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What are the origins of life? How did things go from non-living to living? From something that could not reproduce to something that could? Earth is estimated to be about 4.5 billion years old, and for much of that history it has been home to life in one form or another. Our planet is teaming with life, from the highest mountain to the deepest ocean; life is everywhere. But what was the firing pistol that started the evolutionary race? How did material go from non-living to alive? It's one of the most fundamental and difficult questions that has challenged us since the beginning of time.
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Der GR 10 (franz. Grande Randonnée 10) ist ein französischer GR-Fernwanderweg, der die Pyrenäen vom Atlantik zum Mittelmeer u. a. durch den Nationalpark Pyrenäen durchquert.

Der 866 km lange und 48.000 Höhenmeter umfassende Fernwanderweg verbindet Hendaye mit Banyuls-sur-Mer und verläuft nördlich der französisch-spanischen Grenze durch die Départements Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Ariège und Pyrénées-Orientales. Auf der spanischen Seite gibt es mit dem GR 11 einen parallel verlaufenden Wanderweg. Zwischen diesen beiden Wegen befindet sich die grenzüberschreitende Haute randonnée pyrénéenne, die dem Hauptkamm der Pyrenäen folgt.

Geübte Wanderer benötigen für die Strecke anderthalb bis zwei Monate.

Weblinks

 www.gr10.fr Seite des Vereins Les Amis GRdistes
 Étapes du GR 10 auf der Website von Claude Azémard
 The Pyrenean Way, Informationsseite von Steve Cracknell
 GR10 Pyrenees Walk, englischsprachige Informationsseite
 Über die Pyrenäen auf dem GR 10, Blog von Sascha Radloff
 Randonnée avec le GR10 à travers les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, französisch- und englischsprachige Informationsseite mit herunterladbarem Track des GR10
 Gites d'étape et Refuges, französischsprachige Informationsseite mit Unterkünften am GR10 mit Entfernungen und Gehzeiten
 Quer zum Jakobsweg: Gottloses Pilgern durch die Pyrenäen, Artikel von Ulrike Koltermann in Spiegel Online, 11. Mai 2012

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Q: Multi-select list getting cut off on x-axis when enabling "overflow-y: auto" This is a very odd issue that I am running to at work, so forgive me for not being able to supply a TON of code, but the background is that I am just trying to create a sidenav for some filters for a page. In the sidenav I have a container for all of our Bootstrap multi-select dropdowns (from this source:  http://davidstutz.de/bootstrap-multiselect/) that I want to be able to vertically scroll. The issue I am running into though is that when I use overflow-y: auto or overflow-y: scroll I am seeing an odd issue where the list for the multi-select will get cutoff on the edge of the filter sidenav, but when I disable that it displays just as I would expect.
Again, this multi-select is coming from Bootstrap, but upon inspecting the css the multi-select element has the following properties:
    max-height: 350px;
    overflow: hidden auto;
    width: 397px;
    position: absolute;
    will-change: transform;
    top: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    transform: translate3d(-130px, -352px, 0px);
    z-index: 1000;
    margin: 0.125rem 0 0;

And my container for all of these multi-select elements has the following CSS:
   padding: 20px;
   position: relative;
   height: calc(100% - 70px);
   z-index: 2;
   overflow-y: auto; (<- Disabling this gives the desired display, but not scrolling behavior)

If more info is needed I will try and help where I can obviously.
I created a small codepen that captures the essential idea of what my issue is: https://codepen.io/dakotamaker1/pen/NWWeezb
If anyone has any insight that's really what I am looking for, as I am not the world's top CSS expert by any means, and there was no real clear solution on this semi-related question: Bootstrap-Multiselect: Dropdown is underneatch outer container if overflow-y is used. Cheers.

A: I don't know if this explains what you are looking for, but please see my own solution for this.
I have answered this earlier but I think I misunderstood the problem that's why my answer has been edited may times, my bad. I just replaced the position relative to static in these classes, span.multiselect-native-select, .btn-group, .btn-group-vertical in my solution below, and had some update on js to determine the right and top position for the options holder.

