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package linkedin

import (
	"bytes"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"net/url"
	"testing"
)

func TestSetCredentials(t *testing.T) {
	var li API

	li.SetCredentials("a", "b")

	if li.oauth_key != "a" {
		t.FailNow()
	}
	if li.oauth_secret != "b" {
		t.FailNow()
	}
}

func TestAuthUrl(t *testing.T) {
	var li API

	li.SetCredentials("**a**", "**b**")

	if li.AuthUrl("**c**", "**d**") != "https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/authorization?response_type=code&client_id=**a**&state=**c**&redirect_uri=**d**" {
		t.Fatal("url is not correct")
	}
}

func TestAuthRedirect(t *testing.T) {
	var li API

	li.SetCredentials("a", "b")

	r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://a.com/blah", nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("couldn't create request")
	}

	w := httptest.NewRecorder()

	li.Auth(w, r, "**c**", "**d**")

	if w.Code != http.StatusFound {
		t.Fatal("not redirected")
	}
}

type reqCheck func(*http.Request)

func createResponder(rc reqCheck, response string) Responder {
	return Responder(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
		if rc != nil {
			rc(req)
		}

		resp := &http.Response{
			StatusCode:    200,
			ProtoMajor:    1,
			ProtoMinor:    0,
			Body:          ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBufferString(response)),
			ContentLength: int64(len(response)),
			Request:       req,
		}

		resp.Header = make(map[string][]string)
		resp.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

		return resp, nil
	})
}

func TestRetrieveAccessToken(t *testing.T) {
	var li API

	key := "key"
	secret := "secret"
	authcode := "authcode"
	redirect := "redirect"

	RegisterResponder("GET",
		"https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/accessToken?client_id="+key+"&client_secret="+secret+"&code="+authcode+
			"&grant_type=authorization_code&redirect_uri="+redirect,
		createResponder(
			reqCheck(func(req *http.Request) {
				u := req.URL
				qs := u.Query()

				if code, ok := qs["code"]; ok {
					if code[0] != authcode {
						t.Fatal("code is not '" + authcode + "'")
					}
				} else {
					t.Fatal("code not given")
				}
			}),
			`{"expires_in":5184000,"access_token":"TOKEN"}`))
	Activate(false)

	li.SetCredentials(key, secret)

	token, err := li.RetrieveAccessToken(http.DefaultClient, authcode, redirect)

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	if token != "TOKEN" {
		t.Fatalf("invalid token returned: %v", token)
	}

	if li.access_token != "TOKEN" {
		t.Fatalf("token set incorrectly: %v", li.access_token)
	}
}

func TestUserId(t *testing.T) {
	if getUserIdString("~") != "~" {
		t.Fatal("'~' invalid")
	}
	if getUserIdString("") != "~" {
		t.Fatal("'' invalid")
	}
	if getUserIdString("id") != "id=id" {
		t.Fatal("'id' invalid")
	}
	if getUserIdString("http://blah.com/blah") != "url=http%3A%2F%2Fblah.com%2Fblah" {
		t.Fatal("'http://blah.com/blah' invalid")
	}
}

func TestGroupId(t *testing.T) {
	id, err := getGroupIdString(uint64(1234))
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if id != "1234" {
		t.Fatal("'1234' invalid")
	}
	id, err = getGroupIdString("http://blah.com/blah")
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if id != "url=http%3A%2F%2Fblah.com%2Fblah" {
		t.Fatal("'http://blah.com/blah' invalid")
	}
}

func TestUserProfile(t *testing.T) {
	var li API

	token := "abcde"

	RegisterResponder(
		"GET",
		"https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(id)?oauth2_access_token="+token,
		createResponder(nil, `{"id":"USERID"}`))
	Activate(false)

	fields := Fields{}
	fields.Add("id")

	li.SetToken(token)

	data, err := li.Profile(http.DefaultClient, "~", fields)

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	uid, ok := data["id"]
	if !ok {
		t.Fatalf("id not returned: %#v", data)
	}

	if uid != "USERID" {
		t.Fatalf("invalid id: %v", uid)
	}

}

func TestUserConnections(t *testing.T) {
	var li API

	token := "abcde"

	RegisterResponder(
		"GET",
		"https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/connections:(id)?count=3&oauth2_access_token="+token,
		createResponder(nil, `{"values":[{"id":"USERID1"},{"id":"USERID2"},{"id":"USERID3"}]}`))
	Activate(false)

	fields := Fields{}
	fields.Add("id")

	li.SetToken(token)

	params := make(url.Values)
	params.Add("count", "3")

	data, err := li.Connections(http.DefaultClient, "~", fields, params)

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	if _, vals := data["values"]; !vals {
		t.Fatal("no values returned")
	}

	values := data["values"].([]interface{})

	if len(values) != 3 {
		t.Fatalf("expecting 3 values got %v", len(values))
	}

	uid, ok := (values[0].(map[string]interface{}))["id"].(string)
	if !ok {
		t.Fatalf("id not returned: %#v", data)
	}

	if uid != "USERID1" {
		t.Fatalf("invalid id: %v", uid)
	}

}
func TestSendRequest(t *testing.T) {
	var li API
	params := make(map[string]interface{}, 0)
	token := "abcde"
	url := "/v1/companies/2414183/updates/key=UPDATE-c2414183-6028798180534009856/update-comments-as-company"
	method := "POST"
	//method := "PUT"
	params["comment"] = "test123"
	params["visibility"] = map[string]interface{}{"code": "anyone"}
	params["content"] = map[string]interface{}{
		"submitted-url":       "https://www.example.com/content.html",
		"title":                "Test Share with Content",
		"description":          "content description",
		"submitted‐image-url": "https://www.example.com/img.jpg",
	}
	li.SetToken(token)

	d, err := li.SendRequest(http.DefaultClient, url, method, params)
	if err == nil {
		if d["message"] != "Invalid access token." {
			t.Fatalf("message not post: %#v", d)
		}
	}

