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New Winnie the Pooh Book Monday
There will be a new Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin book published Monday!
Is this a great idea, or a big mistake?
The new book was commissioned by the trustees of A.A. Milne's estate, and has been written by British author David Benedictus. Among other titles, Benedictus also wrote Local Hero, which some of you may have seen when it was made into a movie. All information on plot, and the characters of the Hundred Acre Wood have been kept quiet, so no one knows the story line or has even seen the illustrations.
It was eighty years ago, on the publication of "The House at Pooh Corner," when Christopher Robin said good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. This is a companion volume that truly captures the style of A. A. Milne-a worthy sequel to "The House at Pooh Corner" and "Winnie-the-Pooh."
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VisuaLingual said...
Allow me to be the first to express my disapproval.
I tend to agree. It all depends on the quality of the new work..
Let's face it - things like this are bound to happen, and usually do... mainly because of the almighty dollar, as we all know.
Interesting to see how this plays out with the courts awarding Disney full and exclusive rights to the brand. Maybe it was a joint effort - I haven't read up on it yet...
Archer01 said...
My thoughts are that it's a bad idea. Dr.Suess is a perfect example of how this can go wrong. Take a look at the book "Daisy-Head Maisy". Clearly not your traditional Dr.Suess book. Not even a close second to the originals.
thorn said...
Bad idea.
David Benedictus may be a fine writer, but these aren't his characters. The Dr Suess comparison by Archer01 is spot-on.
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El City Airport Train (CAT) es un servicio ferroviario que conecta el Aeropuerto Internacional de Viena, Austria con el centro de la ciudad a través del metro. El horario de los trayectos van desde las 05:37 hasta las 23:39 (hora local).

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El recorrido del CAT transcurre por los raíles de la línea S7 de la S Bahn hasta la estación Wien Mitte. El billete sencillo cuesta 12€ mientras que el de ida y vuelta 21€ a diferencia de las demás estaciones de la línea donde ambos tickets cuestan 4€. El tren conecta con el aeropuerto dos veces por hora durante el día.

Los pasajeros que tengan un vuelo, deben estar en el punto indicado 1:15 hora antes de coger los aviones de varias aerolíneas que operan en el aeropuerto: Lufthansa, Austrian, Aeroflot, Swiss, etc... .

Acciones
El 50,1% del CAT pertenece al aeropuerto vienés mientras que el 49,9% restante es de la ÖBB, los cuales, en 1974, pusieron en funcionamiento el medio.

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But the market had steadily re-rated down in terms of price-to-earnings multiples and price-to-book values over the past 18 months.
CAP Partners, a Colombo-based advisory firm, said the top contributors to profits in the September quarter was Ceylon Tobacco (7.5 percent), Hatton National Bank (6.8 percent), John Keells Holdings (6.3 percent), Commercial Bank (6.2 percent) and Dialog Axiata (4.8 percent).
Net interest income was higher at banks, despite rising rates in the quarter, CAL Partners said.
Valibel One, lost Rs3.0 billion in the quarter, down from a profit of Rs836 million last year.
Profits in the telecom, power and energy, oil palms grew, while services, stores and supplies, chemical and pharmaceuticals had fallen, the report said.
In the 12-months ending September 2016, John Keells Holdings brought 6.5 percent of the profits, HNB 6.3 percent, Commercial Bank 6.1 percent, Ceylon Tobacco 5.5 percent and Lanka Orix Leasing Company 4.1 percent.
The 12-month trailing earnings had grown 2.1 percent in the same period last year.
Sri Lanka engaged in a 'Keynesian stimulus' in the first quarter of 2015, expanding state spending and financing the budget deficit through printed money, generating a balance of payments crisis and currency collapse.
The market was trading at a price-to-earnings multiple of 13.7 times, trailing 12 months in the first quarter of 2015, followed by 13.4 times in the second quarter 13.5 times in the third quarter and 13.4 times in the fourth quarter.
The price-to-earnings multiple (the period in years it takes for a theoretical buyer of a company to recover his investment at historical profits) is a reflection of forward expectations.
When investors expect earnings to be stagnant or fall, they will pay a lower price for stock.
The rupee started to collapse in the third quarter and corrective measures to stop money printing were put in place from the third quarter, analysts say.
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Denmark has jumped from ninth to first place in the biennial UN E-Government Survey, a ranking of the world's best-performing digital governments. The country of just 5.7 million people comes well ahead of larger economies like the US, which spent an estimated $103 billion on digital last year and failed to crack the top ten.
