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Sinister Sixteen
Occasionally we will catch a film that doesn't fall on the fringe of horror, but does fall comfortably in the category often considered the fun step-cousin of horror: scifi/fantasy. While comic films have become commonplace-enough to practically earn their own genre, I would still classify them in scifi/fantasy, for the most part. Spider-Man Homecoming most certainly falls in that place.
Spider-Man Homecoming follows the events of Captain America: Civil War, in which Spider-Man assisted Iron Man on a mission. Filling in as Peter Parker's semi-absentee father, Tony Stark begins to neglectfully mentor the overzealous Parker. As Parker investigates the happenings of a group tinkering with alien technology (Chitauri tech, from the first Avengers film), he has to decide whether to heed Stark's request to lay low, or dive headfirst into the danger awaiting him.
Spider-Man Homecoming Review
On a whim, I've decided to do this review in 16 thoughts, in honor of the movie mentioned above:
I did think there was a bit too much high school drama - I have been hoping for more substance in comic book movies, like we got in Logan and Winter Soldier, but not like this...It stayed light enough that it never felt like Dawson's Creek, but it was enough that it felt more like the Breakfast Club than Spider-Man at times.
The formula is getting more stale with each entry - I don't blame Marvel for not messing with something that's working, but it's starting to grow stale. I think this was the first Marvel movie I actually forgot was coming out...That speaks to my personal lack of interest. Marvel may want to consider mixing it up a little bit, maybe find a way to pull of a PG-13 take on the Logan and Deadpool creative freedom.
The bland villain is the serial crime of Marvel movies - I was very excited to see they chose Michael Keaton to play the Vulture. Yeah, I partially enjoyed the hilarity of the similarities of this character and the Birdman film. But also, Keaton is a great choice for the role. Unfortunately, the casting is wasted on a bland script that gives absolutely zero depth to the character and a complete neglect to his development. One of the greatest things about Spider-Man is his rogues gallery is stuffed with villains that have a conflict of interest and conscience. The Vulture doesn't have a long history as one of those villains, but with the first two Raimi Spider-Man films giving us the best Marvel villains to date, I've developed a high standard for their adaptations, and this fell way below the mark.
I loved the character design of the Vulture - They took the classic layout of the Vulture and mordernized it to near-perfection. I loved the jacket and the helmet design in particular. It had the feeling of modified pilot gear from back in the day. The mask reminded me of the sleek and stylish green goggles common on Siphon Filter marketing. I feel like I am exhibiting my age all over this post...
(MINOR SPOILER) I loved the Mac Gargan easter egg - Gargan, also known as Scorpion, made a brief appearance in the film. I was a bit giddy, but not because of Scorpion. Eddie Brock is Venom through-and-through...but I loved the arc where the symbiote went to Gargan. It was a great interpretation on the character.
I loved the Tony Stark scenes - Yeah, I agree with the complaints that are saying, "whose movie is this???" I think people are especially sensitive to this considering his "invasion" of screentime in the Civil War movie. But, I think of this in two ways...the relationship between Stark and Parker that has been created is very interesting because of the father/son dynamic that can enrich them both. Also, RDJ is the best casting for any Marvel role ever and we should savor the moments we have left.
I hated the treatment of Shocker (MAJOR SPOILER) - I did not understand the way Shocker was written into the film. The "original" is killed by Vulture towards the beginning of the film no more than a minute after he was introduced...and the actor, Logan Marshall-Green, is gone as soon as he arrived...Regardless of who picks up the mantel, in hindsight it makes no sense story-wise. What was the point of killing him to have someone else play him? Why cast Marshall-Green at all?
The after-credits stinger was perfect - It was the best thing since Deadpool's. I loved it. But, minor spoiler, don't bother staying if you are hoping for some kind of tease to Infinity War or something.
I loved Karen - Karen is the name Parker gives to his suit's AI. It was cool because she was much more personable with him than Stark's usual sassy and sarcastic AI. While it's worth arguing that AI voices are a Stark thing, its treatment made it fit Parker very well and I hope it stays in future films.
The closing credits graphics were great - It was an indie dramedy style that I thought was great, and I actually wish the film would have been more like that than how it turned out. More grounded.
The action sequences are nothing new - There wasn't anything particularly impressive or unique in the action sequences. It feels like it followed basic Marvel blueprints.
They skip the origin story...sort of - This film received premature praise for being a reboot that wasn't messing with the origin story...AGAIN. Instead, we get the occasional quip referencing how he got his powers and where his parents are. But, the film still kind of plays out like an origin story, focusing on Parker's growing pains with becoming a top-tier superhero. It still makes for a less-than-stellar plot.
(MAJOR SPOILERS) Parker can't handle giving away his identity in this one - He's a little absent-minded on the secret identity front. It isn't addressed as much as an important element of his heroism journey, and that's fine because we get plenty of other elements of Spider-Man.
(MAJOR SPOILERS) Where's Iron Spider? - Even at the end of the film, we don't get a reveal from Stark on Spider-Man's Iron Spider suit he designed in the Civil War comics. It would've been a perfect time to do it, especially since Parker declines Stark's offer to join the Avengers full-time.
The humanity of a young superhero - One of Spider-Man's biggest conflicts in life is his balance of his personal life with being a superhero. And we get plenty of that in the vein of silly parties and homecoming dances...but we also get it in this gritty and emotional moment when Spidey is buried under some rubble. That moment was fantastically done.
Happy makes sense in this movie - I love Jon Favreau for his role in bringing cinematic Marvel to us. But his Happy character was getting really annoying. However, I think he really worked in this movie as the liaison for Stark to Parker. It limited RDJ eating up all the screentime and also helped establish the distanced relationship Parker is forced to deal with, just adding an extra wrinkle.
That was harder than it looked...All in all, I considered Homecoming to be another standard Marvel film, which is actually becoming stale...I really thought I would never say that...
Horror Qualifier: 2/10
Horror Quality: 1/10
Film Quality: 5/10
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Пётр Дмитриевич Шабанов (род. 30 июня 1955, Щигры, Курская область) — российский учёный-, специалист в области психонейрофармакологии, биологической наркологии и психонейроэндокринологии. Доктор медицинских наук (1992), профессор (2000), заведующий кафедрой фармакологии Военно-медицинской академии (с 2000), одновременно с 2011 г. возглавляет отдел нейрофармакологии им. С. В. Аничкова Института экспериментальной медицины (Санкт-Петербург), ведущий научный сотрудник НИЛ клинической эндокринологии НМИЦ им. В. А. Алмазова.
Главный фармаколог Минобороны России с 2000 года.
Главный клинический фармаколог Военно-медицинской академии (с 2001 г.).
Врач-нарколог высшей квалификационной категории (1999).
Ученик С. В. Аничкова.

