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A wine expert's eight wines worth celebrating during the holidays
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As Wine Guild of Charlottesville co-founder, I taste a lot of wine.
There's a lot of great wine out there, and some not-so-great wine too; after awhile, though, I end up with a substantial list of wines that I love, or that are overperformers in their category, or both. So, with the holiday season upon us, I thought it would be nice to furnish you with a wine buyer's cheat sheet.
These are some of my top picks of 4Q 2013 for value, quality and character—the three most important things to look for at this point in the season:
Louis de Sacy 'Brut Originel' Champagne NV ($35): Great Champagne, that with both classic styling and unique character, is a relative rarity under $50. There are a handful of producers, though, that have really started to make inroads into bringing affordable yet worthwhile entry-level juice to the marketplace, and Louis de Sacy is one of them. This dry bubbly, made with nearly 70 percent Pinot Noir, is bright, fresh and lively up front, with a bit of lemon curd and vanilla. As it develops on the palate, a richness and a touch of toast comes through; it displays a nice bit of weight and seriousness towards the end.
La Meuliere Chablis 2011 ($20): No Thanksgiving table should be without Chablis, and the La Meuliere is a fine example of why. Another classically styled wine, a bit reserved, but with very elegant fruit and the aroma of wet stones and cellar must just below the surface. A balanced, food-friendly wine that will complement nearly any complex meal.
Stolpman Vineyards 'Golden Point' White Blend 2011 ($24): This is a wine of purity and light (hence its name and label…a golden point of light), while still having a modicum of richness to keep the edges nice and soft. It's undoubtedly a feminine wine, and it is comfortable in its own skin. The juicy pineapple and white chocolate that Roussane embodies is front and center, and the balance between that opulent side and its leaner, more acidic side is ultimately what makes this whole package work.
Tselepos Mantinia Moschofilero 2012 ($18): The perfect wine for Sauvignon Blanc fans who are looking to branch out, the Mantinia is a unique cobbling of both juicy passionfruit and subtle herbaceousness. It's a very giving, expressive wine, never shy; there's a little more weight to this bottling, yet still it maintains enough acidity to stand up to food (or just refresh the palate on its own).
Chateau Chamilly Bourgogne 2009 ($20): Great, inexpensive red Bourgogne is my "white whale," and this is a new favorite. A feminine wine at its core, the Chamilly has the elegance and grace that Challonaise Pinot should, but it also has weight, and substance, and color…and it's actually assertive. At the same time, it's fresh and vibrant, full of red sour cherries and plums. Finally, there's real character and interest, like eucalyptus, sage, oatmeal cookies, and old wood.
Podere Castorani Cadetto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2010 ($15): This Montepulciano retains all of the dusty, earthy, dried-fruit-and-red-stones-and-old-leather qualities that are the foundation of great dry Italian table wine, but it's what happens beyond that that makes the wine exceptional. A very big herbal component is up front, with garrigue and eucalyptus and sage that recall memories of great Bandols and intrigue your palate right off the bat. Beyond that, there's a slight touch of sulfur (in a very good way), sanguine iron, fruit that's a touch riper than you'd expect, and subtle baking flavors like allspice. The texture is ripe and soft in the center, but is flanked by assertive acidity and dusty tannins that hold the balance. Perhaps the perfect Italian table wine?
Castillo del Barron Monastrell 2010 ($10): One of the best values in everyday red wine that I've tasted all year, this Monastrell (a.k.a. Mourvedre) is bursting with sun-drenched red fruit and a pleasant earthiness. It comes across a bit like northern Rhone Syrah, with a healthy dose of black peppercorns, and finishes with some gentle acidity to leave your palate clean and wanting more. This is something to buy by the case and drink with your friends through the season.
Honig Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($55/375mL): This makes the list not just because it is one of the only American dessert wines that, for me, has ever stood up to the classic greats of France's Sauternes; it also is one of the best sweet wines that I've tried this year. Like Sauternes, its grapes fall victim to a natural fungus in the vineyard, which concentrates the sugars and flavors. It is dominated by notes of caramelized orange peel, a touch of dusty wood, golden raisins and wildflower honey; it has the expected richness and a viscous texture, but it's never cloying, and it actually finishes quite clean. A tour de force in American dessert wine.
If you're interested in purchasing any of the wines above, contact The Wine Guild of Charlottesville (www.wineguildcville.com), or reach out to your favorite local wine shop.
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Gosh, I wish my coworkers commented their code half that well! And that's a really cool analysis. I think I said this on twitter, but I'm honestly surprised dragons aren't farther up there on the trans/cis scale, too. There seem to be a lot of them!
Wow, for the last two months, I thought I was the only one who used survey data to inform my characters' species! I'm curious about the function of lines 18-19 of your fourth code block and their effect on your conclusions. Do they exclude any species categories for which one or more respondents declined to provide gender data? What were the characteristics of the data that were excluded?
This script drops respondents who a) didn't respond to the gender question; b) entered a gender in the free-text field rather than selecting an option; and c) species' selections with less than 100 respondents. As mentioned, though, we can play with that last threshold by changing the number on the line you mention. If we drop it to 50, we wind up with some different results. Ditto if we allow polymorphic species.
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Ольга Владимировна Галина, по мужу: Александровская, урожд.: Грудзинская (11 (23) марта 1899, Желудок Лидского уезда (ныне Щучинский район) — , ) — белорусская актриса. Народная артистка БССР (1946).

Биография
Сценическую деятельность начала в 1919 году на Украине. В 1921 году в труппе политотдела 45-й советской стрелковой дивизии.

В 1923—1962 актриса в БДТ-1 (Минск), начинала работать под руководством Е. Мировича. В 1948—1963 годах преподавала в Белорусском театрально-художественном институте. Выступала в периодической печати с воспоминаниями о деятелях белорусского театра, с рецензиями на спектакли, статьями-размышлениями о сути актёрского мастерства.

Творчество
Среди наиболее значительных ролей:
 Мария Александровна («Семья» И. Попова),
 Купавина («Волки и овцы» А. Островского),
 Софья («Последние» М. Горького),
 Раневская,
 Аркадин («Вишневый сад», «Чайка» А. Чехова).

Среди других ролей:
 Ганка («Машека» Е. Мировича),
 Яворская («Мост» Е. Романовича),
 Полежаева («Беспокойная старость» Л. Рахманова),
 Теодора («Глупая для других, умная для себя» Лопе де Вега),
 синьора Капулетти («Ромео и Джульетта» У. Шекспира),
 Барабошевых («Правда хорошо, а счастье лучше» А. Островского),
 Каренина («Живой труп» Л. Толстого),
 Багаевская («Варвары» М. Горького, Государственный русский театр БССР).

