with a shotgun, and then assault and murder the women and children in the house, many women became infatuated with Richard Ramirez. While some women admitted being sexually attracted to the serial killer, many seemed to be simply more intrigued by the Night Stalker. He loved the attention, and would put on displays of "emotional outbursts" while on trial to keep his groupies captivated.
Richard Ramirez had so many admirers that the media even dubbed him "Death Row Romeo." In one disturbing interview with Christine Lee and another of the Night Stalker's admirers, then-16-year-old Eva, the two discuss their relationship with the Night Stalker. Eva claimed that she and the serial killer exchanged poems, initially for a school project, but she became infatuated with him, not because of his looks, but because "he broke away from the system."
Lee, however, claimed she was not obsessed with Richard at all. In fact, he was the one calling her and writing her all the time. She maintained that when she met Richard four years prior to the television interview, when she was likely a teen, that she had no idea what crimes he had committed. She only visited him because his lawyer insisted she should. The likelihood of the truth here is pretty slim, since his crimes were broadcast all over the news.
Christine Lee may have been engaged to the Night Stalker.
Not much is known about Christine Lee, potentially because she stayed pretty tight-lipped in all her media appearances regarding the Night Stalker. Some YouTubers have even nicknamed her Christine "No" Lee, since in one interview with Geraldo Rivera, her only answer to him is "no." In all interviews, Lee would not divulge any details about her relationship with the Night Stalker, and claimed she had never even touched him.
On one show, Lee said that she was engaged to him, but she would not admit if she loved him. She also instigated a rivalry between another one of the Night Stalker's frequent visitors, Kelly Marquez, who claimed that Christine Lee sent Marquez death threats. No one knows the truth, because when Marquez tried to file a restraining order, the judge ruled both Kelly Marquez and Christine Lee as "less than credible" and threw them out of court.
Lee was introduced as a mother of two and a writer, but to figure out what's true and not is near impossible. Crime Viral stated that, "On June 7th, 2013, Ramirez died of complications from B-cell lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. He was 53-years-old. At the time of his death, he was engaged to 23-year-old Christine Lee."
While it's confirmed that's how the Night Stalker died, and it's possible he was engaged to Christine, it's unlikely she was 23 years old in 2013, because she would have had to be a child in the '90s when she appeared in several interviews. Although Lee did do some interviews, real details about her are hard to come by.
Christine Lee and other women's lust for a serial killer like the Night Stalker is not uncommon.
There is a phenomenon called hybristophilia, which encapsulates why so many women are often entranced by serial killers. It may be more than just their psychopathic manipulative charm that brings these women in. A few theories are that women see the vulnerable side of them and want to nurture that, or that they simply want their 15 minutes of fame. Another theory, which would make sense for Christine, is that a serial killer behind bars is "the perfect man."
Christine is even reported to have said that she liked him because he "treated her right." As a young single mother of two, it might have been easier for Christine to date a man behind bars than to try to form a relationship with a real person. At this point, we may never know the real answer, since any record of Christine Lee is nowhere to be found. It's possible that her tie to the infamous serial killer caused her to eventually decide to get out of the public eye.
Or maybe we'll find out on Netflix's new series, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, which will be released Jan. 13.
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The IP address is changing on 30 September 2018. Unfortunately, this change is not specific to the Planning Portal and we therefore have no say in when or if this change is made.
If this isn't done by September 30, you won't receive applications via your 1App connector and will need to manually download them from the website until the IP address has been updated.
As we have mentioned previously, The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have been supporting redirects from our historical planningportal.gov.uk site to our current site, but this support is due to be withdrawn imminently. It is therefore vital you ensure that all your links to our site have been updated, otherwise these links will become broken.
These changes will need to be made to both your back office links and any links included in your site content.
As well as updating your connector as per the information above, you should also make sure that your website links are correct.
If you fail to change the links on your site, your users will be unable to access planning application services and guidance which may result in more calls to you.
Last month we announced that our new Financial Transaction Service will launch in September of this year. We are now pleased to confirm the official launch date for the service will be Monday 10 September 2018.
The service will be completely managed by the Planning Portal. From 10th September, we will process fees for all planning applications that come through our system, meaning less time spent chasing and reconciling planning fees for local authorities. Agents will be able to focus on activities which generate income and LPAs will be able to get on with processing applications.
Over the past month we have been overwhelmed with positive feedback from users who are optimistic and excited about the forthcoming changes.
We will now send applications and payments to the relevant local authorities together, as soon as we have confirmed successful payment. This will keep the process rapid, succinct and tidy, preventing problems which arise from missing information. It will also allow authorities to start validating planning applications as soon as they get them.
There will be a per-application charge for the service. This will be payable by the applicant on any application submitted via the Planning Portal which attracts a fee. Applications where no fee is payable will be sent directly to the local authority with no service charge applied.
As well as covering the cost of the additional staff needed to manage this service, the service charge will cover direct costs such as banking and finance fees. The remainder of the income will be used to improve the planning application service and to ensure that our services, advice, guidance and support continue to be available and up-to-date.
Please note: In order to prepare our service for the forthcoming changes, the planning application service (1App) will be unavailable from 17:00 on Friday 7 September until 09:00 on Monday 10 September.
Last month we announced some imminent updates to our online application service.
Due to implementation delays, these changes are now due to take effect in mid-September.
Authority Employee/Member - The wording of this question is being updated to account for the changes made by MHCLG. The information requirements of this question remain as is.
Residential/Dwelling Units - A workaround is being put in place to allow users to provide the correct details in regard to housing categories and dwelling types.
More details of this are available in our Local Authority knowledge hub group (Membership required for access, find out how to join).
Details of relevant 'permission in principle' on applications for 'technical details consent' - Full Planning Permission applications for technical details consent require applicants to provide details of the permission in principle that is being relied on. The wording of the 'description of the proposal' question is being updated to reflect this requirement.
The more general exemption in regard to Article 4 directions and planning conditions that was removed in January as part of the changes to fees is being reworded and re-introduced to specifically refer to the Regulation 6 exemption that is still in effect.
We are pleased to announce that we will be attending three prestigious LABC events this autumn.
Firstly, we will be at LABC's President Reception in early October. The reception will provide an opportunity for leaders from across the planning and building sectors to meet with the new president of LABC, Dave Sharp, who is due to take on the role in December from Chris Griffith-Jones.
We look forward to meeting with those of you in attendance for an evening of productive and insightful discussion.
This long-awaited conference pledges to discuss current issues within the social housing sphere. A schedule of expert speakers will tackle these subjects head-on, providing a diverse range of knowledge and insight on the most pressing topics facing the industry today, such as fire safety.
The five-hour event will be held on 30 October 2018, at the Docklands building in Canary Wharf, London.
You can find out more about the event and book your ticket via LABC's website.
Later in the year we will also be present at LABC's Building Excellence awards. These are broad accolades which recognise outstanding achievements within building. There are twelve awards in total, including 'Best local builder or traditional craftsperson', 'Best social or affordable new housing development' and 'LABC Construction Professional of the year'.
The awards ceremony will be held at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London, on Friday 9 November. You can book your place for the ceremony here.
1st July 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of legislation which represented a seismic shift in the way in which land in England can be used and developed – the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. This momentous Act came into force on the "appointed day" of 1st July 1948. It was proposed and steered though Parliament by the then minister of town and country planning, Lewis Silkin MP – and needless to say we are very proud of the central role played by the founding father of this firm in settling the framework of our planning regime, principles of which survive to this day. Town planning requirements were initially captured within the Housing Acts, as a natural adjunct to improvements to housing.
2. No development of land (building or change of use) unless authorised by planning permission.
These two principles endure today, despite extensive change in context, and it's a credit to Lewis Silkin's vision that this is the case. It has not all been plain sailing, of course. Endless legislative amendment has been made to the Act in an effort to refine the detail. One particular and recent change in approach is that promoted by the current government in the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, whereby greater emphasis is given to "neighbourhoods" in the development planning system (which, it might be argued, results as much as anything from a political need to demonstrate the esteem in which the "neighbourhood" is held). In contrast, Lewis Silkin's approach, as he explained in the second reading Parliamentary debate on the proposed Act, was for development plans to be co-ordinated by those at county or county borough level, in that way undertaken by "a responsible authority, equipped with fully qualified staff, and possessing the necessary financial resources".
Lewis Silkin's comment here was aimed specifically at the production of development plans. However, what is striking is the way in which Lewis Silkin, in talking about the development plan production system, hit the nail very hard on the head when he spoke of the adequately resourced local authority. This is a fundamental point which applies across the entirety of the planning regime, from forward planning to consenting, enforcement to heritage management, and Lewis Silkin's comment is remarkably prescient, with far wider application than originally envisaged.
It is local planning authorities' forever diminishing resources which leads to the planning system being slower and less proactive and reactive than it should be. The many changes to both the primary and secondary legislation, combined with inadequately considered public statements and tweaking of policy, has led to a system that is undoubtedly complex, but planning authorities cannot be expected to operate efficiently if they are under resourced, irrespective of the nuts and bolts of the law and policy which they must apply and within whose scope they must work.
Lewis Silkin introduced the Bill's second reading in 1947, saying that it would "begin a new era in the life of this country, an era in which human happiness, beauty and culture will play a greater part in its social and economic life than they have done before." It seems that these basic principles, so eloquently put by Lewis Silkin in 1947, are needed as much today, if not more so, in the face of the rapid and significant change in all quarters – economic, social, technical and environmental.
It is only right that Lewis Silkin's achievement in promoting and securing the enactment of the 1947 Act, upon which our current planning regime still rests, should be recognised and celebrated on this its 70th anniversary. We at the law firm which bears Lewis Silkin's name are proud to continue the tradition of supporting clients through the often complex planning regime with (we hope) the clarity and pragmatism which our founding father so wished the system would express.