    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('#multiple-checkboxes').multiselect({
          includeSelectAllOption: true,
          maxHeight: 350,
          dropRight: true,
        });

      var position = $('.multiselect').position();
      var height = $('.btn-group').height();
      var right = ($(window).width() - ($('.btn-group').offset().left + $('.btn-group').outerWidth()));

        $('.dropdown-menu.pull-right')
          .css({
          top: position.top + height,
          right: right
        });
    });
.side {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  width: 200px;
  background-color: red;
  height: 100%;
}

.cont {
  padding: 20px;
  overflow-x: visible;
  overflow-y: auto;
  height: 90%;
}

.bottom {
  height: 10%;
  bottom: 0;
  position: absolute;
}

span.multiselect-native-select, .btn-group, .btn-group-vertical {
    position: static !important;
}

.dropdown-menu.pull-right {
/*   top: 55px;
  right: 50px !important; */
}

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-multiselect/0.9.15/css/bootstrap-multiselect.css">

    <select id="multiple-checkboxes" multiple="multiple">
        <option value="php">asdlkjfhalsdfjalsd;fha;sldkfja;sldkfja;lsdkjf;alsdkfja;sldkfja;sldkjfa;lsdkfja;lsdkfja;lsdkjf;al</option>
        <option value="javascript">JavaScript</option>
        <option value="java">Java</option>
        <option value="sql">SQL</option>
        <option value="jquery">Jquery</option>
        <option value=".net">.Net</option>
    </select>

      <button> Apply</button>

A: This is how overflow works. When assigning a value other than visible it will create a new block formatting context. This means the inner content will be contained by overflow element.
See this link: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/12/understanding-css-layout-block-formatting-context/

A: I guess there is a small change that can fix this issue, despite of using dropRight: true, if you use dropRight: false will solve this problem, as in this case, it will start to create content from left and take proper margin from left
please find below code snippet:

    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('#multiple-checkboxes').multiselect({
          includeSelectAllOption: true,
          maxHeight: 350,
          dropRight: false,
        });
    });
.side {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  width: 200px;
  background-color: red;
  height: 100%;
}

.cont {
  padding: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  overflow-y: auto;
  height: 90%;
}

.bottom {
  height: 10%;
  bottom: 0;
  position: absolute;
}

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-multiselect/0.9.15/css/bootstrap-multiselect.css">

    <select id="multiple-checkboxes" multiple="multiple">
        <option value="php">asdlkjfhalsdfjalsd;fha;sldkfja;sldkfja;lsdkjf;alsdkfja;sldkfja;sldkjfa;lsdkfja;lsdkfja;lsdkjf;al</option>
        <option value="javascript">JavaScript</option>
        <option value="java">Java</option>
        <option value="sql">SQL</option>
        <option value="jquery">Jquery</option>
        <option value=".net">.Net</option>
    </select>

      <button> Apply</button>

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Q: Cyclic Quadrilateral Property Problem In a circle with center O, chord AB equals chord AC. Chord AD cuts BC in E. If AC = 12 and AE = 8, then what is the length of AD.

A: *

*Draw the perpendicular bisector of BC. It will go through O and A. Let it cut BC at X.

*Reflect AED about AOX to get AE'D' where E' and D' will be on BC and on the circle respectively.

*Use Pythagoras theorem on AXC and on AXE to get $12^2 – 8^2 = XC^2 – XE^2$

*The RHS $= (XC + XE)[XC – XE] = (CE')[BE']$

*By power of a point, $ (CE')[E'B] = AE' \times E'D' = 8 \times ED' = 8 \times ED$. Result follows