Литература
 Тамара Горобченко. «Ольга Галина. Критика-биографический очерк».
 Календарыюм // «Czasopis» № 12/2005
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Актрисы Белоруссии
Актрисы СССР
Актрисы по алфавиту
Родившиеся 23 марта
Родившиеся в 1899 году
Народные артисты Белорусской ССР
Умершие 4 декабря
Умершие в 1980 году
Умершие в Минске
Персоналии:Национальный академический театр имени Янки Купалы

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Updated: 07:44 EST, 18 April 2008
We explain the idea behind financial safe havens, in case you should need to rush to one.
When shares are diving and investors reach for their hard hats, money that is pulled out of equities has to find a home.
Having had their fingers burned, investors are always looking somewhere more secure for their cash.
Safe haven assets are seen to be resilient in times of economic and geopolitical trouble.
Gold is the classic safe haven asset. It is seen holding its value in difficult times because its price is not likely to be affected by the same factors as equities.
Property used to be a safe haven. But as anyone hit by the crash in the early 1990s will know that 'safe as houses' doesn't always ring true.
Even gold has had long periods of distinctly lacklustre performance, typically when investors are making pots of cash on the stock market.
Why do we care?
Gold and platinum have been breaking records, driven by dollar weakness, worries about the world economy and rising tensions in the Middle East.
Gold touched an all-time high of $906.70 an ounce while platinum hit $1,575 an ounce.
Gold has been marking fresh highs since breaking its 1980 record of $850 earlier this month.
But after adjusting for inflation, the 1980 high still equates to $2,079.


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Combined milk production within the major dairy exporting regions of New Zealand, the EU-28, the U.S., Australia and Argentina finished higher on a YOY basis for the 12th consecutive month during Feb '18, increasing by 2.5%. The aforementioned regions combined to account for over 90% of global butter, cheese, whole milk powder and nonfat dry milk export volumes throughout 2017. Combined milk production within the major dairy exporting regions declined on a YOY basis over nine consecutive months through Feb '17, prior to finishing higher throughout the past 12 months. The Feb '18 YOY increase in combined milk production within the major dairy exporting regions declined from the previous month but remained above 12-month rolling average figures. Of the top five exporting regions, YOY increases in milk production on a percentage basis were led by Argentina (+13.6%), followed by the EU-28 (+2.9%), Australia (+2.4%) and the U.S. (+1.8%). Production declined within New Zealand (-2.3%) throughout the month. The EU-28 produces significantly more milk than the other dairy exporting regions, accounting for over half of the combined production within the five exporting regions throughout the month. Excluding the U.S., milk production within the major dairy exporting regions increased by 2.8% throughout the month of February, finishing above the growth rate exhibited within the U.S. for the ninth consecutive month. The EU-28 accounted for nearly two thirds of the total YOY increase in milk production experienced throughout the major dairy exporting regions during Feb '18, despite growth experienced throughout Argentina, Australia and the U.S.


Now available in a new improved format, this second edition is completely revised and updated.An Introductory Guide to Flow Measurement is an indispensable guide for the busy practising engineer. It provides a ready source of information on flowmeters, their operation, installation, and relative advantages and disadvantages in different applications.
This revised edition retains the succinct style of the original, with plenty of clear line diagrams and shading to highlight key points, it is comprehensive and easy–to–use. The material is based on the author s own lectures at Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK, but incorporates lessons learned through using the first edition as a teaching tool during the 13 years since its first publication. It aims to transmit as much information as possible, as efficiently as possible, in as short a time as possible.


How are hormones and depression related in adults?
The link between hormones and depression is still far from being fully understood, but a link certainly seems to exist.
When we are under stress, our bodies ramp up production of a stress hormone called cortisol. One interesting effect of cortisol is that it may to contribute to fat accumulation in the belly [source: University of Alabama at Birmingham]. This could partially explain a link between obesity and depression, because there doesn't appear to otherwise be a link between body mass index (BMI) and depression. Cortisol levels are normally highest in the morning, and taper off throughout the day. Adults -- and children -- whose cortisol levels remained higher than normal in the afternoon and night were found to be concurrently more likely to report symptoms of depression [source: The Endocrine Society].
According to a recent study, the hormone leptin, which is related to the feeling of fullness when we eat, also seems related to depression [source: The Endocrine Society]. Higher levels of leptin, which appears to have antidepressant qualities that aren't fully understood, also reduces anxiety. Women with higher levels of leptin appear to be at less risk of depression than women with lower levels of leptin. Heavier women generally have higher levels of this hormone and skinnier women have lower levels, but the effect leptin has on depression risk is unrelated to percentage of body fat. Low levels of this hormone may also be linked to other mood disorders, including the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.
Children of bipolar parents have four times the risk of developing mood disorders than children of non-bipolar parents, and the link again seems to be cortisol [source: Concordia University]. Children with bipolar parents are naturally more sensitive to cortisol, and respond to both major and minor stressors with ramped-up levels of the stress hormone.
Women are more likely to develop depression than men, especially during pregnancy, after childbirth and following menopause -- times when hormonal fluctuation is high [source: National Institute of Mental Health]. Interestingly, women are also more likely than men to develop disease of the thyroid, which is heavily involved in hormone production [source: Chakraburtty].
Abuse of alcohol has also been linked to depression, and alcohol abuse is also known to cause a multitude of irregularities when it comes to hormone production and function [source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism].
While a confluence of factors seem responsible for depression (including genetics, neurotransmitters and life events such as childhood trauma or divorce), researchers are increasingly confident that hormones, too, play an important -- if not fully understood -- role in adult depression.
See the next section for lots more information about hormones and depression.