Are you interested in improving your nutrition. There is no need to look any further. Read on to learn techniques which will make the lifestyle changes necessary, easier than you ever could have imagined. Reading the following tips and integrating them into your lifestyle can help you increase the health quotient in your daily living.
Many people don't get enough protein and it's very important. The best type of protein are red meats like steak. Other good sources of protein are found in chicken and pork. Protein can keep you full and help you build muscle, which is why it is essential to a diet.
Dressing is something that you should avoid at all costs when eating salads. Creamy selections often contain lots of fat and offer little in the way of nutrients. Make your own dressing with olive oil for a healthy alternative. Cranberries and walnuts also make good salad toppers.
As a general rule, microwave dinners are not a reliable staple in a healthy diet. The reason is that such items often contain excessive quantities of sugar and fat. To get the most from your food, only buy fresh vegetables and meat, and prepare them at home.
Choose ground turkey breast that is lean to substitute the ground beef in the dishes you cook. Ground turkey breast is lower in calories and saturated fat than ground beef. Just be sure you get ground turkey breast; dark turkey meat is similar to beef, as far as nutritional value goes. Some ground turkey products are a mix of breast and dark meat and you don't get the same reduction in saturated fat.
You need to ensure that your diet is providing you with an adequate amount of selenium. Selenium is a mineral that acts as an antioxidant and which has many benefits for your skin. Selenium is also is beneficial to the skin, protecting it from damage from the sun. The foods that contain a lot of selenium include tuna, brown rice, eggs, wheat germ and garlic.
A good way to instill a healthy attitude about food is to put less emphasis on desserts. Having dessert every night is not a necessity. Serve dessert sparingly to reduce its focus.
If you are making food that is meant to be cooked in the microwave, this is a huge warning that this is not a food you should be eating. Most pre-packaged foods, like those that go in the microwave, contain preservatives, which halt weight loss.
In this article we have discussed several tips which can help you to make lifestyle improvements. Even if you were not educated on nutrition before, you are now. Remind yourself of these tips and look for every opportunity to use them.


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As you no-doubt expect, the recent hospitalization of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the Which of These 5 European Leaders Leaves Office Next page humming. German frowny-face-in-chief Angela Merkel has been the favorite for months, but BJ's recent travail is shaking the market. While we're already regretting putting "Angela Merkel" and "BJ" in the same sentence, the fact remains that Boris has rolled over her, climbing on top and – oh wait, that's no better.
Anyway, the Prime Minister is in the ICU, where he will be, no doubt, the only patient whose hair looks better after a few days of neglect. Outside, the gambling vultures are circling, which has caused in the threads a rare moral argument.
"I'm going to lose money," says Moench , "but I don't bet on ppl dying so f all yall."
"There is nothing wrong in betting for BoJo to die," says Constitutional Jurist. "I would literally like to see a market, 'Will BoJo die from coronavirus'."
"There are life or death implications of the outcomes of most markets on here," points out a philosophical 79adam97.
'I feel pretty sick about this," says Brando9998, bringing the argument full-circle and tipping that he's decided to abandon scruples in favor of money, "but I'm in on Yes for Boris. If he's on a ventilator and it's quite possible he is…he's in big trouble."
To be honest, we have a small, residual investment in Boris dating back to the end of the Brexit crisis, and while the pre-virus timing of that investment gives us plausible deniability, morally speaking, the reality is more complicated. Of course we'd never hope for someone to die, but for the last few days we've enjoyed the hell out of the probability of his death rising from 7- to 44-cents.
We know we should feel bad about that, but we're too busy counting our profits to note the loss of our soul.
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We are wondering, despite our better judgment, if there is money to be made in the Will Hillary Run in 2020 market. We feel dirty and stupid just typing that, but we are compelled by the unshakable belief of some that the all-powerful Clintons are working their behind-the-scenes magic to install the two-time loser as President.
"Hillary and her crew have done a ruthless and masterful job," says MyMomSays in one of his several-hundred not-at-all-obsessive, Hillary-promoting posts scattered around Predictit. "The tactical patience has been breathtaking. This is old school. Hillary's running."
We would find his confidence in James-Bond-villain-worthy machinations by the Clintons much more convincing had Hillary not run a campaign, last time around, so attentive to detail that it forgot Wisconsin was a state.
"DNC re-scheduled to August 17th," says JordyHiRoller, we believe raising his eyebrows knowingly as he types, "ONE DAY before the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. You really think this all wasn't planned?"
Having met Democrats before, our default assumption is no, whatever it is they're doing hasn't been planned even a little. But that is neither here nor there. In this case, what we care about – what we would like to thank all Hillary obsessives for – is the creation of opportunity. They have added froth to a market that should logically be as moribund as Will Joe Scarborough Run (1-cent YES, average trade volume 40 shares a day). Their confidence in the Machiavellian mastermindiness of Hillary has YES sitting presently at 10-cents, roughly 1000% above its actual value. The market has swung, in the last 90 days, from a low of 6-cents to a high of 13-cents and back down again.
Something is causing the market to bounce up and down like that, and our old friend Nostrallamas thinks it may be Hillarians looking for affirmation.
"You idiots burned your money over a bunch of not-very-clever sick-burn tweets that somehow convinced you the old hag was running for president," he writes. "Y'all absolutely have no theory of mind. Just a gross inability to understand people's motivations for doing things like sending crappy tweets."
Buying Hillary on a downswing – at, say, 9-cents – means something as small as a tweet or Sleepy Joe coughing during an interview could set Hillarians to drooling and bounce YES shares (or, more accurately, YES! shares) back to the top of the range, boosting per-share value as much as 50%.
The same does not hold if you're thinking about betting Hillary on the Who Will be the Dem Nominee market. The range is much smaller (3-7-cents) and less volatile, lowering per-share upside.
Our hunch is if something happens to Sleepy Joe, all the anti-Bernie energy would seek someone younger and less baggage-laden than Hillary. Might we suggest a light, refreshing bottle of Amy Klobuchar? The fresh-faced Minnesota maiden is trading at a penny on the nominee board. Her withdrawal generated a huge amount of guilt among moderate Dems, who seem to never have considered her. Being given a second crack at The Klobe would be – we're guessing – widely interpreted as a message from God.
We're not saying she has a chance. We are saying that buying a few shares of Amy might be a good, low-cost hedge in case the presumptive nominee spikes a fever.
What with the President firing Inspectors General as fast as he can find them in the White House phone book, there's a lot of media speculation about Trump going full Idi Amin and issuing a mass pardon of all his henchmen – a term that became popular during the impeachment and then settled back into film noir obscurity.
Despite the fact that the pundit-industrial-complex is aflutter, the calm, entirely logical threadster community remains unimpressed. Markets speculating whether President Gotti will spring Roger Stone, Mike Flynn, and Paul Manafort haven't budged. In the last 90 days, Stone YES is down slightly, Flynn is up slightly, and Manafort is holding steady.
But as long as we've already sloughed-off the moral implications of betting on death and human suffering, consider this: YES shares on the physically robust Stone and Flynn are sitting around 60-cents, but the fast-decaying Manafort is down in the mid-30s. We suspect that's the market pricing the possibility that the 71-year-old Manafort – who is currently living a quiet life in Loretto, Pennsylvania, under the name #35207-016 – will die before the President gets around to the paperwork.
Threadster regrets having taken a couple of weeks off, but not really all that much. The column is a product of @TomSayingThings, who will try to do better.
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Sonka Irish Pub & Cafe
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Saturday: 11:00 – 1:00am*
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Q: How to create databases with the name provided by user input? I'm using this code and I Expect that 3 databases with name "Test0" & "Test1" &"Test2" be created, But just one Database Is created with name "Test0".
What should I do ? I'm Using first code method for creating database,My Dbcontext name = DbCn,
Thanks.
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DbCn db = new DbCn();
    for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
    {
        try
        {
            CheckingSource("Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=test" + i + ";Data Source=OLIVE");
            db = new DbCn();