Биография
В родном городе в 1972 году окончил школу с золотой медалью, а затем поступил на лечебный факультет ЛСГМИ — ныне это Санкт-Петербургская государственная медицинская академия имени И. И. Мечникова, который окончил в 1978 году, там же приступил к научной деятельности сперва на кафедре психиатрии под началом профессора Ф. И. Случевского, затем на кафедре фармакологии под руководством профессора П. П. Денисенко и И. В. Томилиной. Будучи студентом работал в психиатрической больнице № 3 им. И. Скворцова-Степанова. После выпуска поступил в аспирантуру Института экспериментальной медицины АМН СССР, в котором защитил кандидатскую диссертацию «Нейрофармакологический анализ воспроизведения следов памяти у крыс» (1982, науч. рук-ли академик АМН СССР С. В. Аничков и проф. Ю. С. Бородкин), к 1991 году прошёл там путь от аспиранта до старшего научного сотрудника. В 1991 году защитил докторскую диссертацию «Нарушения памяти и их фармакологическая коррекция (клинико-экспериментальный анализ)».
С 1994 года профессор кафедры валеологии Государственного университета педагогического мастерства. С 1998 по 2010 год профессор кафедры наркологии Санкт-Петербургской медицинской академии последипломного образования (СПбМАПО). Зампредседателя диссовета Д 215.002.07. Член Президиума Российского научного общества фармакологов (с 2007, с 2003 г. член правления), с 2005 г. заместитель председателя Санкт-Петербургского научного общества фармакологов; председатель Российской ассоциации психонейроэндокринологии (с 2008), член Международного общества психонейроэндокринологии (с 1990). Действительный член Академии гуманитарных наук РФ (1999). Под его началом защищены 22 докторских и 39 кандидатских диссертаций. С 2001 года главред журнала «Психофармакология и биологическая наркология», и с 2003 года — журнала «Обзоры по клинической фармакологии и лекарственной терапии», с 2003 года заместитель главреда журнала «Клиническая патофизиология».

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Литература
 Лобзин Ю. В. Петр Дмитриевич Шабанов (к 50-летию со дня рождения)
 К 55-летию со дня рождения Шабанова Петра Дмитриевича

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Выпускники Санкт-Петербургской медицинской академии
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Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of inhibitor of growth 4(ING4)on the proliferation,migration and the expression of angiogenesis related factors such as VEGF,MMP-2,MMP-9 in endothelial cells. Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)were cultured in vitro;ING4 plasmid and siRNA were constructed and transfected to HUVECs;the proliferation of HUVECs was evaluated by MTT assay;the ability of migration was evaluated by Transwell assay;real-time PCR and Western blotting were used to determine the expression of mRNA and protein of angiogenesis related factors such as VEGF,MMP-2,and MMP-9. Results MTT and Transwell assay showed that ING4 has the ability to inhibit the proliferation and migration of HUVECs,and the results of real-time PCR and Western blotting proved that ING4 can inhibit the expression of angiogenesis related factors such as VEGF,MMP-2,and MMP-9. Conclusion ING4 can inhibit the proliferation and migration of HUVECs,down-regulate the expression of angiogenesis related factors such as VEGF,MMP-2,MMP-9,and inhibit angiogenesis.
LI Yue,YANG Xianghong. Effects of Inhibitor of Growth 4 on the Proliferation,Migration and Expression of Angiogenesis Related Factors in Endothelial Cells[J]. Journal of China Medical University, 2017, 46(2): 160-164.
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Any pointers for a guy who can barely tell one pin from the next with a lifter?
Still working on my first ever lock - a crappy $20 deadbolt.
Am I applying tension properly? Am I feeling about in the right way? Etc?
I feel like it would be beneficial to be blindfolded so I could stop trying to use my eyes and perhaps better visualize the internal workings of this little sucker.
EDIT: So it says you have to have 5-pin cylinder than you can disassemble and remove the pins. If I can do that, I don't know how. How is it done? What tools are involved?
Kokomo knows the way.... lets follow him!
in this line-up of vids Koko has taken the time to put together for us.
Pickylocks wrote: Thanks for that. Reading it now.
How do you take a car tire off a car when you have a flat? You just look at the flat tire and work out the problem, is there a hub cap? get a screw driver and pry off the hub cap. are there 4 or 5 nuts on the wheel? go to trunk and find tire iron and loosen nuts. is there a jack in the trunk? put jack under jacking points and lift car up. now remove the loosened nuts and take the wheel off the car.
Locks are similar. There are parts holding other parts together, all you need to do is peel off the layers of the onion until the lock is fully taken apart. Just look at it and think it over, if you aren't mechanically inclined however, picking is probably not a good hobby to be getting into until you fully understand how a lock actually works. sticking picks in and jiggling around is only going to open the cheapest of locks, so you're right when you wrote about closing your eyes and trying to imagine what is going on inside.
As for what tools you need, that will become apparent as you start to take it apart.
Thanks, guys. I've watched quite a few vids already, but I guess I need to watch some more (or watch 'em again). Cheers.
Seriously though... check out Solomon's PDF book... http://keypicking.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=4377 it is good stuff!
Heh. I always start with this method to save time, and in about 80% of cases it works. Once in a while I have to adjust my pressure on the tension wrench to allow for security pins, but even then I'm still just jiggling. Then again, most of the locks I have to open are Phillips brand, which I suspect are the cheapest of locks.
It may take a while to lean feeling the pins. That is normal for a beginner. Sometimes cheap locks are very hard to feel and some locks give very little feedback. If you have trouble with one lock it may be worth trying some another lock. I think it is important to have at least one lock you can feel and open.
Pickylocks wrote: Thanks, guys. I've watched quite a few vids already, but I guess I need to watch some more (or watch 'em again). Cheers.
Try putting a little dimple on your lifter or half diamond pick.
No one can tell you how to apply the correct tension or what tool to use for a given lock. They can suggest, but every lock is different and only practice will get you to where you want to be. I would, however, suggest that you pick up a few more cylinders. If you can't get one you might succeed with another, and sometimes cheap locks are so loose or screwy that they are hard to pick. Find a small size local locksmith and introduce yourself - chances are they will give you a box of old cylinders if you ask nicely. (They did for me.) And read. The web is full of good material and videos.
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Q: How to use FactoryGirl to create an attribute called "alias"? I'm just wondering whether it's possible to create an attribute called "alias" using FactoryGirl, since alias is a reserved word in Ruby.
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :blah do
    name "dummy"
    alias "dummy"
  end
end

I've tried various combinations of escaping things but can't get anything useful to work.