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Information technology development and application in the operation of all Government agencies has been defined as key in national industrialisation and modernisation, Minister and Chairman of the Office of the Government Mai Tiến Dũng highlighted in his writing on the Government news portal baochinhphu,vn on Thursday.
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Korea ranked top in both E-Participation Index (EPI) and E-Government Development Index (EGDI) of the United Nations e-Government Survey in 2010. Since then, Korea has been a global e-government leader over the past decade, ranking first in EPI and third in EGDI of the UN e-Government Survey in 2018. This marvelous achievement, however, did not happen overnight. The Korean e-Government has been evolved through tireless efforts to make people's lives more convenient and facilitate public participation in the policymaking process. Moon Jae-in administration's key public participation policies, "Gwanghwamoon 1st Street" and "Blue House Online Petition System," allow citizens to make policy proposals online and then the government translates the proposals into actual policies. In addition, the government has to answer the questions raised by citizens. And, a public service portal called "Government 24" provides tailored public services to citizens 24 hours a day. The Korean government would like to share experience and know-how on building its globally recognized e-Government with the international community and realize digital innovation by incorporating new technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution into digital government. In doing so, Korea will contribute to promoting constant innovation of government and society.
PHL e-governance at 71st in report
THE COUNTRY slid four notches in the United Nations' 2018 E-Governance Development Index survey.
South Korea is most effective in e-governance in Asia while Laos the least effective, according to the recent survey by UN Data Ccentre.
According to the UN report, the e-government survey measures e-government effectiveness in the delivery of public services and identifies patterns in e-government development and performance.
Morocco continues lagging in the United Nations e-Government 2018 Survey
Morocco continues lagging in the United Nations e-Government Survey, published earlier this month (August). In its 2018 edition, the index ranks the Kingdom 110th in the world, stressing at how it failed to keep up with other governments, advancing in the ranking.
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First poster for Mission: Impossible – Fallout is all about Tom Cruz
As postery as a poster gets
By Matthew Razak February 20, 2020
Looks like the Mission: Impossible – Fallout folks aren't going for anything too groundbreaking with the marketing campaign in terms of posters. We got a brand new one here as they announce a new trailer landing in two days, and it's about as bog standard as standard could be. The only thing really sticking out is that in a movie full of recongizable names only Tom Cruise's is on the poster. That's some arrogant ass marketing.
This time, they have no choice but to accept. Check out the official poster for #MissionImpossible Fallout, starring @TomCruise. Trailer in 2 days. pic.twitter.com/kZftyHM4Ik
— Mission: Impossible (@MissionFilm) May 14, 2018
I mean, it's going to work. The M:I movies are blockbusters, and they're usually pretty good to boot. Cruise still pulls in people despite the star power factor becoming less and less important so I guess it makes some sense, but with Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Angela Bassett and a slew of other names in the film it seems a bit like a snub to only put Cruise's name on there.
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Politics - Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board | Kevin Kennedy
Kennedy Admits Bias in GAB
Well, he's not trying to admit bias, but he does.
Kennedy, the accountability board's director, said he appreciated that Falk was blunt but added he had talked to him about his tone when he worked for the agency. Falk last year left the accountability board, which runs elections and oversees campaign finance, lobbying and ethics laws.
"I've had numerous conversations when he was employed with me about toning it down," Kennedy said. "And it's ironic — Shane was also one of the ones who would say, 'Be careful what you say.' And he would give me the same cautions, and other staff. 'Don't put that view down,' and yet he was victim to that. I'm not going to throw Shane under the bus, other than to say I dealt with those issues as they came up from a personnel standpoint, as to whether that was the best way to handle things."
Falk's emails do not show the accountability board is biased, Kennedy said. Falk didn't decide what to investigate; the six former judges on the board did, Kennedy said.
If the GAB director and staff were not biased and behaving as such, why would they need to warn each other to "be careful what you say?" And from Kennedy's comments, it sounds like it was a relatively common occurrence for staffers to warn each other to not "put that view down." What views were they putting down? Conservative views. Why? Because they are liberal activists.
Let us be done with the GAB and find a better way to accomplish their statutory mandates.
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Fairs Fare	on September 2, 2015 at 8:19 am
If it was run by conservative activists would you have a problem with it?
dad29	on September 3, 2015 at 8:30 am
not "put that view down."
We disagree (mildly) over your interpretation of that phrase.
I suggest that 'don't put that down' means that employee X should not commit to paper or pixels their real intention (un-seating Walker and/or persecuting his supporters).
THAT would be a tell, as they say.