            person pr = new person() { Number = "0912", Person = "Ahmad" };
            Melliat ml = new Melliat();
            ml.melliat = "Irani";
            db.Melliat.Add(ml);
            db.SaveChanges();

            pr.ID = 1;
            pr.Number = "12";
            pr.MelliatID = 1;
            db.People.Add(pr);
            db.SaveChanges();

        }
        catch (Exception en)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(en.ToString());
        }
    }
}

private void CheckingSource(string constr)
{
    var config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
    var connectionStringsSection = (ConnectionStringsSection)config.GetSection("connectionStrings");
    connectionStringsSection.ConnectionStrings["DbCn"].ConnectionString = constr;
    config.Save();
    ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("connectionStrings");
}

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SPENCER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Kent County Sheriff's Department has arrested six people in connection with the Sept. 8 killing of Brent Luttrell.
Luttrell, 34, was abducted from his Spencer Township residence and found dead just a few hundred yards away.
Autopsy results showed that he died from multiple gunshot and stab wounds.
According to a release, Kent County officials arrested the six suspects Tuesday and Wednesday. Their names will be released pending formal charges.
Officials say three masked, armed men entered Luttrell's residence at about 1 a.m. Sept. 8.
Luttrell fled, and was confronted by at least one other suspect outside. Police say he was forced into a vehicle and later found dead in the area of Lincoln Lake Avenue and Pinewood Street.
There were three other adults and one juvenile in his home at the time of this incident. One of those adults, Luttrell's cousin, sustained facial injuries.
The investigation is ongoing and more people may face charges.


