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INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER WILLIS
STRUCTURING A WEALTH OF MUSIC - Three years ago The Death of Stalin directed by Armando Iannucci took the world by storm. The satiric comedy about the death of the notorious Soviet dictator was signifi-cantly aided by a rousing, impressive and sometimes very Russian-sounding score by Christopher Willis. Director and composer reunited again for a modern adaptation of the classic novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Willis recently talked with Score about this new collaboration with director Iannucci, which produced another sometimes overwhelming score.
David Copperfield is one of the most revered works by Charles Dickens and depicts the life of the protago- nist from childhood to mature manhood when he is married and becomes a successful writer. British composer Christopher Willis (1978) read a couple of Dickens' books like Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol in his younger years. Only recently did he read David Copperfield to prepare the scoring process of the film. Willis: 'I really fell in love with it. You can begin to think of Dickens as just being a leatherbound, dusty volume on a shelf, and then when you pick it up and you start reading, it's like sitting on a rollercoaster. He just grabs you by the scruff of the neck. His desire to excite you and to carry you through the story is so palpable and it feels like it could have been written yesterday.'
Willis grew up watching Armando Iannucci's shows on TV, quickly becoming a big fan of the comedian. When they met for the first time to discuss the music for The Death of Stalin it felt very strange, according to Willis: 'When I met Armando I knew some of the rhythms of his comedy, which always helps. But I think perhaps even a bigger thing that helped is that we discovered we had so much in common in terms of our love of classical music. We talked for ages and it was partly talking about comedy and partly talking about classical music and going back and forth between the two. And it's been like that ever since.'
Dev Patel as David Copperfield in The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Iannucci's adaptation of David Copperfield is a modern take on this classic novel. Did that approach affect your composition? 'Yes, Armando wanted everything to feel very fresh. He didn't want there to be a sense that we are peering back through history but that it was a very vivid and fresh story that just happens. The costumes are brightly coloured and the sets are brightly painted. And so musically that meant that I went on a journey to try to figure out what that might mean. The British influence and all of its symphonists, they made it into the flavour of the score, but I was looking all the time for things that would feel fresh.' What can you tell about the musical style of the score? 'Armando and I were talking about British symphonists of the early twentieth century, so not necessarily music from Dickens' time, but very British-sounding music. In the end there was a certain amount of practical minimalism in there as well.'
The score is filled with lots of compositions: short cues and longer pieces of music. How did you structure this wealth of music? 'There was one thing that I was aware of in the early stage and that is that everything would be very vague at the start of the film, because David is a baby and he doesn't know who he is. Things would then take a much more concrete shape at the end. Because he would become a writer, there would be this maneuver late in the film where he has been collecting scraps of paper with bits of quotations of people on them and he doesn't really know why he does this. He also imitates the way they talk in his own speech. He doesn't know why he does this and finally when he sits down to write he realizes that he can use this great wealth of stuff that he has. He always thought he was copying people and now, by changing it slightly and by drawing on it he has this great outpouring of writing fiction. When we get there we should have melodies and clarity and the music should be very clear and strong. And we should have been building to that point all the way through the film. At the end of the film, after he has been writing, but after everything has been resolved, there's a cue called A Life Well Written where we hear all the melodic material from the film resolved in a sequence that makes sense. So that was my overarching idea.'
The Personal History of David Copperfield is full of drama and humour. How did you balance both emotions? 'I don't worry too much about the humour with Armando's things. I know that they will be funny with no music and I know that he rarely wants my help making them funnier. Let's take the scene in the film when David is in love and everywhere he looks he sees the face of the girl he's in love with. The direction from Armando was simply to do the romance but not to do the comedy. I think at some level I do, because, as I said, I grew up with his comedy. I don't think I really help very much, but I know when to start and stop. I have some instinct about what to do, what makes it funnier or less funny. Finding the tone for the darkest things was a little tricky. One had to balance an instinct to do on the one hand Dickens in that full kind of almost childlike Disney-Spielberg kind of way by leaning to the characters and the darkness. And on the other hand to not do too much, because the film is not like a cartoon, it's not like a Disney movie or even like a Spielberg movie. There are places where one could be very dark in the music and it was better to stand back. All of the experimentation went into trying to get that out.'
Christopher Willis trained principally as a classical pianist and musicologist, attending the Royal Academy of Music in London and completing a PhD in Musicology at the University of Cambridge. His love of eighteenth-century music led to his doctoral dissertation on the music of Domenico Scarlatti. After his move to Los Angeles in 2007 he mainly focussed on a career as composer for film, television, and games, receiving particular praise for his music for animated shows. One of your trademarks is energetic, rousing, sweeping music. We hear this in the beginning of the film. Where does this drive come from? '(laughs) That's a great question! I think I am quite an energetic person. I subscribe to an idea that I first heard from Robin Holloway who is a concert composer and also a lecturer at Cambridge. He felt that composers have a sort of innate, unavoidable tempo that they bring with them and that they return to. I'm a big fan of Domenico Scarlatti and what's strange about him is that his natural tempo is a tumbling skittish fast tempo falling over itself and full of asymmetry and perhaps even humour. Which is not something that we are very comfortable with as listeners; we are more comfortable with a composer like Bach whose natural rhythm is more solid. Perhaps that's something about my basic energy that comes through in those faster things. It's interesting as you compare the end piece from The Death of Stalin to the opening piece from David Copperfield. They are both rather high energy, aren't they?'
On the other hand you wrote serene music, for example for David as a baby. 'That was a lovely cue to write, I was compositionally in a similar state to the movie at that point. I didn't really know yet what the melodies were going to be.' One of the threads in the film is David's aspiration to become a successful writer. Do we hear the main theme here? 'Yes, right at the start of the film there's a progression that's not even quite a theme, but that turns into the melody that is the theme of the movie which expresses David's hopes. Melodies are so incredibly useful to other aspects of the music, they're not simply something to hum. They help to structure the music, because if you have something so easy to remember, then there's a lot you can do to guide the listener and to make connections. I'm a big fan of clear melodies, even though I feel in myself this worry, that I know other composers have, about whether it's too sweet or too obvious.' And which may inadvertently distract the viewer from the film. 'Right, there's a general concern – if you take a long view in movie music now as opposed to movie music fifty years ago – to be subtle and vague enough to carry the film without cheapening it.'
There are many other themes that deserve a special mention. For instance the scenes in the factory where young David is put to work early in the film. The music makes you feel part of the goings on here. 'Yes, I was having fun with ostinatos and I discovered one layer comes out while the other layers refuse to stop. Mostly it's low but then there's a thing that starts up that's high and when the low thing comes out and the high thing continues it's almost like being in a factory where there are multiple things happening and you desperately want one of the noises to stop. But then when it stops something else is happening.' Equally innovative is the music for the dramatic shipwreck scene near the end. 'The music actually gets completely stuck in one dissonant unresolved place. That is the sound of the shipwreck. We never manage to escape from that chord, which we spend four minutes struggling with. That was my solution to getting the score into a darker place: to have it get stuck.'
Christopher Willis.
Have you ever thought about making a suite of the music? 'I would love to do that just as with The Death of Stalin. I actually sat down to do that with The Death of Stalin earlier this year and I found it was a little tricky because I had really spent many months getting myself into a certain mindset in order to write that score in the first place. I was writing the start of The Death of Stalin very slowly and I gradually got faster and faster until by the end I was writing really fast. All I could think of was Soviet-sounding stuff, so going back to them I think is going to be a little challenging. But I absolutely hope that I will do that.'
The music was recorded in Air Studios in London with Aurora Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Collins, whom Willis knew from his student years. 'Nick and I were students at the same time in Cambridge. When I was in my early twenties I taught him a little bit in harmony and counterpoint, so we have known each other for many years and I respect him enormously. It's so natural to have him conduct the orchestra. I also played quite a lot of the piano parts; some of them were played by a great pianist called John Reid.'
The recording sessions at one point turned out to be a hell of a job. Willis remembers vividly: 'I was so exhausted at the end of the recording sessions because there had been some very last-minute changes. Armando was terribly busy finishing David Copperfield at the same time as working on Avenue 5, a sitcom for HBO, and everything was absolutely crazy. I was writing music in my Airbnb in London just before the sessions and then almost all the way through the night sending music off to Los Angeles to be orchestrated and then it was coming back to London just in time to be put on the stand. We went to the piano session which was after all of the orchestra things on the second day, and I did a few cues and then I just collapsed. We said, let's just go to the pub! We recorded it later in LA and it was all fine.'
One of the themes Willis played on the piano was a fast, humorous piece for the turtle show in the film that sounded like slapstick for a silent movie. 'That is one of the times in the film when it sounds like the nineteenth century. Almost like a piece by a composer that is not in the first rank, not like a Chopin or Schumann but somewhat simpler, almost a parlour room composition. And of course to wink once again at the themes of the movie, I tried to kind of tie things together in some way. So the piece starts as its own thing and then in the midst of the second or third phrase we start hearing echoes of other music in the film.'
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the film's release was delayed in the US after a healthy start in England. 'In the UK it came out around Christmas and so the UK release was completely before all of this happened. The film was scheduled to come out quite a bit later in the US but the premiere in New York was canceled. There was a theatrical release later on, but I don't think people are going to see it in great numbers. Interestingly it got a wonderful critical reception in the US. I think something about the pandemic has made the film resonate even more. It is so full of life and joy and the search for meaning. It feels all the more poignant and throught-provoking now that we are in this new situation.'
Christopher Willis and Armando Iannucci in Air Studios.
Did the Covid crisis affect your work in a negative way? 'I'm in an extremely fortunate position this year, because all of the work that I had planned on my calendar was with animated TV shows and animated movies. It became quite clear in March and April that all the animators were going home and working on software on their own. It was an amazing thing to see and it's been a little grim, but on Mickey Mouse for instance we have soldiered on, there have been hardly any delays. All of the recording of the music is done by people at home, so I have a big band, with every single member of the big band recording on their own. We even have a choir whose singers are recording themselves and recording many times over to create the effect of a choir and then piecing it all together in the Pro Tools. But I find in a more general sense the crisis really has a destructive effect on your mood and on your brain. It demonstrated to all of humanity what a social species we are. We need to be close to people and interacting with them in order to function mentally and in order to be happy.'
The scores for both The Death of Stalin and The Personal History of David Copperfield are very symphonic. What can you tell about the style of your next project, Lamya's Poem? 'This independent animated movie, which is set in Syria, is going to be more of a hybrid I think. I'm still figuring out the colour of it, but in order to convey everything that we want to convey in the film I'm going to need access to a different palette. It's funny that I have now these two films that are completely symphonic and I love doing that, absolutely. But I also enjoy experimenting in a studio and working with modular synths and things like that. I hope that this new film will allow me to explore both of those together in a way that works.'
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A Christian Show That Encourages Kids to Go Outside and Play
By Greg Gudorf on October 2, 2016
Topics: Interviews Entertainment Kids
"Owlegories," an animated series for ages 2-6, features an adorable class of little owls who learn to see God in what He has created. The play on the word "allegories" is witty and appropriate, as the owls adventure to different places to learn the hidden (or not so hidden!) meaning in God's creation. Pure Flix Insider sat down with "Owlegories" producer, Chad Gundersen, to learn more about how the series came to be.
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After realizing that not everything in the world of kid's entertainment was appropriate or God-honoring, Chad Gundersen knew parents needed a Christian cartoon for their preschoolers. Already inspired by his own kids and able to check "animation" off of his filmmaker's bucket list, Chad was excited when his friend Tom Boto first presented "Owlegories" to him.
An attorney by trade, Tom's foray into the world of children's entertainment stemmed from a love of the creative and a desire to teach his kids about God's hand in creation. Together with his nature-loving wife and their family, the Botos developed the original "Owlegories" storytelling app. After showing Chad what they had created, Chad and Tom enlisted the help of Keith Alcorn, co-creator of Jimmy Neutron, to help bring "Owlegories" to life. It wasn't long before the storybook app became the children's TV show now streaming on PureFlix.com.
When asked, "Why children's entertainment?" Chad answered, "The Christian realm is lacking in preschool-aged entertainment for children. I like to say 'just because you animated Paul doesn't mean it's fun. Just because the disciples are now a cartoon doesn't make it exciting and entertaining for children.'"
So the "Owlegories" team set out to make a show that would be entertaining for young audiences, be God-honoring, and also encourage kids to turn off the TV and enjoy the creation they were learning about. Chad explained to Pure Fix Insider:
"The biggest overarching message [in "Owlegories"] is seeing God in creation, seeing Him in our world, as kids. Wanting to get [kids] outside, which is kind of interesting because part of the reason kids stay inside is because of electronics and entertainment. So we tried to integrate the two by having that entertainment, but encouraging them to get outside."
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"Owlegories" was created for families on the go, so that parents can easily integrate Biblical lessons into everyday life- inside the house and out! "We designed Owlegories for the digital realm," said Chad, "because that's what kids are watching, on their tablets and their phones, in the car, in the grocery store, that sort of thing. We wanted to make it interactive, not just blank staring at the television, and that's why it really focuses on getting outside and doing stuff, seeing things."
The "Owlegories" universe is much more than just a TV show. There's an app to watch the show on the go, and a memory verse app coming soon. With a fun website and more episodes and DVDs in the works, your kids will find themselves immersed in "Owlegories" and learning about God's creation.
You can watch "Owlegories" for free right now on PureFlix.com with your free one month trial.
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It has been a busy week at St George's.
All week, every class has been raising money for the Lent Call. From selling popcorn to pizza, to games such as 'How many sweets in the jar?' and 'Pin the nose on the rabbit' competitions, everyone has enjoyed it and raised money for a good cause.
are aware of how to get help and sources of help including Childline.
Our non-uniform day raised a fantastic £200.46 for the NSPCC!
On January 11th St George's ran a Phonics Workshop for parents of children in Reception led by Ms MacAlpine. It was to give parents an understanding of how we teach Phonics in school and to demonstrate some ways they can support their children at home.
On Thursday 1st November the Bishop of Woolwich visited St George's and led Collective Worship with Father Richard.
St George's school were audited by Sheffield Hallam University on behalf of Sport England and following the validation were awarded the silver award. The report states that St George's met and/or exceeded in all areas and we are now going for Gold in 2018-19.
The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels of the Mark.
On 18th May, we celebrated the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in style with a party in the Quad. Everyone dressed as Kings & Queens, Brides & Grooms or fancy wedding guests. There were sandwiches, cake, sunshine and dancing. We even had a couple of very special guests! It was a fantastic afternoon.
Children and parents all through the school have been working really hard this term learning their times tables and earning their badges. We have badge winners in every year group including year 1 and we have also awarded some Gold medals which is fantastic!
Here are the badge winners in each class so far (Do not worry if your name is not on the list as there will be more badges awarded in new year!).
Please support your children to win their next badges by testing them regularly at home.
Our Gold Badge winners. These children know all of the required times tables!
Go for Gold in 2018!
The International School Award is a prestigious badge of honour for schools that can bring an international dimension to teaching and learning. The accreditation shows our school's international dimension and celebrates the work that we have been doing as a whole school and with our partners around the world.