}


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OneStep Global partners with ETS
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OneStep Global is proud and privileged to be partnering with The TOEFL® test in developing and managing the agency network for India. Our teams will be looking to increase the number of test-takers and have TOEFL as the preferred English language test for applicants aspiring to travel abroad.
'Thanks to the teams at ETS and to all who have wished us well in this journey. This is really a huge development for all of us at OneStep Global and we are deeply humbled.' – Aritra Ghosal, Founder and Director, OneStep Global.
OneStep global partners with Limerick Institute of Technology
OneStep global partners with Limerick Institute
of Technology
OneStep Global is proud and privileged to be assisting Limerick Institute of Technology with its recruitment and marketing activities in India. We are truly humbled and excited to have them on board!
The Limerick Institute of Technology is one of the 14 member institutions of the Technological Higher Education Association (THEA). Twice named as 'Sunday Times University Guide' Institute of the Year, LIT is home to over 6,500 students across five vibrant campuses in Limerick City, Thurles, Clonmel and Ennis.
"Many thanks to the international team at LIT for trusting OneStep global. We all are looking forward to embark upon a long and successful journey. " – Aritra Ghosal, Founder and Director, OneStep Global.
OneStep global partners with Athlone Institute of Technology
OneStep global partners with
OneStep Global is proud and privileged to be assisting Athlone Institute of Technology with its recruitment and marketing activities in India. We are truly humbled and excited to have them on board!
Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) is an award-winning higher education institution located in the heart of Ireland. They offer a wide variety of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, delivered on a full-time and part-time basis.
"We all are very excited with this partnership and thanks to the international team at AIT who trusted us. Looking forward to embark upon a long and successful journey" – Aritra Ghosal, Founder and Director, OneStep Global.
OneStep global partners with the University of Stirling
OneStep global partners with the
OneStep Global is proud and privileged to be assisting University of Stirling with its marketing and recruitment activities in India. We are truly humbled and excited to have them on board!
The University of Stirling has been crowned the UK's Sports University of the Year in recognition of its world-class facilities and excellence across sports performance, research, and education.
"Many thanks to Neil Austin Scott Morrice and the international teams at the University of Stirling for trusting OneStep global to deliver the desired outcomes for the university."- Aritra Ghosal, Founder and Director, OneStep Global
NTU partners with OneStep Global
OneStep Global is honoured and privileged to partner Nottingham Trent University in South Asia.
Excerpts from our founder, Aritra Ghosal –
"We are delighted to be partnering with NTU in India and South Asia. OneStep Global remains absolutely committed to deliver the best results for the University. The teams at NTU have shown great amount of trust , which is really encouraging for a young company like ours. We hope that this will act as a beginning of an interesting phase for us".
OneStep partners with AdmitStory
OneStep global is very excited and proud to join hands with AdmitStory, to help Universities have a robust mechanism in evaluating applications.
AdmitStory (www.admitstory.com) is a robust technology platform that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to help admission/visa officers with a complete analysis of an applicant's profile through their personal statements, admission essays and recommendation letters.
AdmitStory built and developed a world-class EdTech product with the support of University college of London which helped AdmitStory match the best practice in research and business with academic research to ensure that the product is effective.
Benefits of using AdmitStory:
360o view on the student – More traits/insights to understand the student.
Understand personal statements, admission essays and recommendation letters in less than 20 seconds. Save time by 10x by eliminating the routine process of reading & analysing each and every document.
Reduce cost by 72% – based on time spent on reading multiple documents to understand each student).
Increase the accuracy of assessment by using scientifically proven techniques to perfectly analyses the content.
Zero Bias – With no human intervention, the analysis is 100% bias free.
Custom Benchmarking & Scoring – Customised scoring to know exactly where the student stand among other applicants or previous successful applicants.
Multi Usage tool – AdmitStory report can be used as a aid to understand the document or decision on the student can be taken based on the AdmitStory report without reading the documents or can be integrated into any system to automate the entire process of admissions.
In case you want to know more or have a live viewing of the product please email us at hello@onestep.global and we can book a live session for you and your team.
OneStep global partners with Shannon College of Hotel Management.
Shannon College of Hotel Management.
OneStep Global is very privileged to be associated with Shannon College of Hotel Management (A NUI Galway College) to support their recruitment and marketing activities in South Asia.
"We remain highly committed to support Shannon College in their efforts to increase recruitment numbers from South Asia and also to increase their brand presence across the sub continent. Extremely thankful to the international teams and the college senior management to trust OneStep global to deliver the desired outcomes for the college" – Aritra Ghosal, Founder and Director OneStep Global.
OneStep's new HQ
OneStep's new HQ
OneStep Global has announced that it is moving its head office to a new location in Gurgaon, India.
The move by the education growth consultancy means its South Asian representatives and central support staff will relocate to the new offices.
Located in the heart of Gurgaon, India's finance and tech epicentre, OneStep's Hub offers clients an unrivalled location, surrounded by some of the world's biggest companies. This office development is also home to Indian headquarters of global companies such as PepsiCo and Nokia.
Founder and Director, Aritra Ghosal, has stated that the move is to facilitate its continuing growth and significant increase in research and advisory projects: "It's to make us future-proof for where we see the biggest opportunities and to ensure that we continue to provide the highest levels of customer service and working environment for our team."
He added: "We have seen an acceleration of opportunities to grow the company into more advisory services in India and South Asia. Many of our clients, in particular those in the UK, are keen to build strategies to help overcome the challenges that Brexit brings and ensure their ongoing presence in South Asia.
"We describe ourselves as a education growth consultancy and advisory company and while much work is in running recruitment activities for institutions, we see more and more interest in us helping those colleges before they make the leap to have dedicated staff in-market."
For further details, please email hello@onestep.global
Highlights for Education sector – Union Budget 2021
Highlights for Education sector - Union Budget 2021
The status of education is often a healthy predictor of the country's overall development and well-being. Education clearly is one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and their future. Our education system needs to be self-reliant and globally competitive. With education being the key component in shaping the future workforce, an enhanced focus on education will help schools to manage costs of online education which has become a necessity now.
Going forward, the government must continue to take initiatives such as allocating bigger spending on education, push greater digitisation and balancing the urban-rural gap in education. With India set to be an international educational destination in the current decade, the government must act to meet the needs of an aspiring generation that is looking to the future with great hope.
In the Union Budget 2021, presented on February 1st, 2021, the education sector has been given a new path to collaborate with other countries where students can enhance their skills. During her third budget speech in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said "Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
Highlights: Education Sector
Allocated Rs 93,224.31 crore to the education sector.
A central University in Leh for accessible higher education in India.
Setting up regional, national institutes for virology, over 15,000 schools to be qualitatively strengthened under National Education Policy 2021.
100 new Sainik Schools to be set up in partnership with NGOs, and 750 Eklavya model residential schools in tribal areas .
Despite being one of the fastest-growing sectors, online education did not receive the government's attention in terms of money.
India's EdTech market is expected to be valued at $3.5 billion by 2022.
Financial efforts over the years for blended learning to flourish were largely missing from budget 2021
Set up of the Higher Education Commission responsible for the accreditation and regular funding of the Colleges and Universities and also proposed to amend apprenticeship law to enhance opportunities for youth is a great initiative taken by Govt of India.
Issues like smartphone penetration, high-speed internet and remote locations add to the woes of underserved children, who find it challenging to keep abreast with the syllabus and what was taught in schools..
When it comes to primary education, a last-mile delivery remains to be seen in terms of execution of NEP and creation of adept infrastructure for distance or remote learning.
From a Higher Education viewpoint, the budget sets the right direction by focusing on the implementation of NEP, setting up of the Higher Education Council and the large fund allocation to research are all great ideas.
Execution and how fast these things move will be the key thing to observe moving forward.
Education budgets being stagnant is also a concern as it was already far lower than most countries in terms of a percentage of GDP.
The government made a positive move by increasing the number of universities, amendments in the apprenticeship training scheme and training scheme, this may not be enough for the World's largest young population with 600 million people under the age of 25 years.
The budget speech was rightly concluded, "When we come together as a society as has been evident over the past few days and weeks, there is nothing that we cannot do, nothing that we cannot overcome." Amidst the many debates, happening all around the country, the budget has received an overall positive reaction from the public.
Experts' Reaction on Indian Union Budget 2021
"The Union budget 2021 carries a positive message for the Education sector. It provides an active effect to the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP), by setting up a strong framework of Higher Education Commission (HEC)."
– Vijay Thadani, VC and MD, NIIT Ltd and Co-founder, NIIT University.
"The umbrella structures advocated in 9 cities to encourage partnerships across institutions can go a long way to achieve the desired synergies of multidisciplinary higher education as envisaged in NEP."
– Prof Anju Seth, Director, IIM Calcutta
"From the point of view of higher education, I welcome the move to promote academic collaboration with foreign educational institutions, as proposed in the annexure 5 of the budget."
– Prof. Daviendra Narang, Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Ghaziabad
"I look forward to Mission Poshan 2.0 that will create a positive impact on public health & nutrition and rid the nation of hidden classroom hunger. As a foundation, we are committed to working with the Government in meeting UN's SDG goals of Zero Hunger by 2030."
– Shridhar Venkat, CEO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation
"We look forward to working with the Indian government on realizing these and other goals, such as inclusivity and accessibility in education, and appropriately harnessing the potential and skills of our youth, which will solidify our country's position as a top economy and leader of the future."
– Rustom Kerawalla, Founder Chairman, VIBGYOR Group of Schools
We welcome NEP 2020 as a solution, with the hope that it will help to qualitatively strengthen the education system, and make education accessible to many more students.
– Kavita Kerawalla, Vice-Chairperson, VIBGYOR Group of Schools
OneStep's take on Indian Union Budget 2021
Budget 2020 is a balanced and pragmatic statement of intent. All of this will boost multidisciplinary education which is more aligned with the global education system, and the process will continue even in higher education with all institutes set to become multidisciplinary and more focussed on research.Furthermore, introducing legislation to form a Higher Education Commission of India to look after accreditation, funding, regulation, and standard-setting is a strategic four-pillar move that strongly builds on National Education Policy.
Launch of our Corporate Profile
OneStep Global is a specialised market entry firm based in India and Malaysia. Our solutions vary from market development, market-entry and market presence. In November 2020, we launched our corporate profile. Through insights, advice and delivery expertise, OneStep provides end to end solutions that allow clients to fulfill their ambitions.
Destination US Webinar – Session by ETS TOEFL
Enhancing educational linkages between India and the United Kingdom
Ireland Decoded
Webinar on UK Higher Education
In conversation with Colum Cronin – Akanksha Puniyani
admin on OneStep global partners with the University of Sussex