A: Ruby doesn't know whether you're trying to call a method called alias or alias one method as another, and defaults to the latter. You can disambiguate by doing
self.alias "dummy"

ie, by explicitly specifying the receiver. This is usually the way to go in other cases where it is ambiguous whether you are calling a method or doing something else e.g.
self.foo = 'bar'

to call the foo= method rather than create a local variable called foo.
For a small number of field names this won't work. Factory girl's DSL uses method_missing so if the DSL object has a method of that name it will be called instead. In those cases you can do what the DSL sugar normal does for you and call add_attribute directly:
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :blah do
    add_attribute :name, "some value"
  end
end

is the same as
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :blah do
    name "some value"
  end
end

A: Define a variable for the factory .. do block and call methods on it.
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :blah do |f|
    f.name "dummy"
    f.alias "dummy"
  end
end

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Home/germany/Velvet camera of a new generation for 199 euros
Velvet camera of a new generation for 199 euros
germany November 18, 2018 germany, Wissen & Technik
November 18, 2018 at 09:56:
PlayStation VR can be bought much cheaper in the shipping giant Amazon. The second generation is available with a camera and "VR Words" for 199 euros.
Amazon makes entry into virtual worlds cheaper. The PlayStation VR virtual reality headset will get you for 199 euros. It should be noted: this is the second generation of glasses, so the new model. Until now, the first generation has been sold for this reduced price.
For $ 199, you will receive a copy of the PlayStation VR, a PS4 camera needed to use PSVR, and a code for "VR World".
Offer: PlayStation VR + Camera + VR Worlds for 199 Euro
Compared to the first-generation model, the new version of the PlayStation VR has not changed in principle. New is the fact that headphone cables that are shipped directly are built into PlayStation VR. The result is less salad. In addition, the volume and power on / off knobs are located on the bottom of the VR glasses.
A more important change concerns owners of HDR-enabled TVs, which with the new version of the headset also bring with them an improved processor unit that allows HDR transmission. The HDMI cable does not need to be connected in order to enjoy games and HDR content on the TV.
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VIENNA, Austria – Acclaimed British drummer and percussionist Gavin Harrison, best known for playing with the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, has invested in a large set of HARMAN's AKG recording microphones - including a pair of C12VR's, seven C414's, the new D12 VR kick drum microphone.
Gavin won Modern Drummer Magazine's readers' poll for "best progressive drummer of the year" for four consecutive years. In 2011, he was voted best progressive drummer by the US DRUM! Magazine and won the 2012 prog drummer award in Classic Rock Magazine. In 2008, he joined King Crimson as part of a dual-drummer lineup with Pat Mastelotto. Last year Gavin was a featured performer on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' as part of their "Drum Solo Week," along with such players as Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland, and Sheila E.
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Fray Francisco López Villaescusa (Alpera, Albacete, 10 de enero de 1781 - postt 1850), fue un religioso capuchino y humanista español.

Siendo muy niño entró en el convento de los capuchinos de Caudete. Dirigió a las Cortes Constituyentes de 1812 una célebre Exposición razonada que trazaba un plan político de contenidos liberales.

Peregrinó dos veces a Roma a pie, tomando nota de las bibliotecas y curiosidades históricas y monumentales que visitaba.

Fue en su pueblo natal catedrático de Humanidades. Dejó numerosos escritos a su muerte, poemas y trabajos históricos, que se han perdido o extraviado.

Escritores de España del siglo XIX
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The NBA G League Basketball Executive of the Year is an NBA G League award given for the first time in 2015–16 to the top front office executive involved in basketball operations. The award is determined by peer voting. Sioux Falls Skyforce general manager Adam Simon was the inaugural winner.

Winners

References

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Executive of the year
Awards established in 2016


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Home » VR Featured Post » Oculus Acquires 3D Mapping Company: Surreal Vision
Oculus Announced Today Surreal Vision is Joining Oculus Team!
Oculus VR has always been regarded as a fully immersive virtual reality gaming and app focused company, which sets them apart from interacting with the physical world. However, things are about to change for them today, because "mix reality" apparently is on Oculus's menu.
Oculus acquired 3D mapping company, Surreal Vision, so Oculus would have the ability to integrate physical objects with the virtual world.
Surreal Vision is a leading computer vision company that specializes in real-time 3D scene reconstruction, generating an accurate representation of the real world in the virtual world.
Surreal Vision aims to flawlessly capture and reconstruct, in real-time, the physical world inside the virtual world. The goal is that the user wouldn't be able to distinguish between the physical world projections inside the virtual space!
This type of scene reconstruction technology will revolutionize a new way to experience virtual telepresence, enabling user to be truly "teleported" to a virtual space without actually being there.
The three co-founders of Surreal Vision have all received their PhD's in computer vision at the Imperial College London.
Image Credit: Oculus
Surreal Vision Founders
Richard Newcombe is the inventor of KinectFusion, DynamicFusion and DTAM (Dense Tracking and Mapping) and co-inventor of SLAM++
Renato Salas-Moreno, the inventor of SLAM++ (SLAM at the level of objects), and Dense Planar SLAM
Steven Lovegrove, the co-inventor of DTAM and author of SplineFusion.
The Surreal Team is very excited about joining Oculus, and at below, the team shares their future vision with us.
"From the human point of view, the world is constantly in motion. As we move around, our eyes dart about the scene and the rich dynamical nature of the scene's contents come flooding in. We're able to make sense of those changing signals to produce a coherent understanding of the world we live in, which we effortlessly navigate and interact with. Over the past three decades, a great deal of work in computer vision has attempted to mimic human-class perceptual capabilities using color and depth cameras."
"At Surreal Vision, we are overhauling state-of-the-art 3D scene reconstruction algorithms to provide a rich, up-to-date model of everything in the environment including people and their interactions with each other. We're developing breakthrough techniques to capture, interpret, manage, analyse, and finally reproject in real-time a model of reality back to the user in a way that feels real, creating a new, mixed reality that brings together the virtual and real worlds."
"Ultimately, these technologies will lead to VR and AR systems that can be used in any condition, day or night, indoors or outdoors. They will open the door to true telepresence, where people can visit anyone, anywhere."
"Much progress has been made toward this future, but significant challenges remain. For virtual reality, the accuracy and quality of the continuously updating 3D reconstruction must be near flawless, which is a requirement almost no other modern computer vision problem faces. When we cross these seminal thresholds, users will perceive the virtual world as truly real – and that is the experience we're driving toward."
"By achieving the ability to continuously reconstruct and track the world around us, we'll be able to build an understanding of the world at a semantic level. This will bring the power of the digital world to the myriad of interactions we as humans perform everyday, leading toward a breakthrough in human-computer interaction and a computing platform that has true spatial awareness."
"Given the team, the resources, and this shared vision, there's no better place for us to help bring about these breakthroughs than Oculus. We're incredibly excited for the future." — Richard and the Surreal Vision team"


Exposure to the toxic chemical benzene is known to cause Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a serious type of blood cancer. Studies show that leukemia is 2.5-times more common in workers with high exposure to benzene.
The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting benzene exposure lawsuits in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Toxic Chemical Exposure Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.
Benzene is a toxic chemical that is known to cause Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and several other types of blood cancer, including Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Even low-level exposure to benzene is harmful. It was shown to be toxic in humans over 100 years ago, yet very few products carry safety warnings today.
The problem is that benzene is one of the most widely-used chemicals in existence. It is a sweet-smelling fume that evaporates off solvents (cleaning agents, degreasers, etc.), paint, glue, ink, plastics, resins, dyes, petroleum, gasoline, crude oil, diesel fuel, cigarette smoke, vehicle emissions, and more.
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer of the bone marrow and blood. In people with AML, the bone marrow (soft tissue in bones where blood cells are made) produces too many white blood cells. These abnormal white blood cells crowd out healthy cells. They do not fight off infections very well because they are immature or damaged.
The average estimated risk of leukemia from benzene exposure was 40% out of 15 studies, according to an analysis that was published in 2010. More exposure was associated with a higher risk. The risk of leukemia was 2.5-times higher for people with the most exposure to benzene.
AML develops and progresses quickly, but there is also a long-term type of leukemia that is passed down genetically. It is called Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. CML is caused by an abnormal chromosome that causes the overproduction of white blood cells — Ph+ CML (Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia).
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Sadly, we have had to have several sympathy cards lately. I think we can all admit, they are the hardest cards to make. No matter how simple or complicated, it is the thought that counts. I remember the comfort in receiving cards from friends after losing my dad and said I am going to make a point to send more sympathy cards. With busy lives, we lose that connection of good old SNAIL MAIL!
I love the simple elegance of this card, two color, bold yet basic. I popped out the center layers using 3D Foam tape to add dimension to the card and make the sentiment the focal point. The teal and black color scheme makes for a great combination. Just an FYI ~ The Chalkboard Backdrop Die Set is being retired at this time, there is only ONE set left in stock if you are wanting it GRAB IT NOW!