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7.5 / 10.0 - Metro Exodus
It is a great game that had to smear itself in a layer of whatever-nothing to convince you that it belonged in a certain genre. But like the octopus pretending to be a rock, Metro Exodus is a brilliant creature in the guise of a worse one. With some time, energy, and emotional investment it springs to life.
6 / 10.0 - Artifact
I am not out here hollering for a specific mode of card game design, and I love that we live in a world where there are a plurality of games for people with different desires and likes in their card games. I am simply saying that Artifact has emerged into a world where digital card games finally seem to have figured out the sweet spot between mechanical complexity and friendliness for new players, and it has totally ignored any and all of those lessons in favor of a model that, to me at least, seems to be interested in attracting diehard fans of massive complexity and basically no one else. And maybe that works for Valve and the Artifact design team, but it sure as hell doesn't work for me.
7.5 / 10.0 - Battlefield V
It's a structure, like a gym or a concert, and we have our role to play in it. It is good for what it is, but it isn't more than that. This is a first-person shooter on a large scale, and if you've played one before and you're itching for the most-recent and best-looking Battlefield, then you've found it. Anything more or less than that and you're better off getting last year's model. It's probably gotten all the kinks worked out, at least.
7.5 / 10.0 - Forza Horizon 4
And I guess, for some people, that might be the carrot that keeps them moving on. But when I reached that point in Horizon 4 after a couple dozen hours, I didn't have the drive to keep going and pursuing new paths. If you do, it is probably a game that will get its hooks in you like Need For Speed Underground 2 did me all those years ago.
6.3 / 10.0 - State of Decay 2
Overall, I have some mixed feelings about State of Decay 2. It is a game that feels less focused than its predecessor despite making strong moves to deepen the experience in every realm. Focusing in on the details somehow made the game lose something; the steps the game took forward cost something fundamental and core to the experience.
9 / 10.0 - Dead In Vinland
Dead In Vinland scratches the same itch as Darkest Dungeon's less combat-focused parts and King of Dragon Pass's more personal moments. It's unique in the world of games, and it shows what the medium can do when it's committed to a distinct vision of what numbers-and-narrative can do when they're understood as intertwined and integral to one another.
7 / 10.0 - Surviving Mars
I'm in a weird place because I know that Surviving Mars is probably excellent for someone who is not me. If you enjoy Paradox games like Crusader Kings II but not city builders, then this is probably a great bridge for you to relax and play. If you like managing numbers, resources, and people, then this is the game for you. What I wanted was a more freeform experience that allowed me to design and fiddle with Martian landscapes to my heart's content, and this is not the game for that.
9 / 10.0 - Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom
Ni no Kuni 2 aims for a lot of different targets: world-spanning story, management sim, recruitment game and solid combat experience. Against all odds, it manages to hit them all in a way that very few games in its genre can manage.
9.5 / 10.0 - Into The Breach
If you commit and dig in, you'll be rewarded with that rare feeling of accomplishment in a videogame. Not because you leveled up or because you managed to get one over on the game, but because the puzzle feeling of Into The Breach makes the game appear to be extremely fair. I never feel like I've been tricked when I lose, and I never feel like I've done something out of bounds when I win.
7 / 10.0 - Dynasty Warriors 9
Dynasty Warriors 9 exists at the nexus of a lot of different desires on the player community side and the development side. I just want to wander around inside a big space and win epic battles in long-ago China while coveting the throne. That's what I'm in it for, and that's what it delivers. If you're in it for that, you might like it too.
Unscored - Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
As a person who enjoys the stories and characters of the Final Fantasy franchise, I'm immediately more likely to be invested in Dissidia NT and what it's offering me. However, that's not enough; I need to love these characters and this complicated and opaque game type, and truly enjoying the heart of it isn't really possible for me.
7 / 10.0 - InnerSpace
Innerspace has all of the things I like in a game. It has an evocative plot, some well-executed flying and diving mechanics, and some tricky puzzles that genuinely require paying attention to the game world around you. All of this is, sadly, perched on top of a visual mode that made the game literally unplayable for me. A glorious few hours was all I could manage, but maybe you have the fortitude of eye and body to make it through the entire experience. I wish that I could.
5 / 10.0 - Hello Neighbor
player contests and player vs. environment puzzles. Currently, Hello Neighbor tries to have its cake while eating it too, and everyone goes home disappointed when that happens.
Unscored - Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle
If you're in for some meditative classic gaming, Hyakki Castle is for you. It's a game that knows exactly what it is, and it has no interest in punishing you or making you feel like you don't get it. It's a friendly, old-style game that wants you to succeed, and that seems to be less and less present now. It also has cat people in it.
8 / 10.0 - Destiny 2
While new content will drip in over the next couple years, right now you really have to take seriously that Destiny 2 is like a microwave: you know exactly what it does, and it does it well, but you can't expect it to do more than that. It's very hard for me to look at the past five or six years of console and PC games, and then the things that are announced for the next six months, and think that I want to fully integrate Destiny 2 into my life as my primary entertainment appliance. It would be so easy to do so, but the cost of committing to this thing over any other thing seems so high.
6 / 10.0 - Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 1: Awake
Ultimately, I want to enjoy Before the Storm as much as I did Life is Strange, but I think some serious shifts will have to take place between this episode and the next in order for me to really get onboard.
7 / 10.0 - Windjammers
"Easy to learn, hard to master" is the worst cliché possible, but Windjammers really evokes that feeling for me. I feel very comfortable handing the controller to anyone with a passing interest in games, or no interest at all, and knowing that they will figure out how frisbee tennis works. They'll also have a good time.
7.5 / 10.0 - Kingsway
Borrowing from roguelikes, your character has one life, and the game is mostly about preserving yourself and leveling efficiently so that you can defeat the appropriate bosses so that you can win the game. This was not something that I found particularly interesting in itself, but I tend to not be super excited about games that are fundamentally concerned about making numbers go up. Lots of people are, and if you're one of them, you should try out Kingsway immediately.
9 / 10.0 - Injustice 2
It is the lightest possible complaint to say that I had a great time with a videogame, and I have already ordered the PS4 version of the first game to go back and play. I've also read the first year of the tie-in comic book to find out more about this weird fork universe of DC Comics. I guess I'm now waiting for Injustice 3 to come out. I need to know what's up with Swamp Thing and the wild world of a nature worth fighting for.
8 / 10.0 - Strafe
As I shoot robot enemies and monsters who want to slice me up, I am delighted. The screen goes red every time. I hit the restart button with a smile on my face.