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Film: The Lives of Others
Once again, a foreign film proves why it managed to leave the country it was made in. The Lives of Others is a film about the state, its citizens, censorship and control.
Set in 1984 East Germany, before the falling of The Wall, we mainly follow the activities of a writer struggling with his conscience - whether he should remain obedient to the state or talk up against its actions. Equally important is the officer assigned to spy on him; both because of his own struggle but also as a demonstration of how information was gathered back then.
Technically, this film wasn't that great. Acting was fine, as was the script. Direction was a bit weak, with plenty of continuity errors and instances of iffy flow. But the story managed to make up for these drawbacks, and then some, as we are given a pretty striking taste of what it was like to live under such conditions. And apart from this "transmission of context" we also got a thrilling plot to boot. I also found one of the most powerful endings to a film I've seen for a while.
Even if you wouldn't want to watch it on the big screen it would be just as striking on a DVD release. Recommended.
As an aside, I was surprised to find that this film was projected digitally at the UGC West India Quay. I noticed the difference in picture quality (bright and clean) straight away, more so than when I watched Final Fantasy at the Odeon Leicester Square. I was very impressed, especially when it came to rendering any CGI and subtitles. I thought that watermarking the print right smack in the middle every fifteen minutes or so was a tad distracting though.
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He had previously worked at IBM from 1964 to 1987, where he achieved fellow status. While at IBM, he served as Director of Software Engineering and Technology for the Federal Systems Division, and a member of the IBM Corporate Technical Committee. Harlan Mills taught at the University of Maryland, Iowa State, Princeton, John Hopkins, and New York universities.
Mills was a mathematician and a software engineering pioneer, known as the originator of clean-room technology transfer and the chief programmer team concept. Mills believed that programs were rules for mathematical functions.
He applied incremental development and statistical theory to software testing, which led to the technology of statistical usage testing and quality certification. He was known for integrating mathematical and statistical principles with engineering technologies, which led to the achievement of error-free software. This process is used in North America and Europe to design reliable software from medical devices to nuclear power plant controls and telephone switch components.
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We need more and better oil refineries
Fatih Birol | Updated on March 09, 2018 Published on December 17, 2017
India's fuel demand up 10% in September
Modi assures tax rationalisation for oil exploration
Global oil inventories are falling: OPEC
Faced with stringent emission norms and rising oil demand, India needs a modern refining sector to grow in a sustainable way
Two years ago, the International Energy Agency said that India was moving to the centre stage of global energy markets. This prediction, found in the World Energy Outlook Special Report on India, is now increasingly evident across many parts of the energy sector, including in oil refining.
Moreover, given the projected increase in Indian oil demand in the next decades, its large refining industry, like many other parts of its energy sector, have the opportunity to play a role in improving the country's environmental footprint.
Rising incomes and higher car ownership mean that the number of passenger cars in India could be eight times higher in 2040 than it is today. While a growing share of these cars are likely to be fuelled by alternatives to oil, particularly if the push for electric cars gains further momentum, combustion-engine vehicles will remain the baseload of India's consumption for many years to come.
Twin challenges
Today, India's oil refining capacity of about 5 million barrels per day (mb/d) exceeds the country's demand for oil products, resulting in exports of more than 1 mb/d. But the expected sharp rise in demand for mobility could more than double demand for refined products to nearly 10 mb/d by 2040. This surge poses twin challenges for India. In IEA projections, India becomes a net importer of oil products in the not-too-distant future notwithstanding the excellent progress that is being achieved in increasing upstream investment through India's new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy. Also, more oil burned for transport means more emissions in towns and cities across the county. This is a pressing issue for India where around 500,000 people die prematurely every year due to poor air quality.
But India can stem the growth in refined product imports and reduce air pollution at the same time. It is trying to minimise the impact of demand growth on the environment, particularly on air quality. The Government announced plans to move to full electric vehicle sales by 2030. Some vehicle fleets are also switching to natural gas. And India is one of a small number of countries, along with Canada, China, Japan and the US, that have introduced fuel-efficiency standards not only for cars but also for trucks.
Better quality standards
One of the most significant developments is the nationwide adoption of the Bharat Stage IV (BSIV) emission standards for transportation fuels (equivalent to the Euro IV standards) from April 2017, which require the sulphur content in gasoline and diesel to be no more than 50 parts per million (ppm).
The Government plans to move to an even more stringent standard by 2020 that limits sulphur content in transportation fuels to less than 10 ppm. The adoption of this BSVI standard, which leapfrogs BS V entirely, was brought forward in New Delhi by two years to address serious pollution concerns.