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Warriors fade late against Spurs in fourth loss of season
Sports // Warriors
Connor Letourneau
Dec. 4, 2021 Updated: Dec. 4, 2021 9:49 p.m.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry reacts after missing a layup during the first quarter of his NBA basketball game against San Antonio Spurs in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
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Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II and San Antonio Spurs forward Thaddeus Young chase after a loose ball during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole drives the ball as San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson defends during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry drives to the basket as San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray defends during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
Golden State Warriors forward Juan Toscano-Anderson drives to the basket during the second quarter of his NBA basketball game against San Antonio Spurs in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.
Spurs guard Derrick White eludes the Warriors' Draymond Green (left) and Stephen Curry in the fourth quarter. White topped all San Antonio scorers with 25 points.
As the Warriors trailed the Spurs by 19 late in the third quarter Saturday night, few would have faulted them for acquiescing to just their fourth loss of the season.
Less than 24 hours earlier, Golden State had given all-out effort to end the Suns' 18-game winning streak. A letdown against San Antonio, which arrived at Chase Center playing its best basketball of the season, seemed understandable. But these Warriors aren't ones for ready-made excuses, which is why they nearly overcame weary legs, a slew of defensive lapses and a rough start from Stephen Curry before falling, 112-107.
After getting behind 95-76 with 1:31 left in the third, Golden State used a 30-8 run to seize a three-point lead with two minutes left. But there the Spurs were, closing the game on a 9-1 spurt to hand the Warriors their second loss in three games and end their 11-game home winning streak.
"More than anything, I'm just proud of our guys for getting back in it," said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, whose team held San Antonio to 13 fourth-quarter points. "The fact that our guys gave themselves a chance in that second half with that competitiveness was indicative of the kind of team we have and the kind of guys we have."
The Spurs extended their winning streak to four games, but Golden State still managed to offer yet another reminder of why it has the makings of a title contender. For nearly three quarters, the Warriors looked uncharacteristically human, failing to rotate defensively, hoisting ill-advised jumpers early in the shot clock and looking generally lethargic. But after Curry sank a 38-footer as time expired in the third, the Warriors did what only the best can: flip the script and dominate.
In blitzing the Spurs for much of the fourth quarter, Golden State resembled its peak dynasty years — basketball that can best be described as a mix of the Harlem Globetrotters and Hoosiers' Hickory High on hyper-speed. At the foul line with 3:15 left, Curry hit a free throw to knot the game at 101-101 as a familiar chant emanated from a sellout crowd: "M-V-P!"
Over the next 75 seconds, he followed up a 24-foot step-back jumper with a driving layup that put the Warriors up 106-103 and sent fans to their feet. But unlike so many other times this season, Golden State couldn't close things out, giving up a couple too many open shots down the stretch.
After Spurs guard Dejounte Murray hit a layup to give his team a four-point lead with 33.6 seconds remaining, he was free to watch teammate Derrick White ice the game at the foul line. But as Warriors fans filed toward the exits, they could take solace in the fact that Golden State added a measure of suspense late.
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"Obviously, we're not in this for moral victories," guard Damion Lee said. "But continuing to fight, that's who we are. That's what we're about."
That is yet another encouraging sign in a season that has far outpaced even Warriors players' expectations. After opening 1-for-14 from the field and not making his first shot until there were just 43 seconds left in the second quarter, Curry finished with 27 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
How Curry's 3-point shooting changed the game
Stephen Curry has not only led a Warriors resurgence since entering the league, he has changed the game with his long-distance shooting.
Forward Draymond Green (nine points, eight rebounds and nine assists) flirted with a triple-double. Both out of the rotation not long ago, forward Juan Toscano-Anderson (13 points and seven rebounds) and Lee (14 points and seven rebounds) came off the bench to make big plays.
Though the Warriors lost to a sub-.500 team, they had known Saturday would be trying. Kerr acknowledged roughly 90 minutes before tip-off that his team was poised for a "trap game." In letting that prediction prove true, the Warriors showed that they are, in fact, human — all while showcasing the resiliency that has made them the NBA's biggest story.
That's why Golden State was hardly bemoaning what-ifs postgame. After taking Sunday off, it expects to do what it has done almost all season Monday against Orlando: win.
"I still feel confident about my team and our ability to play at a high level," Toscano-Anderson said. "I think if we play (the Spurs) multiple times, we're going to have the edge."
Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @Con_Chron
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Connor Letourneau is a sports enterprise reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. He was previously the Warriors beat reporter (2016-2021) and the Cal beat reporter (2015-16). Before Letourneau joined The Chronicle, he covered the Oregon State Beavers for The Oregonian. His work has been honored by APSE, CNPA and the Professional Basketball Writers Association.


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CREATING SAFE HAVENS IN SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOM
WHY EVERY GUNSHOT AT A SCHOOL MATTERS
REDUCING NUISANCE ALARMS
A MEDICAL ENHANCEMENT
By Mark Berger
Physical security decisions come down to two categories: Thou shalt and thou should. We must bear this in mind as we create safe havens across our campuses and schools.
Physical Security Has a New Partner: 3D LiDAR
By Gerald Becker
Physical security is a dynamic concept; it's not a circumstance in which you can switch on some equipment and call it a day. As time goes on and threats change, it needs routine upkeep, supervision and improvements.
Re-Envisioning a Technological System of Response to Mass Shooting Events
By Michael Crutchley
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in mass shootings—from schools to workplaces to public spaces, and communal facilities such as houses of worship, community commons, park settings, and shopping centers.
By Brad Kamcheff
New mandates require hospitals to implement various regulations and seismic safety precautions by 2030. This ultimately led to the construction of a state-of-the-art hospital for the North Bay region, and in the fall of 2020, MarinHealth announced the official opening of Oak Pavilion
In Modern Learning Environments, Instructional Audio Isn't Optional
By Ray Young
The secret is out: One of the best ways to boost student achievement is to ensure your students can clearly hear their teacher and classmates.
By Steve Bardocz
Is facility security something that you're worried about? If you answered yes, you aren't alone. According to the 2022 Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence Report, 88% of security correspondents are experiencing a dramatic increase in physical threat activity that is anticipated to grow this year.
Providing Personal Protection for Teachers with Wearable Devices
By Paul Shain
In an ideal world, one touch would be all it takes for a teacher to alert school safety teams that they are in danger. However, the reality is that teachers often must be in a specific place to press a button or must remember a series of steps to activate an alert.
By David Riedman
A sniper in a fifth-story apartment fires 300 shots at a school just before dismissal. He had multiple automatic rifles and 1,000 rounds. Government reports wouldn't consider this worst-case scenario attack to be a "mass shooting"—or even a "school shooting." That's a problem.
Why Schools Need Clear Communications
By Kelly Lake
For many students, every school year begins with new backpacks, books, and excitement for a fun school year. For educators and school security teams, there is hope for a successful school year, as well, but also there are concerns about keeping students safe.
Remote Possibilities
By Bruce Canal
It's 3 a.m., and some kids decided to climb the fence and play a little touch football on the athletic field. The motion-sensing cameras trigger an alert. Who's receiving that alert? And what can they do about it if they're not onsite?
Unified Solutions Streamline Corporate Campus Security
By Mark Feider
For large corporate campuses, managing access to multiple sites while ensuring tenants, employees, and visitors can easily move around is key to overall security and operational efficiency. Historically, balancing these goals was a complex task.
By Matt Jones
When you get to college, your personal definition of "walking distance" increases exponentially.
By Tom Hofer
Critical infrastructure sites need reliable, cost-effective physical security solutions.
Slow It Down
By Greg Hamm
Protecting perimeters, buildings, property and people is no small responsibility, whether it is an embassy, a school, factory or farmers market. Knowing you have the right equipment in place to secure your facility and to prevent human tragedies brings a peace of mind that no amount of money can buy.
How the Village Christian School Solved Campus Safety Risk
By Mark McCourt
Reaching the right balance for campus safety requires the deft mix of addressing parental concerns, letting kids be kids, and protecting people and property through surveillance, information and fast response. Both have to be affordable and available 24/7/365.