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The division will operate under the brand name of Luminescence, which Sun Chemical acquired earlier this year.
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Sun Chemical's security division will operate under the brand name of Luminescence, the highly regarded manufacturer of security and brand protection inks that Sun Chemical acquired earlier this year.
Suppliers of the very latest in security ink technological developments to governments and security printers in over 100 countries, Luminescence manufactures security inks suitable for offset, intaglio, flexo, gravure, screen, numbering and inkjet processes and security threads. Luminescence will remain a standalone business, guaranteeing the confidentiality and strict protocols followed in the security inks business. This will be headed by Paul Cooper, who has over 30 years of experience in the security market. A key driver in the success of Luminescence, Cooper will now have the vast resources of Sun Chemical to provide a world class service on a global basis.
"I'm delighted to have been entrusted with leading Sun Chemical Security and will ensure that the Luminescence philosophy of giving our customers the highest levels of innovation, security, discretion and confidentiality continues to be fundamental to our business approach," says Cooper. "Previously, Luminescence may have had a limited ability to scale operations to meet the needs of the largest printers and banks, just as Sun Chemical might not have had the technology to meet the demands of every printer and bank in the market. Together, however, in the new combined organization, we now have the capabilities to satisfy the requirements of every security printer and central bank."
Specializing in customized, ink-based solutions for banknotes, tax stamps and secure documents, such as passports and ID cards, the new business offers customers a combination of technology, production and R&D capabilities, global reach and financial stability.
This proposition, underpinned by the highest ethical standards, means that, for all security printers and central banks, Luminescence presents an alternative to existing suppliers in the market. Recognizing this, two of the top four global central banks have already demonstrated their confidence in Luminescence and Sun Chemical Security by engaging the division.
The business is headquartered in the UK, with R&D facilities in the UK, France and the USA and with secure, European bank accredited manufacturing sites in the UK, France and the Netherlands. Further significant investments are planned to support the rapidly growing business.
"With our broad range of capabilities and our vast experience, we've already proved that Sun Chemical can add significant value for customers in other print markets and are confident that Sun Chemical Security, led by Paul Cooper, can do the same by making security printing more productive and cost-effective," says Felipe Mellado, chief marketing officer and Board member, Sun Chemical. "We're 100% committed to the security printing market. With the combination of Luminescence's proven technologies and Sun Chemical's global reach, resources and R&D capability, we can provide the security printing industry with a highly competitive and innovative partner."
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Germany holds up Greek bid for euro zone loan extension
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Germany rejected a Greek proposal for a six-month extension to its euro zone loan agreement on Thursday, saying it was "not a substantial solution" because it did not commit Athens to stick to the conditions of its international bailout.
Berlin's stance, describing the carefully worded Greek letter as a "Trojan horse" for shirking commitments, set the scene for tough talks at a crucial meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Friday. Greece's leftist-led government is scrabbling to avoid running out of money within weeks and will face pressure to make further concessions in Brussels.
As the biggest creditor and EU paymaster, Germany has the clout to block a deal and cast Greece adrift without a lifeline, potentially pushing it towards the euro zone exit. But some officials in other capitals saw the German response as tactical and forecast agreement by the weekend after more wrangling.
Nonetheless, despite warm words from those who saw the Greek move as a step forward, Athens remained isolated after a meeting of euro zone officials to prepare Friday's talks, sources close to the negotiations said. All agreed with Germany that Greece must commit more clearly to abiding by its current credit terms.
A Greek official said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a 50-minute telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, believed to be their first substantive exchange since the Athens government was elected on Jan. 25.
"The conversation was held in a positive climate, geared towards finding a mutually beneficial solution for Greece and the euro zone," the official said. A German spokesperson confirmed the call but would not comment on the content.
Tsipras also spoke to French President Francois Hollande, who, according to a Greek official, promised to raise the issue with Merkel when she visits him in Paris on Friday.
Earlier, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis formally submitted the request after days of backstairs negotiations with the European Commission and the chairman of the Eurogroup of finance ministers of the currency bloc.
While officials in Brussels, Paris and Rome welcomed the effort by a government elected on an anti-austerity platform to find a workable formula, German officials said it was full of loopholes with no commitment to respect the bailout terms.
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's spokesman said the Greek proposal did not meet the criteria agreed by the Eurogroup and "goes in the direction of a bridge financing without fulfilling the demands of the programme".
Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said what mattered was what economic reforms Greece was prepared to make, adding: "The letter can only be the start of negotiations."
The objections from Berlin drew a tart response from Athens, which questioned whether Germany spoke for the other euro zone finance ministers, whose aides were already in Brussels looking at the options during a meeting on Thursday afternoon.
"Tomorrow's Eurogroup has only two options: either to accept or reject the Greek request," a Greek official said. "It will then be clear who wants to find a solution and who doesn't."