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The spokesperson said this in a statement on Monday. Obaidur Rehman Nizamani was unharmed in Friday's terrorist attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
Pakistan had on Saturday summoned the Afghan governor and expressed Pakistan's deep concern and outrage.
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Surf Curse talk TikTok fame, life in LA, and new music on the horizon
Surf Curse talk us through their recent TikTok success, the reality of life in LA and much more!
Surf Curse is the indie/surf rock outfit is the brainchild of two friends Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck, who originate from Nevada but now reside in Los Angeles. Since their beginning they've released multiple singles and EP's, as well as three LP's, however, the band has found a new wave of success due to their 2013 single 'Freaks' gained popularity on TikTok. Now, they're signed to Atlantic records and continue to go viral on the app, bringing a whole new wave of fans. In fact, the single has now been streamed on Spotify alone over 200 million times.
We recently caught up with Nick and Jacob to talk about their recent viral success, life on tour, the reality of life in LA, and much more.
Kieran: Hey guys! Thanks so much for joining us today, how have you been?
Jacob: I've been good – it's been nice being busy with music.
Nick: Yeah, it's been a hard time, but we're good!
Kieran: How has life been stateside during this bizarre time?
Nick: One of easily the worst times of my life, but very informative.
Jacob: Yeah it's been a little miserable but at the same time, you've got the people around you – the friends that you love – so that's very comforting. That makes up happy, just to hang out with the real homies.
Kieran: How have you been staying occupied? Have you picked up any new hobbies?
Jacob: I've been watching a lot of really stupid YouTube videos, and I'm pretty addicted to YouTube right now, generally I just watch a lot of videos in my off time. I've been getting back into walking lately and eating healthier, and I'm on a no drinking break right now so things are looking up for me.
Nick: Yeah I've read a lot of self-help books, I've actually really dove into the marvel cinematic universe pretty intensely… I've found myself watching a lot of YouTube videos as well but mostly on marvel things – like 'Spoiler', if a new a new trailer comes out I will watch the YouTube video explaining everything that happens in the trailer, or recaps on episodes – it's usually a lot of people with those like POP toys in the background of their room. Meditation, writing a tonne of music, you know, surviving.
Kieran: As someone from the UK when looking at life in California, I feel we do so through a Hollywood haze. What has been your experience of life in California and what's the reality of it?
Nick: Reality is always bleaker.
Jacob: Yeah, I mean I walk around a lot – I don't drive here – so I really get to see like what the environment is, after living here for like five years it's just like, especially the area that I lived in – Silver lake and Echo Park, Filipinotown, even in Hollywood it's just like a lot of garbage. More recently it's a lot of people like smoking drugs in the street – it's just like, it's not a fun vibe, but the people here, our friends, the people we hang out with, they're the ones that keep the place alive and feeling alive, otherwise it's a pretty depressing environment.
Nick: Yeah it's a dump and there's some pretty beautiful things about it much like any place, but the first month of the pandemic – I was just thinking about this the other day – the skies were so clear, the clouds looked like Disney Pixar clouds, and it just shows you what the city/area would look like without so much freaking pollution and destruction of its own environment – it's an interesting place to live.
Kieran: Did this affect your music or your sound do you feel?
Jacob: Not really, as far as for me, it's kind of like a home is where the heart is situation where it's like you're not really inspired by the environment as much as you're inspired by the people in your life or whatever's going on, especially time on the road, it's like you meet new people, or you reunite with old friends, and that becomes the narrative and the heart of everything – as far as for what I do at least.
Nick: I think it definitely does, I think that it does affect the music but I can't necessarily say how or why, I think we all walk around like SpongeBob in bikini bottom and we're constantly soaking up everything around us whether we like it or not subconsciously, and then when you go to write music that iceberg flips on its other side and then you shoot it all out and then become the decrepit un-moist SpongeBob – I don't know if the SpongeBob metaphor is really working – but yeah you just soak up your environment wherever you are, so it has to do something.
"There's an isolation to Los Angeles that's different to say New York or other cities where you're constantly surrounded by people"
Nick – Surf Curse
Jacob: I think you're right about the subconscious thing.
Nick: Like if we lived in Paris we would probably make something that sounded different – I don't know why or I don't know how – but your environment and your whole world is subconsciously being structured every second. You are taking in so much information every single second – here we're taking in a lot of billboards and traffic and sitting in a car so just those little things alone – there's like an isolation to Los Angeles that's different to say New York or other cities where you're constantly surrounded by people – so I think that is has to affect the music in some way.
Kieran: When did you form Surf Curse and what was the initial plan?
Jacob: we started off as a band in high school called Buffalo 66, and then went to college and there was a show happening in Los Angeles at a place called The Smell, which is an all ages music venue. We drove down for the anniversary show and after we experienced that, seeing all the bands that night, we were so inspired that we were like 'we need to start a band! We need to play at The Smell!' And that was like the whole intention of wanting to do the music thing again with each other, it was to hopefully eventually play there – which is what we did – and then we just continued making music.
Nick: And so much more!
Kieran: Did you ever see it growing into what it has become today?
Jacob: Not at all!
Nick: No way.
Jacob: When we first started, the intention was just to have fun with music and to hopefully reach that goal of playing at that venue, and who knows? At that point we could have been like 'well, we did it!' But it just kept going, it kept becoming like 'well maybe we should do this? Maybe we should do this next?'. There's never been an intention of wanting to blow up or make it a huge thing, it was just fun in the moment.
Nick: Yeah I think I can attribute most of the success to not having an intention because I'm sure if we made the band through ulterior motives that we would just get jaded and bummed that things weren't happening, which was often the case haha, and stop. I always tell bands who are like, you know, people who are starting that you need to really be careful with what your intentions are, because this is a cruel industry, and the less you care about it, usually more the universe rewards that in some way.
Jacob: Yeah it's really like you gotta believe in yourself, in the work, and not really care about jumping 10 steps ahead. 'I want to be famous' – like why? What's the point? Wouldn't it be better if you made things that you love and not give a shit? Just be yourself, that's the truest thing that you could possibly do. Whenever you're really truly yourself and you share that, people see that specialness and it just organically grows, and even if it doesn't, you've still got yourself and you've got your worth and life goes on!
Kieran: Your track 'Freaks' came out in 2013 but had a massive resurgence recently thanks to TikTok, how do you feel about this, and what's your stance on platforms such as TikTok?
Nick: We're pretty stoked on it – it's been nice for us. It's definitely made things a lot more interesting. I love TikTok – I'm not on it I don't use it – but I am really into just the idea of it, you know, I like the decentralisation of social media and just like how the algorithm is very non-rewarding in a way. I still think it can become severely addictive, like anything, but it does have like a more humanistic intention to it – it is like a very… it feels like a humanistic way of using the Internet that's different from most other social media and is an interesting way of connecting people on a more sincere level and an educational level, and to just go into other people's lives in such an interesting way.
Jacob: I'm biased, but I will say that the algorithm is getting a little screwed up with stuff like that. The thing that I like about TikTok is that anyone's point of view – you can really watch the world – you're seeing people post in the UK and in Russia and you're like 'oh this is what's trending, this is what's happening, this is like the humour or the comedy', and now I'm pretty much seeing a very biased liberal way of thinking, the algorithm is turning into this very left wing thing, which isn't the worst thing, but it isn't the reason why I like experiencing it because I like experiencing what is actually happening in this country and all over as far as what's going on.
Nick: That is the very toxic thing about it – the self-algorithmic nature of it how it like adjusts to you. I think it would probably be healthier if more people did not isolate their worlds much but that just happens.
Jacob: It's a lack of communication.
Nick: And comfort.
Jacob: As far as me, an American, experiencing TikTok and seeing what I see now it just takes away that communication that's dividing your country in the first place, and now it's doing it with the app again, another app or another internet way of communicating with each other and getting different perspectives.
Nick: But we're stoked that it blew our song up! Despite the political motives of TikTok…
Jacob: I couldn't sleep last night and I was looking at the surf curse TikTok and it's all 'Freaks' stuff, and just seeing how it's taken over the world – a lot of them were from out of the country, kids from Mexico, kids from Russia, kids in the middle of the freaking country – it's really just speaking to a lot of people and it's a really special thing to watch.
Listen to 'Freaks' here:
Kieran: Now that live music is making a return across the globe do you have any plans to hit the road and go on tour?
Nick: I am going on tour with my band, Current Joys, next year. We don't have any Surf Curse plans yet… but we are recording, we are playing two shows in LA and New York next week, but yeah no plans as of yet – we are in writing and recording mode.
Kieran: What are you most looking forward to about playing live shows again?
Jacob: It feels good to be with the band and the people were with on stage – it's nice to be with Nick and it's nice to be with our new members Noah Kohll and Henry Dillon. All of us playing together, looking at each other on the stage, it feels good and connected and the fact that we can be able to connect through music and play in front of a crowd and they're vibing with it. It's such an exciting and alive feeling that we're all gonna be in the same room together just feeding off of each other, whether we're connected intimately with our friends or playing in a band with the fans and strangers in the crowd.
Nick: Yeah, I think we as a band and the people who we play with are all very intimate with each other and especially over the last year we've gotten so intimate with each other and playing is like a very immersive experience for all of us, and that's just playing by ourselves, so it'll be interesting to see how that energy changes. If you put a crowd in front of anything and it definitely sends a lot more energy into the room so it's exciting just to see what that experience will be like sharing it with other people.
Kieran: What are the five essentials you take with you on tour?
Nick: That's a good question. A book, headphones for the car (because whoever has the aux is not necessarily what you'll want to be listening to), I might start taking my Nintendo Switch which I think will be crucial, my sleeping bag because I like to sleep on the floor – there's something comforting about it on tour.
Jacob: My tote bag, my phone charger, I usually buy a book on the road because I do that anyway and then I'll have like three books that I'll never read that whole tour, sunglasses – I always buy a few pairs of sunglasses and phone chargers cos one gets lost every single time, and my headphones. That's really it! You kind of learn on the road what you actually need to bring – I'm going to start bringing my iPad actually because I wanna watch some movies on the road.
Nick: A head lamp! A head lamp that you put on your head is very useful for packing or finding things in the van, merch, all that stuff – a head lamp is crucial.
Kieran: Lastly, we like to end with a story can you tell us something funny that has happened to you recently?
Nick: Nothing really funny happens in our lives, it's all miserable!
Jacob: Oh this is funny, I'm not sure if it's gonna translate well on paper but we were leaving band practice, and Henry who plays bass in Surf Curse, we were leaving the parking lot and our guitarist Noah was talking to a guy that he knows but I've never seen before, so whilst we were passing by, Henry goes 'see ya Noah!' And then he points at the guy next to me and goes 'and I'll be seeing you later!' And then we drive off and I go 'do you know that guy?' And he's like 'no.' Hahaha, it was pretty chaotic.
Nick: Yeah Henry does all sorts of crazy things.
Jacob: Yeah he's kind of like the beautiful maniac who does things spur of the moment, he brings things to life at least. Otherwise, life's not that funny right now – it's sweet and it's tender, but I'm not cracking up at the race horses.
Nick: Yeah definitely small moments of peace and serenity, but I can't think of anything huge.
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GLOBAL STRIKE MEDIA.COM
Obama gets putin's attention
U.S. Abrams Tanks in Georgia for Independence Day
For the first time ever, the U.S. Army has sent Abrams tanks to take part in an exercise in Georgia, on the Black Sea coast. The tanks will take part in an annual exercise on Russia's southern flank, where Moscow fought a war in 2008. About 1,300 troops from Georgia, the U.K., and the United States will take part in the exercises that kicked off on May 11. They'll wrap up on the 26th -- Georgia's Independence Day -- which we have to admit is a nice touch. The American contingent of 650 troops more than doubles last year's exercise, which included about 300 U.S. soldiers.
In response, the Russian foreign ministry has accused NATO of trying to destabilize the Caucasus region. "We view this consistent 'development' of Georgian territory by NATO soldiers as a provocative move, aiming to deliberately destabilize the military-political situation in the Caucasus region," the ministry said in a statement.
The Guardian snagged a lengthy interview with Tim and Alex Foley, the sons of two Russian spies arrested as part of an illegals network in the U.S. in 2010. The two say they had no idea that their parents, Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley, were living a lie on behalf of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service with identities stolen from two Canadians who had died years ago. Tim and Alex, now living in Asia and Europe, are petitioning Canada to return their citizenship, saying they're innocent of the crimes committed by their parents.
Russia is mighty displeased at NATO's plans for a joint exercise with Georgia's military, calling it a "provocative move" that will destabilize the region according to Agence France Presse. The exercise, dubbed Noble Partner, kicks off at the Vaziani base in Georgia on Wednesday and will include U.S. and British forces. Russia is wary of Tbilisi growing closer to NATO following its 2008 war with Georgia which saw Russian forces occupy the country's separatist province of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Putin Opens Up New Base in Syria
Syria's opposition says Russia has created a new military base in the ancient city of Palmyra after a combined Syrian-Russian offensive ousted the Islamic State from the city in late March. The Jerusalem Post reports that the Syrian Revolution Coordinator group posted that Russia now has a base "in the archeological compound of the city." Russia has put Palmyra front and center in its messaging on Syria, sending the Mariinskiy Theatre Orchestra to play a concert in the amphitheater the Islamic State used to stage
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Is it possible to do well just from EK books?
Definitely, it's all I used. It seems people think if you're weak with the sciences you might want some other review but EK is all I used and am extremely satisfied with their books. Any reason a med student is asking?
yes, especially if you dont need alot of explanation in the sciences and just need a "refresher".
That is exactly my plan. I double-majored in engineering and have a knack for science problems. I'm using EK as a refresher of material and plan to just start doing loads of practice tests once I finish with EK.
That said, it seems as if most people imply there is a glass ceiling to using EK (and not Berkley or Princeton). Has anyone used only EK and taken the MCAT, scoring 35+? I've only taken 1 full practice exam to this point so I can't really grasp where EK leaves me.
Yes, many people do. I just got a 39 on the 1/29 MCAT using only EK. You said you're good at science and engineering, so I'd say you'll do very well too.
Okay, good. The more I read the more I feel like EK is somehow omitting vital information.
Did you use the study guide package, the 1001 questions series, both, or more? It seems like whatever formula you used to pull a 39 with EK and (I'm assuming) AAMC tests clearly worked wonderfully.
just keeping it tan, man!!
I used the package and obviously did all of the questions in those books, plus I took 7 of the AAMC exams. I bought a couple of their 1001 books but didn't bother using them and returned them. Honestly, I just made sure I understood all the topics as best as I could, no real secret strategy. Science tends to be relatively intuitive for me so that's why I thought those books were perfect. If you want more details, use other books but I don't remember getting any questions wrong on the AAMC tests due to a lack of coverage by EK.