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Celebrating Immigration: The Dynamics of Holidays and Festivals in NYC
Christmas-Hanukkah
Christmas Origin
Hanukkah Origin
Christmas Traditions and Celebrations in New York City
Hanukkah Traditions and Celebrations in New York City
A Holiday Timeline between Christmas and Hanukkah
Mainstream and Clashes
Personal Experience as a Russian Jew
Celebrations in NYC
Duanwu Jie
History of Festival
How to Celebrate Duanwu Jie
Significance of the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival to Immigrants in NYC
Experience the Festival
Easter Overview
A New York City's Easter
Greek Easter Traditions
Hispanic Easter Traditions
Polish Easter Traditions
Commercialization of Easter
Introduction to Eid al-Fitr
Islam and Eid al-Fitr
Celebrating Eid al-Fitr on Different Continents
Eid al-Fitr as a National Holiday?
An Interview with Muslim American
Suggested Readings for Eid al-Fitr
Feast of San Gennaro
Two Cities: Naples and New York
The Controversy
Facts International Women's Day
International Women's Day in New York
International Women's Day Photos
Legal Precedents Behind Holidays
Federal vs. State
Religion and Religious Holidays in the Public Schools
But What About Absences? Closings?
Jewish Holidays – Entrance into the Public School Systems
The Controversy of Muslim Holidays
The Story Behind It
From Asia to the United States
Mooncakes!
Lanterns and Riddles
Immigrants & Mother's Day
Chinese Mother's Day Celebration
Korean Mother's Day Celebration
Russian Mother's Day Celebration
New Year's for Japanese People
New Year's for Jewish People
New Year's in the USA
History of Qing Ming Festival
Celebration of Qing Ming Festival
Symbolism of Food
Evolution of Qing Ming Festival
The History of Saint Patrick's Day
In Ireland: The First and Third Pit Stops of a Holiday in Motion
Green Lines on 5th Avenue: Saint Patrick's Day in New York City
Stoic Traditions and Changing Attitudes: Controversy in the City
Swedish Midsummer
History of Midsummer
Midsummer in NYC
Beginning of Victory Day
In Ex-Soviet States
Victory Day on Brighton
Naples, 305 A.D.
The Feast of San Gennaro traces all the way back to this year. Saint Januarius, who was Bishop of Naples, lived during a time where Christianity was still hidden and not openly practiced. The Roman Empire executed Christians soon after it found them. Saint Januarius or as called by Italians: San Gennaro, was no exception. He was tortured and then beheaded. Before being buried, a vial of blood was taken from San Gennaro's body1.
From t hen on, every first Sunday in May (the day his remains were transferred to the church) and September 19th (the day of his death), something very special happens with Gennaro's blood, now stored in two vials. The blood in each of the vials liquefies or turns into liquid form and expands. This is the miracle2.
Confirmed by scientists, they are still split as to the cause of the liquefication on an exact date while Neapolitans consider September 19th as a religious holiday.
More then a millennia and a half later, on the back of Italian Immigration to the United States, the Feast of San Gennaro started right on Mulberry Street, Manhattan. The first festival took place in 1926 when one Italian immigrant: Alexander Tisi "got together with other Neapolitans, slaughtered some chickens, closed off the streets of Little Italy and marched in honor of the patron saint of Naples3." From then on the feast took off. Even politicians began using San Gennaro as a tool for photo-ops to appear in their campaigns.
The feast in New York City quickly grew into something very different from the small holiday in the homeland.
Auriti, Sabbia. "San Gennaro – The Patron Saint of Naples and Little Italy, NYC." Welcome To Little Italy – Brought to You by the Little Italy Merchants Association. Web. 18 May 2011. <http://www.littleitalynyconline.com/history1-content.htm>. ↩
Auriti, Sabbia. "San Gennaro – The Patron Saint of Naples and Little Italy, NYC." Welcome To Little Italy – Brought to You by the Little Italy Merchants Association. Web. 18 May 2011. <http://www.littleitalynyconline.com/history1-content.htm>.. ↩
Goldman, Ari L. "San Gennaro Leads A Parade Of Festivals." New York Times 10 Sept. 1982. New York Times (1851-2006). Web.. ↩


Your kitchen is kinda like the nerve center of your entire house. It's where your family gathers to enjoy meals, have meaningful conversations, and where you enjoy your first cup of coffee in the morning. But somehow it's also become the place where you spend your evenings' cleaning, while the rest of your family is in the living room having a good time.
Cleaning the kitchen doesn't have to be a daunting, time-consuming task. The secret to getting it done in 15 minutes is good preparation and a good cleaning routine.
Use this speed clean your kitchen checklist and follow my routine and you'll be surprised at what you can accomplish in just 15 minutes. This list isn't for deep cleaning the kitchen like washing the appliances, but it works perfectly for keeping your kitchen clean on a daily basis. Start with number one and work your way through the process.
Follow these tips to speed clean your kitchen and you'll have a clean kitchen in no time, so you can get in on all the fun with your family!
Don't underestimate the value of having your supplies in order. Trying to find cleansers, sponges, cloths, etc. will not only eat up your precious cleaning time, but you'll risk getting distracted and start a new task instead of finishing the one you just started.
If you have a dishwasher, then unload It and put the dishes away. It will only take 3-5 minutes so there's no point in procrastinating on this one. If you have dishes on the counter or sink, load them in the empty dishwasher.
If you don't have a dishwasher or prefer to do the dishes by hand, then start by putting your dirty pots and pans in water to soak to make it easier to clean. If your pots and pans don't fit in the sink, they can be filled with hot soapy water and be left to soak on the counter.
Leave your dirty dishes to soak in water for a few minutes while you take care of the next task. Then come back and give them a good but quick scrub! The process of washing dishes by hand will take some time. Ask your kids to help rinse, dry and put away the dishes make the process go faster.
Collect anything off the counters and kitchen table that doesn't belong there. Don't put away the things right now, just put them out of your kitchen right now. If you start putting every item back where they belong, chances are you'll get sidetracked!
Throw away any trash you find on your countertops, floor, and kitchen table. If your kitchen is overcrowded with clutter, this step will take some time, but you'll be able to make a big difference by clearing out any surface-level trash like old coupons, takeout bags and anything else that's lying around your countertops. If the trash is full, take the trash outside and re-line the trash container so that it is ready for trash day.
Spray down the counters, kitchen table, and stovetop and wipe clean with a cloth or sponge. Wipe away any residual food, dust or suspicious spots with your cleaning product of choice and a paper towel or soft cloth. Do this every day and you'll be amazed at how much easier it is to clean your stove top when you do your weekly clean!
Finish this step off by giving your sink a little scrub and get it ready for the next day. Don't skip this step. You can't turn something that has been ignored for a long time look brand new again in a matter of minutes.
If your floors need to be swept or vacuumed, then give your floor a quick sweep but only concentrate on high traffic areas, corners, and visible dirt.
Finally, your kitchen is clean! Put out some fresh towels as you're making your final sweep! The towel is dirtier than you think and a clean towel will be the finishing touch to your spotless kitchen.
That's it! Start putting this quick routine into practice every night and your kitchen will be so much easier to keep clean.
LET'S CHAT DOWN BELOW! How do you clean your kitchen when you're short on time?