A German paper prepared for Thursday's meeting of euro zone officials and seen by Reuters said the request was no basis for even starting to draft an accord on Friday.
"The Greek letter is not clear at all, but opens immense room for interpretation," it read. "It … represents a Trojan horse … in substance putting an end to the current programme."
With Greece's EU/IMF bailout programme due to expire in little more than a week, Tsipras urgently needs to secure a financial lifeline to keep the country afloat beyond late March.
Athens asked for an extension to its "Master Financial Assistance Facility Agreement" with the euro zone, rather than the full bailout programme as euro zone governments led by Germany have insisted. Tsipras, who won power promising to ditch the bailout, is trying to secure funding without accepting all the demands for austerity and painful economic reform which are conditions of the EU/IMF programme.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke by telephone on Thursday with his Greek, Dutch and French counterparts, urging all sides to make concessions in the talks.
NOT TO BERLIN'S LIKING
Berlin can count on the support of north European fiscal hawks such as Finland and the Netherlands but also countries such as Spain and Portugal which have imposed austerity measures in return for aid and do not want Greece to get a softer deal.
But Greece also has sympathisers. Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan warned of the risk involved in any Greek exit.
"We have to send a signal that the euro is irreversible," he told the magazine l'Espresso. "If a country were to leave, it wouldn't just mean one less country in the union but the transformation of the euro into a mechanism that can be undone."
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, a socialist who like Tsipras is aged 40 and still new to government, spoke to his Greek counterpart on Thursday, an Italian official said. Renzi also spoke to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, a euro zone veteran, who has been trying to mediate.
In France, co-creator of the euro with Germany, Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the Greek move "a very encouraging sign that a solution is possible, and very quickly".
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's said a Greek exit would be less financially risky for the remaining euro zone members than it would have been during the last scare in 2012. Since then, policymakers have introduced the European Stability Mechanism, which could help governments under market pressure if Greece were to leave, it noted.
In the letter seen by Reuters, Greece pledged to meet its financial obligations to all creditors, recognise the existing EU/IMF programme as the legally binding framework and refrain from unilateral action that would undermine the fiscal targets.
It accepted that the extension would be monitored by the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, a climbdown by Tsipras who had vowed to end cooperation with "troika" inspectors accused of inflicting deep economic and social damage on Greece.
However, the document stopped short of accepting that Greece should achieve a primary budget surplus, excluding debt service, equal to three percent of the country's annual economic output this year, as promised under the bailout deal.
Tsipras wants to cut that to 1.5 percent to allow more spending to ease the plight of the poor. The document spoke only of attaining "appropriate primary budget surpluses".
Crucial details remain to be clarified on the fiscal targets, labour market reforms, privatisations and other measures due to be implemented under the existing programme.
The six-month interim period would be used to negotiate a long-term deal for recovery and growth incorporating further debt relief measures promised by the Eurogroup in 2012.
Greek stocks initially rose on Thursday's developments, with the benchmark Athens stock index up 2 percent but it slipped back after the German statement, closing up just 1 percent on the day. Banks gained 9 percent but then shed much of that.
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My personal website didn't always look like this. In fact, it's lived several very different lives.
The earliest iteration can be found at the internet archive, in 1997. My dad set it up for me and seemingly advertised my school email address to the world wide web. I wasn't really into computers back then though, so played no part in its conception or design.
Throughout the rest of the 90's it remained the same, and only saw an update in the year 2000. This update gave it some new photos and a new email address was posted, from IBM, and it's from this email address that I got my username that I still use now.
That version of my website remained in that form until it was finally deleted in 2006.
Before (what I am calling) my original website was taken down, I did start a new one. This happened in 2003, after I discovered computers and started firmly learning all I could.
I had an iBook G3 and was looking for a new email provider. In that search I stumbled upon Apple's .Mac service that was just beginning. I signed up for a trial account, and downloaded a free blogging application they were offering. iBlog was it's name, and it would serve me well until the start of 2008.
The earliest version of the resulting website I set up, along with my new blog, is from 2004. It was created with really bad templates in a bad web-based application. Back then though, it served it's purpose and many photos and blog entries were shared with the world.
The last version of that site I could find was from 2006 too. Over the years I'd made some changes to the layout and design, but it was to be iWeb's introduction that took me to my next layout.
With iWeb I had much more freedom to design and play around with my website. It took some getting used to and the transition was slow, but in 2007 it was done, and by 2008 I was using iWeb as my primary blogging application too.
In 2007 I also set up my personal domain name for this site, by which many people would have got here by.
At the end of 2008 my favicon (a small graphical icon visible in the URL bar of most web browsers) started displaying. It's a scribbled heart.
I would have liked the story to end there, but iWeb gradually received less attention from Apple, and when it was discontinued a search for an alternative needed to be made. As luck would, or wouldn't, have it, an absence from, blogging forced my hand, and out of the Ashes I bought some web hosting at the end of 2011 and started figuring out WordPress, my current blog. It's not as hard as I thought it'd be, though it's still trickier than iWeb, with loads of features I'm yet to discover, and may still some day.
For now, I change my theme roughly once a year.