Bantams boss Phil Parkinson has made four alterations to his starting eleven for this Tuesday's trip to table-toppers Bristol City.
Recent loan signings Andy Halliday and Jon Stead have been handed starting berths, while Gary Liddle and James Meredith have also been recalled.
With Meredith and Liddle likely to start in their usual left back and central midfield roles respectively, Halliday will begin on the wing and Stead up top in attack.
Mark Yeates will operate from the opposite flank to Halliday, with Billy Clarke expected to work in an attacking midfield role just behind Stead.
Andrew Davies will captain the side in the absence of the suspended Stephen Darby. Versatile Frenchman Christopher Routis will take Darby's role at right back for the match.
City's bench at Ashton Gate includes the likes of Alan Sheehan, Billy Knott and Aaron Mclean.


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Palestinians in Hebron face violent revenge for filming Israeli soldier's violence
Rania Khalek Rights and Accountability 14 May 2014
Israeli soldiers have raided the office of Youth Against Settlements four times since the organization in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron posted a video to YouTube two weeks ago showing Israeli soldier David Adamov cocking his assault rifle at unarmed Palestinian youths.
The video went viral and has since provoked a violent backlash from Israeli soldiers who have mounted social media campaigns expressing their solidarity with Adamov's actions.
"They are going after everyone who was part of this video," said 34-year-old Issa Amro, the founder and director of Youth Against Settlements, speaking to me over the phone yesterday from Hebron.
During one of the raids, an Israeli soldier threatened to shoot Amro and declared that Israeli soldiers are in Hebron to protect Jews, not Palestinians. The exchange was caught on video and posted online by Amira Hass of Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
Saddam Abu Sneinah, a 20-year-old activist with Youth Against the Settlements who appears in the now famous video being kicked by Adamov, has been subjected to the most brutal harassment of all.
To excuse Adamov's behavior, the Israeli army falsely claimed that Abu Sneinah was armed with brass knuckles. Youth Against Settlements immediately responded with a second video showing Abu Sneinah armed with nothing more than prayer beads.
Days later, Abu Sneinah was arrested, beaten and tortured. And the attacks didn't stop there. He has been detained several times since his release and just last night Abu Sneinah's home was raided, his mother and sisters beaten and his brother arrested in what Amro described as "revenge" for the video.
Times' false report
Meanwhile, The New York Times refuses to properly correct its reporting after spreading the Israeli army lie that Abu Sneinah was armed with brass knuckles. Amro, who was interviewed by the Times' Jerusalem bureau chief, Jodi Rudoren, told me he alerted her to the video evidence exposing this as false, but she neglected to mention it in her article.
What follows is a transcript of the phone interview I conducted with Amro, which has been lightly edited for clarity. Based on his account, it is clear that the Palestinians of Hebron are at the mercy of racist and violent Israeli soldiers accountable to no one.
Rania Khalek: Several news outlets report that Israeli soldiers raided the Youth Against Settlements office in Hebron in retaliation for the video. How many times has this happened?
Issa Amro: Israeli soldiers raided our office four times after the video was posted to YouTube. Once on Thursday, 1 May, twice on Friday, 2 May, and again on Saturday.
The first time they came to see who filmed the video and they threatened us that next time they will not be silent about provoking the soldiers by filming them.
They asked who filmed it. I told them I was the one who filmed it, which is not true. I said this to protect the other activists who are not well-experienced in defending themselves from the soldiers. The soldier did not believe me. He said, "No, it was someone else." So I took the commander aside and I told him, "Listen, now we have a better camera, which is an HD camera filming you from above," because we have a CCTV system.
And he was afraid, so they started to leave. When they were going out the commander told me, exactly, "We will not be silent about you provoking the soldiers. We will shoot you directly." I told him, "Wait, wait. I want to film you saying that." But he refused to repeat it in front of the camera.
The day after, on Friday morning, two soldiers and two settlers came to our center. One of the settlers claimed that someone threw stones from the center. I told her, "Okay. What time? Tell me because I want to check the CCTV system to see who did it."
Then she started saying, "No, I don't remember. I don't see." I told her, "You said that it was five minutes ago and now you don't remember? Please leave, you and the soldiers." The soldiers start shouting and yelling at me not to talk to them in this way. Then the soldier told me directly that they are there to protect the Jews not the Palestinians. I was telling him, "No, you are here to protect me as well as the Jews. I am your responsibility."
Then one of them told me that he doesn't protect a son of a bitch. I told him, "If I am a son of a bitch, then you are what?" He told me, "I am waiting for you to say it so I can shoot you."
Then, that night, Israeli soldiers invaded our center and the surrounding neighborhood for training.
Yesh Din [Hebrew for "there is law"], an Israeli legal advocacy organization, found that soldiers by law aren't allowed to train in inhabited areas.
But unfortunately soldiers came to have a training to scare us and to give us a hard time. Imagine that you are in the middle of something and you see soldiers pointing their guns at you.
They raided the office from three directions and pointed the guns at us, then they left outside in our yard and into the neighborhood, which is three or four meters from our center, shouting "fire, fire, fire!" Because we have experience with this, we knew that it was a training. But it was still so scary.
On Saturday morning the same soldiers came to the entrance of our center and one of them gave the signal [slashing-throat gesture] for slaughtering someone.
RK: What is the purpose of these raids?
IA: It's not about destroying. It's not about invasion. It's about scaring the people who filmed and published the video. It's about showing unity with the soldiers of the Nahal Brigade [of which Adamov is a member] and to show that they are heroes in front of the Israeli public.
The Israeli public gives them false motivation to be the best soldier who misbehaves and has a very bad reputation. The solidarity campaign to support the soldier encourages other soldiers do whatever they like and be aggressive as they want.
RK: Have Israeli soldiers targeted you outside of the Youth Against Settlements office?
IA: From time to time, they detain us at the checkpoints. Last Friday I was attacked by the soldiers when I was filming protests in Hebron, a solidarity protest for the hunger strikers. One of them threatened that he will shoot me if I have a camera. If you go to our YouTube channel you see video of this [author's note: see the video at the top of this post].
I have a lot of false arrests. My lawyer now is suing the Israeli government for misbehaving and arresting me many times without any reason.
RK: The Israeli army claimed that Saddam Abu Sneinah was armed with brass knuckles. But Youth Against the Settlements released a video showing that he was holding prayer beads. Are Israeli soldiers threatening Saddam as well?
IA: Saddam was detained. Then he was released and went home. Then he came back and unfortunately he came during the soldier's action after the soldier cocked his gun to attack the other kid in the white T-shirt who is 15-years-old. So the soldier targeted Saddam and slapped and kicked him. It was very obvious to the soldier that Saddam didn't have anything dangerous in his hand.
Saddam was released that day; he was not rearrested. Then they arrested him three days after the video was posted. The video was filmed on Sunday, 27 April and Saddam was arrested on Wednesday.
In his arrest he was beaten badly. They kept beating him until he fainted. Then he was kept handcuffed and blindfolded on the concrete floor for all the night. They kept him until Thursday night. He was held for 24 hours and they had to take him to the hospital. There they released him. Then they detained him again. Then they released him. They are detaining him whenever they see him.
But it is not just Saddam. They are going after everyone who as part of this video.
[The call ended abruptly here. When I reconnected with Issa thirty minutes later, he had news to share about Sadam.]
IA: Something happened just now. The Israeli soldiers invaded Saddam's house. They attacked his sisters and his mother and arrested his thirty-year-old brother. When Saddam called me, he was crying and I could hear a lot of screaming and shouting inside the house. It is revenge for the video.
RK: Youth Against Settlements have been filming soldiers in Hebron for a while now. Have they always been this aggressive toward you?
IA: The soldiers are less aggressive in the area of the cameras. Saddam's house is outside our target area where we film all the time.
RK: Without the cameras, what do you think would happen?
IA: In the past many Palestinians were shot and killed by the soldiers and the soldiers would put a fruit knife near them and claim that they tried to attack them. A camera is the most trusted witness and the best protection tool in Hebron.
RK: Israeli soldiers staunchly defended the soldier in the video you posted when they wrongly believed he had been punished for cocking his gun at unarmed Palestinians. What do you think that means about the state of mind of these soldiers?
IA: First of all, they don't punish soldiers who are violent to Palestinians. On many other occasions, soldiers attacked Palestinians and humiliated them, but they were not punished. What happened tonight to Saddam's family is one of the best examples. His family was attacked and beaten up and the soldiers will not be punished at all. This is the normal situation.