The tightening of emission standards for transport fuels is a welcome development for India's sustainable future. However, its successful implementation depends in large part on the capability of domestic refineries to meet the more stringent BS VI standard. If domestic refineries cannot produce compliant fuels, moving to a tighter standard would result in more imports. The refining sector's ability to produce the superior fuels in required volume was already a key question when migrating to the BS IV standards.
In the IEA's latest World Energy Outlook projection, India's refining capacity grows by around two-thirds over the next 25 years, adding some 3 mb/d of new capacity. As a result, India becomes the world's third-largest refining centre by 2040, behind the US and China. Headline capacity growth is important for India's energy future.
But the really critical indicators for India's future are the qualitative ones – will this investment leave India with a modern refining sector with all the technical capabilities to produce high-quality fuels, and the infrastructure required to make them available across the country?
While more investment might be seen as a burden, it also presents an economic opportunity. Tightening emission standards for transport fuels is not only a phenomenon in India but fast becoming an irreversible global trend.
The Euro V standards have been widely adopted in various countries. China introduced the national V standard (equivalent to Euro V) this year and plans to leap forward to the Euro VI-equivalent standard shortly. Other countries in Southeast Asia are moving in a similar direction.
Beyond road transport, the International Maritime Organization has limited the sulphur content in marine transport by 2020. In this rapidly desulphurising world, those able to produce a better quality fuel stand to benefit, and gain market share in an increasingly competitive refining market.
Surging demand in domestic and export markets offers an attractive growth opportunity for Indian refineries, but they will only be able to take advantage of it if they stay competitive and are able to meet ever-tightening emission standards. The growth of India's refining industry and the country's sustainable future are therefore closely interlinked. India is one of the bright spots of the global economy and is emerging as a major driving force in global energy trends, with all modern fuels and technologies playing a part. This is why I was so pleased to welcome it into the IEA family when it recently joined as an Association member.
Also, the IEA helps governments around the world provide energy access for all, reduce air pollution, and tackle the climate change crisis. The World Sustainable Development Summit 2018, held by TERI in India, comes at a crucial time as we seek innovative solutions to achieve sustainability goals.
With India, the IEA now accounts for over 70 per cent of the world's total energy consumption, compared with less than 40 per cent just two years ago. As India continues to move to the centre of the global energy stage, it is my hope that our very productive relationship continues to grow closer.
The writer is Executive Director, International Energy Agency.


So, I have been thinking of branching off into a new blog with more emphasis on specific gear. It's going on five years for Whatipic and I'm kind of feeling like it's time to try something different. How I am going to go about it, I don't quite know yet. I may keep this blog going and just do the other one in addition, but I know I don't want things to overlap. The other site will still have an emphasis on images and photography but, hopefully, in a different manner, if that makes any sense. The gear and how it was used top get the photo will be the central theme and maybe some gear reviews thrown in on occasion.
I originally thought of just having a full fledged website for my photography but the cost and maintenance is just not appealing to me at this time. I do have a normal job, a wife, and an old house that all keep me quite occupied. I'm thankful to do whatever photography I can fit in. But if anyone has any ideas on where I should go next feel free to chime in. I am aware of sites such as SmugMug and Zenfolio and when I get time I will seriously take a look into those as an alternative.
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Ordering business cards used to be a humdrum task. You requested cards; they arrived. Rarely did they brighten your day. That was before MOO, an online stationery company based in London, set out to turn the mundane into the marvelous.
Moross, a former music producer, who was helping out shipping orders in the week of MOO's launch, fell into customer service when he volunteered to answer MOO's first customer email in 2006. He had a vision, which was luckily shared by his brother Richard, MOO's CEO, that customer service could become something exceptional. Over time, MOO has developed seven customer service commandments. The first is "We are not happy until our customers are happy with their order." It's followed by commitments to respond quickly, have fun, be the best in the industry and put the customer relationship first.
That's exactly what Moross did a few years ago when a small, three-person London design shop received desperately needed cards that contained a typo. Not only did Moross immediately print replacements, he hand-delivered the order himself.
The idea that a humble business card can add a bump of happiness to an ordinary day is imbued into every part of MOO's business from designing and creating your cards, through to ordering, manufacturing, packaging and, especially, customer service.
Moross decided on Zendesk Support for its ease of use, customizability, localization capabilities, add-on widgets, dynamic knowledge base and affordability.
As his team has grown to 30+ people and expanded internationally, Moross realized he needed to give them better tools. "The single most important piece of software for MOO customer service is our customer service platform," Moross said. MOO initially partnered with another platform, but it wasn't a good fit for their needs. After undertaking a comprehensive review of the top software providers, Moross decided on Zendesk Support for its ease of use, customizability, localization capabilities, add-on widgets, dynamic knowledge base and affordability.