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Injuries, power drop leave Yanks with sorry season
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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez heads to the dugout after striking out looking in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
By Ronald Blum |
PUBLISHED: September 30, 2013 at 6:03 p.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.
NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera have left, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson might not be far behind and Alex Rodriguez could be suspended for all of next season.
Following the New York Yankees' worst year since 1992, there are a whole lot of questions and not many answers. Manager Joe Girardi hasn't even committed to returning. "I don't know how it's going to be here next year," captain Derek Jeter said after Sunday's season finale. "The manager and coaches are free agents, too. Anything I would say about next year would be premature and speculation." New York finished tied for third in the AL East at 85-77, its poorest winning percentage in more than two decades. The Yankees were 12 games back of first-place Boston and six games behind Tampa Bay, which forced a tiebreaker for the second AL wild card. "The franchise knows what they have to do," said Cano, who may seek $300 million or more as a free agent. "They seem to make the team better every single year. I'm just going to go on vacation and go home and see the family and see where we are." For a team that treats early-round playoff games as routine, missing the postseason for only the second time in 19 years was a shock. The only new memories created were tear-filled exits. "Andy and Mo, goes without saying how special that was," Jeter said. "But on the field, it wasn't memorable." New York's high point of 12 games over .500 was reached on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, when a win at Tampa Bay increased the Yankees' record to 30-18. By early August they hit their midseason nadir at 57-56. Not for a single game did New York put its envisioned lineup on the field. After breaking his left ankle in the AL championship series opener against Detroit last October, Jeter didn't return until July 11 and went right back on the DL with a tight right quadriceps. He came back late in the month but played in only four games before a strained right calf caused a third DL stint. After just 17 games overall this year, his season was cut short on Sept. 11 because of another injury to the left ankle. Jeter's final totals for 2013: a .190 average, one homer and seven RBIs. Coming off left hip surgery in January, Rodriguez didn't make his season debut until Aug. 5 — the day he was given a 211-game suspension by Major League Baseball for alleged violations of the sport's drug agreement and labor contract. Playing while his penalty was under appeal, he hit .244 with seven homers and 19 RBIs in 44 games and missed the final four because of sore legs. "I'm really looking forward to at least one full offseason of hardcore training," he said. "I haven't had that in quite a long time." Mark Teixeira partially tore the tendon sheath in his right wrist while with the U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic. The All-Star first baseman made his season debut on May 31, then aggravated the injury June 15 and opted for surgery on July 2. His season amounted to a .151 average with three homers and 12 RBIs in 15 games. And in his last season before free agency, Granderson hit.229 with seven homers and 15 RBIs in 61 games. His right forearm was broken on Feb. 24 in his first spring training plate appearance when he was hit by a pitch from Toronto's J.A. Happ. Granderson returned May 14, but in his eighth game back his left pinkie was broken May 24 by a pitch from Tampa Bay's Cesar Ramos. The outfielder didn't appear in another big league game until Aug. 2. Even the replacements got hurt. Kevin Youkilis didn't play after June 13 because of a lumbar spine sprain. Eduardo Nunez was out from early May until July with a left oblique strain. Francisco Cervelli's season ended April 26 when a foul ball off the bat of Toronto's Rajai Davis broke his right hand. The catcher also was suspended in the Biogenesis drug scandal. New York used a team-record 56 players as 21 went on the disabled list for a total of 28 stints, causing 1,493 missed days, STATS said. The injuries and the departures of Raul Ibanez, Nick Swisher, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez as free agents caused a massive power outage. Home runs dropped from a team-record 245 last year to 144, the Yankees' fewest in a non-shortened season since they hit 130 in 1989. Not counting strike years, it was the largest falloff in baseball history, according to STATS, topping a decrease of 96 for the 1988 Chicago Cubs. "I think we need more offense overall," Girardi said. Fourteen players are potentially eligible for free agency, including Phil Hughes (4-14), Hiroki Kuroda (11-13 after losing his last six decisions) and relievers Boone Logan and Joba Chamberlain. Jeter is expected to exercise his $9.5 million player option. Cano, the team's best offensive player, may opt to take a higher offer if the Yankees attempt to show fiscal restraint. They'd like to get under the $189 million threshold for the luxury tax next season, which includes space for about $177 million in player salaries. "I've just got to wait and see to decide if it's stressful or how it is. I cannot really tell you because I've never been in that situation," Cano said. CC Sabathia remains a concern after going 14-13 with a 4.78 ERA, 76th among 81 qualifying pitchers. The ace missed his final turn in the rotation because of a strained left hamstring. "I know a lot of people have written me off," he said. Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann seems to be a possible target in the free-agent market. The pitching staff could be overhauled. But if the new guys get hurt, the Yankees might struggle again. "I don't care who the guys are in that room," Girardi said. "When you put the uniform on, you're a big league player and I believe you have a chance to make the postseason."
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Is there anything better than little baby anything? I mean they are small and just the cutest! But in reality the "needs" of babies is HUGE. Many times those are the best presents to get but never to buy. I have a few of both because lets be honest I am a realist. I have picked out some of my favorite baby products that made my life easier as well as some "fun and cute" items that every baby/toddler needs on Christmas morning.
Warmies- My girls are still obsessed with these. They smell of lavender and are microwave safe to leave baby or toddler feeling warm and getting the lavender smell to help them feel comforted and fall asleep.
Dream Big One Piece– Not only is this little bodysuit from Mustard Seed adorable as a gift or for your own little one but it holds a special place in my heart. When you purchase anything from their shop a portion of the proceeds goes directly to helping children in foster care. I absolutely love this shop and love supporting companies that give back.
Kimber Scooter– My two and three year old absolutely love this scooter. It is small enough for a toddler and has three wheels to make it so it isn't wobbly.
Honest Co. diapers– Lets be "honest" these are a necessity and no one hates getting CUTE diapers so they do not have to buy them themselves.
Z Dough Play do– For sure my favorite play do. It is safe for kids and smells AMAZING!!! I love to put my littles in their high chairs and they will play with it for hours and I can actually get something done.
Teepee– Super cute as decor for a play room or bedroom as well as kids will spend countless hours inside.
Little Miracle Long Sleeve Tee– Their clothes at Mustard Seed Baby are 100% Organic and another one of my favorites about them as they are MADE IN THE USA. I love supporting small companies, made in the USA, but even better is their give back to children in foster care! You know this holds a special place in my heart.
Moccasins-Keeping shoes on babies is impossible unless they are the moccasins.
Cash and Co. Hat and Beanies– Cutest hats a beanies for little boys and girls! They have the smallest sizes for those little noggins.
BEST Christmas Jammies– These jammies are THE softest, stretchiest, cutest patterns ever. I will never buy any other jammies. They are a bit more than I usually spend but such great quality I can hand them down to my next kids.
SUCKABLE Dyson Kids Vacuum– YOU GUYS!!! I have said they needed to make this for years. Everyone of my toddlers loves to vacuum, at least now they can actually be helping me out.
Little Tikes Car– A CLASSIC and my kids still absolutely love these. We allow them to bring them inside and the Gas Pump and Traffic Light make the set even that more fun!
I will be adding to this list as I find goodies.
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Q: Using class template argument deduction to make a static interface I want to create some macros to create static interfaces for templated argument passing, storage, etc. I'm using class template argument deduction, but I'm hitting a wall.
#include <iostream>