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Q: How to set backgound image for a component in Next.js? I look at this documentation , Static File Serving, it clearly state that:

Next.js can serve static files, like images, under a folder called public in the root directory. Files inside public can then be referenced by your code starting from the base URL (/).

I already put an image file named background.jpg in public folder.
Then in my pages/referral.js I have the code below:
import React from 'react';
import backgroundImage from '/background.jpg'; // later I removed this

const styles = {
    container: {
        backgroundImage: `url(${backgroundImage})`,
        backgroundPosition: 'center',
        backgroundSize: 'cover',
        backgroundRepeat: 'no-repeat',
        width: '100vw',
        height: '100vh'
    }
};

export default class Referral extends React.Component{

    render(){
        return(

Some item

        )
    }
}

Then I get this error: Module not found: Can't resolve '/background.jpg' in referral.js.
What I tried:

*

*const backgroundImage = require('/background.jpg'); <-- and tried
this

*import backgroundImage from '/public/background.jpg';

*import backgroundImage from './background.jpg'
All attempt above also get the same error.
I even tried to add a next.config.js:
// next.config.js
const withImage = require('next-images');
module.exports=withImage({});

Then import in pages/referral.js like this:
 import backgroundImage from '/background.jpg';

Also get this same error: Module not found: Can't resolve '/background.jpg' in referral.js.
What I missing out here? Also can someone please give me an example about how to put a background image into a component?

A: You don't need to import the image, you can just specify the path to it for the browser.
Assuming you have /public/bg.jpg you can reference to it in the code
backgroundImage: 'url(/bg.jpg)'

A: I think you need to change your style because your container having your css to apply. style={styles.container}

Some item

You can check and change your style css

      Hello
      <div
        style={{
          backgroundImage: `url(${Image})`,
          backgroundSize: "cover",
          backgroundRepeat: "no-repeat",
          width: "100vw",
          height: "100vh"
        }}
      />

      <div
        style={{
          backgroundImage: `url(/kittycat.jpg)`,  // coming from public folder
          backgroundSize: "cover",
          backgroundRepeat: "no-repeat",
          width: "100vw",
          height: "100vh"
        }}
      />

For your reference Live working demo


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Texans helping Texans | H-E-B let customers take free groceries when power went out, Facebook post says
Employees reportedly let lines of people proceed with full carts of groceries out of the store – all for no charge.
Author: Lexi Hazlett (KENS 5)
Published: 10:24 AM CST February 20, 2021
Updated: 9:16 AM CST February 21, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — A Facebook post made public to the community shows the good in humanity at Texas grocery chain H-E-B.
The post made by TR Henny details his Wednesday trip made to an Austin H-E-B at 3:30 p.m. where the power went out. He said hundreds of other people were also inside the building, hoping to get groceries during the severe winter storm.
About 15 minutes later, one of the H-E-B employees reportedly asked Henny to head to the check out area saying, "We'll check everyone out as quickly as we can as we have a process for these kinds of things."
As several people got in line, customers waited at least 15 to 20 minutes to move up one or two spaces. But then, Henny says the line started moving faster. "Must be all hands on deck," he wrote on Facebook.
According to the post, one of the employees then said, "Please go ahead, but we can't bag anything up for you." When he asked how to pay for the groceries, the employee responded, "Just go ahead and be safe driving home."
Employees reportedly let lines of people proceed with full carts of groceries out of the store. All for no charge.
The post details the emotion as they "could not believe the generosity of H-E-B and the kindness of that wonderful gesture."
"I salute H.E.B. for the kindness they showed us, the thoughtfulness they showed us, the generosity they showed us, and the caring that they showed us (along with the other hundreds of fellow Texans in the store at that time)," the post says.
Read the full post here:
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Hi there, I'm looking for a homemaker & personal assistant for home and work-related tasks on a part-time basis. A lot of your work will be done from wherever you like. Some in-home tasks a few days per week. Flexible hours. Ability to work from home for a lot of the tasks.
Please apply if you are RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY, and EASY TO WORK WITH. I am hoping we can establish an ongoing working relationship and work together over a long period of time.
Specific training will be provided as needed for some tasks.


Imagine an old-fashioned winter…rosy-cheeked sledders gliding a snow covered hill, the magic aroma of freshly-baked treats. The spirit of everyone's favorite season is captured in an atmosphere of warmth and nostalgia, and where memories of holidays are waiting to be made. Bring in the holidays with the return of the Sons of Thunder Winterfest at Quimby Park on and December 2, 2018. It's an unforgettable experience with the park transformed into enchanting winter wonderland.


I tell my residents that no one is born knowing how to place 10-0 nylon sutures, but rather it is a learned skill that requires significant practice to master. It is imperative that time is spent practicing in the wet-lab prior to coming to the operating room for actual surgery.
The development of very small gauge ophthalmic sutures truly revolutionized the field of cataract surgery decades ago. With the move to self-sealing incisions, our use of sutures for routine cataract surgery has become less common, but still important for other ophthalmic surgeries. These tiny sutures, typically 10-0 in size, can be challenging to use given their low tensile strength and the small circular needles.
While the ophthalmologists in practice are already experts in using 10-0 nylon to suture incisions or corneal wounds, it helps to review some of the basic concepts to further hone our techniques. For our ophthalmology residents, learning these basic concepts of suturing is an important part of the foundation of ophthalmic surgical technique.
Suture placement in clear corneal incisions should be radial, much like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. The needle should be grasped at about one-third the distance from the swaged end to the point and the needle-holder should be unlocked before passing the suture. When tying nylon monofilament sutures, it is customary to tie interrupted sutures with three knots in a 3-1-1 manner: the first knot should be three throws, and the second and third knots should be one throw. These three knots are placed in alternating directions in order to create square knots. Sutures placed in the cornea can then typically be rotated so that the knots are buried within the corneal stroma, which aids in patient comfort while helping to prevent unraveling of the knots.
Placing a suture with good depth, symmetry, spacing, and length, with the correct tensile forces is an art and an integral part of ophthalmic surgical technique.
Nice review also never grab tip so don't dull.
Hi Dr. Devgan, thanks for the article, it was very helpful! I've seen in PKP's, you can grab proximal edge of the wound and make your needle pass directly under the stabilizing forcep, but in these cases the wound is from a vertical trephination instead of an oblique triplanar incision. What are your recommendations for use of the second instrument?
each situation should be treated individually. For trauma cases, you do the best you can do. The basic principals for suturing remain the same.