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MnDOT leaders highlight TRB benefits at forum
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As a graduate student 35 years ago, Bill Gardner attended his first Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, and he still remembers the thrill.
"I felt like a kid in a candy shop," recalled Gardner, who heads MnDOT's Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations. "I was amazed at the diversity of topics… You could find people who have devoted their whole lives to the hazards of rural mailboxes."
Gardner and other MnDOT leaders on Tuesday recounted their experiences from this year's annual meeting — which drew more than 10,000 participants — and encouraged other MnDOT staff to get involved in the organization, which helps set national transportation guidelines, oversees collaborative research and facilitates the exchange of information.
"We're heavily involved, but I think we could be more involved," said Modal Planning and Program Management Director Tim Henkel, who has been part of the TRB for more than 20 years.
Henkel said TRB involvement benefits MnDOT in several ways, including access to national and international experts, the ability to keep tabs on hot-button issues and having a seat at the table in decision-making.
"It makes us a more enlightened and informed decision-making body," Henkel said.
MnDOT has more than 60 staff serving on 114 TRB committees and contributes $125,000 annually to the TRB core program, gaining $127 in collaborative research for every $1 it contributes.
"It's a very intense and very busy experience," said MnDOT Deputy Commissioner and Chief Engineer Sue Mulvihill, who displayed the thick program book and other materials from this year's Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
As part of a series of staff forums they will hold throughout the year, MnDOT leaders chose to highlight the TRB, which met in January. (MnDOT employees interested in attending next year or getting involved in the TRB should speak with their supervisor.)
State Bridge Engineer Nancy Daubenberger, who serves on a TRB subcommittee and gave a presentation at the recent conference, said it helps to hear about the challenges faced by agencies around the country.
Assistant Engineering Services Division Director Amr Jabr, who attended for the first time, said he used a smartphone app just to decide which of the approximately 3,500 sessions he wanted to attend.
"I thought it was an extremely good experience," he said. "I picked up a lot of information and made a lot of new contacts."
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At least 319 teachers have died from mesothelioma since 1980, and 205 of these deaths have occurred since 2001.
As the Giants walked along Castle Street on Saturday we had the perfect view.
Well done to our team for taking part and raising money for the Liverpool Legal Walk.
There has been a great deal of media attention around victims of abuse and discrimination in the workplace. For this blog I have drawn comparisons on the victims of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse and the gender discrimination case of Bina Hale. The common theme is that women have been complicit or have turned a blind eye to this treatment of other women within a workplace.