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It's hard not to get drawn to rustic clipart; even in small amounts like a series of twigs for a divider, or mandalas made into meditation circles, they're fascinating and fun.
Coming soon; more rural scenes and rustic clipart; the artist is busy drawing great hillbilly outhouses for the new book; you will be able to purchase the book and use the images for your projects and crafts.
Hillbilly outhouses as wallpaper? Why not? You can use twigs this way too - twig clipart adds a country charm and appeal to blogs or websites, or even as book illustrations.
I promise to use it only to send you Rurality.


iRefIndex provides an index of protein interactions available in a number of primary interaction databases including BIND, BioGRID, CORUM, DIP, HPRD, IntAct, MINT, MPact, MPPI and OPHID. This index includes multiple interaction types including physical and genetic (mapped to their corresponding protein products) as determined by a multitude of methods. This index allows the user to search for a protein and retrieve a non-redundant list of interactors for that protein.
iRefIndex assigns a global unique identifier (rigid) which looks like 'tjWXXjgPyHyT2J6EwED8zK2x18U' to identify interactions that are identical (according to the sequence and taxon ids of the interactors). iRefIndex also assigns similar looking keys to protein interactors. These keys are global meaning they can be generated by anyone using the method described in the paper. This method allows users to integrate their own data with the iRefIndex in a way that ensures proteins with the exact same sequence will be represented only once.
iRefIndex related publications, references for source databases and works citing and using the iRefIndex are provided on the iRefIndex Citations page.
We believe that protein interaction data hold incredible potential for biomedical research. Presently, these data are collected and archived by multiple groups around the world and the number of groups taking part in this work is growing rather than diminishing.
As such, it is important that these databases have the means to effectively exchange and compare data and that they are curating and representing data using similar standards in order to make their data accessible and allow effective use.
1) to facilitate exchange of interaction data between interaction databases.
The iRefIndex paper describes a method for assigning unique and global identifiers to protein interactors, interactions and complexes. This method is independent of the iRefIndex resource and may be used by anyone to facilitate exchange and consolidation of data.
2) to consolidate interaction data from multiple sources.
The method has been used by to index interaction records from multiple sources. The resulting iRefIndex may be used search for the existence of interaction data for any protein regardless of the original resource. Nine interaction databases have been incorporated so far, others will follow.
3) to provide feedback to source interaction databases.
During the process of data consolidation, iRefIndex uses a sophisticated method to keep track of potential problems with source records such as outdated or unfound protein identifiers or incorrectly assigned taxonomy identifiers. These data are provided as feedback files to source interaction databases for correction, clarification or improvements to our own system. This process will help to harmonize data representation and improve the overall quality of interaction records for all source databases. This process will also help source databases to exchange data with one another.
This page was last modified on 15 March 2013, at 09:04.


Sydney George Chambers, a man from Toronto who had only been living and working in St. Catharines for 7 months before being charged with murder, was the only person ever executed in St. Catharines. Chambers had lived in Toronto with his wife and daughter until he left them and moved to St. Catharines where he found work at Canadian Canners as a plant watchman and stationary engineer. Chambers was convicted for murdering 9 year old Marian Rusnak who had disappeared from just outside of her home and was never seen again. During the search for Marion, Chambers had led police through the Canadian Canners building, searching for clues. He was soon after arrested and charged with attempted suicide. He then confessed to abducting Rusnak, smothering her and burning her body in a furnace at the cannery where he was boarding as well as working. Chambers retracted his statement and always maintained his innocence. Chambers was found guilty and sentenced to death. At the time, there was nothing in place at the Lincoln jail to carry out executions. A scaffold was built inside the jail and Chambers was executed on December 16th, 1947 at 12:12a.m. No one visited him in jail or claimed his body so he was buried in the jail yard. When the jail was torn down in 1973, his body was exhumed and he was reburied in Victoria Lawn Cemetery.