template <typename Type>
struct Person
{
    Type &object;

    Person(Type &object) : object(object) {}

    void walk(unsigned steps)
    {
        object.walk(steps);
    }

    void talk(const std::string &words)
    {
        object.talk(words);
    }
};

struct MySelf
{
    void walk(unsigned steps)
    {
        std::cout << "walking: " << steps << std::endl;
    }

    void talk(const std::string &words) const
    {
        std::cout << "talking: " << words << std::endl;
    }
};

template <typename Type>
void testNConst(Person<Type> object)
{
    object.walk(50);
    object.talk("testing");
}

template <typename Type>
void testConst(Person<const Type> object)
{
    object.talk("testing");
}

int main()
{
    MySelf myself;

    testNConst(Person{myself}); // compiles

    testNConst(myself);         // does not compile
    testConst(myself);          // does not compile

    return 0;
}

Output:
../../../../src/py.com.personal/other/hanaTest/main.cpp:53:5: error: no matching function for call to 'testNConst'
    testNConst(myself);         // does not compile
    ^~~~~~~~~~
../../../../src/py.com.personal/other/hanaTest/main.cpp:35:6: note: candidate template ignored: could not match 'Person<type-parameter-0-0>' against 'MySelf'
void testNConst(Person<Type> object)
     ^
../../../../src/py.com.personal/other/hanaTest/main.cpp:54:5: error: no matching function for call to 'testConst'
    testConst(myself);          // does not compile
    ^~~~~~~~~
../../../../src/py.com.personal/other/hanaTest/main.cpp:42:6: note: candidate template ignored: could not match 'Person<const type-parameter-0-0>' against 'MySelf'
void testConst(Person<const Type> object)
     ^
2 errors generated.