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Wheels (Little Surprises)
by Michael Evans
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Thappad is a story of Amrita whose seemingly perfect life is shattered when her husband slaps her once in a party. But is one slap enough to question what a relationship stands for?
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Actors: Dia Mirza, Manav Kaul, Naila Grewal, Pavail Gulati, Ram Kapoor, Ratna Pathak, Taapsee Pannu
Govinda Naam Mera (2022)
The very charming Govinda Waghmare juggles his time and love between his wife Mrs. Waghmare and his girlfriend in this dose of chaos, confusion, and laughter.
Royalteen (2022) Hindi [A]
Follows prince Karl Johan and newcomer Lena, who have feelings for each other but are aware that their relationship might put them in an impossible situation, while he has to…
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Virgin Manpreet wishes to fulfil her desire with the size of satisfaction, Akash unwillingly does things which he could not control and losses the Trust of Manpreet. How will Akash…
Fate: The Winx Saga (2022) TV Series – Hindi
A live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's Winx Club (2004). It follows Bloom as she adjusts to life in the Otherworld, where she must learn to control her dangerous magical powers.
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Redeeming Love (2022) Hindi
Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. Can her heart ever be mended? Based upon the novel by Francine Rivers.
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Bhavai (2022)
Religion and culture have blindfolded the society in such a way that one doesn't want to question and neither does the curiosity to question or interrogate arise. If one is…
Hello Charlie (2021)
Charlie a young simpleton, currently a day dreaming pizza delivery boy, who later finds himself driving a truck to deliver a gorilla to the jetty at Porbandar. What he does…
Mimi (2021)
Mimi (Kriti Sanon) is a small-town girl from Rajasthan who gets offered Rs 20 lakh to act as a surrogate for an American couple. The middleman is Bhanu (Pankaj Tripathi)…
Made in China (2019)
Story of Failed Gujarati Businessman, who jumps into unknown world of China to get once in a life time business idea, which will change his life.
Runway 34 (2022)
A flying prodigy, Captain Vikrant Khanna's flight takes a stirring and mysterious trajectory after take-off from an international destination. Concurrently, it follows the tenacious Narayan Vedant in his pursuit to…
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Ramprasad's entire family gathers under one roof for 13 days after his death, to perform and observe the Hindu traditions and rituals called the tehrvi. During the course, the family's…
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'Rohingya In Myanmar Extremely Vulnerable': ICJ Orders To Prevent Genocide
The ICJ also ordered Myanmar to report to them in four months on what measures the country has taken to comply with the order.
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2020-01-23T15:58:10+05:30 'Rohingya In Myanmar Extremely Vulnerable': ICJ Orders To Prevent Genocide
The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take all measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims.
The court's president, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the International Court of Justice "is of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable."
The court added that its order for so-called provisional measures intended to protect the Rohingya is binding "and creates international legal obligations" on Myanmar.
At the end of an hour-long sitting in the court's wood-paneled Great Hall of Justice, judges also ordered Myanmar to report to them in four months on what measures the country has taken to comply with the order and then to report every six months as the case moves slowly through the world court.
The case was brought to the ICJ by the Gambia accusing the Southeast Asian nation of committing genocide against the Rohingya Muslims.
The ICJ's decision comes despite de facto leader Aun San Suu Kyi defending her country.
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The charge of genocide refers to the military operations, carried out in the Rakhine state by the Myanmar army in 2016 and 2017 as a response to armed attacks by rebels belonging to the insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), that led to the fleeing of some 800,000 Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.
At public hearings last month, lawyers for Myanmar's accusers used maps, satellite images and graphic photos to detail what they call a campaign of murder, rape and destruction amounting to genocide perpetrated by Myanmar's military.
The first hearing took place in the Hague in December, and The Gambia's legal team requested a set of six provisional measures to ensure that Myanmar complies with the 1948 Genocide Convention, which it signed in 1956.
The Myanmar government has denied entry into the country to a Fact-Finding Mission, set up by the UN in the aftermath of the military operations, that accused the military in 2018 of carrying out a campaign of killings, tortures, burning of houses, and rapes with "genocidal intent".
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For its part, the Myanmar legal team, headed by the de facto leader of the country, Aung San Suu Kyi, denied the allegations of genocide, and asserted that the counter-insurgency operations were just part of an internal conflict triggered by ARSA.
The Myanmar military on Thursday issued a statement, in which it asserted that "it will not only give full consideration to the recommendations relating to the armed forces in the report of the ICOE but the office of the Judge Advocate General will study the report in detail as well."
(With agency inputs)
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This paper presents a new device called intelligent data carrier (IDC) for local information management. This device is useful for multiple autonomous robot systems which operate in a dynamically changing environment. In this paper, an IDC system which consists of IDCs attached to objects or environment and readerwriters mounted on autonomous mobile robots is introduced, and various IDC applications are proposed. As an example of the applications, a method for distributed task processing using the IDC system is mentioned, and the applicability of the system is verified through numerical simulations and experiments using actual robots.
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If you're in a position where you're obese or overweight, it can be difficult to know where to start when you're trying to get your life on track. When a man was asked how to eat an elephant, he wisely responded that you have to eat it one bite at a time. The same concept applies to any major hurdle a person is trying to overcome. In order to take steps in the right direction, consider the following tips.
Many people make the assumption that when you are trying to lose weight, you have to eat gross foods. You can actually eat delicious foods that you enjoy. The trick is that you have to really watch your portions. While it's wise to stay away from greasy foods, there are still ways to cook your favorite foods and cut out a huge portion of the fat and grease. Be strategic and you'll see how doable it really is.
Keep track of everything you eat. It can be so easy for many people to think they're eating well and in fact, they're eating way more than they should be. Write down your foods in a food journal and count the calories. As you add up the calories and get clear on how much you need to burn to lose weight, it'll be easier to create a plan and hit the goal of losing weight.
Physical exercise is essential to the weight loss journey. If you don't move your body, you'll continue to live a sedentary life and it does nothing for your health. If you're currently inactive, find ways to integrate activity into each day. Go for a walk around the neighborhood. Do jumping jacks as soon as you get up in the morning. Find workouts that you love to do. Swimming is fun for many people and is gentle on the joints. If you love dancing, go to a cardio dance class to get the heart pumping. As you get stronger, you'll want to mix up the workouts and find more exercises that'll get you excited to workout.
If you're always reaching for coffee and struggle to be alert in the morning, it might be time to consider a good multi-vitamin in your diet. It's important to have natural sources of energy to help fuel your workout regimen. It's also okay to supplement your diet with other vitamins and systems that help with weight loss. There are diet pills that work from ThinCo and this is an option to try when you're looking to lose weight. Just make sure to check in with your physician first.
Oftentimes, people are so used to eating copious amounts of food and make the mistake of eating when they're really thirsty. Drink more than you eat. Focus on drinking half of your body weight in ounces. If you weight 200 pounds, drink 100 ounces of water each day. As you continue to consistently flush your system of the toxins, you won't be as hungry and will feel satisfied for longer periods of time.
Many people underestimate the power of rest to help you shed the pounds. If you're a late night owl, it's important to work on getting into bed by 11 each night. If you're not there yet, begin to work on developing a bedtime routine to help you get to that point. You can include a nice bubble bath, relaxing music and a great book to cozy up with. As you get more quality sleep, you'll feel better and increase your chances of dropping weight.
A weight loss journey is understandably difficult. However, this doesn't mean you should give up or give in. In fact, a great way to continue involves incentivizing the process. Once you drop the first ten pounds of weight, treat yourself to a nice massage. For each five to ten pounds, do something special to motivate yourself. Try to make sure that the incentive doesn't involve food. Don't treat yourself to a huge dessert. Instead, treat yourself to a nice dress at your favorite store or an amazing pair of pumps.