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RWE acquires Croatian solar energy service provider
Croatia May 7, 2019 | Comments: 0Author: Vladimir Spasić
Photo: 7 MW solar power plant on Kosovo* installed by Relatio ES Adria (RWE)
German power utility RWE has taken over Relatio ES Adria, one of the largest Croatian companies in design, supply, installation and commissioning of solar power plants, Novac.hr reported.
Relatio ES Adria, based in Varaždin, was established in 2012, and until 2019 it has designed, installed and put into operation solar power plants in Croatia, BiH, and Kosovo* with a total installed capacity of 17 MW.
Until the takeover by RWE Hrvatska, the company operated as Relatio ES Adria, according to RWE Solar's (former Relatio ES Adria) website.
The name was then changed to RWE Solar, and the headquarters were moved from Varaždin to Zagreb.
The transaction was closed at the beginning of March, but the price was not disclosed, Novac.hr reported.
At the beginning of April, Vedran Belamarić, a former project manager at Innogy SE, became RWE Solar's CEO.
According to its website, RWE Solar is part of German renewable energy company Innogy SE.
Innogy SE was founded in 2016 by merging RWE's grid and infrastructure, retail, and renewables businesses into a newly incorporated entity.
RWE becomes EU's third largest renewable energy producer
Last year, RWE took a step further and, with another German utility, E.ON, announced a transaction that included asset swap. Under the deal, which was recently approved by the EU, RWE will take over all of E.ON's renewable generation assets, making it the third largest renewable energy provider in the EU together with Innogy SE's renewable generation business.
The biggest producer in the EU is Italy's Enel, with 43 GW in installed capacity, followed by Spain's Iberdrola, with 29 GW, and RWE, with 24 GW.
The deal envisages E.ON to get RWE's grid and infrastructure, and its retail business.
Innogy SE is one of the leading energy companies in Europe, with 42,000 employees in 16 countries and annual revenues of EUR 44 billion.
The company supplies electricity to 22 million consumers in 10 European countries and generates 3.7 GWh of green energy annually.
Tags: E.ON, Enel, Iberdrola, Innogy, RWE, RWE Hrvatska, solar power plant
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On the Slate
The second annual Toronto Documentary Forum took place on May 2 and 3, marking the mid-way point of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Over the two days, 65 commissioning editors heard 39 producers pitch their projects. Norm Bolen of Canada's Alliance Atlantis, Ina Fichman of Productions La Fete in Canada, The Danish Film Institute's Karolina Lidin, Canada's Jan Rofekamp of Films Transit, and Muriel Rosilio of Filmoption International in Canada took turns moderating. In this month's 'On the Slate', KIMBERLEY BROWN reports on some of the projects pitched.
Bombs over Beethoven
In 1965, Hanoi, the former capital of North Vietnam, was the home of the National Conservatory of Music. But, when the city became a prime target for American B-52s, the government decided it was time to relocate. Several hundred instruments were loaded onto a train and later reloaded onto carts en route to the village of Xuan Phu. About 800 students and teachers accompanied them.
Using rare footage from the Vietnamese archives, Vietnam Symphony, a 52-minute single by producers Kerry Herman and Tom Zubrycki of Stonebridge/Jotz Productions in Leichhardt, Australia, tells the story of how these men and women pursued their music studies in underground caverns throughout the war, and brings us up to speed with what they're doing today. A reunion concert performed in Xuan Phu to mark the lunar New Year will help tie together past and present. The film carries a budget of about US$195,000 and the producers attended the Forum seeking pre-sale financing. SBS Australia is on board for about 25% of the budget. Delivery is planned for February 2002.
BBC editors Nick Fraser and Ruth Pitt announced they were willing to fight each other for this project, although Fraser thought the budget was enormous and was concerned the links between past and present might be awkward. Marie Natanson of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) thought the film was a natural fit for the pubcaster and invited the panelists to chat later. Diane Weyermann of the Soros Documentary Fund was interested in the film's contemporary storyline, and noted that humanizing the Vietnam conflict, especially in the U.S., is very important. John Lindsay revealed that PBS was already interested in the project, which would be reviewed for funding consideration the week following the Forum.
RealScreen has long known that fact is better than fiction, but Tinsel Town has been a little harder to convince, even when it's tackling films that are 'based on a true story'. Focusing on three or four recent and upcoming films, producer Alan Handel of Alan Handel Productions in Montreal, Canada, will examine what happens when Hollywood makes a film with a narrative that is steeped in reality. Among the movies up for consideration are Boys Don't Cry, which Handel says director Kimberly Peirce describes as emotionally true but factually changed, and Erin Brockovich, the Hollywood version of which has caused the starring town to consider suing its co-starring law firm. Based on a True Story seeks to learn if reality needs to be rewritten in order to make compelling viewing (absolutely not!), and if so, what the consequences are. At 50 minutes long it has a US$360,000 budget and will be delivered in September 2002. CBC Newsworld has invested $35,000 and the Canadian Documentary Channel has given development funds.
Despite moderator Norm Bolen's suggestion that the commissioning editors bring the pitch to a happy, Hollywood ending, reactions from around the table were mixed. Both Julie Anderson of HBO in the U.S. and Laurence Rees of the BBC showed interest, but cautioned about the difficulty of clearing clips. Bryan Smith of National Geographic Channels International passed, explaining that Nat Geo tackles this subject in another manner, citing Pearl Harbor as an example. The BBC's Nick Fraser said he didn't think there was a trend towards rewriting and asked Handel if he planned to repeatedly remind us that Hollywood lies. However, colleague Ruth Pitt said the idea was valid, but was concerned the film would imply that docs always tell the truth…
News to me
Ever wonder if the news tells the whole story? Peter Wintonick (of Montreal-based Necessary Illusions) and Katerina Cizek do. They presented Seeing is Believing, a one-hour one-off documenting human rights violations captured by the personal videocams of activists and non-governmental organizations, as compared to the media's coverage of the same events.
Budgeted at US$164,000 the film will wrap in July, with delivery in December. SODEC, the Soros Documentary Fund, CBC Newsworld and SRC/RDI have collectively contributed $80,000 to the film's budget.
HBO's Julie Anderson said she was having a hard time envisioning what the film would look like. Nick Fraser said it was too much like a teaching aid, noting that he was more interested in films, than in films about films. Christoph Jorg of ARTE France joked, 'For once, I agree with Nick.' Afterward, Jorg admitted he wanted to meet with the production team.
Mark Atkin from SBS expressed interest, as did YLE TV2′s Iikka Vehkalahti, who said he liked the testimonial aspect of the project. JH
Road blocks
Hvidovre's Zentropa Productions has coupled Danish feature filmmaker Lars Von Trier with one of the country's high profile documentarians, Jorgen Leth, to make a film about making a doc. Budgeted for around US$335,000, The Five Obstructions will witness Leth trying to make a film that upholds his beliefs about the art of docs, while Von Trier places five different cinematographical road blocks in his path. (Footage used during the pitch showed Von Trier telling Leth he couldn't go to Cuba to make a film about Cuba; he also couldn't film on a set.) The film will be one hour long and has secured 25% of its financing from the Danish Film Institute. Carsten Holst and Kerstin Allroth are the producers. Delivery is set for June 2002.
Adam Barker of Channel 4 in the U.K. described the film as enticing yet puzzling, but thought there was potential for modest financing and a late night slot. Mette Hoffmann Meyer of TV2 Denmark echoed Barker's sentiment and inquired if a 90-minute version was possible, as her one-hour slots are for primetime. Nick Fraser thought the forced conditions imposed by Von Trier could be inspiring, and Bjorn Arvas of Swedish pubcaster SVT confirmed he was interested. SBS Australia's Mark Atkin said the film was a perfect fit for his channel's mandate, and praised the filmmakers for pushing the envelope and making people think about what they're watching.
Reunited?
Henrik Veileborg and Mette Zeruneith from Danish film studio Magic Hour Films presented the 80-minute one-off A Survivor's Tale. The film documents the story of an Ugandan refugee in Copenhagen struggling to retrieve his son from a military camp in the Congo, where he has been forced to serve as a child soldier for the Ugandan army.
Budgeted at around US$275,000, the film has received $69,000 from The Danish Film Institute and $12,500 from DRTV.
Rudy Buttignol from TVO was intrigued by Steven, the main character, but wouldn't commit up front. Mark Atkin suggested producers make a one-hour international version; Bill Binnemans of Belgium's RTBF concurred, but was also concerned that subtitling might reduce the story's emotional impact.
Tom Koch of WGBH agreed to consult his colleagues at PBS, saying the film should definitely find a home there. ARTE's Christoph Jorg loved the pitch and said the film would be perfect for Thierry Garrel's 'La Vie en France.' Nick Fraser said the BBC had done many African stories of late, but he wanted to see what direction the project takes.
Producers expect a resolution to the story this summer, with a delivery date in July 2002. JH
Beijing is a city full of illegal residents. Without permits, these individuals cannot access social services and risk imprisonment in deportation camps should they be discovered. They take these risks in the hope of finding employment. One such resident is Zhang JingTao, the owner of an unlicensed restaurant and the subject of a one-hour doc by Helsinki-based Making Movies Oy.
Director Mika Koskinen has lived in Beijing for four years and has followed Zhang and his family since June 2000. With Zhang's Diner, he hopes to show the realities faced by Beijing's illegal residents, including frequent police raids and heavy 'taxes' imposed by swindlers who profit from these people's vulnerable circumstances. Koskinen will also tell Zhang's personal story, revealing how he dreams of returning to his home province a rich man so he can care for the eight-year-old daughter he left behind, and how his marriage suffers under the weight of business failures and the advances of a flirtatious customer. The film will be subtitled and carries a budget of about US$172,000. Delivery is expected for next May.
Responses from around the table were positive. Bill Bennemans of RTBF in Belgium invited the filmmakers to talk later, but wondered how Koskinen was able to follow the family undetected (he's been arrested once during production). Considering that Chinese immigrants are becoming Toronto's largest minority, TV Ontario's Rudy Buttignol thought it was important to show Canadians the life these new residents were coming from. Mark Atkin confirmed he would like to be involved in the project, but Jennifer Hyde of CNN Productions explained that the newscaster had to approach subjects in a more straightforward manner.
The 1997 financial crisis in Asia was witnessed, inflamed, and weathered by the numerous bankers, finance
ministers and heads of state who work within Asia's finance system. In Bubble and Crash, producer Christine Camdessus of French prodco Tetra Media sheds light on the human angle of this event by investigating the stories of those on the financial front lines. Running 60 minutes in length, the doc is budgeted at US$335,000 and is planned for delivery in February 2002. Commitments from ARTE, La Cinquiéme, and the Centre National de la Cinematographie comprise 72% of the budget.
Nick Fraser thought the project had potential but encouraged the filmmakers to pursue a narrative approach, not a journalistic one, as he was more interested in how the crisis reflects on the capitalist system. Dasha Ross of ABC Australia said she was looking for business docs to augment primetime programming, but echoed Fraser, stating she is more intrigued with how the event effects us today than she is with what happened in the past. Bryan Smith of Nat Geo said he would present the proposal to their Asian channel.
In mid-1944, the Vichy government in France released one of the last groups of deportees to the Nazis. This group of 850 resistance fighters, Jews, communists, and Spanish republicans were transported by train across France to Germany where they were placed in concentration camps until the end of the war. During this time, the Allies stormed Normandy and were steadily liberating western Europe. Allied air attacks often altered the course of the deportees, forcing them to switch trains, walking 20 miles or more between towns to do so.
Aubagne, France-based Same Films/Stalker Films plan to use the letters of the deportees alongside interviews with both witnesses and survivors to produce a one-hour doc on the journey titled Letters from the Ghost Train. Reenactments and present day shots of locations the trains passed through will substitute for archive footage. France 3 Sud and ZDF/ARTE are already involved with the film, which has a budget of about US$235,000. Delivery is expected for November 2001.
Editors around the table agreed the film was interesting, but many declined due to the volume of material already produced on the Holocaust. Sydney Suissa of History Television in Canada was one dissenter, inviting the
filmmakers to speak with him later. He liked that the project deals with the power of imagery and memory, and was intrigued that it will be made without archive footage. Julie Anderson of HBO said the cable outlet has had repeated success with the theme and asked to see the film at the rough-cut stage.
Passing the buck
London-based Urban Films' current project, The Deported, is a 70-minute doc that will follow three refugees after their applications for asylum have been rejected by the country they have struggled to reach. According to director Nick Danziger, refugee numbers are increasing, forcing Western governments to tackle the issue of deportation. He points out that Britain received 97,900 asylum applications last year alone, the highest number in all of Europe. This year, the British government hopes to deport up to 400,000 refugees – a target Danziger fears will cause life and death decisions to be made arbitrarily. By following asylum seekers refused entry to the U.K., Australia and North America, the film will compare the policies of each country and show the impact their decisions have on refugees forced to return to the countries they have fled. The project has a budget of approximately US$330,000 and the prodco has already secured 13% of the financing from the BBC. Delivery is expected for October 2002.
WGBH's Tom Koch, Catherine Olsen of CBC Newsworld's 'Passionate Eye,' and Dasha Ross showed interest in the project, provided a story originated in their respective nations. Jennifer Hyde of CNN Productions in the U.S. said the doc would be a great companion piece to another program scheduled to air at the end of May that
follows refugees from arrival to deportation. She warned, however, that the stories of the people selected would need to involve struggle and conflict for the doc to be effective. Diane Weyermann of the Soros Documentary Fund also showed interest in the project.
Waking sleeping dogs
In 1992 and 1994, terrorist attacks on Jews in Buenos Aires killed 115 civilians. To this day, the attacks remain unsolved. Ton Vriens of New York-based Vriens International Productions aims to exert diplomatic pressure on the Argentinean government by producing To Live with Terror, a 52-minute one-off involving the victims' relatives and friends, who oppose the way the government has handled the investigation. Annet Betsalel of the Netherlands' NIK Media, who believes they have an obligation to bring the story to the media, has given US$45,000 toward the $135,000 budget.
Tom Koch of WGBH said that although the project was intriguing, it might be too far away to garner appeal with U.S. audiences. Christine Olsen from the CBC agreed, but expressed interest in seeing the film on completion. Adam Barker of Channel 4 in the U.K. said it might be suitable for the 'Dispatches' strand, while Nick Fraser said the film was too investigative for the BBC.
Bolen suggested CNN as a possibility, and Mary Ellen Iwata at TLC thought Discovery Latin America might be interested. Diane Weyermann, said Soros had a similar project on the go, but was interested in seeing the film at rough-cut. The project will deliver this June. JH
Prison politics
With The Celluloid Closet and Paragraph 175 under their belts, Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein of San Francisco-based Telling Pictures pitched their new project to a keen panel. Hooked Up is a one-hour doc examining the sexual culture that develops behind the bars of all-male prisons. The prodco has already picked up $145,000 of the $460,000 budget from Channel 4.
After a clip that introduced one of the main characters – an inmate at Utah State Prison, who spoke candidly about his homosexual experiences – Mary Ellen Iwata thought the project might be too graphic for TLC, but noted she was interested due to the producers' previous work. Tamar Hacker said A&E's audience was probably too middle American for such a project. David Davis of Oregon Public Broadcasting and Tom Koch of WGBH agreed the project was perfect for PBS. So too thought Rudy Buttignol of TVO. Christoph Jorg commented that all of the producers' films ended up on ARTE somehow, and he expected that Hooked Up would be no exception. Dasha Ross at the abc was also interested in discussing the project further, but said she would probably not get involved until after completion.
On the other side of the table, Cilian Fennell from TG4 in Ireland questioned whether the producers were exploiting inmates and playing to the lowest common denominator, à la Jerry Springer. Production will wrap in October, with delivery in July 2002. JH
A black and white issue
On June 7, 1998, James Byrd, an African American living in Jasper, Texas, was chained behind a pick-up truck by white supremacists and dragged for three miles until he died. Two Towns of Jasper is a collaborative effort between a black and a white filmmaker – Whitney Dow and Marco Williams, of New York-based Two Tone Productions – who recorded the divergent perspectives of the white and black residents of Jasper, using two racially separate crews.
The 90-minute film has a $950,000 budget, with 70% coming from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ITVS, the National Black Programming Consortium, the Wellspring Foundation, the Driehaus Foundation, and HBO.
Iikka Vehkalahti of YLE TV2 in Finland summed up reactions around the table: 'I think almost everybody would say they want to see the rough cut.' Diane Weyermann at the Soros Fund, and Adam Barker from Channel 4, concurred. Mette Hoffmann Meyer and Christoph Jorg both expressed hesitation to fill their slots with too much American content, but wanted to see the rough cut. Nick Fraser suggested audiences may feel alienated by the race-specific filming technique, but wanted to see the rough-cut. Delivery is expected for January 2002. JH
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Vaginal Vault Dehiscence after Hysterectomy
Mohammed Agdi, Wadha Al-Ghafri, Rommel Antolin, Jeff Arrington, Kenneth O'Kelley, Angus J.M. Thomson, Togas Tulandi*
Study Objective: The purpose of our study was to evaluate factors predisposing vault dehiscence after hysterectomy and its manifestation. Design: Case series and review of the literature (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). Setting: Multicenter study. Patients: Retrospective analysis of 16 unpublished cases of vaginal vault dehiscence after total laparoscopic hysterectomy from physicians who participated in the exchange on the topic of vaginal vault dehiscence at the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Endo Exchange List (group A) and review of 38 reported cases in the literature (group B). Interventions: The participating physicians were asked to complete a detailed questionnaire related to vault dehiscence. In addition, we performed literature search using the keywords "vault dehiscence," "vaginal vault dehiscence," "vault prolapse," and "hysterectomy," and conducted the search in MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Measurements and Main Results: We estimated risk factors and characteristic features for vaginal vault dehiscence. The incidence of vault dehiscence was higher after laparoscopic hysterectomy (1.14%) than after abdominal hysterectomy (0.10%, p <.0001, OR 11.5) and after vaginal hysterectomy (0.14%, p <.001, OR 8.3). The time interval between hysterectomy and occurrence of vault dehiscence in the laparoscopic group (8.4 ± 1.2 weeks) was significantly shorter than in the abdominal hysterectomy (112.7 ± 75.1 weeks, p = .01) and in vaginal hysterectomy (136.5 ± 32.2 weeks, p <.0001) groups, respectively. It appears that sexual intercourse was the main triggering event for vault dehiscence (58.8%). Vaginal bleeding (50%) and vaginal evisceration (48.1%) were the main symptoms. Conclusion: Our data suggest that vaginal vault dehiscence is rare but may occur more often after laparoscopic hysterectomy than after other hysterectomy approaches. Whether it is related to the technique of laparoscopic suturing is unclear. Other risk factors such as early resumption of regular activities and sexual intercourse may play a role.
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Agdi, M., Al-Ghafri, W., Antolin, R., Arrington, J., O'Kelley, K., Thomson, A. J. M., & Tulandi, T. (2009). Vaginal Vault Dehiscence after Hysterectomy. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 16(3), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmig.2009.01.006
Vaginal Vault Dehiscence after Hysterectomy. / Agdi, Mohammed; Al-Ghafri, Wadha; Antolin, Rommel; Arrington, Jeff; O'Kelley, Kenneth; Thomson, Angus J.M.; Tulandi, Togas.
In: Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Vol. 16, No. 3, 05.2009, p. 313-317.
Agdi, M, Al-Ghafri, W, Antolin, R, Arrington, J, O'Kelley, K, Thomson, AJM & Tulandi, T 2009, 'Vaginal Vault Dehiscence after Hysterectomy', Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 313-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmig.2009.01.006
Agdi M, Al-Ghafri W, Antolin R, Arrington J, O'Kelley K, Thomson AJM et al. Vaginal Vault Dehiscence after Hysterectomy. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2009 May;16(3):313-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmig.2009.01.006
Agdi, Mohammed ; Al-Ghafri, Wadha ; Antolin, Rommel ; Arrington, Jeff ; O'Kelley, Kenneth ; Thomson, Angus J.M. ; Tulandi, Togas. / Vaginal Vault Dehiscence after Hysterectomy. In: Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2009 ; Vol. 16, No. 3. pp. 313-317.
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PBA News 2018: Allein Maliksi powered Blackwater Elite over Talk 'N Text KaTropa, 104-98 in the ongoing 2018 PBA Governors' Cup at MOA Arena this Friday in Pasay. Maliksi made 28 points and 9 boards, while reinforcement Henry Walker also added 23 buckets, 14 caroms and 3 swats.
➤ This is the very first time that Blackwater beat the TNT KaTropa in PBA history.
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Why Kenan Thompson won't dress in drag anymore on 'SNL'
By Scott Collins
Oct. 17, 2013 12 AM PT
Kenan Thompson is fed up with having to wear a dress on "Saturday Night Live."
A 10-year veteran of NBC's sketch comedy show, Thompson has donned drag to play characters such as Maya Angelou, Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. And it's not just because he thinks he looks good in a skirt. The current incarnation of "SNL" has no black female cast members — a lack of diverstiy that another cast member, Jay Pharoah, has already complained about this season. So guys have had to step in to the high heels.
But now Thompson says enough.
When asked how "SNL" would lampoon newsmaking black women, Thomspon told TV Guide: "I don't know. We just haven't done them. That's what I'm saying. Maybe [Pharaoh] will do it or something, but even he doesn't really want to do it."
But unlike Pharoah — who urged producers to hire Darmirra Brunson for the ensemble — Thompson puts the onus on black female performers.
"It's just a tough part of the business," he was quoted as saying. ""Like in auditions, they just never find ones that are ready."
The show added six performers to the cast this season, but they are all white.
What do you think of Thompson's comments? Is he right that black female performers just aren't ready? How do you think diversity or the lack of it affects "SNL"?
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North America: Ice rinks and the phaseout of HCFC-22
According to the International Ice Hockey Federation (FIH), there are 1,800 indoor ice rinks depending on refrigeration for their ice in the USA, and 3 250 ice rinks in Canada. The most recent ones generally use ammonia as their refrigerant, but many older ice rink systems can still contain thousand of kilograms of R-22.
The US production and import of R-22 will end on January 1, 2020, even if the refrigerant may still be used in existing facilities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notes in a fact shift that even though there is no immediate need for change, supply of R-22 will decline over the next few years, and prices may rise. It is therefore important to consider alternative refrigerants, especially when the time comes to replace or retrofit an existing system. The EPA produced a document listing the acceptable substitutes for R-22 refrigerant.
Here are a few examples of retrofits from R-22 to other refrigerants :
The ice rink of the Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center, in Minnesota, built in 1983, used a R-22 system which recently began experiencing issues, such as corrosion in the vessels or leaks. The City of Brooklyn Park therefore began working with an engineering company to design an indirect ammonia/calcium chloride system to replace the old refrigeration system. According to the City of Brooklyn Park, the new system requires half the energy of the previous systems to perform at the same capacity.
Another Minnesota arena, Bernick's Arena in Sartell, recently completed a retrofit from R-22 to R-407F, a refrigerant produced by the company Honeywell. According to the facilities manager at Bernick's Ice Arena, R-407F fits the requirements of the arena's existing indirect refrigeration system. The retrofit of the system was completed within a week. The floor then only took six days to cool as opposed to seven with the R-22 system. Moreover, the floor temperature was previously set at 18°F, whereas Bernick's now achieves the same result while keeping the floor set 3° higher. This can mean the compressors don't have to work as hard, which can contribute to energy savings.
Another EPA-approved option for ice rink operators is R-434a. The Brownstown Sports Center in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, recently converted an R-22 rink to R-434a. Only 36 hours were needed for the conversion. Ron Zimmers, vice president of operations at the complex, said he never saw ice freeze that fast.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Freshman Rehgan Hartsell, the SCAC Swimmer of the Meet, competed on the final day of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Indiana University Natatorium.
Hartsell wrapped things up with a 2:25.82 to close things out at the meet. Hartsell competed in the 50 fly, the 100 breast, and the 200 breast on the week.
The Pirates officially conclude the 2017-18 season after another solid season.