The video embarrassed the army. What embarrassed them more is that many people showed their support, which means that soldiers are getting more and more support from the Israeli public these days to become more wild.
When we published the video we thought that the Israelis will be ashamed and embarrassed about their soldiers. We saw something different. The soldier got solidarity and support from the Israeli public and soldiers, which means that they want more and more violence towards the Palestinians. This shows that the external plans for peace negotiations is going in the wrong direction by putting high pressure on the Palestinians and not putting high pressure on the Israeli government to end the occupation.
RK: Do you think Israeli society is becoming more extreme?
IA: Yes. It is so extreme, so fanatic. A lot of comments on the video are against us, calling to kill and smash our heads in the future. It is a really, really sick environment.
In Hebron, the Israeli soldiers and settlers are working hard to displace the Palestinians from the old city of Hebron. There is continuous harassment and frequent attacks by the soldiers and by the settlers towards the Palestinians to make their life under occupation impossible, to force them to leave on their own.
It's getting worse and worse.
RK: The New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief, Jodi Rudoren, interviewed you about the video, yet she still repeated the Israeli army's claim that Saddam was armed with brass knuckles. Did you tell her about the second video that showed him holding prayer beads?
IA: I explained to her exactly what I told you now. I speak in the same language all the time. But unfortunately she chose a small part of my speech and she didn't mention that the Palestinian didn't have anything dangerous and that it was not brass knuckles, it was beads. She didn't mention that the soldier is violent and the soldiers are violent in general. I mentioned to her even Breaking the Silence, what the ex-Israeli soldiers say about accountability toward the misbehaving soldiers.
I mentioned to her the reality in Hebron. I mentioned to her that the soldier was not in a dangerous position, that it was the soldier who provoked the Palestinians and attacked them and accused them and humiliated them.
In the end she reported it as a confrontation and that the soldier was reacting to aggressive provocation from Palestinians.
But it's about occupation. There's something wrong because of the occupation, not because of the confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis.
We are not talking about Tel Aviv. We are talking about Hebron, where the governments agreed to a two-state solution and this is a part of Palestine, not Israel. She didn't talk about that at all.
Ynet, Haaretz and other Israeli media talked about the story in a different way than The New York Times. No one was defending the soldier or showing that he was in a bad position except The New York Times and Israeli right-wing websites.
But this did not surprise me.
The New York Times wrote a fake story once about the settlers having good relations with a sheikh who represents many Palestinians in Hebron. It is known that he is a bad person and he doesn't represent Palestinians. He's not even a sheikh [religious leader]. It's a completely fake story not related to the truth at all. It was about showing settlers and Palestinians in Hebron coexisting in peace, which is not true. It was written by the same person [Jodi Rudoren].
RK: You continue to film in spite of the death threats from Israeli soldiers. Why?
IA: I believe in my right to defend my people. I consider myself a human rights defender. I believe in human rights and the Palestinian cause and I think that we can make a change. If we all as Palestinians get scared, we will lose our future and we will be displaced from what is left of our land.
RK: Are there any avenues for accountability?
IA: We file complaints against the Israeli army with the help of Yesh Din. But there is no accountability for Israeli soldier misconduct and violations of international law. We file complaints just to show we are trying within the Israeli system to punish the law violators. But it doesn't work. It's just a recording for history, nothing more.
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On December the 2'nd of December 2007 tingids were released on and around a vine covered dead stump near the upper creek bank.
Since the release we've had them disturbed by cattle and drowned by flood waters.
I examined the area on the 2'nd of February 2008.
The stump has fallen over. The bugs did move from the potted plants to the existing vines but leaf damage was minimal. The bugs are almost locally extinct. I found two small populations of adults or near adults.
Hopefully the numbers will build up again. They have not moved up the trees above the flood line as far as I could see so another big flood is likely to be the end of them.
Last year I also release a few adults near the dairy. One lot in the dairy itself, another in the out-house and third batch on a tree.
There is a small amount of leaf damage at the diary. There is more damage in the out house. No damage at the tree.
I did not find any live bugs but there could well be larvae inside the leaves.
I would have expected a lot more bugs after two months. They aren't doing well so far.
At the creek I also saw leaf damage on the cox-burr, this looks like tingid damage. This may have nothing the do with these bugs but is worth noting. Tingids can hatch an feed on other species but they die before maturing.
Barring more extreme weather our bugs seem to be out of danger. The numbers have built up to perhaps 10 times what I found last time but still not back up to the number originally released. There was no sign of them spreading at all and no movement up into the trees.
Some photos are in the gallery and I took a couple of video clips showing the bugs on the leaves.
I examined the release site and saw lots of evidence of tingid activity but very few nymphs and no adults. We have had a week of frosts.
I did find lots of leaves with black dots along the stems which are tingid egg laying sites. If these eggs are viable after the cold we should see lots of nymphs as it warms up.
These black dots along the leave main stem are egg injection sites.
Jayd and co also releases a second batch of bug about 30 meters upstream.
The creek site has been a failure. After two and a half years, two releases and many floods the tigids are probably locally extinct. We recently tried a much smaller release (two potted catsclaw plants) in two different flood free locations. I have no idea if they will breed. If they survive winter chances are good.
Some minor good news, The bugs seem to have survived at both high release sites. Not spreading wildly but looking promising.
As far as I know the bugs are dead. My last release site got sprayed by accident.
There could still be survivors in other places.
I may revisit this project when I move on site - assuming I can find a new source of insects.
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When Michael DeSanto and Renée Reiner announced their plans to open Phoenix Books in the Essex Shoppes and Cinema later this month, the headline was inevitable - and Publishers Weekly got there first. "Phoenix Rises to Replace The Book Rack," the venerable industry publication trumpeted on September 25. Its 300-word article testifies to the fact that, with well-loved indie bookstores closing all over the country, the arrival of each new one is an event.
DeSanto and Reiner are no strangers to the business. They owned The Book Rack & Children's Pages from 1995, when the store was still located in Winooski's Champlain Mill, to 2003, when they sold it to then-Assistant Manager Elaine Sopchak. Sopchak closed the store last March and has been providing marketing assistance to a number of local authors, including Howard Frank Mosher, Marjorie Ryerson and Rusty DeWees. She and Newfane writer Archer Mayor have formed a publishing company that is in the process of re-releasing Mayor's first 12 books of detective fiction.
The Book Rack's demise left greater Burlington with only one sizeable independent seller of new books: The Flying Pig in Shelburne.
Since selling The Book Rack, DeSanto says in a phone interview, he's turned his efforts outside the literary realm, coaching competitive runners and "dabbl[ing] in an art gallery that didn't make it. It never occurred to me to go back into books," he continues. "But with the closing of The Book Rack, we decided that would be the way to go. I can only report anecdotally, but we had heard that the people in the community were really missing it. I think there's a tendency in life today not to really treasure what we have until we don't have it anymore."
But a new store also meant a new business strategy. DeSanto says he made a conscious decision not to replicate the family-focused Book Rack. Instead the store will aim at a demographic he thinks may be under-served: "baby boomers" aged 40 to 65. To appeal to a more metropolitan crowd, Phoenix will not have a "cottage-y kind of grandmother atmosphere," as DeSanto puts it. Instead, the store will have a café that serves espresso drinks, juices, teas and wine - "no soda!" he specifies. Nearby Sweet Clover Market will provide light, "tapas-style" fare.
DeSanto told Publishers Weekly, "We will be a community bookstore." How that will look is still "a work in progress," he explains to Seven Days, but one component is a lively program of readings and events. He likes the idea of bringing in "authors involved in public discussion of issues today," creating a public forum similar to The New York Times' speaker series TimesTalks. "I want people to see the store as a place where they can go and talk and eat and issues will be alive inside the store," DeSanto says.
Phoenix Books is located in the Essex Shoppes and Cinema between Carter's and Vermont Toy and Hobby. The owners plan a soft opening next Saturday and an open house on Saturday, October 20, from 4 to 8 p.m. with samples of their offerings of food and wine.