As one of the five major free-to-air networks in Australia, SBS's portfolio includes TV, radio and digital services, as well as a subscription TV channel, World Movies.
The TV channels SBS, SBS HD, SBS VICELAND, SBS VICELAND HD, Food Network and NITV are watched by more than 13 million Australians each month.
SBS Radio is the world's most linguistically diverse radio network, broadcasting in more than 68 language programs to a potential audience of more than three million Australians who speak a language other than English in their homes. The portfolio includes SBS Radio 1, 2 and 3, SBS Radio 4, SBS Arabic 24 including SBS PopAraby, SBS PopDesi, SBS Chill and SBS PopAsia.
SBS On Demand, a video streaming service, has over 6,000 hours of programming and houses a curated selection of premium drama, documentaries and movies from across the world, available anytime, anywhere and absolutely free.
SBS's purpose is to inspire all Australians to explore, appreciate and celebrate our diverse world, and by doing so, contribute to an inclusive and cohesive society. Our commitment to contributing to the success of Australia as a multicultural nation was the bedrock for SBS's foundation more than 40 years ago, and continues to be at the centre of our vision and strategy today.


Four days ago I left the Kaibab National Forest, near Tusayan, AZ. What an experience I have had along the way. I take that back. The experience was not really along the way, but rather when I stopped along the way.
Williams, AZ was quite uneventful. It was basically a stop to take care of the everyday chores that all full-time RVers face—empty the tanks, fill up with fresh water, do the laundry, fully charge all the batteries, and then there's grocery shopping. So, my short time there was filled with mundane activities.
I lived in Williams when I worked for the Grand Canyon Railway, so I wasn't too interested in taking in the sights. I did notice, though, that some of the businesses downtown have changed hands. Nothing new there. It happens in every town across the United States.
When I left Northern Arizona I ventured into the Colorado River region of Southern Nevada. I thought I might like to spend a quiet evening in Laughlin. It was far from quiet, and a bit on the warm side. When I drove by the casinos that line the river the temperature was 121 degrees. Well, I wasn't going to stay there, so I drove south to Ft. Mohave and the Avi Casino. It was only 118, so I figured I could handle that.
There is an RV park there, but the casino allows you to park in the large lot across the street. It's for the "dry campers" that come to gamble. I don't gamble, but I stayed anyway. There were very few people there, so I was able to find a nice spot away from everyone else. I fired up the generator and turned on the AC. That poor generator of mine worked harder that night than it ever has in its lifetime (something I dislike doing is running that generator, but it was much needed that night).
You would think that the temperature would fall when the sun went down. Well, it did, but not by much. I think it got down below 90 sometime after midnight. The worst part of it all was that I had parked under a halogen light that was in dire need of replacement. The danged thing emitted a hideous noise all night long.
And then there were the fireworks. Several group of people camped along the river put on a fireworks show that lasted until about 10:30. It was quite beautiful, but very loud.
Needless to say I left early the next morning. I broke my own rule by a very large margin. I traveled farther that day than I have in I don't know how long. I wanted to get to a higher elevation where I just knew the temperature would be much cooler.
I made my way to Lone Pine, CA and pulled into Tuttle Creek Campground. It is a BLM campground, a very nice one, that has large beautiful sites ($8 a night, $4 with a Interagency pass), but no hookups. They do have a dump station and potable water, but not at the sites. When I arrived it was down to 95 with a slight breeze. Very tolerable. I had views of the Owens Valley to the east, the Sierras to the west, and the Alabama hills to the north. I was going to spend just one day, but extended my stay to three.
The first night there were thunderstorms over the mountains (a few sprinkles in the campground) and the temperature cooled down quickly. The second day there (yesterday) the sun shined brightly and it allowed me to charge up all my batteries quickly. I just lounged around and recovered from my arduous journey from the day before.
Today I woke up to a sky filled with haze and smoke. It was hard to make out the mountains in any direction. Forget about seeing any of the valley below. The air is so thick you have to chop it into pieces and grind it up before you can breathe it. It seems that the cooling breeze from yesterday evening blew in the smoke from the fires on the west side of the Sierras.
It's like the entire west is on fire. Not only are the temperatures extremely high all across this nation, but Europe and Asia and experiencing extremes, too. It appears that the earth is warming faster than anticipated. We might be going through a natural climate change, but the abuses that we humans are heaping on our environment has speeded up that process.
I know we RVers have a very low carbon footprint, but it seems we are the exception. How do we convince others to follow our example? Or, is it too late?