The P1000 is a loveable beast and an optical marvel, but it's difficult to recommend. Max zoom is rarely required in real world shooting, and the optic necessitates a small sensor with underwhelming image quality. Even so, if you're going on safari and can't carry - or stretch to - a super-telephoto DSLR set-up, the P1000 may just be worth the money.
125x optical zoom. Yes, you read that correctly. The Nikon Coolpix P1000's lens is capable of covering 24-3000mm (scaled to 35mm camera figures), making it by far the most zoom range available on a consumer camera.
Given the old Coolpix P900 already held the optical zoom range record at 83x, it's come as some surprise that Nikon has seen fit to obliterate its own record. We examine this new ultra-zoom bridge camera benchmark to see if there's more to the P1000 than just big numbers.
The P1000 is all about its lens. The 24-3000mm-equivalent optic has a variable f/2.8-8 aperture, as well as lens-shift Vibration Reduction - essential when exploiting the far reaches of the zoom range.
Behind the lens is a 16MP sensor, but despite the big DSLR-like appearance of the P1000, the sensor is about the size of that inside a camera phone. Therefore don't expect the P1000 to be setting any image quality records. Its limited ISO 100-6,400 sensitivity range is indicative of the sensor's tiny dimensions, though you can shoot stills in raw.
4K video is also available, albeit at a maximum of 30 frames per second. There's a selection of twenty image effect filters, plus dedicated shooting modes for photographing distant subjects like the moon and birds.
Externally, the P1000 sports a 3.2-inch articulating monitor, though this isn't touch-sensitive. There's also a high resolution 2,359k-dot OLED electronic viewfinder, and a hot shoe for mounting accessories like an external flashgun.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity enable remote camera control and wireless image sharing via Nikon's SnapBridge app, as well as allowing the P1000's images to be location tagged using your smart device's GPS.
As you'd expect for a camera boasting the kind of zoom reach to make a paparazzi snooper green with envy, the P1000 isn't exactly compact. With dimensions of 146 x 119 x 181mm, it's similar in size to a full-frame DSLR equipped with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, but with much more girth around what would be the lens mount.
All this bulk does at least make the P1000 a comfortable camera to hold, with a well-sculpted grip and generous area to rest your thumb, though build quality feels a little hollow and not quite on par with a DSLR.
The selection of rear buttons (and basic menu interface) are also more in-keeping with a Coolpix compact camera than something like a Nikon D3500, but there is a PASM mode dial to easily select shooting modes, and a control wheel for adjusting key settings.
The flip-out 3.2-inch, 921k-dot monitor is a match for an entry-level DSLR in terms of clarity, but it lacks touch-sensitivity, which stings considering the P1000's hefty price tag. Thankfully Nikon hasn't skimped on the 2359k-dot OLED EVF, as this is a pleasure to use. The only minor issue is there can be a slight but sometimes frustrating delay before it activates via the automatic eye sensor.
Fire up the P1000 and first impressions are positive. Despite not having any phase-detection points, the AF is near instantaneous and reliably accurate at shorter focal lengths, and it rarely struggles to lock on even when the zoom reaches an equivalent 1000mm. But plough on to 2000mm and beyond and the AF can miss its mark, sometimes hunting several times for accurate focus.
The lens could really benefit from a focus limiter switch to lock out short focal lengths when you're zoomed in. Instead there's a snap-back zoom button that enables you to zoom out to relocate a fleeting subject and zoom back in, all at the touch and release of button. There's also a customisable control ring around the front of the lens barrel, but annoyingly this can't be used for manual focus to override any AF uncertainty.
It's not just the AF that struggles to cope with the immense zoom reach. The P1000 packs an excellent lens-shift VR system that performs admirably up to around 1500mm, but beyond this you'll need a statuesque stance - or tripod - to ensure a sharp shot. Bright conditions are also a must, as the lens stops down to a maximum f/8 aperture at longer focal lengths.
This wouldn't be a problem if you could keep shutter speeds high via increased ISO sensitivity, however do this and image quality takes a tumble. The P1000's sensitivity range tops out at ISO 6400, but the tiny 16MP sensor struggles to maintain good detail and dynamic range even at ISO 800.
We compared the P1000 to a 2016 Google Pixel XL phone for wide-angle image quality. Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, but it's interesting to see how a the big Nikon performs relative to a camera that fits in your jeans' pocket.
Check out the comparison gallery below. The P1000 comes close to the smartphone for daylight low ISO image quality, but phone trounces it in dimmer conditions, resolving far more detail despite only packing a 12MP sensor compared to Nikon's 16MP chip.
16MP is enough to score fairly well in our resolution tests, but image noise quickly compromises fine detail as sensitivities increase. It's also worth noting the significant chromatic aberration clearly visible across our high-contrast test chart.
Predictably for a small sensor with a high pixel count, light sensitivity is poor and image noise high. A D3400 runs rings around the P1000 for a fraction of the cost, and the same money could even buy you the stellar D7500, albeit body-only.
At ISO 100 the P1000 is capable of good highlight and shadow reproduction, but things quickly deteriorate once you pass ISO 400. By contrast, a D7500 manages as much dynamic range at ISO 102,400 as the P1000 does at ISO 6,400.
The Nikon P1000 is a bit like an exotic supercar. Its design is focused solely on achieving big numbers, yet you'll rarely take it to the max, but will still have to forgive its everyday inconveniences.
In our testing we never needed more than 1500mm-equivalent reach to fill the image frame with our subject. While it's nice to have the bragging rights that extra zoom is on tap, we'd prefer a more balanced camera with a bit less reach, but a smaller body containing a bigger sensor capable of better image quality.
We still love that Nikon has built such an incredible showcase of its optical engineering, even if the P1000 is a compromised beast that's targeted at a very niche market.
If you can still find a Coolpix P900, it'll likely be around half the price of the P1000, yet its 83x zoom is still plenty for almost all occasions, and image quality differences will be negligible. Oh, and the P900 is also significantly smaller and lighter than its replacement.
Canon's latest SX70 HS superzoom bridge camera sports a 65x zoom (21-1365mm) lens. It won't match the P1000's moon-capturing ability, but its reach will capture most earthbound encounters. It's also fairly compact at 127 x 921 x 117mm, and its 610g weight is under half that of a P1000.
The FZ2000 sacrifices outright focal range in favour of a much larger, 1-inch-type image sensor. You still get 20x optical zoom though, and the FZ2000 should set you back slightly less money than a P1000.