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import superagent from 'superagent';
import every from 'lodash/collection/every';
import includes from 'lodash/collection/includes';
import pluck from 'lodash/collection/pluck';
import flatten from 'lodash/array/flatten';
import values from 'lodash/object/values';
import isPlainObject from 'lodash/lang/isPlainObject';
import { Schema, arrayOf, normalize } from 'normalizr';
import { camelizeKeys } from 'humps';

const API_ROOT = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1';
const methods = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'del'];

// Schemas
const schemas = {
  artist: new Schema('artist'),
  album: new Schema('album'),
  track: new Schema('track'),
  pagination: new Schema('pagination', { idAttribute: 'ref' }),
  search: new Schema('search', { idAttribute: 'query' })
};
schemas.pagination.define({
  items: arrayOf(schemas, { schemaAttribute: 'type' })
});
schemas.search.define({
  items: arrayOf(schemas, { schemaAttribute: 'type' })
});
schemas.album.define({
  artists: arrayOf(schemas.artist),
  tracks: schemas.pagination
});

// add slash if nedded
function formatUrl (path) {

  if (path.substring(0, 4) === 'http') {
    return path;
  }

  return API_ROOT + (path[0] !== '/' ? `/${path}` : path);
}

// validates if the response is paginated
function isPaginated (data) {

  if (!isPlainObject(data)) {
    return false;
  }

  const paginationKeys = ['items', 'limit', 'next', 'offset', 'previous', 'total'];
  const keys = Object.keys(data);
  return every(paginationKeys, key => includes(keys, key));
}

function addPaginationRefs (data) {

  if (isPaginated(data)) {

    data.ref = data.href.split('?')[0].replace(`${API_ROOT}/`, '');
    data.type = 'pagination';
  }

  if (isPlainObject(data)) {
    Object.keys(data).forEach(key => addPaginationRefs(data[key]));
  }
}

function _normalize (response) {

  addPaginationRefs(response);

  const { type } = response;

  if (type && schemas[type]) {
    return normalize(response, schemas[type]);
  }

  return response;
}

/*
 * This silly underscore is here to avoid a mysterious "ReferenceError: ApiClient is not defined" error.
 * See Issue #14. https://github.com/erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example/issues/14
 *
 * Remove it at your own risk.
 */
class _ApiClient {

  constructor (req) {

    methods.forEach(method =>

      this[method] = (path, { params, data } = {}) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        const request = superagent[method](formatUrl(path));

        if (params) {
          request.query(params);
        }

        if (__SERVER__ && req.get('cookie')) {
          request.set('cookie', req.get('cookie'));
        }

        if (data) {
          request.send(data);
        }

        request.end((err, { body } = {}) =>
          err ?
          reject(camelizeKeys(body.error || err)) :
          resolve(camelizeKeys(body))
        );
      }));
  }

  getAndNormalize (url) {

    return this.get(url).then(_normalize);
  }

  search (query) {

    return this.get('search', {
      params: {
        query,
        type: 'artist,album',
        limit: 5
      }
    })
    .then(body => _normalize({
      query,
      type: 'search',
      items: flatten(pluck(values(body), 'items'))
    }));
  }

}

const ApiClient = _ApiClient;

export default ApiClient;

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Q: staggering animations seamlessly with css animation-delay I am working on a CSS animation and I have run into a problem when trying to add an event to add some dynamic animations to the page.
To make it simple, here is the looping animation for a "sky" div:
.sky {
width:100%;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
-webkit-animation: animation-sky 30s linear infinite;
}

@-webkit-keyframes animation-sky{
0%, 100% {background-color: rgb(53, 110, 231);}
16% {background-color: skyblue;}
21% {background-color: orange;}
31% {background-color: rgb(19, 2, 61);}
77% {background-color: rgb(19, 2, 61);}
82% {background-color: orange;}
92% {background-color: skyblue;}
}

As you can see, it loops between colors, corresponding to the time of day.
Then, using a jQuery event listener bound to a button, I add an "animating" class to the body to loop to a new animation:
    .animating .sky {
    -webkit-animation: scene2-sky 38s linear 1;
    -webkit-animation-delay: 22s;
}

@-webkit-keyframes scene2-sky{
        0% {background-color: rgb(19, 2, 61);}
        100% {background-color: rgb(19, 2, 61);}

}

I add a delay to the animation because I have other parts that need to finish before displaying the background color in the keyframes.
My problem is that instead of delaying the animation (like I gave it of 22 sec), it just turns the background color to white until the 22 seconds are up.
Is there any way to have it continue the previous animation until the animation-delay queues the "animating" one to start?
Here's a link to jsfiddle for clarification: http://jsfiddle.net/benjtinsley/UDzh7/

A: A given element can have only a value for a property.
When you set the value for the property "animation", you override whatever value that porperty had. The fact that the new animation value has a delay doesn't alter that fact.
To acomplish what you want, just set the delay in the jQuery function that sets the new class to the element