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Q: Nested postgres query I have two working queries I can't seem to nest.
First one works:
SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE account = 'some_account';

Second works just fine:
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM accounts;

I would like to join these so that I get the count of accounts from the result of the first query and it would look something like this, but I can't do it.
SELECT COUNT(account) FROM (SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE account = 'some_account');

How would I do this?

A: Either
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A: select count(case when account = 'some_account' then 1 else null end) as Count
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Colton has already reached level 2 in voice lessons and is the lead vocalist for one of our bands, The Rock Raptors. Colton has performed at many events in the community, both as a solo vocalist and with his band – Most recently singing the National Anthem at the Penfield Girls Lacrosse Tournament. His confidence shines as he steps on stage! Keep up the great work!


Amy S. Goldman and Celia S. Feinstein, Co-Executive Directors of the Institute on Disabilities with the winner of the Annual Fialkowski Disability Studies Award Ross Whiting, and Kathryn Fialkowski.
The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University presented the annual Fialkowski Family Disability Studies Award on May 20, 2013, to Ross Whiting, a Temple University graduate student working at the Institute for the past academic year.
The Scholarship is awarded to a Temple University graduate student who exemplifies the mission and vision of the Institute and who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of community inclusion, integration or disability rights.
During the past year at the Institute, Ross called on his experience as a high school music teacher to design and execute research to measure quality of life of students and community members. His objective for the next two years is to develop research that will lead to the removal of barriers to choice for people with disabilities.
The scholarship was established several years ago by the Fialkowski family—Philadelphia natives who led grassroots activism for the right to education, community living, and employment for individuals with developmental disabilities. The family created the scholarship "to assist young leaders in furthering their growth and commitment to the field of disability—personally, academically or professionally." To that end, Ross intends to use the scholarship money to help fund course work that will help him achieve his research goals.


UMBC PhD student Palanivel Kodeswaran will present his dissertation proposal on Use of Context and Policies in Declarative Networked Systems at 3:30 on Tuesday May 20 in ITE 325. Dissertation proposals are public and visitors are welcome. If you are a PhD student and are (or should be!) working on your own proposal, going to these is a good way to prepare. You can see what's involved, what work and doesn't and what kind of questions you can expect. See the link above for the full abstract, but here is a teaser.


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Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, Who's the Most Reactionary of Them All?
Over at Wonkblog, Pablo Barberá uses Twitter to rank all the presidential candidates from most liberal to most conservative. I'll leave it up to the experts to debate whether his methodology is sound, since, you know, Twitter. Anyway, here it is:
What I liked about this ranking was that Barberá included a handful of media outlets in order to provide some landmarks for comparison, and he had the good taste to include Mother Jones as one of them. It turns out we rank in between Martin O'Malley and Lincoln Chafee, and right smack in the ideological middle of the congressional Democratic caucus.
Is that good or bad? I don't know. But I figured everyone would want to know.
POSTSCRIPT: Also, note where Scott Walker is. The guy is really conservative.


ARE you looking for THAT ideal investment property then look no further! Spacious two bedroom home and self contained studio cabin positioned in a central location with excellent tenants in place and a rental return to match.
The home features two good sized bedrooms, both with built in robes. A large lounge area that flows through to the kitchen. The kitchen is spacious with plenty of cupboard and bench area for storage and meal preparation, stainless steel oven and tiled flooring for ease of cleaning.
The home also offers a large screened sunroom, ideal for entertaining. This overlooks the fully fenced back yard.
The studio cabin is fully self contained and has it's own rear lane access and a good sized fenced yard.
The tenants in both properties would love to be able to stay and are currently paying a combined rental of $610 per week.


It's mixed flour and egg cooked with octopus inside.
It has eight legs and a big head and lives in the sea.
We would never eat that in our country!
You are not a dictionary!
Don't feel bad just because you don't know or forget one word.
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Lightning, Flames, Sharks Lead Stanley Cup Odds at All-Star Break
The Lightning and Flames are the only two teams in the NHL with more than 70 points going into the NHL All-Star break.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning (37-10-2) and Calgary Flames (33-13-5) are the only two teams in the NHL with more than 70 points going into the NHL All-Star break, putting them atop the 2019 Stanley Cup odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
The Lightning are clear-cut favorites at +260 (bet $100 to win $260) while the Flames are tied with the San Jose Sharks (29-16-7) as co-second choices at +750.
Tampa Bay leads the league in scoring with 4.00 goals per game and currently has 13 points more than the second-best team in the Eastern Conference, the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Islanders (29-15-5), who are listed at +2000 to hoist the Cup.
The Toronto Maple Leafs (30-17-2) are 14 points behind the Lightning in the Atlantic Division and listed at +800 along with the Winnipeg Jets (31-15-2), co-leaders of the Central with the Nashville Predators (30-18-4).
The Predators are coming off a 2-1 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights (29-19-4) on Wednesday, and they are next in line on the board at +1100 on the odds to win the Stanley Cup. Both Nashville and Vegas are down from where they were a year ago, with the latter dropping three of its last four home games before the break.
The Golden Knights did rout the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-3 last Saturday at T-Mobile Arena though, and they remain in the mix to win it all in their second season at +1400. Pittsburgh is listed at +1300.
Calgary is the team to beat in the Pacific Division after missing out on the playoffs last season followed by San Jose and Vegas. The Flames rank second in the NHL in scoring right now with 3.73 goals per game while the Sharks are third (3.60). It is worth noting that no Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens in 1993.
The defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals (27-17-6) might be the most disappointing team heading into the break, riding their worst losing streak since 2014 at seven games. Still, the Capitals are second in the Metro, just three points behind the Isles.
Washington is +1800 to repeat, just ahead of New York, the Boston Bruins (27-17-5) and the Columbus Blue Jackets (28-17-3) at +2000. The Blue Jackets are third in the Metro while the Bruins and Penguins are sitting in the East's two Wild Card spots.
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Q: How to update the Address Field using RESTlet Code? I don't know how to do the RESTlet code in netsuite and also the JSON format.
In Netsuite, i wanted to update the address field using RESTlet
Especially the RESTlet JSON code...
Can anyone help me to get through this???
Thanks in advance.

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This was my first shot at a RESTlet importing JSON, now we're live.  Hope this helps.