The Z file system, developed by Sun", is a new technology designed to use a pooled storage method. This means that space is only used as it is needed for data storage. It has also been designed for maximum data integrity, supporting data snapshots, multiple copies, and data checksums. A new data replication model, known as RAID-Z has been added. The RAID-Z model is similar to RAID5 but is designed to prevent data write corruption.
The ZFS subsystem utilizes much of the system resources, so some tuning may be required to provide maximum efficiency during every-day use. As an experimental feature in FreeBSD this may change in the near future; however, at this time, the following steps are recommended.
The total system memory should be at least one gigabyte, with two gigabytes or more recommended. In all of the examples here, the system has one gigabyte of memory with several other tuning mechanisms in place.
Some people have had luck using fewer than one gigabyte of memory, but with such a limited amount of physical memory, when the system is under heavy load, it is very plausible that FreeBSD will panic due to memory exhaustion.
It is recommended that unused drivers and options be removed from the kernel configuration file. Since most devices are available as modules, they may simply be loaded using the /boot/loader.conf file.
This option will expand the kernel address space, thus allowing the vm.kvm_size tunable to be pushed beyond the currently imposed limit of 1 GB (2 GB for PAE). To find the most suitable value for this option, divide the desired address space in megabytes by four (4). In this case, it is 512 for 2 GB.
For a more detailed list of recommendations for ZFS-related tuning, see http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide.
The remainder of this document assumes three SCSI disks are available, and their device names are da0, da1 and da2. Users of IDE hardware may use the ad devices in place of SCSI hardware.
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    3 Aug 29 23:15 .
drwxr-xr-x  21 root  wheel  512 Aug 29 23:12 ..
The example/compressed is now a ZFS compressed file system. Try copying some large files to it by copying them to /example/compressed.
Disks go bad and fail, an unavoidable trait. When this disk goes bad, the data will be lost. One method of avoiding data loss due to a failed hard disk is to implement a RAID. ZFS supports this feature in its pool design which is covered in the next section.
Note: Sun recommends that the amount of devices used in a RAID-Z configuration is between three and nine. If your needs call for a single pool to consist of 10 disks or more, consider breaking it up into smaller RAID-Z groups. If you only have two disks and still require redundancy, consider using a ZFS mirror instead. See the zpool(8) manual page for more details.
Users should now have their data stored on the freshly created /storage/home file system. Test by adding a new user and logging in as that user.
As shown from this example, everything appears to be normal.
This is not a wise idea, however, as checksums take very little storage space and are more useful when enabled. There also appears to be no noticeable costs in having them enabled. While enabled, it is possible to have ZFS check data integrity using checksum verification. This process is known as scrubbing.
The completion time is in plain view in this example. This feature helps to ensure data integrity over a long period of time.
There are many more options for the Z file system, see the zfs(8) and zpool(8) manual pages.