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Windows Phone 8.1 Introduces Intelligent Assistant Cortana
by Fritz Nelson April 2, 2014 at 11:34 PM
Today Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8.1 at Build, the company's annual developer conference in San Francisco. Windows Phone 8.1 adds a voice-enabled personal digital assistant called Cortana, along with a host of user experience additions and personalization features.
The most significant part of this new version is Cortana, a personal assistant feature built to rival Apple's Siri and Google Now, and powered by Microsoft's search engine, Bing. Named after the AI character in Halo, Cortana is available as a Live Tile and is accessible via the regular Windows Phone search function.
Like Google Now, Cortana follows and understands your behavior on the phone. It understands relationships, location, and many of your habits. Cortana can read the email on your phone (with permission) and extract relevant information; the example Microsoft Windows chief Joe Belfiore gave involved Cortana noticing flight information and asking if he wanted the flight's status tracked.
Cortana can also be extended to third-party apps via APIs, and there will be a few enabled applications from the get-go, including Skype, Facebook, Hulu and Twitter. For example, you can tell Cortana to call a particular Skype contact, or add a particular TV show to your Hulu queue, or check on a friend's Facebook status.
Belfiore said that the company actually talked to real-life assistants to find out how they do their job, and one of the discoveries was that most of them kept very specific information in a notebook, so Microsoft included such a notebook, and makes that transparent to the user. That information includes things like "Interests" and "Inner Circle." The latter refers to the people who matter most in your life and work, and Cortana purportedly understands those relationships and uses it to your advantage. For example, you can use Cortana's understanding of relationships for setting up rules to be interrupted when in the Quiet Hours feature of Windows Phone.
As you would expect, you can talk to Cortana, asking her to make appointments, find restaurants via services like Yelp, and other helpful information, and get back answers both by voice and by actual data-oriented results.
Cortana will launch in beta form, and while it had a few glitches during Microsoft's demonstrations, its errors didn't seem all that different than the ones you still get in Siri.
Microsoft also added a couple of new Windows Phone hardware partners to its growing list (expanded during Mobile World Congress to include the likes of Huawei and ZTE for example), adding Micromax and Presigio. Yeah, we haven't heard of them either.
Microsoft added what it calls "Action Center" to Windows Phone 8.1, which is a quick way to access key settings features, like battery life and Bluetooth access, and also app notifications. Just like in Android, a swipe from the top of the screen gets you to the Action Center.
There were other UI enhancements, like a personalized lock screen (Microsoft has made APIs available so that developers can design some creative, interactive experiences). The Start screen's layout can also be customized more: you can change the density of tiles on the layout, and choose a background to put behind the tiles, for example. There are changes to the Windows Store experience, and a new Calendar app where you can swipe between days.
WiFi Sense learns about public WiFi hot spots, and can connect to them automatically when you're in range, and those that require you to accept terms of use, or provide other information can be fed all of that automaticaly as well.
There is also a new version of Skype in Windows Phone 8.1, and one of the more interesting aspects is that it is integrated into the Phone app, so you can switch a phone call to a Skype video call with the press of a button. Internet Explorer 11 will also be part of Windows Phone 8.1.
Microsoft also added a Swype-like function for its Word Flow keyboard.
Microsoft did not announce a timeframe for Windows Phone 8.1, only saying that it would be available on existing phones within the next few months. It will appear on new phones in late April or early May.
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jacobdrj
Video: 'Beta version of 8.1 on Lumia 520'So there is hope that I will see Windows Phone 8.1 on my Lumia 521... Joy...
tektek2000
"Make a Skype Call""Make a Skype Call""Make a Skype Call"not fully there yet..
JD88
Congratulations Microsoft. You have now caught up to where Android and iOS were 2 years ago. You've successfully copied most of the features of those platforms while innovating nothing on your own. Great job. Good to see Microsoft still doing what it does best.
hazochun
Can i check my contact list when i calling someone in 8.1? I find it is annoying...
TechieNewbie
As an owner of a Windows phone all I have to say is, hooray!
You act like all these features debuted on Android or iOS. Silly troll, where were you when they were ripping off Palm or WinCE? I used Swype on a WinMo device long before anyone with an Android phone showed off the "innovation".
5190 said:
So what about all the other features they ripped from Google? How about how Cortana is essentially a Google Now clone. Or how about pull down notifications? Name one thing Windows Phone has innovated... It really is sad that a company can exist for so long thanks to monopoly power when it offers no innovation whatsoever and is frequently 2 years behind the competition in almost every aspect. I hear they are handing out those licenses for free now lol.
vaughn2k
As long as everyone ismaking business, it doesn't matter, whether it is copied or not. These guys wanna make money, and also make competition. I don't care at all. All I care is a money well spent.
Aoyagi
So much for the "big" update. I've had a WP8 device for over 10 months and I've actively used it for most of that period. There are many things I consider a downside of varying importance (some of which are a result of the extremely closed design) and the only thing they fix is a VPN client and that's to unknown extent. WP8 is a toy more than anything.
nikolajj
Is does not have to be a new thing to be better! Pretty much nothing you know about is original. The trick is to do it better, and this is where MS shines. They might not be first out, but they offer refined, polished products. Personaly, I prefer 'done right' over 'done first'.ps1.: I have not tried WP8.1, but own a WP8 phone, and its amazing!ps2.: Microsoft WAS the first to make a tablet, not your "Innovative" Apple. But no one cared back then (bad timing on MS's part), and it was not the first tablet like thing back then either.
Brainaic
Whats that phone he was using?
1484716 said:
Looks like the Nokia Lumia 1520
jerrspud
is it really Cortana's voice? I can't hear it well in the video
JohnUSA
Microsoft: Your new update is still BAD.I will not touch any version of your horrible, irritating and abysmal Windows 8.I will keep using Windows 7 and wait till Windows 9 is released.Windows 9 better be just perfect and not have any of the bad features that you stupidly included in Windows 8.If Windows 9 fails too then I will give up completely on Windows and migrate to Linux.Microsoft.... you are one dumb and stupid company. Shame on you.
Microsoft needs to copy the concept of folders so their mobile OS can have organizing skills. Not all apps are Live Tiles and having the ability to create a Games Folder, Home Automation, or any other folder will reduce the scrolling to find the less used apps. Right now the best way is to type the name of the apps because if you have many apps installed it is more frustrating to scroll through an enormous list.
Bloob
You can already create "tile folders" if you have a Lumia. It's in the Nokia app collection.
There is an 'App Folder' app... Works fine.
falchard
Better marketing would be to have Daniel Bloom asking Cortana voice acted by Jen Taylor for stuff would put a commercial in a whole new realm of awesome.
jimmysmitty
You act like Google is innovative when in reality they haven't innovated anything since their search engine. Most everything they have come out with has been done before or was created by someone else. It just happens that sometimes they tend to make it better.
For example, originally Android was supposed to compete with Blackberry and Windows Phone but when the iPhone came out and was successful, it was changed to be more of a all consumer OS. It is still a crappy OS. My Galaxy S4 is starting to show issues with it and probably needs a FDR which is annoying.
Another example, that endless image search Google now has? And how it doesn't just open the image when clicked but rather a new windows? Yea, Bing had that before Google did.
Nothing is truly innovative. No one company innovated everything not matter how large or how long they have been around.
As for WP 8.1, all I can say is that it gives a similar experience as Windows tablets and 8.1 desktops do and I can say for sure that in the future it may get even closer together while Apple and Google both will be behind.
Not to be mean or trying to offend you, but did you even read the article? This is not for Windows 8.1. This is for Windows Phone 8.1. Not quite the same.
There is very little that Windows Phone or Microsoft does better than anyone else other than have a large library of applications for their desktop OS. Through a monopoly on the desktop and office suite market, they continue to force people into paying stupid sums of money for proprietary solutions simply on the basis of the need for compatibility.
You act like Google is innovative when in reality they haven't innovated anything since their search engine. Most everything they have come out with has been done before or was created by someone else. It just happens that sometimes they tend to make it better. For example, originally Android was supposed to compete with Blackberry and Windows Phone but when the iPhone came out and was successful, it was changed to be more of a all consumer OS. It is still a crappy OS. My Galaxy S4 is starting to show issues with it and probably needs a FDR which is annoying. Another example, that endless image search Google now has? And how it doesn't just open the image when clicked but rather a new windows? Yea, Bing had that before Google did. Nothing is truly innovative. No one company innovated everything not matter how large or how long they have been around. As for WP 8.1, all I can say is that it gives a similar experience as Windows tablets and 8.1 desktops do and I can say for sure that in the future it may get even closer together while Apple and Google both will be behind.
Jim, sometimes I wonder how much Microsoft pays you. What you just accused Google of doing is exactly what Microsoft has built its entire business around. Even if all Google had was its search engine, it would still be more than anything Microsoft has ever came up with on its own. Conveniently you have completely ignored the cloud computing revolution.
Microsoft's silly idea of making all of their operating systems converge is irrelevant because the cloud is already doing that. All operating systems are going to be a portal to the web and nothing more in short order. Even Microsoft knows that now. Nadella knows that. Why do you think they are developing web based versions for all of their products? Google is already 3 years ahead in this area while Microsoft is still trying to get developers make native Windows apps so they can try to compete with the iPad lol. Google is leading a revolution while Microsoft wanders around aimlessly. Hopefully Nadella can change that for them.
No offence, but your thinking is that of an old breed IT dinosaur that can't stand to see Windows go because it's what you know. Open your eyes man.
Jim, sometimes I wonder how much Microsoft pays you. What you just accused Google of doing is exactly what Microsoft has built its entire business around. Even if all Google had was its search engine, it would still be more than anything Microsoft has ever came up with on its own. Conveniently you have completely ignored the cloud computing revolution. Microsoft's silly idea of making all of their operating systems converge is irrelevant because the cloud is already doing that. All operating systems are going to be a portal to the web and nothing more in short order. Even Microsoft knows that now. Nadella knows that. Why do you think they are developing web based versions for all of their products? Google is already 3 years ahead in this area while Microsoft is still trying to get developers make native Windows apps so they can try to compete with the iPad lol. Google is leading a revolution while Microsoft wanders around aimlessly. Hopefully Nadella can change that for them. No offence, but your thinking is that of an old breed IT dinosaur that can't stand to see Windows go because it's what you know. Open your eyes man.
Wish I was paid by someone.
My point is you are acting like Google is innocent when in reality they are the same. They did innovate with their search engine, but beyond that they have done nothing more than buy IPs or utilize what is already done and try to make it their own/better.
And I do prefer Windows in a IT environment not because it is all I know but rather because in terms of security and working it is better than most. I have seen ways to remotely control things that you cannot do in other OSes or in other ways. Ways to make changes to IE that cannot be done with other browsers.
So yes, I prefer Windows. But it is only because there is still not quite anything else like it out there that works together so well.
I am open to change but only if they offer equal to or better support and abilities.
ohim
Anybody noticed how accurate the phone was when he was trying to make a skype call ? after the phone asks for the contact, the phone is listening to him and actually writes at the bottom of the screen exactly what he`s saying, yet it didn`t knew what to do with that skpye call .
And damnnnn this Windows phone is snappy, it drives circles around my galaxy S3 with Android 4.3 ...
stevejnb
What a shock... Come into a thread on MS and JD88 is in it initiating snarky comments about MS and lauding how wonderful Google is... It's like bloody clockwork.
JD, you are the *last* person who should be accusing anyone of being a paid company man on this website. You and Jimmy are, ironically, practically inverses of each other, each one jumping headfirst into MS/Google threads to espouse the many virtues of the respective corporate giants and slagging into the others. The biggest difference is, I see Jimmy in Google threads *far* more rarely than I see you barging into MS threads. If you really want to rag on Jimmy for this, reading both of your posts, you should be aware that you seem every bit as "on message" as he does, being a consistent Google white knight. Heck, our first interaction was you criticizing the Surface line for things that you find *perfectly* acceptable in Chromebooks when they were even worse in the same area (app/program support), waving a double standard high for everyone to see, and I couldn't help but wonder "who's paying this guy?" If you really want to throw that stone as if it's bad to look like you're paid by a company you support, you should know, your single minded dogged determination to make sure everyone knows how bad MS is and how great Google is really paints you as the archetypal paid poster.
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Multan is a city in south central Punjab province. It is built just east of the Chenab River. About 966 km from Karachi and more or less right in the center of the country lie the ancient city of Multan. Multan, the 'City of Pirs and Shrines' is a prosperous city of bazaars, mosques, shrines and superbly designed tombs. A circular road around the rampart gave access to the city through thirteen gates. Some of the imposing structures of these gates are still preserved. In the bazaars of the Old City one still comes across tiny shops where craftsmen can be seen busy turning out master-pieces in copper, brass, silver as well as textiles in the traditional fashion. The old city has narrow colorful bazaars full of local handicrafts and narrow winding lanes. There are many places of historical, cultural and recreational interest in the city. Multan is a commercial and industrial center, it is connected by road a rail with Lahore and Karachi and by air with Karachi, Quetta, and Faisalabad. Industries include fertilizer, soap, and glass factories; foundries; cotton, woolen and silk textile mills; flour, sugar and oil mills; and a large thermal-power station. It is famous for its handicrafts (ceramics and camel-skin work) and cottage industries. There are hospitals, public gardens, and several colleges affiliated with the University of the Punjab. The University of Multan was established in 1975. Large, irregular suburbs have grown outside the old walled town, and two satellite towns have been set up. The numerous shrines within the old city offer impressive examples of workmanship and architecture. The Shams-e Tabriz shrine is built almost entirely of sky-blue engraved glazed bricks. That of Shah Rukn-e Alam (Tughlaq period) has one of the biggest domes in Asia. The shrine of Sheikh Yusuf Gardez is masterpiece of the Multani style. Other shrines include the Pahladpuri Temple and the Idgah Mosque (1735).
Ibn Khurdaba described in his book, The book of Roads and Kingdoms, Multan being two months journey from Zarani the capital of Sijistan, by the name of Farj because Mohammad, Son of Qasim, Lieutenant of At-Hajjaj, found vast quantities of gold in the city, which was forwarded to the Caliph's treasury so it was called by the Arabs the House of Gold. Al-Masudi of Baghdad who visited the valley of the Indus in 303 A.H. (915 A.D.) mentioned about Multan in his book, The Meadows of Gold, that Multan is seventy five Sindhian Farsangs from Mansura. It is one of the strongest frontier places of the Musulmans and in its neighborhood there are a hundred and twenty thousand towns and villages, Al-Masudi also mentioned about the idol and explained as to how people living in the distant parts of country travel to Multan to perform pilgrimage and in fulfillment of their woes and religious obligations, they make offerings of money, precious stones, perfumes of every kind and aloe wood before it. Both tstakhari of Istakhar, or Persepolis, who wrote about the middle of the tenth century 340 A.H. (951 A.D.) and Ibn Haukal of Baghdad who based his work on that of Istakhari, give glowing accounts of Multan which they described as a large, fortified and impregnable city, about half the size of Mansura, the ancient Muslim capital of Sind. They also mentioned about the idol of Multan as being held in great veneration by Hindus who flocked to it from all parts of India. Sultan Sabuktageen, the Afghan King conquered Multan, but after four years, that is, in 980 A.D. it was conquered by a Sardar of the Karamti Tribe who ruled it for some time. Multan, however, lost its very important position as soon as the British stronghold over the sub-continent grew stronger and stronger. Although peace prevailed in the region but no real progress was made. When independence was achieved in 1947 Multan was a forgotten region. There was no industry; no higher and professional educational Institutions, no high standard hospitals; so much so that there was not even a single recreation park in the whole of the city. It looked more like a town though its population was nearly one lakh. The site of the Old Fort was in ruins. Thorny bushes and ditches were in plenty whispering the awful tale of its ruination, Majority of the roads were unmetalled and the sewerage system too defective to explain. The history of the district since independence is mainly connected with the expansion of facilities except a few minor changes such as one of its districts, that is, D.G. Khan has been declared as the Divisional Headquarter and some of its Tehsils such as Vehari as the new District etc.