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Dangers from Kombucha
By Karen Gardner Updated September 18, 2019 Reviewed by Claudia Thompson, PhD, RD
Kombucha is fermented black tea, and its proponents claim kombucha has many health benefits.
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Kombucha is fermented black tea, and its proponents claim kombucha has many health benefits. But there are some precautions to consider when drinking kombucha, even if there are few kombucha dangers.
Are There Kombucha Dangers?
Kombucha is typically fermented black tea, although the fizzy drink can be made with green tea or oolong tea, according to Food Source Information (FSI) at the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence. Any kombucha risks may be infection-related, resulting from poor hygiene during production, according to FSI.
Kombucha allergy issues seem to be another complication from drinking the fizzy beverage, according to the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic states that most reports of adverse effects involve stomach upset, infections and allergic reactions.
This tea drink is often made in home kitchens, according to FSI. Ingredients will vary, as will adverse health reactions. Adverse health reactions are rare, FSI states, but the starter liquid used to make kombucha, which contains yeast, can become contaminated with wild yeast, bacteria or toxic mold.
The best way to avoid contamination is to practice good hygiene, FSI reports. This means keeping hands and all equipment sanitary. Also, use food-safe fermentation vessels and cover the fermentation vessel tightly with a clean, fine-weave cloth to prevent contaminantion.
Read More: The Health Benefits of Kombucha – and How to Pick the Right Bottle
Kombucha has been produced in northeast China since at least since 220 BCE, according to FSI. People drank it because it was thought to detoxify and energize the body. In Japan, in 414 AD, it was used to help the emperor with his gastrointestinal problems.
Kombucha had found its way to Germany by the early 20th century, according to an article in the June 2014 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. It first became commercially available in the United States in 1995.
Kombucha is made with a starter, called a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY, according to FSI. The starter is made of fermented bacteria and yeasts, along with some cellulose.
People often drink this fermented tea for its supposed health benefits, but these haven't been proven. A primary part of this drink's healthy reputation stems from its antimicrobial properties.
Kombucha does contain trace amounts of alcohol, remnants from the fermentation of the starter. However, in order to be sold as a non-alcoholic refrigerated beverage, it must have less than 0.5 percent by volume. Good production and packaging methods help producers keep the alcohol content below that level, according to FSI.
Read More: 13 Surprising and Beneficial Probiotic Foods
Kombucha Risks and Benefits
Toxicity reports involving this fizzy tea are rare and scattered, according to the authors of the June 2014 report in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. According to the Mayo Clinic, acids from tea used to make the fizzy drink can leach lead from improperly-manufactured ceramic pots used to ferment the drink.
This beverage does contain caffeine and a small amount of alcohol. Eight ounces of manufactured kombucha provides 36 calories and 2 grams of sugar, according to the USDA Branded Food Products Database. An 8 ounce serving of kombucha will also have a small amount of caffeine, according to the FSI.
Academic studies on humans have yet to prove much about the drink's benefits. The authors of the report in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety reviewed research and studies involving kombucha. At that time, there had been no human studies involving kombucha, and that hasn't changed, according to FSI.
The director of UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition, Dr. Zhaoping Li, professor of medicine, agrees with this assessment, according to a February 2019 article in Time magazine. There are no well-controlled studies which show that kombucha is loaded with health benefits, he stated in the article.
The fizzy beverage does have beneficial bacteria and yeasts, according to FSI. Comprehensive Reviews states that kombucha can be an important part of a sound diet. Nutritionists in the Time article agreed. Maria Zamarippa, a dietitian from Denver, stated in the Time article that the fermented tea drink has beneficial probiotics that can support gut health. She added, however, that the drink is no substitute for a healthy diet.
Read More: CFUs vs. Strains: The Ultimate Probiotic Explainer
Food Source Information, Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence: "Kombucha"
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety: "A Review on Kombucha Tea—Microbiology, Composition, Fermentation, Beneficial Effects, Toxicity, and Tea Fungus"
Mayo Clinic: "What Is Kombucha Tea? Does It Have Any Health Benefits?"
Time: "Is Kombucha Healthy? Here's What Experts Say"
USDA Branded Food Products Database: "Kombucha, by Health Ade, LLC"
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Wiesenthal Centre to Irish Prime Minister
The book, 'Europe's Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation', apparently, presents the EU as encouraging 'the Apartheid State of Israel' and "calls for a continuation and deepening of international activism and protest to halt the EU's slide into complicity", adding that "it explores the complex political ties that have prevented European countries from holding Israel to account".
Samuels asked "who are these complex political ties?", noting that "the poster, and book cover it features, arguably fit the 2004 "Working Definition of Antisemitism" of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, to which Ireland is, ipso facto, party".
He explained that in the late 1980's, he had "led a mixed caucus of Irish-American and Jewish-American United States Senators and Congressmen to Jerusalem and Dublin, co-organized by the Irish Development Authority. The declared purpose of the hosts was, to adapt from the empathy of American Jewry for the Jewish State, a programme to enhance the affinity of Americans of Irish origin to the economy and land of their roots - then enjoying an economic boom".
Samuels stressed that "antisemitic scapegoating has too often served to deflect attention from economic suffering. In the 1930's, this led democracies into the abyss".
The Centre urged the Prime Minister "to publicly condemn the timing of this poster and the book cover's subliminal message".
"In wishing Ireland a speedy recovery, we are confident that the people of Ireland will never allow the circumstances of the meltdown - reportedly, extortionate bank fees, obscene bonuses and mismanagement - to be camouflaged by antisemitism", concluded Samuels.
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is an international Jewish human rights organization with a worldwide membership of 440,000. Established in 1977, with headquarters in Los Angeles, it draws the lessons of the Holocaust to the analysis of contemporary issues of prejudice and discrimination. The Centre is an NGO in consultative status to the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the Organization of American States and the Council of Europe.
For further information, please contact Dr Shimon Samuels at +33.609.7701.58


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace KLibrary.Labs.Mathematics
{
    /// <summary>
    /// フレーム レートを制御するためのフィルターを表します。
    /// </summary>
    [DebuggerDisplay(@"\{{ArrangedFps} / {OriginalFps}\}")]
    public class FrameRateFilter : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// FPS の最大値を取得または設定します。
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>FPS の最大値。</value>
        public double MaxFps
        {
            get { return maxFps; }
            set
            {
                if (maxFps == value) return;
                maxFps = value;
                NotifyPropertyChanged();
            }
        }
        double maxFps;

        /// <summary>
        /// 元の FPS の値を取得します。
        /// この値は、<see cref="CheckFrame"/> メソッドが呼び出された頻度を表します。
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>元の FPS の値。</value>
        public double OriginalFps { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// 調整された FPS の値を取得します。
        /// この値は、<see cref="MaxFps"/> 以下となるように調整されます。
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>調整された FPS の値。</value>
        public double ArrangedFps { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// FPS の値が再計算されると発生します。
        /// </summary>
        public event Action<FrameRateFilter> FpsUpdated = f => { };

        Queue<DateTime> originalTimestamps = new Queue<DateTime>();
        Queue<DateTime> arrangedTimestamps = new Queue<DateTime>();
        const int MaxTimestamps = 30;
        const int MinTimestamps = 3;
        static readonly TimeSpan MaxSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);

        /// <summary>
        /// <see cref="FrameRateFilter"/> クラスの新しいインスタンスを初期化します。
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="maxFps">FPS の最大値。</param>
        public FrameRateFilter(double maxFps)
        {
            MaxFps = maxFps;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 現在のフレームを報告し、それが有効かどうかを判定します。
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>現在のフレームが有効かどうかを示す値。</returns>
        public bool CheckFrame()
        {
            var now = DateTime.Now;

            if (originalTimestamps.Count == 0)
            {
                originalTimestamps.Enqueue(now);
                arrangedTimestamps.Enqueue(now);
                return true;
            }

            RemoveOldTimestamps(originalTimestamps, now);
            OriginalFps = GetFps(originalTimestamps, now);
            originalTimestamps.Enqueue(now);

            RemoveOldTimestamps(arrangedTimestamps, now);
            var arrangedFps = GetFps(arrangedTimestamps, now);
            var isActive = arrangedFps <= MaxFps;
            if (isActive)
            {
                ArrangedFps = arrangedFps;
                arrangedTimestamps.Enqueue(now);
            }

            NotifyPropertyChanged("OriginalFps");
            NotifyPropertyChanged("ArrangedFps");
            FpsUpdated(this);
            return isActive;
        }

        static void RemoveOldTimestamps(Queue<DateTime> timestamps, DateTime now)
        {
            while (timestamps.Count > MaxTimestamps)
            {
                timestamps.Dequeue();
            }
            while (now - timestamps.Peek() > MaxSpan && timestamps.Count > MinTimestamps)
            {
                timestamps.Dequeue();
            }
        }

        static double GetFps(Queue<DateTime> timestamps, DateTime now)
        {
            return timestamps.Count / (now - timestamps.Peek()).TotalSeconds;
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged = (o, e) => { };

        public void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName]string propertyName = "")
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }

        public void AddPropertyChangedHandler(string propertyName, Action action)
        {
            if (action == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("action");

            PropertyChanged += (o, e) =>
            {
                if (e.PropertyName == propertyName)
                {
                    action();
                }
            };
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Shaping the New South is curated by Garth Johnson and features contemporary clay works by Darien Arikoski-Johnson, Daniel Bare, Jeff Campana, Tanner Coleman, Alexis Gregg, Mark Knott, Alex Kraft, Matt Mitros, Raoul Pacheco, Ibrahim Said, Hitomi & Takuro Shibata and Sandra Trujillo. The exhibit features works by 13 ceramic artists who did not grow up in the South, but have chosen to put down roots there. In conjunction with Shaping the New South, the Hudgens also presents its 2nd National Cup Show, featuring over 170 cups from 58 artists from across the nation.