A few days ago I opened my machine and saw that I had 348 new spam comments on my blog.
Now, .Text is now smart enough to provide a link for you in the notification email that allows you to "hide" each comment via one click, but when it comes to doing this same thing 350 times it becomes - well, not so effective.
So I created a simple solution to my problem.
I created a simple VBA script that runs inside outlook. Whenever a new email arrives, it checks whether it is a blog comment, and if so, if it comes from a specific IP that you have specified as "banned". if it does, than it will automatically find the entry ID inside the email body, and execute the link that hides the comment for you inside the default browser. Simple, but it works.
Here's the file that contains all the script.
It comes with comments inside it that explain exactly what you need to do to make it work for your own blog (you basically need to just change a couple of string on the top, and add simple lines for each IP address you would like to ban). It works on Office 2003 (uses the Application_NewEmailEx event which is only available in that version..) cause that what I have. I'm sure this can be implemented for working in older version too.
MsgBox "Took care of " & counter & " blog spam items!"
I can't get shellexecute to actually "hide" the link. When I open the required "remove" link in the browser it simply shows the list of comments , but does not actually remove any of them. HOWEVER, if I actually CLICK on the mail message link, (which points to the SAME link exactly) the message will be hidden. Any idea what's going on here?


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Q: Lubuntu 15.04 - Broadcom wi-fi wont work at all Just installed Lubuntu 15.04 on an Acer Aspire 5100, the broadcom router is the BCM4311 model. I have tried a few different fixes but none of them seem to work. I have a few other Acer laptops that I will be installing Lubuntu 15.04 on as well (Aspire & Travel Mate) so I am hoping to find the right fix for the broadcom problem. Thanks :)
ETA: Terminal results of this command lspci -knn | grep 'Eth|Net' -EA2
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
  Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Device [1468:0422]
  Kernel driver in use: wl
06:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
  Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:009f]
  Kernel driver in use: 8139too

ETA: got the wireless to work finally but when I reboot it will try to connect to the ethernet 1st (I then have to right click on the network connection icon to tell it to connect to the wireless) any way to force it to try the wireless 1st? I have already removed the ethernet connection from the list of connections. Thanks

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E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is
  another process using it?

This usually means that another process, typically Update Manager, Software Center or Synaptic is open and has a hold on /var/log/dpkg. Please close whichever it is. Then in a terminal and with a temporary working internet connection, do:
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

If it is not removed because it isn't installed, that's fine, just continue:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Reboot and your wireless should now be working.

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This reference guide contains a step-by-step tutorial explaining the process of drawing a human hand from basic shapes. It also has information about drawing hands performing different gestures and holding a wide range of objects.
This simple reference guide provides tips about drawing the anatomy and proportions of the hands and fingers. You can use this to improve your hand drawings or sketches.
Drawing the hands can be challenging for any artist. Luckily, there are several reference guides you can use to understand the anatomy and proportions of the hands. Reference guides such as this one will help you understand the details of the hands.
A useful reference guide containing tips and guides about drawing a perspective image of the human hand. If you've always wanted to master the art of drawing the hand at different angles, this tutorial is for you.