Today was easily the best day of the trip so far, a trip to Nana Mensa's organic farm in Belmopan taught me so much and made the vision of a farm even more realistic.
The day started off with sunrise meditation, something that I do every chance that I get. I went outside under my palapa around 5:15(it was still dark out) and did not open my eyes until about 5:40 when the jungle was illuminated and the birds had woken up. Their natural alarm clock is something that will never cease to amaze me.
Following my run I had a short amount of time to get showered, eat breakfast, and get to the Maya Mountain sign to get picked up by the shuttle to catch the bus to Belmopan with Mary. After a quick ride on the Jasmine shuttle to San Ignacio, we were Belmopan bound. The bus is transportation for everyone from school children to farmers headed into work. The huge diversity of commuters was very evident, this continues to achieve my goal of getting a real taste of Belizean culture.
After an hour or so on the bus, we were in Belmopan at the bus terminal. We had planned on waiting a bit and catching the next bus towards Nana's place so we ran across the street to the market to get some watermelon and canteloupe..as we got our goodies we found out that Nana was waiting for us to take us to his farm. Just outside of town we headed down a long gravel road through the jungle until we came upon rows of plantain trees and a few greenhouses. I was in heaven. Nana has worked on a wide variety of organic farms and is the director of Belize Organic Family Farming. Meeting him felt like the start of something huge for Grassfed, these are the people who will make our success blossom into something that will change the world and help promote The Grassfed Way.
Our first mission was to tour the farm and get a feel for organic farming and some of the methods that Nana uses to help different fruit trees and vegetables work together symbiotically to allow all of the farm to thrive. Things like planting cacao under plantain trees were something that most would never think of, but his genius mind has utilized a lot of uncommon practices and proves to be working very effectively already. I had the chance to eat a lot of fresh things like Moringa, Mulberries, 2 varieties of limes, and the best cherry tomatoes that I have ever eaten in my life. Hurricane Earl did a tremendous amount of damage to the area but Nana had done a really good job of saving as many trees as he could.
After seeing what his farm had to offer, we got to learn to make a few organic products that go along with maintaining a farm that also keep costs as low as possible: Organic Chicken Feed and Compost. Each of these replaces the commonly used toxic options that most farmers around the world use in daily procedures. These are also practices that I will be using on my organic farm in the future. Perhaps the most interesting part was when Nana said, "now we must head to the bush" and we loaded up the van with buckets, shovels, and the most important of all Belizean tools: the machete. We were on the hunt for a fungus that grows under leaves at the base of trees, this white mold-like substance is a key ingredient in the fermentation process of making both recipes for the day.
I definitely was not properly clothed for this type of adventure, wearing shorts, Sperry's, and no socks was a horrible idea(in my defense I had no idea we were going this far into the jungle). A few different times I had red ants crawling all over my feet and biting me, now it is 10 PM(10ish hours later) and my foot has swollen up like crazy.I must be having an alergic reaction to it, I hope I will be able to get my shoes on my tomorrow morning so I can go to World Food Day, if not I will put the native healing techniques to use and be healed by one of Mary's friends(she knows someone for every type of natural healing).
Tomorrow will be even better than today, I travel to Belmopan again at 7AM for World Food Day and will be working at the Pro-Organic Belize booth(the only organic booth at the fair).