A satisfaction survey of his team conducted before and after the Support rollout confirmed the choice. Moross's team's level of enjoyment had doubled, along with significant improvements to their speed in closing tickets.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Moross now had the metrics he needed to measure the performance of the team and MOO's product as a whole to guarantee they team delivered on internal SLAs for phone, emails and chat.
Obeying Moross seven commandments have served MOO well. For the last few years, the company has expanded at an astonishing rate. And unlike many companies that are forced to grow up fast, MOO has retained its sense of fun, friendliness, and generosity. Our tagline is 'We love to print' and we really mean it," Moross said.


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13 January 2021, 12:37 pm ·3-min read
A clip has resurfaced of incoming president Joe Biden seeing right through a right-wing agitator attempting to rile him on transgender issues.
A member of Trump fanaticist group Turning Point USA had accosted Biden at the Iowa State Fair in August 2019, demanding he explain how many genders there are.
Biden calmly responded: "There are at least three."
When the activist attempted to press him into elaborating further, Biden shut down the bad-faith discussion immediately, telling her: "Don't play games with me, kid."
Referring to his pioneering stance on LGBT+ issues in the Obama White House, he added: "By the way, the first one who came out for marriage was me."
The incident was initially publicised as part of a Turning Point USA propaganda video, with the group attempting to remove some of the egg from its face with a spurious suggestion that Biden had "forcefully grabbed one of our young field staffers" over the question.
My team just forwarded this video to me
Watch former Vice President Biden forcefully grab one of our young field staffers at yesterday's Iowa State Fair after she asked him how many genders there are pic.twitter.com/1qmpJxJlzO
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 9, 2019
While it was a peripheral incident involving one of several Democratic presidential candidates at the time, the exchange has floated back into the public consciousness as Biden is now set to become president in just a few days' time.
Joe Biden praised for measured response to bad-faith question.
As the clip resurfaced on Twitter, one user reflected: "Biden says dumb things a lot but in his heart he's trying to be nice and accepting. Big grandpa vibes tbh."
I don't even think it was that dumb! I don't expect Joe Biden to explain the nuances of gender identity to a far right troll, but this was funny and sweet while technically true. If one of my parents gave me that answer if I asked them about gender identity I'd be ecstatic.
— Michael Vera (@MushroomsOnMarz) January 12, 2021
Another added: "I don't even think it was that dumb! I don't expect Joe Biden to explain the nuances of gender identity to a far right troll, but this was funny and sweet while technically true. If one of my parents gave me that answer if I asked them about gender identity I'd be ecstatic."
Others praised the way he saw through the bad-faith questioning rather than attempt to pander, with a tweet adding: "The best part is him shutting her down for asking him to clarify. He doesn't have time for her s**t."
President-elect to take office next week, while Turning Point USA sinks lower.
While Biden has gone up in the world since the moment, the same can't be said for Turning Point USA.
Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk recently removed a tweet boasting about sending "80+ buses full of patriots to DC to fight for this president" on the day that pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol.
The group's campaign arm Turning Point Action offered bus rides and complimentary hotel rooms to protesters ahead of the coup attempt, it has been alleged.
Kirk has since sought to downplay the attack, suggesting it was "not wise" to storm the Capitol but "just because you do something that is regrettable does not mean that you are planning an armed insurrection against the United States government."


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A Dog Named Inigo, A Cat Named Scully… and Other Pets Named After Movie Characters
November 8, 2013 by Jeffrey Overstreet
A Dog Named Inigo, A Cat Named Scully… and Other Pets Named After Movie Characters November 8, 2013 Jeffrey Overstreet
"My name is Scully. The truth is out there. That's why I stay inside."
A few days ago, I asked people to speak up about the pets that they've named after characters from movies.
And I introduced people to my own — Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas, named for Charles Grodin's white collar criminal in Midnight Run.
Sure enough, I began to hear from pet owners. Not many, but some.
And if you're now inspired to respond, feel free to post comments and link to images of your pets.
Let's begin with the Birthday Girl… Susan Bettger.
Susan is an extraordinary travel agent, a dear friend, and a fellow veteran of The Glen Workshop.
I've met her cat, and I was apparently quite privileged to find myself in this feline's favor. So I'm delighted to introduce her to Looking Closer readers.