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FLORENCE – Candidates for election have filed their petitions, which means the election season is off and running. The Primary election is Tuesday, September 2. On that day, voters will decide who will appear on the final November ballot for national, state and local offices.
Pinal County Recorder Laura Dean-Lytle says that people are still asking questions about the Open Primary law enacted by the voters in 1998.
"What this means is if you are registered as a voter for one of the four recognized political parties – Democrat, Green, Libertarian or Republican – you will get the primary ballot for races featuring that party's candidates for office," Dean-Lytle said. "If you are registered as an Independent or another party, you may request any of the ballots. The only exception is that the Libertarian Party ballot is for that party only."
A 2007 federal court decision ruled that only registered members of the Libertarian Party may vote in that party's primary contest.
County Recorder Laura Dean-Lytle says her office is looking forward to what should be a busy primary and general election season.
"Our voter registration staff is already receiving calls," Dean-Lytle said. "People are asking questions from how to register to vote, to the dates for early balloting."
"Since this is a presidential election we should see sharply higher voter turnout," County Recorder Dean-Lytle said. "Interest has been high since February's Presidential Preference Election."
For more information on voter registration or early voting please call the Pinal County Citizen Contact Center at 520-509-3555 or 888-431-1131.


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Q: My transform of dataframe results in type error This code is throwing a type error, yet I cannot seem to pinpoint exactly what the issue is.
I'm assuming my frame has some bad data, however there are 10,000 rows, so tough to understand whats happening there.
for i in cat_cols:
    data_frame[i] = lbl.fit_transform(data_frame[i].fillna('0'))
Error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):   File "test_makeprediction.py",
> line 187, in test_maximum_condition
>     test_response = MakePrediction.predict(json_input)   File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\predict-1.0.0-py3.7.egg\prediction\makeprediction.py",
> line 51, in predict
>     data_frame[i] = lbl.fit_transform(data_frame[i].fillna('0'))   File
> "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\sklearn\preprocessing\label.py",
> line 236, in fit_transform
>     self.classes_, y = _encode(y, encode=True)   File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\sklearn\preprocessing\label.py",
> line 107, in _encode
>     raise TypeError("argument must be a string or number") TypeError: argument must be a string or number

I added some additional code, but it generates a new error.
Transform to Numerical Values for Comparison
for i in cat_cols.describe(include=[np.object, np.numeric]).columns:

I'm very confident this has something to do with the way the JSON is coming from my API, however everything I can see looks like it checks out.
New Error:
Data Frame Row Count: 10000
Category Count: 74
Numerical Count: 19
[2019-10-02 13:45:31,993] ERROR in app: Exception on /predict [POST]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 2446, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1951, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1820, in handle_user_exception
    reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\flask\_compat.py", line 39, in reraise
    raise value
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1949, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\flask\app.py", line 1935, in dispatch_request
    return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args)
  File "predictservice.py", line 63, in predict
    return_response = MakePrediction.predict(json_obj)
  File "C:\dev\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\predict-1.0.0-py3.7.egg\prediction\makeprediction.py", line 50, in predict
    for i in cat_cols.describe(include=[np.object, np.numeric]).columns:
AttributeError: 'Index' object has no attribute 'describe'