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13 Free Things to Do on Long Island, New York
United States New York Long Island
All Long Island
Beautiful Beaches, Museums, and More
By Linda Tagliaferro
You don't have to spend lots of money to enjoy Long Island. From free movies, concerts, and plays to museums without admission fees, there's plenty to see and do on Long Island without digging deep into your wallet. Need to entertain kids, too? Many of these activities are perfectly kid-friendly and ideal for taking your kids, young relatives, or friends on the island without spending a cent.
Watch the Sun Go Down on the Beach
Rudi Von Briel/Stockbyte/Getty Images
Long Beach, NY, USA
In season, you may have to pay to go to some of those lovely Long Island beaches (especially if you're not a resident of the town or village). But before Memorial Day and after Labor Day, and usually after 5 or 6 p.m., you can sit on the sand for free at places like Long Beach and watch the sun sink below the horizon. You can also sit on the waterfront at places like Port Washington and Cold Spring Harbor to view spectacular sunsets.
Visit Long Island Wine Country
Jiashiang / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
139 Sagg Rd, Sagaponack, NY 11962, USA
Visit some of the many vineyards and wineries on the North Fork, and a few on the South Fork. Although most charge a nominal fee for wine tastings, many wineries have free music and special events. Check out The Wine Stand at Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack where they have live music on Fridays and Saturdays during the warmer months.
Terry Ballard / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Oyster Bay, NY, USA
Long Island is home to a number of hiking trails like the ones in Garvies Point Preserve, which lead down to a quiet beach, and some incredible wildlife refuges like the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The Nature Conservancy's Uplands Farm features a double-loop trail surrounded by red cedar, oak, hickory, and other tall trees. Butterflies and birds, as well as wood frogs and salamanders, frolic in the area's pools in season.
You can also enjoy walking through shaded trails in Long Island gardens like the Bailey Arboretum and Clark Botanic Garden, which have no admission charge, although Clark Botanic Garden greatly appreciates donations.
Visit the Big Duck
Joel Kramer / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
1012 NY-24, Flanders, NY 11901, USA
Long Island's big bird was built in the 1930s by duck farmers to attract passersby to their duck emporium. The famous building is free to visit, but you might want to spend some money inside on the "duck-a-bilia" that's for sale. There's an annual holiday lighting of the Big Duck on the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving. The Big Duck is located on Route 24, outside of Flanders.
Attend a Free Concert
Jones Beach Bandshell
505 Walt Whitman Rd, Melville, NY 11747, USA
Long Island is home to many free concerts. The Steinway & Sons Piano Gallery of Long Island in Melville is a showroom for the legendary instruments, and they also offer free concerts in their recital space. The Jones Beach Boardwalk Bandshell is also a popular location for free concerts.
Stroll Through An Outdoor Sculpture Park
Pamela V White / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
One, Museum Dr, Roslyn, NY 11576, USA
The Nassau County Museum of Art's Sculpture Park features over 50 sculptures by artistic luminaries like Botero, Calder and more, all displayed outdoors on the museum's sprawling property.
The museum's 145 acres also include marked nature trails through the woods, so you can take a leisurely hike through the greenery. (On weekends, you'll have to pay a minimal charge to park in their lot. There is also a fee for entering the museum building.)
Visit Grumman Memorial Park
The Wordsmith/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
4670 NY-25, Calverton, NY 11933, USA
Grumman Memorial Park, located in Calverton, celebrates the many years that the Grumman Corporation, now known as the Northrop Grumman Corporation, had a Long Island presence. You can see actual warplanes like the F-14A Tomcat and the A-6E Intruder, all for free.
Attend a Free Festival
The Oyster Festival
1 West End Ave, Oyster Bay, NY 11771-1202, USA
Long Island has a vibrant festival scene, and many of these celebrations are free. There are a variety of admission-free events with entertainment, music and more, from the annual Oyster Bay Festival to the Cow Harbor Festival in Northport and Suffolk County Community College's annual Long Island Shakespeare Festival in the summer, usually in June and July.
Visit a Museum
The African American Museum of Nassau County
1810 New Hyde Park Rd, New Hyde Park, NY 11040-2037, USA
Enjoy a day of culture at a number of free museums on Long Island. The American Guitar Museum, located in a former farmhouse in New Hyde Park, houses treasures like the John D'Angelico guitar played in the wedding scene of The Godfather, one of Les Paul's original Gibson guitars and an 1840 La Cote guitar.
The African American Museum of Nassau County in Hempstead highlights the many cultural contributions of the African American community. The permanent collection features Eubie Blake's piano, and there are special events and changing exhibits.
If you have a Bank of America ATM, credit or check card, you can take advantage of the Museums on Us® program. On the first full weekend of every month, just show your card for free general admission to over 100 museums across the country. On Long Island, this includes the Long Island Children's Museum, Old Westbury Gardens, the Hecksher Museum of Art, and the Long Island Museum.
Visit Art Galleries
Garden City, NY 11530, USA
It's always free to browse art galleries, and it's as much fun as viewing paintings in a museum. Visit galleries throughout Long Island, and don't forget that some colleges here also have art galleries that are free and open to the public. Adelphi University has its Adele and Herbert J. Klapper Center for Fine Arts Gallery, the University Center Gallery and the Swirbul Library Gallery in Garden City. Suffolk County Community College's Lyceum Gallery at the Eastern Campus in Riverhead and the Gallery East on the Michael J. Grant Campus in Brentwood both offer free exhibits during the academic year, and there are artists' receptions that are open to the public.
Catch an Outdoor Movie
sullynyflhi / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
East Meadow, NY 11554, USA
During the summer, view outdoor films at the Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower Park in Nassau County. They usually show weekly movies on a giant screen, including family favorites and classics. All movies are free and begin at dusk. There is no formal seating in the theater, so be sure to bring a chair or blanket.
Learn About DNA
Dolan DNA Learning Center
1 Bungtown Rd, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724-2209, USA
Interested in learning about genes? Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Dolan DNA Learning Center offers some free programs to the public.
Here, you can meet Ötzi the Iceman, a 3D replica of the Ötzi mummy, which was preserved from Neolithic times and used to study his body, clothing, and equipment to learn more about humans during that time. Alternatively, learn about DNA barcoding through the "Bold the Barcode of Life" exhibit, presented by Seattle-based artist Joseph Rossano in the front and side halls at the DNALC.
In addition to these free programs, there are other programs with an admission fee at the center.
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Go Birdwatching on Long Island
Michael Mulqueen/Flickr/CC BY 2.0
49 Herb Hill Rd, Glen Cove, NY 11542, USA
After you've seen the Big Duck, watch real bobolinks, ospreys, kestrels, hawks and more out in the wild. Some of the island's best bird watching can be found at Garvies Point in Glen Cove and Uplands Farm Nature Sanctuary.
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The Communicative Workflow shows us that content determines code. When you create a site, the default code base is created for you. However, Sapwood works best if you determine your content structure before writing any code.
The technical theory is that by creating one large and flexible data model vs. many, smaller and more content-specific models, you cut out a significant amount of potential waste.
Let's compare Sapwood to WordPress in this regard. When you create a new WordPress site, it starts you with pages, posts and media. To use anything beyond these post types, you need a plugin.
By the way, I don't dislike the WordPress structure. It is built to be able to spin up sites in a snap. Sapwood simply has a different purpose, which is to cut out waste and facilitate development when building customized and flexible sites.
So, what does every website have? Pages. No, seriously, that's it.
Most other components are (or could be) extensions of a page. I found in creating sites using rails that even when I tried to cut out waste, I was still building different versions of the same thing repeatedly. These things (models) just had different names and a different fields.
On top of that, there tended to be models that functioned different from pages, but existed in most of the sites I built - forms and files.
If a site required anything beyond that, it's usually because it was an app (vs. a site), and needed a completely different approach.
I am developing a ruby gem to speed up app development for projects that aren't eligible for Sapwood.
I understand it's an odd concept to get used to, but I think you'll like it. It cuts out a significant amount of waste in the development process and let's you focus on presentation, which means you end up with a better-looking site that acts essentially the same as it would have had you built a million different data models. But it also let's you get on the command line and work in your favorite editor -- it still feels like developing.
The sections in this chapter teach the nuances of the content structure of a site.