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Shape of Sound: Introductory Essay: Shape of Sound:: publication date: May 2014
For the past twenty years, I have crafted an architectural and urban design practice (hanrahan Meyers architects) that includes sound as a formal element of the designed environment. Music is the art of sound, and architecture is the art of building. Shape of Sound is an attempt to catalogue the cross-fertilization between sound and architecture, and how these two disciplines unite to generate a unique hybrid practice.
I began using sound as part of my architectural practice in 1995, when I developed a concept for a museum installation titled Sampling. Sampling was proposed to the San Francisco Museum of Art, and included works by sound artists Stephen Vitiello and DJ Olive; visual artists Bruce Pearson and Roxy Paine; and works from hMa, my architectural practice. Contemporary art, architecture, and sound are deeply concerned with sampling and samples. Contemporary architects, visual artists, and sound artists use 'samples' as operative tools to create post-modern representations of contemporary culture.
Above: 'contains real hard won insight': Victoria Meyers with Bruce Pearson.
Contributors to the book:
Since 2002 I have collaborated with the composer and sound artist Michael Schumacher (www.michaeljschumacher.com). You can see Michael's work if you look at the cover of this book. My firm, hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa) commissioned Michael to develop a score for our building, DWi-P (Digital Water i-Pavilion), and we etched Michael's score for his composition (WaTER) onto the building's glass façade. You can hear Michael's score through the DWi-P App, or by visiting the SoS web page: www.shapeofsound.us.
Sound is a mechanical wave that translates from our ears to our brains as sound. It may seem curious that someone who works in the highly visual media of architecture and urban design would develop a body of work that uses sound - an invisible energy wave - as a focal point. When architectural form is used to frame a phenomenon, and renders it, in this case, sound, 'visible': a visceral link is created between the spaces that we occupy, and our experience of the world.
I met Stephen Vitiello, whose piece, 'A Bell for Every Minute', animated the High Line project in New York City, when Stephen and I worked on the 'Sampling' show. We have continued our dialogue about the effects of sound in the environment ever since. You can see Stephen's work, which is critical to this book, in the chapters on Sound Urbanism (pages 80 – 81), and Sound Art (pages 117 – 123).
hMa also collaborated with sound artist Jane Philbrick on an architectural and sound installation for Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, New York. Vox Harbour was a spoken word installation in a waterfront park that included the construction of three 'listening and speaking' stations. The stations were wood shells designed by hMa to capture sound within naturalistic, bio-morphically shaped 'talking' booths. The booths were designed for users to stand in and speak (single users). Words were recorded and overlaid by words spoken by prior participants. The concept was to capture multiple recordings representing the broad cultural heritage of Queens.
Shape of Sound and Designing with Light: a series connection
Prior to Shape of Sound, I published Designing with Light in 2006. DwL included research on light by Dr. Lene Hau, from Harvard's Physics Department; sound works by composers Arvo Part and John Cage; videos by artist Bill Viola; and light art by Dan Flavin. All of these practitioners had developed artistic and scientific works that were, on the one hand, relevant to their particular media, but also, at the same time, addressed to the issue of how light affects space.
Shape of Sound was planned to follow the methods of inquiry set forth by DwL. Architecture is an art where all of the senses are engaged. SoS is a book that looks at sound as an objective, formal element of design, using methods of critique and investigation, similar to the critical methods used to study light in DwL.
Perception and Sound Waves
Our perception of the sounds that we hear changes over time, and is directly related to the contemporary technologies of any given place and/or time. The sound of a Medieval village was very different from the sound of a town with factories during the industrial era. Our contemporary sound perception of the city is highly displaced through the on-going dialogue that smart phone users hear through their headsets.
The sound of the city today is more of a hum than the grinding of factories from the industrial age, but we also have cars everywhere, and airplanes overhead. There are a lot of sounds, in addition to the sounds of nature. SoS is an attempt to isolate and critically evaluate many of those sounds, and make them a conscious part of the design discussion about the city and the building.
Contemporary experience of Sound
Our contemporary sense of sound is conditioned by digital technologies. The generation coming of age grew up listening to the world through headphones. This generation hears the world differently than prior generations, and part of what this book looks at is this very difference. hMa explores that difference in particular in our recently completed DWi-P project (Digital Water i-Pavilion) at Battery Park City.
Walls are a traditional element of the language of architecture. Columns and walls are the basic language of architecture taught in the first year of architectural design studies. Our perception of walls changes radically, however, if they become 'green screens' for the projection of imagery and sound. This book begins to touch on recent digital innovations, as we move toward intelligent walls that respond to human interactions assisted through biologic and electronic sensory systems. The emergence of intelligent systems, manifest in interactive electronic and biological interfaces that interact with building users, is changing the experience of our physical environment.
The object of our interaction with the built environment is no longer the materiality of walls and surfaces. The critical focus of architecture and urban design is becoming the continuous and interactive surface of web-based information.
Iannis Xenakis, Le Corbusier, and the Phillips Pavilion : Precursors of where we are today
The work of structural engineer and composer Iannis Xenakis, composer Edgar Varese, and architect Le Corbusier at the Phillips Pavilion has been a strong influence on contemporary design. As architecture faces the rapidity of contemporary technological advancements, I would reference readers to the Phillips Pavilion, which was, in its day, a prescient and futuristic example of the sort of interactive wall surfaces that we are beginning to see constructed in public spaces today.
We face a singular moment in history. Architecture is searching for new points of reference as a response to the disintegration of its material form through the sensory experiences of the Internet and digital media. My idea with Shape of Sound was to explore this edge, and to comment on where we stand today, with respect to these various and differential forms of media and knowledge as they interact with and alter our perception of the physical world.
Battery Park City Master Plan + Landscapes: Victoria Meyers architect/ Sound Urbanism/ Sound Ecology
Victoria Meyers architect of hMa (hanrahan Meyers architects) presents: hMa themes
Architects Design Music: Victoria Meyers architect performs at the Kitchen Space for Performance and Art, NYC
3 Sound Artists talk on Space
sxsw.ECO: Victoria Meyers architect presents hMa concepts related to Biomorphism and design: Architecture is Energy Waves
Toru Takemitsu, Robin Evans: Mathematical structures, Formal and Aesthetic Studies: Sound, Architecture, and Urban Design: Sound Urbanism/ Sound Ecology: Victoria Meyers architect
Shape of Sound: new book by architect Victoria Meyers to be published Spring 2014
Sound Urbanism: Framed Sound in Urban Landscapes: Victoria Meyers Architect
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Q: How to get another function's returned value? How to give another function's returned value in LINQ.
I have a IEnumerable of objects(Say ObjColl). From that object collection, I have to filter the objects based on the return value of another function(say GetObjPropertyValue). My final output should be Dictionary of object and its propertyValue. This dictionary shouldn't have the objects for which propertyvalue is nothing.
GetObjPropertyValue function takes Object as input and return its property as string. But some times it returns nothing if that property not exist on Objects.
My query is something like,
Dictionary(obj, string)=ObjColl.Where(Function(p) not GetObjPropertyValue(p) is nothing)

but in above query I should write code to store the return value of GetObjPropertyValue(p) and add obj-p and returnValue combination to the dictionary. How to write that??
For Example See below code:
The last line below code is wrong. but please suggest me how to correct it. My intention is, I want output collection(say dictionary) of each fruitname and its color(returned by other function call) for all the fruits which the GetFruitColor is not nothing(it can be empty or valid string).

[code] Private function GetFruitColor(fruit) as string
        'It returns fruit color.
        'If valid fruit and color not available, it returns ""(empty string)
        'If fruit is not valid Fruit, it returns nothing. End function

private sub MyMethod()
  Create a list of strings.
        Dim fruits As New List(Of String)(New String() _
                                {"apple", "passionfruit", "banana", "mango", _
                                 "orange", "blueberry", "grape", "strawberry"})

Dim query = _fruits.Where(Function(fruit) k= GetFruitColor(fruit) if not k is nothing select fruit, k)
End Sub

In above code last line is wrong. So how to put getFruitColor in k, how to correct it to save the k value and give me output as dictionary of fruit and k value.

A: I would suggest:

*

*Project to an anonymous type consisting of (fruit, color)

*Filter out "nothing" colors

*Create dictionary

In C# this would be:
var query = fruits.Select(fruit => new { fruit, color = GetFruitColor(fruit) })
                  .Where(pair => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(pair.color))
                  .ToDictionary(pair => pair.fruit, pair => pair.color);

Adjust accordingly for VB :)


LA HABRA – Marine Lance Cpl. Hugo Lopez, 20, has died of injuries he suffered more than two months ago while serving in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Hugo R. Lopez injured by explosive device.
Lopez, who served as part of the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp Pendleton, was riding in a military vehicle near Rawah, Iraq, on Nov. 20 when he was critically injured by an improvised explosive device.
He suffered third-degree burns over 92 percent of his body and was transported to a military burn center in San Antonio, Texas.
Lopez died of his wounds Friday.
Family members had been traveling between La Habra and Texas to be by his side.
Lopez was a 2003 graduate of La Habra High School and a member of the school's 2003 CIF championship football team.