A: You can try this:
for i in data_frame.describe(include=[object, bool]).columns:

    data_frame[i] = lbl.fit_transform(
        data_frame[i].fillna('0')
    )

with .describe(include=[object, bool]) I make sure I only take categoric or Boolean columns.
Other alternative:
for i in cat_cols:

    data_frame[i] = lbl.fit_transform(
        data_frame[i].fillna('0').astype(str)
    )

A: It looks like my issue was resolved by this bit of code, which i found in another stack post.
        data_frame[i] = lbl.fit_transform(
            data_frame[i].astype(str).fillna('0')
        )

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Special Alert: Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow Against Class Proceedings
Apr 26, 2019 | Related Attorneys Katherine M. McCray, Meryl C. Maneker | Topics: Class Actions, Employment
On April 24, 2019, a sharply-divided U.S. Supreme Court held that an ambiguous arbitration agreement could not be interpreted to require class arbitration, thereby making it even more difficult for individuals who have signed arbitration agreements to pursue class-wide relief. In Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 2019 WL 1780275, __ S.Ct. __ (2019), the Court applied and extended its 2010 decision in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp., 559 U.S. 662 (2010), which had held that a court could not compel class-wide arbitration if an arbitration agreement was "silent" on the availability of such arbitration. In Lamps Plus, the Court went one step farther, finding that a court could not compel class arbitration if an arbitration agreement was ambiguous, thereby essentially requiring that an arbitration agreement must explicitly contemplate and provide for class arbitration before such a procedure may be compelled.
This week's case arose when Frank Varela, an employee of Lamps Plus, sued his employer in a putative class action. Varela had signed an arbitration agreement with Lamps Plus, and the employer moved to compel individual arbitration. The district court ordered the case into arbitration but ruled the arbitration should be on a class-wide basis. Lamps Plus appealed, and the Ninth Circuit concluded the arbitration agreement was ambiguous on the question of class arbitration. While the agreement did not explicitly allow class arbitration, it provided that "any and all disputes, claims or controversies" should be arbitrated, and the arbitral rules to which the parties agreed provided for class arbitration. In light of this ambiguity, the court of appeals applied the state-law rule that an ambiguous contract should be construed against its drafter. Since Lamps Plus had written the arbitration agreement, the Ninth Circuit construed the ambiguity against the employer and affirmed the order of class-wide arbitration.
The Supreme Court reversed. The majority, consisting of the Court's more conservative members (Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh), deferred to the Ninth Circuit's conclusion that the arbitration agreement was ambiguous as to the question of class arbitration. However, it rejected the court of appeal's conclusion that the contract should be construed against its drafter. Instead, the Court held the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires a "contractual basis" for compelling class arbitration, and thus required "more than ambiguity to ensure that the parties actually agreed to arbitrate on a classwide basis." The Court held that the state-law rule resolving contractual ambiguity against the drafter was preempted by the FAA because it stood as an obstacle to the accomplishment of the full purposes and objectives of the FAA. In reaching this conclusion, the Court maintained there are "fundamental differences" between class arbitration and individual arbitration, and that class arbitration lacks the benefits of lower costs, greater efficiency and speed applicable to individual arbitration.
The decision is the latest in a line of cases favoring individual arbitration over class litigation. For example, in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333, 351 (2011), the Court ruled that a consumer arbitration contract can require individual arbitration of disputes and prohibit class arbitration. Last year, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 U.S. __, 138 S.Ct. 1612 (2018), the Court concluded employer provisions may similarly require individual arbitration of employee disputes and prohibit class arbitration without running afoul of the National Labor Relations Act. And now, in Lamps Plus, where an employee had signed an enforceable arbitration agreement that was ambiguous as to whether class arbitration was allowed, the Court concluded the employer could not be compelled to participate in class arbitration, with the end result that Mr. Varela will be compelled to arbitrate his dispute on an individual basis, and he may not pursue class claims in any forum.
The Court's more liberal wing strongly dissented, with each justice (Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Breyer, and Kagan) writing a dissenting opinion. The dissenters concluded by observing that "[t]he heart of the majority's opinion lies in its cataloging of class arbitration's many sins," and this "has more than a little in common with this Court's efforts to pare back class litigation." Lamps Plus, 2019 WL 1780275, at *21 (Kagan, J., dissenting).
Over this vigorous dissent, the majority of the Supreme Court has placed yet more weight on the scale in favor of private arbitration and against class proceedings. Even ambiguous arbitration agreements will be deemed to preclude class-wide arbitration.
Do you have questions about whether an arbitration agreement may be appropriate for your business, or whether your existing arbitration agreement satisfies current federal and state law?
Katie M. McCray (kmccray@wilsonturnerkosmo.com)
Meryl C. Maneker (mmaneker@wilsonturnerkosmo.com)
Wilson Turner Kosmo's Special Alerts are intended to update our valued clients on significant developments in the law as they occur. This should not be considered legal advice.


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Q: Continuous bijective way of representing a line on a plane Is there a function $f(a,b)$ which maps ordered pairs to lines in a plane in a continuous, bijective manner?
Here is the definition I am using for the limit with lines: a sequence of lines $L(1), L(2), \dots$ is said to approach another line $L$ if, for any point $p$ on $L$, the limit as $n\to\infty$ of the distance between $p$ and $L(n)$ is $0$.
If there is no such function, can anyone think of a proof?

A: There is no such bijection.
A line in the plane is almost the same as a plane through the origin in 3-space (by intersecting with the plane at height 1), except there's one plane through the origin that doesn't give you a line (the z=0 plane). So the space of lines in the plane is homeomorphic to $\mathbb{RP}^2$ minus a point: an open mobius strip! So the question is asking if there is a continuous bijection from the open disk $D$ to the open mobius strip $M$. Invariance of domain implies that a continuous bijection between manifolds of the same dimension is a homeomorphism. $D$ and $M$ are not homeomorphic, so there cannot be a continuous bijection between them.


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Gjøran Tefre (ur. 25 listopada 1994 r. w Førde) – norweski biegacz narciarski, zawodnik klubu Foerde Il.

Kariera
Po raz pierwszy na arenie międzynarodowej pojawił się 18 grudnia 2010 roku, podczas zawodów juniorskich w norweskiej miejscowości Savalen, gdzie w biegu na dystansie 10 km stylem dowolnym uplasował się na 48. miejscu.

W Pucharze Świata zadebiutował 5 grudnia 2015 roku w Lillehammer, gdzie na dystansie 30 km w biegu łączonym zajął 49. miejsce. Pierwsze punkty zdobył 3 marca 2018 w Lahti, podczas sprintu stylem klasycznym zajął 14. miejscu.

Osiągnięcia

Puchar Świata

Miejsca w klasyfikacji generalnej

Miejsca na podium
Stadaas nigdy nie stał na podium indywidualnych zawodów Pucharu Świata.