Susan writes:
This is Scully….who you have met and bonded with. She's a very shy kitty. She's named from The X-Files movie and TV show. I didn't name her, my nephew did, and to be honest, I mostly call her Baby-Kitty. There used to be a Mulder cat who belonged to my niece, but his life came to an untimely end. So sad…
Happy birthday, Susan! My best to you and your extremely discerning house-mate.
Next I heard from another friend I met at the Glen Workshop: Poet and recently retired firefighter Bob Denst.
Bob writes:
This is Inigo. Yes, as in "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Here he is doing what he loves to do more than anything else in the world: retrieving a stick that we have thrown into a lake.
He would do this all day, if we let him. Or if we had a lake that was closer. I'm convinced that he would do it until his exhaustion led to his drowning if we did not force him to take a break. He considers these breaks to be a form of punishment.
It's been amazing to see how well he does this as a behavior of the breed (Flat Coat Retriever) and how it is indistinguishable from OCD.
People who are unfamiliar with The Princess Bride think his name is Indigo even though we take pains to pronounce it correctly and explain the difference.
He is not the brightest of dogs and on many levels could barely give fungus a challenge in the intelligence department. However, he has the sweetest and most gentle of dispositions you could imagine. But now he wants you to throw his toy or kick a tennis ball so he can bring it back to you, thank you very much.
And by the way, he picked us out at the Humane Society.
But that is another story and one with the hand of God very much in evidence.
I also heard from blogger Julie Davis, who writes:
Our dogs are named after Serenity (Firefly) characters. Wash and Zoe were so named because we were looking for a married couple to name our Boxer pair after … and our family is nothing if not loyal to pop culture.
Then we picked up a little scrapper from the SPCA who has had a hard time but loves the good things in life … and what could we do but call her Kaylee?
Go ahead. Tell us about your pets, the movies that inspired their names, and link to a picture if you like.
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Larry (the mother with the grey beard) is named after Geena Davis's character from Fletch. Mathilda (Larry's only child) is named after Natalie Portman's character from The Professional.
i wrote about Mathilda here:
http://skidmore.parabolos.com/201202231138/canine-dreams/
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Is it weird that we don't yet have any pets, but my husband and I have already decided what to name them? Yeah, it is. But we both agree that the best name for a dog is Rufio, and the best name for a cat is Mr. Smee.


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It allows you to build huge factories, windmills, forges and more for people who want to build more advanced stuff and things that speeds up several processes, or simpler stuff such as scuba gear, balloons or jetpacks for people who want cool gadgets that can help them in several ways, such as exploring the world or building cool stuff outside of creative mode.
Mekanism Mod is filled to the brim with amazing new additions, such as new armors and tools, ores, digital miners, transmitters, cables, pipes, and much, much more, such as a cool little robot that follows you around and picks up items for you, as well as serving as a portable furnace, crafting bench, anvil, and chest.
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Mekanism Mod comes with a few new keybindings, one for activating stuff, such as the scuba gear, which is defaulted to "m", one for "mekanism voice" which is defaulted to "u", and a "placement modifier" button defaulted to "left shift".
Optional: Download the Mekanism Tools and/or Mekanism Generators to add more features to the mod.
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Q: How to get W* form minimize function I need help to solve this equation
$$\min_{W} ||XW-X||_F^2+p_1||W||_1+p_2R(W), W>=0$$
X size dxn (d = number of feature & n = number of data)
Example input:
X is random matrix 3x5
$$R(W)=Tr(W^TX^TLXW)$$
L = laplacian matrix
Close solution W
$$W=(X^TX+pI)^-1+X^TX$$
Result:
W* (W* is matrix nxn/5x5)
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Diddy Honors Labels Of His Past And Present In Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute At 2022 BET Awards
He also dedicated his performance of "I'll Be Missing You" to Kim Porter, the Notorious B.I.G., and Heavy D.
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As the bright, black and white "Uptown Records" sign descended from the ceiling, its light illuminated the room and the audience stood on their feet. The moment we'd been waiting for all night—Diddy's Lifetime Achievement Award tribute—had arrived.
Three members of Jodeci kicked off the 13-minute set with a lively rendition of their 1991 hit single, "Come & Talk To Me" before Mary J. Blige slipped in with a heart-wrenching performance of "It's Going Down" with the audience singing along to every word and note.
The momentum continued as Diddy himself stood in silhouette formation singing the first verse of his 1998 single, "Victory" before the Bad Boy Entertainment sign took over the stage. Shyne surprised the crowd with a modern flip of his debut single, "Bad Boyz," and highlighted the political figure he is today while still paying homage to the rapper we grew up with.