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Paul Jackson Pollock (28. ledna 1912 Cody, Wyoming – 11. srpna 1956 Springs, East Hampton, New York) byl americký abstraktní malíř. Svá vrcholná díla vytvořil technikou drippingu, což bylo nalévání nebo nakapávání aluminiové barvy na rozměrné plátno položené na podlaze. Tímto způsobem vznikla složitě strukturovaná plocha nátěrů, na které Pollock používal i další materiály jako drcené sklo, sádru, hřebíky, písek. Rychlé a zdánlivě impulzivní vytváření obrazů, se kterým Pollock přišel, se stalo jedním ze znaků abstraktního expresionismu, hnutí, které zdůrazňovalo spontaneitu při tvorbě. Pro způsob Pollockovy malby se používal termín action painting neboli akční malba.

Život
Narodil se jako nejmladší, pátý syn Stelly May McClure a LeRoye Pollocka. Rodina často měnila bydliště; jen v letech 1913–1928 se rodina, žijící v té době v Kalifornii, osmkrát stěhovala. Otec byl často nepřítomný a matka byla silně autoritativní osobností. Sourozenci ale velmi drželi spolu.

V roce 1923 jako jedenáctiletý poprvé navštívil indiánskou rezervaci v Arizoně; objevil zde nevšední motivy abstrakce zvané "primitivní umění" amerických indiánů. Velký vliv na Jacksonův zájem o umění měl bratr Charles (1902–1988), který se rovněž stal malířem. Od roku 1922 začal z Los Angeles, kde bydlel, domů posílat výtisky časopisu The Dial, jehož prostřednictvím získával Jackson informace o moderním umění. V roce 1927 pracoval spolu se svým bratrem Sanfordem jako požární hlídka v lesích Velkého kaňonu.
V této době vyšly najevo jeho sklony k alkoholismu, které ho provázely po celý život. Nejen kvůli němu, ale i pro svou vzpurnou povahu, která ho přiváděla do konfliktů s autoritami, byl několikrát vyloučený z různých škol, mj. z Manual Arts High School v Los Angeles, kterou navštěvoval v letech 1925–1929. Zde studoval na kurzech Fredericka Johna Schwankowského (1885–1974), který prohloubil jeho přehled po abstraktním umění a uvedl ho do teosofických nauk Džiddú Krišnamúrtiho a Rudolfa Steinera, které ho na určitou dobu ovlivnily.

Když byl z Manual Arts High School znovu vyloučen, navštívil s bratry Charlesem a Frankem Pomona College v Claremontu, aby si prohlédli nástěnnou malbu Prométheus od mexického malíře José Clemente Orozca. Mexická nástěnná malba byla jedním z hlavních impulzů určujících směr Pollockovy tvorby. V roce 1930 následoval bratry do New Yorku, kde prožil zbytek života. Zde pokračoval ve vzdělávání na Art Students League of New York. Napřed krátce navštěvoval kurzy sochařství a v listopadu 1930 se zapsal do kurzů Thomase Harta Bentona, představitele směru nazývaného americký regionalismus. Jednalo se o figurální realistické malířství, které stálo v opozici vůči avantgardním směrům. Pollock se s Bentonem spřátelil a navštěvoval ho i poté, co se pedagog v roce 1932 z New Yorku odstěhoval. V létě roku 1932 odjel Pollock do Los Angeles, kde poznal dalšího mexického muralistu, David Alfaro Siqueirose. Nástěnná malba mexických umělců – v roce 1933 sledoval Diega Riveru při práci na malbě pro newyorské Rockefeller Center – Pollocka natolik zaujala, že se v roce 1936 účastnil Siqueirosovy dílny "Laboratory of Modern Techniques in Art", kterou Mexičan vedl v New Yorku. Zdokonalil se zde v používání syntetických barev a poznal techniku polévání plátna barvou, kterou později rozvinul ve svých "drippings". V té době byl přesvědčený, že budoucnost malířství představuje nástěnná malba.

Na naléhání bratra Sanforda absolvoval v prosinci 1937 detoxikační kúru. Bez valného výsledku, v létě příštího roku se z alkoholismu léčil v Bloomingdale Insane Asylum v New Yorku. Výsledek však přinesla až psychoterapie u psychologa Josepha L. Hendersona (1903–2007), zástupce analytické psychologie C. G. Junga, kterou absolvoval počátkem roku 1939. Pollock nedokázal vždy popsat své stavy verbálně, proto Hendersonovi přinášel kresby odrážející jeho niterné pocity. Jejich soubor přešel do dějin umění pod názvem "psychoanalytické kresby". Po Hendersonově odchodu z New Yorku pokračoval v léčbě u dalšího psychologa, Violeta Stauba de Laszlo.V květnu 1939 viděl Picassovu Guernicu. Reflexe tohoto obrazu se pak objevují na několika Pollockových obrazech. V roce 1941 navštívil výstavu "Indiánské umění ve Spojených státech", pořádanou Muzeem moderního umění. Zde ho zaujaly obrazy indiánů kmene Navaho, vytvářené na podlaze pomocí písku. To byl další zdroj inspirace pro jeho pozdější drippings.

V říjnu 1942 byl v galerii McMillen zastopupený na výstavě "Americké a francouzské malířství", které se zúčastnila také jeho pozdější manželka Lee Krasnerová, v té době známější než Pollock. Poté, co se Pollockův bratr Sand odstěhoval s rodinou do Connecticutu, začali oba malíři žít v jeho bytě na Eight Street. Stále se však potýkali s existenčními potížemi: Ve druhé polovině roku 1942 pracoval Pollock jako čistič válečků v jedné tiskárně a rok nato také jako hlídač v Museum of Non-Objective Painting, předchůdci Guggenheimova muzea.

Důležité pro Pollocka bylo seznámení s Peggy Guggenheimovou (1898–1979), která sbírala obrazy současných evropských a amerických malířů a vlastnila galerii na Manhattanu s názvem The Art of This Century Gallery (Galerie umění tohoto století). Z podnětu Pieta Mondriana zahrnula v roce 1943 do výstavy Spring Salon for Young Artists (Jarní salón pro mladé umělce) i Pollockův obraz Stenographic Figure (Stenografická postava), ještě téhož roku mu uspořádala samostatnou výstavu a stala se smluvně jeho galeristkou. V roce 1944 zakoupilo Museum of Modern Art dílo She-Wolf (Vlčice). Krasnerová ho v té době přiměla, aby podstoupil homeopatickou kůru, která mu měla pomoci od návyku na alkohol.  V říjnu 1945 se Krasnerová s Pollockem vzali a měsíc nato se odstěhovali na ostrov Long Island. V jeho východní části v osadě Springs zakoupili dům se stodolou, prostředky na nákup získali z hypotéky a půjčky od P. Guggenheimové. V rozlehlé stodole si Pollock zřídil ateliér, kde mohl vytvářet své velkoformátové obrazy. Dnešní poloha stodoly však není původní. Manželé ji přestěhovali, protože jim stínila ve výhledu. Springs se pak stalo místem, kde se usazovali i další američtí umělci. Dokladem rostoucí Pollockovy prestiže bylo první zastoupení na pravidelné "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting" (Výroční výstava současného amerického malířství), pořádané v roce 1946 ve Whitney Museum of American Art.