Any ideas?

A: Class template argument deduction applies only to creating objects (variable declarations, etc.).
It simply does not apply to either function parameters or function return types. You cannot call testNConst(myself) because myself is not a Person<T> for some T - normal function deduction rules apply.

In short:
template <typename T> struct X { X(T ); };

X x = 42;                 // ok, ctad here

template <typename T>
void foo(X<T> );
foo(42);                  // error, ctad doesn't apply here

X bar() { return 42; }    // error, ctad doesn't apply here either

A: An other approach could be using the curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), inherit from the interface, which takes the type itself as the template parameter, remember you can downcast with static_cast and there is no problem with overload resolution, when using the interface as the parameter. You must know that you cannot use an object of type Person, if it is not subclassed. So you must pass the objects by reference to functions (which is faster than copying the object)...
Instead of the object of type Type living inside Person, the Interface lives inside the Type itself. (The interface does not have any members, when empty structs are inherited from, there is no additional memory overhead, the sizeof MySelf is the same as without the inheritance). With this approach never use Person<Type> without const&, & or && in a parameterlist.
#include <iostream>

template <typename Type>
struct Person
{
    /// this returns the subclass-object
    Type &object() { return static_cast<Type&>(*this); }
    Type const &object() const { return static_cast<Type const&>(*this); }

    void walk(unsigned steps)
    {
        object().walk(steps);
    }

    void talk(const std::string &words) const /// const was eventually missing
    {
        object().talk(words);
    }

protected:
    ~Person() = default; /// this disallows the user to construct an instance of this class that is not used as a base object
};

struct MySelf : Person<MySelf>
{
    void walk(unsigned steps)
    {
        std::cout << "walking: " << steps << std::endl;
    }

    void talk(const std::string &words) const
    {
        std::cout << "talking: " << words << std::endl;
    }
};

template <typename Type>
void testNConst(Person<Type>& object) /// works fine with instances of MySelf and Person<MySelf>
{
    object.walk(50);
    object.talk("testing");
}

template <typename Type>
void testConst(Person<Type> const& object)
{
    object.talk("testing");
}

int main()
{
    MySelf myself;

    testNConst(myself);         // compiles
    testConst(myself);          // compiles

    return 0;
}

Some other tips

*

*always pass objects by reference if you want to change the object

*always pass objects by const reference if you do not want to change the object

Edit

*

*a protected destructor avoids that the class is instantiated without a derived class, this prevents the programmer from otherwise invoke undefined behavior (the static_cast<Type&> is the critical point).


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Bon Jovi's music rights for sale
Bid with SongVest for a piece of Aerosmith, The Monkees and Ozzy
Illegal downloading has turned the music industry on its head in recent years. Artists and record labels have desperately tried to monetise their music again, deemed by many a file-sharer to be worth nothing more than the price of a high-speed internet connection. Now, new start-up SongVest has thrown another spanner into the works by offering fans the chance to own the rights to songs by the likes of Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and The Monkees.
Starting next month, SongVest will auction a percentage of the rights to a number of tracks submitted by hard-up songwriters. After the sale, SongVest acts as the middle man by collecting royalties for the winning bidder - taking a cut of 25%-40% of the sale price for itself, of course.
The company's co-founder David Prohaska calls the opportunity "the ultimate [in] memorabilia" rather than a money-making investment. It's not clear what percentage of the rights a successful bidder would own, all we know is that the song's publisher still controls how the track is used for TV adverts, radio play etc.
It's certainly a nice idea, and a quick look through the list of available songs shows they're not all b-side filler, either. The (Theme From) The Monkees and Two Story Town from Bon Jovi's Crush will surely have die-hard fans re-mortgaging at the thought. And re-mortgaging is no exaggeration; some titles are expected to fetch more than $250,000 according to The Wall Street Journal.
Now, if only Daniel Powter's Bad Day was on the list...
Songs for sale
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
Two Story Town - Bon Jovi
Gotta Love It - Aerosmith
Denial - Ozzy Osbourne
Never Without You - Ringo Starr
My Song (Too Far Gone) - Cher
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
I Ain't in Checotah Anymore - Carrie Underwood
I Got it Bad - LeAnn Rimes
Someone Else's Dream/ You Can't Loose Me - Faith Hill
Look Heart No Hands/ Whisper My Name - Randy Travis
(Theme From) Days of our Lives - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
I Swear - John Michael Montgomery and All-4-One
You and I - Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, and Hit Crew
I'll Be True to You - Oak Ridge Boys
Wild Eyed Dream - Ricky Van Shelton