Diddy was later joined by Lil Kim and The LOX for a dynamic tease of "All About The Benjamins." He hit us with his infamous Diddy bop with an interlude of "I Need A Girl (Pt. 2)" before taking the audience back to the club days of 2002 with Busta Rhymes' hit, "Pass the Courvoisier," which they jokingly remixed into "Pass The Ciroc This Way." Honestly, though, the only dance appropriate for this moment was Nick Cannon's move from Love Don't Cost A Thing (and if you know, you know).
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Diddy performing in his Lifetime Achievement Award tribute with footage of the late Kim Porter behind him.
Honoring his new label, Love Records, Bryson Tiller joined the business mogul for a performance of "Gotta Move On," their new single from Diddy's forthcoming album with Motown.
However, the fast-paced set slowed things down to honor all the impactful people from Diddy's life as he dedicated the final performance of "I'll Be Missing You" to the late Kim Porter, the Notorious B.I.G., and Heavy D. The final number was ushered in by a video of Porter sharing how proud she was of him when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2008.
The late model and actress expressed, "From Harlem to Hollywood, that's a long journey and you're the only person I can think of that's so deserving of this star. You've worked so hard—your blood, sweat, and tears, and you've arrived."
A video montage of intimate moments between Porter and Puffy began to play and by that point, there wasn't a dry eye in sight. Faith Evans and Maverick City Music joined the rapper-producer to close out the set.
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Optics Letters Vol 44, p. 1730 (2019)
Journal of Physics: Photonics Vol. 1, 044006 (2019)
The Search for Molecular Fingerprints
Researchers in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics use the C-Fiber erbium femtosecond laser produced by Menlo Systems as the basis for an innovative form of molecular spectroscopy.
When broadband infrared radiation interacts with molecules, only very specific wavelengths are absorbed. Indeed, the absorption spectra obtained are specific for each particular molecular species. For this reason, they are often referred to as 'molecular fingerprints'. Thus the spectra of biological samples are as unique as the donor's fingerprints. Moreover, they can provide information about one's state of health. The hard part is finding analytical methods that are sensitive enough to read out the complex messages that such a spectrum contains. For many potential applications, this is not yet possible, largely owing to the low intensity and inadequate coherence of the available broadband infrared sources. Scientists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (LAP), which is run jointly by the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, have now developed a laser system that brings them a step closer to the precise readout of complex molecular fingerprints. The frequency-comb technology that won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2005 is a vital component of the new laser system – and was supplied by Menlo Systems.
In the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (Director: Prof. Ferenc Krausz), a joint venture between the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and LMU Munich, novel spectroscopic methods are being developed specifically to detect molecular indicators of disease in biological samples. The human body produces an enormous variety of molecules. Metabolic reactions in cells are constantly generating chemical compounds, many of which are released into the bloodstream. The precise composition of the resulting mixture of molecules is individually specific, and reflects each person's state of health. For example, malignant cells that give rise to cancers may also produce highly characteristic molecules, and when these appear in the circulation they signal the presence of a tumor. The problem is that such indicator molecules are found in very small amounts in the blood. This makes them difficult to detect – and to provide the basis for a reliable diagnosis they must be quantified.
Powerful sources of broadband infrared light are an essential tool in the quest for disease-specific molecular fingerprints. This is the only way in which the signatures of biological molecules that are present in exceedingly low concentrations can be detected with sufficient specificity. Scientists led by LAP Group Leader Dr. Ioachim Pupeza have now developed a laser system that emits trains of extremely short pulses of light over the entire molecular fingerprint region of the infrared spectrum. The extremely short laser pulses excite vibrations in the molecules, causing them in turn to emit light at characteristic wavelengths. Each particular molecular species vibrates at a single frequency and therefore makes a specific contribution to the total signal. This is also true of molecules that originate from tumor cells.
"With our laser, we can now cover the whole set of infrared wavelengths required for the excitation of molecules," says Ioachim Pupeza. "This region extends from wavelengths of 2 to beyond 18 micrometers." The new laser, which fits comfortably into a standard university laboratory, emits pulses lasting for a few tens of femtoseconds (a femtosecond lasts for one millionth of a billionth of a second). Each of the ultrashort pulses consists of only a few oscillations of the optical field. Nevertheless, the system attains a higher spectral brilliance (i.e., photon density) than the third-generation synchrotrons with which particularly challenging molecular spectroscopic measurements on biological samples have so far been carried out. In addition, the radiation is coherent in both time and space. The high power/photon density translates into high sensitivity, so that molecular species present in very small concentrations can be detected. Furthermore, the new system can be used to analyze much thicker samples than before.