Rok 1947 byl pro Pollocka významný především tím, že začal malovat metodou "drippings" (z angl. "to drip" – kapat, vylít). Spočívala v tom, že malíř nechával ze špachtlí či tyček skapávat praménky barvy na plátno, položené na podlaze, ze všech stran. Proběhla také jeho poslední výstava v galerii Peggy Guggenheimové, která se rozhodla odjet do Evropy. Jeho novou galeristkou se stala Betty Parsons (1900–1982), u které měl hned následujícího roku 1948 samostatnou výstavu. Absolvoval rovněž další protialkoholickou kůru. Tím začalo jeho z uměleckého hlediska nejplodnější období, které trvalo čtyři roky. Ukončil je další záchvat alkoholismu, který propukl na večírku pořádaném v listopadu 1950 při příležitosti dokončení práce na dokumentárním filmu Hanse Namutha (1915–1990), který Pollocka při malování natáčel a fotografoval. Poté až do konce života maloval Pollock už jen sporadicky.

Mezitím byl v roce 1949 zastoupený na důležité výstavě "The Intrasubjectives" v galerii Samuela M. Kootze (1898–1982), na které vystavovali také Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko a další; tato akce prezentovala práce umělců, pro jejichž tvorbu razil kritik Robert Coates (1897–1973) termín abstraktní expresionismus.V témže roce vyšel v časopisu Life o Pollockovi rozsáhlý materiál s titulkem: "Jackson Pollock: Je to největší žijící malíř ve Spojených státech?" V roce 1950 se zúčastnil několika výstav, mj. Benátského bienále, P. Guggenheimová mu rovněž v Benátkách uspořádala samostatnou výstavu.

V dalších letech maloval Pollock málo a od roku 1954 takřka vůbec. Přesto byly jeho obrazy zastoupeny na prestižních výstavách v USA i v Evropě. Pokud měl samostatnou výstavu, měla spíše charakter retrospektivy, protože z nové tvorby ji nebylo možné sestavit. To byl i případ první výstavy u Pollockova nového galeristy Sidney Janise (1896–1989), která se uskutečnila roku 1952. V témže roce proběhla velká retrospektiva Pollockova díla v Bennington College v Benningtonu ve státě Vermont. Kurátorem výstavy byl vlivný kritik Clement Greenberg, který byl první, kdo Pollockovo dílo ocenil, psal o něm a přátelil se s ním. Putovní výstava "12 současných amerických malířů a sochařů", kde byl Pollock zastoupený, představila v roce 1953 práce amerických abstraktních expresionistů i v Evropě – hostila ji Paříž, Oslo, Curych, Düsseldorf, Stockholm a Helsinky. V roce 1954 už Pollock téměř přestal malovat. Ačkoliv na své třetí výstavě u Janise vystavil několik nových pláten, měla výstava opět spíše charakter retrospektivy.

Lee Krasnerová, která měla v roce 1955 samostatnou výstavu v newyorské Stable Gallery, se v červenci 1956 rozhodla odletět do Evropy. Za její nepřítomnosti se k Pollockovi nastěhovala jeho milenka, mladá malířka Ruth Kligmanová (1930–2010). Dne 11. srpna téhož roku narazil automobil, řízený opilým malířem, do stromu. Pollock a kamarádka Kligmanové zemřeli, Kligmanová sama nehodu přežila s těžkým zraněním. Pollock byl pohřben ve Springs, na hřbitově Green River. Plánovaná velká retrospektiva, na jejíž realizaci měl Pollock spolupracovat, se v Muzeu moderního umění uskutečnila na přelomu let 1956 a 1957 jako posmrtná. V roce 1985 byla založena Nadace Jacksona Pollocka a Lee Krasnerové.

Umění
 Pollockovo dílo čerpalo v průběhu doby z mnoha zdrojů. Jeho tvorba se pokoušela o syntézu mexického umění a umění severoamerických indiánů s evropským avantgardním uměním, zejména surrealismem. Významné bylo v roce 1937 jeho setkání s malířem Johnem D. Grahamem (1886–1961), který v něm prohloubil zájem o dílo Carla Gustava Junga a zasvětil ho do základů šamanismu, indiánské magie a rituálů.

Pollockovy počátky však jsou spjaté s tzv. americkým regionalismem. Jeho učitel na newyorské Art Students League Thomas Hart Benton byl předním zástupcem tohoto směru v malířství. Rané Pollockovy obrazy, jejichž námětem bývají realistické výjevy ze života v Americe, vznikly evidentně pod Bentonovým vlivem. Postupem doby Pollock tuto tematiku opouštěl, zůstal mu však smysl pro rytmickou, dynamickou kompozici. V New Yorku přišel Pollock do styku s dílem mexických muralistů José Clemente Orozca a Davida Alfara Siqueirose. Experimentální techniky, které používali, tvorba velkoformátových obrazů a používání průmyslových nátěrových hmot, to vše mělo trvalý dopad na Pollockovu práci.

Další významný vliv na Pollocka měl surrealismus. Jeho důraz na nevědomí při vytváření uměleckého díla se shodoval s jeho vlastní zkušeností. Jako součást léčby alkoholismu absolvoval Pollock několikrát psychoanalýzu; jeho terapeuti, kteří byli stoupenci učení švýcarského psychiatra Carla Gustava Junga, ho přiměli analyzovat své kresby a hledat v nich své nevědomé psychické procesy. Surrealističtí umělci také doufali, že proniknou do nevědomí pomocí automatismu, techniky, při níž umělcova ruka putuje po celém povrchu malby s co nejmenší vědomou kontrolou. V raných dílech jako Vlčice (1943, Muzeum moderního umění, New York), kombinoval Pollock surrealistický automatismus s tématy svého zájmu, jakými byly antické sochařství, indiánské mýty a díla španělského umělce Pabla Picassa. Do roku 1946 tak tvořil Pollock pod vlivem nejrůznějších uměleckých směrů a umělců: zajímala ho theosofie, šamanismus amerických indiánů a jejich primitivní umění, učení Carla Gustava Junga, surrealismus. Z evropských umělců to byli zejména Max Ernst, André Masson, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró a Hans Hofmann.

Po přestěhování na Long Island v roce 1947 začal Pollock vytvářet své charakteristické velkoformátové abstraktní obrazy. Položil plátno na podlahu a ze všech stran naléval barvu přímo na něj. Tato nová metoda byla zčásti odvozena od jeho zájmu o indiánské pískové malby, které jsou vytvořeny na zemi pomocí písku různých barev, vypuštěného z ruky. Pro tuto Pollockovu metodu se ujal název "dripping", nicméně nebyl prvním, kdo ji použil – před ním např. Max Ernst. Typický pro toto období je obraz Podzimní rytmy (1950, Metropolitní muzeum umění, New York). Jeho abstrakce spočívá v tom, že neobsahuje žádný přímý odkaz na vnější svět. Pollock ho nicméně popsal jako pokus vyvolat rytmickou energii z přírody (jak naznačuje název – rytmus podzimu).

Kritik Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978) pro Pollockův způsob malby použil termín akční malba (action painting). Tento pojem se poprvé objevil v jeho článku z roku 1952, nazvaném The American Action Painters. Zde Rosenberg definoval malbu jako akci. Druhým soudobým směrem v USA bylo tehdy "color field painting" (malba barevných polí). Představitelé tohoto proudu – Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman a Clyfford Still – zaplňovali plátna barevně jednolitými barevnými poli; věřili na emocionální působení barvy.

Pollock zesiloval dynamiku svých obrazů kompozicemi, které kladly stejný důraz na všechny části obrazu a nenabízely tak vizuální střed pozornosti. Ačkoliv soudobá umělecká kritika často považovala Pollocka za čistě impulzivního umělce, ve skutečnosti při tvorbě svých celoplošných kompozic používal racionální kalkul. Chtěl dosáhnout takového výsledku, aby nebyla zdůrazněna jedna část obrazu na úkor jiných. Pro toto pojetí se vžil název "all-over-painting" (celoplošná malba).

Ačkoli stále pracoval technikou "drippings", vrátil se Pollock v roce 1951 částečně k figuraci. Příkladem je obraz Portrét a sen (1953, Dallas Museum of Art). Proplétající se proudy černé barvy na levé straně plátna jsou zcela abstraktní, zatímco na pravé straně obrazu tvoří tyto černé linie hlavu ženy, kterou pak malíř vyplnil červenými, žlutými, růžovými a šedými skvrnami. V posledních osmnácti měsících života už Pollock nenamaloval takřka nic.