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Diversity Officers
Purpose and Role
The NPA is committed to addressing the diversity issues in the postdoc community. To assist in this effort, the NPA created the position of Diversity Officer. The Diversity Officer serves as the public face of diversity postdoc issues for the NPA, and is the primary resource and expert advisor for the NPA Board of Directors, the staff, and committees.
The specific responsibilities of the NPA Diversity Officer includes the following:
Assist in the development and maintenance of NPA resources on diversity.
Advocate for increased diversity among postdoctoral scholars, ensuring the needs of underrepresented groups are addressed.
Maintain and expand relationships with federal agencies and national organizations that have an interest in diversity issues and policies.
Monitor external policies and developments on diversity issues.
Address public inquiries on the NPA policies and recommended practices on increasing and maintaining diversity within the postdoc community.
Claire Horner-Devine, Ph.D.
Horner-Devine was appointed as an NPA Diversity Officer in 2017. To view her full bio please visit our Leadership page.
Caleb McKinney, Ph.D.
McKinney sits on the NPA Board of Directors and was appointed as the Diversity Officer liaison for 2020. To read his full bio please visit our Leadership page.
The NPA is always looking for enthusiastic and passionate volunteers to support diversity within the postdoc community! Please contact us to learn more.
Diversity Volunteer


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Q: Python matplotlib.pyplot separate between plt.figure This is a simple problem, however, I couldn't figure it out!I am plotting multiple figures in Python, each having multiple sub-plots. But when plotting them, they are stacked one after another. They are plotted as separate images (when opening each figure, it is not merged with the others), but when looking at them in the output console, they seem like a single merged image (stacked one on the top of the others).
I tried to print something between the different parts of the figures to separate them, but it didn't work (all the printing happened at the start of the output, and later all the figures are plotted stacked one on the top of others!).
How can I make some space between the different figures? I am using Google Colab to write and run the code.
plt.figure(figsize=(15,15))
for n in range(start, end) :
     plt.subplot(4,4,n+1)
     plt.imshow(data1[n])
     plt.axis('off')

#--
print("-----")
plt.figure(figsize=(15,15))
for n in range(start, end) :
     plt.subplot(4,4,n+1)
     plt.imshow(data2[n])
     plt.axis('off')
#--
print("-----")
plt.figure(figsize=(15,15))
for n in range(start, end) :
     plt.subplot(4,4,n+1)
     plt.imshow(data3[n])
     plt.axis('off')

A: Adding plt.show() after each set should work, here you go:
plt.figure(figsize=(15,15))
for n in range(start, end) :
     plt.subplot(4,4,n+1)
     plt.imshow(data1[n])
     plt.axis('off')
plt.show()#Add this

#--
print("-----")
plt.figure(figsize=(15,15))
for n in range(start, end) :
     plt.subplot(4,4,n+1)
     plt.imshow(data2[n])
     plt.axis('off')
plt.show()#Add this

#--
print("-----")
plt.figure(figsize=(15,15))
for n in range(start, end) :
     plt.subplot(4,4,n+1)
     plt.imshow(data3[n])
     plt.axis('off')
plt.show()#Add this