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Former Hong Kong player Ed Rolston is adapting to life after rugby. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Sport / Rugby
Jolted by a serious neck injury, former Hong Kong skipper Ed Rolston finds life after rugby
The 26-year-old says he doesn't want the sport to define him as his career is cut abruptly short
Sam Agars
Published: 12:20pm, 21 Apr, 2017
Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018
Sam Agars started his career in South Australia before moving to Hong Kong in 2014. He spent three years covering rugby and golf for the Post, before joining the horse racing team in 2018.


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Top AnyTask seller explains his success and why Electroneum's global platform is the only solution for Nigerian freelancers
Because Fiverr and PayPal have so many restrictions for Nigerians due to the reputation created by email scammers, AnyTask is the best freelance platform
To become a successful freelancer out of Nigeria is very challenging due to the reputation a few scammers made for the country by spamming the world with shady emails. However, Joseph Ogechukwu has overcome these and many more obstacles, and on AnyTask, he has become a top seller.
"Over the past four to five years, clients from different parts of the world have purchased several hundred freelance gigs from me," said the young man, whose freelance username is Qikfingers. "I have many repeat customers, and since 2013, I have never had a bad review."
Joseph, who is a very highly sought-after video editor, logo designer, and whiteboard animator, has just recently completed his National Open University of Nigeria Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at the top of his class. "Now, I can start offering 3D renderings, databases, and website development."
Joseph has put in hundreds of hours into perfecting his video editing skills through tutorials, online courses, and hard work. He said he also acquired many more skills and experience during his six-month internship at BWETV, an online Nigerian television outlet, where he did video editing and helped with video content for other TV stations.
"Learning and upskilling never end. I study and learn new things every day," Joseph went on to say. "I am now very good with several different video editing software, including Premier Pro. I have learned how to do many things with videos, including After Affects and so much more. I am also doing website design on WordPress."
Mr. Ogechukwu says there is a high demand for his work on AnyTask, which saw its launch in late 2019. By 16 April, 205,000 people had already signed up to the website as either sellers or buyers. Nearly 3,000 different freelance tasks are available on AnyTask, which recently removed all fees from the site to support businesses during the global pandemic.
A bit of background
Qikfingers was born in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, but he, his three siblings, mother, and father, moved south to Port Harcourt fleeing from the religious violence that has affected the country since 1953.
He grew up in a tight-knit family with a very supportive father, Joseph said. "My dad made a huge sacrifice by giving me the money when I was 15 to buy the 'Fiverr Ultimate Guide Book' by Idris Adeley that cost US$30."
Thus, Joseph started freelancing on Fiverr in 2012. "I had to register my account on Fiverr stating I was not from this country making it easier to get gigs."
He remembers that for a year, he was able to do about five to six Yelp, Google and Amazon reviews a week before the category was removed from Fiverr as they were considered to be unethical.
"I was making about US$30 a week for the reviews. I was 16 years old then. The minimum wage was about US$80 a month."
He then decided to start editing videos on Fiverr, but got a bad review and decided to stop to take time to acquire the skills to continue without risking a second bad review.
In 2015, Joseph decided to study computer science in Lagos, and his father agreed to help him financially. So, the young freelancer took off for Lagos and enrolled in university only to suffer the death of his dad a few months later.
"This was a devastating blow because I was very close to my father. I loved him very much," he said. "However, I decided that to honour him by completing what I came here to do in Lagos."
Apart from being lucky to get a job with his tutor, Ph.D. candidate Bob Ekat, Joseph focused on doing more freelancing, which without, "I simply would not have been able to finish my university studies."
AnyTask, a massive opportunity for Nigerians
Official figures in Nigeria reveal that in 2020, the unemployment rate will reach 33.5%. The primary reasons for such high levels of people out of work is the rapid growth in population (almost doubled since 2000 to 206 million currently), an inadequate supply of jobs, poverty and the increased rural-urban migration.
"On average, university graduates can take up to five years before they land a job in their field of study," he added. "I believe freelancing represents an excellent option for Nigerians. It is already helping many youths in Nigeria to live better. Still, I believe more could and should be done to take freelancing to more Nigerians in a country where the government has failed to generate more employment."
Joseph said he believes "it is very indispensable for all of us here in Nigeria to acquire as many additional skills as possible to face the challenges life throws at us more successfully."
Joseph also believes AnyTask is the best freelance platform for people in Nigeria, a country where, according to QikFingers, financial frustration runs high. In 2016, the DW news outlet published an article entitled "Economic Hardship leads to a rise in suicide rate in Nigeria."
Why AnyTask over Fiverr
"Most freelance platforms, including Fiverr, require PayPal as a way to get paid, but PayPal does not allow Nigerians to receive funds because of all the email scams," he said. "And so, we are faced with having to find others in other countries to get our payment for us. And that is risky because you may never see your payment or costly because nobody does anything for free. So, that makes freelancing very, very difficult and very discouraging, that is until AnyTask came around."
That is the first reason why "AnyTask is the best freelance platform for us in Nigeria. We do not need a bank account or PayPal to use it as we get paid directly into our Electroneum ETN app."
He also said that the thing that "has impressed me significantly about AnyTask is how quickly I got paid. I got a message saying my client had approved my work, and minutes later, I got notifications that my ETN was on the way."
But the "most appealing thing about AnyTask is that as sellers, we do not pay any fees or commissions, which is huge," he added. "For example, Fiverr charges 20%, which off of a US$50 task, that is US$10 or an eighth of a monthly minimum wage here in Nigeria."
Joseph has recommended AnyTask and freelancing to many relatives, friends, and acquaintances. Some have begun using the new freelance platform and earning ETN, which they can use for mobile top-ups, for savings, and very soon for payment of electricity bills, which "I am looking forward to using."
"Freelancing is my life and AnyTask is a game-changer for me as it solves the many issues we face here in Nigeria," he said. "I will pass this way of living on to my children because freelancing gives me control over my life," he concluded.