Pollockovo dílo mělo vliv na pozdější americké umělce. Malíři směru color-field painting Helen Frankenthaler a Morris Louis používali jeho techniku drippings. Frank Stella a Robert Morris udělali z celoplošné malby jeden z charakteristických znaků minimalismu. Sochaři Richard Serra a Eva Hesse a akční umělec Allan Kaprow převzali Pollockův důraz na proces tvorby a akcentovali ho ještě ve větší míře. K Pollockovu dílu se hlásil rovněž experimentální hudební skladatel Morton Feldman.

Obrazy (výběr)
Wikipedie nemá licenci na reprodukování Pollockových obrazů. Je ale možné je studovat na některém z externích odkazů.
 T. P.'s Boat in Menemsha Pond (T. P.'s-ova loďka v rybníku v Menemshe), 1934, 11 × 16 cm, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut.
 Orange Head (Oranžová hlava), asi 1938–1941, 48 × 40 cm, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York.
 Moon-Woman (Měsíční žena), 1942, 175 × 109 cm, Sbírka Peggy Guggenheimové, Benátky.
 Guardians of the Secret (Strážci tajemství), 1943, 123 × 192 cm, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
 Composition with Pouring II (Kompozice s vylitím II), 1943, 64 × 56 cm, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington.
 The Tea Cup (Šálek čaje), 1946, 102 × 71 cm, 1946, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden.
 Number 15, 1948: Red, Gray, White and Yellow (Číslo 15, 1948: Červená, šedá, bílá, žlutá), 1948, 57 × 78 cm, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
 Portrait and a Dream (Portrét a sen), 1953, 146 × 342 cm, Dallas Museum of Art.

Pollock ve filmu
 Jackson Pollock 51, dokument, 11 min., režie Hans Namuth, 1951.
 Jackson Pollock, dokument, 52 min., režie Kim Evans, 1987.
 Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island, dokument, 46 min., režie Teresa Griffiths, 1999.
 Pollock, hraný film, 122 min., režie a titulní postava Ed Harris, 2000.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Frascina, Francis (ed.), Pollock and After. The Critical Debate, Routledge, Abingdon 2000, .
 O'Connor, Francis V. – Thaw, Eugene V. (eds.), Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings and Other Works, 4 sv., Yale University Press, New Haven 1978,  (úplný seznam díla).
 Potter, Jeffrey, To a Violent Grave. An Oral Biography of Jackson Pollock, Pushcart Press, New York 1987, .

Související články
 Abstraktní expresionismus
 Akční malba
 Lee Krasnerová

Externí odkazy

 Sbírka Jacksona Pollocka v MoMA
 Sbírka Jacksona Pollocka v Guggenheim Museum
 Sbírka Jacksona Pollocka v Izraelském muzeu v Jeruzalémě
 Komplexní stránka věnovaná Pollockovi
 Komplexní stránka věnovaná Pollockovi
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Narození v roce 1912
Úmrtí v roce 1956
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Expresionističtí malíři
Oběti silničních dopravních nehod
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Abstraktní umělci
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Narození 28. ledna
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The 327-room hotel under construction, Club Med in Miches, is owned by a local partnership development fund managed by Pioneer Investment Funds. This fund, acquired the shares of the company Development Sicuani, owner of the land where the hotel is built and all the licenses required for the construction. This being the first investment of a local investment fund in the tourism sector.
Institutional investors such as pension fund managers and insurance companies are among the purchasers of fund participation quotas. These seek, among other things, security, profitability and diversify their investment portfolio that is practically composed in its entirety by Dominican state papers.
According to the article "New tranche of the Pioneer company fund" written by Antonio Trujillo for the Market Brief magazine, the fund will receive an annual return in dollars of 5% on the volume of investment during the construction phase (2 years) and a 7.65% when the hotel starts operations. This profitability, product of the rental payment that Club Med will make, will be indexed to US inflation.
The fund is approved for RD $ 7,250 million, which at today's rate is equivalent to approximately US $ 145 million. Buying the land, developing the project and delivering it turnkey to the standard that Club Med demands for this destination should be costing between US $ 100 and 120 million, which is equal to US $ 300,000 to 365,000 per room.
For a project of this nature, local and international banks today have a lot of appetite and more when a company like Club Med will be the operator of the hotel. They are offering financing between 60 and 70% of the total cost of the project.
This was a tremendous business that together with the efforts being made by the Cisneros Group with its project, Tropicalia and the Four Seasons hotel have put Miches and our country on the map with a new tourist offer.
It is not a coincidence when so many positive factors converge so that an area develops to its maximum potential and I am confident that the Dominican Government, especially through the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, will continue to create the conditions for that Miches and other tourism poles develop sustainably and in turn create jobs and improve the living conditions of the inhabitants of the communities surrounding these projects. Tourism is one of the main engines of our economy and that is why many well-conceived and well-structured projects in high interest tourist locations will take advantage of the Dominican Republic Stock Market to finance its development and thus continue to offer financial instruments to institutional investors. local, allowing them to diversify their investment portfolio and contribute to the development and growth of our country.


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Map of the Month - Convallaria | Edinburgh Instruments
Blog Map of the Month - Convallaria
Map of the Month – Convallaria
Welcome to Edinburgh Instruments monthly blog celebrating our work in Raman, Photoluminescence, and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. Every month we will highlight our pick for Map of the Month to show how our spectrometers can be used to reveal all the hidden secrets in your samples.
The development of fluorescence microscopy in the early 20th century sparked a new era for the field of biological microscopy. The technique allowed scientists to use fluorescent dyes and tags in biological cells to visualise specific structures and molecules. We've moved on leaps and bounds since the initial discovery, and now can offer detailed information on biological samples using fluorescence intensity and fluorescence lifetime imaging.
As microscopy progressed, lasers were also being significantly developed, allowing multiphoton imaging technique such as two-photon excited fluorescence (2PEF). The technique utilises femtosecond pulsed infrared excitation light to generate shorter wavelength light to image the sample. In 2PEF, two infrared photons are simultaneously absorbed by a fluorophore promoting it to an excited state which then radiatively relaxes emitting a shorter wavelength fluorescence, Figure 1.
Figure 1: Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence.
The Edinburgh Instruments RMS1000 Confocal Raman Microscope has external laser coupling ports that enable the optical coupling of mode-locked femtosecond lasers into the microscope. Additionally, the RMS1000 can be configured with both a CCD camera and a photon counting detector for spectral and lifetime two-photon microscopy respectively.
A convallaria rhizome slide stained with acridine orange was placed under the confocal microscope of the RMS1000. The acridine orange was excited at 10 MHz using the pulse picked 1040 nm femtosecond laser output and the fluorescence decay measured on the RMS1000's Hybrid Photodetector using TCSPC. The integrated fluorescence intensity of the decay is shown in Figure 2 (a) and the fitted lifetime in (b), highlighting the increased local environment information that can be obtained from fluorescence lifetime imaging. The FLIM map reveals variation in lifetime across the lignifies and pectin rich cell walls.
Figure 2: Two photon intensity (a) and lifetime (b) imaging of a convallaria rhizome.
If you're interested in finding out more about our femtosecond coupling solution with the RMS1000 Raman Microscope or want to read further on 2PEF check out the full Technical Note: Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy with the RMS1000 Confocal Microscope.
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Q: Python "maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison" with variable arguments. Works fine with lists, however I have the following function:
def lst(*l):
  if l==():return None
  else: return cons(l[0],lst(l[1:]))

When I run it, I get "maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison". Curiously, when I add a warper which converts the parameter tuple into a list, everything works just fine:
def lst(*l):
  return _lst(list(l))

def _lst(l):
  if l==[]:return None
  else: return (l[0],_lst(l[1:]))

>>> lst(1,2)
(1, (2, None))

What is the problem and how to deal with this strange behavior?

A: you are missing a * when passing the parameters again to the function
def lst(*l):
  if l==():return None
  else: return cons(l[0],lst(*l[1:]))

You are passing the empty tuple as a first positional parameter which means that in the next recursion l is actually equal to ((),) (a tuple containing one empty tuple) when it should be ()