Miejsca w poszczególnych zawodach Pucharu Świata
stan po zakończeniu sezonu 2019/2020

Bibliografia
 Profil na stronie FIS

Norwescy biegacze narciarscy
Urodzeni w 1994


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from pbcore.io.FastaIO import FastaReader, FastaWriter, FastaRecord
from pbhla.utils import read_dict_file, check_output_file

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def rename_fofn( input_fofn, output_fofn, name_key ):
    """
    Rename a FOFN of subread files
    """
    with open( output_fofn, 'r' ) as writer:
        with open( input_fofn, 'r' ) as handle:
            for line in handle:
                filename = line.strip()
                if filename:
                    renamed_file = filename.split('.')[0] + '_renamed.fasta'
                    rename_fasta( filename, renamed_file, name_key )
                    writer.write( renamed_file + '\n' )
    check_output_file( output_fofn )
    return output_fofn

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    """
    Rename a single Fasta of subreads
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            old_name = record.name.split()[0]
            try:
                new_name = renaming_dict[old_name]
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                log.error( msg )
                raise KeyError( msg )
            new_record = FastaRecord( new_name, record.sequence )
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Credit: RJ Muna
Alonzo King Keeps Giving in His Company's 40th Year
Emily Wilson on May 9, 2022.
Alonzo King | Credit: Franck Thibault
Alonzo King LINES Ballet was founded in 1982, and the 40-year celebration of that goes all year. It includes a world premiere May 13–22 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer and a score by jazz musician Jason Moran, winner of a MacArthur "Genius" award), commissions with the American Ballet Theater, performances with the National Ballet of Canada, a documentary about the company, and a movie starring dancer Misty Copeland that Alonzo King choreographed.
Asked what he's most excited about, King says he doesn't really think that way.
"I'm going to be blunt — I don't think about what's exciting," he said. "I like to work. I want to make ballets. I want to make art, and I want to do that until I have to leave the planet. Most artists don't have this idea of retirement in their minds."
In the dance that premieres at YBCA in May, King says he wants what he always wants — to create something beautiful that resonates and causes people to question.
He doesn't necessarily want to directly portray his ideas, he says, but rather to get at the truth of them, comparing it to accurately painting the features of someone's face exactly versus capturing their essence.
Doing this as his life's work has been a pleasure and a joy as well as a struggle to communicate his ideas clearly and succinctly, King says. He believes audiences get something though the gestures and forms and music in his dances.
"Whether people recognize it or not, there is a soul language and a vibratory communication that is happening," he said. "When Bach is speaking to us, for example, not only do we hear the consciousness of great work that is affecting your psyche, there's a whole other level working that can't be measured. Bach is clearly saying how to be a fine human being through the balance of science and heart that's there."
Michael Montgomery | Credit: RJ Muna
Michael Montgomery, who has been with LINES for 12 years, came to the company after wandering into a Barnes & Noble in New York and seeing a calendar with picture of company members. The photos of dancers like Maurya Kerr and Marina Hotchkiss embodied movement in a way he hadn't seen before, Montgomery says.
That inspired him to go to the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA program at Dominican University of California in San Rafael, and in his junior year, King asked him to join the company. Montgomery says it's an exact fit for him.
"I'm not the type of artist who lives in a box, and I wanted to be somewhere where I'd be valued for my own spirit," he said. "When I saw the photo, it was a moment and everything in me felt a connection."
Fischer, who has worked an array of artists including Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, and the Rolling Stones, feels that connection with the LINES dancers as well. She did The Propelled Heart with LINES in 2015, and she says the company members love and trust each other and extended that to her.
"To be able to share the divine space that's been created with the audience is what it's all about for me," she wrote in an email.
Montgomery also uses the word "divine" when he talks about King collaborating with other artists. King doesn't feel the kind of ownership over his company that some do, Montgomery says — rather he hires people he's inspired by and listens to them.
Montgomery clearly remembers the experience of working with tenor saxophonist Pharoah Saunders.
"The saxophone is my favorite instrument, and I've always wanted to move the way the saxophone sounds," he said. "I've gotten to work with him live, and he knows my name and that's because of Alonzo. And Alonzo didn't call on him for clout. He's like Alonzo — they do it for art."
Alonzo King LINES: Shuaib Elhassan and Adji Cissoko | Credit: RJ Muna
Art can restore us, King says. He calls both Fischer and Moran truth seekers who are always examining themselves as well as what's going on in the world to make work that's healing.
"Every musician is trying to find the true illuminating sound pitched in their being that confronts loneliness and sorrow and misunderstanding," he said. "If someone feels weak, they can listen to Beethoven for fearlessness. If someone feels cold hearted, they can listen to Chopin over and over. It affects your consciousness."
King compares collaborating in his work to getting together with friends to cook a meal, or like the Amish, to build a barn. He says work is cleansing for him, and he appreciates thinking and creating in harmony with artists like Fischer and Moran.
"When you have titans like Lisa with this incredible voice — let me change that — it's the mind," he said. "It's like when I listen to Leontyne Price, it's the mind. There are many people with beautiful voices who don't know what to do with them. The mind and heart are playing the instrument and that creates an opportunity for change."
Alonzo King LINES Ballet with singer Lisa Fischer and Babatunji Johnson | Credit: Chris Hardy
Working with Fischer altered even his ideas about life- changing artists, Montgomery says.
"Lisa Fischer is the truth," he said. "She's so real. There are no bells or whistles or sparkers or streamers. She looks in your eyes and sees straight into your soul. And then she sings, and her voice is so transcendent, and she reminds us of love and hope and truth and regret. The full spectrum of her life comes through in her voice."
Looking back on doing this for 40 years, King says being committed to something, like he is to dance, changes you.
"It's like 'You got married, and you did not cheat,'" he said. "You are going to be transformed through that commitment, whether bitter or sweet. That's the beauty of dedication. When you commit to something you are being hammered against an anvil. Whenever we're meeting anyone, we're looking to see 'Who is that? Is this fake gold or real gold?'"
For Montgomery, there's no question that King and his company are 24 carat gold.
LINES has thrived and stayed relevant because King cares so much and is a "true giver," Montgomery says. Being in the company has made him a better dancer but he thinks being where his voice matters also makes him a better human being.
"Dance is a job, but Alonzo is not looking for someone who can just handle the job," Montgomery said. "He sees souls and spirits, and he wants to invest energy into them, and, baby, that is the truth of art."
Emily Wilson lives in San Francisco. She writes for radio, print, and the web, including Smithsonian.com, Daily Beast, 48 Hills, Hyperallergic, Latino USA, Women's Media Center, California Magazine, and SF Weekly. She also teaches adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.
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