That the physicists at LAP were able to achieve such a degree of spatial and temporal coherence is a testimony to the quality of their laser source. The team used a frequency shifted C-Fiber erbium femtosecond laser produced by Menlo Systems as their seed laser. This instrument emits pulses at a wavelength of 1965 nanometers with a repetition rate of 50 MHz. "We used this frequency-comb laser as our source, increased the optical power by means of a thulium-doped fiber amplifier, and finally broadened the wavelength spectrum in three channels with different nonlinearities. In addition to spatial coherence, the optical output we obtain exhibits a very good level of coherence in the time domain," Pupeza explains.
Based on ultrashort-pulse laser technology, the innovative molecular spectroscopic approach developed by the physicists at the LAP offers a new route to non-invasive diagnostic methods, particularly for early-stage cancers. The method could also be used as a simple screening test. Other possible fields of application, apart from biology and medicine, include environmental monitoring, quality control and basic research.
T. P. Butler et al.: Watt-scale 50-MHz source of single-cycle waveform-stable pulses in the molecular fingerprint region; Optics Letters Vol 44, p. 1730 (2019).
T. P. Butler et al.: Multi-octave spanning, Watt-level ultrafast mid-infrared source; Journal of Physics: Photonics Vol. 1, 044006 (2019). [Special Issue: "Focus on Nonlinear Optics in the Mid-Infrared Region"]
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ab4976


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Boulder High teacher — with help from…
Boulder High teacher — with help from alumni — looks to revive school's Owl newspaper
Paul Aiken / Staff Photographer
Boulder High teacher Jonathan Wright holds a copy of the student newspaper The Prep Owl from 1917 in a storage closet at the school on Friday. Wright is going to try to restart the defunct publication.
By Amy Bounds | boundsa@dailycamera.com | Boulder Daily Camera
Boulder High language arts teacher Jonathan Wright is talking up the value of high school newspapers in an effort to recruit enough students to resurrect the school's long-running student publication.
He needs about 25 students to sign up when registration starts next month after receiving approval from the language arts department and Boulder High's principal to bring back The Owl.
"Now it goes to the will of the students," he said.
The Owl went online-only in 2010 because of budget cuts, low enrollment and not enough revenue from ads, and the newspaper class was combined with yearbook. By 2014, with only one student signed up for the newspaper side of the class, The Owl disappeared altogether.
An Owl alum, Steve Knopper, heard that the paper no longer was operating and talked to Wright and the former adviser, Jeff Likes, about how to bring it back. Likes is retiring at the end of the school year.
"They were both much more optimistic about it than I thought they would be," said Knopper, a Denver freelance journalist and author who covers the music business as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. "They said, 'There are some challenges, but we really love the idea of The Owl.'"
Knopper said he wants to see The Owl continue resume because his work on the Boulder High student newspaper was a formative experience.
"We had a blast putting out the paper, and we learned so much," he said. "There's a certain amount of being a check on the administration, the faculty and the students and questioning authority — all those things that newspapers do. It's a really important experience that young people still need."
Wright is himself an alum of Fairview High's student newspaper, The Royal Banner, where he was the sports editor.
"I have a fondness for journalism at the high school level," Wright said. "It's a great experience for students."
Then there's The Owl's history.
The Boulder High student newspaper may have been the oldest student publication in Colorado, starting in 1908 as a magazine and first publishing in newspaper form in 1920.
"It's amazing to see it running from 1909 on," Wright said, noting he found a 1909 copy in the school's archives. "It's a shame that history isn't continued."
Given the activism of Boulder High's students, he said, he's hopeful that he can generate enough interest for a full class.
"Clearly there's energy for some sort of newspaper," he said. "Students that I have and teach, a lot of them are quite excited about it. It would be great to leverage the talents and interests of our students."
Boulder High isn't alone in its challenges to keep its student paper going.
Student-run newspapers in local schools are struggling to survive thanks to some of the same pressures facing professional publications, from dwindling advertising revenue to diminishing interest in printed editions as a news source.
Wright said he's talked to the newspaper advisers at both Fairview and Monarch high schools for advice and is planning to use the same hybrid model that's proved successful for both schools.
Instead of using a traditional newspaper look, Fairview and Monarch publish a news magazine with feature stories for the print editions a few times a year, while sports and breaking news are posted online.
The Boulder High paper would follow a similar model, Wright said, starting with an online edition.
If he can generate enough student interest, the next task will be finding business and parent partners, he said. Owl alumni, including Knopper, also have promised to help in an advisory capacity.
"The plan is, build it and the money will come," Wright said.
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